DX Collective

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

8-8:30am Networking/Breakfast

8:30-9am Welcome from Moderators (Genevieve Thiers/Jo Cattell)

9:00-9:45 Panel One AR and VR from the Producers (Fred Muram, Matthew Wren, Adam Wisniewski, Aaquib Usman) Kevin moderator

9:45-10:30 Panel Two AR and VR as Locational Drivers (Maggie Malone, Christine Hutchison, Ed LaHood) Jo moderator

10:30-11:15 Panel Three AR and VR as Arts Disruptors (Jo Cattell, Ellen Sandor, Tom Haigh) Gen moderator

11:15-11:45 Panel Four Best Practices: AR and VR for corporations (Kevin Shelhamer, Kunal Grover, Emeka Nnandi) Maggie moderator

12-12:45 Keynote/Lunch (Peter Wojtowicz)

12:45-1pm Closing Remarks (Genevieve Thiers/Jo Cattell)

*Throughout the day, a lab will be set up to test out/use Oculous Rift and similar VR and AR devices.

**There will be a quick tour of 1871 for 15 minutes at close of event for anyone interested!

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Peter Wojtowicz is the Co-Founder and Lead Developer of Mass Realities, Inc., a cross reality development studio which creates interactive virtual and augmented reality experiences for the HTC Vive, Oculus, Playstation VR, GearVR, Google Daydream and Microsoft's Hololens.

Prior to co-creating Mass Realities, Inc. Peter co-founded and was the Director of Development at LCP360, a digital media company responsible for creating virtual experiences for Google, Starbucks, JLL, CBRE, Hilton, Live Nation and hundreds of other clients in a wide array of industries including, Education, Hospitality, Health Care, Real Estate, Travel and Entertainment.

Peter is a lifetime gamer, career programmer and amateur physicist with a deep rooted passion for emerging technologies, especially Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality and Brain Computer Interfaces.

First inaugural conference went great this morning at 1871! Pics coming soon...

More info coming soon. For now, we are excited to launch!

We are just formed out of 1871 Chicago! See our web site at https://dxcollective.wordpress.com

Welcome to the DX Collective, the first group in Chicago dedicated to bringing corporate and arts companies into AR and VR technologies! *(augmented reality and virtual reality)