Agenda

Description

The grand challenge of the 21st Century is to create socially and ethically adept hybrid networks of humans and machines. The augmentation of human abilities and global ecological systems will play a critical role in our future. AI agents are already deeply integrated into society and integral to many activities from dating, driving, coding, to policing and Large Language Models and Multimodal AI have already changed the way we communicate, work, and play. But, while Augmented Ecologies are now reaching beyond industry experts and scientists to the rest of us with generative AI, these new hybrid ecologies between humans and machines will diminish individual human autonomy and agency if we do not empower people to create, manage and participate in them. This panel will look at this grand challenge for the future of an Augmented World!

Speakers

Anselm Hook

CTO , MorpheusXR

Sean White

Founder , Three Dog Labs

Tish Shute

Co-Founder , AWE

David A. Smith

CTO, Founder , Croquet

Description

Join the "Grandfather of Virtual Reality" and Virtual World Society founder Tom Furness + China President at HTC and VWS board member Alvin Graylin as we discuss the next stage of the XR industry's growth. Sharing their thoughts on the views and learnings from key industry leaders of the VWS' "XR Round Table", find out where Tom's untethered optimism and Alvin's seasoned global business experience intersect.

Moderated by Linda Ricci, this promises to be a lively and action-provoking session featuring leading thinkers in the space.

Speakers

Linda Ricci

Business / Emerging Tech Strategy Consultant , Consultant

Angelina Dayton

Executive Director , Virtual World Society

Alvin Wang Graylin

Author, Our Next Reality | Global VP, HTC , HTC

Tom Furness

Founder & Chairman , Virtual World Society

Description

When is something remotely similar to a 'metaverse' going to actually happen, and when it does, what needs to happen to make it a positive experience for humans and maybe other sentient beings too. Philip looks back on 20 years of Second Life to talk about what is likely to happen next.

Speakers

Philip Rosedale

Founder , Linden Lab

Description

"No Man is an Island" - John Donne
Going it alone is certainly doable, if you are very lucky or have unlimited time and money, but for most platforms or products that rely on the number of active users, working with and scaling through partners can drastically improve time to market and enable you to create and deliver value-add for users more quickly. In this session we'll discuss the network effect, why it's important and how to leverage a partner ecosystem as part of your strategy.

Speakers

Lisa Watts

Co-Founder , Cree8

Description

In 2000, Motorola launched its first touchscreen mobile phone. Over the next decade, that PDA phone evolved and informed what we all now know as the smartphone. The ensuing apps and app stores formed an ecosystem that has contributed to the transformation of the internet into the mobile internet.

Today's Augmented Reality (AR) glasses is following a similar market adoption and growth trajectory. Meanwhile, recent display and processing advancements are bringing AR solutions that consumers desire. XREAL is leading the charge with a goal of making AR glasses available to all.

Speakers

Jon Li

Head of US Market , XREAL

Description

In this session, we will release the latest data on the Chinese spatial computing market, and provide an overview of the current market landscape. CEOs of leading companies in the region will share their opinions on the latest trends, biggest challenges, and excitement to come. A taste of AWE Asia!

Speakers

David Weeks

Producer & COO , AWE Asia, Sunrise International

Description

In the gaming industry, "God Mode" is a special code that makes the players invincible in the virtual world. And today, In the real world, there is no character in more need of invincibility than Earth - the sustainability of communities, natural resources, and wildlife within it.

One of the debates in recent Sustainability forums has been the extent to which the massive digitalization of people, processes, and technology during the pandemic has proved a bountiful benefit or dramatic detriment to the planet. And the XR industry has been a major beneficiary of this accelerated digitalization and has the opportunity to demonstrate how the industry and total ecosystem (be that Metaverse, Blockchain, etc) will positively contribute to REAL Sustainability outcomes.

This critical panel will explore where and how XR can meaningfully impact climate-positive and social-forward initiatives and enterprises, and put the Earth in God-Mode - before it's too late (ie, "Game Over").

Speakers

Shivam Kishore

Sr. Advisor Digital Transformation | Sustainability , UN Environment Programme

Rika Nakazawa

Group Vice President, New Ventures & Innovation , NTT

Heidi Lehmann

Sustainable Capital & Innovation Advisor, Co-Founder , Kenzen

Description

Unlike some people's perception, AI is not stealing the spotlight of metaverse. Instead, the synergistic acceleration of metaverse and AI development is the real trend that is happening, and we are facing the opportunity to make the metaverse industry really take off. Metaverse will lead the next stage of digital transformation, and will provide an effective path to address climate change and other global challenges. We share a vision for accelerating the development of metaverse related technologies, ecosystems and markets in a sustainable manner and contributing to greater sustainability.

Speakers

Yu Yuan

IEEE SA President , Metaverse Acceleration and Sustainability Association (MASA).

Ramesh Ramadoss

Chair , IEEE

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Speakers

Ori Inbar

Co-Founder , AWE and Super Ventures