VRARA Enterprise Summit at LiveWorx, Boston, June 10-13: Full Schedule

8:00am EDT

Registration

Monday June 10, 2019 8:00am - 8:45am EDT

9:00am EDT

Welcome & Opening (Room 258AB)

Speakers

Kris Kolo

Global Executive Director, VR/AR Association (VRARA)

Kris is the Global Executive Director of the VR/AR Association (VRARA). Prior to VRARA, Kris was an executive at Verizon and Toys R Us, applying AR technology to common use cases. At Toys R Us, Kris was working on digital in-store initiatives and shopping solutions, incorporating... Read More →

Cathy Hackl

VR/AR Association Board of Advisors & Enterprise Strategy at Magic Leap

LinkedIn Top Voice: Tech | Enterprise Strategy @ Magic Leap | Futurist | AR VR XR Spatial Computing SpeakerI help drive Magic Leap's enterprise go-to-market strategy as the company engages and provides solutions for enterprise verticals such as Manufacturing, AEC, Automotive, Education... Read More →

Monday June 10, 2019 9:00am - 9:15am EDT

9:15am EDT

Keynote: Embracing VR/AR within the Enterprise (Accenture)

Enterprise VR/AR Spending is expected to reach $13.1B in 2019 (Source: SuperData). So where are they spending all of that money? And are they getting the value out of this level of investment in VR/AR? We are seeing spending across the entire value chain of an enterprise including functional areas such as Product Design, Build/ Operate/ Move/ Service, Learning, B2B Sales and Marketing, Digital Workplace, and a variety of ways to enable Insights/Decision Making based on specific industry needs. We are also seeing an increase in demand with enterprise buyers with the influx of new devices, new platforms, more proof points of ROI, and the promise of 5G. In this talk, Mr. Welsh will provide insights into what Accenture is seeing in terms of where our clients are spending money in these various areas and, in particularly, what are the keys for them to move from pilot usage of VR/AR technology to larger scale deployments.

Speakers

Matthew Short

Senior Principal, Accenture

Matthew Short has led Accenture Lab’s research in XR for the past 6 years applying the technologies to IX.0 and the design Smart Products. He has published research on the effectiveness of task completion in AR vs traditional forms of media highlighting the strengths of AR as... Read More →

Jason Welsh

Managing Director, Accenture

Jason is a proven executive with over 25 years of experience in the area of digital strategy, marketing, technology, and innovation. He has experience serving clients across a range of industries with a particular emphasis on retail, consumer goods, entertainment, and technology... Read More →

Monday June 10, 2019 9:15am - 9:30am EDT

Keynote

9:30am EDT

Keynote: Conquer Adoption Anxiety and Deliver a Rapid Return on Enterprise VR/AR (Shockoe)

Many organizations tread lightly, if at all, into VR/AR due to the perceived maturity and expense of the technology. However, many organizations see significant returns from modest VR/AR investments that deliver incremental business process improvements. The common thread in these results? A strong VR/AR strategy with well-defined success criteria that uses existing internal infrastructures and cloud computing.

Attendees will gain insight into the following:
● Developing an Emerging Technology Strategy - Implement a sound strategy focused on incremental, pragmatic improvements. Determine which devices, features, and services to implement, and when to implement them.
● Harnessing Implementation Analytics - Identify KPIs early and reference them often to keep implementation on course and allow for quick corrections when needed.
● Leveraging Existing Systems - It takes more than an end-user device to implement emerging technology. Understand how to tie-in to your existing service layer to compound benefits and reduce the longer term investment.
● Deploying for a Shifting Workforce - Delivering on the promise of emerging technology can be complicated with an aging workforce. By leveraging internal “evangelists”, organizations can facilitate user adoption, and minimize training costs.

