VIEW Conference 2026 adds three animation leaders as speakers

The VIEW Conference 2026, taking place from October 12 to 16 in Turin, Italy, has confirmed the in-person attendance of three key executives from the animation film industry: Holly Edwards (Skydance Animation), Michelle Grady (Sony Pictures Imageworks), and Janet Lewin (Industrial Light & Magic). Edwards, responsible for hits like Swapped on Netflix, and Grady, who led projects such as Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, will share their vision of the industry.

three female animation executives standing on a futuristic conference stage in Turin, one gesturing toward a holographic timeline showing 2026 dates, another holding a stylus while pointing at a digital storyboard of Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse, a third demonstrating a real-time rendering of a character from Swapped on a large touchscreen, Wacom Cintiq tablet on a podium, Maya and Unreal Engine interface visible on monitors, cinematic lighting with blue and gold accents, photorealistic technical illustration, dramatic shadows, polished glass floor reflecting stage lights, audience silhouette in background, ultra-detailed textures on clothing and screens

Technology and pipelines in modern animation 🎬

Edwards oversees the global teams at Skydance Animation, where digital workflows are developed for productions like Swapped. Grady, for her part, directs operations at Sony Pictures Imageworks, where the complex rendering systems and stylized animation of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse were created. Lewin, from ILM, drives the integration of visual effects with animation, using tools such as real-time rendering and crowd simulation.

Three bosses, one coffee, and many screens ☕

Between production meetings and slide shows, these three executives will likely share confessions about impossible deadlines. While Edwards recounts how Swapped broke records on Netflix, Grady will explain how she managed to keep Miles Morales from looking blurry. And Lewin, from ILM, will surely reveal the trick to making a lightsaber not consume the entire render budget. The coffee in Turin will witness these secrets.