AGENDA

AWE USA 2026

Jun 15 Jun 16 Jun 17 Jun 18
08:30 AM - 05:00 PM
LBCC Main Entrance | Promenade Lobby
Networking
Jun 15
LBCC Main Entrance | Promenade Lobby

Monday Badge Pickup & Registration

09:00 AM - 03:00 PM
Promenade Room 104C
Workshops
Jun 15
Promenade Room 104C

Reality Hack at AWE (in person) | Sponsored by Snap (Registration & Acceptance to Hack Required)

Alejandro Jimenez - Reality Hack, Inc.
Brian Hui - Reality Hack, Inc.
Addison Black - SPECS
Qi Pan - SPECS
09:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Room 101A
Workshops
Jun 15
Room 101A

Designed to Disappear: Why Developers are Choosing the Even Realities G2 (Registration & Acceptance Required)

Tom Ouyang - Even Realities
Raag Harshavat - Even Realities
10:00 AM - 02:30 PM
Room 101B
Workshops
Jun 15
Room 101B

Builder to Founder Workshop (All builders welcome. No pre-registration required.)

Ori Inbar - AWE & UnitedXR
Dinesh Punni - immersive insiders
Avi Bar-Zeev - XR Guild
Terry Schussler - Deutsche Telekom AG
Matt Miesnieks - Stealth Mode AI Startup
David Oh - PICO
Tipatat Chennavasin - The Venture Reality Fund
Vinny DaSilva - Google
Rita Turkowski -
10:00 AM - 03:00 PM
Room 103B
Workshops
Jun 15
Room 103B

XR Guild and Virtual World Society - UNCONFERENCE (RSVP Requested)

Evo Heyning - Realitycraft
Avi Bar-Zeev - XR Guild
Trond Nilsen - Reality Frame LLC
01:00 PM - 02:30 PM
Room 101A
Workshops
Jun 15
Room 101A

Android XR: High-Performance Development Across Engines and Form Factors (Registration & Acceptance Required)

Luke Hopkins - Google | Android XR
03:00 PM - 05:00 PM
LBCC Main Entrance | Promenade Lobby
Networking
Jun 15
LBCC Main Entrance | Promenade Lobby

Welcome Party brought to you by Snapdragon!

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

AWE USA 2026 Welcome Keynote - I, Spatial – Humans Empowered by Spatial AI

Ori Inbar - AWE & UnitedXR
09:30 AM - 09:55 AM
Grand Ballroom | Main Stage
Main Stage
Jun 16
Grand Ballroom | Main Stage

Snap Keynote: Making Computing More Human

Evan Spiegel - Snap
10:00 AM - 10:25 AM
Grand Ballroom | Main Stage
Main Stage
Jun 16
Grand Ballroom | Main Stage

Qualcomm Keynote: The Era of Personal AI and Endless Realities

Ziad Asghar - Qualcomm
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Promenade Room 104C
Enterprise VIP
Jun 16
Promenade Room 104C

Expo Tour (Enterprise/Gov VIP Program Only): Manufacturing & Industry

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Promenade Room 104C
Enterprise VIP
Jun 16
Promenade Room 104C

Expo Tour (Enterprise/Gov VIP Program Only): AI + XR & Smartglasses

10:30 AM - 10:55 AM
Grand Ballroom | Main Stage
Main Stage
Jun 16
Grand Ballroom | Main Stage

Google Keynote: Unifying the Android XR Ecosystem

Hugo Swart - Google
Juston Payne - Google
11:00 AM - 01:00 PM
Networking
Jun 16

LUNCH

11:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Expo Hall
Immersive Video & Art
Jun 16
Expo Hall

AWE Art Festival

11:00 AM - 05:30 PM
Expo Hall
Networking
Jun 16
Expo Hall

Expo, Playground, Expo Stages

11:20 AM - 12:20 PM
Builders Stage | Expo Hall
Creator
Jun 16
Builders Stage | Expo Hall

How to Design Memorable XR Experiences Through Storytelling

Eve Weston - Exelauno
Scott Stein - CNET
Leah Rubin-Cadrain -
11:35 AM - 11:50 AM
Gaming Stage | Expo Hall
Gaming & LBE | Sponsored by PICO
Jun 16
Gaming Stage | Expo Hall

LBE XR - The Real Business of Entertainment!

Kevin Williams - KWP
11:55 AM - 12:20 PM
Gaming Stage | Expo Hall
Gaming & LBE | Sponsored by PICO
Jun 16
Gaming Stage | Expo Hall

Digital Humans in Production: Avatar SDK & HTC Viverse

Victor Erukhimov - Itseez3D
Andranik Aslanyan - HTC
12:25 PM - 12:55 PM
Gaming Stage | Expo Hall
Gaming & LBE | Sponsored by PICO
Jun 16
Gaming Stage | Expo Hall

Scaling LBE from Japan: From Places to Platforms

Masahiro Yamaguchi - STYLY, Inc.
Tomonori Nishina - KDDI Corporation
12:30 PM - 01:00 PM
Builders Stage | Expo Hall
Builders
Jun 16
Builders Stage | Expo Hall

Why Some XR Pitches Land — and Others Don’t: Lessons from Reality Hack at MIT

Karen Lam - Reality Hack, Inc.
Haseeb Musa - Reality Hack, Inc.
01:00 PM - 01:25 PM
Grand Ballroom | Main Stage
Main Stage
Jun 16
Grand Ballroom | Main Stage

Building for SPECS: Create What’s Next on Snap’s Developer Platform

Bobby Murphy - Snap
Terek Judi - Snap
Anu Sharma - Mapbox
01:00 PM - 01:25 PM
Room 101B
Immersive Video & Art
Jun 16
Room 101B

Creating Immersive Civic Experiences: How 360° VR is Transforming Public Engagement

Marbenn Cayetano - City of Austin
01:00 PM - 01:25 PM
Room 102B
Healthcare & Wellness | Sponsored by Trifork
Jun 16
Room 102B

Beyond the Gym: Building an Adaptive Wellness Ecosystem

Kathleen Cohen - The Collaboratorium
Jaime Pichardo García - Odders Lab
Sam Cole - FitXR
01:00 PM - 01:25 PM
Room 101A
Developer | Sponsored by Qualcomm
Jun 16
Room 101A

Build Spatial Web with WebSpatial and AI accelerated Coding

Pratik Thakare - PICO
Ruoya Sheng - PICO
01:00 PM - 01:25 PM
Gaming Stage | Expo Hall
Gaming & LBE | Sponsored by PICO
Jun 16
Gaming Stage | Expo Hall

Build VR Like a Theme Park. Market It Like a Movie.

