VP Gathering 26 - Dr. Eva Ziemsen - Virtual Production Strategy in Post-Secondary Education

Breda University of Applied Sciences hosted the 2026 edition of the Virtual Production Gathering. Meet the Speaker: Eva is an award-winning researcher, educator, and filmmaker, and a Professor and Program Coordinator of the VP Graduate Certificate program at Humber Polytechnic in Toronto, Canada, where she has taught for 17 years. Eva has been developing and implementing innovative VP and future-focused curriculum for years and currently teaches a variety of courses in VP. She has led nationally funded, cross-disciplinary research projects to connect academia to industry. Presentation abstract: This presentation will showcase a long-term strategy of implementing VP curricula over years, resulting in the development of a Ministry-approved Virtual Production Graduate Certificate program at Humber Polytechnic in Toronto, Canada. This talk addresses real-time pipelines, Technical R&D and innovative production workflows. In an age where rapid changes are impacting the film/media industry, institutions grapple with the need to respond in order to best prepare students. In the case of Virtual Production, early adopters lead the way in public post-secondary institutions, by integrating changes not in a ‘straight forward’ manner, but through iterative and dynamic steps. More information of the Virtual Production Gathering: https://vpgathering.com/ Contact: virtualproductions@buas.nl