AWE 2024 - Europe | AWE - Augmented World Expo | 28 October 2024 | Wagramer Str. 16, 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. Learn and grow their business in the XR ecosystem. A series of major conferences and exhibitions (USA, EU, Asia) featuring the leading XR companies and speakers and the best networking in XR

2024 Speakers

Amone Gbedemah
Head of EMEA Commercial Sales, Reality Labs, Meta

Martin Rademacher
Topic Owner Digital Technologies, AUDI AG

Kit Gilbert
Senior Director of Platform Go-To-Market, Strategy and Operations, Niantic

Johan Cruse
Learning Tools Manager, Volvo Trucks

Iris Jumbe
Marketing and Communications Lead, Global Collaboration Village (Metaverse), World Economic Forum

Fabian Lüttel
Software Engineer & Technology Scout, Mercedes-Benz Tech Motion

Liina Vahala
Naval Architect, Meyer Turku

Lionel Ferra
Software & AI Lead, European Space Agency

Andy Fidel
CEO & Creative Strategist, Spatial Networks

Nicky Goldberg
Head of Operations, UK Output Operations, BBC News

Gersa Tome
Research Engineer XR, Austrian Institute of Technology

Ben Widdowson
Head of Marketing for Immersive Engineering, Siemens

Antony Vitillo
Owner, The Ghost Howls

Ioana Matei
CIO, Procter & Gamble

Artur Andrzejewski
Innovation Coordinator - Bureau of Innovative Initiatives, Enea Operator

Kasper Hansen
Lead Product Architect, VESTAS WIND SYSTEMS A/S

Matthew Connors
XR Digital Product Area Owner, Volvo Group Digital & IT

PD Dr. Dorothea Kaufmann
Private Lecturer, Heidelberg University of Education

Tibor Mérey
Managing Director and Partner, The Boston Consulting Group

Jeremy Moussai
Global IT Innovation Manager - XR Lead, Nestle

Mateusz Lewiński
Senior Innovation Specialist, Enea Operator

Przemyslaw Starzyński
Office Manager - Bureau of Innovative Initiatives, Enea Operator

Maria Escubos
Director, Product Marketing, Meta

Jussi Jurvanen
Product Manager Simulators, Ponsse

Jeannette Gorzala
CEO, Act.AI.Now

Milton Mariani
Product Manager Immersive Technologies, Novo Nordisk

Simone Toftegaard
Digital Training Manager, Novo Nordisk

Giovanna Graziosi
Producer, Sawhorse Productions

Dr. Michel Wälti
Lead Scientist Wearable Sensors, Datwyler

David Gochfeld
Performance Lab Fellow, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama

Monica Arés
Executive Director, Imperial IDEA Lab

Mark Sage
Executive Director, The Area

Nick Rosa
Industry Technology Innovation Lead Europe, Accenture

Gabriella Chihan Stanley
Co-founder & CCO, vrisch

António Baía Reis
Head of R&D, Asterius

Andrea Bravo
Founder & Editor, Metaverse Data & Ethics

Gabriele Romagnoli
Head of Community, ShapesXR

Zachary White
Global Strategic Market Manager, PPG

Bastian Fibi
XR Developer & Junior Research Engineer, Austrian Institute of Technology

Willem Putzeys
Program Manager, Flemish Government, Department of Culture, Youth and Media

Louise Paepe
XR Coordinator, RTC Antwerpen

Zaid Zaim
Spatial Computing Expert | Microsoft MVP, ignore gravity

Lana Zaim
General Dentist, Meindentist Berlin GmbH

Gina King
Partner, Supernode Global

Petri Rajahalme
Founding Partner, FOV Ventures

Junghwo Park
Head of Virtual Design and Construction, Umdasch Group Ventures

Sune Wolff
CTO & Co-Founder, SynergyXR

Jeremy Dalton
Head of Immersive Technologies, PwC

Louise Liu
Emerging Tech PM Lead, PwC

Mads Troelsgaard
CEO and Co-Founder, SynergyXR

Alexander Schlager
3D Developer, WienIT GmbH

Felix Gorbatsevich
Co-Founder & CEO, PaleBlue

Flavia Mazzanti
Co-founder and CCO, Immerea

Samuel Aluko
Co-Chair PwC Black Network, PwC

Alex Ruhl
Head of Emerging Tech, PwC

Roman Axelrod
Founder, XPANCEO

Valentyn Volkov
Co-Founder, XPANCEO

Philipp Ackermann
Head of Visual Computing Lab, ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences

