AWE USA 2024, Long Beach, CA

09:00 AM - 09:25 AM

Promenade Room 104B

Enterprise

Jun 20

Promenade Room 104B

Unleashing Enterprise Potential with XR and Immersive Technologies

Elizabeth Baron - Immersionary Enterprises

09:00 AM - 09:25 AM

Room 101A

Developer

Jun 20

Room 101A

Launching Strong XR Projects: Funding, Cross-Platform Compatibility, and Future-Proofing

Jared Bienz - SolerSoft

09:00 AM - 09:25 AM

Room 103B

Creator

Jun 20

Room 103B

The Importance of Connection and Intimacy in XR

Whitton Frank - Ferryman Collective

Adele Keane - Imvizar

Deirdre V. Lyons - Ferryman Collective

09:00 AM - 09:25 AM

Room 102A

AI & Virtual Beings

Jun 20

Room 102A

How AI is Unlocking the Highest Fidelity Immersive Experiences

Matt Miesnieks - Dejavu

09:00 AM - 09:55 AM

Room 101B

Gaming, Entertainment & Media

Jun 20

Room 101B

PANEL: Winning Mind and Market share on Quest

Almir Brljak - Sinn Studio

Pablo Colapinto - Nexus Studios

JP Minetos - Hartmann Capital

Emily O'Neal - Lighthaus Inc

Arturo Perez - Kluge Interactive

09:00 AM - 09:55 AM

Room 103C

Collaboration, Training & Education

Jun 20

Room 103C

PANEL: Augmented Workforce Onboarding

Kat Drummonds - Anduril

Jennifer Hentz - Deloitte

Devin Nagy - Diageo

Bryan Rokoszak - Deloitte

Era Sahni - Meta

09:30 AM - 09:55 AM

Room 101A

Developer

Jun 20

Room 101A

As the pace of AR innovation enables a range of unprecedented experiences, design matters in every moment…are you ready?

Alicia Berry - Niantic

Pavani Yalla - Magic Leap

09:30 AM - 09:55 AM

Room 102A

AI & Virtual Beings

Jun 20

Room 102A

XR and Gen AI: Like Peanut Butter and Chocolate

Andy Cochrane - The AV Club

09:30 AM - 09:55 AM

Promenade Room 104A

XR Enablement

Jun 20

Promenade Room 104A

Mixing in Reverse Optical Flow to Mitigate Vection and Simulation Sickness in Virtual Reality

Jungha Kim - Digital Experience Lab

Minchae Kim - Digital Experience Lab

09:30 AM - 09:55 AM

Room 103B

Creator

Jun 20

Room 103B

Beyond Our Bodies: AI & XR’s Role in Transforming Identity

Cameron Kostopoulos - Kost

09:30 AM - 09:55 AM

Room 102B

XR Policy

Jun 20

Room 102B

Identifying and Overcoming Regulatory and Legal Roadblocks

Tony Liao - University of Houston

Brian Wassom - Warner Norcross + Judd LLP

09:30 AM - 09:55 AM

Promenade Room 104B

Enterprise

Jun 20

Promenade Room 104B

DigiLens ARGO™: AR, AI and the Future of Work

Kelly Malone - Taqtile

Nima Shams - DigiLens

09:45 AM - 10:30 AM

Promenade Room 104C

Executive Focus Program

Jun 20

Promenade Room 104C

ROUNDTABLE: The Art of the Possible - Using Emerging Technologies in Business

Erik Fuentes - Chase Bank

10:00 AM - 10:20 AM

Room 103B

Creator

Jun 20

Room 103B

Leaving the Bricks Behind: The Next Stage of Stand-Up Comedy

Austin Caine - Cause + Christi: Immersive XR Design

Kirsten Hudson - Social Concept Group

Kyle Render - Rendered Talent

10:00 AM - 10:25 AM

Room 101A

Developer

Jun 20

Room 101A

Better Together - How to Design for Harmonious Collaboration

Sydney Blount - Magic Leap

Jacqueline Zimmermann - Magic Leap

10:00 AM - 10:25 AM

Room 102A

AI & Virtual Beings

Jun 20

Room 102A

The Embodiment of AI in Virtual Worlds: Lessons for Brands Building Interactive Digital Humans

