2019 VR/AR Global Summit: Full Schedule

8:45am PDT

Opening Welcome Remarks

Welcome to the VR/AR Global Summit!

Speakers

Kris Kolo

Global Executive Director, VR/AR Association

Anne-Marie Enns

Executive Producer, VR/AR Association

Friday November 1, 2019 8:45am - 8:50am PDT
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Keynote

8:50am PDT

Welcome To Vancouver and the Global Summit

Speakers

Hon. Bruce Ralston was first elected MLA for Surrey-Whalley in 2005. He was re-elected in 2009, 2013 and 2017. He is the Minister of Jobs, Trade and Technology.Bruce served as the Official Opposition spokesperson for Natural Gas Development, Trade, Immigration, and Multiculturalism... Read More →

Friday November 1, 2019 8:50am - 9:00am PDT
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Keynote

9:00am PDT

The Future of AR: From Games to Mainstream Adoption & Beyond

A fireside chat with Jason McDowall and Ross Finman.

Speakers

Jason McDowall

Jason is the creator and host of the #1 podcast focused on augmented reality, The AR Show. He’s also the VP of Software and AR Evangelist at Ostendo, which is focused on solving a fundamental challenge of AR smartglasses: the underlying visual engine. Jason invests in early-stage... Read More →

Ross Finman

Niantic

Ross was previously Co-founder and CEO of Escher Reality, acquired by Niantic Labs early 2018. He is a current Forbes 30 under 30 and previously spent a decade working in computer vision at MIT and CMU. He has worked at NASA and SpaceX, after growing up on a llama farm.

Friday November 1, 2019 9:00am - 9:30am PDT
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Keynote

Company Niantic

9:30am PDT

Solving for the Massive Skilled Workforce Shortage: How Scalable AR/VR Enterprise Solutions Will Impact Workforce Productivity

Speakers

Nathan Pettyjohn

Commercial AR/VR Lead, Lenovo

Friday November 1, 2019 9:30am - 9:50am PDT
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Keynote

9:50am PDT

Bringing Spatial Computing to Enterprise: A Fireside Chat with Cathy Hackl, Enterprise Strategy at Magic Leap

Join Amy Peck as she sits down with Cathy Hackl to discuss spatial computing and enterprise.

Speakers

Amy Peck

Founder & CEO, EndeavorVR

Amy Peck is the Founder & CEO of EndeavorVR, a leading global VR strategy & consulting firm. She is a recognized thought-leader in the space and speaks globally on the future of VR and exponential technologies. She works with Fortune 500 companies and tech startups on VR strategy... Read More →

Cathy Hackl

VP at Avatar Dimension, Futurist + Founder at Futures Intelligence Group

Cathy is an Emmy-nominated broadcast journalist turned public relations professional and social media strategist. She teaches Communication for Entrepreneurs and Social Media Management at IE Business, one of Europe’s top-business schools. Hackl has spoken international on behalf... Read More →

Friday November 1, 2019 9:50am - 10:10am PDT
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Keynote

10:10am PDT

XR and the Changing Workforce

Speakers

Amy Peck

Founder & CEO, EndeavorVR

Friday November 1, 2019 10:10am - 10:30am PDT
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Keynote

10:30am PDT

Helping the AR Cloud Cross The Chasm

How do you take an advanced concept like the AR Cloud and help businesses understand how to use it? Demoing occlusion, physics and 3D scanning isn't enough. Today, the AR Cloud is embraced by the innovators, but needs to cross the chasm to early adopters reach beyond developers to the CEOs and product managers in order to make it into mainstream products. How do you take a highly technical product and bring it to market? In this talk, you will hear lessons learned from 6D.ai in its first year of go-to-market strategies and see early demos of what's required for all of us to help move the market toward broader AR Cloud adoption.

