Featured Speakers

Announcing our Keynote Speakers:

Cathy Hackl (Futurist & Author of The Augmented Workforce)

Curtis Hickman (Cofounder & Chief Creative Officer, THE VOID) with a talk on “The Illusion of Reality”

And Highlighted Government Talks:

Heidi Buck (Director of the BEMR Lab and Conference Chair)

Aristides Staikos (NAWC AD, Winner of People's Choice Award and Overall Award at the Maintenance Innovation Challenge)

Approved headset makers in attendance: Varjo, Microsoft, Mira

Approved technical speakers from industry: PTC, Fantasmo, SimInsights, ARCortex, MoonBeam, Holo-Light GmbH, Insider Navigation, Mira Labs, Ario, VRTUL, zSpace, Factual VR, Penn State, Retrocausal, Vermeer, Unity, Design Interactive, GE Research, Microsoft (Guides), Haptx, MCKINZIE SMART TECHNOLOGIES, Dynepic, Kognitiv Spark , Avalon Holographics, Visual Purple, Beast Code, Pixyz Software, Spatial, FARO, Amentum, Amazon AWS, DiSTI Corporation, CAVRNUS, Infinadeck, Librestream Technologies, HeadWall, EducationXR, Avatar Dimension, Hawk Ridge Systems, Capturing Reality, Clirio Inc., Dassault Systèmes (SolidWorks), Design Interactive, VisionLib, BUNDLAR, CACI, HTX Labs, NVIDIA, Cesium, Elysium, VRgluv, Lockheed Martin, Modest Tree, Intellisense Systems Inc., Pivot Industries Limited, SRI, Leidos, Soar Technology, Taqtile, Epic Games, Insight Enterprises, D'Angelo Technologies, Scope AR, Quantified Design Solutions, Aris Technologies.

Approved technical speakers from GOV/MIL:

Navy

Naval Sea Systems Command Program Executive Office COLUMBIA (NAVSEA PEO COLUMBIA)

Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWC AD)

Naval Surface Warfare Center Philadelphia Division (NSWC PD)

Naval Surface Warfare Center Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD)

Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific's (NIWC PAC) BEMR Lab

Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific's (NIWC PAC) RESTORE Lab

Office of Naval Research MANTECH Program

Air Force

Air Force Rapid Sustainment Office

Army

DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory

Army Futures Command CCDC Armaments Center

DEVCOM Soldier Center

Air Combat Command

Other

National Institute of Standards and Technology

Special Session plus Networking on "Doing Business with the Government":

NIWC PAC CRADA office - Shadi Azoum (SBIR/STTR Manager)

NIWC PAC SBIR office - Paul Herbert (Director Tech Transfer Office)

NSIN - Michael Hard (University Program Director, San Diego State University)

AFWERX - Ryan Erickson (Project Manager, AFVentures)

SOFWERX - Leslie Babich (Director SOFWERX)

NavalX - Frank Futcher (Director NavalX)

DIUx - John Zerr (Navy Service Lead)

FATHOMWERX - Alan Jaeger (Office of Research and Technology Applications Manager)