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Speaker topics include content creation, education, entertainment, enterprise, healthcare, investment, storytelling, training, and much more.

 

 
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Frank J. Soqui VP and GM, Intel

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Joanna Popper (LA) Global Head of VR for Location Based Entertainment, HP

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Darren Bennett (Vancouver) Creative Director, Microsoft

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Kyle Roche (Seattle)
GM,  Amazon

 
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Elizabeth Baron (Detroit) VR and Advanced Visualization, Ford

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Chris Bobotis (Montreal) Director of Immersive, Adobe Systems Inc

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Charlie Fink (NYC) VR/AR Consultant, Columnist, Speaker, Author

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Cathy Hackl (Atlanta)
Partner, MR Ventures
Futurist, You Are Here
Co-Author, Marketing New Realities

 
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Timoni West (S.F.) Director of XR Research, Unity

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Tom Emrich (S.F.)
Founding Partner, Super Ventures

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Marco DeMiroz (S.F.)
The Venture Reality Fund

Anne Ward (S.F.)
Author, Bitcoin VC, Futurist

 
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Vinay Narayan (Seattle) VP, HTC Vive

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Mike Festa (Boston)
Director of Wayfair Next

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Alex Chuang (Vancouver) 
Co-founder of Shape Immersive

 
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Raj Puran (Austin) Director of Business Development and Strategic Partnerships, Intel

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Tarrnie Williams (Vancouver)
Co-founder and CEO of Blueprint Reality Inc.

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Denny Unger (B.C.)
CEO & Creative Director, Cloudhead Games

Tony Bevilacqua (Vancouver)
Founder and CEO of Cognitive3D

 
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Bill Burton (B.C.)
VP, Principal Geotechnical Engineer, BGC Engineering Inc.

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Nancy Basi (Vancouver)
Executive Director, Film & Media Centre, Vancouver Economic Commission

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Gabriel Rene (L.A.) Co-Founder & Executive Director, VERSES Foundation

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Alan Smithson (Toronto)
CEO of MetaVRse

 
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Chanel Summers (Seattle) VP, Creative Development VRstudios, Inc

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Craig Alguire (Toronto)
Co-founder & CTO  Quantum Capture Inc.

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Wilson Tang (Vancouver) Founder and CEO of Yumebau Inc.

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Morgan Young (Toronto) Co-founder & CEO Quantum Capture Inc.

 

Chad Eikhoff (Atlanta) CEO TRICK 3D

Aaron Hilton (Vancouver) MR Developer, Steampunk Digital

Dr. Alan Winter (B.C.) BC’s Innovation Commissioner

Moe Somani (Vancouver) Senior Director of Customer Strategy & Growth, Atheer

 

Martina Welkhoff (Seattle) Founding Partner, WXR Fund

Daniel Japiassu (Brazil) CEO YDreams Global

Amy LaMeyer (S.F.) Investor & Advisor, EnteringVR

Danny Goel (Vancouver) MD, CEO and Co-Founder, Precision OS Technology

 

Melissa McFarland (Atlanta) Director, Holiday Inn InterContinental Hotels Group

Mo Kumarsi (Vancouver) Blockchain Evangelist 

Matt Grant (Vancouver) Founding Partner, LNG Studios

Graham Plaster (D.C.) Senior Policy Adviser on Cultural Training, Office of the Secretary of Defense  Pentagon

 
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Srinivas Krishna (Toronto) President, AWE Company

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Nathan Pettyjohn (S.F.) Founder & President, VR/AR Association & VR/AR Global Summit. CMO, Quantum Capture

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Michael McCready (Alberta) Instructor, Multimedia Production Program, Lethbridge College

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Kris Kolo (NYC) Global Executive Director, VR/AR Association

 
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Jeff Meador (S.F.) COO, Portico

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Jim Malcolm (Austin) GM, Humaneyes (Vuze)

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David Gratton (Vancouver) CMO, IMBY Real Estate Corp