Jason Catchpole - UneeQ

10:00 AM - 10:25 AM

Promenade Room 104A

XR Enablement

Jun 20

Promenade Room 104A

Enabling XR in Everyday Life

Juyoung Lee - KAIST

10:00 AM - 10:40 AM

Room 101B

Gaming, Entertainment & Media

Jun 20

Room 101B

STORY LIVING: 10 Tools from Video Games & Immersive Theater to Make Story Worlds in the Metaverse

Joshua Rubin - Subverse Narrative Consulting

10:00 AM - 10:45 AM

Promenade Room 104C

Executive Focus Program

Jun 20

Promenade Room 104C

ROUNDTABLE: AI vs DIY -- The Rules of Engagement for Fashion

Clare Tattersall - Digital Fashion Week

10:00 AM - 10:50 AM

Room 102B

XR Policy

Jun 20

Room 102B

Navigating the Policy Divide: US and EU Strategies in AI and XR

Fox Bonilla - Harbinger Creative

Matthew McDermott - Access Partnership

Elizabeth Rothman - XRSI - X Reality Safety Intelligence

10:00 AM - 10:55 AM

GRAND BALLROOM

Main Stage

Jun 20

GRAND BALLROOM

PANEL: Empathic Interfaces: Exploring Intersection of Emotions, AI, & Spatial Computing

Moritz Baier-Lentz - Lightspeed

Anand Dass - Meta

Nanea Reeves - TRIPP

Sly Spencer-Lee - Emerge

10:00 AM - 10:55 AM

Room 103C

Collaboration, Training & Education

Jun 20

Room 103C

PANEL: Aligning Academic & Industrial R&D for Spatial Computing: the Educational Rift in Spatial Reasoning

Elizabeth Childs - Stanford

steven christian - UNR Med/Iltopia Studios

Markus Eger - Cal Poly Pomona

Jasmine Roberts - Microsoft Research

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Promenade Room 104B

Enterprise

Jun 20

Promenade Room 104B

PANEL: Deploying Sustainable Enterprise XR Solutions

Dan Blair - BSD XR

Angelina Dayton - Virtual World Society

Brian Nevinsky - Lockheed Martin

Nathan Thomas - CN Railway

10:05 AM - 10:35 AM

Exhibit Hall

Expo Stage

Jun 20

Exhibit Hall

Metaverse4Science

Tom Furness - Virtual World Society

Ramesh Ramadoss - MASA (Metaverse Acceleration and Sustainability Association)

Yu Yuan - MASA (Metaverse Acceleration and Sustainability Association)