Speakers

Meghan Hughes

6d.ai

Friday November 1, 2019 10:30am - 10:50am PDT
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Keynote

10:50am PDT

Convergence: How the World Will Be Painted with Data

This is a historic moment. We are on the cusp of a new generation of mobile computing. Latency-free 5G broadband networks, AI and XR will converge in the next five years to change the world as we know it. Our devices will change dramatically and change us in ways no one can fully predict. Convergence tells the story of Augmented Reality, a new technology that’s seeping into every smartphone and every workplace. But the smartphone is just the beginning. We will soon wonder how we put up with its miserable form for so long. In this presentation of key ideas from his new book, author and Forbes columnist Charlie Fink will discuss how the convergence will lead to head-worn, interoperable AR/VR glasses and, ultimately, to wearable, invisible, computing. The book uses a kind of AR called "marker AR," to allow readers to use their smartphone to bring pages to life in surprising and entertaining ways to illustrate how the world, and everyone it, will be painted with data. More than a book about technology, this is about an evolutionary change in humankind.

Speakers

Charlie Fink

XR Consultant, Author & Columnist, Forbes

Charlie Fink is a former Disney, AOL and AG Interactive executive who writes a popular column about XR for Forbes, He is a consultant to some of the leading companies in the space. As a 28 year old junior executive at Disney, Fink famously came up with the idea for The Lion King... Read More →

Friday November 1, 2019 10:50am - 11:10am PDT
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Keynote

11:10am PDT

A Guide to Benefit from Step by Step Mixed Reality Instructions in Enterprise

This talk will give perspectives and guidelines on 3 of the most recurring customer questions when it comes to deploying step by step mixed reality instructions. What are the benefits of these types of solution? How to pick the right use case? What are the potential roadblocks to overcome?

Speakers

Alex Godin

Microsoft

Alexandre Godin is a Senior Program Manager for one of Microsoft’s newest Mixed Reality business application, Dynamics 365 Guides, announced in conjunction with HoloLens 2. Alexandre oversees product management and strategy, working with some of the biggest companies in the world... Read More →

Friday November 1, 2019 11:10am - 11:30am PDT
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Keynote

11:30am PDT

XR For Poverty Reduction Initiatives

How World Bank uses XR tools for poverty reduction efforts focusing on project monitoring and decision making, communication efforts and learning initiatives.

Speakers

Jimmy Vainstein

Sr. Program Manager, The World Bank

Jimmy Vainstein leads the Interactive Media Program at the World Bank Group in Washington, DC and is the Co-chair of the VR/AR Association VR For Good Committee. His efforts brought the deployment of immersive tools across the development organization in order to virtually transport... Read More →

Friday November 1, 2019 11:30am - 11:50am PDT
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Keynote

11:50am PDT

Virtual Reality: From Inception to Impact in Global Training and the Workplace

In just over a year, Mastercard’s Virtual Reality learning program went from proof-of-concept to a full-fledged program that directly engaged hundreds of employees globally and winning three awards along the way. Learn how Mastercard is scaling this technology across the company to revolutionize the way their workforce learns, and the impact of innovation in the workplace.

Speakers

Travis May

Mastercard

As Director of Learning Technology & Innovation at Mastercard, Travis May is leading the conceptualization and application of Virtual Reality (VR)/Augmented Reality (AR) concepts in entirely new ways for the company. Focusing on fully immersive, real world business interactions, Travis... Read More →

Friday November 1, 2019 11:50am - 12:10pm PDT
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Keynote

1:10pm PDT

Transforming Learning with XR

XR technologies have the potential to unlock the true potential of humanity. Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality (XR) has proven to be one of the most efficient, effective means by which to train, upskill, reskill and educate people. It turns out that humans learn better in 3D while doing.
This keynote talk, outlines the different types of XR technologies and how they are being used by enterprises like Walmart, Siemens, Sprint and others to save time, money and lives.