Mike Wozniewski - Hololabs
Brett Gaylor - Hololabs
01:00 PM - 01:25 PM
Promenade Room 104A
Enterprise | Sponsored by Lenovo
Jun 16
Promenade Room 104A

Reality Revolution Rapidly Accelerates Transformation in the Energy Industry

Michael Hotaling - ExxonMobil
01:00 PM - 01:55 PM
Room 102A
XR Policy
Jun 16
Room 102A

From Headsets to Human-Scale Systems: What We Now Mean by XR

Elizabeth Hyman - XR Association
Mark Sage - The AREA
Priyanka Shekar - HP
Evan Pesses - Rampart Productions
01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Promenade Room 104B
Startups & Investors
Jun 16
Promenade Room 104B

PANEL: Investor Q&A - Ask Us Anything!

Tipatat Chennavasin - The Venture Reality Fund
Derek Mether - Hallstone Ventures
01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Room 103B
Gaming & LBE | Sponsored by PICO
Jun 16
Room 103B

Roundtable Discussions: XR in Location Based Entertainment: From Experiment to Ecosystem

Raymond Mosco - General Immersive
Grant Hinkson - Parietal Lab
Julian Triveri - Anaglyph
01:30 PM - 01:55 PM
Room 102B
Healthcare & Wellness | Sponsored by Trifork
Jun 16
Room 102B

VR in the Lab: How Digital Worlds Reveal the Science of Memory

Rolando Masís-Obando - Johns Hopkins University
01:30 PM - 01:55 PM
Gaming Stage | Expo Hall
Gaming & LBE | Sponsored by PICO
Jun 16
Gaming Stage | Expo Hall

How Continuum XR Built UG and Scaled a Social VR Game with Photon Engine

Dirk Figge - Photon Industries
Spencer Cook - Continuum VR Studios | VoicePatrol
01:35 PM - 02:00 PM
Grand Ballroom | Main Stage
Main Stage
Jun 16
Grand Ballroom | Main Stage

The Sound of Smart Glasses: Bringing Voice AI into the Real World

Nik Jedrzejewski - NXP Semiconductors
Laurent Pilati - NXP Semiconductors
01:40 PM - 02:05 PM
Room 101B
Immersive Video & Art
Jun 16
Room 101B

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

Matthew Celia - Light Sail VR
01:40 PM - 02:05 PM
Promenade Room 104A
Enterprise | Sponsored by Lenovo
Jun 16
Promenade Room 104A

How Continuous Hardware Innovation Drives ROI by Reducing Total Cost of Ownership

Dax Leepart - PICO
01:40 PM - 02:05 PM
Room 101A
Developer | Sponsored by Qualcomm
Jun 16
Room 101A

Building for the Android XR Ecosystem using Unity, Unreal, and Godot

Luke Hopkins - Google | Android XR
02:00 PM - 02:20 PM
Room 102B
Healthcare & Wellness | Sponsored by Trifork
Jun 16
Room 102B

The XR Stage Advantage: Reimaging Collaboration in Teamwork Simulations

Michelle Aebersold - University of Michigan School of Nursing
02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Promenade Room 104C
Enterprise VIP
Jun 16
Promenade Room 104C

Roundtable (Enterprise/Gov VIP Program Only): Implementing Smartglasses + AI in Industry

Cortney Harding - Friends with Holograms
02:05 PM - 02:30 PM
Room 102A
XR Policy
Jun 16
Room 102A

Bystander Signaling in the Era of AI Devices

Nathan White - Meta
02:10 PM - 02:35 PM
Grand Ballroom | Main Stage
Main Stage
Jun 16
Grand Ballroom | Main Stage

Scaling the Personal AI Ecosystem

Nima Shams - Qualcomm
02:10 PM - 02:35 PM
Room 103C
Research & Education
Jun 16
Room 103C

How One Tool Increased VR Usage at Schools by 3x

Taylor Lallas - ManageXR
Brian Tanabe - ManageXR
02:15 PM - 03:15 PM
Room 103B
Developer | Sponsored by Qualcomm
Jun 16
Room 103B

Roundtable Discussions: Everything About Gaussian Splatting and XR

Jenni Ogden - Eye Q Productions
Zachary Quemore - Lucasfilm
Chaitanya Atluru - Aina
Mary Matheson - Agog: The Immersive Media Institute
02:20 PM - 02:45 PM
Room 101A
Developer | Sponsored by Qualcomm
Jun 16
Room 101A

Road to Project Swan: Breakthroughs in Spatial Multitasking and AI Development on PICO OS 6

Ke Jing - PICO
Nan Ye - PICO
02:20 PM - 02:45 PM
Room 101B
Immersive Video & Art
Jun 16
Room 101B

Presence Is the New Premium: Immersive Video Survives the AI Flood!

Hugh Hou - Metaverse Stage
Keeley Turner - Metaverse Stage
02:20 PM - 02:45 PM
Promenade Room 104A
Enterprise | Sponsored by Lenovo
Jun 16
Promenade Room 104A

290 Million Minutes of XR: The Signals That Determine What Scales and What Stalls

Nicola Anderson - Cognitive3D
02:25 PM - 02:45 PM
Room 102B
Healthcare & Wellness | Sponsored by Trifork
Jun 16
Room 102B

XR for Decision-Making in Sports and Health

Habib Noorbhai - North-West University, South Africa
02:30 PM - 03:25 PM
Promenade Room 104B
Startups & Investors
Jun 16
Promenade Room 104B

Startup Pitch Competition: Part 1

Robert Hughes - KOO Capital
Tipatat Chennavasin - The Venture Reality Fund
Perrin Kaplan - Zebra Partners
Claudiu Barsan-Pipu - MetaNeural
Jaume Puig - Biel Glasses
Jeff Rayner - MXTReality | Drivers of Tomorrow
Alicia Caputo - Farclip
Abdullah Bahour - Provision Surgical
Ryan Wang - Outpost Capital
02:30 PM - 03:30 PM
Builders Stage | Expo Hall
Builders
Jun 16
Builders Stage | Expo Hall

Reality Hack at AWE - Finalist Judging | Sponsored by Snap (Registration & Acceptance to Hack Required)

Alejandro Jimenez - Reality Hack, Inc.
Brian Hui - Reality Hack, Inc.
Addison Black - SPECS
Qi Pan - SPECS
02:45 PM - 03:30 PM
LBCC Main Entrance | Promenade Lobby
Healthcare & Wellness | Sponsored by Trifork
Jun 16
LBCC Main Entrance | Promenade Lobby