10:15 AM - 11:00 AM

Promenade Room 104C

Executive Focus Program

Jun 20

Promenade Room 104C

ROUNDTABLE: The Future of Retail and Fashion - Web 3, AI and Avatars

Cameron Kootz - Pulledin

Nova Lorraine - Raine Magazine

Clare Tattersall - Digital Fashion Week

10:25 AM - 10:45 AM

Room 103B

Creator

Jun 20

Room 103B

Transforming an Idea into a (Virtual) Reality: How to Build Worlds

Christi Fenison - Cause + Christi: Immersive XR Design

Helen Lundström Erwin - The Foremothers Café

Michelle Weisblat-Dane - IAmCompuBear Consortium

10:30 AM - 10:55 AM

Room 101A

Developer

Jun 20

Room 101A

Surviving an XR Acquisition

Dan Flanegan - Lot2

Paula Monteiro - ANYLINE

10:30 AM - 10:55 AM

Promenade Room 104A

XR Enablement

Jun 20

Promenade Room 104A

XR Innovation from Academia: Making XR Start-ups from an Arts & Media School

Jusub Kim - MetaMemories

Nahyeon Kim - UDN

Semi Kwon - Recon Labs

Sieun Park - Canvas Tour, Sogang University

10:30 AM - 10:55 AM

Room 102A

AI & Virtual Beings

Jun 20

Room 102A

The Future of Dataviz is Augmented Reality with AI

Jason Marsh - Flow Immersive, Inc

10:45 AM - 11:10 AM

Room 101B

Gaming, Entertainment & Media

Jun 20

Room 101B

Live Streaming From a Meta Quest with Unity, Amazon IVS & Twitch

Todd Sharp - Twitch

10:50 AM - 11:15 AM

Room 103B

Creator

Jun 20

Room 103B

How AI is Democratizing the AR Creation Market

Darya Sesitskaya - Shader

10:55 AM - 11:45 AM

Room 102B

XR Policy

Jun 20

Room 102B

Bridging Neuroscience & Policy in XR

April Boyd-Noronha - XRSI - X Reality Safety Intelligence

Ashley Coffey - Coffey & Code Podcast

Erik Viirre - UC San Diego

11:00 AM - 11:25 AM

Room 102A

AI & Virtual Beings

Jun 20

Room 102A

AI + XR: Practical to Dystopian in 25 Minutes

James Cooper - Raytheon

11:00 AM - 11:25 AM

Room 101A

Developer

Jun 20

Room 101A

How to Pitch Investors for your Spatial Computing Start-Up

Sarah Hill - Healium

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Promenade Room 104A

XR Enablement

Jun 20

Promenade Room 104A

Designing Spatial Audio for Hybrid Communication in Microsoft Mesh

Kat Moynahan - Microsoft

Aili Niimura - Microsoft

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM

Promenade Room 104C

Executive Focus Program

Jun 20

Promenade Room 104C

ROUNDTABLE: AI vs DIY -- The Rules of Engagement for Fashion

Clare Tattersall - Digital Fashion Week

11:00 AM - 11:55 AM

GRAND BALLROOM

Main Stage

Jun 20

GRAND BALLROOM

PANEL: The Future of XR Headsets and How They'll Deliver our Spatial Future

Tim Bajarin - Fast Company, Forbes & Techpinions

Said Bakadir - Qualcomm

Jason McGuigan - Lenovo

Anna Nilsson - Varjo

11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Exhibit Hall

Expo Stage

Jun 20

Exhibit Hall

LIVE This Week in XR's 200th Podcast LIVE

Charlie Fink - Forbes

Ted Schilowitz - Red Camera

11:05 AM - 11:30 AM

Room 103C

Collaboration, Training & Education

Jun 20

Room 103C

XR for Empathy, Environmental Stewardship & Global Kindness

John Anderson - University of Idaho

Dr. John Francis - Planetwalk

11:15 AM - 11:40 AM

Room 101B

Gaming, Entertainment & Media

Jun 20

Room 101B

Touching the Digital World: How bHaptics Brings Haptics to Your Life

Kiuk Gwak - bHaptics

11:20 AM - 12:15 PM

Room 103B

Creator

Jun 20

Room 103B

From Prompt to Publish: Creating AR Experiences with GenAI in Lens Studio

Kateryna Chorna - Snap

Natasha Gubernov - Natasha Gubernov

Raag Harshavat - Snap Inc.

Nicolletta Rothschild - FoxHeart Studios

Vlad Vasylkevych - Snap

11:30 AM - 12:25 PM

Room 102A

AI & Virtual Beings

Jun 20

Room 102A

PANEL: Creative Frontiers: Navigating the Artistic Landscape in the Age of AI

Craig Allen - NewCo

Evo Heyning - Realitycraft

Erin Reilly - University of Texas at Austin

Julian Reyes - Virtual Worlds Museum

Rachel Joy Victor - FBRC.ai

11:35 AM - 12:00 PM

Promenade Room 104A

XR Enablement

Jun 20

Promenade Room 104A

Evolution of RF Signal Visualization From Spectrum Analyzers To Augmented Reality