Speakers

Alan Smithson

CEO, MetaVRse

Mr. Smithson’s purpose in life is to inspire and educate people to think and act in a socially, economically and environmentally sustainable way. Mr. Smithson is a lifelong entrepreneur with a vision to bring the best teams and technology together to build the most effective... Read More →

Friday November 1, 2019 1:10pm - 1:30pm PDT
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Keynote

1:30pm PDT

Enabling Augmented Reality at Scale for Enterprise Technology Support

Speakers

Sinem Guven

Research Manager, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center

Dr. Sinem Güven is a Research Manager at IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, where she leads a global team of researchers, engineers and creative artists, whose mission is to create AI-driven innovations with particular focus on technology support and education domains. Sinem earned... Read More →

Friday November 1, 2019 1:30pm - 1:50pm PDT
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Keynote

1:50pm PDT

Engaging & Designing for Kids and Youth

Speakers

Sergio Paolantonio

Hasbro

Sergio, Director of Design and Development for Hasbro, is an Experienced innovator, Human-Computer Interaction Specialist, Experience Designer. Sergio drives the creation of mind-blowing experiences for kids of all ages, in Hasbro’s partner and core brands such as Disney’s Star... Read More →

Friday November 1, 2019 1:50pm - 2:10pm PDT
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Keynote

2:10pm PDT

Clinical Applications of Immersive Technologies in Pediatric Healthcare

This session will discuss the technical evolution of off-the-shelf hardware to hospital grade quality and creation of software customized for clinical applications. Highlights will include key components needed for the integration of immersive technology programs into healthcare settings as well as methods for distribution beyond your domestic healthcare setting to low resource settings here and

Speakers

Thomas Jon Caruso

Stanford

Ellen Wang

Stanford

Ellen Wang, MD is a Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatric Anesthesiology and Medical Director of Clinical Informatics for Perioperative Services at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford. She is also Chief of Operations of the Stanford Chariot Program, combining her interest... Read More →

Friday November 1, 2019 2:10pm - 2:30pm PDT
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Keynote

2:45pm PDT

Enterprise AR at Work in Manufacturing and Telecommunications

Augmented Reality is rolling out across a broad variety of industries and use cases. In this panel, we will look at the world's first AR Maturity Model and get insights from leaders in two key industrial sectors - telecommunications and manufacturing - on how they see the impact of AR. From the telecommunications sector, Parm Sandhu - Director of Network and System Operations at TELUS, the fastest growing telecommunications communications company and the #1 health IT provider in Canada, will return to the Global Summit stage to offer his vision for AR in the Enterprise. He will be joined by Dirk Frese, Ph.D, who is Vice President of Sales, Marketing & Service at manufacturer JULABO USA, Inc. JULABO USA is a leading expert in temperature control products used in laboratories, research centers, manufacturing and industry. The panel will be moderated by AR industry veteran Moe Somani, who is Vice President, Enterprise Solutions at enterprise augmented reality pioneer Atheer, Inc.

Speakers

Geof Wheelwright

Director of Marketing Communications, Atheer

I am the Director of Marketing Communications at Atheer, Inc. and get to tell all the exciting stories about how our enterprise customers are using AR. I have also enjoyed being one of the co-chairs of the VR/AR Association's Enterprise Committee for the last couple of years an... Read More →

Moe Somani

Atheer

Moe Somani, Vice President, Enterprise Solutions at Atheer, Inc.Moe has more than two decades of experience in making customers successful with his work in enterprise sales, business-to-business marketing, strategic planning, and customer engagement. At Atheer, he works directly... Read More →

Parm Sandhu

Telus

Parm Sandhu, Director of Network and System Operations at TELUSParm is Director of Network and System Operations at TELUS, the fastest growing telecommunications communications company and the #1 health IT provider in Canada.He has more than 25 years of product development, network... Read More →

Dirk Frese

Julabo

Dirk Frese, Ph.D., uses his passion for science, sales and communication to help organizations and employees thrive. Dr. Frese is a scientist and a sales leader with an uncanny ability to demystify complex ideas, information and processes. He applies his experience as a scientist... Read More →

