Creating New Formats for Immersive Entertainment by Victor Agulhon from Targo

Traversing the XR Landscape in 2026 by Arturo Perez and JP Minetos

Create Social Stories: LBE Marketing & Community-Building by Ryan Bromsgrove and Ashley Blake

Fireside Chat with DreamPark and Dave & Busters Hollywood

LBE XR - The Real Business of Entertainment by Kevin Williams from KWP

OpenXR Deep Dive: From Runtime Architecture to Spatial Computing by Frédéric Plourde

Optics Technologies Trends for the Next Generation of Smart Glasses by Thomas Bithell from IDTechEx

Debating the Hardware, Software and Social Implications Driving AR with the Display Skeptics

PANEL: Investor Q&A - Ask Us Anything by Rren Schafer and Derek Mether

AWE USA 2026 Startup Pitch Competition: Part 2

AWE USA 2026 Startup Pitch Competition: Part 1

XR at Electric Utilities: Deployments, Lessons Learned, and the Path to Broader Adoption

Beyond Pilots and Headsets: Scaling XR in Federal Emergency Services by Leon Pietschmann from THW

Bits and Buildings: Constructing Digital Experience by David Gillespie and Zehao Qin

From XR Vision to the Shop Floor: A Heavy Industry Case Study

Environment Modeling of Customer Spaces with Southwest Airlines

The Airport Decision Engine: Real-Time Digital Twins for Complex Operations by Kelly Watt

Leveraging Immersive XR Technology in Manufacturing at General Motors

Building XR Digital Twins for Selection, Training, and Performance Monitoring by Dr. Gergely Kovacs

AI-Powered Digital Twins: Real-World Workflows from VNTANA, NVIDIA & Astec Industries

Introduction to Digital Twins by Dace Campbell from Cintoo

The Known Unknowns: Storytelling at the Frontier of Immersive Film

Immersive Theatre: Building the XR Stage for New Audiences

Who Are We Becoming? Why XR, Avatars, and Digital Fashion Are Rewriting Identity

Inventing Global Immersive Public Media by Ben Erwin from Academy of Immersive Arts and Sciences

Building the Infrastructure Behind Live Spatial Experiences

Co‑Creating the Physical World: AR and Robotics for Human‑AI Collaboration

Feature Film-Quality 6DoF: Exploring the Future of Cinematic Media

XR Sports Alliance x FISE: First Learnings from Immersive Sports at a Live Action Event

The Met in VR: Why One of America’s Oldest Museums Is Investing in Immersive by Brett Renfer

PANEL: You’ve launched your game, now what? A talk about extending your game’s profitability

XR, AI and the Next Consumer Journey

Treating Emotional Trauma with XR and AI by Albert Skip Rizzo

From Operating Room to AR Reading Room: Building Trust Through XR

PANEL: The Hero’s Journey: Using Story and Immersion to Improve Care

VR in the Lab: How Digital Worlds Reveal the Science of Memory by Rolando Masís-Obando

Notable Lessons from Exploring AI Modalities in Higher Education by Becky Lane

AI-Driven Companion in XR by Jason Kao from University of Inland Norway

The Future of Enterprise Learning: Integrating LLMs, VR, and Agentic AI at Scale

How To Make Your Robot Dance by Mitch Chaiet from Experiential Technologies

Building a Global Ecosystem for Physical AI by Ryan Wang and Michael Gold

Agentic AI as a Tool for Enterprise Growth

From Hype to Healing: Proving Mental Wellness Outcomes with the Multi-Modal AI Stack

How We Can Preserve Online Worlds and Why It Matters

Your Past, Present, and Future In the Same Room: Self-Dialogue in XR by Shu Wei

BurnerSphere: Scaling the Spirit of Black Rock City into a Persistent Social Metaverse

Optimizing XR Performance - Navigating the Texture Compression Landscape

RAID: Three Use Cases for Real-Time Animated Interactive Drama by Pascal Langdale

From 2D Flat Screen AI Content to Fully Immersive XR AI Workflows and Use Cases

The UGC Creator Path in XR by Natasha Gubernov, Dominick Frederick and Deepak Nair

The Light School: A Vision for Transcendence and Hope by Tom Furness from Virtual World Society

Why Two Experienced Producers Made the Pivot from Traditional to Immersive Media

Inside the Immersive Video Renaissance: Tools, Stories and Audiences

Beyond WOW! Designing Quality VR Experiences for Kids by Elizabeth Rood

Redefining Patient Privacy: AI, Immersive Data, and New Vulnerabilities

No More Flat Sliders: Designing Interfaces in a 3D Reality

When Less is More: Avoiding Unnecessary Geometric Constraints in XR Task Instructions

XR UX for the Moment by Steven Wolpe from Pretty Big Monster

Toward Evaluating and Securing XR Experiences in Real Time with Large Multimodal Models (LMMs)

Knowledge Management, XR, Cognitive Science, Computer Graphics History by Dr. Julian Gómez