3D-Con 2026 52nd Annual Convention • July 12 - 19 • The Clyde Hotel • Albuquerque, NM

3D-Con Schedule

This is a TENTATIVE schedule. The final schedule will be available closer to the event.
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Sunday, July 12
All DayRoom Hopping
8:30 AM – 9:30 AMRegistration
11:30 AM – 12:30 PMRegistration
1:00 PM – 6:00 PMExcursion 1: Anderson Abruzzo, Balloon Museum & Sandia Peak Tram
5:00 PM – 6:30 PMRegistration

Monday, July 13
All DayRoom Hopping
9:00 AM – 10:30 AMRegistration
9:00 AM – 6:00 PMExcursion 2: Santa Fe I - Meow Wolf, Institute of American Indian Arts, NM Photo Archives, Folk Art Museum
5:00 AM – 6:30 PMRegistration

Tuesday, July 14
All DayRoom Hopping
7:30 AM – 9:00 AMBuffet Breakfast (Enchantment Ballroom)
9:00 AM – 3:00 PMRegistration (break at noon)
9:00 AM – 5:30 PMWorkshop Setup (break at lunch)
9:00 AM – 6:00 PMExcursion 3: Santa Fe II - Canyon Road, Chapels and cathereral, Georgia O’Keefe Museum

Wednesday,July 15
All DayRoom Hopping
7:30 AM – 9:00 AMBuffet Breakfast (Enchantment Ballroom)
7:30 AM – 4:30 PMRegistration (break at noon)
8:00 AM – 9:00 AMNSA Regional Directors’ Meeting (Boardroom East)
9:00 AM – 5:00 PMExcursion 4: Nuclear Museum, Tinkertown, Madrid
9:00 AM – 9:55 AMGrand Canyon in 3D Andrew Lauren (Fiesta IV)
9:00 AM – 9:55 AMLG - SSA (Fiesta I)
9:30 AM – 12:00 PMBoard Meeting (Boardroom East)
9:30 AM – 3:00 PMStereo Theater Setup(Grand BR)
10:00 AM – 10:55 AMAPEC (Fiesta I)
12:00 PM – 1:00 PMBuffet Lunch (Enchantment BR)
1:00 PM – 1:55 PMLearning to see in 3D Victor Levy (Fiesta IV)
2:00 PM – 2:55 PMIntroduction to Stereo 3D: Capturing and aligning your images using 3DSteroid and Stereo PhotoMaker Dave Comeau (Fiesta IV)
3:00 PM – 3:55 PMMaking an Indie 3D Movie: Designing Stereoscopic Cinema Without a Studio Budget Dylan Pearce (Fiesta IV)
4:00 PM – 4:55 PMAI Based Tools for 3D Video Production John E Hart (Fiesta IV)
5:00 PM – 5:30 PMFirst Timer’s Meeting (Enchantment Ballroom)
5:00 PM – 5:55 PMBasic Stereo 3D in Davinci Resolve - Bob Venezia (Fiesta IV)
6:00 PM – 8:00 PMWelcome Dinner (Enchantment BR) Guest Speaker: Jason Ordaz, communications director of the IAIA (Institute of American Indian Arts)
8:00 PM – 9:30 PM3D Theater (Grand Ballroom I)
  • Money From Home (1953) - Martin and Lewis 3D comedy new restoration - 99 mins

