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AWE Asia 2023
Recap

AWE Asia marked its 9th annual conference with a spectacular event held in Singapore on August 30th and 31st, 2023. The conference featured a stellar lineup of more than 80 industry-leading keynote speakers and showcased over 60 exhibitions of groundbreaking Chinese XR projects and companies. Organized locally by Sunrise International, this year's conference attracted thousands of in-person attendees and an impressive 160,000+ viewers over livestream, shining a global spotlight on the significant contributions of Asian firms to the XR landscape.

Keynote sessions commenced each day, with highlights including Dr. Mark Billinghurst's presentation on empathic tele-existence and Alvin Wang Graylin's take on the metaverse's societal risks and unifying potential. IEEE Standards Association President Yu Yuan discussed AI-metaverse synergies, while Ikhwan Cho and Terry Schussler unveiled the global launch of ifland, a metaverse platform. Content sessions spanned three stages, with speakers like venture capitalist Tipatat Chennavasi sharing startup success insights in the XR-centric world. Dr. Yujia Gao explored holomedicine's role as the next-gen integrated medical platform. Panel discussions showcased unique partnerships and ecosystems. One focused on AI-enhanced immersive education, featuring experts from Meta, Zoe Immersive, IMD, and Unity Technologies. Another gathered OEMs, investors, and developer platforms to discuss enriching the XR ecosystem in Asia.

The expo hall buzzed with dynamic XR technology developments, from AI tools to hardware solutions and software applications. Exhibitors like XPANCEO, Dispelix, Immersal, Niantic, and the K-Metaverse pavilion, sponsored by NIPA, showcased innovative solutions.

AWE Asia 2023 was a resounding success, bridging the gap between realities and propelling the XR industry into a future filled with innovation, collaboration, and boundless possibilities. Stay tuned for more exciting developments and join us in shaping the future of XR technology!
AWE Asia 2023 Agenda
AWE Asia 2023
Content
Tracks

XR Enablement
A comprehensive look at the technologies that are enabling the spatial computing ecosystem to mature. Topics will include: AR cloud, 5G, generative AI, computer vision, SLAM, motion capture, display technology, semi-conductors, optics, audio, and projection mapping.

Developer, Platforms & AI
Featuring the work of developers across different platforms, highlighting the use cases, capabilities and shortcomings of today’s SDKs, as well as tutorials on the best platforms for building XR applications and virtual worlds. Also examines artificial intelligence, including generative AI, in XR, avatars, virtual beings, holograms, and the current and future generations of digitally-created “humans”.

Enterprise & Industrial
Featuring case studies of the different XR applications being used across all industry verticals to help improve safety, security, training, efficiency, reduce errors, and increase the bottom-line.
Healthcare, Wellness & Society
Demonstrating the myriad ways XR is being used to improve physical and mental health and wellness. Also adopts a broader focus on the topic of XR impact on society as well as how we can use XR for good.

Retail, Advertising & E-Commerce
Exploring the ways brands are leveraging XR and AI-enabled virtual beings for increased engagement, sales, and personalization in both E-commerce and brick-and-mortar operations.

Gaming, Entertainment & Media
Showcasing how next-gen gaming, film and television, sports, and location-based attractions are leveraging XR in both the digital and physical domains.

Web3, Creators, & Creator Economy
Examining use cases, best practices, UX design considerations, and the ways creators can monetize their content. Exploring topics such as decentralization, blockchain technologies, digital ownership and token-based economics related to the Metaverse - the new iteration of the World Wide Web.

Collaboration, Education & Training
Showcasing the ways businesses and educational institutions are deploying XR to improve training, education, and meetings for employees and students.

