AWE USA 2017 - the world's largest AR & VR event

AWE USA 2017 Speakers

Aaron Pulkka

Executive Producer for Attractions

Two Bit Circus

Aaron Selverston

CEO

Owlized

Abby Albright

AR/VR Consultant

Achin Bhowmik

Vice President & General Manager, Perceptual Computing Group

Intel

Adam Kaplan

Co-Founder & CEO

EdgyBees Ltd.

Alan Robles

Expereince designer

Gensler

Alban Denoyel

CEO

Sketchfab

Alessandro Terenzi

CTO

Inglobe Technologies

Allan Cook

Director

Deloitte Consulting

Alec Bari

Chief Innovation Officer

Evena Medical

Alex Hill

Chief Scientist

CN2 Technology, Inc.

Alison Raby

Co-Founder and Inclusion Activist

Digital Raign and BOD VWS

Amitt Mahajan

Managing Partner

Presence Capital

Amy Peck

Founder

EndeavorVR

Amy Reyner

Director, Headworn Devices Strategy, New Devices Group

Intel Corporation

Ana Serrano

Chief Digital Officer

Canadian Film Centre

Andy Roberson

Expansion Strapper

Strapdoor, Inc

Andreas Zeitler

Founder & CEO

Vuframe

Andrew Artishchev

CEO

LiveMap

Andy Lowery

CEO

RealWear

Angela McIntyre

Research Director

Gartner

Ari Eisenstadt

Co Executive Director

UN Global Sustainability Index Institute

ARMAN ATOYAN

CEO

ARLOOPA

Anders Grunnet Jepsen

CTO & Director of Advanced Technology, Perceptual Computing

Intel

Ann E. Greenberg

Founder/CEO

Sceneplay, Inc.

Arne Schoenleben

Managing Partner

innovation.rocks

André Radon

Head of IT Solutions Innovations

Volkswagen AG

Ashley Crowder

CEO

VNTANA

Ashara Ekundayo

President

AECreatiive

Barbara Gustavson

Leadership/Life Coach

Discover Next Step

BC Biermann

Founder

The Heavy Projects

Becky Benett

Marketing & Community Manager

DreamSail Games

Bertrand Nepveu

CEO & Founder

Vrvana

Björn Schwerdtfeger

CEO

AR-Experts.de

Bobbi Dunphy

Advisor

Nexus Global Youth Summit

Bonnie Bogovich

Game Audio Designer

BlackCatBonifide

Boris Pokric

CTO

ARVRtech

Botond Bognár

co-founder, CEO

Pillantas Inc.

Blair MacIntyre

Principal Research Scientist

Mozilla

Brady Hustad

President

Argis Solutions, LLC

Brenda Laurel

Principal

Neogaian Interactive

Brent Winslow

Lead Scientist

Design Interactive

Brian Ballard

Founder

Upskill

Brian Blau

Research Vice President

Gartner

Brian Collins

Social Entrepreneur & Impact Investor

Startwise Inc

Brian Mullins

CEO

DAQRI

Brian Roth

VP Sales

Immersv

Brian Schrank

Chair of Game Design Program

DePaul University

Brian Wassom

Intellectual Property, Media, and Commercial Litigation Attorney

Warner Norcross & Judd LLP

Brent Blum

Global Director of AR/VR Capabilities

Accenture

Brett Jones

Co-Founder & CEO

Lightform

Carl Byers

Chief Strategy Officer

Contextere

Carli Johnston

Co-Founder

Virtual Method, Women In AR/VR

Cassandra Vieten

President

Institute of Noetic Sciences

Cassie Li

Product Manager

DAQRI

Cecile Eskenazi

Creator and Host

a VR journey

Charlie Fink

Contributor

Forbes.com

Chris Adams

CEO

Ceeable, Inc.

