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March 9-13, 2026
Moscone CenterSan Francisco, CA

Agenda

Pains of Growth: Level Up Your Tracking and Pipeline (Presented by Twisted Mountain Animation)

Chris Nelder  (Founder & CEO, Twisted Mountain Animation)
Location: Future Tech Stage, South Hall
Date: Wednesday, March 11
Time: 3:50 pm - 4:10 pm
Pass Type: Festival Pass, Game Changer Pass - Get your pass now!
Audience Level: All
Track: Production, Product Management
Format: Power Talk
Vault Recording: Not Recorded
Audience Level: All
Twisted Mountain Animation

Growth is every studio's goal. As teams scale and productions become more complex, production management often turns into a bottleneck, slowing teams down instead of powering them forward. This fast-paced session challenges long-held assumptions about how production tracking and pipelines should work in modern studios.

Drawing on real-world studio experience, the talk unpacks the most common pains of growth—from fragmented data and manual workarounds to pipelines that can't keep up with complex projects. Attendees get an inside look at Envisage, a new approach to production management designed to level up how studios plan, track, and execute work, while leveraging data to increase visibility and drive smarter, faster decision-making across projects and teams. Expect practical insights, concrete examples, and a fresh perspective on how rethinking production management can unlock clarity, scalability, and momentum as studios grow.

Takeaway

Attendees gain concrete strategies for scaling a studio - including how to manage projects, budgets, and tasks, capture data, and how to know when to course correct. The session demonstrates how Envisage enables studios to move faster, reduce friction, and confidently support growth across complex, distributed productions.

Intended Audience

This session is for growing studios in film, animation, and games relying on spreadsheets or limited pipeline tools. It speaks to anyone wrestling with tracking headaches, budget overruns, missed deadlines, or gaps in pipeline integration, offering insights to streamline production and regain control as teams scale.