AGENDA

AWE USA 2026

Jun 15 Jun 16 Jun 17 Jun 18
10:00 AM - 10:25 AM
Grand Ballroom | Main Stage
Main Stage
Jun 17
Grand Ballroom | Main Stage

Applied Materials Keynote: Compute (Chips) and Material Innovation

Paul Meissner - Applied Materials
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Promenade Room 104C
Enterprise VIP
Jun 17
Promenade Room 104C

Expo Tour (Enterprise/Gov VIP Program Only) - Defense & Aerospace

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Promenade Room 104C
Enterprise VIP
Jun 17
Promenade Room 104C

Expo Tour (Enterprise/Gov VIP Program Only) - Pharmaceutical, Healthcare & Life Sciences

11:00 AM - 01:00 PM
Networking
Jun 17

LUNCH

11:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Expo Hall
Networking
Jun 17
Expo Hall

Expo, Playground, Expo Stages

11:25 AM - 11:50 AM
Gaming Stage | Expo Hall
Gaming & LBE | Sponsored by PICO
Jun 17
Gaming Stage | Expo Hall

Create Social Stories: LBE Marketing & Community-Building

Ryan Bromsgrove - vrCAVE / Basement Bunker Labs
Ashley Blake - vrCAVE
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
Builders Stage | Expo Hall
Builders
Jun 17
Builders Stage | Expo Hall

Builders Lightning Round #1

12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Promenade Room 104C
Enterprise VIP
Jun 17
Promenade Room 104C

Enterprise Roundtable: Understanding the Market and Uses of XR Hardware for Enterprises

Marc Bringuier - Augmentalix
12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Gaming Stage | Expo Hall
Gaming & LBE | Sponsored by PICO
Jun 17
Gaming Stage | Expo Hall

Designing and Building Enjoyable Immersive Worlds

Steve Tagger - nDreams Ltd
Lucas Martell - Mighty Coconut
01:00 PM - 01:25 PM
Room 102B
Healthcare & Wellness
Jun 17
Room 102B

Training the Heart of Healthcare with VR and AI

Isabela Moise - Aequilibrium
Adrian Moise - Aequilibrium
01:00 PM - 01:25 PM
Room 102A
AI + XR
Jun 17
Room 102A

From Hype to Healing: Proving Mental Wellness Outcomes with the Multi-Modal AI Stack

Nanea Reeves - TRIPP
01:00 PM - 01:25 PM
Room 103C
Entertainment & Media
Jun 17
Room 103C

The Met in VR: Why One of America’s Oldest Museums Is Investing in Immersive

Brett Renfer - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
01:00 PM - 01:25 PM
Promenade Room 104B
XR Enablement
Jun 17
Promenade Room 104B

Applied Materials session: Compute (Chips) and Material Innovation

Ludovic Godet - Applied Materials
01:00 PM - 01:45 PM
Builders Stage | Expo Hall
Builders
Jun 17
Builders Stage | Expo Hall

Builders Lightning Round #2

01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Room 103B
Gaming & LBE | Sponsored by PICO
Jun 17
Room 103B

Roundtable Discussions: XR in Location Based Entertainment

Ray Mosco - General Immersive
Rebecca Evans - Dimension Adventures
01:30 PM - 01:55 PM
Room 102B
Healthcare & Wellness
Jun 17
Room 102B

The Clinician’s Lens on Implementation: Bringing XR into Everyday Care

Emily Daviss - AVRwell Inc
01:35 PM - 02:00 PM
Room 101B
Creator
Jun 17
Room 101B

The Light School: A Vision for Transcendence and Hope

Tom Furness - Virtual World Society - Light School
01:40 PM - 02:05 PM
Promenade Room 104A
Digital Twins & Virtual Environments
Jun 17
Promenade Room 104A

AI-Powered Digital Twins: Real-World Workflows from VNTANA, NVIDIA & Astec Industries

Ashley Crowder - VNTANA
Chase Walker - Astec Industries
01:40 PM - 02:05 PM
Room 101A
Developer | Sponsored by Qualcomm
Jun 17
Room 101A

Open Standards for AR Glasses & Virtual Worlds

Sean Mann - RP1
02:00 PM - 02:25 PM
Grand Ballroom | Main Stage
Main Stage
Jun 17
Grand Ballroom | Main Stage