Chris Chin

Senior Director of VR Content

HTC

Chris Fornof

Co-Founder

AugSense

Chris Queen

Veterinary Surgeon & Nerdy Vet

Umm Suqeim Veterinary Centre

Chris Vukin

(evermed)research CTO

(evermed)research

Chris Wren

CEO / Founder

WrenAR LLC

Christian Prusia

VP, Sales and Marketing

Atheer

Christina York

CEO

ALTality/SpellBound

Christoph Pregizer

CTO, Managing Director

Viewlicity GmbH

Christopher Baker

Product Manager

DAQRI

Christopher Grayson

consultant

self

Christopher Stapleton

Executive Creative Producer & Experience Design Architect

Simiosys Real World Laboratory

Chunyuan Liao

Founder, President & CEO

HiScene

Cix Liv

Lead Ninja

LIV

Clemens Kirner

CEO / Founder

INS Insider Navigation Systems GmbH

Clifton Dawson

CEO, Founder and Principal Analyst

Greenlight Insights

Connell Gauld

Co-Founder, Platform Director

Zappar

Curtis Holsinger

Cofounder, CEO

AugSense

Cyril Paglino

Founder

Tribe

Cyrus Lum

CTO

Clever Robot Labs

Damon Hernandez

Immersive Web Ninja

Samsung Research America

Dan Cui

Chief Marketing Officer HMD Group

eMagin

Dan Flatt

President

MetaVRse

Dan Zaitsev

CEO

ROAR Augmented Reality

Daniel Kraft, MD

Faculty Chair of Medicine, Singularity University

Singularity University

Daniel van der Schoor

Projects, inspiring concepts and innovative solutions

twnkls | Augmented Reality

Dashen Fan

Senior audio engineer and inventor, Whisper Voice Chip

Kopin Corporation

Dave Room

CEO

BALANCE Edutainment

David Castaneda

Co-founder at Visionaries 777

www.vz777.com

David Francis

Head of APAC

Zappar

David Marimon

CEO and co-founder

Catchoom

David Nedohin

President

Scope AR

David Thomson

Head of Innovation Projects

AVEVA Solutions Ltd.

David Traub

Executive producer

UNGSII.org; Executive Producer, Epiphany Film Fund

Dean Johnson

Head of Innovation

Brandwidth

Dev Gandhi

CEO

moBack, Inc.

Diana Ford

Global Academia and Indistrial Research Lead,

Unity

Diana Hu

CTO & Co-founder

Escher Reality

Dieter Schmalstieg

Professor

Graz University of Technology

Diego Sagasti

AR/VR Technology Manager

Tecnalia

Dorote Lucci

Founder

CoreReboot

Dirk Schart

Head of PR & Marketing

RE'FLEKT GmbH

Don Stein

Founder

VRI, LLC

Edward Miller

Scape

Edward Tang

Co-Founder and CTO

Avegant

Elijah Allan-Blitz

Next-Level Immersive Storyteller, VR Director, Musician and Actor

A-B Productions

Emil Alon

CEO

Resonai

Eric Abbruzzese

Senior Analyst

ABI Research

Eric Johnsen

Head of Business Development, AR

Google

Eric Krzeslo

CMO & Co-Founder

SoftKinetic

Eric Mizufuka

Product Manager, AR Eyewear

Epson America, Inc.

Ernesto Martinez

Wearables Director

Kopin Corporation

Eva Hoerth

Developer EVAngelist

VREAL

Faizaan Ghauri

CEO

eegeo

Felix Meißgeier

Co-founder & Head of Technology

Viscopic

Fernanda Herrera

PhD Student, Virtual Human Interaction Lab

Stanford University

Francois Beauchaud

Principal Engineer - Business Developmen

Robert Bosch LLC - Bosch Sensortec

Frank Ball

CEO

Evena Medical

Drew Minock

Outreach Manager

DAQRI

Gary Brown

VP Marketing Movidius

Movidius, an Intel Company

Gary Radburn

Director of VR/AR

Dell

Gene Munster

General Partner

Loup Ventures

Geoff Blaber

Vice President of Research, Americas

CCS Insight

Giovanni Landi

AR VR Creative director

ETT sagl

Gisele Belliot

Founder & CEO

Hayo

Gregory Curtin

Founder & CEO

CivicConnect

Guido M. Re

director of ar

Fuel.Tech

Guillaume Campion

VP Product & Partnership

AMA

Halvor Vislie

COO

The Future Group

Harald Wuest

Technical director

VisionLib

Henrik von Scheel

Global University Alliance / LEADing Practice /World Economic Forum / UN / Google

Hendrik Witt

CEO

Ubimax GmbH

Hiren Bhinde

Director, Product Management

Qualcomm

Hui Zhou

Lead Scientist

JD.COM American Technologies

Dragos Datcu

Principal Researcher

twnkls | Augmented Reality

J Marshall Pittman

CTO

Augmented Traveler

Jack McCauley

Inventor, Engineer, Philanthropist

Jack McCauley

Jacquelyn Morie

Founder/Chief Scientist

All These Worlds, LLC

James Hanusa

Innovation Artist

Digital Raign

James Li

Principal

Orange Silicon Valley

Jan Pflueger

Coordination, Augmented & Virtual Reality, Center of Competence AR & VR, Audi AG

Audi

Jared Finder

Software Engineer

Google

Jason Silva

TV Host and Futurist

Jay Kim

Chief Strategy Officer

Upskill (formerly APX Labs)

Jay Iorio

Director of Innovation

IEEE-SA

Jay Samit

Head of Digital Reality

Deloitte

Jay Wright

President

Vuforia

Jay Van Buren

Co-Founder and CEO

Membit Inc.