Speakers

Dan Cotting

Director, Emerging Technology, Shockoe

Dan Cotting leads Shockoe’s Emerging Technology practice, with a current focus on AR/MR, VR, Voice, AI, and ML. Shockoe’s R&D initiatives aim to determine which technologies will offer the greatest benefits to companies and consumers, and how companies can strategically implement... Read More →

Monday June 10, 2019 9:30am - 9:45am EDT

Keynote

9:45am EDT

Keynote: Driving VR into Enterprise and Debunking the Fears of Deployment (Intel)

Proposing VR, AR or MR into any enterprise environment can raise eyebrows within business units, IT operators and Finance teams. There are lots of questions and there always concerns around viability and efficacy. As company that drives technology enablement in the enterprise segment for MNCs, large scale businesses and SMB shops, Intel has been right in the center of the tremendous growth of technology. Intel has seen first-hand the successes and failures of enterprise and scale deployments of new technology. Come listen to Raj Puran, Director of XR Business Development and former IT Systems Engineer from Intel Corporation share the experiences Intel has had in deploying new technology to the enterprise like VR and AR and how to build customer confidence.

Speakers

Raj Puran

Director of Client VR Business Development & Strategic Partnerships, Intel Corporation

Raj Puran is Director of Business Development and Strategic Partnerships, part of the Client Computing Group (CCG) in the Virtual Reality at Intel Corporation. He is responsible for defining and executing on VRGE’s strategy for Location Based Entertainment and World Wide Commercial... Read More →

Monday June 10, 2019 9:45am - 10:00am EDT

Keynote

10:00am EDT

Networking Break

Monday June 10, 2019 10:00am - 10:15am EDT

10:15am EDT

Productive Failure: Defining Value in VR Training

You may have heard the question, "what would you do if you knew you couldn't fail?" If the answer suggests terrific outcomes, we logically have to also ask what our trainees would try if they knew the consequences of failure could be disastrous. Industries as diverse as the military, retail, and medical science are turning to VR to provide a safe environment in which trainees can make mistakes when to do so in the physical world simply isn't an option. In this talk, we'll examine use cases of VR technology in training environments and how success was measured.

Speakers

Matthew Cooney

Product Manager, Emerging Technology, Fidelity Center for Applied Technology

Within Fidelity's Center for Applied Technology, I manage the development of VR education and training modules for multiple business units. As the lead emerging technology consultant for iMedia Audiences, I combine online marketing, social media, experiential marketing, and virtual... Read More →

Monday June 10, 2019 10:15am - 10:30am EDT

Training

10:30am EDT

How Enterprise is Leveraging the Power of VR/AR for Communications

Program to cover Use Cases featuring VR/AR deployments by Dell EMC, MGM, Cartamundi and other global brands. Client-facing activations such as tradeshow experiences and AR-enabled websites to be featured. Additionally, Edward will touch on the transformative impact VR/AR is having on the traditional enterprise training system. Each topic to be supported by use-cases demonstrating how VR/AR is being used to disrupt the conventional communication model of today.

Speakers

Edward Zemba

President & CEO, Link To VR

As President and CEO of Link To VR, Edward Zemba is a recognized authority and educator in helping organizations leverage the power of VR/AR. Working with industry leaders, Edward helps companies adopt and thrive by implementing innovative VR/AR solutions to improve business efficiency... Read More →

Monday June 10, 2019 10:30am - 10:45am EDT

Marketing

10:45am EDT

Life of a Product: How to Scale your VR/AR Applications from Design to Post-Production, to Increase Quality, Sales and Profit (Group Presentation)

VR/AR can accelerate profit, production and quality throughout the product life cycle. We will present a real use case from the commercial construction industry,“Life of a Wall” – showing the use of VR/AR integrating Building Information Model (BIM) model data into the field, from design through construction and quality assurance. This use case demonstrates a real world example of leveraging existing data within the organization; maintaining a “single point of truth” that integrates into your existing data ecosystem.

Speakers

Marlo Brooke

CEO and Founder, AVATAR Partners

Marlo is a technology visionary with a passion for innovating the impossible. Under her leadership for the past 17 years, AVATAR Partners™ continues to support its Customers, Partners and XR Ecosystem Industry with immersive Reality and Virtual Collaboration solutions that Simplify... Read More →

Brian Toppel

Owner, Toppel Consulting Inc.