Suzanne Borders - BadVR

11:35 AM - 12:00 PM

Room 103C

Collaboration, Training & Education

Jun 20

Room 103C

Houston, We Have an Inflection Point: The Rise of Spatial Collaboration

James Cooper - Raytheon

Ryan Wheeler - Collins Aerospace

Jay Wright - Campfire

11:45 AM - 12:10 PM

Room 101B

Gaming, Entertainment & Media

Jun 20

Room 101B

The Last Decade and the Next Decade in XR/Spatial

Cortney Harding - Friends with Holograms

Neville Spiteri - Wevr

11:45 AM - 12:30 PM

Promenade Room 104C

Executive Focus Program

Jun 20

Promenade Room 104C

ROUNDTABLE: Future of Fashion and AI

Nova Lorraine - Raine Magazine

12:05 PM - 12:30 PM

Room 103C

Collaboration, Training & Education

Jun 20

Room 103C

Revolutionizing Construction Training: Mixed Reality for Precision in Concrete Leveling & Placement

Greg Meyers - ForgeFX Simulations

Dave Raasakka - Somero

12:15 PM - 12:40 PM

Room 101B

Gaming, Entertainment & Media

Jun 20

Room 101B

Photos and Films in Immersive Experiences

Victor Agulhon - TARGO

12:30 PM - 01:15 PM

Promenade Room 104C

Executive Focus Program

Jun 20

Promenade Room 104C

ROUNDTABLE: Transforming the live guest experience and engagement through XR, AI and other exciting emerging technologies

Gregg Katano - Cosmos Collab

12:40 PM - 01:05 PM

Promenade Room 104B

Enterprise

Jun 20

Promenade Room 104B

Building an XR Team from the Ground Up in an Aerospace Startup

Alejandro Mendoza - Sierra Space

Bridgette Sieffert - Terran Orbital Corporation

Tim Ventura - VOR Advisory

01:00 PM - 01:25 PM

Room 101A

Developer

Jun 20

Room 101A

The Power of Real World WebAR Tracking with Immersal And Aircards

Tavius Koktavy - Aircards

Sam Poole - Immersal

01:00 PM - 01:25 PM

Promenade Room 104A

XR Enablement

Jun 20

Promenade Room 104A

Enabling Tomorrow’s AR Market

Bharath Rajagopalan - STMicroelectronics

01:10 PM - 01:35 PM

Promenade Room 104B

Enterprise

Jun 20

Promenade Room 104B

From Automation to Inspection: How AI-Driven Spatial Computing is Reshaping Industrial Manufacturing & Sustainment

Bhaskar Banerjee - Grid Raster Inc.

Dijam Panigrahi - Grid Raster Inc.

01:15 PM - 02:45 PM

Exhibit Hall

Expo Stage

Jun 20

Exhibit Hall

PANEL: Creator Lightning Round

Garett Cook - Red Team Interactive

Sallia Goldstein - Paper Triangles

John Hanacek - Nanome

Juliana Loh - Juliana Loh Imagination Arts

Amy Seidenwurm - Agog

Brianna Wick - Rodeo Plastic Surgery

Sasha Zabegalin - Sasha Zabegalin

01:25 PM - 01:55 PM

Room 102B

Healthcare & Wellness

Jun 20

Room 102B

Can Virtual Reality Transform the Prison System?

Major Bunton - Creative Acts

Sabra Williams - Creative Acts

01:30 PM - 01:50 PM

Room 103B

Creator

Jun 20

Room 103B

AR Art : Democratization of Space or Digital Vandalism?

Shahwali Shayan - Royal College of Art

01:30 PM - 01:55 PM

Room 101A

Developer

Jun 20

Room 101A

Resilient XR Environments: Building & Navigating Conflict-Resilient Spaces

Ruth Diaz - VR Create|Connect

01:30 PM - 02:10 PM

Hall A

Collaboration, Training & Education

Jun 20

Hall A

Colleges and Career Development Roundtables #1

Amir Ahmadi - Educator

Amany Alkhayat - New York Institute of Technology

Sarah Barker - Creative Media Hub | VR: A Path to Mental Wellness

Mary Lee Carter - Parker University

Dr. Sanika Doolani - Edstutia

David Gainey - Cañada College

Paul Hillman - Grand Valley State University

Christine Hobbi - ServiceAlliances International, Inc.

