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: 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 Content Coming Soon
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
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	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
12:00 - 12:25 PM	Content 4			Gaming, Entertainment & Media: Beyond Loudness: Spatial Chat and The Future of Virtual World Communication Ms. Angelik Laboy Dolby Laboratories, Developer Advocate
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. Päivi 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
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	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
3:20 - 3:35 PM	Break
3:35 - 4:00 PM	Content 8	Web3, Creators, & Creator Economy: Practical Implementation of the NEOM Metaverse - From Dream to Design, Build and Rollout Mr. Su Le Tonomus, Chief Digital and Strategy Officer	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: 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 XR Consultant	XR Enablement: Shenmu (4/4) Content Coming Soon	Enterprise & Industrial Content Coming Soon