AWE Asia 2023 Day 1 30/8/2023		Main Stage	Sub Stage 1	Sub Stage 2
9:00 - 9:25 AM	Opening Ceremony	Opening Ceremony Ori Inbar AWE Co-Founder Gavin Newton-Tanzer AWE Asia, President Ryan Hu AWE Asia, VP
9:25 - 9:50 AM	Keynote	Empathic Computing: Capturing the Potential of the Metaverse Dr. Mark Billinghurst University of South Australia, Professor
9:50 - 10:15 AM	Keynote	From De-globalization to Di- globalization Mr. Alvin Graylin HTC, Global VP of Corp. Dev.
10:20 - 10:45 AM	Content 1	Developers, Platforms & AI: Collaborating with AIs in XR Vanessa Ching NVIDIA, Inception Ecosystem and Startups Partnerships, Asia-Pacific South (ASEAN & ANZ)	Collaboration, Education & Training: Scaling XR Content for the Enterprise with Generative AI Joe Millward Talespin Reality Labs, General Manager APAC Kyle Jackson Talespin Reality Labs, Co-Founder & CEO	Gaming, Entertainment & Media Captivating Asia: Immersing Audiences and Olympic Athletes through XR & VR! the Power of XR and VR Lazius Kaye VR Essentials, Consultant
10:45 - 11:00 AM	Coffee
11:00 - 11:25 AM	Content 2	Developers, Platforms & AI: Niantic is powering ¡°AR, Everywhere, All at Once" Brian McClendon Niantic, Senior VP of Engineering	Collaboration, Education & Training Content Coming Soon	Gaming, Entertainment & Media: AI + RTE: Opportunities and Challenges Dr. Cynthia Yang Shengwang, Senior Director of Ecosystem Operation Center Gaming, Entertainment & Media: Affordable Volumetric Capture for Mixed Reality Prof. Steven King UNC Blue Sky Innovations, Chief Innovation Officer / Director Mr. Bhargav Bompalli UNC Blue Sky Innovations, Computer Vision Engineer Gaming, Entertainment & Media: Beyond Loudness: Spatial Chat and The Future of Virtual World Communication Ms. Angelik Laboy Dolby Laboratories, Developer Advocate
11:30 - 11:55 AM	Content 3	Collaboration, Education & Training: How AI Will Enhance the Metaverse and Education Mrs. Leticia Jauregui Meta, Head of Global Education Partnerships Ms. Emilie Joly Zoe Immersive, CEO & Co-Founder Ms. Sarah Toms IMD, Chief Learning Innovation Officer	Developers, Platforms & AI Content Coming Soon
12:00 - 12:25 PM	Content 4
12:25 - 1:55 PM	Lunch
1:55 - 2:20 PM	Content 5	Gaming, Entertainment & Media: Revolutionizing Fan Engagement: Augmented Reality in Stadiums Powered by Visual Positioning Systems and Spatial Computing Ms. Paivi Laakso-Kuivalainen Immersal, Chief Marketing Officer Mr. Declan Dwyer Graviton Interactive, Co-Founder & Managing Director	Developers, Platforms & AI Content Coming Soon	Collaboration, Education & Training: XR and the Future of Work: Implications for Education and the Workforce Mr. Havene Liew XR Associates, President Mr. Joeie Oon FXMedia, Co-Founder / Director Mr. Fariz Hanapiah Experiential Design Team, Creative Technology Director Mr. Justin Wong TrueXR, Chief Product Officer Mr. William Irawan Primeskills, CEO & Co-Founder
2:25 - 2:50 PM	Content 6	Gaming, Entertainment & Media: Inspiring Game Development through Open Source Mr. Royal O'Brien The Linux Foundation, General Manager, Digital Media & Games and Executive Director, Open 3D Foundation & Open Metaverse Foundation	Developers, Platforms & AI: Dr. Daniel Winters Trioptics GmbH, Senior Technical Expert	Collaboration, Education & Training: XR in Experiential Education: Designing and Delivering XR Content for Field Trips, Extracurricular Activities, and Classroom Simulations Mr. David Weeks AWE Asia, Content Director Prof. Eric Hawkinson Together Learning, Founder & Learning Futurist; Professor - Kyoto University of Foreign Studies; Research Coordinator - MAVR Research Group Mr. Etienne Chia Kingsmen Exhibits, Director, Narrative experience and creative technology Ms. Yi Yuan Hiverlab, Co-Founder