Monday June 10, 2019 10:45am - 11:05am EDT

AEC

11:05am EDT

Commercial VR/AR: The Shift to Scalable Solutions and ROI (Lenovo)

Sivan will talk about the newly announced ThinkReality Platform and ThinkReality A6 AR headset and will discuss how commercial AR/VR is used in enterprise verticals to create measurable ROI, and how companies scale pilot programs to fully deployed enterprise solutions.

Take aways:
1. Enterprise companies are looking for AR/VR solutions, not products
2. Lenovo’s ThinkReality is the first commercial AR/VR platform
3. Lenovo’s solutions approach, coupled with world class supply chain and enterprise experience makes it the ideal AR/VR Partner for large scale enterprise deployment

Speakers

Sivan Iram

XR Business Development, Lenovo

I thrive at the nexus of Technology | Business | Creativity A passionate business executive with extensive business development experience in both technical and content verticals.

Monday June 10, 2019 11:05am - 11:20am EDT

Enterprise

11:20am EDT

High-Value Virtual Reality Deployments; No Hype, Just Value (HTC Vive Enterprise)

From the healthcare market to the most demanding DoD requirements, VR/AR devices are emerging that leverage biometrics, eye tracking, AI, and advance rendering techniques that further expand the value and use-cases of VR/AR devices within the enterprise indusrtry. We will discuss several high-value VR use-cases that are being deployed today, along with key technology and market drivers that are contributing to these successful deployments

Speakers

Frank Black

Sr. Director Enterprise, HTC-VIVE

Director of Enterprise Sales Americas, HTC VIVEFrank leads the sales and market development efforts for HTC’s Vive Enterprise Americas business. He guides HTC’s commercial customers in identifying, developing, and deploying high-value XR applications at scale throughout corporate... Read More →

Monday June 10, 2019 11:20am - 11:40am EDT

Enterprise

11:40am EDT

Envisioning A New Way of Working, thanks to IHG’s Virtual Hotels (Panel)

IHG's mainstream brands, including the beloved Holiday Inn brand, are taking a page from the Hollywood pre-visualization playbook and have built computer-generated (CG) hotels, or “virtual hotels” in partnership with visual innovation studio TRICK 3D.
By creating computer-generated (CG), 3D models, the brands are now able to immerse owners and potential owners inside of their hotels faster and more easily than ever before - they can even make design changes and approvals by viewing fabrics, colors and other materials in the virtual hotel environment. This digital wizardry enables IHG's mainstream brands to get fresh design concepts to hotels for owners and guests to experience faster than ever before.
Hear from experts on how this process works across the IHG enterprise, how it's changed workflows, and the stellar results achieved by IHG's mainstream brands.
It's a good story! IHG started with visualizations as a sales tool and now use them for design, marketing and training. It's a smart end-to-end strategy.

Speakers

Jacqueline Diaz

Brand Experience Manager, Holiday Inn Americas® InterContinental Hotels Group

Jacqueline Diaz is a passionate and innovative brand strategist whose mission is to help businesses engage with consumers in meaningful and creative ways. With more than 10 years of hospitality experience at Intercontinental Hotels Group®, one of the world’s leading hotel companies... Read More →

Chad Eikhoff

Director / Creator / Founder, TRICK 3D Studio

Director and creator Chad Eikhoff founded TRICK 3D Studio in 2007 to work as a digital innovation partner to corporations, commercial and residential real estate innovators, and original entertainment leaders. The studio delivers virtual world-builds, 3D digital asset creations and... Read More →

Kerry Doyle

Fortune

Kerry Doyle has written for a diverse group of companies based in technology, business, and higher education for over a decade. His expert analysis of new trends and technologies stems from senior editorial positions early in his career at PCWeek, ZDNet, and CNet.com. He currently... Read More →

Monday June 10, 2019 11:40am - 12:00pm EDT

Hospitality

12:00pm EDT

Lunch (onsite networking event)

Monday June 10, 2019 12:00pm - 1:00pm EDT

1:00pm EDT

Hard ROI from Enterprise VR/AR

Tim will focus on real-world examples with hard numbers. This will give the audience examples and data from both sides of the table - enterprise users and their suppliers. The more examples with numbers you have, the easier it is for management to convince internal corporate stakeholders to move from pilots to full production rollouts. It's also a valuable sales tool for service providers, demonstrating the potential value of their products/services to customers using real-world results.