AWE Wellness Walk with Caitlin Krause: A Somatic & Spatial Journey into Digital Wellbeing

Caitlin Krause - MindWise
03:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Expo Hall
Research & Education
Jun 16
Expo Hall

Research Posters Showcase Demo Hour

Ruhee Nagulwar - Texas A&M University
03:15 PM - 03:40 PM
Grand Ballroom | Main Stage
Main Stage
Jun 16
Grand Ballroom | Main Stage

Building Physical AI with Spatial Computing

David Chu - NVIDIA
03:15 PM - 04:10 PM
Room 102A
XR Policy
Jun 16
Room 102A

PANEL: Redefining Patient Privacy: AI, Immersive Data, and New Vulnerabilities

Rick Beberman - Sira Medical
Patrick Thomas MD, MMCI, FACS - University of Nebraska Medical Center
Sharon Mozgai - USC Institute for Creative Technologies
Darren Straker - Stanford Health Care
03:25 PM - 04:00 PM
Gaming Stage | Expo Hall
Gaming & LBE | Sponsored by PICO
Jun 16
Gaming Stage | Expo Hall

Fireside Chat with DreamPark and Dave & Busters Hollywood

Dana Ware - Hidden Realities
Aidan Wolf - DreamPark
Popeye Vasquez - Dave & Buster's
03:40 PM - 03:55 PM
Room 102B
Healthcare & Wellness | Sponsored by Trifork
Jun 16
Room 102B

Decoding Reality: Schizophrenia, Perception & Equitable XR Design

Kat King - CatheXis Films
03:45 PM - 04:10 PM
Room 101B
Immersive Video & Art
Jun 16
Room 101B

Sky-High Immersion: Engineering the Future of Aerial Immersive

Zachary Handshoe - SpatialGen
John Racine - Rogue Labs
03:45 PM - 04:10 PM
Builders Stage | Expo Hall
XR Enablement
Jun 16
Builders Stage | Expo Hall

From Eye Movements to User Context: Building More Personal AI Glasses with Inseye Tiny

Piotr Krukowski - Inseye Inc.
03:45 PM - 04:35 PM
Promenade Room 104B
Startups & Investors
Jun 16
Promenade Room 104B

Startup Pitch Competition: Part 2

Robert Hughes - KOO Capital
Tipatat Chennavasin - The Venture Reality Fund
Perrin Kaplan - Zebra Partners
Dr. Joey (Zhao) Cheng - CG Technologies
Amanda Way - CognifiSense
Tyler Hernandez - Tynt Technologies
Aviv Elor - Immergo Labs, Inc.
Michael Powell - Immergo Labs, Inc.
Emily Daviss - AVRwell Inc
Ryan Wang - Outpost Capital
03:45 PM - 04:40 PM
Promenade Room 104A
Enterprise | Sponsored by Lenovo
Jun 16
Promenade Room 104A

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

Shelley Peterson - Wizard Wells
Alex Goldberg - Blue Origin
James Cooper - Raytheon
Andrew Lowe - Rolls-Royce
Paul Davies - The Boeing Company
03:45 PM - 04:45 PM
Room 103B
Gaming & LBE | Sponsored by PICO
Jun 16
Room 103B

Roundtable Discussions: Gaming and Esports Positive Synergy with Education and Research

Leanne Chukoskie - Northeastern University
Erica Kleinman - Northeastern University
03:50 PM - 04:15 PM
Grand Ballroom | Main Stage
Main Stage
Jun 16
Grand Ballroom | Main Stage

In Loving Memory of Reality

Asad J Malik - Jadu AR Inc.
03:55 PM - 04:50 PM
Room 103C
Research & Education
Jun 16
Room 103C

PANEL: Strategies for Innovation: XR + AI Infrastructure and Implementation for Community Colleges

Karen Alexander - XRconnectED / XR Women / Academy of Immersive Arts & Sciences
Elizabeth Desrosiers - St. Louis Community College
Donnell Layne - Moreno Valley College
Dominique Wu - LitStage / XReality Pro / CCCCO
04:00 PM - 04:20 PM
Room 102B
Healthcare & Wellness | Sponsored by Trifork
Jun 16
Room 102B

Unreal that Feels Real: AI Enhanced Augmented Reality for PTSD and Anxiety Disorders

Arash Javanbakht - MetaSyn - Wayne State University
04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
Promenade Room 104C
Enterprise VIP
Jun 16
Promenade Room 104C

Roundtable (Enterprise/Gov VIP Program Only): Scaling AR Solutions Beyond Pilot Purgatory

Mark Sage - The AREA
04:10 PM - 04:50 PM
Gaming Stage | Expo Hall
Gaming & LBE | Sponsored by PICO
Jun 16
Gaming Stage | Expo Hall

2026 AWE Gaming Hub Exhibitors Showcase

04:20 PM - 04:45 PM
Room 102A
XR Policy
Jun 16
Room 102A

How to Make Your AI and XR Tools Work for Everyone

Chris Brown - XR Association
Corinne Weible - Partnership on Employment & Accessible Technology (PEAT)
04:25 PM - 04:50 PM
Room 102B
Healthcare & Wellness | Sponsored by Trifork
Jun 16
Room 102B

X-RAI Vision: Bio-Interactive XR for Objective Functional Assessment

Nathan Miner - Massachusetts General Hospital
04:25 PM - 04:50 PM
Room 101B
Immersive Video & Art
Jun 16
Room 101B

How Live Immersive Video Is Accomplished

Zachary Handshoe - SpatialGen
David Hoffman - Blackmagic Design
04:25 PM - 04:50 PM
Grand Ballroom | Main Stage
Main Stage
Jun 16
Grand Ballroom | Main Stage

World Models Need a World

Luis Oscar Ramirez - Mawari
04:30 PM - 04:55 PM
Room 101A
Developer | Sponsored by Qualcomm
Jun 16
Room 101A

From Web Browser to Metaverse Browser

Sean Mann - RP1
Neil Trevett - Metaverse Standards Forum
04:45 PM - 05:10 PM
Builders Stage | Expo Hall
XR Enablement
Jun 16
Builders Stage | Expo Hall

Meet the Sparse Processing Unit (SPU) chip and AI developer platform: Unlocking the Next Generation of Smart Glasses

Bill Hoppin - femtoAI
04:45 PM - 05:45 PM
Promenade Room 104B
Startups & Investors
Jun 16
Promenade Room 104B

Startup and Investors Networking Hour

04:55 PM - 05:10 PM
Gaming Stage | Expo Hall
Gaming & LBE | Sponsored by PICO
Jun 16
Gaming Stage | Expo Hall

What we learned from LBE XR - Current and Future

Kevin Williams - KWP
04:55 PM - 05:20 PM
Promenade Room 104A
Enterprise | Sponsored by Lenovo
Jun 16
Promenade Room 104A

Research to Reality: How Experiments Accelerated the First Spatial Trading Application

Jamie Barras - Fidelity Center for Applied Technology
Matthew Savage - Plynk (Digital Brokerage Services)
05:00 PM - 05:25 PM
Room 103C
Research & Education
Jun 16
Room 103C

If Educational VR Is So Powerful, Why Isn’t It Scaling?

