AWE USA 2025 | The World's #1 XR Event

09:00 AM - 09:25 AM

GRAND BALLROOM

Main Stage

Jun 10

GRAND BALLROOM

AWE USA 2025 Welcome Keynote - XR Is Going Mainstream!

Ori Inbar - AWE & Super Ventures

09:30 AM - 09:55 AM

GRAND BALLROOM

Main Stage

Jun 10

GRAND BALLROOM

Accelerating the Spatial Computing Revolution for Developers and Enterprise

Ziad Asghar - Qualcomm

10:00 AM - 10:25 AM

GRAND BALLROOM

Main Stage

Jun 10

GRAND BALLROOM

Snap Keynote

Evan Spiegel - Snap

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Promenade Room 104C

Enterprise VIP | Sponsored by Niantic

Jun 10

Promenade Room 104C

Expo Tour - Manufacturing & Industrial

Marc Bringuier - Augmentalix

Matthew Wren - VRAR Chicago

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Promenade Room 104C

Enterprise VIP | Sponsored by Niantic

Jun 10

Promenade Room 104C

Expo Tour - Retail, Advertising, & Marketing

Patrick Johnson - Rock Paper Reality

10:30 AM - 10:55 AM

GRAND BALLROOM

Main Stage

Jun 10

GRAND BALLROOM

XREAL Keynote

Chi Xu - XREAL

11:00 AM - 01:00 PM

Networking

Jun 10

LUNCH

11:00 AM - 05:30 PM

Expo Hall

Networking

Jun 10

Expo Hall

Expo, Playground, Gaming Hub and Builders Nexus

11:10 AM - 12:10 PM

Builders Nexus Stage - Expo Hall

Builders Nexus

Jun 10

Builders Nexus Stage - Expo Hall

Hackathon Winners: MIT Reality Hack Winners Lightning Round

Maria Rice - MIT Reality Hack

Luke Porwol, PhD. - MIT Reality Hack

11:10 AM - 12:30 PM

Gaming Stage - Expo Hall

Gaming Hub

Jun 10

Gaming Stage - Expo Hall

Game Developer Showcase Highlighting 2025 AWE Gaming Hub Exhibitors

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

Promenade Room 104C

Enterprise VIP | Sponsored by Niantic

Jun 10

Promenade Room 104C

Roundtable: Crafting Effective Stories and Experiences for AR in Marketing

Patrick Johnson - Rock Paper Reality

12:40 PM - 01:40 PM

Gaming Stage - Expo Hall

Gaming Hub

Jun 10

Gaming Stage - Expo Hall

PANEL: The Art and Craft of Making Mixed Reality Games

Kimberly Unger - Meta

Robin Moulder - 3lbXR & 3lb Games

Jaime Pichardo García - Odders Lab

Federico Heller - Eggscape

Oded Sharon - Corbomite Games

12:45 PM - 01:10 PM

Builders Nexus Stage - Expo Hall

Builders Nexus

Jun 10

Builders Nexus Stage - Expo Hall

GenAI & Spatial Computing Investments

Marco DeMiroz - The Venture Reality Fund

01:00 PM - 01:25 PM

Promenade Room 104B

XR Enablement

Jun 10

Promenade Room 104B

Evolution of RF Signal Visualization From Spectrum Analyzers To Augmented Reality

Suzanne Borders - BadVR

01:00 PM - 01:25 PM

Room 101B

Creator

Jun 10

Room 101B

The Art of Story Living: Building Worlds Worth Playing In

Joshua Rubin - Subverse Narrative Consulting

01:00 PM - 01:25 PM

Room 101A

Developer

Jun 10

Room 101A

3D Anywhere: Optimizing CAD and BIM Data for Anyone, on Any Device

Cameron Ayres - Unity

01:00 PM - 01:25 PM

Promenade Room 104A

Enterprise | Sponsored by Niantic

Jun 10

Promenade Room 104A

How Sony is Leveraging Immersive Engineering to Design Future Consumer Products

Ben Widdowson - Siemens

01:00 PM - 01:55 PM

Room 102A

XR Policy

Jun 10

Room 102A

PANEL: Policy Priorities for the U.S. XR Industry

Jeremy Luby - Chocolate Milk & Donuts

Joan O'Hara - XR Association

01:00 PM - 01:55 PM

Room 102B

Retail & Marketing

Jun 10

Room 102B

PANEL: You've Made a Great Game, Let's Tell the World About it: XR Games Marketing 101