Friday November 1, 2019 2:45pm - 3:15pm PDT
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Panel

3:15pm PDT

Enterprise XR: 2019 Highlights and 2020 Insights

Join Vinay Narayan, Vice President of Platform Strategy and Developer Community, on the technologies and use cases driving the adoption of XR. Topics include 2019 highlights, enterprise use cases and look forward to emerging technologies including 5G that will drive the growth of Enterprise XR in 2020

Speakers

Vinay Narayan

Vice President of Product and Operations, HTC

Vinay is the Vice President of Product and Operations for HTC VIVE overseeing the commercialization and market growth strategies of VR. He’s also Board Member and Adviser to a host of VR and AR focused companies, associations, and institutions. As a frequent speaker and sounding... Read More →

Friday November 1, 2019 3:15pm - 3:35pm PDT
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Keynote

3:35pm PDT

VR/AR and Festivals: How Viacom is Working in the Space

Viacom's Advanced Advertising Innovation Products team matches and operates emerging tech in support of sales needs. we helped vr/ar spring to life in Nickelodeon (KCS, KCA, Henry Danger, Loud House) , MTV (VMA's Missy Elliot Vanguard) , and most recently Comedy Central (Your Brain On Clusterfest). Group lead Diego J Medina will be talking about the unique multiplicative quality AR/VR has of voicing IP and audiences through technology and how VR has a unique place in on the ground experiences for festival goers.

Speakers

Diego Medina

Friday November 1, 2019 3:35pm - 3:55pm PDT
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Keynote

3:55pm PDT

Presentation and Fireside Chat with Dr. Uma Jayaram: Real-time AR/VR Applications in Sports

Speakers

Baas Mannarasala

Co-founder & CTO, Travancore

Baas is a Co-founder and CTO of Travancore Analytics. In this capacity Baas takes a lead role in conceptual and architecture design for enterprise solutions and industrial automation applications in addition to headingthe innovation lab at TA.Baas started his career at the premier... Read More →

Dr. Uma Jayaram

Managing Director, Intel Sports

Dr. Uma Jayaram is Managing Director and Principal Engineer at Intel Sports. Intel Sports is revolutionizing the field of sports with groundbreaking technologies that have been delivered to premier events and leagues including Winter Olympics 2018, NFL, NBA, NCAA, PGA, MLB, and... Read More →

Friday November 1, 2019 3:55pm - 4:15pm PDT
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Keynote

4:15pm PDT

5G and AI: Transforming the Next Generation of Enterprise XR

5G promises to bring new levels of performance and efficiency that will power new user experiences and redefine a broad range of industries with connected services from retail to education, transportation to entertainment, and everything in between. It is a catalyst for XR (augmented and virtual reality), delivering multi-Gbps peak rates, ultra-low latency and massive capacity that will enable new immersive computing use cases and accelerate the business value that XR can deliver to the enterprise. The emergence of 5G XR devices will integrate AI, enabling them to perceive, reason, and act intuitively, expanding our human abilities by serving as a natural extension of our senses and redefining immersion in head worn computing. With 2019 as the beginning of a new era in communications, Patrick Costello, Senior Director of Business Development at Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. will discuss how 5G and AI will intersect the enterprise XR devices of today and become the fabric for unlocking business value in the devices of tomorrow.

Speakers

Patrick Costello

Senior Director of Business Development, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Patrick leads North American partnership engagement for Qualcomm’s XR business and works with OEM’s, ISV’s, operators, enterprises, content providers, and sports and entertainment brands in the region to advance the mobile XR ecosystem and drive adoption of Qualcomm’s broader... Read More →

Friday November 1, 2019 4:15pm - 4:35pm PDT
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Keynote

4:35pm PDT

Unlocking AR as a Communications Tool

Speakers

Janosch Amstutz

HoloME

Janosch Amstutz believes HoloMe could be the biggest advance in communications since Skype. The award-winning company which he founded and runs, has developed a high-definition augmented reality platform that brings humans into your space through your smartphone.