Enterprise VR/AR spending is expected to reach $13B in 2019. Get examples and data from both sides of the table, enterprise users & their suppliers. Also, get a snapshot of current R&D investment, VR/AR usage by industry and common business use cases. Plus, you'll get the AR smartglasses landscape, their current major use cases, and what the future looks like. Presentations titles include:

Hard ROI from Enterprise VR/AR
Exploring Opportunities on VR/AR's Next Frontier

Speakers

Tim Merel

Managing Director, Digi-Capital

Tim Merel is a software engineer, investment banker, lawyer and founder, and one of the most connected people on the planet for AR/VR/XR at CEO level. He writes regularly about AR/VR/XR for TechCrunch and others, as well as being interviewed, quoted and presenting across all major... Read More →

Monday June 10, 2019 1:00pm - 1:20pm EDT

Industry Data & Insights

1:20pm EDT

Exploring Opportunities on VR/AR's Next Frontier

While much of the attention around VR/AR has been focused on consumer-facing entertainment applications, these technologies hold massive potential to disrupt the enterprise market. The fact is VR/AR stand ready to fundamentally transform how businesses train employees, design products and run sales/marketing operations. In this session, SuperData's Stephanie Llamas will present a snapshot of current R&D investment, VR/AR usage by industry and common business use cases. Attendees will walk away with a clearer-than-ever view of the enterprise VR/AR landscape and the opportunities sitting on the frontier's horizon.

Speakers

Stephanie Llamas

VP of Research and Strategy & Head of XR, SuperData (Nielsen)

Stephanie Llamas is Vice President of Research and Strategy and Head of XR for SuperData, a Nielsen company, the leader in market intelligence across digital gaming and interactive media such as streaming video and XR. Stephanie is one of the first analysts to provide market intelligence... Read More →

Monday June 10, 2019 1:20pm - 1:35pm EDT

Industry Data & Insights

1:35pm EDT

Use of VR/AR in Aviation Flight and Maintenance Training in the US Air Force (Panel)

Case Studies from Flight Safety, Insitu and DiSTI

Attend this session to learn how leaders in Aerospace & Defense are using VR/AR to improve Pilot and Maintainer Training with a specific focus on game-based learning. Additionally learn what intelligent tutoring is and how VR/AR is enabling training. FlightSafety will show how they are using VR/AR specifically for pilot training and maintenance in commercial and military programs.

Speakers

Sam Trevino

Global Product Training Manager, Insitu (a Boeing company)

In his current role, Sam manages products and services for 30+ training courses on 5 Unmanned Aerial Systems in 6 schoolhouses, globally. Insitu has trained and certified more than 3,500 students in the past 2 years. Sam’s teams are spearheading efforts in implementing new instructional... Read More →

John Cunningham

Chief Revenue Officer, DiSTI Corporation

John is the Chief Revenue Officer for the DiSTI Corporation, a leading virtual training software and solutions provider where he is responsible for global sales, marketing and product management. Since joining DISTI in 2017, he has been focusing on helping Manufacturing and Defense... Read More →

Paul Heitmeyer

Director of Product Strategy, FlightSafety International

Accelerating Pilot Mastery, Transforming Flight and Maintenance Training with MR/VR/ARPaul is the Director of Product Strategy for FlightSafety Visual Systems. As a retired 20 year USAF fighter pilot primarily in the F-15E Strike Eagle, Paul is passionate about aviation, flight... Read More →

Sean Guarino

Principal Scientist, Charles River Analytics Inc.

Mr. Sean Guarino is a Principal Scientist at Charles River Analytics. His major research interests include intelligent tutoring, casual and immersive game-based training, and human behavior modeling. He is the Product Lead for Charles River’s Corvus Intelligent Tutoring System (ITS... Read More →

Monday June 10, 2019 1:35pm - 2:15pm EDT

Aerospace & Defense

2:15pm EDT

A Virtual Solution to a Real World Problem: the Alignment of VR/AR and Healthcare Industries (Group Presentation)

Hear from the Digital Surgeon Learning Lead at Zimmer Biomet and from a practicing Orthopedic surgeon running a growing VR/AR company with fascinating medical VR/AR solutions.