2:55 - 3:20 PM	Content 7	Retail, Advertising & E-Commerce: Mr. Jason Yim Trigger XR, Founder & CEO	XR Enablement: Shenmu (1/4) Content Coming Soon
3:20 - 3:35 PM	Break
3:35 - 4:00 PM	Content 8	Web3, Creators, & Creator Economy: Metaverse in Financial Industry Ms. Amrita Mallik HSBC, VP - Global Innovation & Ventures	XR Enablement: Shenmu (2/4) Content Coming Soon	Retail, Advertising & E-Commerce: Metaverse Creative Marketing: The Non Conventional Way of Marketing in Web 3.0 Mr. Michael Andrian madebyhumans, CEO
4:05 - 4:30 PM	Content 9	Web3, Creators, & Creator Economy: When AI meets Web3 - Create your own AI to work for you Ms. Kisson Lin Mindverse.AI, Co-Founder and COO	XR Enablement: Shenmu (3/4) Content Coming Soon	Retail, Advertising & E-Commerce Content Coming Soon
4:35 - 5:00 PM	Content 10	Web3, Creators, & Creator Economy: Unleashing the Potential: Exploring the Journey of India's 1.2 Billion Mobile Users into Web3 and Immersive Technology Mr. Eddie Avil Shemaroo Entertainment & XROM, Metaverse Strategist Mr. Rahul Mishra Shemaroo Entertainment, Head of Web3 Mr. Sanan Goyal SGX Consultancy, XROM, Founder Mr. Arpit Sharma NEAR Foundation, Managing Director, India, SE Asia and Middle East Mr. Arnav Neel Ghosh Blippar- Partnership & Growth, XR Consultant	XR Enablement: Shenmu (4/4) Content Coming Soon	Enterprise & Industrial Content Coming Soon
AWE Asia 2023 Day 2 31/8/2023		Main Stage	Sub Stage 1	Sub Stage 2
9:00 - 9:20 AM	Keynote	Metaverse as the Next Biggest Thing: Challenges, Roadmaps, and Standardization Dr. Yu Yuan IEEE, President, IEEE Standards Association
9:20 - 9:45 AM	Keynote	ifland: A Case Study on Telco Collaboration in Building a Global Metaverse Platform Mr. Ikhwan Cho SK Telecom, VP, Head of Metaverse Service Dev. Mr. Terry xR Schussler Deutsche Telekom, Sr. Dir., XR & Metaverse
9:50 - 10:15 AM	Content 11	Enterprise & Industrial: Building for the Metaverse Mr. Prashant Microsoft Corporation, Senior Product Manager	XR Enablement: OQmented LBS-Display Technology as Key for Solving Design Challenges of AR Smart Glasses Berthold Lange CBO, OQmented GmbH	Collaboration, Education & Training: Enterprise Metaverse & Blockchain driven evolution Padmashri Suresh HCLTech, Practice Director Daksh Srivastava HCLTech, Lead Consultant Vidhya Sri Soundararajan HCLTech, Lead Consultant
10:20 - 10:45 AM	Content 12	Enterprise & Industrial: From Data Source to Extraction of the Full Value of Data: Empowering Enterprises in a Decentralized Way Mr. Darwin Jocson Mercedes-Benz Singapore Pte. Ltd., Manager ¨C IT Business Engagement Lead	XR Enablement: Design Considerations for HMD AR Ms. Yin Ye Contxtual, Experience Designer/ Researcher Mr. Oliver Weidlich Contxtual, Director of Design and Innovation	Collaboration, Education & Training: Augmenting Anatomy: Revolutionizing Medical Education with Head-Mounted AR Devices Siti Hamimah Lecturer, Republic Polytechnic Mr. Terence Loo Serl.Io, Co-Founder and CEO
10:45 - 11:00 AM	Coffee
11:00 - 11:25 AM	Content 13	XR Enablement: PERFECTING COMFORT - Vision behind Dispelix waveguide combiners for near-to-eye XR displays Mr. Andy Lin Dispelix, VP Sales and Partnerships, APAC	Enterprise & Industrial: 3M's Journey in Deploying XR for Hazardous Area Safety Training and Manufacturing Troubleshooting Mr. Sivakumar Kalimuthu 3M Innovation Singapore Pte Ltd , Design Engineering Lead- Singapore	Retail, Advertising & E-Commerce: Architectures for Retail Industry AR/ VR Projects Mr. David Jia Walmart, Senior Manager, Software Engineer
