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VRTO Schedule 2025
Schedule Subject to Change
Gold = Fireside or Panel
| June 25th, 2025 | June 26th, 2025 | |
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| 9:45 AM | VRTO - 10 Years and Overview of the Show Keram Malicki-Sanchez | Experience Designer, Producer, Curator | Toronto, Los Angeles 9:50 AM 10:30 AM | |
| 10:00 AM | Empowering Diverse Leadership in XR: Building Inclusive Futures Through Confidence and Collaboration Sheena Yap Chan | Founder, The Tao of Self-Confidence | Toronto, Canada 10:00 AM 10:30 AM | |
| 10:15 AM | ||
| 10:30 AM | The Historical Evolution of Virtual Reality Technologies Dr. Raquel V. Benitez Rojas Associated Dean Master of Arts in Digital Media and Global Communications, University of Niagara Falls | Canada 10:30 AM 11:00 AM | |
| 10:45 AM | ||
| 11:00 AM | Who is VR For Anyway? Embracing a User-Centered Approach Lisa Lokshina | Director of User Experience, L3A UX Studio | Brooklyn, NY, USA 11:00 AM 11:30 AM | Pixels and Punchlines: Exploring Physical Comedy in VR Mandy Canales | VR Theater Practitioner | Tri Cities, Washington, United States 11:00 AM 11:30 AM |
| 11:15 AM | ||
| 11:30 AM | Pixels Meet Paper: Why the Future of AR is Tactile, Not Virtual Karen Darricades | Founder and CEO of LitKit 11:30 AM 12:00 PM | When Audiences Take the Stage: Spect-actorship and XR’s New Grammar Dr. Justin Baillargeon | Host and Producer of Dr. VR Podcast, Assistant Professor in Digital Media and Global Communications at the University of Niagara Falls | Toronto, Canada 11:30 AM 12:00 PM |
| 11:45 AM | ||
| 12:00 PM | ||
| 12:15 PM | ||
| 12:30 PM | Beyond Reality: The Present and Future for XR & AI-Avatars Russell Sng | Founder, ImmerSynth Inc. | Toronto, Canada, Keram Malicki-Sanchez | Constant Change Media Group, Inc. 12:30 PM 1:00 AM | Designing for Reality: Overcoming VR Training Challenges Dan Blair CTO of BSD XR | Winnipeg, Manitoba 12:30 PM 1:00 PM |
| 12:45 PM | ||
| 1:00 PM | Shocap Entertainment: New Experiences in Live Performance and Immersive Storytelling Principal at Shocap, EVOQ/ Toronto, Sean Evans | CTO at EVOQ, Toronto, Canada 1:00 PM 1:30 PM | XR & AI in Education: Is this a Wesley Crusher Moment? Rob Theriault | Immersive Technology Manager, Georgian College | Barrie, ON, Canada 1:00 PM 1:30 PM |
| 1:15 PM | ||
| 1:30 PM | Intelligent Cinema: Exploring Narrative Consciousness in XR Michael Potts | CEO at Polycount.io | Dallas, TX 1:30 PM 2:00 PM | I Find Your Lack of Presence Disturbing: Emotion, Identity, and Learning in XR Jason Webb | Assistant Professor at Syracuse University - S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, Oswego, NY 1:30 PM 2:00 PM |
| 1:45 PM | ||
| 2:00 PM | ||
| 2:15 PM | ||
| 2:30 PM | ||
| 2:45 PM | ||
| 3:00 PM | Harnessing XR for Next-Gen Immersive Training Amar Trivedi | Principal Investigator - Software Innovation, Mixed Reality Capture Studio - Durham College | Toronto, Canada 3:00 PM 3:30 PM | Designing the Future of XR David Tamés | Teaching Professor, Department of Art + Design, Northeastern University | Boston, MA 3:00 PM 3:30 PM |
| 3:15 PM | ||
| 3:30 PM | Weather Representation for Simulated Flight Environment Pratik Pradhan | HMI Researcher, Toronto Metropolitan University | Toronto, Canada 3:30 PM 4:00 PM | Overlapping Realities: How Kid Robot Uses XR and Accessibility To Tell Stories Through Gaming J. Lee Williams | Founder and Creative Director - Invalid Symbol | Toronto, ON 3:30 PM 4:00 PM |
| 3:45 PM | ||
| 4:00 PM | Advancing Immersive Content Through Global Cultural Technology R&D – AX Curation, Digital Humans, Real-time Multi-user Interaction, and VR-AR Transition Technologies Dr. Haeun Lee | Research Professor, Hongik University MR Media Art Tech Center - Seoul, South Korea 4:00 PM 4:30 PM | Designing Beyond the Screen: Immersive Prototyping for XR Workflows Jeff Thompson | Coordinator / Professor, Conestoga College - Virtual Reality Production Dept., Kitchener, Canada 4:00 PM 4:30 PM |
| 4:15 PM | ||
| 4:30 PM | Theomorphic Meditation Interfaces: Exploring Gesture, Symbol, and AI in Immersive Spiritual Spaces Patrick C. K. Hung | Professor -Faculty of Business and IT | Ontario Tech University, Canada 4:30 PM 5:00 PM | The Body as Interface, Toward More Human Technologies John E. Muñoz | Assistant Professor, Lab Director at Wilfrid Laurier University, University of Waterloo | Brantford, Canada 4:30 PM 5:00 PM |
| 4:45 PM | ||
| 5:00 PM | ||
| 5:15 PM | XR In Action: Results from the World’s Biggest Brands Barton Goldenberg | President & Founder of ISM, Inc. | Chevy Chase, Maryland 5:35 PM 6:05 PM | Passing the Reality Check: Why Believability Matters in VR Stephan Tanguay | Founder, SuperPolygon | Toronto, Canada 5:15 PM 5:45 PM |
| 5:30 PM | ||
| 5:45 PM | Forget It, Let’s Just Use Passthrough: Crafting XR Experiences Where Tech Fades and Reality Emerges with Depth and Computer Vision Harrison Forsyth | Principal Investigator | Durham College, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada 5:45 PM 6:15 PM | |
| 6:00 PM | ||
| 6:15 PM | Capture Matters: How Volumetric Images Transform Documentary Media Associate Professor, Digital Futures and Co-Director of game:play Lab at OCAD University | Toronto, Canada 6:15 PM 6:45 PM | |
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June 25th, 2025
- 9:50 AM - 10:30 AM
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- 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
- 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
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- 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM
- 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
- 5:15 PM - 5:35 PM
- 5:35 PM - 6:05 PM
- 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
- 7:15 PM - 8:45 PM
June 26th, 2025
- Empowering Diverse Leadership in XR: Building Inclusive Futures Through Confidence and Collaboration10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
- 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
- 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
- 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
- 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
- 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM
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- 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM
- 5:00 PM - 5:15 PM
- 5:15 PM - 5:45 PM
- 5:45 PM - 6:15 PM
- 6:15 PM - 6:45 PM
- 7:00 PM - 7:15 PM
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