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
Nils Pihl
CEO & Founder
Auki Labs
Poppy Crum
Innovation Director - Situational Intelligence / Sensing Systems / Biosciences
Giant Step Capital
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
Andy Hunt
Manager, Digital Innovation Lab
The Hershey Company
Drew Weigel
Senior Director, 3D & Immersive
Shutterstock
Natasha Trindall
General Manager
Alo Moves
AJ Sciutto
Director of Virtual Production
Magnopus
Jenny (Shangjun) Jiang
AI Product Manager
CVS Health
Jimmy Vainstein
Sr. Program Manager
The World Bank
Thomas Desmeules
Director of Innovation & Technology
GIRRAPHIC
Johannes Peeters
CEO
VoxelSensors
Marco DeMiroz
Co-founder & General Partner
The Venture Reality Fund
Scott Stein
Editor At Large
CNET
Suzanne Borders
CEO
BadVR
Ori Inbar
Co-Founder
AWE & Super Ventures
Max Bickley
Sr Product Designer, Omniverse
NVIDIA
Matt Coleman
CEO & Founder
FansXR, INC
Lori-Lee Elliott
CEO
Dauntless XR
Jay Latta
Fusionist
The Fusionists
Larry Chang
Audio Director
Larrisim Studio
Pratik Suketu
Creative Technologist
Creative Technologist and Filmmaker
Eric Oldrin
CEO
EveryDone
Sabra Williams
Co-Founder & Executive Director
Creative Acts
Steve Lukas
Founder
ContractXR
Jean-Baptiste (JB) Farge
Digital Process Innovation Lead
Subsea7
Kyle Render
CEO
Rendered Talent
Kirsten Hudson
Chief Metaverse Officer
Social Concept Group
Devin Marble
Director of Marketing
VRpatients
Dr. Linda Ciavarelli
Co-Founder and CEO
HouseCall VR
Dustin Sleight
Systems Engineering Manager
IDEXX
Colleen Tully
Senior Program Manager, Innovation
Medtronic
Christine Hobbi
Chief Immersion Officer
ServiceAlliances International, Inc.
Sarah Barker
PhD Candidate | Independent Researcher & Designer
Collin Hadley
Product Designer
Blink UX
Danny Marree
AR Director
Verticar
Maxine Lea Nel
Co-founder and Creative Director
Woody Davis
Developer and Filmmaker
WoodyDevs
Sonya Haskins
Head of Programming
AWE
Perrin Kaplan
Co-Founder
Zebra Partners
Bridger Smith
Founder
Noetic Talent Agency
Ben Erwin
Creator
The Poly Awards
Aleshia Hayes
Director of SURGE XR Lab
University of North Texas
Antony Vitillo
Owner
The Ghost Howls
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
Marketing & Design Consultant (Games)
Malia Probst
Founding Partner
Scout House