AGENDA

AWE USA 2026

Jun 15 Jun 16 Jun 17 Jun 18
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