Emilie Joly - Zoe Immersive
Juan Manuel Codó - Studio Soup
05:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Grand Ballroom | Main Stage
Main Stage
Jun 16
Grand Ballroom | Main Stage

*LIVE* The AIXR Podcast's 246th Episode *LIVE*

Charlie Fink - The AIXR Podcast
Ted Schilowitz -
Shelley Peterson - Wizard Wells
Mary Matheson - Agog: The Immersive Media Institute
Malia Probst - Scout House
05:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Room 102A
AI + XR
Jun 16
Room 102A

PANEL: AI's Impact on Smart Glasses and Their Future

Tim Bajarin - Founder | Contributor
John Iaia - Lenovo
Ralph Jodice - XREAL
Craig Gray - Snap
Cortney Harding - Friends with Holograms
05:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Room 102B
Healthcare & Wellness | Sponsored by Trifork
Jun 16
Room 102B

PANEL: The Hero’s Journey: Using Story and Immersion to Improve Care

Laura Kusumoto - IterationZero
Dr. Parisa "Risa" Vatanka - Digital.Health
Dr. Linda Ciavarelli - HouseCall VR
Dr. Walter Greenleaf - Stanford University
05:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Room 103B
Enterprise | Sponsored by Lenovo
Jun 16
Room 103B

Roundtable Discussions: XR Go-to-Market Strategies

Devin Marble - ArborXR
Bill Myers - Skyhopper
Will O’Donnell - Groove Jones
Annie Eaton - Futurus
Inga Petryaevskaya - ShapesXR
Amy Stout - Futurus
05:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Room 101B
Immersive Video & Art
Jun 16
Room 101B

Inside the Immersive Video Renaissance: Tools, Stories and Audiences

Victor Agulhon - Targo
David Hoffman - Blackmagic Design
05:05 PM - 06:00 PM
Room 101A
Developer | Sponsored by Qualcomm
Jun 16
Room 101A

PANEL: Gaussian Splat Workflow – From Data Collection to Display

Sandy Ressler - Khronos Group
Tamrat Belayneh - ESRI
Michael Rubloff - Radiance Fields
Fay Yu - XGRIDS
05:35 PM - 06:00 PM
Room 103C
Research & Education
Jun 16
Room 103C

Create Knowledge that Sticks: 5 Golden Rules behind Triumphant Immersive Learning Programs

Angus Stevens - Start Beyond
05:35 PM - 06:00 PM
Promenade Room 104A
Enterprise | Sponsored by Lenovo
Jun 16
Promenade Room 104A

Eye-Controlled Ambient Computing for Prosumers and Enterprise

Thomas Suarez - Raven Resonance
Parth Arora - Raven Resonance
09:00 AM - 09:55 AM
Grand Ballroom | Main Stage
Main Stage
Jun 17
Grand Ballroom | Main Stage

PANEL: XR and AI at Work: From Real-Time Guidance to Edge Deployment

Logan Lawler - Dell Technologies
Greg Barbone - NVIDIA
Lisa Bell-Cabrera - NVIDIA
Le Cong - Stanford University | AutoBio
Jacob Biehl - University of Pittsburgh, School of Computing and Information
10:00 AM - 10:25 AM
Grand Ballroom | Main Stage
Main Stage
Jun 17
Grand Ballroom | Main Stage

The Missing Link in Smart Glasses

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

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Room 102B
Startups & Investors
Jun 17
Room 102B

K-Digital: Where Korea’s Digital Innovation Meets the Future of Experience

Ryan Wang - Outpost Capital
Scott Seongwook Lee - Geeks Loft Inc.
Kangbae Choi - LIKE Corporation
Eunhyeong Cheon - Emotionwave Inc.
Nancy Cho - Wave Company
Jae-hyeok Kim - LetinAR
YONG JAE KIM - LBS Tech
Minsoo Kang - ARASOFT
10:02 AM - 10:08 AM
Room 102B
Startups & Investors
Jun 17
Room 102B

Perisphere: The World’s First Smart Headphones for Everyday Immersive Experiences

Scott Seongwook Lee - Geeks Loft Inc.
10:08 AM - 10:14 AM
Room 102B
Startups & Investors
Jun 17
Room 102B

SyncTwin: A Digital Twin-Based XR Platform for Nuclear Maintenance Operations

Kangbae Choi - LIKE Corporation
10:14 AM - 10:20 AM
Room 102B
Startups & Investors
Jun 17
Room 102B

Building Emotional AI Infrastructure for Integrated Innovation in Creation, Education, Performance, and Distribution

Eunhyeong Cheon - Emotionwave Inc.
10:20 AM - 10:26 AM
Room 102B
Startups & Investors
Jun 17
Room 102B

Your Body Is The Last Missing Input

Nancy Cho - Wave Company
10:26 AM - 10:32 AM
Room 102B
Startups & Investors
Jun 17
Room 102B

AI Glasses Without Compromise: The PinTILT Solution

Jae-hyeok Kim - LetinAR
10:30 AM - 10:55 AM
Grand Ballroom | Main Stage
Main Stage
Jun 17
Grand Ballroom | Main Stage

The 5 XR Program Killers (And How to Survive Them)

Brad Scoggin - ArborXR
10:32 AM - 10:38 AM
Room 102B
Startups & Investors
Jun 17
Room 102B

MaaS-Bridge: Connecting Vehicles, Pedestrians, and Destinations Through AI-Powered Mobility Points

YONG JAE KIM - LBS Tech
10:38 AM - 10:44 AM
Room 102B
Startups & Investors
Jun 17
Room 102B