Start-ups & Investors
Helping XR entrepreneurs get to the next level with pitching opportunities, mentoring from investors and advice on best practices and legal topics.
AWE Asia 2023 Speakers
Ori Inbar
AWE
Co-Founder
Leticia Jauregui
Meta
Head of Global Education Partnerships
Prashant
Microsoft Corporation
Senior Product Manager
Yu Yuan
IEEE
President of IEEE Standards Association
Brian McClendon
Niantic
Senior VP of Engineering
Vanessa Ching
NVIDIA
Inception Ecosystem and Startups Partnerships
Toshihiro Ohnuma
Google
Partnerships, Geo - Google Maps
Darwin Jocson
Mercedes-Benz Singapore
Manager – IT Business Engagement Lead
Alvin Wang Graylin
HTC
Global VP of Corp. Dev.
David Jia
Walmart
Senior Manager,
Software Engineer

Jong-Mun Goh
Brinc
China Venture Partner
Angelik Laboy
Dolby Laboratories
Developer Advocate
Michelle Khoo
Deloitte
Center Leader, Deloitte Center for the Edge Southeast Asia
Gavin Newton-Tanzer
AWE Asia
President
Joanne Teh
IMDA
Assistant Director (Innovation)
Päivi Laakso-Kuivalainen
Immersal
Chief Marketing Officer
Jake Tan
SERIAL CO_
Co-Founder, Chief Technology Officer
Ikhwan Cho
SK Telecom
VP, Head of Metaverse Service Dev.
Terry xR. Schussler
Deutsche Telekom
Sr. Dir., XR & Metaverse
David Weeks
AWE Asia
COO & Content Director
Yujia Gao
National University Health System
Assistant Group Chief Technology Officer
George Wong
The Sandbox
Head of Singapore
Ryan Hu
AWE Asia
VP
Benjamin Chen
SMRT Corporation Ltd
Lead, Learning Technologies
Kisson Lin
Mindverse.AI
Co-Founder and COO
Joeie Oon
FXMedia
Co-Founder / Director
Fariz Hanapiah
Experiential Design Team
Creative Technology Director
Declan Dwyer
Graviton Interactive
Co-Founder & Managing Director
Shan Liu
AWE Asia
Executive Director
Terence Loo
Serl.Io
Co-Founder and CEO
Havene Liew
XR Associates
President
Justin Wong
TrueXR
Chief Product Officer
William Irawan
Primeskills
CEO & Co-Founder
Ida Kymmer
Journee
Director of Global Affairs
Yash Bhatia
4Dviews
Marketing Communications
Yin Ye
Contxtual
Experience Designer/ Researcher
Oliver Weidlich
Contxtual
Director of Design and Innovation
Eric Hawkinson
Together Learning
Founder & Learning Futurist
Andy Lin
Dispelix
VP Sales and Partnerships, APAC
Kyle Jackson
TALESPIN
Co-Founder & CEO