Together, Zimmer Biomet & Precision OS are reimagining the educational landscape for content delivery to health care professionals. Through the vehicle of virtual reality, users create their own learning pathways inside an immersive environment that offers enhanced insights into the human anatomy and increased opportunity to improve their understanding and technical skills. Virtual technologies are helping us support our belief that, “it’s not just what we make, but what we make possible.”

The social responsibility of the Precision OS team is taken very seriously given the impact their technology can have on patients world wide. This is reflected in their focus on immersive educational software as well as the quality, fidelity and overall experience during use.

Precision OS, has partnered with 10 North American universities and medical institutions to bring their high-fidelity virtual reality orthopedic surgery training platform into the surgical classroom. Precision OS envisions a future where surgeon trainees (residents) everywhere can receive the highest quality orthopedic training with real-time feedback, augmenting the cadaveric experience. To get there, they’re using the power of virtual reality technology.

Speakers

Danny Goel

Orthopaedic Surgeon and CEO Co-Founder, Precision OS Technology & UBC

Danny is the CEO and Co-Founder of Precision OS Technology, a VR/AR software company in Vancouver, BC. He is also an Orthopedic Surgeon with an interest in resident and surgeon education. Danny is an examiner for the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons a member of the UBC Residency... Read More →

Rick Smith

Live & Digital Surgeon Learning Manager, Zimmer Biomet

Experienced Learning Development Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the medical device industry.

Monday June 10, 2019 2:15pm - 2:35pm EDT

Healthcare

2:35pm EDT

Networking Break

Monday June 10, 2019 2:35pm - 2:50pm EDT

2:50pm EDT

The Year of Adoption: Why Enterprises are Adopting VR and AR This Year – and What it Will Take to Accelerate that Development (Panel)

This panel of industry experts and customers will explore where VR and AR are getting the most traction in industry right now, how the market has evolved over the last couple of years and how the enterprises that are adopting AR and VR look at ROI. We’ll also use this as an opportunity to point attendees to the latest 2019 VR/AR Enterprise Report (which will be published by then and available), some of its observations and conclusions and explore how all enterprises implementing VR and AR right now have a unique opportunity to make a strong contribution to the development of our young industry.

Speakers

Geof Wheelwright

Director of Marketing Communications, Atheer

Throughout my career, I have worked as a journalist, author, sometime broadcaster and consultant for more than three decades – and in a variety of corporate communications and senior management roles at several technology companies.I have contributed to a broad range of media outlets... Read More →

Dirk Frese, Ph.D., .

VP of Sales, Marketing & Service, JULABO USA, Inc

Dirk Frese, Ph.D. leads sales, marketing and service for JULABO USA, Inc., founded in 1993 and headquartered in Allentown, Pa. JULABO is an international company with global headquarters in Seelbach, Germany and operations in 11 other countries. The company is a leading expert in... Read More →

Alex Otañez

Chief Operating Officer, Shockoe

Alex Otañez currently serves as the COO for Shockoe, an emerging technology agency known for introducing impactful mobile, augmented reality, and voice solutions that drive today’s leading enterprises. Shockoe is one of Virginia’s fastest growing digital companies and is featured... Read More →

Raj Puran

Director of Client VR Business Development & Strategic Partnerships, Intel Corporation

Monday June 10, 2019 2:50pm - 3:15pm EDT

Industry Data & Insights

3:15pm EDT

Revolutionizing Learning with VR/AR in Retail

Corporations invested $87.6B (Source: Training Magazine) on Training in 2018. Current technology and design in the industry makes learning dull, costly, and restricts the ability to learn in an effective way. Investing in VR/AR can help solve all of these problems, while helping learners increase knowledge retention and speed up their time to competency. Training/Educating employees has the most use cases and greatest potential for the technology according to a study done by Harvard Business Review. However, many Retail companies have not implemented or even put this technology on their roadmap. In this talk, we will review our learning strategy and use cases for the Retail environment. VR has retention rates of 75%. Learn about the myriad of VR training use cases and how companies small and large are leveraging immersive technology to train their workforce.