Thursday, July 16
All DayRoom Hopping
7:00 AM – 3:30 PMRegistration (break at noon)
7:30 AM – 9:00 AMBuffet Breakfast (Enchantment BR)
8:00 AM – 11:30 AMSessions on the History of Stereoscopic Photography (3D Theater/Grand Ballroom I)
  • Celebrating Progress: The Langenheim Brothers Consider the American Landscape, 1850 – 1859 (David R. Hanlon)
  • Francis Frith’s Stereoscopic Views of the Nubian Temples and Monuments (Seth Thompson)
  • Robert Wright: School Master and early Amateur Stereo Photographer (Denis Pellerin)
  • Indigenous Peoples in 3D: Refiguring Historical Presences in Keystone View Company Stereographs (Laura E. Smith)
  • Turning Scars into Bridges: Stereoscopic Photography and the Decolonization of St. Croix’s Visual Archives (David A. Berg and Juliana Berry)
  • Anatomy Lab without the Blood: Surgery Training by View-Master/Stereoscopy (Kris Belden-Adams)
  • Stereoscope as a cure: Comparison of different approaches from Javal to Wells (Victor Lévy (VicThor))
  • The Stereoscopic Inflection Point: Bridging 19th-Century Archives Ubiquitously With 21st-Century Platforms (Robert J. Lutz)
9:00 AM – 9:55 AMVR180 for Beginners Greg Perez (Fiesta IV)
10:00 AM – 10:55 AM3D Doodling with Colored Pencils Jim Olsen (Fiesta IV)
10:00 AM – 10:55 AMVR SIG (Fiesta I)
10:00 AM – 5:00 PMArt Gallery and Exhibits Set-up (Grand Ballroom IV)
11:00 AM – 11:55 AMDepthMaker Barry Rothstein (Fiesta IV)
12:00 PM – 1:00 PMBuffet Lunch (Enchantment BR)
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM3D Theater (Grand Ballroom I)
  • Scenic Images from All Over New Mexico (Lee Pratt) - 15 mins
  • Disneyland Frontierland the Early Years (Robert Shotsberger) - 7 mins
  • Treasures from the Wreck of the Unbelievable (D. Carlton Bright) - 7 mins
  • 2025 Hollywood Exhibition (LA 3-D Club) - 16 mins
  • ISU2025 Impressions (Gert-Jan Wolkers) - 3 mins
  • Moscow Etudes in 3D (Alexandr Melkumov) - 18 mins
  • 70th Birthday Card for the LA-3D Club (Chris Casady) - 3 mins
  • Malta and Sicily (Melody G. Ahl) - 9 mins
  • “Animated Amusements” 15th Anniversay (Bob Venezia) - 4 mins
  • StationBreaks (Peter Rose) - 5 mins
  • Into the WilDDD: North America (John Hart) - 11 mins
  • National Parks Website Tour in 3D (Gene Mitofsky) - 10 mins
3:00 PM – 4:30 PM3D Theater (Grand Ballroom I)
  • On The Trail of Clyde A. McCoy: Rephotographing his 1940 stereo views across the US (Michael Amundson) - 15 mins
  • Monet’s Garden (Tom Koester) - 3 mins
  • The Invisible Life (Alexandr Melkumov) - 5 mins
  • Scarecrow (Alexandr Melkumov) - 5 mins
  • Jerusalem 2011 (G.J. Wolkers) - 3 mins
  • William Kentridge-Stereoscopic Suite (Steven Berezin) - 8 mins
  • Jubilaeum 3D: A 3-dimensional journey into history and fait (Hermann Miller, Germany, and Franco Gengotti, Italy) - 23 mins
  • Stahlstichsymphonie (Christian Zschammer) - 4 mins
  • Into the WilDDD: Africa (John Hart) - 14 mins
  • Wild Cards (Bob Bloomberg) - 15 mins
1:00 PM – 5:00 PMTrade Fair Setup – vendors only (Grand Ballroom VI)
6:00 PM – 6:55 PMThe Story of My Picture - George Themelis (Fiesta IV)
8:00 PM – 9:00 PM3D Theater (Grand Ballroom I)
  • Keynote: Denis Pellerin - Stereoscopy in the Roaring 20s and the Hungry 30s
9:00 PM – 10:30 PM3D Theater (Grand Ballroom I)
  • Secrets of the Great Salt Lake (SK Films) - 40 mins

Friday, July 17
7:30 AM – 9:00 AMBuffet Breakfast (Enchantment Ballroom)
8:00 AM – 4:40 PMRegistration (break at noon)
9:00 AM – 5:00 PMTRADE FAIR (Grand Ballroom VI)
9:00 AM – 9:55 AMPreparing content for spatial displays David Comeau (Fiesta Room IV)
10:00 AM – 11:55 AMVR SIG (Fiesta Room I)
10:00 AM – 5:00 PMArt Gallery & Exhibits (Grand Ballroom IV)
12:00 PM – 1:00 PMBuffet Lunch (Enchantment Ballroom)
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM3D Theater (Grand Ballroom I)
  • Christmas in London (Vanessa Grein & David Kuntz) - 12 mins
  • Inspiration (Alexandr Melkumov) - 4 mins
  • Mornings in the Dutch Dunes (Gert-Jan Wolkers) - 4 mins
  • Fairy Gardens (Martin Schub) - 3 mins
  • The Colorado Model Railroad Museum (John Hart) - 23 mins
  • Disneyland Tomorrowland The First Years (Robert Shotsberger) - 8 mins
  • Memorable Movie Moments (Peter Sinclair) - 10 mins
  • Big Business (Accidental 3-D) (Eric Kurland) - 15 mins
  • Acrylic Ink Dropped Into Water (Jim Wildeman) - 3 mins
  • A.I. reimagines “Jurassic Technology” (Chris Casady) - 10 mins
  • 3D Rap music recruitment video (Chris Casady) - 2 mins
3:00 PM – 4:30 PM3D Theater (Grand Ballroom I)
  • Alvaro Inside Out (Christian Zschammer) - 75 mins
  • A Walk on the Wild Side (Bob Bloomberg) - 15 mins
7:00 PM – 8:00 PM3D Theater (Grand Ballroom I)
  • Keynote: Melody Davis - Domestic Vision / Haptic Presence—Studio production and factory labor in the golden age of stereography
  • A Walk on the Wild Side (Bob Bloomberg) - 15 mins
8:30 PM – 10:00 PM3D Theater (Grand Ballroom I)
  • Salt of the Earth (1954) - 94 mins