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Nikolas Badminton Futurist & Strategic Advisor

 
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Adam Davis, M.D (Boston)  Founder, Amalgamated Vision & Chief Medical Officer, Olea Medical

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Marlo Brooke (L.A.)
Founder & President Avatar Partners

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Carrie Shaw (L.A.) CEO & Founder Embodied Labs

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Amy Peck (S.F.) Founder of EndeavorVR

 
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Maheen Sohail (SF) Product Designer, Facebook

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Tony Hughes (UK) Digital Media Specialist, UK’s Department for International Trade (DIT)

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Emily Olman (S.F.) Founder, Hopscotch Interactive

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Tyler Gates (D.C.) Managing Principal, Brightline Interactive

 
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Kristi Hansen Onkka (L.A.) Founder healthiAR

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Cam Ayres (Dallas) Director Of Innovation, Sector 5 Digital

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Angela Robert (Vancouver) CEO & Co-Founder Conquer Experience

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Dr. David Trainor (UK) CEO/CTO Sentireal

 
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Daria Fedko (Ukraine) CEO, WeAR Studio

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Levi Bilbrey (Dallas) Creative Design Manager, Bell

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Nick Cherukuri (NYC) Founder and President, ThirdEye Gen, Inc.

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Gabe Karp (Detroit) CDO, Marxent

 
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Ron Segev (Vancouver) Lawyer at Segev LLP

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Krystian Guevara KG (Canada) Creative Director, DreamCraft Attractions

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Carter Rogers (NYC) Principal Analyst, SuperData (Nielsen)

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Mehmet Taskiran (Vancouver) Chief Creative Officer, Stambol Studios

 
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Tobin Nageotte (Amsterdam) Technology Director, 72andSunny

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Serjan Burlak (Vancouver) Reality Architect at YumeBau

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Nathan Nasseri (Canada) CEO and Founder, REinVR

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Pradeep Khanna (Sydney) CEO Global Mindset

 
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Matt Miesnieks (S.F.) CEO 6D.ai

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Michael Owen (NYC) Principal at MediaCombo

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Sabarish G (Canada) Top 10 VR influencers

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Abby Albright (LA) Co-Founder, WXR Fund

 
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Ben Unsworth (Toronto) Tech Director, Dark Slope Studios

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Chris Pfaff (NYC) CEO, CHRIS PFAFF TECHMEDIA

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Jeff Olm (Chicago) Creative Director, formerly Jaunt

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Jason Yim (LA) CEO and Executive Creative Director, Trigger

 
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Ryan Peterson (Vancouver)  CEO and Co-Founder, Finger Food

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Travis Cloyd (LA) CEO, Observe Media

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Charla Pereira (Vancouver) Senior Designer, Microsoft

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Yair Szarf (Miami) Lead Developer Fantom 

 
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Robert Thomas (London) Composer

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Ray Walia (Vancouver) Founder, Launch Academy

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Thomas Belda (Minnesota) Enterprise Simulation Technology Architect, Mayo Clinic

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Jordan Brighton (Vancouver) CEO & Founder, Virtro Entertainment

 
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Jennifer Dowding (Vancouver) Senior Producer, Archiact

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Parm Sandhu (Vancouver) Director of Network and System Operations, TELUS

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Amar Dhaliwal (Vancouver) COO, Atheer

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Alex Colgan (Canada) Senior Director of Marketing and Developer Community, Leap Motion

 
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JB McRee (Seattle) Senior Manager, Product Marketing, HTC VIVE

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Jedrzej Jonasz (Vancouver)
CEO, Mythical City Games

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Steven Antturi (Canada) COO, Evolved Reality

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Julie Smithson (Toronto), COO, MetaVRse

 
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Jacob Ervin (SF) PM, Occipital

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Devon Zielinski (LA) CEO of VeriToken

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John Penn (Atlanta) CEO, InspireVR

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Charles Lavigne (Vancouver) CEO, LlamaZOO