AGENDA

AWE USA 2026

Jun 15 Jun 16 Jun 17 Jun 18
09:00 AM - 09:25 AM
Grand Ballroom | Main Stage
Main Stage
Jun 18
Grand Ballroom | Main Stage

The Wild West of Storytelling: From Hollywood Legacy to Immersive Worlds

Travis Cloyd - California Institute of the Arts
Deborah Worrell - Observe Media
Billy Zane - The Convergence Lab
09:35 AM - 09:50 AM
Grand Ballroom | Main Stage
Main Stage
Jun 18
Grand Ballroom | Main Stage

Building a 4D God's Eye View: The Intelligence Monopoly Is Over

Bilawal Sidhu - TED Conferences
09:55 AM - 10:45 AM
Grand Ballroom | Main Stage
Main Stage
Jun 18
Grand Ballroom | Main Stage

PANEL: Demystifying World Models

Bilawal Sidhu - TED Conferences
Matt Miesnieks - Stealth Mode AI Startup
01:00 PM - 01:50 PM
Grand Ballroom | Main Stage
Main Stage
Jun 18
Grand Ballroom | Main Stage

β€œIt Makes No Sense!” – Perception Across Bodies, Robots, and Virtual Environments

Jasmine Roberts - Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute | NASA Marshall Flight Center
Adam Sauer - Circaevum DAO
Dev Kennedy - Motion ML
02:00 PM - 02:20 PM
Grand Ballroom | Main Stage
Main Stage
Jun 18
Grand Ballroom | Main Stage

The View In 2036: How New Headmounted Devices and Always-On AI Will Change the Way We See the World

Cortney Harding - Friends with Holograms
02:30 PM - 03:30 PM
Grand Ballroom | Main Stage
Main Stage
Jun 18
Grand Ballroom | Main Stage

Socratic Style Debate on the Future of Immersive Tech

Norman Chan - TESTED
Alvin Graylin - Our Next Reality | Virtual World Society
Louis Rosenberg - Unanimous AI
Leslie Shannon - Virtual World Society
Kent Bye - Voices of VR Podcast
03:45 PM - 04:30 PM
Grand Ballroom | Main Stage
Main Stage
Jun 18
Grand Ballroom | Main Stage

AWE USA 2026 Wrap-up and Best in Show Awards

Ori Inbar - AWE & UnitedXR