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 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