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May 26-29, 2020
AWE USA 2020
24-25 Oct, 2023
AWE EU 2023
June 18-20, 2024
AWE USA 2024
August 27-28, 2024
AWE Asia 2024
All year, Globally
AWE Nites
Online Classes
AWE Academy
ALWAYS ON COMMUNITY
AWE.LIVE
Conference
Speakers
Agenda
Apply for Press Pass
Startup Pitch
FAQ
Expo
Become an Exhibitor
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Exhibitors
AWE Playground
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Speakers
Adaora Udoji
Corporate Innovation, RLab
Adrian Biedrzycki
CEO, Exokit
Alexander Drozdovskiy
Co-Founder, Vergendo
Alex Howland
Co-Founder and CEO, Virbela
Alex Kipman
Technical Fellow - AI and Mixed Reality, Microsoft
Alfredo Salazar-Caro
Artist, Activist, Creative Director/ Co-Founder DiMoDA, Digital Museum of Digital Art
Amar Dhaliwal
CEO, Atheer
Anand Agarawala
CEO, Co-Founder, Spatial Labs
Anselm Hook
CTO, MorpheusXR
Anttoni Vesterinen
CEO, Immersal
Benny Lee
Global Manager of Experiential Design, Coca-Cola
Brian Leckey
Executive Producer, Okta Studio
Brian Vogelsang
Sr. Director, Product Management, Qualcomm
Camille Donegan
Independent XR Producer, Virtual Reality Ireland
Carla Li
Sponsorship Platform Product Lead, Niantic
Chris Madsen
Business Development, Immersive VR Education
Christian Guirnalda
Director 5G Labs and Innovation Centers, Verizon 5G Labs
Cole Wiley
CEO, Co-Founder, Scandy
Dave Elton
General Manager & Project Director, DreamCraft Attractions
David Morin
Industry Relations at Epic Games; Ex. Dir. at Academy Software Foundation, Epic Games - Unreal Engine
David Varela
Technology Manager - Advanced Visualization (AR/VR/MR), The Manufacturing Technology Centre
Davis Bowling
Manager of Sales – North America, Radiant Vision Systems, LLC
Doug Eggert
Director of Product Management – XR OEM, Tobii
Eric Mizufuka
Partner Manager, Commercial AR/VR, Lenovo
Forest Gibson
Director, Labs Pluto VR
Francis Bitonti
CEO, LexSet
Fredrik Hellberg
Co-Founder, Space Popular
Giorgio Vitale
Director, Synthesis Gallery
Guido Groet
Chief Strategy Officer, Luxexcel
Hiroshi Sankoh
Assistant Manager of 5G XR Services Planning & Development, KDDI Corporation
Isaac Cohen
Simulation Artist, Prismatic Simulations
Jacquelyn Morie
Founder, All These Worlds, LLC
James Mister
Executive Director, Bavarian U.S. Offices for Economic Development
Jamie Innes
Creative Product Lead, Fictioneers
Jared Cheshier
CEO, Pluto VR
Jeewika Ranaweera
Vice Chair, IEEE Future Directions, IEEE
Jesse Damiani
Deputy Director of Emerging Technology, Southern New Hampshire University
Joanna Popper
Chief Metaverse Officer, Creative Artists Agency Inc
Johan Bouvin
Senior Director of Sales and Business Development, Tobii
John Ludwig
Lead Product Manager, HP Inc.
John Orion Young
AR/VR Artist, Creative Director, JOYWORLD
John Salter
Engineering Manager, Trigger Global
Jordan Kostelac
Director: PropTech JLL Asia Pacific, JLL
Jose M Blanco Gomez
Advanced Research Engineer (VR/AR/MR), The Manufacturing Technology Centre
Jubin Dave
Product Lead Strategy, DreamWorks Animation
Julie Smithson
Co-Founder & COO, MetaVRse
Jussi Havu
CEO, Glue Collaboration
Justin Hendrix
Executive Director, RLab
Kamala Sankaram
VR, AR, XR Musical Compositions, Composer
Katie Kelly
Head of Engagement, Microsoft Mesh
Lara Lesmes
Co-Founder, Space Popular
Lewey Geselowitz
Data Lead, Unity Technologies
Linda Li
Optics Engineering Manager, Goertek Inc.