Jay Zallan

Director of Design Technology

Cuningham Group

Jeff Jacobsen

Chief architect of Golden-i & Senior Advisor to CEO & Chairman

Kopin Corporation

Jeff Macpherson

Creative Director & Co-founder

motive.io

Jeffrey Powers

CEO & Co-Founder

Occipital

Jennifer Richey

Co-Founder / Director of Business Development

Gravity Jack

Jenny Carden

AR Artist

Zenka

Jeremiah Scott

APEX Team Lead

Boeing

Jesper Christiansen

Director Digital Twin Initiative

IBM

Jesse Schell

CEO

Schell Games

Jiten Dajee

Consultant

Deloitte Digital

Jim Heppelmann

President & CEO

PTC

JJ Lechleiter

Senior Director, Product Management

Vuforia

Joakim Elvander

Senior Partner Engineer

Sony Mobile Communications

Joe Hill

Director, Strategic Programs

Lucid VR

Joe Millward

Immersive Technology Lead and Senior Digital Strategist

Joel Ogden

CEO/ CoFounder

Construct Studio

Joel Pennington

Principal Designer, Augmented and Virtual Reality Strategy, Autodesk

Autodesk

Jodi Schiller

Founder

New Reality ARts

Johanna Bellenberg

Director Marketing & Communications

Picavi GmbH

John Howard

Co-Founder and Creative Director

LOOOK

John Marshall

Sales Director

Valens/HDBaseT Alliance

John C.C. Fan

CEO and Chairman of the Board

Kopin Corporation

John Nall

CEO

Appzion

John Simmins

Technical Executive

EPRI

John Werner

Vice President, Strategic Partnerships

Meta Co.

Johnny Monsarrat

Monsarrat

Jonathan Waldern

CEO

DigiLens

Jordy van der Velde

Innovation & Exploration Manager

WEMO International

Jorma Palo

COO,Partner

VividWorks

Joseph Rampolla

Founder

Augmented Reality Dirt (ARdirt)

Josh Farkas

CEO

Cubicle Ninjas

Juan Bossicard

AV and ICT Manager

EUVR.ORG

Juergen Lumera

Director AR Product Mangement

Bosch

Juha Petteri Niemi

Chuck Norris@mFabrik & CEO@mFabrik music

mFabrik & mFabrik Music

Karen Morgan

Creative Director

Soma Fashion Network

Kaye Manson

Senior Software Engineer

Google

Kayvan Mirza

CEO

Optinvent

Keith Boesky

Board Member

Osterhout Design Group

Ken Fast

Pricipal Engineer

Electric Boat Corporation

Jason Wo

Chief Engine Architect

SightPlus

Kerim Ispir

Managing Director

RE'FLEKT GmbH

Kevin J. Hart

Founder and CEO of AIREAL - Geospatial Augmented Reality

Aireal

Kevin Reinis

President and CEO

Quantum Interface

Khaled Sarayeddine

CTO

Optinvent

Konrad Köppe

Chief UX/UI Engineer

gestigon - a Valeo brand

Kul Wadhwa

CEO

Uncorporeal

Kyle Nel

Executive Director of Lowe's Innovation Labs

Lowe's Home Improvement

Dr. Leila Alem

Principal Consultant & Scientist in Human Computer Interaction/Adjunct Professor

UTS

Lance Anderson

VUZIX

Leigh Christie

Founder MistyWest Engineering

MistyWest

Leila Janah

Founder & CEO

Samasource

Linda Durnell

Adjunct Professor Media Psychology

Fielding Graduate University

Linda Jacobson

Director, VR & AR Projects

Treasure8

Liv Erickson

Product Manager, Developer Resources

High Fidelity

Lloyd Green

Director, Engagement Marketing & Creative Community Services

IEEE-SA

Lorraine Bardeen

General Manager, Windows and HoloLens Experiences

Microsoft

Malia Probst

VR/AR Producer & Connector

VR Scout

Marc Spraragen

CTO

Augmented Expeditions

Marcy Boyle

Co-founder

Hot Bit VR

Mark Billinghurst

Professor

University of South Australia

Mark Sage

Executive Director

AR for Enterprise Alliance (AREA)

Markus Meixner

Founder & CTO

ViewAR

Martin Herdina

CEO

Wikitude

Matt Miesnieks

Partner

Super Ventures

Matt Zeller

Program Manager, Windows Mixed Reality

Microsoft

Mark Piszczor

Developer Program Manager

Occipital

Matthew Vitti

VR Architect

TCA Architects

Martin Schubert

VR Designer/Developer

Leap Motion

Martina Ori

VP of Marketing

Hyperfair, Inc.

Max Cecchini

Vice President, Digital Innovation

Luxottica

McKay Davis

CTO

Radial3D Inc.

Meredyth Masterson

Sales Director

Artificial Solutions

Meron Gribetz

Founder and CEO