HPA Women in Post Lunch

Women in Post is the Hollywood Professional Association’s networking lunch series for professionals in post-production and adjacent Hollywood crafts. Tuesday, August 18, 2026, 11:30 AM-2:00 PM at Honesto Café, 2927 S Sepulveda Boulevard in West Los Angeles. The August gathering features conversation with Janet Muswell Hamilton, Senior Vice President of Visual Effects at HBO, whose slate work has included major HBO series and whose path includes Netflix global VFX leadership plus long-running mentorship for emerging VFX coordinators. Check-in and networking open at 11:30; sit-down lunch is around 12:30, with program remarks before 2:00.

HPA is the craft association behind the room; Women in Post is the lunch series that keeps association density on a midday calendar. Hamilton is a founding member of the Visual Effects Society, a VES Fellow, and a mentor who leads HBO’s VFX Coordinator Course through the company’s DEI work. That mentorship brief is why coordinators and craft leads show up for conversation rather than a keynote. West LA on Sepulveda is an easy midday stop between studios and post houses. HPA’s Burbank meet-up with SMPTE on August 27 is the informal evening counterpart later in the month.

Post, VFX, and entertainment production-ops people who can introduce themselves by slate or craft lane will get more from a lunch conversation than from a pitch night. Go if you work post or VFX and want an association midday with a clear craft audience. Skip if you need investor intros, a free drop-in café table, or a mixed open mixer without a craft filter. Prepaid member and non-member tickets are the path; Honesto is not a walk-up networking café once the lunch block starts.

Listed pricing is $30 for HPA members and $40 for non-members, prepaid. The HPA page has moved through sold-out and waitlist states, so confirm open registration or waitlist notes on hpaonline.com before you plan Sepulveda. Arrive at 11:30 if you want the networking window before the 12:30 sit-down. Bring a short craft introduction, and treat the prepaid ticket as required rather than optional.