Friday November 1, 2019 4:35pm - 4:55pm PDT
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Keynote

4:55pm PDT

Innovative Immersive Experiences Using Volumetric Capture

Speakers

Adam Rogers

Creative Producer, Intel Studios

Friday November 1, 2019 4:55pm - 5:15pm PDT
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Keynote

5:15pm PDT

EPIC and VRARA MOU Signature

The European Photonics Industry Consortium (EPIC) will come to Vancouver for the signing of the MOU between them and the VRARA. A short presentation will be given.

Speakers

Philip Wogart

Co-Founder, HEADGEAR

Philip Wogart founded HEADGEAR in early 2014 as a VR/AR studio focused on Entertainment, Marketing and Education/Training experiences. Since then it has become a research and development house solely focused on immersive experiences on mobiles and standalone HMDs. Working with the... Read More →

Nathan Pettyjohn

Commercial AR/VR Lead, Lenovo

Carlos Lee

EPIC

Friday November 1, 2019 5:15pm - 5:30pm PDT
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Keynote

9:15am PDT

How 5G and Edge Compute Will Defeat the Mobile Zombie Apocalypse

The accelerated deployment of edge computing backed by 5G infrastructure is going to enable pervasive spatial computing. Learn how we will defeat the mobile zombie apocalypse as we enable consumer adoption of headworn XR and return us to a heads up (and safer!) society.

Speakers

Terry Schussler

Director, Immersive Technology, Deustsche Telekom

Saturday November 2, 2019 9:15am - 9:30am PDT
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Keynote

9:30am PDT

Volumetric Capture

Speakers

Amy Peck

Founder & CEO, EndeavorVR

Eric Ladd

Ignite XR

Eric is the Founder and CEO of Ignite XR an entertainment based AR / VR content creation firm specializing in Motion Picture and Television Advertising and Marketing. Eric was the former founder and President of The Picture Mill and had stints at Technicolor, CBS/Lionsgate’s Pop... Read More →

Adam Rogers

Creative Producer, Intel Studios

Tim Wuolle

Volumetric Capture Consultant

Saturday November 2, 2019 9:30am - 10:00am PDT
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Panel

10:00am PDT

What is Coming in Healthcare XR aka Spatial Computing: A Fireside Chat

Speakers

Sarah Hirx

Stanford Healthcare

Angela Robert

SIG Chair for Serious Games and Virtual Environments, Society for Simulation in Healthcare (SSH)

Born and raised in a small town of 200 in rural Manitoba. Angela grew up in a family of entrepreneurs and innovators. Angela was also a National Champion in Ringette where she won a gold and a silver medal serving as captain with the gold win. She loved to work and had 18 different... Read More →

Saturday November 2, 2019 10:00am - 10:30am PDT
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Panel

10:30am PDT

Educating and Ethics in Emerging Technologies

Speakers

Hussein Hallak

Founder and Chief Curator, Vest in Canada

CEO and Founder of Next Decentrum, a blockchain education company. Evangelist at Launch Academy, one of North America’s leading tech incubators with over 600 tech startups incubated and over $150 Million raised.Serial entrepreneur and startup founder with over 25 years of business... Read More →

Saturday November 2, 2019 10:30am - 10:45am PDT
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Keynote

10:45am PDT

Using VR and AR for Inclusion in Education

Speakers

Julie Smithson

Co-Founder and Chief Education & Learning Officer (CELO), MetaVRse

Julie Smithson’s personal mission is to ‘inspire and educate people to think and act in a socially, economically and environmentally responsible way’ . It is through this lens, she is the Chief of Education & Learning at MetaVRse, one of the world’s leading XR Consulting... Read More →

Amy Lou Abernethy

AMP Creative

Amy Lou Abernethy began her career as an educator but was soon drawn into the world of visual storytelling and video production. In addition to co-founding and nurturing AMP Creative, she followed her heart back to the art and science of adult learning a few years ago, getting her... Read More →