Joe Millward
TALESPIN
General Manager APAC
Sebastian Hofer
Anything World
Co-Founder & Creative Director
York Chen
Suzhou Bearsunny Inc
Founder & CEO
Etienne Chia
Kingsmen Exhibits
Director, Narrative experience and creative technology
Yi Yuan
Hiverlab
Co-Founder
Eddie Avil
Shemaroo Entertainment & XROM
Metaverse Strategist
Rahul Mishra
Shemaroo Entertainment
Head of Web3
Rodrigo Dias Takase
JIX Reality
Lead XR Developer
Daniel Winters
Trioptics GmbH
Senior Technical Expert
Andrew Steele
Maxar Technologies
Business Development Manager
Sanan Goyal
SGX Consultancy, XROM
Founder
Mark Billinghurst
University of South Australia
Professor
Cynthia Yang
Shengwang
Senior Director of Ecosystem Operation Center
Martand Srivastava
Lenovo
Emerging Technologies / ARVR Lead
Kai Ping Tee
QUALCOMM CDMA Technologies Asia-Pacific Pte. Ltd.
Staff Manager, Technical Marketing
Emilie Joly
Zoe Immersive
CEO & Co-Founder
Arnav Neel Ghosh
Blippar- Partnership & Growth
XR Consultant
Michael Andrian
madebyhumans
CEO
Effie Li
EnlightXR (Beijing Shenmu Technology Corp., Ltd)
CEO
Arthur Chen
Ameba Capital
General Partner
Yi Xu
OPPO
Director of XR Technology
Xinye Liu
EnlightXR
VP
Berthold Lange
OQmented GmbH
CBO
Padmashri Suresh
HCLTech
Practice Director
Sarah Toms
IMD
Chief Learning Innovation Officer
Jed Fisher
4D Pipeline
Managing Partner
Jason Ang
CONTEN.T
Co-Founder
Donavan Ratnasingam
CONTEN.T
Account & Web3 Director
Amrita Mallik
HSBC
VP - Global Innovation & Ventures
Felipe Erias
Igalia
Software Engineer and Interaction Designer
Brett Hornung
Accenture
Web3 Lead
Daksh Srivastava
HCLTech
Lead Consultant
Vidhya Sri Soundararajan
HCLTech
Lead Consultant
Roman Axelrod
XPANCEO
Founder
Siti Hamimah
Republic Polytechnic
Lecturer
Jason Low
Virtualtech Frontier
CEO & Founder
Lazius Kaye
VR Essentials
Consultant
Tipatat
Chennavasin
The Venture Reality Fund
General Partner
Yau Boon Lim
IMMRSIV Inc
Co-Founder
Benny Arbel
Inception XR
Founder and CEO
Martin Sawtell
Dell Technologies
XR Director, Dell XR Studios
Sowmiya Selvakumaraswamy
NCS
Metaverse Lead
Johnny Ngo
Maxar Technologies
Customer Success
Gyuna Kim
Dataking
AD
Chanwoo Park
DOORIBUN
Project Manager
Seunghyun Cho
Emotionwave Inc
CSO
Seung Hee Jung
LITA
CEO
Sidney (HeeKeun) Choi
P&C Solution Co., Ltd.
Manager
Jason (Jae-Hyun) Kim
Salin Co., Ltd.
CEO
Andrew Smith
Halldale Group
Founder & CEO
Ajune Wanis Ismail
Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
Head of Mixed/Virtual Reality Research lab, UTM
Zamir Rashid
Innoveam Sdn Bhd
Managing Director
Jeremy Luisier
Unity Technologies
Senior Technical Trainer
Anurag Sachdeva
Xtendr
Founder & CEO
Loretta Chen
Smobler Studios
Co-Founder & CEO
April Swando Hu
VRWorkout
COO & Co-founder
Neha Agarwal
Xtendr
Co-Founder & Director CX
T K Ng
SFX Corporation Pte Ltd
CEO & Founder
Alexander Smith
Meta
Software Engineer
Bon Teh
Lenovo Singapore
XR Solution Architect

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AWE Asia 2023 Recap

AWE Asia 2023 Agenda

AWE Asia 2023 ContentTracks

XR Enablement

Developer, Platforms & AI

Enterprise & Industrial

Healthcare, Wellness & Society

Retail, Advertising & E-Commerce

Gaming, Entertainment & Media

Web3, Creators, & Creator Economy

Collaboration, Education & Training

Start-ups & Investors

AWE Asia 2023 Speakers

Ori Inbar

Leticia Jauregui

Prashant

Yu Yuan

Brian McClendon

Vanessa Ching

Toshihiro Ohnuma

Darwin Jocson

Alvin Wang Graylin

David Jia

Jong-Mun Goh

Angelik Laboy

Michelle Khoo

Gavin Newton-Tanzer

Joanne Teh

Päivi Laakso-Kuivalainen

Jake Tan

Ikhwan Cho

Terry xR. Schussler

David Weeks

Yujia Gao

George Wong

Ryan Hu

Benjamin Chen

Kisson Lin

Joeie Oon

Fariz Hanapiah

Declan Dwyer

Shan Liu

Terence Loo

Havene Liew

Justin Wong

William Irawan

Ida Kymmer

Yash Bhatia

Yin Ye

Oliver Weidlich

Eric Hawkinson

Andy Lin

Kyle JacksonTALESPINCo-Founder & CEO

Joe Millward

Sebastian Hofer

York Chen

Etienne Chia

Yi Yuan

Eddie Avil

Rahul Mishra

Rodrigo Dias Takase

Daniel Winters

Andrew Steele

Sanan Goyal

Mark Billinghurst

Cynthia Yang

Martand Srivastava

Kai Ping Tee

Emilie Joly

Arnav Neel Ghosh

Michael Andrian

Effie Li

Arthur Chen

Yi Xu

Xinye Liu

Berthold Lange

Padmashri Suresh

Sarah Toms

Jed Fisher

Jason Ang

AWE Asia 2023
Recap

AWE Asia 2023
Content
Tracks

Kyle Jackson
TALESPIN
Co-Founder & CEO

Tipatat
Chennavasin

Bon Teh
Lenovo Singapore
XR Solution Architect

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