The Los Angeles Professional Chapter of ACM SIGGRAPH is hosting a discussion on the design and execution of visual effects in IMAX films. The event will include a screening of the film Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon followed by a panel discussion. Tim Sassoon and Johnathan Banta of Sassoon Film Design will present some of their work from the movie with moderator Marty Shindler. Craig Barron of Matte World Digital will present work on the IMAX movie MacGillivray Freeman’s Greece: Secrets of the Past. Myles Connolly, Editor on Wired to Win: Surviving the Tour de France, will discuss the unique computer graphics aspects of that movie. The event will take place on June 13 at the Universal CityWalk in Universal City, California. For more information, check the LA ACM SIGGRAPH website.