Lori H. Schwartz
CEO and Founder, StoryTech
Luis Oscar Ramirez
Founder and CEO, Mawari
Maria Tamellini
Co-founder, COO, GamerSafer
Marjan Moghaddam
Artist/Animator, Professor, Long Island University
Mark Bolas
Partner, Microsoft
Martin Urrutia
Head Retail Innovation, Lego
Mez Breeze
Multidisciplinary Artist, Creative Director, Mez Breeze Design
Michael Leone
Director, ThinkReality AR/VR, Lenovo
Morin Sarenio
CRO, CGTrader
Myriam Achard
Chief, New Media Partnerships and PR, PHI
Nancy Baker Cahill
Multidisciplinary Artist, Founder/Creative Director, 4th Wall AR App
Natasha Murray
DJ/Artist/XR Event Producer, Virtualsports
Navah Berg
Sr. Social Media PR Specialist, The Adcom Group
Nicholas Napp
Co-Founder, Xmark Labs
Nicolas Guyon
Co-founder, Visionaries 777
Patrick Johnson
CEO, Rock Paper Reality
Phil Chacko
Senior Manager, Technical Product Management, Unity Technologies
Prince Gupta
Product Manager, XR, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
René Pinnell
CEO, Kaleidoscope
Rich Ryan
CEO, Six15 Technologies
Rishi Ranjan
CEO/Founder, Gridraster Inc.
Rob Czechowicz
Director, Digital Marketing, Sony Pictures
Robin Wilson
Partner Engineer, Mozilla Hubs
Rosie Summers
3D Animator and VR Artist, XR Games
Ross Newman
Global AI Advisor, XR Safety Initiative
Sabby Lighf
The Sabby Life with VR Art Live Community, Sabby Life
Sarah Hashkes
CEO, MEU By Radix Motion
Sarah Scialli
Mocap Engineer, DreamWorks Animation
Sebastien Loze
Simulations Industry Manager, Epic Games
Silke Schmidt
Head of XR HUB, Bavarian U.S. Offices
Spike Huang
Vice President of Z Products, xR, Data Science, Edge, and Innovation, HP
Stephen Philips
Cofounder, CTO, Theia Interactive
Steve Grubbs
CEO, VictoryXR
Steven Sato
Business Development, Immersive VR Education
Steve Teeple
Concept Artist & 3D Designer, Steve Teeps
Stuart Campbell
AR/VR Artist, Director, and Co-Founder, Sutu Eats Flies and EyeJack
Terry Sanderson
Business and Product Development, DreamCraft Attractions
Thomas Coughlin
President, Coughlin Associates
Timoni West
Director of XR Research, Unity Technologies
Tom Emrich
Direct, Product Management, Niantic, Inc.
