AGENDA

AWE USA 2025

Jun 9 Jun 10 Jun 11 Jun 12
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

Qualcomm Keynote

10:00 AM - 10:25 AM
GRAND BALLROOM
Main Stage
Jun 10
GRAND BALLROOM

Snap Keynote

10:30 AM - 10:55 AM
GRAND BALLROOM
Main Stage
Jun 10
GRAND BALLROOM

XREAL Keynote

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
Nexus Stage - Expo Hall
Builders Nexus
Jun 10
Nexus Stage - Expo Hall

Hackathon Winners: MIT Reality Hack Winners Lightning Round

11:10 AM - 12:10 PM
Gaming Stage - Expo Hall
Gaming Hub
Jun 10
Gaming Stage - Expo Hall

VR Game Spotlight

Callum Hurley - VR Game Spotlight
12:30 PM - 01:25 PM
Gaming Stage - Expo Hall
Gaming Hub
Jun 10
Gaming Stage - Expo Hall

PANEL: The Art and Craft of Making Mixed Reality Games

Robin Moulder - 3lbXR & 3lb Games
Kimberly Unger - Meta
Jaime Pichardo García - Odders Lab
Federico Heller - Eggscape
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 - 01:55 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 - 01:55 PM
Room 102A
XR Policy
Jun 10
Room 102A

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

Brittan Heller - Stanford University
Joan O'Hara - XR Association
01:30 PM - 01:55 PM
Gaming Stage - Expo Hall
Gaming Hub
Jun 10
Gaming Stage - Expo Hall

Bootstrapping Your XR Studio

Ryan Canuel - Petricore, Inc
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
02:00 PM - 02:25 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
02:30 PM - 02:55 PM
Promenade Room 104A
Enterprise
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 101B
Creator
Jun 10
Room 101B

The Quest Landscape: Strategies for Victory

JP Minetos - Hartmann Capital
02:30 PM - 02:55 PM
Room 103B/C
Collaboration, Training & Education
Jun 10
Room 103B/C

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

Trista Pierce - Niantic
02:30 PM - 03:30 PM
Nexus Stage - Expo Hall
Builders Nexus
Jun 10
Nexus Stage - Expo Hall

Nexus Builders & Creators Lightning Round

02:45 PM - 03:45 PM
Gaming Stage - Expo Hall
Gaming Hub
Jun 10
Gaming Stage - Expo Hall

Game On: Developer Showcase!

03:30 PM - 03:55 PM
Room 103B/C
Collaboration, Training & Education
Jun 10
Room 103B/C

Why VR Learning Works (and Why It Fails)

Antonia Forster - Avantis Education
03:30 PM - 03:55 PM
GRAND BALLROOM
Main Stage
Jun 10
GRAND BALLROOM

Reality Modding: Shaping Immersive Worlds with AI

Dr. Helen Papagiannis -
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 - 04:25 PM
Promenade Room 104A
Enterprise
Jun 10
Promenade Room 104A

PANEL: How Spatial Computing is Reshaping Heavy Manufacturing

Paul Davies - The Boeing Company
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
Devin Baldwin - The Devinci Code
04:00 PM - 04:25 PM
Promenade Room 104B
XR Enablement
Jun 10
Promenade Room 104B

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

Johannes Peeters - VoxelSensors
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 - 04:55 PM
Room 102B
Retail & Marketing
Jun 10
Room 102B

PANEL: Getting Outside the Cult: How to Broaden VR Adoption

Lori H. Schwartz - StoryTech
Ajit Ninan - Meta
05:00 PM - 05:25 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
05:00 PM - 05:25 PM
Room 101A
Developer
Jun 10
Room 101A

From Code to Conduct: Building Healthy Communities in VR Games

David Neubelt - Another Axiom
05:00 PM - 05:25 PM
Promenade Room 104A
Enterprise
Jun 10
Promenade Room 104A

How VR is Bridging the Construction Labor Gap: From Proof of Concept to Proven Training Solution

Greg Meyers - ForgeFX Simulations
Dave Raasakka - Somero
05:00 PM - 05:55 PM
Room 101B
Creator
Jun 10
Room 101B

PANEL: Igniting Cultural Institutions: AfroFuturism & Lincoln Center

Sutu - EyeJack | Sutu Eats Flies
Nona Hendryx - Dream Machine
Kathleen Cohen - The Collaboratorium
Jordana Leigh - The Lincoln Center
05:00 PM - 05:55 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
05:30 PM - 05:55 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