Dwayne Waite Jr - Schell Games

Jim Squires -

Ben Lang - Road to VR

Christopher Bennison - DualNorth

Amber Moak - Resolution Games

01:00 PM - 02:00 PM

Promenade Room 104C

Enterprise VIP | Sponsored by Niantic

Jun 10

Promenade Room 104C

Roundtable: Developing an XR Business Case in Manufacturing

Matthew Wren - VRAR Chicago

01:15 PM - 02:15 PM

Builders Nexus Stage - Expo Hall

Builders Nexus

Jun 10

Builders Nexus Stage - Expo Hall

Nexus Builders & Creators Lightning Round

01:30 PM - 01:55 PM

Promenade Room 104B

XR Enablement

Jun 10

Promenade Room 104B

Egocentric AI: Advancing Human-Like Interaction Through User-Centric Data

Johannes Peeters - VoxelSensors

01:30 PM - 01:55 PM

GRAND BALLROOM

Main Stage

Jun 10

GRAND BALLROOM

From Storytelling to StoryLIVING: Our New Reality

Vicki Dobbs Beck - Lucasfilm & ILM Immersive

01:30 PM - 01:55 PM

Promenade Room 104A

Enterprise | Sponsored by Niantic

Jun 10

Promenade Room 104A

Building with Niantic Spatial: Enterprise Solutions for Today's Real World Challenges

Hugh Hayden - Niantic Spatial, Inc.

01:30 PM - 01:55 PM

Room 103B/C

Collaboration, Training & Education | Sponsored by ScopeAR

Jun 10

Room 103B/C

The Future of Training is Conversational: Roleplay with AI-Powered Avatars

Purnendu Mukherjee - Convai Technologies

01:30 PM - 01:55 PM

Room 101B

Creator

Jun 10

Room 101B

Unlocking the Potential of AI-generated Content for XR Creators

Ellysse Dick - Meta

Brandon Egolf - Clique Games

01:30 PM - 01:55 PM

Room 101A

Developer

Jun 10

Room 101A

Augmented Manifest Destiny: Reclaiming Ownership in the Mirrorworld

Alex Ronalds - Auki Labs

01:50 PM - 02:15 PM

Gaming Stage - Expo Hall

Gaming Hub

Jun 10

Gaming Stage - Expo Hall

Gamers in VR: What Can The Stats Tell Us?