Snap Session

02:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Gaming Stage | Expo Hall
Gaming & LBE | Sponsored by PICO
Jun 17
Gaming Stage | Expo Hall

How Gaming Could Be Transformed Through Glasses-Free 3D

Rita Liao -
Liz Newton-Tanzer - Mighty Coconut
Kermit Shao - CubeVi
02:10 PM - 02:35 PM
Room 102A
AI + XR
Jun 17
Room 102A

The Augmented Imagination (AI 2.0)

Christopher Stapleton - SIMIOSYS, LLC
02:10 PM - 02:40 PM
Room 101B
Creator
Jun 17
Room 101B

The UGC Creator Path in XR

Dominick Frederick - Edge Of Creation
Natasha Gubernov -
Deepak Nair -
02:15 PM - 03:15 PM
Room 103B
Creator
Jun 17
Room 103B

How to Design Memorable XR Experiences Through Storytelling

Eve Weston - Exelauno
02:20 PM - 02:45 PM
Promenade Room 104A
Digital Twins & Virtual Environments
Jun 17
Promenade Room 104A

Building XR Digital Twins for Selection, Training, and Performance Monitoring

Gergely Kovacs - Defense Innovation and Research Institute of Hungary
02:20 PM - 02:45 PM
Room 101A
Developer | Sponsored by Qualcomm
Jun 17
Room 101A

Creating a Website Environment for Apple Vision Pro

Steve Talkowski - Sketchbot Studios
02:20 PM - 02:45 PM
Room 103C
Entertainment & Media
Jun 17
Room 103C

The Immersive Supervisor: A Role Hollywood Didn't Know It Needed

Matthew Celia - Light Sail VR
02:40 PM - 03:05 PM
Grand Ballroom | Main Stage
Main Stage
Jun 17
Grand Ballroom | Main Stage

Qualcomm Session

02:40 PM - 03:35 PM
Gaming Stage | Expo Hall
Gaming & LBE | Sponsored by PICO
Jun 17
Gaming Stage | Expo Hall

The New Cinema: Designing & Monetizing Shared, Transformative Immersive Experiences

Michaela Ternasky-Holland - MTH Studio
Neville Spiteri - Wevr
Amy Jupiter - ByJove, LLC
Rob Shalhoub - Fever
03:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Expo Hall
Research & Education
Jun 17
Expo Hall

Research Posters Showcase Demo Hour

03:15 PM - 03:40 PM
Builders Stage | Expo Hall
Creator
Jun 17
Builders Stage | Expo Hall

Who Are We Becoming? Why XR, Avatars, and Digital Fashion Are Rewriting Identity

Briar Prestidge - Prestidge Group
03:15 PM - 03:45 PM
Room 101B
Creator
Jun 17
Room 101B

From 2D Flat Screen AI Content to Fully Immersive XR AI Workflows and Use Cases

Ted Schilowitz -
Ihar Heneralau - ICVR
Sinan AlRubaye - ICVR
03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
Room 103B
Healthcare & Wellness
Jun 17
Room 103B

Roundtable Discussions: Healthcare - Scaling and Solutions

José Ferrer Costa - Badalona Serveis Assistencials | Open University of Catalonia
Alley Till - Acceso Salud Virtual
Robin White Owen - MediaCombo/ViTaLS
03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
Room 102B
Healthcare & Wellness
Jun 17
Room 102B

Deploying XR Devices with Patients

Omead Sinai - Rock Paper Reality
Haipeng (Mark) Zhang - American Medical Extended Reality Association
Christine Ladd - Samsung
Miguel Carrazza Morales - Abbott Laboratories
03:45 PM - 04:00 PM
Grand Ballroom | Main Stage
Main Stage
Jun 17
Grand Ballroom | Main Stage

Asia’s Dynamic XR Market: Tapping into a Physical and Spatial AI Boom

Gavin Newton-Tanzer - AWE Asia
03:45 PM - 04:10 PM
Promenade Room 104B
XR Enablement
Jun 17
Promenade Room 104B

Where XR Meets Real Science: Unlocking Insights in Disaster, Space Weather & Earth Observation

Disha Sardana - NASA
03:45 PM - 04:10 PM
Promenade Room 104A
Digital Twins & Virtual Environments
Jun 17
Promenade Room 104A