11:30 - 11:55 AM	Content 14	XR Enablement: XPANCEO Presentation Content Coming Soon	Enterprise & Industrial: Experience the Digital Twin Built for Connecting Your XR Content with the Real World Mr. Andrew Steele Maxar Technologies, Business Development Manager	Retail, Advertising & E-Commerce: I-commerce and the Future of Retail Ms. Ida Kymmer Journee, Director of Global Affairs
12:00 - 12:25 PM	Content 15	XR Enablement Content Coming Soon	Enterprise & Industrial: How AI is Powering a Golden Age in Games Development Mr. Sebastian Hofer Anything World, Co-Founder & Creative Director	Retail, Advertising & E-Commerce: Storytelling with Volumetric Video Mr. Yash Bhatia 4Dviews, Marketing Communications
12:25 - 1:55 PM	Lunch
1:55 - 2:20 PM	Content 16	Enterprise & Industrial: ThinkReality Solutions Powering the Enterprise Metaverse Mr. Martand Srivastava Lenovo, Emerging Technologies / ARVR Lead Mr. Kai Ping Tee QUALCOMM CDMA Technologies Asia-Pacific Pte. Ltd., Staff Manager, Technical Marketing	XR Enablement: How VR is Used to Reduce Hospital Acquired Infection Benny Arbel Inception XR, Founder, and CEO	Web3, Creators, & Creator Economy: Building the Metaverse Creator Economy: To VR or Not to VR? Mr. George Wong The Sandbox, Head of Singapore
2:25 - 2:50 PM	Content 17	Start-ups & Investors: How Startups and Investors Team Up to Build XR for Social Impact Mr. Jong-Mun Goh Brinc, China Venture Partner	XR Enablement: Making Mixed Reality a Success for Enterprises Jed Fisher 4D Pipeline, Managing Partner	Web3, Creators, & Creator Economy: Beyond the Hype of the Metaverse - How Enterprises Can Utilize the Metaverse for Growth Jason Low Virtualtech Frontier, CEO & Founder
2:55 - 3:20 PM	Content 18	Start-ups & Investors: The Future of Immersive Experiences: Navigating the World of XR Ms. Joanne Teh Infocomm Media Development Authority, Assistant Director (Innovation) Ms. Michelle Khoo Deloitte, Center Leader, Deloitte Center for the Edge Southeast Asia Mr. Terence Loo Serl.Io, Co-Founder and CEO Mr. Benjamin Chen SMRT Corporation Ltd, Lead, Learning Technologies	XR Enablement: Applications of CNC Semiconductor Color Changing Technology in AR Smart Wearable Devices Ms. York Chen Suzhou Bearsunny Inc, Founder & CEO	Healthcare, Wellness & Society: Unlocking AR's Potential: Designing Meaningful Experiences Mr. Rodrigo Dias Takase JIX Reality, Lead XR Developer
3:20 - 3:35 PM	Break
3:35 - 4:00 PM	Content 19	Healthcare, Wellness & Society: Connecting Both Worlds - Google Maps and AR Core Mr. Toshihiro Ohnuma Google, Partnerships, Geo - Google Maps	XR Enablement Content Coming Soon	Startups & Investors: Investing in XR and the Metaverse: learnings and insights from 8 years as an XR VC Tipatat Chennavasin Venture Reality Fund, Co-founder and General Partner
4:05 - 4:30 PM	Content 20	Healthcare, Wellness & Society: Holomedicine ¨C The Next Generation Integrated Medical Platform Dr. Yujia Gao National University Health System, Assistant Group Chief Technology Officer, National University Health System; Vice-Chairman & Director of Clinical Research, The holomedicine Association; Director, Undergraduate Medical Education, NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine	XR Enablement Content Coming Soon	Start-ups & Investors: How Startups and Investors Team Up to Build XR for Social Impact Mr. Jong-Mun Goh Brinc, China Venture Partner
4:35 - 5:00 PM	Auggie + Closing	Closing Remarks & Auggie Awards Ori Inbar AWE Co-Founder Gavin Newton-Tanzer AWE Asia, President David Weeks AWE Asia, COO and Content Director Shan Liu VP