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International Khronos Chapters Program

Chapters Chair: Tomasz BednarzPresented by: Tomasz Bednarz and Neil Trevett

Email: [email protected]

Chapter page link: https://chapters.khronos.org/

Chapter meetup.com link: http://www.meetup.com/pro/KhronosChapters/

mailto:[email protected]

https://chapters.khronos.org/

http://www.meetup.com/pro/KhronosChapters/


Khronos Connects Software to Silicon

Software

Silicon

Khronos is an Industry Consortium of over 100 companies creating royalty-free,

open standard APIs to enable software to access hardware acceleration.

Khronos APIs are used by billions every day.


http://accelerateyourworld.org/

http://accelerateyourworld.org/


Khronos Open Standards for Graphics and Compute

Portable intermediate representation

for graphics and parallel compute

High-efficiency GPU graphics and

compute for performance critical apps

Workhorse cross-platform professional 3D apps & gaming

Ubiquitous mobile gaming & graphics apps

Heterogeneous parallel compute

2000’s

2008

1990’s

2014

2016

Safety Critical Graphics2005

SPIR-V Ingestion for

desktop OpenGL

OpenGL ES 3.2 released to bring

AEP functionality to core

OpenGL SC 2.0 brings shader

programmability to safety critical

OpenCL 2.2 brings C++ kernel

language to core

SPIR-V 1.1 released to support

C++ kernel language

Released in Feb16. Strong

Adoption – including Android N

LATEST STATUS


How Khronos Works

Conformance Tests and Adopters

Programs for defining conformance,

specification integrity and cross-

vendor portability

Any company is welcome to join

One company one vote

Strong IP Framework to enable

ROYALTY-FREE specifications:

all members agree not assert patents

against conformant implementations

Non-profit organization -

Membership and Adopters fees

cover operating, marketing and

engineering expenses

Only invest where there is

strong industry momentum to

ensure industry relevance –

let Darwinism rule!

Any members can propose new

standards initiatives

Software

Silicon


The Value of Khronos Participation

Gather Industry

Requirements for future

silicon acceleration

Draft Specifications

Confidential to

Khronos members

Publicly Release

Specifications and

Conformance Tests

Non-members

Release

Products

Have a voice in

how key

standards

evolve to suit

your business

needs

Develop

products in

parallel with

spec drafting

for faster time

to market

See an early window

into the future of the

industry technology

roadmap before

products are

developed

Products are aligned

with global market

needs and trends

The Khronos standardization process is proven to RAPIDLY

generate industry consensus on future hardware acceleration

functionality to EFFICIENTLY create new market opportunities

Members can ship

products faster than

non-members


Khronos Cooperative Framework

Royalty-Free

Specifications

Conformance Tests and

Adopters Program

Documentation, Tools

SDKs, Code Samples

Adopters Build conformant

implementation and products

DevelopersDevelop applications

using the APIs

Educators / CertifiersCreate Courses

Training and Certification

Educator Guidelines

Courseware Materials

API Working Groups (Industry and Academic

members)

Members

Wider Community

$

$

Khronos BoardStrategy, budget and

oversight$$One company one vote in working groups

Board members still have just one vote


Khronos Chapters

Developer and

Education

Community

Khronos Chapters are vital to enable grassroots engagement with the

developer and Education communities about cool Khronos technologies!

And they are fun!

Tomasz – Chapter Chair

Chapter Leaders


• Khronos Chapter is:

- Local groups of Khronos API users who meet virtually or in person

- Expand understanding of Khronos APIs and technical achievements

- Inspire others through use of Khronos technologies

- A Khronos Chapter is a community,

- A platform for local developers to share and communicate

- Organized around a geographical region, such as city or state supporting the local

developers community

- An opportunity to meet Khronos member companies and get the latest updates

- A chance to socialize with other developers

- See: https://chapters.khronos.org/

What is a Khronos Chapter?



• Khronos Chapter is:

- Organized and run by one or more Chapters Leaders

- Chapter events are held under the name of Khronos and get

support from us

- Chapters have meetups, demos, talks, competitions,

workshops, cross-cities events

- Khronos has an elected Chapter Chair, who is a Khronos

member and liaison between Chapter Leaders and Khronos

membership and management

- Contact Chapter Chair under [email protected]

What is a Khronos Chapter?