Redefining Content for the AI Era

Minsoo Kang - ARASOFT
11:00 AM - 01:00 PM
Networking
Jun 17

LUNCH

11:00 AM - 05:00 PM
Expo Hall
Immersive Video & Art
Jun 17
Expo Hall

AWE Art Festival

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
11:55 AM - 12:30 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
Sonya Haskins - AWE
12:00 PM - 12:45 PM
Builders Stage | Expo Hall
Builders
Jun 17
Builders Stage | Expo Hall

Builders Lightning Round #1

Dinesh Punni - immersive insiders
Ashray Pai - immersive insiders
12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Promenade Room 104C
Enterprise VIP
Jun 17
Promenade Room 104C

Roundtable (Enterprise/Gov VIP Program Only): XR's Future in Aerospace and Defense: Overcoming Challenges and Embracing Opportunities

Shelley Peterson - Wizard Wells
Alex Goldberg - Blue Origin
James Cooper - Raytheon
Andrew Lowe - Rolls-Royce
Paul Davies - The Boeing Company
01:00 PM - 01:20 PM
Room 103B
Developer | Sponsored by Qualcomm
Jun 17
Room 103B

Roundtable Discussions: Open Standards - Web Wide Worlds

Dylan Baker - Five Squared Interactive
01:00 PM - 01:25 PM
Room 102B
Healthcare & Wellness | Sponsored by Trifork
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

Engineering the Impossible: Photonics Platforms for High-Volume Manufacturing of Invisible AI Eyewear

Ludovic Godet - Applied Materials
01:00 PM - 01:25 PM
Room 101B
Creator
Jun 17
Room 101B

From Idea to Experience in Lens Studio

Luke Cartwright - SNAP
Nick Ross - Snap
01:00 PM - 01:25 PM
Room 101A
Developer | Sponsored by Qualcomm
Jun 17
Room 101A

Building Content for Meta AI Glasses

Oscar Falmer - Meta
Abhijit Srikanth - Meta
01:00 PM - 01:45 PM
Builders Stage | Expo Hall
Builders
Jun 17
Builders Stage | Expo Hall

Builders Lightning Round #2

Dinesh Punni - immersive insiders
Ashray Pai - immersive insiders
01:20 PM - 01:40 PM
Room 103B
Developer | Sponsored by Qualcomm
Jun 17
Room 103B

Roundtable Discussions: Open Standards - Godot Game Engine

David Snopek - W4 Games
Fredia Huya-Kouadio - Godot Engine
01:30 PM - 01:55 PM
Room 102B
Healthcare & Wellness | Sponsored by Trifork
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
01:35 PM - 02:00 PM
Room 102A
AI + XR
Jun 17
Room 102A

Accelerating Quest Development with Agentic Tools

Dilmer Valecillos - Meta
01:40 PM - 02:00 PM
Room 103B
Developer | Sponsored by Qualcomm
Jun 17
Room 103B

Roundtable Discussions: Open Metaverse Browser Initiative

Sean Mann - RP1
Neil Trevett - Metaverse Standards Forum
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
Grand Ballroom | Main Stage
Main Stage
Jun 17
Grand Ballroom | Main Stage

SPECS: The Power of a Fully-Integrated AR Stack

Mike Boland - AR Insider
Qi Pan - SPECS
Russell Patton - Snap
Kenny Kubala - SPECS
01:40 PM - 02:05 PM
Promenade Room 104B
XR Enablement
Jun 17
Promenade Room 104B

Prescription on Demand

Rob Stevens - Oxford Optical Labs
01:40 PM - 02:10 PM
Room 103C
Immersive Video & Art
Jun 17
Room 103C

Why Two Experienced Producers Made the Pivot from Traditional to Immersive Media

Paul Mezier - Acute Immersive
Maura Axelrod - Primary: News in Depth
Kelly Breaks - Blue Frog Immersive
02:00 PM - 02:25 PM
Room 102B
Healthcare & Wellness | Sponsored by Trifork
Jun 17
Room 102B

Augmenting Radiotherapy Planning through Spatial Interface and Human–AI Collaboration

Alex Yang - Lixel Inc.
02:00 PM - 02:50 PM
Gaming Stage | Expo Hall
Gaming & LBE | Sponsored by PICO
Jun 17
Gaming Stage | Expo Hall

Built to Be Felt: Lessons from Shipping XR That Players Love

Liz Newton-Tanzer - Mighty Coconut
Inga Petryaevskaya - ShapesXR
Ethan Soo - techToy Studio
Saul Pena Gamero - Supernatural
02:10 PM - 02:35 PM
Grand Ballroom | Main Stage
Main Stage
Jun 17
Grand Ballroom | Main Stage

Android XR and Project Aura: Enterprise XR Gets Real

Amir Khorram - XREAL
Ben Stein - Qualcomm
Sean Ginevan - Google
02:10 PM - 02:35 PM
Room 102A
AI + XR
Jun 17
Room 102A

Building Together: Co-Designing the Future with Wearable AI

Jacklyn Doig-Keys - Meta
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
Healthcare & Wellness | Sponsored by Trifork
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
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

Dr. Gergely Kovacs - VIKI - Védelmi Innovációs Kutatóintézet - Defence Innovation Institute XR Centre of Excellence
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
02:25 PM - 02:50 PM
Room 103C
Entertainment & Media
Jun 17
Room 103C

XR Sports Alliance x FISE: First Learnings from Immersive Sports at a Live Action Event

Lucy Trang Nguyen - Accedo
Kendall Goodden - FISE World Series
02:45 PM - 03:10 PM
Grand Ballroom | Main Stage
Main Stage
Jun 17
Grand Ballroom | Main Stage

Unlocking Presence: How AI Glasses are Changing the Way We Live

Anna Gordon - Meta
Kevin Lang - Agerpoint
Quinn Taber - Immerse
Thai Nguyen - Diverge, a Hensel Phelps Company
02:55 PM - 03:50 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

Rob Shalhoub - Fever
Michaela Ternasky-Holland - MTH Studio
Neville Spiteri - Wevr
Amy Jupiter - ByJove, LLC
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
Builders
Jun 17
Builders Stage | Expo Hall

The Control Problem: Why Smart Glasses Are Still Losing to Your Phone

Thane Hunt - PeKe Labs
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
03:20 PM - 04:15 PM
Grand Ballroom | Main Stage
Immersive Video & Art
Jun 17
Grand Ballroom | Main Stage

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 - Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Lori H. Schwartz - StoryTech
Diliana Alexander - FilmGate Interactive
03:30 PM - 03:55 PM
Room 103C
Entertainment & Media
Jun 17
Room 103C