Renée Stevens

Founder, tagAR

Renée Stevens is an interactive and immersive designer, educator, author, and speaker. Her creativework focuses on innovative ways AR/MR can help overcome learning disabilities and create moreaccessible and inclusive learning environments. She is the founder of tagAR™, a tech start-up... Read More →

Hussein Hallak

Founder and Chief Curator, Vest in Canada

Mike McCready

Lethbridge College

Saturday November 2, 2019 10:45am - 11:15am PDT
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Panel

11:15am PDT

Create, Publish and Deliver Interactive Experiences in Under an Hour

Speakers

John Blackmon

Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer, Trivantis

John Blackmon is the CTO and Co-Founder of Trivantis, a company well-known for creating Lectora, the first eLearning authoring tool 20 years ago, which is now utilized by the world’s largest organizations including several Fortune 500s and all five U.S. military branches. As the... Read More →

Saturday November 2, 2019 11:15am - 11:45am PDT
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Keynote

11:45am PDT

Using VR and AR in Training: How Enterprise is Changing

Speakers

Jeff Meador

Founder, JMXR

Jeff Meador is the founder and director at JMXR and also serves as the co-chair the VR/AR Association's training committee. He began his career working with Stanford's Multimedia Laboratory in the 1990s, developing some of the first online interactive experiences for classrooms. He... Read More →

Daniel Seidl

Innoactive

John Blackmon

Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer, Trivantis

Marlo Brooke

CEO and Founder, AVATAR Partners

Marlo is a technology visionary with a passion for innovating the impossible. Under her leadership for the past 17 years, AVATAR Partners™ continues to support its Customers, Partners and XR Ecosystem Industry with immersive Reality and Virtual Collaboration solutions that Simplify... Read More →

David Moreno

VirtualWare

Saturday November 2, 2019 11:45am - 12:15pm PDT
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Panel

12:15pm PDT

Soft Skills in Virtual Reality: Creating an Inclusive Workplace

Speakers

Dan Schneider

VR Evangelist, HP

Dan Schneider is the virtual reality evangelist for HP Americas. He is a 10-year veteran of HP, with a long-time focus on virtual experiences. Dan regularly speaks about commercial VR emphasizing key verticals, training and simulation, product visualization, location-based entertainment... Read More →

Jeff Meador

Founder, JMXR

Saturday November 2, 2019 12:15pm - 12:45pm PDT
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Panel

1:15pm PDT

LUNCH

If you're looking for restaurants, there are a lot of dining options in Parq.

Honey Salt
The Victor
BC Kitchen
Mrkt East

Here's the full list of restaurant options and more information: https://www.parqvancouver.com/food-drink/

Saturday November 2, 2019 1:15pm - 1:45pm PDT
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Break

1:45pm PDT

How to deploy Unity-based VR training at global scale

You are convinced that Unity-based VR training will be huge? This session for both corporates and content creators will answer the following burning questions: How to create 50 VR training modules at reasonable cost with Unity without needing to code? How to use developer time efficiently and write reusable code in order customize the training experience? How to deploy all existing VR training modules within the organization to increase user adoption? How to address the transition from desktop based VR to standalone VR in this context? We will answer these questions with examples from Volkswagen Group and other enterprise customers.

Speakers

Daniel Seidl

Innoactive

Saturday November 2, 2019 1:45pm - 2:05pm PDT
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Keynote

2:05pm PDT

Investment in VR and AR: A State of the Industry

What happened to investment in VR and AR and where is the industry at? This panel takes an honest look at the landscape of investment in this industry.

