Augmented World Expo 2023 - EU | AWE - Augmented World Expo | 23 October 2023 | Meliá Vienna, Donau-City-Straße 7, 1220 Wien, Austria

Join this inspiring community of XR professionals that brings together:

• End-users and solution providers,
• Investors and startups,
• Brands and creators and developers,
• Job seekers and recruiters

2023 Speakers

Daniel Wagner
Director, Spectacles, Snap

Christine Perey
Spime Wrangler, Perey Research & Consulting

Jan Pflüger
Founder, AdvisXR

Tamiko Thiel
Artist, Freelance

Sahar Fikouhi
Founder, Arki App

Ricard Gras
CEO & Co-Founder, Captic.io

Alina Kadlubsky
Managing Director, Open AR Cloud Europe

Ori Inbar
Co-Founder, AWE and Super Ventures

Liz Rosenthal
Curator & Executive Producer, Venice International Film Festival

Jens Bäckvall
Project Manager & Creative Force, Hololink

Olivier Pierre
CEO, Immersive Factory

Jake Skoric
COO, Delta Reality

David Bennett
CEO, Mimic Productions

Sophie Thompson
CEO & Co-Founder, VirtualSpeech

Lee Vermeulen
CEO, Alientrap Games

Višnja Cicvarić Šonje
Training & Development Specialist, Magenta Telekom

Marina Poliak
VP of R&D, Physicist, Eyejets

Sascha Kiener
Founder & Owner, SVARmony Technologies Inc.

PD Dr. Dorothea Kaufmann
Armed, Heidelberg University Hospital

Mads Troelsgaard
CEO and Co-Founder, SynergyXR

Wendelin Reich
CEO-CTO, Virtual Beings

Mia Hanström
Operations Manager, Skunk - Youth Voices in the Archipelago

Hrafn Thorisson
CEO & Creative Director, Aldin Dynamics

Katrine Konyher
Senior Business Developer & Marketing Specialist, Khora

Patrick Grady
Editor, Metaverse EU

Angel Brown
Group Director Experience Strategy, Digitas Health

Yoni Binstock
CTO, Atomic Digital Design

Arome Ibrahim
Executive Director, Immersive Tech Africa

Luis Martins
VP, XRSI

Elisabetta Rotolo
CEO & Founder, MIAT

Stefanie De Regel
Founder and Project Lead, Walking Museum

Vitaly Ponomarev
CEO and Founder, WayRay

Elisabeth Noever-Ginthör
Director of Creativity & Business, Vienna Business Agency

Georg Hobmeier
Creative Director, Causa Creations

Hilary Mine
President, Digital Europe, Nokia CX

Michael Barngrover
Managing Director, XR4Europe

Isabella Williamson
Associate Director, Consulum

António Baía Reis
XR Researcher & Artist, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Lili Eva Bartha
Founder and CEO, GN3RA

Cai Felip
CEO, Union Avatars

Monica Arés
Founder, Th3 Third Door

Muki Kulhan
CIO, Executive XR/Metatech Producer & Creative Technologist, Muki-International, Ltd

Carlos Ebrahim Vendrell
Senior XR Engineer, Grundfos

Andrey Ivashentsev
Founder & CEO, Metaplan

Amy Peck
Founder/CEO, EndeavorXR

Sam Dale
Technology Analyst, IDTechEx

Elizabeth Baron
Founder, Immersionary Enterprises

Wolfgang Bergmann
CFO, Belvedere Museum Vienna

Katalin Vikuk
Project Manager - Regulatory Compliance, HEKA VR

David Castaneda
Co-Founder, Visionaries 777

Ebona Eastmond-Henry
Brand Partner Lead, EMEA, Niantic, Inc.

Yacine Achiakh
CEO, WiseAR

Adele Keane
COO & Creative Director, Imvizar

Michael Guerin
Founder & CEO, Imvizar

Tristan Gribbin
Founder & CEO, Flow

Barry Haughey
Artist/Educator/Founder, Holo/Gen

Simon Stör
Group Lead Product Management, Linde Engineering

Pedro Marín
Head of Innovation, Accenture

Maria Nova
XR Designer, Creator

Paige Piskin
Social AR Developer, Influencer, and Designer, White Glove Media

Mario Roither
Technology Expert, Palfinger AG

Juliana Koza
Senior Manager Government Affairs, Qualcomm

Ari Billig
Business Developer UK, SyncVR

Lisa Maria Wurzinger
Co-Founder & COO, Arrival.Space

Christoph Runde
General Manager, Virtual Dimension Center Fellbach W.V.