Feature Film-Quality 6DoF: Exploring the Future of Cinematic Media

Greg Downing - Hyperacuity
Tristan Salome - V-Nova
03:30 PM - 04:30 PM
Room 102B
Healthcare & Wellness | Sponsored by Trifork
Jun 17
Room 102B

PANEL: 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
03:35 PM - 04:10 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
Susan Persky - National Institutes of Health
03:40 PM - 04:05 PM
Promenade Room 104B
XR Enablement
Jun 17
Promenade Room 104B

Spatial AI: Transforming the Workspace

Matt Fedorovich - Insight Enterprises
03:45 PM - 04:10 PM
Grand Ballroom | Main Stage
Main Stage
Jun 17
Grand Ballroom | Main Stage

Lenovo Session

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 - 04:10 PM
Builders Stage | Expo Hall
Retail & Marketing
Jun 17
Builders Stage | Expo Hall

The Future of Ecommerce Is Spatial Commerce

Alex Otwell - Vizbl Inc.
03:45 PM - 04:45 PM
Room 101A
Developer | Sponsored by Qualcomm
Jun 17
Room 101A

PANEL: glTF / USD Interoperability Workflows

Ashley Crowder - VNTANA
Alexey Medvedev - Meta
Henrik Edstrom - Cesium
Nick Porcino - Pixar
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 - 05:00 PM
Gaming Stage | Expo Hall
Gaming & LBE | Sponsored by PICO
Jun 17
Gaming Stage | Expo Hall

XR Women Awards

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

Roundtable (Enterprise/Gov VIP Program Only): Understanding the Market and Uses of XR Hardware for Enterprises

Marc Bringuier - Augmentalix
04:00 PM - 05:30 PM
Room 103B
Networking
Jun 17
Room 103B

Virtual World Society Spatial Intelligence Brainstorm and XR Heritage Auction Preview - Open to all

Alvin Graylin - Our Next Reality | Virtual World Society
Leslie Shannon - Virtual World Society
Avi Bar-Zeev - XR Guild
Laura Kusumoto - IterationZero
Tom Furness - Virtual World Society - Light School
04:00 PM - 05:30 PM
Seaside Ballroom B (through the back of the Expo Hall)
Networking
Jun 17
Seaside Ballroom B (through the back of the Expo Hall)

In Living Memory of Reality - An LBE & Gaming Gathering from Jadu and Cleanbox

04:05 PM - 04:30 PM
Room 103C
Entertainment & Media
Jun 17
Room 103C

Towards 4DGS Capture in the Wild: Lessons from an Electronic Rave

Nathan Matsuda - Meta
Andrey Volodin - GRACIA AI
04:10 PM - 04:35 PM
Promenade Room 104B
XR Enablement
Jun 17
Promenade Room 104B

Beyond XR: The Shift Toward Spatial, Immersive Digital Experiences

Jochem Taminiau - Leia Inc.
04:15 PM - 04:30 PM
Builders Stage | Expo Hall
Builders
Jun 17
Builders Stage | Expo Hall

New Agentic 3D Workflows at Worlds in Action Hack LA

Ferhan Ozkan - XR Bootcamp
04:20 PM - 04:50 PM
Room 102A
AI + XR
Jun 17
Room 102A

Building a Global Ecosystem for Physical AI

Ryan Wang - Outpost Capital
Michael Gold - Depth Map Ventures
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 - 05:00 PM
B2B Networking
Immersive Video & Art
Jun 17
B2B Networking

Explore the Experiences of Creators Showing Their XR Work at Festivals

Jacquelyn Morie - All These Worlds, LLC
Lori H. Schwartz - StoryTech
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 - 05:10 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
04:45 PM - 05:40 PM
Room 102B
Retail & Marketing
Jun 17
Room 102B

PANEL: Beyond Impressions: Measuring Phygital Fashion and XR Brand Play

Ian Harrison - SNEAKAR.IO
Dreka Gates - DrekAI
Emery Morrison - FR8QU8NCY
Charlene Nichols - The Omniverse City
04:45 PM - 05:40 PM
Room 103C
Entertainment & Media
Jun 17
Room 103C

The Future of Sports Fan Engagement

Patrick Costello - Qualcomm
Matt Coleman - FansXR
Emma Wakely - Snap
Essem Harris - National Basketball Association (NBA)
05:00 PM - 05:25 PM
Room 102A
AI + XR
Jun 17
Room 102A

The Augmented Imagination (AI 2.0)

Christopher Stapleton - SIMIOSYS, LLC
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
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
09:00 AM - 09:55 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 - General Human
10:00 AM - 10:15 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
10:00 AM - 10:25 AM
Room 101A
Developer | Sponsored by Qualcomm
Jun 18
Room 101A

Engineering Empathy: Biosensing, Emotion, and the Next Layer of XR

Conor Russomanno - OpenBCI, Inc.
10:00 AM - 10:25 AM
Room 102B
Healthcare & Wellness | Sponsored by Trifork
Jun 18
Room 102B

From Operating Room to AR Reading Room: Building Trust Through XR

Steven Christian - Iltopia
Patrick Thomas MD, MMCI, FACS - University of Nebraska Medical Center
10:00 AM - 10:25 AM
Promenade Room 104B
XR Enablement
Jun 18
Promenade Room 104B

Introducing the New TactGlove DK3: How We Engineered Whole-Hand Haptics

Kiuk Gwak - bHaptics
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Promenade Room 104A
Enterprise | Sponsored by Lenovo
Jun 18
Promenade Room 104A

From Killer to Comeback: An Enterprise XR Survival Story

Dax Leepart - PICO
Ryan Van Deussen - ArborXR
Marco Janmaat - VR Expert
Allen Dulaney - Nationwide
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Room 101B
Creator
Jun 18
Room 101B

PANEL: BurnerSphere: Scaling the Spirit of Black Rock City into a Persistent Social Metaverse

Athena Demos - Big Rock Creative & BurnerSphere
Justin Gunn - BurnerSphere
Doug Jacobson - Big Rock Creative & BurnerSphere
Gregory Panos - Persona Foundation
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Room 103B
Creator
Jun 18
Room 103B

Roundtable Discussions: Get Connected with XR Women: Resources and Introductions to Propel You Forward

Christine Hill Hobbi - ServiceAlliances International, Inc.
Robin Moulder - 3lbXR & 3lb Games
Jenna Watts - XR Women
Tracie Yorke - XR Women
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Promenade Room 104C
Enterprise VIP
Jun 18
Promenade Room 104C