Nina Faye Lin - XRIO

Ashley Neall - Intercollegiate XR

Kevin Park - New York Institute of Technology

01:30 PM - 02:15 PM

Room 103C

Collaboration, Training & Education

Jun 20

Room 103C

PANEL: The City of Los Angeles and Immersive Innovation

Kathleen Cohen - The Collaboratorium

Dawn Comer - City of Los Angeles

Rachel Kornak - City of Los Angeles

Marcela Oliva - USGBC - Los Angeles

Ryat Yezbick - Arizona State University

01:30 PM - 02:15 PM

GRAND BALLROOM

Main Stage

Jun 20

GRAND BALLROOM

Iron Man VFX Producer Meets Red 6: A Fireside Introduction

Ian Dawson - Augmentive Studio for AR/VR/XR

Shelley Peterson - Wizard Wells

Daniel Robinson - RED 6

01:30 PM - 02:20 PM

Promenade Room 104A

XR Enablement

Jun 20

Promenade Room 104A

PANEL: The AR Alliance: Hardware Ecosystem Enabling the AR Market

Edgar Auslander - Meta

Murat Deveci - OptoFidelity

Michelle Hua - Renew Optics

Bernard Kress - Google

Eric Marcellin-Dibon - microoled

Bharath Rajagopalan - STMicroelectronics

01:40 PM - 02:05 PM

Promenade Room 104B

Enterprise

Jun 20

Promenade Room 104B

From Pixel Streaming to XR Streaming: Accelerating the Adoption of Real-Time Immersive Experiences Through Multimodal Approaches

David Dowdall - PureWeb

Kevin Viggers - PureWeb

01:45 PM - 02:30 PM

Room 101B

Gaming, Entertainment & Media

Jun 20

Room 101B

PANEL: Futurize: Crafting Tomorrow's Games and Products

Ryan Canuel - Petricore, Inc

Vickie Nauman - CrossBorderWorks

David Oh - Venture Reality Fund/XR Bootcamp

Ben Taylor - SQUARE ENIX

01:55 PM - 02:20 PM

Room 103B

Creator

Jun 20

Room 103B

Enhancing Human Connection in the Physical World with XR

Athena Demos - Big Rock Creative

Scarlett Kim - Culture House Immersive

02:00 PM - 02:25 PM

Room 102A

AI & Virtual Beings

Jun 20

Room 102A

Exploring the Intersection of Generative AI and XR Prototyping

Yu Cheng - Schlumberger

Rajat Lokesh - Schlumberger

02:00 PM - 02:25 PM

Room 102B

Healthcare & Wellness

Jun 20

Room 102B

Welcome to the Medi-Verse. The Doctor will see you now.

Jim Melzer - HMDmd

02:00 PM - 02:25 PM

Room 101A

Developer

Jun 20

Room 101A

How to Build a Great Metaverse Platform

Antony Vitillo - The Ghost Howls

02:10 PM - 02:55 PM

Promenade Room 104B

Enterprise

Jun 20

Promenade Room 104B

From Scratch to Scale: Building Walmart's 3D Creative Practice

Cynthia Maller - Walmart

02:15 PM - 03:00 PM

Hall A

Collaboration, Training & Education

Jun 20

Hall A

Colleges and Career Development Roundtables #2

Amir Ahmadi - Educator

Amany Alkhayat - New York Institute of Technology

Sarah Barker - Creative Media Hub | VR: A Path to Mental Wellness

Mary Lee Carter - Parker University

Dr. Sanika Doolani - Edstutia

David Gainey - Cañada College

Paul Hillman - Grand Valley State University

Christine Hobbi - ServiceAlliances International, Inc.

