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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 10:40 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 10:05 AM 10:30 AM | |
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| 10:30 AM | Pixels and Punchlines: Exploring Physical Comedy in VR Mandy Canales | VR Theater Practitioner | Tri Cities, Washington, United States 10:30 AM 11:00 AM | |
| 10:45 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 10:45 AM 11:15 AM | |
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| 11:15 AM | Who is VR For Anyway? Embracing a User-Centered Approach Lisa Lokshina | Director of User Experience, L3A UX Studio | Brooklyn, NY, USA 11:15 AM 11:45 AM | |
| 11:30 AM | 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 | |
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| 12:00 PM | Beyond Reality: The Present and Future for XR & AI-Avatars Russell Sng | Founder, ImmerSynth Inc. | Toronto, Canada 12:00 PM 12:30 PM | Menopause and the Metaverse: The Mother of All Transitions Tricia Blake | Founder and CEO, My Third Bloom 12:15 PM 12:45 PM |
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| 1:00 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 | |
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| 1:30 PM | Intelligent Cinema: Exploring Narrative Consciousness in XR Michael Potts | CEO at Polycount.io | Dallas, TX 1:30 PM 2:00 PM | |
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| 3:00 PM | Designing the Future of XR David Tamés | Teaching Professor, Department of Art + Design, Northeastern University | Boston, MA 3:00 PM 3:30 PM | |
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| 3:30 PM | Weather Representation for Simulated Flight Environment Pratik Pradhan | HMI Researcher, Toronto Metropolitan University | Toronto, Canada 3:30 PM 4:00 PM | ExpandXR: Treating PTSD with Augmented Reality and a Dash of AI Shachar Weis | Founder and Lead Developer, Packet39 | Waterloo, ON 3:30 PM 4:00 PM |
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| 4:00 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 | Theomorphic Meditation Interfaces: Exploring Gesture, Symbol, and AI in Immersive Spiritual Spaces Young Yoon | Associate Professor, Hongik University | Seoul, South Korea 4:25 PM 4:45 PM | |
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| 5:00 PM | Passing the Reality Check: Why Believability Matters in VR Stephan Tanguay | Founder, SuperPolygon | Toronto, Canada 5:15 PM 5:45 PM | |
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| 5:30 PM | XR In Action: Results from the World’s Biggest Brands Barton Goldenberg | President & Founder of ISM, Inc. | Chevy Chase, Maryland 5:30 PM 6:00 PM | |
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June 25th, 2025
- 9:50 AM - 10:40 AM
- 10:45 AM - 11:15 AM
- 11:15 AM - 11:45 AM
- 11:45 AM - 12:00 PM
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- 4:25 PM - 4:45 PM
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June 26th, 2025
- Empowering Diverse Leadership in XR: Building Inclusive Futures Through Confidence and Collaboration10:05 AM - 10:30 AM
- 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
- 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM
- 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
- 12:15 PM - 12:45 PM
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- 5:15 PM - 5:45 PM
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