Expo Tour (Enterprise/Gov VIP Program Only): Digital Twin, 3D Environments

10:00 AM - 02:30 PM
Expo Hall
Immersive Video & Art
Jun 18
Expo Hall

AWE Art Festival

10:00 AM - 03:00 PM
Expo Hall
Networking
Jun 18
Expo Hall

Expo, Playground, Expo Stages

10:10 AM - 10:25 AM
Gaming Stage | Expo Hall
Gaming & LBE | Sponsored by PICO
Jun 18
Gaming Stage | Expo Hall

Game Devs Lightning Round

10:17 AM - 11:00 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
Sharon Lee - Moonlake AI
Ahmed Ahres - Reactor
10:25 AM - 10:50 AM
Builders Stage | Expo Hall
Immersive Video & Art
Jun 18
Builders Stage | Expo Hall

TECHNO SAPIENS By Kulture Intelligente

Karina Márquez Caballero - PHI
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
Expo Hall
Research & Education
Jun 18
Expo Hall

Research Posters Showcase Demo Hour

10:40 AM - 11:05 AM
Promenade Room 104A
Enterprise | Sponsored by Lenovo
Jun 18
Promenade Room 104A

From XR Vision to the Shop Floor: A Heavy Industry Case Study

Dan Cui - Shiloh Strategic Marketing
Randolph Warnaar - Fabstation
Alida Rehm - Schuff Steel
10:40 AM - 11:05 AM
Promenade Room 104B
XR Enablement
Jun 18
Promenade Room 104B

Building Smart Glasses People Actually Wear: A Validation Framework for Product Leaders

Tinku Malayil Jose - Quest Global
Thomas Winkler - Quest Global
10:40 AM - 11:05 AM
Room 103C
Entertainment & Media
Jun 18
Room 103C

Building the Infrastructure Behind Live Spatial Experiences

Daniel Zeitman - Spatial Explorer Labs
10:40 AM - 11:05 AM
Room 102A
AI + XR
Jun 18
Room 102A

How To Make Your Robot Dance

Mitch Chaiet - Experiential Technologies
10:40 AM - 11:05 AM
Room 101A
Developer | Sponsored by Qualcomm
Jun 18
Room 101A

Transforming Existing Code into Real-World Experiences in Lens Studio

Hart Woolery - Snap
11:00 AM - 11:25 AM
Gaming Stage | Expo Hall
Gaming & LBE | Sponsored by PICO
Jun 18
Gaming Stage | Expo Hall

Beyond WOW! Designing Quality VR Experiences for Kids

Elizabeth Rood - The Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Builders Stage | Expo Hall
Immersive Video & Art
Jun 18
Builders Stage | Expo Hall

Art Festival Showcase

11:15 AM - 11:40 AM
Room 101B
Creator
Jun 18
Room 101B

Your Past, Present, and Future In the Same Room: Self-Dialogue in XR

Shu Wei - Yale School of Medicine
11:15 AM - 11:45 AM
Room 103B
Builders
Jun 18
Room 103B

Roundtable Discussions: Who Makes Decisions and Who Makes Coffee

Phylis West-Johnson - San Jose State University
Tina Korani - San Jose State University
11:20 AM - 11:45 AM
Room 101A
Developer | Sponsored by Qualcomm
Jun 18
Room 101A

Knowledge Management, XR, Cognitive Science, Computer Graphics History

Dr. Julian Gómez - Computer Graphics History Institute
11:20 AM - 11:45 AM
Room 102A
AI + XR
Jun 18
Room 102A

The Future of Enterprise Learning: Integrating LLMs, VR, and Agentic AI at Scale

Krista Wharton - Amazon
Harshit Kikani - Amazon
Jessica Su - Amazon
11:20 AM - 11:45 AM
Room 102B
Healthcare & Wellness | Sponsored by Trifork
Jun 18
Room 102B

Treating Emotional Trauma with XR and AI

Albert Skip Rizzo - University of Southern California Institute for Creative Technologies
11:20 AM - 11:45 AM
Room 103C
Entertainment & Media
Jun 18
Room 103C

Inventing Global Immersive Public Media

Ben Erwin - Academy of Immersive Arts and Sciences
11:20 AM - 11:45 AM
Promenade Room 104A
Enterprise | Sponsored by Lenovo
Jun 18
Promenade Room 104A

Bits and Buildings: Constructing Digital Experience

David Gillespie - Foster + Partners
Zehao Qin - Foster + Partners
11:20 AM - 12:00 PM
Promenade Room 104B
XR Enablement
Jun 18
Promenade Room 104B

Debating the Hardware, Software and Social Implications Driving AR with the Display Skeptics

Karl Guttag - KGOnTech LLC (kguttag.com)
Radu Reit - Display Training Center
11:45 AM - 01:00 PM
Networking
Jun 18

LUNCH

12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Room 103B
AI + XR
Jun 18
Room 103B

Roundtable Discussions: Accelerating Adoption for AI Wearables: What Do Consumers Want?

Alice Siu - Stanford University
Dena Feldman - Meta
Dr. Isabel Pedersen - Ontario Tech University
12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Promenade Room 104C
Enterprise VIP
Jun 18
Promenade Room 104C

Roundtable (Enterprise/Gov VIP Program Only): Achieving Scalable, Predictable ROI through XR Implementation

Matthew Wren - VRAR Chicago
01:00 PM - 01:25 PM
Promenade Room 104A
Enterprise | Sponsored by Lenovo
Jun 18
Promenade Room 104A

Beyond Pilots and Headsets: Scaling XR in Federal Emergency Services

Leon Pietschmann - THW
01:00 PM - 01:25 PM
Promenade Room 104B
XR Enablement
Jun 18
Promenade Room 104B

AI Integrated XR/Smart Glasses and the Next Human-Machine Interface

Omar Abed - InvenSense, a TDK Group Company
01:00 PM - 01:25 PM
Room 101A
Developer | Sponsored by Qualcomm
Jun 18
Room 101A

Toward Evaluating and Securing XR Experiences in Real Time with Large Multimodal Models (LMMs)

Maria Gorlatova - Duke University
01:00 PM - 01:25 PM
Room 103C
Entertainment & Media
Jun 18
Room 103C

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

Briar Prestidge - Prestidge Group
01:00 PM - 01:25 PM
Gaming Stage | Expo Hall
Gaming & LBE | Sponsored by PICO
Jun 18
Gaming Stage | Expo Hall

