Houdini User Group (HUG) Rome

Instructor

Daniele Barone

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Daniele has been working in the computer graphics field for 20 years.

Founder and CEO of Biunivoca (Biunivoca.com), a high-end consulting and training company dedicated to Real-Time rendering technologies.

He was an educational consultant representing Epic Games for Italy, Switzerland, Hungary and Malta for 2 years, increasing the adoption of the Epic Games ecosystem in all vertical sectors within schools, universities and industry.
Interfacing with official partners present in the territory, composed of Authorized Training Centers (UATC), Academic Partners (AP) and Authorized Instructors (UAI).
In addition to establishing strategic partnerships with important players in the technology sector.

He received an Epic Games MegaGrant from Epic Games dedicated to training.

He has worked and provided training for numerous studios and large technology companies for real-time projects.

He has planned and organized presentations in several events, national and international.

Coordinates training, teachers and companies involved in classroom training, as well as managing the placement of students for internships in various schools and training centers throughout Italy, both public and private.
He also deals with the search for specialized personnel for companies in the sector.

He supervises the development of the educational portal developed internally for training and consultancy as well as dealing with the development of Business and strategic Partnerships.
He manages various groups and communities in various social networks dedicated to real-time technologies.

He is able to coordinate and manage teams, thanks to the experience gained in research, consultancy and teaching in international environments.

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Houdini User Group (HUG) Rome

In this section we collect the interventions of the speakers during the Houdini User Groups in Rome.

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First meeting - 09/20/2025

In this first meeting, the speaker of the Houdini event was Virginia Cantaro:

Virginia Cantaro is an FX Artist and Motion Designer with ten years of experience in the entertainment industry, including 8 years dedicated to dynamic simulations with Houdini.
She collaborates with several renowned visual effects and animation studios, such as Mr. X, Outpost and Pixomondo. Virginia is also a Houdini teacher and mentor.
Tra i suoi progetti principali: il film vincitore del premio Oscar "Pinocchio" di Del Toro, "Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania" e "House of the Dragon".
Nel 2024, è stata candidata ai Migliori Effetti Speciali per TV/Media agli Annie Awards per il suo lavoro su "Star Wars: Visions 2" con El Guiri Studios.

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Houdini User Group (HUG) Rome

First meeting - 09/20/2025