Benefits• Khronos provides Chapters with the

following benefits:

- Budget

- Web presence

- Meetup Account

- Upcoming Chapter meeting list

- Social media promotion

- Promotion

- Event management assistance

- Speakers program

- Khronos trademarks

- Event invitations

- Chapter Leader email list

- Materials

- Preferred access


Duties of the Chapter Leader• Duties of the Chapter Leader

- Set priorities for the Chapter

- Plan, schedule, and preside over Chapter business meetings

- Oversee Chapter operations to make sure essential tasks are getting done

- Serve as the Chapter’s primary contact with the Khronos Group

- Act as the spokesperson for the Chapter

- Complete the Review and Forecast (RAF) document

- Maintain (or delegate to maintain) the Meetup and other online presences

- Attend Khronos meetings for Chapter Leaders

- Prepare operating budgets and monitors spending

- Pay venue and other bills

- Connect with other Chapters

• We encourage Chapters to form leadership teams


Forming a Chapter

• Visit the Khronos Chapter site: http://chapters.khronos.org/locations

• If there’s a Chapter in your area:

- Contact the Chapter Leader to get involved

- Join the Chapter group on Meetup.com

- Find out and stop by the next local Chapter event!

• If there’s no Chapter in your area:

- It’s time to set up a local chapter!

- Visit the Chapter site to learn more about becoming a Chapter Leader

- Complete a Khronos Chapter Application

- We’ll review your information and help you set up a local chapter

- Provide a Review and Forecast report (RAF)

- You will be contacted by Chapter Chair if your Chapter is approved

• For any questions about Chapter, please contact Chapter Chair:

[email protected]

http://chapters.khronos.org/locations



Operating a Chapter

• Guidelines document

• Web presence

• Meetings

- Plan, Frequency, Posting, Meeting Reports, Attendee Lists, Topics, Insurance

• Finances:

- Budget, Income, Expenses, Social Events, Expense Reimbursement

• Keeping in touch

• Photos

• Confidentiality

• Ideas for Chapter Activities

- Khronos Speaker Talks, Panel Discussions and Roundtables, Screenings, How-to

presentations, App Workshops, Seminars


Khronos Brisbane Chapter, Australia

• Chapter Leader: Tomasz Bednarz

• Contact: [email protected]

• Signed in members: 38

• Recent meetups:

- High-Performance and Immersive

Visualisation

- OpenGL for Big Data Analytics

- High-Performance Visualisation using

OpenGL/WebGL

- Pub meetings

• Visualisation Matters 2016

http://visualisation.matters.today

• Collocating with other meetups

http://www.meetup.com/Khronos-Brisbane-Chapter/

http://visualisation.matters.today/


Khronos Melbourne Chapter, Australia

• Chapter Leader: Xavier Ho



• Recent presentations:

- Visualisation beyond the desktop

- Visualising Volumes: insight into micro-tomography

- Creative Coding for Fun and Profit

• WebGL + three.js Workshop in April

• Videos online:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfkGc7TxES3

xzOZg5C3gfxJTObBKk2umD

http://www.meetup.com/Khronos-Melbourne-Chapter/

https://github.com/boscoh/WebGLStarterKit/tree/workshop/workshop

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfkGc7TxES3xzOZg5C3gfxJTObBKk2umD

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Milano Khronos Chapter, Italy

• Chapter Leader: Giorgio Mazzucchelli


• Started: June 2015

• Members: +240

• Recent Meetup

- Physics simulation libraries for WebGL

- AngularJS for 3D app development

- X3DOM Instant 3D, the HTML way

- Firefox DevTools + Mozilla

- Augmented Reality for art in public spaces


Milano Khronos Chapter, Italy

• Activities

- Learning 3D Graphics with WebGL and ThreeJS (4 full-days workshops)

- NodeSchool WebGL basics, shaders (4 hours workshop)

- The Future of Making Things + Autodesk

- 3D Web for manufacturing @Milano Design Week

meetup.com/Khronos-Milano-Chapter

http://www.meetup.com/Khronos-Milano-Chapter/


Boston Khronos Chapter, Boston MA

• Chapter Leader: Jim Susinno



• Recent meetups:

- OpenGL for Demoscene and VR

- WebGL Workshop

- Vulkan Round Table

- OpenGL with high-level languages

- Realtime Fluid Simulation using OpenGL

http://www.meetup.com/Khronos-Boston-Chapter/


Prague Khronos Chapter, Czech Republic

Chapter Leader: Ondrej Smrz

Contact: [email protected]

Signed in members: 15

Recent meetup:

- 3D graphics and compute API overview -

OpenGL, WebGL, Vulkan, OpenCL

Next meetup:

- Vulkan – Next generation 3D graphics API

Cooperation with graphics groups at

Czech Universities and skilled

professionals

http://www.meetup.com/Khronos-Prague-Chapter

http://www.meetup.com/Khronos-Prague-Chapter


Keep Up With Khronos

Sign up for the Khronos Newsletter:

https://khr.io/newsletter

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International Khronos Chapters Program

Chapters Chair: Tomasz Bednarz

Email: [email protected]

Chapter page link: https://chapters.khronos.org/

Chapter meetup.com link: http://www.meetup.com//pro/KhronosChapters/



http://www.meetup.com/pro/KhronosChapters/

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International Khronos Chapters Program · •If there’s a Chapter in your area: - Contact the Chapter Leader to get involved - Join the Chapter group on Meetup.com - Find out and