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Meghana Rao

Meghana Rao

Meghana Rao is a developer evangelist in the Software and Services group at Intel. She is a Software Engineer with a background in Technology Management. She is passionate about the Intel® RealSense™ Technology and evangelizes Intel Software to developers through conducting technical workshops, publishing code samples and articles. She is also focused on promoting Windows* 8 application development for 2 in 1 and AIO platforms and cross platform application development. In her spare time, she likes to sketch, perform in karaoke groups and read books on philosophy and fiction....

Johnny Lee

Johnny Lee

Project Tango Lead, Google Johnny Lee is the lead of Project Tango at Google – which is a focused effort to bring computer vision and advanced sensor fusion to mobile platforms. Previously, he helped Google X explore new projects as Rapid Evaluator and was a core algorithms contributor to the original Xbox Kinect. His YouTube videos demonstrating Wii remote hacks have surpassed over 15 million views and became one of the most popular TED talk videos. In 2008, he received his PhD in Human-Computer Interaction from Carnegie Mellon University and has been recognized in MIT Technology Review’s TR35....

This Year’s AWE is BIG, Still Time to Save BIG to get there!

This Year’s AWE is BIG, Still Time to Save BIG to get there!

Early bird tickets end March 30 Last week we revealed an initial list of speakers and sessions set to make AWE 2015 our biggest one yet. AWE 2015 is poised to set a new record with over 3000 CEOs, CTOs, designers, developers, creative agencies, futurists, analysts, investors, and high-level press all gathering for three days June 8-10 at the Santa Clara Convention Center and we can’t wait for you to be part of it! This year AWE includes keynotes by industry luminaries, classes and tutorials, more than 200 products and startup demos, the largest collection of industry use cases, the Auggie Award Competition, the Art Gala and reception, talks by 200 industry leaders covering business, technology and design, and 33,000 square feet of exhibit space. Our headliners are pioneers and visionaries in the AR and VR space including Tom Furness, the godfather of augmented and virtual reality; David Brin, as scientist and award-winning author and the father of Wearable Computing, Steve Mann. And on stage and in the exhibitor area you can expect to find over a dozen smart glass manufacturers including EPSON, OPTINVENT, META, VUZIX, ATHEER, SEEBRIGHT, GLASSUP, ODG, IMMY, ARA, DAQRI, INNOVEGA. Here’s just a taste of what to expect at AWE 2015: Epic talks from additional industry luminaries including Jay Wright (VP, Qualcomm), Mark Billinghurst (Director HIT Lab NZ), Steven Feiner (Professor, Columbia University) and Chris Stapleton (Simyosis) Micro-talks by top innovators about new products and a collection of industry use cases demonstrating the value of AR, VR, wearables and IoT in a variety of verticals Case studies showing how AR is creating actual business value in a variety of vertical applications including advertising, retail, sales, real estate, architecture, urban design, healthcare, education, art and culture Automotive and Aerospace use cases including car design and HUDs from Honda and Jaguar Land Rover and more Panels on topics including Authoring Reality, VR in advertising, privacy and security and building an industry roadmap Check out the full list of initial speakers and sessions on our website here It’s not too late to save BIG on tickets to this year’s event. Early bird tickets are on sale until March 30. Save 40% on a 3-day full access ticket or grab an exhibitor pass for only $49. Groups of 5-9 people are eligible for 20% discount on top of existing discounts. Grab your early bird tickets today. Oh and be sure to mark your calendars with these important dates! March 30: Early bird tickets end & full agenda published April 6: Auggie Awards submission starts April 30: Secure your seats and book your travel & Auggie Awards public voting starts May 8: Download the app & create your schedule June 8-10: AWE event in progress  ...

David Nedohin

David Nedohin

President, Scope AR David brings his 20 years of experience in Business Development to Scope AR and our drive to revolutionize the world of industrial training and maintenance. An experienced entrepreneur and executive, David’s background includes a wealth of client facing knowledge and problem solving capabilities that he brings to the company, and our clients. David’s career began as a professional Engineer, working in the consulting industry but not long afterwards, building his own Engineering Company in Edmonton, Canada. David has continued with his entrepreneurial spirit with several other endeavors over the last 15 years relating to both his engineering background and a love for technology integration. Along with a successful business career, David is also know as one of the best curlers to ever play the sport, with a record of 4 Canadian Championships and 3 World Titles to his name from 2001 – 2005....

Kobie Fuller

Kobie Fuller

Partner, Accel Partners Kobie Fuller has more than 10 years of experience in funding and building software companies, and adds highly specialized marketing technology expertise to Accel’s investment team. At Accel he helps identify and work with entrepreneurs who are building category-defining companies. Prior to Accel, Kobie spent two years as the Chief Marketing Officer of REVOLVEclothing, a leading online retailer, where he built the marketing team and instituted automation and analytics across his department. Prior to that, he spent nearly a decade as an investor focused on identifying, funding and building leading software companies, such as Exact Target, Monetate, Instructure and Oculus VR. He was a founding member of OpenView Venture Partners, where he helped lead the initial fund formation and raised over $240 million in committed capital. Prior to OpenView, Kobie was an investor at Insight Venture Partners. Kobie graduated from Harvard University where he was also captain of the track team and an Ivy League champion sprinter....

Louis Jebb

Louis Jebb

Louis Jebb, founder and chief executive of immersiv.ly, publishers of news in virtual reality. A media consultant and journalist, Jebb has advised large media companies in UK, Europe and South Africa on launch and rebrand of titles since 2005. Consultant, and later consultant editor, in creation and launch of the i newspaper, the most successful British newspaper launch since the 1980s. Company: Immersivly Ltd http://immersiv.ly Related Products:...

NYU Mobile AR Lab

NYU Mobile AR Lab

NYU’s “Mobile Augmented Reality Lab” is a research group devoted to pioneering the field of mobile augmented reality with emerging AR technologies. The lab was founded by director Mark Skwarek, a full time faculty member at NYU’s Integrated Digital Media Program. http://mobilearlab.bxmc.poly.edu/ Verticals All Verticals Platforms Mobile, Eyewear, Wearables Products NYU Augmented City, AR Landmine App...

1066 Labs Inc

1066 Labs Inc

Head Mounted Display Platform http://www.1066labs.com Verticals All Verticals Platforms Eyewear Products HMD Platform...

Trish Lamantia

Trish Lamantia

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Tom Emrich

Tom Emrich

Co-producer, AWE As a writer, speaker, advisor, consultant and community builder, Tom uses his passion for emerging technologies to act as a catalyst to bring on the future. He founded We Are Wearables, the largest wearable tech community in the world with chapters in Toronto and Chicago with the aim to foster adoption and facilitate innovation in wearable tech mainly by bringing people together through events. He is also the co-producer of WEST: Wearable Entertainment & Sports Toronto and AWE: Augmented World Expo. As the Editor and Chief at Designers of Things, the Senior Editor for BetaKit and a regular writer for MobileSyrup, he covers tech innovation in wearable tech, 3D printing and the Internet of Things. He works with startups, and large organizations as an adviser, mentor and consultant helping them with strategy, product development, product marketing, product positioning and long term planning....

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