Node Fest is the premiere Motion Design event for Australasia. James Cowen of Yes Captain is on the show to share what Node 2018 will bring us. Every year it gets better as it supports the community to come together and hear from outstanding talent in Australia, New Zealand and around the world. The lineup of speakers is again a wealth of knowledge and experience that crosses all disciplines with the Motion Design Industry. **Show Notes** : Compiled by [Matt Lloyd](http://inkmotor.com/) 05.30 - The 2018 Node line up: Jonny Kofoed of [Assembly](http://www.assemblyltd.com/) 07.10 - How James Cowen picks his speakers, and his preference for them to talk about the process of making projects 09.00 - [Lisa Vertudaches](http://www.lisavertudaches.com/) 12.27 - [EJ Hassenfratz](http://www.eyedesyn.com/) 15.30 - [Maxon](https://www.maxon.net/en/) as Sponsor of Nodefest 16.51 - [Luca Ionescu](http://www.likemindedstudio.com/) 19.10 - [Nodefest Slack Group](http://www.nodefest.com.au/slack/) 20.12 - The above group has a blacklist of companies, for motion designers to beware of. 21.20 - [Lilian Darmono](http://www.liliandarmono.com/) 23.43 - [Ben Watts](http://benwattsdesign.com/) who will talk at Node about how he made the transition from C4D to Houdini 26.00 - The importance of finding your own voice as a motion designer 30.00 - Studio Partners: [HelloLuxx](https://helloluxx.com/), [Dirty Puppet](http://dirtypuppet.com/), [Mr](https://www.mister.net.au/), [Fox and Co](http://foxandco.design/), [Buck](http://buck.tv/), [Yukfoo](https://www.yukfoo.net/) 31.00 - Industry Partners: [Digital Pigeon](https://www.digitalpigeon.com.au/), [Swinburne](http://www.swinburne.edu.au/), [aescripts](https://aescripts.com/), [borisfx](https://borisfx.com/), [toolfarm](https://www.toolfarm.com/), [motionworks](https://www.motionworks.net/), [acmi](https://www.acmi.net.au/), [fed square](http://fedsquare.com/) 31.40 - [Node Ident Competition](http://www.nodefest.com.au/idents/) **Pro Video Podcast Online:** [Blair Walker - Twitter](https://twitter.com/blairwalker) [Pro Video Podcast – Slack](https://provideogroup.slack.com/join/shared_invite/enQtMzkzOTk3MTcxNTI1LWE0YzhlNDVhMDFkNWYxOWQ2NmU3ZWExMTU5YzVkMjNjZjBmZmVkODhkYTQyNzg3MjNjYWY2OWQ3MDdmMjRjMjE) [Pro Video Podcast - Facebook Group](https://www.facebook.com/groups/provideopodcast/) [Pro Video Podcast - Twitter](https://twitter.com/provideopodcast) [Pro Video Podcast - Website](http://worldpodcasts.com/pro-video-podcast/)