Speakers

Jonathan Moss

Director Sales Excellence. Learning & Development, Sprint

Jonathan and his team's purpose is to UNLEASH PEOPLE’S POTENTIAL by evolving the experience (partners and customers) and growth of Sprint's consumer sales organization through learning and sales enablement. Concurrently, they are taking on the industry through the utilization of... Read More →

Monday June 10, 2019 3:15pm - 3:30pm EDT

Training

3:30pm EDT

VR/AR used in Training. Panel with ExxonMobil, HP, Sprint

The benefits of VR/AR technology are now well established. Research from IDC projects that in 2019 global spending on VR/AR will reach $20.4 billion. As an integral part of many corporate education and training programs, VR/AR ensures trainees learn faster and retain information longer. Join us to learn about real-world use cases, current deployment strategies and planning your own path to VR/AR adoption
Corporations invested $87.6B on Training in 2018 (Training Mag). VR/AR can help learners increase knowledge retention and speed up their time to competency. Training/Educating employees has the most use cases and greatest potential for the technology (Harvard Business Review). VR has retention rates of 75%. Learn about VR/AR training and how companies small and large are leveraging it to train their workforce.

Speakers

Marlo Brooke

CEO and Founder, AVATAR Partners

Tom Turner

Digital Strategy, ExxonMobil

Responsible for technology strategy focused on digitizing upstream production operations

Kerry Doyle

Fortune

Jay Fraser

Global Head of VR for Training, HP

Focused on driving growth and developing partnerships in HP's Virtual Reality business, specifically for commercial training applications and the Military & First Responder segment across the globe.See full agenda here... Read More →

Jonathan Moss

Director Sales Excellence. Learning & Development, Sprint

Monday June 10, 2019 3:30pm - 4:00pm EDT

Training

4:00pm EDT

VR/AR: Bridging the Gap between the Intangible and the Built Environment

Virtual reality and augmented reality, like many technologies, began as a concept of experiencing intangible objects and environments digitally. As technology progressed, that concept became a reality and has transformed into a multibillion dollar industry that allows the real world to be virtualized and augmented. In today’s AEC industry, architects, engineers, and owners have to deal with intangible project concepts, such as how people experience time and space in the built environment. This presentation looks at the past, present and future of VR / AR in the AEC industry to address the question of how we can use VR / AR to design and develop environments that produce outcomes that better serve the users that inhabit them.

Speakers

Katy Rupp

Architect, Ghafari

As one of Ghafari’s leading champions of virtual reality technologies, Architectural Designer Katy Rupp is skilled at developing highly immersive visuals that enable project stakeholders to virtually explore the physical environments we design long before they are ever constructed... Read More →

Monday June 10, 2019 4:00pm - 4:15pm EDT

AEC

4:15pm EDT

How Immersive Experiences Change Design in AEC

The future has happened but most designers and delivery teams are using tools set decades ago. Even BIM has grown profoundly into Digital Twins and common data environments. All of these new delivery paradigms are even further augmented by immersive technology. “Presence” can have its own profound enhancements to the design process and add further value through passive actions within VR/AR. This presentation will cover many of the new advancements within design technology and speak to the benefits of the advancements for practice. Cloud based collaboration and client commentary management will be additional features within the course to discuss the best practices for meaningful dialogue using simply technology.

Speakers

Aubrey Tucker

Director, Innovation + Technology, Etro Construction Limited

Aubrey Tucker is the Director of Innovation and Technology for ETRO Construction, where he offers a focused and thoughtful approach to innovative research, implementation and application of technology across businesses to create efficiencies and amplify the power of ETRO’s people... Read More →

Monday June 10, 2019 4:15pm - 4:30pm EDT

AEC

4:30pm EDT

Explore the Possibilities of Spatial Computing and True Business Potential

Explore the possibilities of spatial computing within the AEC industry and true business potential

