SPEAKERS

AWE USA 2025

Dr. Helen Papagiannis
Augmented Reality Pioneer
Jason Rubin
VP, Metaverse Experiences
Meta
Vicki Dobbs Beck
VP, Immersive Content
Lucasfilm & ILM Immersive
Palmer Luckey
Founder
Anduril
Poppy Crum
Neuroscientist - Technologist
Nils Pihl
CEO & Founder
Auki Labs
Paul Davies
Technical Fellow
The Boeing Company
Dr. Sandhya Santhosh
Senior Engineer - Virtualization Demonstration
Collins Aerospace - Applied Research and Technology
Jeffrey Berthiaume
Sr. Innovator
Southwest Airlines
Anne Lord Bailey
Executive Director, Strategic Initiatives Lab
Veterans Affairs
Ryan Johnston
Principal Engineer
Delta Air Lines
Jacqui Bransky
VP of Web3 & Innovation
Warner Records
Alex Goldberg
XR Innovations
Blue Origin
Andy Hunt
Manager, Digital Innovation Lab
The Hershey Company
Drew Weigel
Senior Director, 3D & Immersive
Shutterstock
Natasha Trindall
General Manager
Alo Moves
Louisa Spring
Principal Strategy & Innovation
T-Mobile
AJ Sciutto
Director of Virtual Production
Magnopus
Dustin Sleight
Systems Engineering Manager
IDEXX
Courtney Tononi
Sr. Project Manager
T-Mobile
Jenny (Shangjun) Jiang
AI Product Manager
CVS Health
Jimmy Vainstein
Sr. Program Manager
The World Bank
Rajat Lokesh
Senior XR Developer
Schlumberger
Ian Dawson
CEO
Augmentive Studio for AR/VR/XR
Suzanne Borders
CEO
BadVR
Johannes Peeters
CEO
VoxelSensors
Malia Probst
Founding Partner
Scout House
Marco DeMiroz
Co-founder & General Partner
The Venture Reality Fund
Scott Stein
Editor At Large
CNET
Ori Inbar
Co-Founder
AWE & Super Ventures
Max Bickley
Sr. Product Manager, Omniverse
NVIDIA
Jenna Seiden
Founder
Vertically Coastal Consulting, Inc.
Arturo Perez
CEO
Kluge Interactive
Matt Coleman
CEO & Founder
FansXR, INC
Lori-Lee Elliott
CEO
Dauntless XR
Larry Chang
Audio Director
Larrisim Studio
Pratik Suketu
Creative Technologist
tikiLabs
AJ Shewki
Co-Founder, CEO
LIV
Casandra Vuong
Co-Founder
Cas and Chary XR
Chary Keijzer
Co-Founder
Cas and Chary XR
Bridger Smith
Founder
Noetic Talent Agency
Sonya Haskins
Head of Programming
AWE
Perrin Kaplan
Co-Founder
Zebra Partners
Louis Rosenberg
CEO and Chief Scientist
Unanimous AI
Alvin Graylin
Author, Our Next Reality | Global VP, HTC
HTC
Jean-Baptiste (JB) Farge
Senior Customer Strategy Partner
Squint.ai
Kyle Render
CEO
Rendered Talent
Kirsten Hudson
Chief Metaverse Officer
Social Concept Group
Albert "Skip" Rizzo
Director, Medical Virtual Reality
University of Southern California Institute for Creative Technologies
Philippe Lewicki
Co-Founder & CEO
AfterNow
Daniel Kelly
Managing Director
W-RLDS
Reed Matthews
Founder
W-RLDS
Dinesh Punni
Founder and CEO
Immersive Insiders
Habib Noorbhai
Professor
University of Johannesburg
Devin Marble
Director of Marketing
VRpatients
Dr. Linda Ciavarelli
Co-Founder and CEO
HouseCall VR
Sabra Williams
Co-Founder & Executive Director
Creative Acts
Colleen Tully
Senior Program Manager, Innovation
Medtronic
Christine Hobbi
Chief Immersion Officer
ServiceAlliances International, Inc.
Sarah Barker
PhD Candidate | Independent Researcher & Designer
Steve Lukas
Founder
ContractXR
Collin Hadley
Product Designer
Blink UX
Danny Marree
AR Director
Verticar
Antony Vitillo
Owner
The Ghost Howls
Ben Erwin
Creator
The Poly Awards
Thomas Desmeules
Director of Innovation & Technology
GIRRAPHIC
Woody Davis
Developer and Filmmaker
WoodyDevs
Dr. Csaba Osvath
Assistant Professor of Instruction
University of South Florida
Dr. Lindsay Persohn
Assistant Professor
University of South Florida
Dr. Howard Kaplan
Director, Advanced Visualization Center
University of South Florida
Aleshia Hayes
Director of SURGE XR Lab
University of North Texas
Bobby Carlton
VR/XR Content Manager & Business Development
FS Studio
Wadooah Wali
Co-Founder, CSO & Executive Producer
New Canvas
Henry Keyser
XR Director
Kelly Guillory
Artist
Jim Squires
Communications, Marketing & Design Consultant (Games)
Maxine Lea Nel
Co-founder and Creative Director
Eric Oldrin
Creative Innovation
Ashley Coffey
Founder
Coffey & Code Podcast
Destery Hildenbrand
XR Solution Architect
Intellezy
Aung Nyein Chan
Founder
Enchax Creative
Harry (Skeeva) Skigis
Founder
Impact Reality / XR Update / Between Realities
Eric Masher
COO
Impact Reality / Flat2VR Studios
Alex Meland
Creator
Between Realities / UploadVR
Sophia Moshasha
Interactive Media
The World Bank
Julie Smithson
Co-Founder & COO
METAVRSE
Karen Alexander
Executive Director
XR Women
Jasmine Uniza
CEO
Impact Reality / Flat2VR Studios
Jonathan Foremny
Falcon Test Pilot
TCOM