Flavia Mazzanti
Co-founder and CCO, Immerea

Manuel Bonell
Co-founder and CEO, Immerea

Axel Dietrich
Co-founder and CEO, VRisch

Gabriella Chihan Stanley
Co-Founder & CCO, VRisch / XRVienna

Joseph Bell
Senior Producer, Aardman Animations

Stephanie Meisl
CAIO, Full Future Consulting

Luke Gibbard
Co-Founder & CEO, No Ghost

Gerda Leopold
Creator and Producer of Cinematic VR Experiences and Feature Films, Amilux Film

Christopher Widauer
Artistic Director, The Mozart Experience Vienna

Victoria Bousis
Founder, Creative Director, Ume Studios

Alexandre Piedade
XR Solutions Expert, Siemens

Sonya Seddarsan
Founder, UpWorlds

Ruby Woodward
Doctoral Researcher, University of Cambridge

Andy O'Sullivan
Senior Innovation Consultant, Liberty Mutual

Patricia Paulina Karrer
XKIC SRI Manager, EIT Manufacturing

Andreas Fraunberger
Director, Junge Römer GmbH

Leen Segers
Venture Scout & Co-founder, Women in Immersive Technologies (WIIT) Europe

Sergiu Ardelean
Founder, Artivive

Désiré Nzengou
Space & Deep Tech Consultant, EUSPA

Ben Livne Weitzman
CEO, WAVA AR

Elena Bascone
Ambassador for Italy, Women in Immersive Technologies (WIIT) Europe

Gianluigi Vona
Web3 Advisor, Acumen Public Affairs

Markus Murtinger
Head of Competence Unit, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH

Jennifer Bettinger
Responsible Tech Innovation Strategy, Accenture

Daniel Winters
Senior Technical Expert Optical Testing, TRIOPTICS GmbH

Radhakrishna Dasari
Technical Education Lead, Web3 Foundation

Sebastian Egger-Lampl
Head of Research, Mindconsole

Benjamin Roszipal
Ing. Benjamin Roszipal, BSc, MMS, RN, Mindconsole

Kerstin Repolusk
Secretary, PRO-GE

Robert Fine
Executive Director, IVRHA

Anne Bajart
Deputy Head of Unit, European Commission

Doruk Eker
Partner, ORB Amsterdam

Rachel Bracker
Co-Founder, 360 Video Director & Editor, Hungry Mantis

Audrey Niochau
Managing Partner, Busterwood

Donatien Bozon
Director, Augmented Reality Studio, Snap, Inc.

Oscar Falmer
AR Developer Relations Lead, Europe, Snap, Inc.

Marcin JP
Creative Director, Flat Pixel

Matthias Lechner
CEO/Founder, NFBrands.x

Lukas Stranger
CEO, NXRT

Andreas Winkler
Product Manager 3D/XR, Palfinger AG

Christopher Obereder
CEO, Start-Up-Chris Ventures

Michaela Konrad
Director Strategic Partnerships & Future Labs, Creator

Thijs de Vries
Chief Executive Officer, Warp VR

Dmitry Kornilov
Co-Founder/CEO, FFFace.me

Pablo Olmos
CEO, Anima Res

Reza Razavi
National & International Speaker

Richard Guga
Co-Founder, Executive Director, Nettle

Dave Haynes
Partner, FOV Ventures

Arthur Bouffard
Creative Technologist, Creator

Max Van Leeuwen
Creative Technologist, Creator

Adam Wilson
CEO, Polyform Studio

AJ "Dr. Doom" Shewki
CEO, LIV

Joan V. O'Hara
Vice President of Public Policy, XR Association

Simeone Scaramozzino
Immersive Artist, Director, Producer, Facilitator, Transformative Tech Lab

Alexandra Gerard
Managing Director, Stereopsia Europe

Frank Marsman
Business Developer, AddOptics

Petri Rajahalme
Founding Partner, FOV Ventures

Michael Geidel
Producer, Actrio Studio

Sally Ward
Digital Partnerships Manager, Whale and Dolphin Conservation

Fabien Barati
CEO, Emissive / Excurio

Alexandra Weiss
Expert Fullstack Developer AR/XR, Vodafone Group Services GmbH

Alexander Nick
Director Strategic Partnerships & Future Labs, goStudent GmbH

Andrey Lunev
Venture Partner XR, Startup Wise Guys

Gang Li
Postdoc Researcher, University of Glasgow

Zuza Sliwinska
Co-Founder & Partnerships Manager, Lenslist

Silvia Mogas
CEO & Founder, Blockchain Marketing Boutique

András Velvárt
CEO, Response Kft

Mattia Salvi
CEO, Aryel

Alina Nikolaou
Media Scholar, University of Vienna

Johannes Stettmeier
Business Development Manager EMEA AR/VR, Lenovo

Margit Bittner
Head of Retail & Online Marketing, Bank Austria

Reedah El-Saie
Founder, BrainSparkGames

Matthias Sala
Co-founder & CEO, Ambia

Pico Velásquez
CEO, Viira

Jonathan Hale
CEO & Founder, Wonderland Engine

Cecilia Lascialfari
Creative Technologist, Area6Dof - https://area6dof.com

Victor Erukhimov
CEO, ITSeez3D

Julia Strand
Founding Partner, Skunk - Youth Voices in the Archipelago

Alan Tay
CEO | Co-founder, Illumia Labs

Isabel De Peuter-Rutten
Director | President, Euromersive | Federation of EU XR Professionals