Moderators

Vivian Chan

Eye Expo

Speakers

Martina Welkoff

WXR

Martina Welkhoff is an entrepreneur and early-stage investor. She’s a General Partner at the WXR Fund, a venture fund focused on women-led spatial computing companies, and a Venture Partner at Jump Canon, a San Francisco fund focused on underrepresented founders in emerging tech... Read More →

Ryan Wang

Co-founder & General Partner, Outpost Capital

Ryan is Co-founder and General Partner of Outpost Capital. Established in 2015, Outpost Capital is a leading cross-border early stage venture fund based in San Francisco and China, focusing on VR/AR, Blockchain, Gaming/Esports and Digital Entertainment.Having a multicultural background... Read More →

Teppei Tsutsui

Gree Fund

As an active investor for the past decade, Teppei Tsutsui is the Managing Partner of GFR Fund, LP. Having led several key investments and acquisitions in Tokyo, including GREE's acquisitions of OpenFeint and Funzio, Teppei is currently leading GFR Fund in San Francisco. Prior to working... Read More →

Saturday November 2, 2019 2:05pm - 2:35pm PDT
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Panel

2:35pm PDT

“Joint Ventures” Cannabis and XR

Legal cannabis is one of the fastest growing industries in the world. The industry comes with a culture of innovation rarely seen and companies have the ability to grow by leapfrogging legacy technologies. Learn how cannabis companies are embracing AR and VR in this presentation by the founders of PATIO Interactive and Scanna.

Speakers

Charles Bern

Patio

Charles is the founding partner of PATIO Interactive, a design and development agency specializing in technology-driven business solutions. He started the company in 2014, focused on enhancing user experiences by combining disruptive technology with business strategy. Now working... Read More →

Saturday November 2, 2019 2:35pm - 2:55pm PDT
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Keynote

2:55pm PDT

VR/AR and Fitness - The Launch of a New and Exciting Industry

The fitness industry is being transformed by technology. This panel looks at how sports training and working out is being helped along by VR and AR.

Speakers

Jenna Seiden

Paul Barszcz

FORM Swim

Dilan Shah

Co-founder and Chief Product Officer, YUR

Dilan Shah is a Co-founder and Chief Product Officer of YUR Inc. Dilan is an early adopter of spatial computing VR and AR, and an autodidact with a background in Business Administration and Computer Science from USC.

Sonya Haskins

Sonya is a respected voice and leading journalist in the field of virtual reality, with a special emphasis in VR esports. She was the first seated player in the VR League and the first female player to qualify for NA regionals. Sonya has written eight books and works diligently to... Read More →

Tyler Wilson

Director, Strategic Partnerships and Innovation, Vancouver Whitecaps

Saturday November 2, 2019 2:55pm - 3:25pm PDT
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Panel

3:25pm PDT

VR Esports: How Positive Promotion Can Attract Interest from Investors

Speakers

Teppei Tsutsui

Gree Fund

Sonya Haskins

Saturday November 2, 2019 3:25pm - 3:55pm PDT
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Panel

3:55pm PDT

Immersive Workflows in Construction

Covering opportunities for immersive technology application in the construction industry from design development, coordination and fabrication. Additionally, how these immersive interfaces can pair with bigger data leveraging applications and artificial intelligence.

Speakers

Aubrey Tucker

Director, Innovation + Technology, ETRO Construction

Aubrey Tucker is the Director of Innovation and Technology for ETRO Construction, where he offers a focused and thoughtful approach to innovative research, implementation and application of technology across businesses to create efficiencies and amplify the power of ETRO’s people... Read More →

Saturday November 2, 2019 3:55pm - 4:15pm PDT
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Keynote

4:15pm PDT

Innovating Safety Training for Oil and Gas

Speakers

Tyler Gates

Brightline Interactive

Tyler is the President of the VR/AR Association, DC Chapter and Managing Principal at Brightline Interactive, an award-winning creative technology agency. He is a visionary for the applications of VR/AR technology for enterprise, branding and government solutions and an expert in... Read More →

Daniel Forest

Manager, Safety Programs, American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers

Saturday November 2, 2019 4:15pm - 4:35pm PDT
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Panel