Neil Barbour - S&P Global Market Intelligence

02:00 PM - 02:25 PM

Room 102A

XR Policy

Jun 10

Room 102A

Evolving Bystander Signaling Norms and Industry Standards in the Era of AI

Dena Feldman - Meta

02:00 PM - 02:25 PM

GRAND BALLROOM

Main Stage

Jun 10

GRAND BALLROOM

Superhuman: How XR and AI Are Rewriting the Human Experience

Jason McGuigan - Lenovo

02:00 PM - 02:55 PM

Promenade Room 104B

XR Enablement

Jun 10

Promenade Room 104B

PANEL: The Next Revolution in Graphics: How 3DGS Changes Everything

Rachael Newport - XRradio

Navjeet Chhina - Nucleus4D

Josette Seitz - Specular Theory

Mary Matheson - Arizona State University

Kevin Ang - Bingko

02:00 PM - 03:00 PM

Room 204

Speed Networking

Jun 10

Room 204

Speed Networking Session #1: Investors/Publishers <> Game Devs

02:20 PM - 03:20 PM

Gaming Stage - Expo Hall

Gaming Hub

Jun 10

Gaming Stage - Expo Hall

XR Sports: Unlocking Growth, Monetization & Adoption

Lucy Trang Nguyen - Accedo

02:25 PM - 03:25 PM

Builders Nexus Stage - Expo Hall

Builders Nexus

Jun 10

Builders Nexus Stage - Expo Hall

MIT Reality Hack x Snap LiveAR Hack at AWE - Judging

David De Cristofaro - MIT Reality Hack

02:30 PM - 02:55 PM

Room 102A

XR Policy

Jun 10

Room 102A

XR Policy Discussion with Virtual World Society

Alvin Graylin - Our Next Reality | Virtual World Society

Tom Furness - Virtual World Society

02:30 PM - 02:55 PM

Promenade Room 104A

Enterprise | Sponsored by Niantic

Jun 10

Promenade Room 104A

Unlocking the Potential of LBE: Scaling with PICO’s XR Solutions

Leland Hedges - PICO XR US/EMEA (ByteDance)

02:30 PM - 02:55 PM

Room 103B/C

Collaboration, Training & Education | Sponsored by ScopeAR

Jun 10

Room 103B/C

AR, Mapping, and AI: The Future of Enterprise Collaboration is Spatial

Trista Pierce - Niantic Spatial, Inc.

02:30 PM - 03:30 PM

Promenade Room 104C

Enterprise VIP | Sponsored by Niantic

Jun 10

Promenade Room 104C

Roundtable: Requirements for XR in the Aerospace & Defense Industry

Marc Bringuier - Augmentalix

03:30 PM - 03:55 PM

Room 103B/C

Collaboration, Training & Education | Sponsored by ScopeAR

Jun 10

Room 103B/C

Why VR Learning Works (and Why It Fails)