Speakers

Vivek Sharma

Sr. Director of Enterprise, Magic Leap

Currently in this role he is focused on developing and working with key industry verticals to determine how Enterprises are looking to introduce spatial computing across their organizations. Prior to Magic Leap Vivek held roles in Business Development and Sales at Amazon Web Services... Read More →

Monday June 10, 2019 4:30pm - 4:45pm EDT

AEC

4:45pm EDT

AEC Panel with Ghafari, ETRO Construction, Magic Leap (Panel)

Speakers

Vivek Sharma

Sr. Director of Enterprise, Magic Leap

Katy Rupp

Architect, Ghafari

Aubrey Tucker

Director, Innovation + Technology, Etro Construction Limited

Mike Festa

Boston Chapter President, VR/AR Association

Mike Festa is the Boston chapter president of the VR/AR Association and recently left his position as Director of Wayfair Next to create a new company for 3D content creation.

Monday June 10, 2019 4:45pm - 5:00pm EDT

AEC

5:00pm EDT

Industrial applications of VR/AR to Improve Technician Training - Siemens Power and Gas and HP (Group Presentation)

We will focus on 2 case studies - Siemens Power and Gas and HP Digital Printing. The discussion will focus on how the technology is being used to improve training in the Industrial segment (technician training and field services). HP Digital Printing make the really big digital presses. DSTI created their first VR trainer and HP is now scaling it across the world.
Main takeaways:
Takeaway 1: Leading manufacturers of industrial equipment are leveraging the benefits that VR/AR Technology deliver through cost reductions, better skills retention, and improved field operations.

Takeaway 2: You will learn specific use cases for VR/AR and how these companies are approaching implementation

Takeaway 3: Learn what are the key components of a training package and how VR/AR fits in the mix.

Takeaway 4: Learn what good training requires and why training in VR is on the rise.

Speakers

Kevin Carpenter

Director - Global Operations Training Network, Siemens Energy, Inc.

Kevin Carpenter is currently Head of the Global Operations Technical Education and Competence Center Network for Siemens Power Service Power & Gas with technical education and competence centers located throughout the United States, Germany, China & Egypt. Prior to this he was General... Read More →

Jay Fraser

Global Head of VR for Training, HP

John Cunningham

Chief Revenue Officer, DiSTI Corporation

Dan Leibou

Director of Services for the Digital Graphics Business, HP

Dan Leibou is leading the Graphics Solutions Services WW Strategy Group responsible to develop long-term strategic frame and service models. Before this current role which he holds for over 2 years Dan led Indigo AMS Services. He has worked in the Americas Graphics Services for over... Read More →

Monday June 10, 2019 5:00pm - 5:30pm EDT

Energy

5:30pm EDT

Beyond FOMO and Fence Sitting: Making VR/AR Good Business

Many businesses are wondering how and when to adopt VR/AR and suffer from the fear of missing out. Others are sitting on the fence, reluctant to commit to a considered internal-facing product. The result is half-baked technical POCs that do little to prove the relevance of VR for enterprise. A Gartner report last year stated "The biggest barrier to the wide adoption of immersive technologies is the lack of good user experience." In this talk I will discuss how we bring design thinking, experience design and service design methodologies to VR/AR to create relevant, needed experiences which demonstrate the value of these technologies for business.

Speakers

Clare Bond

Senior Director, Experience Design, EPAM Systems

Clare Bond is UX and Experience Senior Director at Epam. She delivers a robust design vision grounded in user research and delivered projects for clients including Adobe, Samsung, Edmunds, Zoetis, Relay Health. She provides training & future vision projects for VR/AR, and Emotional... Read More →

Monday June 10, 2019 5:30pm - 5:45pm EDT

UX & Design

5:45pm EDT

LiveWorx Reception (The Grand Boston on Seaport Blvd)

Monday June 10, 2019 5:45pm - 8:00pm EDT

LiveWorx

8:00am EDT

LiveWorx

Tuesday June 11, 2019 8:00am - 5:00pm EDT

LiveWorx

8:00am EDT

LiveWorx

Wednesday June 12, 2019 8:00am - 5:00pm EDT

LiveWorx

8:00am EDT

LiveWorx

Thursday June 13, 2019 8:00am - 5:00pm EDT

LiveWorx