Tony Parisi
CPO, Lamina1
Tracy Hutson
Co-founder, ViRSE
Urho Konttori
Chief Product Officer, Varjo Technologies
Vickie Nauman
Founder, CrossBorderWorks
Victor Sun
CEO, Shadow Creator
Vladimir Ilic
Creative Technologist, VRHuman
Wendy Moore
Chief Operating Officer (COO), Healium by StoryUP Studios
Will Humphrey
Creative Director, Sugar Creative
Yunji Johanning
Associate Producer, Altspace
Tony Driscoll
SVP, Emerging Technology & Innovation Strategy, Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc
Arianne Hinds
Principal Researcher, Tencent
Julia Schwarz
Principal Software Engineer, Microsoft
Tim Adams
VP, Emerging Products Lab, ViacomCBS
April Boyd-Noronha
Global Diversity & Inclusion Advisor, XR Safety Initiative
Dave Bushore
VP, Franchise Creative & Marketing, Marvel Studios
Sergio Paolantonio
Director - Augmented Reality, Voice experiences, Hasbro
Vicki Dobbs Beck
Executive in Charge, ILMxLAB
Todd Shaiman
Head of Immersive Arts, Google
Uma Jayaram
Managing Director and Principal Engineer, Intel
Scott Stanchak
VP, Emerging Technology Products, NBA
Edwin Rogers
Founder, vrvideo.tv
Ivan Poupyrev
Director of Engineering, ATAP, Google
Christina Lee Storm
Manager of Virtual Production (NLAB), Netflix
Timmy Ghiurau
Senior Lead XR and Virtual Experiences, Volvo Cars
Jalina Stewart
Head of Production, VRAccelerator
Paul T Kim
Sr. Director, XR Content & Services, Samsung
Cynthia Maller
Head of 3D Creative Technology, Walmart
DJ Lal
Sr. Director, Emerging Platforms, Charter Communications
Cezara Windrem
Innovation Catalyst & Head of VR, AARP Innovation Labs
Clorama Dorvilias
Product Manager, Meta
Jake Zim
SVP, VR at Sony Pictures Entertainment, Sony Corp.
Kavya Pearlman
Founder & CEO, XR Safety Initiative
Ray Soto
Director of Emerging Technology, USA Today
Ana Sofia Gonzalez
Senior UX Designer, Microsoft
Nicole Tan
Creative Technologist, Wayfair
Greg Jones
Director XR PM, NVIDIA
Daniel Beauchamp
Head of AR/VR, Shopify
Yuliya Parshina-Kottas
Immersive Storytelling - Graphics and Multimedia Editor, The New York Times
Sadah Espii Proctor
Principal | Creative/Technical Director, Brooklyn College
Alice Chang
CEO/Founder, Perfect Corp
Richard Hess
Immersive Experiences Lead, Nestle
Lawrence Wagner
CEO & Founder, Spark Mindset
Denise White
Founder, CEO, SPATIALx
Ori Inbar
Co-Founder, AWE and Super Ventures
Matt Miesnieks
CEO, 6D.ai
Brandon Ellis
Experience Developer, ST. Jude Children's Research Hospital Inc
Amy LaMeyer
Managing Partner, WXR Fund
Steve Sullivan
Partner, General Manager : Mixed Reality Capture Studios, Microsoft
Minhyul Olivia Bae
Senior 3D Generalist, Verizon 5G Labs
Sergey Doronichev
Immersive Technology Manager, Schlumberger
Walter Greenleaf
Medical VR / AR Director, Stanford University
Gene Feldman
Training Manager, Nestle Purina
Riya Mehta
Founder, Virtuary, Hospital for Sick Children
Dane Laughlin
OPS Transformation Product Leader, Koch Industries
Ted Schilowitz