Saturday, July 18
7:30 AM – 9:00 AMBuffet Breakfast (Enchantment BR)
8:00 AM – 4:30 PMRegistration (break at noon)
9:00 AM – 4:00 PMTRADE FAIR (Grand Ballroom VI)
9:00 AM – 11:30 AMOn-Site Competition Entry Deadline (Boardroom East)
9:00 AM – 9:55 AMAmerican Paper Stereoviews of the World War, 1914 - 1932 Ralph Reiley (Fiesta IV)
9:00 AM – 9:55 AM3D Comic Books (Fiesta I)
10:00 AM – 10:55 AMEasy Mini Stereo Cards Jim Olsen (Fiesta IV)
10:00 AM – 10:55 AMPhones - Shetley (Fiesta I)
10:00 AM – 5:00 PMArt Gallery and Exhibits (Grand Ballroom IV)
11:00 AM – 11:55 AMUsing AI: Depth Maps and Animation Models Harold Baize (Fiesta IV)
12:00 PM – 1:00 PMBuffet Lunch (Enchantment BR)
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM3D Theater (Grand Ballroom I)
  • NSA 2027 3D-Con (Melody Gail Ahl) - 6 mins
  • Bliss Kolb and His Handcrafted Machines of Joy (Bob Venezia) - 12 mins
  • On Scooter Around Schiphol (Amsterdam Airport) (Gert-Jan Wolkers) - 3 mins
  • A Visit to TWA Hotel (Christopher Schneberger) - 6 mins
  • PEZ Visitor Center, Orange CT (Jonathan Sabin) - 10 mins
  • Musetta’s Waltz (Martin Schub) - 2 mins
  • Disneyland Frontierland the Early Years (Robert Shostberger) - 8 mins
  • The Way Up: The Albuquerque Balloon Festival (John Hart) - 20 mins
  • Bringing Stereo View Cards to Life (Harold Baize) - 15 mins
  • Outtakes and Hallucinations in Bringing Stereoviews to Life (Harold Baize) - 10 mins
3:00 PM – 4:30 PM3D Theater (Grand Ballroom I)
  • Behind the Scenes of Industrial Light and Magic: the 49th anniversary (Chris Casady)
4:00 PM – 9:30 PMTrade Fair Teardown
6:00 PM – 7:00 PMNSA Awards Banquet Social Hour (Atrium)
7:00 PM – 8:30 PMNSA Awards Banquet (Enchantment Ballroom)
8:30 PM – 11:30 PM3D Theater (Grand Ballroom I)
  • Keynote: Actor/Director Thomas Jane - A Look Back At Making Dark Country On Its 20th Anniversary
  • Dark Country (2006) Director’s Cut Screening - 80 mins
  • The Making of Dark Country: A Documentary by Ray Zone - 14 mins
  • Q&A with Thomas Jane

Sunday, July 19
8:00 AM – 9:30 AMPresident’s Breakfast (State of the NSA, Q&A) - (Enchantment Ballroom)
9:00 AM – 5:00 PMExcursion 5: Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, Native Indian Dances, Acoma Pueblo Tour
9:30 AM – 12:00 PMRegistration
9:30 AM – 10:25 AMApple Spatial photography with an iPhone - Gene Mitofsky (Fiesta Room IV)
10:00 AM – 2:30 PMArt Gallery and Exhibits teardown
10:30 AM – 11:25 AMGrand Canyon in 3D- Andrew Lauren (Fiesta Room IV)
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM3D Theater (Grand Ballroom I)
  • Onsite Competition Results
  • 2025 NSA Digital Image Showcase
  • Replay of Theater Award Winners
Note: Theater awards for Best Video-based Presentation, Best Slideshow Presentation Of New Or Historical Photography, Best Presentation By A First Time Presenter, and The Paul Wing Award For Best In Show will be announced at the NSA Awards Banquet on Saturday evening. Stereo Theater schedule is subject to change.
3:00 PM – 5:00 PMAll Tear Downs (Exhibits and Art Gallery, 3D Theater & Workshops) - Loading the PODS container
5:00 PM – 9:30 PMExcursion 6: Isotopes Minor League Game