Traversing the XR Landscape in 2026

Arturo Perez - Kluge Interactive
JP Minetos - Hartmann Capital
01:00 PM - 01:25 PM
Room 102A
AI + XR
Jun 18
Room 102A

AI-Driven Companion in XR

Jason Kao - University of Inland Norway
01:00 PM - 01:40 PM
Builders Stage | Expo Hall
Research & Education
Jun 18
Builders Stage | Expo Hall

Research Posters - Highlighted Projects

Michelle Binyan Xu - Northeastern University
Elizabeth Childs - Stanford
Ruhee Nagulwar - Texas A&M University
01:00 PM - 01:50 PM
Grand Ballroom | Main Stage
Main Stage
Jun 18
Grand Ballroom | Main Stage

“It 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
01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Room 101B
Creator
Jun 18
Room 101B

PANEL: How We Can Preserve Online Worlds and Why It Matters

Neil Barbour - S&P Global Market Intelligence
Wagner James Au - New World Consulting
Evo Heyning - Realitycraft
Julian Reyes - Virtual Worlds Museum™
01:15 PM - 02:15 PM
Room 103B
Research & Education
Jun 18
Room 103B

Roundtable Discussions: XR Success Stories from Universities, Part 1

Mallesham Dasari - Northeastern University
Andrew Martin - Utah State University - Innovation Lab (ILab)
Ludovic Attiogbe - Utah State University - Innovation Lab (ILab)
Pat Clark - University of Colorado Boulder / Immersive Experience Alliance (IXA)
Erin Reilly - University of Texas at Austin
Jonathan David Martin - University of Maryland
01:20 PM - 02:15 PM
Room 102B
Retail & Marketing
Jun 18
Room 102B

XR, AI and the Next Consumer Journey

Benny Lee - Newell Brands
Louisa Spring - SAM Immersive
David Robustelli - Beyond Studio
01:30 PM - 01:55 PM
Gaming Stage | Expo Hall
Immersive Video & Art
Jun 18
Gaming Stage | Expo Hall

Creating New Formats for Immersive Entertainment

Victor Agulhon - Targo
01:40 PM - 02:05 PM
Promenade Room 104A
Enterprise | Sponsored by Lenovo
Jun 18
Promenade Room 104A

Using Mixed Reality to Reduce Anxiety and Inspire the Next Generation of Blood Donors

Miguel Carrazza Morales - Abbott Laboratories
01:40 PM - 02:05 PM
Promenade Room 104B
XR Enablement
Jun 18
Promenade Room 104B

How BCI is Removing the Friction from AR and AI Interaction

Guy Wagner - Wearable Devices LTD
01:40 PM - 02:05 PM
Room 101A
Developer | Sponsored by Qualcomm
Jun 18
Room 101A

XR UX for the Moment

Steven Wolpe - Pretty Big Monster
01:40 PM - 02:20 PM
Room 103C
Entertainment & Media
Jun 18
Room 103C

Immersive Theatre: Building the XR Stage for New Audiences

Kiira Benz - Double Eye Studio
Richard Broadbridge - 4Dviews
Chris Pfaff - Chris Pfaff Tech Media LLC
01:50 PM - 02:15 PM
Builders Stage | Expo Hall
Creator
Jun 18
Builders Stage | Expo Hall

Tangible Intangibles: How Biosignals Are Shaping the Future of Mixed Reality Art Therapy

Mahsa Nasri - Northeastern University
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
02:20 PM - 02:45 PM
Room 101B
Creator
Jun 18
Room 101B

From Scans to XR: A Practical Pipeline for Cultural Heritage

Ines Said - Tanit XR
Margarita Johnson - Tanit XR
02:20 PM - 02:45 PM
Room 101A
Developer | Sponsored by Qualcomm
Jun 18
Room 101A

When Less is More: Avoiding Unnecessary Geometric Constraints in XR Task Instructions

Steve Feiner - Columbia University
02:20 PM - 02:45 PM
Promenade Room 104B
XR Enablement
Jun 18
Promenade Room 104B

Optics Technologies Trends for the Next Generation of Smart Glasses

Thomas Bithell - IDTechEx
02:30 PM - 03:30 PM
Room 103B
Research & Education
Jun 18
Room 103B

Roundtable Discussions: XR Success Stories from Universities, Part 2

Andrew Martin - Utah State University - Innovation Lab (ILab)
Ludovic Attiogbe - Utah State University - Innovation Lab (ILab)
Pat Clark - University of Colorado Boulder / Immersive Experience Alliance (IXA)
Erin Reilly - University of Texas at Austin
Jonathan David Martin - University of Maryland
Mallesham Dasari - Northeastern University
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

Alvin Graylin - Our Next Reality | Virtual World Society
Louis Rosenberg - Unanimous AI
Leslie Shannon - Virtual World Society
Kent Bye - Voices of VR Podcast
02:30 PM - 03:30 PM
Room 103C
Entertainment & Media
Jun 18
Room 103C

The Known Unknowns: Storytelling at the Frontier of Immersive Film

Kathleen Cohen - The Collaboratorium
Elad Offer - Adorable Monsters
Emily Olman - Hopscotch Interactive
Matthew Celia - Light Sail VR
Danah Matthews - YOU SHOWGIRL
02:35 PM - 03:30 PM
Room 102B
Retail & Marketing
Jun 18
Room 102B

PANEL: You’ve launched your game, now what? A talk about extending your game’s profitability.

Andy Fidel - Spatial Networks
David Wyatt -
Jasmine Uniza - Impact Reality / Flat2VR Studios
Eric Masher - Impact Reality / Flat2VR Studios
03:00 PM - 03:25 PM
Room 102A
AI + XR
Jun 18
Room 102A

Notable Lessons from Exploring AI Modalities in Higher Education

Becky Lane - Cornell University
03:00 PM - 03:25 PM
Room 101A
Developer | Sponsored by Qualcomm
Jun 18
Room 101A

No More Flat Sliders: Designing Interfaces in a 3D Reality

Ophelia Chen - Dreamscape Learn
03:00 PM - 03:25 PM
Promenade Room 104A
Enterprise | Sponsored by Lenovo
Jun 18
Promenade Room 104A

XR at Electric Utilities: Deployments, Lessons Learned, and the Path to Broader Adoption

Julia Uhr - EPRI
03:00 PM - 03:25 PM
Promenade Room 104B
XR Enablement
Jun 18
Promenade Room 104B

OpenXR Deep Dive: From Runtime Architecture to Spatial Computing

Frédéric Plourde - Collabora and Khronos Group
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