Futurist, Paramount
Santiago Alfaro
Research Scientist, Intel
Christina Heller
CEO, Metastage
Hannah Scurfield
Sr. Design Research Manager, Mobile & Spatial Computing, EBay
Ken Fast
Principal Engineer, Electric Boat Corp
Eric Chen
CEO, Bellus3D
Neilda Pacquing
Founder & CEO, MindGlow, Inc
Rosario B. Casas
CoFounder & CEO, VR Americas LLC
Raffaella Camera
Head of Brands, Epic Games - Unreal Engine
Annie Escalante
Co-Founder and Behavior Analyst, BehaviorMe
Marcie Jastrow
President, Arcadium
Michael Koperwas
Visual Director, ILMxLAB
Valentin Heun
Vice President of Innovation Engineering, PTC
Alexis Macklin
VR/AR Analyst, Greenlight Insights
Charlie Fink
Consultant, Columnist, Author, Adjunct, Forbes
Ketaki Shriram
CTO, Krikey
Skip Rizzo
Director of Medical Virtual Reality, Institute for Creative Technologies, USC
Aaron Wisniewski
CEO, OVR Technology
Sinem Guven
AR/VR Research Manager, IBM Watson
Jono Forbes
MARS UX Tech Lead, Unity Technologies
Stefanie Hutka
Senior Experience Researcher, Adobe
David Fattal
CTO, Leia Inc
Armando Kirwin
Founder, Artie
Joshua Ness
Senior Manager, 5G Labs, Verizon
Amelia Winger-Bearskin
Developer Evangelist, Contentful
Rori DuBoff
Managing Director, Strategy & Innovation, Accenture
Marc Petit
General Manager, Unreal Engine, Epic Games
Leslie Shannon
Head of Ecosystem and Trend Scouting, Nokia
Luke Ritchie
Head of XR, Nexus Studios
Sara Fleeman
Director, B2B Marketing, United Way of Greater Atlanta
Sarah Vick
Executive Producer, Intel Studios
Angelo Del Priore
Partner, HP Tech Ventures, HP
Dijam Panigrahi
Co-Founder/COO, GridRaster
Agatha Yu
Senior Design Manager: 3D & Mixed Reality, Adobe
Laura Hertzfeld
Director, XR Partnership Program, Yahoo! News, Verizon Media Group
Annie Eaton
CEO, Futurus
Ashley Crowder
CEO, Co-Founder, VNTANA
Yoon Park
Principal UX Designer - Hololens, Microsoft
Jessica Kantor
Host/Executive Producer, The Look Club
Amir Bozorgzadeh
CEO, Virtuleap
Leslie Karpas
President, LexSet
Karthik Patanjali
Graphics/Multimedia Editor, The New York Times
Alexandria Porter
CEO, Mod Tech Labs Inc.
Jae Maloney
XR Consultant, KLM
Russ Fadel
Co-Founder and CEO, Augmentir
Kirin Sinha
Founder & CEO, Illumix
Bill Rehbock
Head of Content Partnerships, Blade Shadow
James Ashley
Senior XR Consultant, Project Archer
Stan Larroque
CEO, LYNX
Anne Hiatt
Executive and Artistic Director, Opera on Tap
Neil Trevett
President, Khronos Group
Deidre Diamond
CEO & Founder, Secure Diversity
Lou Pushelberg
CEO and Founder, Circuit Stream
Leen Segers
Venture Scout & Co-founder, Women in Immersive Technologies (WIIT) Europe
Olivier Koelemij
Managing Director, LA, Mediamonks
Victoria Robertson
Co-Founder, OperaMap
Robert Fine
Executive Director, IVRHA
Erik Murphy-Chutorian
Founder & CEO, 8th Wall
Evan Osheroff
Head of AR & VR, Jefferies
Casper Wickman
Senior Technical Leader/Senior Researcher, Volvo Cars
Rigel Benton
Senior UX Designer, Niantic, Inc.