Daniel Colaianni
Chief Executive, AIXR

Alexander Loidolt
CCO, Viewar

Yasmin Asan
Metaverse Architect and Digital Artist, Voxel Architects

Alexandra Payne
Head of Creative, Outernet Global Ltd

Rupert Breheny
Emerging Technology Advisor, Cobalt Stars

Gersa Tome
Senior Immersive Tech Specialist, Creator

Pia Harju
VP of Business Development, Dispelix

Ricardo Lira
Venture Partner XR, Creative Cities

Juan Bossicard
Strategic Campaign Manager Metaverse Europe, Meta

Rebecca MacMillan
Advisor, Creator

Gábor Sörös
Research Scientist, Nokia Bell Labs

Timmy Kokke
Senior WebXR Solutions Architect, Wonderland Engine

Gabriele Romagnoli
Head of Business, ShapesXR

Lou Doye
Executive Producer, Lou Doye Presents

Samantha Tauber
Founder, Music and Multimedia Artist, Futurist, VNCCII

Daniela Weismeier-Sammer
Researcher Assistant & Emergency Paramedic, Johanniter Austria

Magnus Mackay
L&D Innovation Manager, Jotun

Susanne Barthl
XR Designer, Senselab.io

Tibor Merey
Managing Director and Partner, Boston Consulting Group

Tina Werro
Head of Swisscom Outpost Innovation Programs, Swisscom

Christoph Ortlepp
Co-founder & COO, VirTex

Thiên-Sinh Polodna
Head of Academy & Customer Services, Uptale

Oleg Gubar
CEO, ARRR

Christoph Fleischmann
Founder and CEO, Arthur Technologies

Ira Bangula
Digital Lead Corporate Office, Bayer AG

Kasper Dreyer
CEO and Founder, Skunk - Youth Voices in the Archipelago

Javier Bello Ruiz
CXO & Co-founder, Imverse

Süleyman Zorba
Speaker for Digitalization, Network Policy & Data Protection, Austrian Parliament

Gotthard Schöpf
Head of Marketing, Leitner

Ashumi Sanghvi
Executive Producer, MAD Productions

Brent Milliken
CEO, Imverse

Alexandra Nancarrow
Chief of Strategy & Partnerships, VR Motion Learning

Nadine Steiger
Learning & Development Specialist, Erste Bank

Alba Collado
VR, AR & Metaverse Account Manager, Grupo MEDIAPRO

Ines Hilz
XR Designer, Creator

Thomas Riedel
Host, Spatial Realities

Anita Lamprecht
Ambassador, Liquid Legal Institute

Ivan Isakov
CTO, Valkyrie Industries

Keith Leddington
Director of Partnerships, FITXR

Artur Sychov
CEO, Somnium Space

Juan José Sánchez Penas
Co-owner, CEO, Igalia

Anne-Liese Prem
Founder and CEO, Tomorrow Stories

Ayça Turan
Creative Technologist, Creator

Amelia Stys
Innovation Girls

Marta Teivane
Innovation Girls

Najda Musta
Innovation Girls

Natalia Stys
Innovation Girls

Richard Zreik
CIO, Innovation Girls

Tereze Bogdane
Innovation Girls

Yu Yuan
IEEE SA President, IEEE

Michael Danninger
Partner, EY

Roman Axelrod
Founder, Xpanceo

Leif Oppermann
Head of Mixed and Augmented Reality Solutions, Fraunhofer FIT

Valentyn Volkov
Co-founder, Xpanceo

2023 Sponsors

TITANIUM SPONSORS:
• CreateHK
• Hong Kong Digital Entertainment Association

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Meta
• Niantic, Inc.

SILVER SPONSORS:
• IEEE
• Lenovo
• Squars
• Xpanceo

BRONZE SPONSOR:
• Dispelix
• Imverse
• Itseez3 D
• Lucid Reality Labs
• Svarmony Technologies Gmb H
• Trioptics
• View Ar
• Wonderland

PARTNERS
• AIXR
• Allconfs
• Ar Insider
• Auganix
• Austria Business Agency
• Avaturn
• Belvedere Museum
• Design Buddies
• Destination Meeting Vienna
• Dev I Tjobs
• Euromersive: European Federation of Xr Professionals
• Future+
• Fyware
• Halledale Group
• Immersive Wire/virtual Perceptions
• In3d.Io
• Ivrha
• Make It
• Mixed Reality TV
• Pixel Adgency
• Siggraph
• Spatial Realities
• Stereopsia
• Vestbee
• Vienna Business Agency
• Virtual Reality Marketing
• Vr Business Club
• Vrdays.Co
• WIIT
• XR Bootcamp
• XR EXPO
• XR Hub Bavaria
• XR Must
• XR Valley
• XR Women
• XR4Europe
• XRSI
• XRVienna