Antonia Forster - Avantis Education

03:30 PM - 03:55 PM

Room 101A

Developer

Jun 10

Room 101A

3 XR Apps in 3 Months?!

Rylan Pozniak Daniels - iRylan.com

03:30 PM - 04:15 PM

LBCC Main Entrance / Promenade Lobby

Healthcare & Wellness

Jun 10

LBCC Main Entrance / Promenade Lobby

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

Caitlin Krause - MindWise

03:30 PM - 04:25 PM

Promenade Room 104A

Enterprise | Sponsored by Niantic

Jun 10

Promenade Room 104A

PANEL: How Spatial Computing is Reshaping Heavy Manufacturing

Lynn Welch - Lucid Reality Labs

Paul Davies - The Boeing Company

Dr. Sandhya Santhosh - Collins Aerospace - Applied Research and Technology

Alex Goldberg - Blue Origin

03:30 PM - 04:25 PM

Room 102A

XR Policy

Jun 10

Room 102A

PANEL: Stronger Together: Accessibility & Diversity in a Post-DEIA XR Landscape

Dylan Fox - XR Access

Stephanie Montgomery - XR Association

Leona Edegbe - Microsoft

Devin Baldwin - The Devinci Code

Dr. Ruth Diaz - VR Create|Connect

03:30 PM - 04:25 PM

Room 101B

Creator

Jun 10

Room 101B

PANEL: Strategies for Turning Creativity Into Income

Alex Meland - Between Realities Podcast

Naysy -

Andrei Becher - VR ManCave

Bridger Smith - Noetic Talent Agency

03:30 PM - 04:30 PM

Promenade Room 104C

Enterprise VIP | Sponsored by Niantic

Jun 10

Promenade Room 104C

Roundtable: Implementing AI into XR Projects

Pratik Suketu - tikiLabs

04:00 PM - 04:25 PM

Room 101A

Developer

Jun 10

Room 101A

AI + XR: Building a Multiplayer, Cross-platform XR Game in One Week

Preston Platt - Rock Paper Reality

04:00 PM - 04:25 PM

GRAND BALLROOM

Main Stage

Jun 10

GRAND BALLROOM

Future of Design Leveraging Immersive Engineering and Generative AI

Ben Widdowson - Siemens

04:00 PM - 04:55 PM

Room 102B

Retail & Marketing

Jun 10

Room 102B

PANEL: CAD to Commerce: Building a 3D Experience

Ashley Crowder - VNTANA

Daniel Frith - London Dynamics

Eric Chadwick - DGG

Paul Connelly - Bentley Systems

04:00 PM - 05:00 PM

Gaming Stage - Expo Hall

Gaming Hub

Jun 10

Gaming Stage - Expo Hall

VR Game Spotlight with host Callum Hurley

Callum Hurley - VR Game Spotlight

04:00 PM - 05:00 PM

Room 204

Speed Networking

Jun 10

Room 204

Speed Networking Session #2: Investors <> Builders

04:15 PM - 05:10 PM

Builders Nexus Stage - Expo Hall

Builders Nexus

Jun 10

Builders Nexus Stage - Expo Hall

Panel: AR Alliance with Insights for Mass Market Adoption of AR Products

Bharath Rajagopalan - STMicroelectronics

04:30 PM - 04:55 PM

Room 102A

XR Policy

Jun 10

Room 102A

For XR/AI Makers, the Secret Sauce is Ethics

Aysu Unal - AiSU

Avi Bar-Zeev - XR Guild

04:30 PM - 04:55 PM

Room 101B

Creator

Jun 10

Room 101B

The Quest Landscape: Strategies for Victory

JP Minetos - Hartmann Capital

05:00 PM - 05:25 PM

Promenade Room 104A

Enterprise | Sponsored by Niantic

Jun 10

Promenade Room 104A

Lenovo Session - Enterprise

John Iaia - Lenovo

05:00 PM - 05:25 PM

Room 101A

Developer

Jun 10

Room 101A

Empower Developers and Bring Web and AI to Spatial

Ruoya Sheng - Bytedance PICO

05:00 PM - 05:55 PM

Room 102A

XR Policy

Jun 10

Room 102A

PANEL: Navigating XR Policy: Building Amid Uncertainty

Finn Staber - Chicken Waffle

Elizabeth Rothman - XRSI - X Reality Safety Intelligence

Kavya Pearlman - XRSI - X Reality Safety Intelligence

05:00 PM - 05:55 PM

Room 101B

Creator

Jun 10

Room 101B

PANEL: Igniting Cultural Institutions: AfroFuturism & Lincoln Center

Nona Hendryx - Dream Machine

Sutu - EyeJack | Sutu Eats Flies

Mengtong Guan - Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

Kathleen Cohen - The Collaboratorium

05:00 PM - 05:55 PM

Room 102B

Retail & Marketing

Jun 10

Room 102B

PANEL: T-Mobile F1 XR Story – How T-Mobile’s Retail Store Deployed XR to Enhance the Customer Experience

Courtney Tononi - T-Mobile

Ian Dawson - Augmentive Studio for AR/VR/XR

Athena Demos - Big Rock Creative

Philippe Lewicki - AfterNow

05:00 PM - 05:55 PM

Room 103B/C

Collaboration, Training & Education | Sponsored by ScopeAR

Jun 10

Room 103B/C

PANEL: How Businesses are Using VR Training to Drive Measurable Business Results

Barton Goldenberg - ISM Inc.

Johan Cruse - Volvo Trucks

Cortney Harding - Friends with Holograms

05:30 PM - 05:55 PM

Room 101A

Developer

Jun 10

Room 101A

The Emperor Has No Presence — or Rigid Body: Why AR Feels Broken, and What We Can Do About It

Jasmine Roberts - Microsoft Research

05:30 PM - 05:55 PM

Promenade Room 104A

Enterprise | Sponsored by Niantic

Jun 10

Promenade Room 104A

Shaping and Scaling the Future of Industrial XR — Lessons from Bosch’s Front Lines

Yousof Alsatom - Bosch Digital

Mads Troelsgaard - SynergyXR

05:30 PM - 07:00 PM

Room 204

Networking

Jun 10

Room 204

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