Lia Cunningham
Co-Founder/CEO, VAIR
Tony Tomarchio
Director of Technical Operations, 8th Wall
Dirk Schart
President & General Manager, RE'FLEKT
Said Bakadir
Sr. Director, Product Management, Qualcomm
Laura Herman
UX Researcher, Adobe
Myra LalDin
CEO, PERSPECTIVES
Tom Furness
Founder & Chairman, Virtual World Society
Peter Oberdorfer
CEO/ECD, TACTIC
Jeremie Lasnier
Co-Founder & Chief Creative Officer, LiveLike
David A. Smith
CTO, Founder, Croquet
Alina Kadlubsky
Managing Director, Open AR Cloud Europe
Yann Caloghiris
Executive Creative Director, Left Field Labs
Zohaib Ahmed
CEO, Resemble AI
Jennifer DeFalco
Brand Manager, 8th Wall
Sarah Hill
CEO, Healium by StoryUP Studios
Maryam Sabour
Head of Business, Platform & AR Headsets, Niantic
Robert Hoffmeister
CEO, Goodly Innovations
Vy Chazen
Esports & Entertainment Media Specialist, The Hive VR
Donna Davis
Dir., Oregon Reality (OR) Lab, Univ. of Oregon
Shrenik Sadalgi
Khronos 3D Commerce Working Group Chair, Head of Wayfair Next, Wayfair
Callie Leone
CEO & Founder, EUNOE
Jane Hoffacker
CEO, Founder, Spiro Park XR
Muki Kulhan
CIO, Executive XR/MetaTech Producer & Creative Technologist, MUKI-INTERNATIONAL, LTD
Eve Weston
CEO/Creator of Realities, Exelauno
David Ripert
CEO, Poplar
Ashok Maharaj
Head, XR Lab, TCS
Clemens Kirner
CEO & Founder, Insider Navigation
Boaz Ashkenazy
Founder and CEO, Simply Augmented
Jacob Morton
Deep Learning Engineer, Seerslab Inc.
Scot Stafford
co-founder, Pollen Music Group
Tom Neumann
Co-founder and Head of Engineering, Rendever
Patrick O'Shaughnessey
Founder and CEO, Patched Reality Inc.
Robert Brown
Vice President, Center for the Future of Work, Cognizant Technology Solutions
Soraya Jaber
CEO & co-founder, Minsar
Jan-Erik Vinje
Managing Director, Open AR Cloud
Isabella Doppler
CFO, Holo-Light
Jessica Manins
CEO | Co-founder, Beyond
Antony Vitillo
Blogger, VRrOOm
Jon Cheney
Co-Founder & CEO, Seek XR
Luciana Carvalho Se
Business Development (Global, Part-time), Se.Solutions
David Heath
Principal Technologist, Bath Iron Works Corp
Hilary McVicker
VP Sales and Marketing, The Elumenati
Max Noir
Head of US Operations, FXG
Connell Gauld
Co-founder & CTO, Zappar
Erika Barraza
Host/Executive Producer, Meta
Stefano Corazza
Head of Augmented Reality, Adobe
Kimberly Culp
Director, Carr McClellan P.C.
Richard Warp
sound designer and audio technologist, Pollen Music Group
Bernard Francois
Founder, PreviewLabs
Linda Ricci
Business / Emerging Tech Strategy Consultant, Consultant
Shahrohk Yadegari
Director, UC San Diego Sonic Arts Research and Development
Thibault Mathieu
Founder & Creative Producer, Wilkins Avenue AR
Maria Mishurenko
XR designer, Synesthetic Echo
Mike Boland
Chief Analyst, ARtillery Intelligence
Anders Ribbing
Head of Enterprise, Bublar Group
Eugene Panich
CEO, Almalence
Claire Baert
Project Manager, Emteq
Shivaji Yerra
CEO, PlugXR
Andrew Maneri
MARS Content Lead, Unity Technologies
Allen Chien
Director of AR/VR, Goertek
Jhanvi Shriram
CEO, Krikey
BC Biermann
Creative Director, Heavy
Daniel Plemmons
Senior Interaction Designer, Microsoft
Gavin Newton-Tanzer
President, AWE Asia, Sunrise International
Ross Finman
AR Mapping Lead, Niantic
Gerry Baranano
Director, Tech Futures Group
Fabian Quosdorf
Head of Immersive Development, Island Labs GmbH
Gabriel Jones
Co-Founder, CEO, Proprio
Jason Yim
CEO, Trigger Global
Ruthie Doyle
Director, Interdisciplinary Program, Sundance Institute
Jason McDowall
VP Product and Head of Visual Experience, Ostendo Technologies
Sergiu Ardelean
Founder, Artivive