AGENDA

AWE USA 2026

Jun 15 Jun 16 Jun 17 Jun 18
09:00 AM - 09:25 AM
Grand Ballroom | Main Stage
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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
10:30 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
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
01:35 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
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
03:15 PM - 03:40 PM
Grand Ballroom | Main Stage
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Jun 16
Grand Ballroom | Main Stage

Building Physical AI with Spatial Computing

David Chu - NVIDIA
03:50 PM - 04:15 PM
Grand Ballroom | Main Stage
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Jun 16
Grand Ballroom | Main Stage

In Loving Memory of Reality

Asad J Malik - Jadu AR Inc.
04:25 PM - 04:50 PM
Grand Ballroom | Main Stage
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Jun 16
Grand Ballroom | Main Stage

World Models Need a World

Luis Oscar Ramirez - Mawari
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
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
10:30 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
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
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
02:45 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
03:45 PM - 04:10 PM
Grand Ballroom | Main Stage
Main Stage
Jun 17
Grand Ballroom | Main Stage

Lenovo Session

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
10:17 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
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
02:00 PM - 02:20 PM
Grand Ballroom | Main Stage
Main Stage
Jun 18
Grand Ballroom | Main Stage

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

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

Socratic Style Debate on the Future of Immersive Tech

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

AWE USA 2026 Wrap-up and Best in Show Awards

Ori Inbar - AWE & UnitedXR