VR is more than games. Immerse into the new realities where VR is working to change the way we see and learn.
On November 9 Sofia hosts the top minds and communities from EU, US, Middle East, Asia coming together to discuss and experience VR and how it’s changing everything. A whole day of talk by world renown tech experts, 30+ hi-tech demos, insights by psychology and business specialists, high-level networking, and more.
Join us for a day of killer keynotes and networking with peers and industry leaders who are shaking up the VR, AR, XR industry. We’ve carefully crafted an incredible lineup of presenters who are prepared to arm you with new strategies, insights and know-how to fully use VR as a way to gain business advantage. Additionally we are curating 30+ experiences for you to see how it is changing business, learning, healthcare, and more.
Eric Rubin was confirmed by the Senate as President Obama’s nominee for Ambassador to the Republic of Bulgaria. He was most recently Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs from. Prior to that assignment, he served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow.
"Tom is an amalgam of Professor, Inventor and Entrepreneur in a professional career that spans 52 years. He is an original pioneer of virtual and augmented reality technology and widely known as the ‘grandfather of VR. Tom is currently a professor at the University of Washington, Seattle. He is the founder of the family of Human Interface Technology Laboratories at the University of Washington, Christchurch, New Zealand and Tasmania, Australia. He is the founder and chairman of the Virtual World Society, a non-profit for extending virtual reality as a learning system for families and other humanitarian applications. Over the past 26 years, Tom and his students have started 27 companies (two of which are traded on NASDAQ with a market capitalization of >$8 billion).
Warrick built numerous businesses from the ground-up in the automotive, mobile payment, and advertising industries. His biggest entrepreneurial success was an app that captured securing mobile payments which went on to be implemented worldwide. Warrick Cramer’s experience and passion for innovation and business development ultimately brought him to Vodafone, where he devotes his talent and entrepreneurial mind-set to revamping innovation at the heart of Vodafone’s Supply Chain.
Mickey Revenaugh (Vice Chair) is a co-founder and Director of New School Models–Pearson Global Schools at Connections Academy, a leading national provider of virtual public school curriculum, technology, and school management services. Previously, she helped launch the E-rate program to wire every school and library to the Internet, and served as education technology magazine editor at Scholastic.
Shelley Peterson has supported Lockheed Martin pursuits, diving into the rapidly evolving augmented reality and wearables market to integrate emerging technologies into solutions for Lockheed Martin applications.
Early in her professional career, Shelley founded a business focused on emerging technology solutions, including military aircraft distributed mission training and multi-spectral imaging monoculars.
Senior Hi-tech and Aerospace business leader focusing on business development and product development (Virtual / Augmented Reality). Extensive experience and onsite work in Thailand, Vietnam, China, Singapore, and Philippines. Former F-14 & FA-18 U.S. Navy Topgun (SFTI) pilot.
Responsible for leading the Clinic’s investment and product development into virtual, augmented, and mixed reality software. Developing software for not only consumers, but also for commercial FDA approval.
Current solutions in development:
-eAnatomy, Facial analysis AI (neurological disorders), Virtual MD, doctors supporting in field technician, Empathy training, EConstent
Ioana is the Virtual Solutions Leader for Procter&Gamble (P&G), Board Member of Women in Immersive Technologies Europe (WIIT), award-winning Film Maker and co-founder of Reality+ Productions, an independent film and VR company. P&G has been playing in the VR space for more than 10 years, in a wide range of domains: customer engagement, consumer research, manufacturing, branding etc.
Lead globally the delivery of Virtual Reality solutions used by P&G to drive better and more innovative customer engagement, shopper understanding and artwork design. Managesourcing of digital images globally. Manage innovation projects using VR/AR (with focus onanalytics and VR). Manage Virtual Solutions delivery team, 70+ people globally.