Ori Inbar
Co-Founder, AWE & Super Ventures

Barbara Widholm
VP, State Street

Lisa Lokshina
Director of User Experience, L3A UX Studio

Mark Ransley
Head of Spatial Computing, XYZ Reality

Sven Van de Perre
Creative Director, Tropos AR

Leland Hedges
General Manager, PICO XR US/EMEA (ByteDance)

Ines Hilz
XR Designer, Creator

Oscar Cartagena
Founder & CEO, Augmented Experiences

Matthew Brown
Lead Software Developer, Cambridge Consultants

Alice McCutcheon
Senior Designer, Cambridge Consultants

Wolfgang Bergmann
CFO, Belvedere Museum Vienna

Maria Le Mura
Founder and CEO, Beyond Words

Johan Walters
Principal Consultant, Augmented Cities

Fmr. Prof. Binh Minh Herbst
Co-Founder and XR Creative Director, A.MUSE - Interactive Design Studio

Christian Venables
Co-Founder, Radical Realities

David Burch
Sales Director, ArborXR

Luis Martins
VP, XR Safety Intelligence - Europe

Christina XaosPrincess Kinne
Project Lead, quantumbar.ai

Santeri Saarinen
R&D Lead, Helsinki XR Center

Cansu Cinar
Angel Investor

Cederik Haverbeke
MD, XR Valley

Madara Kalniņa-Kalnmale
Co-Founder and CEO, RedFrog

Evan Carlson
XR Solutions Engineer, Niantic

Ricard Gras
CEO, Captic GmbH

Richard Zreik
CIO, iVG.World

Shariat Hussain
Designer, iVG.World

Amelia Stys
Innovation Girls

Natalia Stys
Innovation Girls

Jan Pflueger
CEO/Founder & Advisor, advisXR

Marine Boulot
CCO, Improbable

Sam Field
VP, Strategic Partnerships, Rock Paper Reality

Muki Kulhan
CIO, Executive XR/MetaTech Producer & Creative Technologist, MUKI-INTERNATIONAL, LTD

Laurent Da Dalto
CEO, MIMBUS

Marc Bringuier
EMEA Market Director, SPHERE.TECH

Michael Ronen
Founder, Wonderland Immersive Design

Ian Biscoe
Professor Transdisciplinary Design Networks / Trans Realities Lab, Design Academy Eindhoven

Helmut Schrom Feiertag
Scientist, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH

Alfredo Morresi
Senior Community Manager and Developer Relations, Google

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

Andy Gstoll
CEO, Mixed Reality I/O

Philippe Murat
Digital Project Manager - Digital Pedagogy Direction, AFPA

Catherine Gervaise
Director of Education, AFPA

Catherine Henry
Author, and Managing Director - Metaverse and Web3

Janne Ruokonen
Lecturer, Tredu

Alessandro Holler
Scientific Illustrator and Lecturer, Zurich University of the Arts

Dr. Larissa Neuburger
Research Associate, FHW University of Applied Sciences

Chad Wollen
Managing Partner, Privacy Experience Agency

Matthias Grabner
Chief Partnership Officer and Member of the Board, AI Austria

Connell Gauld
CTO, Zappar

May Hertonen
Head of Developers Community, Immersal

Sara Boss
Director Key Account Management, VRdirect

Brooks Filippin
Head of Business Development, ManageXR

Martin Herdina
Global Partnerships, Hololight

Harald Sehrschön
Teamlead R&D, FILL GmbH

Peter Meere
Co-founder and CCO, The Brand Father

Cai Felip
CEO, Union Avatars

Paige Piskin
Social AR Developer, Influencer and Designer, Paige Piskin XR

Ethan Rasiel
Lightspeed PR, AWE

Amanda Proscia
COO & Founder, Lightspeed PR

Victor Erukhimov
Co-Founder and CEO, Itseez3D

Adele Keane
COO & Creative Direction, Imvizar

Ethan Berg
Founder & CEO, Agora World Inc.

Sara Leander-Pehrson
Chief Commercial Officer, HekaVR

Hanna Gegenhuber
Project Manager, InnovationsMacherIn

Tamer Aslan
Founder, City Games Vienna

Artem Kolomatskyi
XR Product Lead, TouchXR

Mai Ye
Software Engineer Assistant, Reality-B

Simon Nagel
Senior Solutions Architect, Unity

Jane Tian
Director of Product Management, PICO

Damon Hernandez
CEO, Mixx Reality