Leveraging Immersive XR Technology in Manufacturing at General Motors

Dean Hu - General Motors
Michael Williams - General Motors
Jason Kohnert - General Motors
03:45 PM - 04:45 PM
Room 101A
Developer | Sponsored by Qualcomm
Jun 17
Room 101A

glTF / USD Interoperability Workflows

Ashley Crowder - VNTANA
Alexey Medvedev - Meta
Henrik Edstrom - Independent
Nick Porcino - Pixar
03:45 PM - 04:45 PM
Room 102A
AI + XR
Jun 17
Room 102A

Agentic AI as a Tool for Enterprise Growth

Stephanie Montgomery - XR Association
Andy O'Sullivan - Liberty Mutual
Erik Fuentes - Chase
Susan Persky - National Institutes of Health
03:55 PM - 04:20 PM
Room 101B
Creator
Jun 17
Room 101B

RAID: Three Use Cases for "Real-Time Animated Interactive Drama"

Pascal Langdale - Collective Intent
04:00 PM - 04:25 PM
Grand Ballroom | Main Stage
Main Stage
Jun 17
Grand Ballroom | Main Stage

Lenovo Session

04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Builders Stage | Expo Hall
Builders
Jun 17
Builders Stage | Expo Hall

XR Women Awards

Karen Alexander - XRconnectED / XR Women / Academy of Immersive Arts & Sciences
Julie Smithson - METAVRSE and XR Women
Sophia Moshasha - XR Women
04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Promenade Room 104C
Enterprise VIP
Jun 17
Promenade Room 104C

Enterprise Roundtable: XR's Future in Aerospace and Defense: Overcoming Challenges and Embracing Opportunities

Shelley Peterson - Wizard Wells
Alex Goldberg - Blue Origin
James Cooper - Raytheon
04:25 PM - 04:50 PM
Promenade Room 104A
Digital Twins & Virtual Environments
Jun 17
Promenade Room 104A

The Airport Decision Engine: Real-Time Digital Twins for Complex Operations

Kelly Watt - Digital Twin Consulting
04:30 PM - 05:30 PM
Builders Stage | Expo Hall
Immersive Video & Art
Jun 17
Builders Stage | Expo Hall

Deep Dive into Immersive Art with focus on Selected Works in the AWE 2026 Art Festival

Jacquelyn Morie - All These Worlds, LLC
Brett Renfer - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Jordana Leigh - The Lincoln Center
Lori H. Schwartz - StoryTech
Diliana Alexander - FilmGate Interactive
04:30 PM - 05:30 PM
Room 101B
Creator
Jun 17
Room 101B

Optimizing XR Performance - Navigating the Texture Compression Landscape

Leonard Daly - Daly Realism
Eric Griffith - Meta
Stephanie Hurlburt - Binomial
Amra Tareen - ALL3D
04:45 PM - 05:40 PM
Room 102B
Retail & Marketing
Jun 17
Room 102B

Beyond Impressions: Measuring Phygital Fashion and XR Brand Play

Dreka Gates - DrekAI
Ian Harrison - SNEAKAR.IO
Emery Morrison - FR8QU8NCY
Charlene Nichols - The Omniverse City
05:05 PM - 05:30 PM
Room 101A
Developer | Sponsored by Qualcomm
Jun 17
Room 101A

Making Magical Mixed Reality Games

Nicole Lazzaro - XEODesign Inc
05:05 PM - 05:30 PM
Promenade Room 104A
Digital Twins & Virtual Environments
Jun 17
Promenade Room 104A

Environment Modeling of Customer Spaces with Southwest Airlines

Jeffrey Berthiaume - Southwest Airlines
Justin Leger - Southwest Airlines
05:05 PM - 05:30 PM
Promenade Room 104B
XR Enablement
Jun 17
Promenade Room 104B

Beyond XR: The Shift Toward Spatial, Immersive Digital Experiences

Jochem Taminiau - Leia Inc.
06:00 PM - 07:30 PM
Grand Ballroom | Main Stage
Main Stage
Jun 17
Grand Ballroom | Main Stage

17th Annual Auggie Awards and Hall of Fame Ceremony

Ori Inbar - AWE & UnitedXR