Nina Faye Lin - XRIO

Ashley Neall - Intercollegiate XR

Kevin Park - New York Institute of Technology

02:20 PM - 03:05 PM

GRAND BALLROOM

Main Stage

Jun 20

GRAND BALLROOM

PANEL: Spatial Data Revolution: Lockheed Martin, ExxonMobil, Deloitte, and AWS Ignite a New Era of Spatial Computing

Evan Helda - AWS

Michael Hotaling - ExxonMobil

Brian Nevinsky - Lockheed Martin

Kurt Scheuringer - Amazon Web Services

Frances Yu - Deloitte

02:25 PM - 02:40 PM

Room 103C

Collaboration, Training & Education

Jun 20

Room 103C

Virtual University Tours for International & Underrepresented Students

Jenny Dinh-Tran - Santa Clara University

Kidus Solomon - Santa Clara University

02:30 PM - 02:55 PM

Room 102A

AI & Virtual Beings

Jun 20

Room 102A

Building for the Future of Human Cognition

Stefanie Hutka - Sendfull

02:30 PM - 02:55 PM

Promenade Room 104A

XR Enablement

Jun 20

Promenade Room 104A

Transforming AEC: Autodesk Workshop XR and Beyond

Miao Tian - Autodesk

02:30 PM - 03:05 PM

Room 102B

Healthcare & Wellness

Jun 20

Room 102B

XR Developers and Nurses: Working to Solve Education Pain Points

Suzan Kardong-Edgren - MGH Institute of Health Professions

Devin Marble - VRpatients

02:30 PM - 03:30 PM

Room 103B

Creator

Jun 20

Room 103B

Bad*ss Girls in XR: How Gen Z Communities Design Sustainability Business Models in Web3

Aryonna Bailey - Innovation Girls

Tereze Bogdane - Innovation Girls

Elizabeth Klocek - Innovation Girls

Marta Teivane - Innovation Girls

Richard Zreik - IVG.World

02:30 PM - 03:30 PM

Room 101A

Developer

Jun 20

Room 101A

PANEL: State of 3D Asset Interoperability using USD & glTF

Ashley Crowder - VNTANA

Henrik Edstrom - Autodesk

Aaron Luk - NVIDIA

Neil Trevett - Metaverse Standards Forum

02:35 PM - 03:00 PM

Room 101B

Gaming, Entertainment & Media

Jun 20

Room 101B

Master Immersive Filmmaking: A Guide to Craft Better Spatial Video for Apple Vision Pro & Meta Quest 3

Hugh Hou - Metaverse Stage, INC

Keeley Turner - Metaverse Stage, INC

02:40 PM - 02:55 PM

Room 103C

Collaboration, Training & Education

Jun 20

Room 103C

Revealing Invisible Stories: Towards Large-Scale AR Tours of Cultural Heritage Sites

Isabella Gomez - Student and Researcher

Cinthya Jauregui - Santa Clara University

03:00 PM - 03:25 PM

Promenade Room 104A

XR Enablement

Jun 20

Promenade Room 104A

Enhance Consumer Experience with Faster Charging

Billy Check - Iontra

Chance Sterling - Iontra

03:00 PM - 03:30 PM

Promenade Room 104B

Enterprise

Jun 20

Promenade Room 104B

Unleashing the Power of Gen AI and XR at Pfizer

Georgios Chantziaras - Pfizer

Nicholas Hockley - Pfizer

Sachin Sharma - Pfizer

03:05 PM - 03:30 PM

Room 101B

Gaming, Entertainment & Media

Jun 20

Room 101B

Fun in XR: A Blueprint for Success

Ariel Giacobbe - Creator

Joe Mares - Thousand Bit

03:10 PM - 03:40 PM

GRAND BALLROOM

Main Stage

Jun 20

GRAND BALLROOM

Our Next Reality: a Debate of our AI-powered Immersive Future (History Talk)

Alvin Graylin - HTC

Brittan Heller - Stanford University

Louis Rosenberg - Unanimous AI

03:45 PM - 04:30 PM

GRAND BALLROOM

Main Stage

Jun 20

GRAND BALLROOM

AWE USA 2024 Wrap-up and Best in Show Awards

Ori Inbar - AWE and Super Ventures

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