IEEE Metaverse Congress

Session 3: Developing and Deploying the Metaverse

Tuesday, 27 September 2022 

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DEVELOPING AND DEPLOYING THE METAVERSE

Tuesday, 27 September 2022 | 10:00 AM - 01:00 PM EST |14:00 - 17:00 UTC

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Join us to hear from leading experts in the field to address the development and deployment of the Metaverse. Topics to be covered include grand challenges and roadmaps, industry cooperation for an open metaverse, digital twins, persistent computing, decentralization, and more. Join the discussion and contribute to the efforts to develop and deploy the Metaverse.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND:

• Anyone interested in understanding the foundations of the Metaverse
• Anyone interested in where the Metaverse is going
• Anyone interested in the development and deployment considerations regarding the Metaverse

ABOUT THE METAVERSE 

Metaverse refers to a kind of experience in which the outside world is perceived by the users (human or non-human) as being a universe that is built upon digital technologies as a different universe ("Virtual Reality"), a digital extension of our current universe ("Augmented Reality"), or a digital counterpart of our current universe ("Digital Twin"). Named after the universe, a metaverse shall be persistent and should be massive, comprehensive, immersive, and self-consistent. Described as "meta", a metaverse should be ultra-realistic, accessible, pervasive, and may be decentralized. In a narrow sense, metaverse may be simply defined as Persistent Virtual Reality (PVR). In a broad sense, metaverse is the advanced stage and long-term vision of Digital Transformation. It is generally agreed that metaverse will have a profound impact on our daily work and life, across all industries and sectors, reshaping the economy and society for all humankind.  

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AGENDA

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Opening Remarks by K.J. Ray Liu (President, IEEE)

Keynote - The Road to the Metaverse: Grand Challenges and Roadmaps by Yu Yuan (President-Elect, IEEE Standards Association)

Keynote -  Industry cooperation for an open metaverse with the Metaverse Standards Forum by Neil Trevett (Chair, Metaverse Standards Forum; President, Khronos Group; VP of Developer Ecosystems, NVIDIA)

Keynote - Digital Twins fostering the Metaverse by Roberto Saracco (Co-Chair, IEEE Digital Reality Initiative)

Keynote - Metaverse, Past and Present: Are We There Yet? by Philip Rosedale (Founder of Second Life; Co-Founder of High Fidelity)

Panel - Persistent Computing: Enabling the Persistence of the Metaverse

Moderator: Yu Yuan (President-Elect, IEEE Standards Association)

Panelists:

• Philip Rosedale (Founder of Second Life; Co-Founder of High Fidelity)
• Thomas Coughlin (President, Coughlin Associates; 2023 IEEE President-Elect Candidate (other candidates are: Maike Luiken, Kazuhiro Kosuge, Kathleen A. Kramer, (see all the candidates))
• Michelle Zhou (Co-founder and CEO of Juji, Inc.; Member at Large, ACM Council)
• Neil Trevett (Chair, Metaverse Standards Forum; President, Khronos Group; VP of Developer Ecosystems, NVIDIA)

Panel - Centralized Metaverse vs. Decentralized Metaverse: Why, Where, and How

Moderator: Ramesh Ramadoss (VP of Market Incubation and Business Acceleration, IEEE Standards Association; Co-Chair, IEEE Blockchain Initiative)

Panelists:

• Kavya Pearlman (Founder & CEO, XR Safety Initiative)
• Denisa Ganea  (Partnerships Manager, Niftyz.io; VR & Digital Artist; Author, “Debunking the Interoperability Myth Powered by NFTs”)
• Lee Stogner (Chair, IEEE Consumer Technology Society Blockchain Standards Committee; Chair, IEEE P2023 Digital Transformation Working Group)
• James Thomas (Senior Program Manager of Cloud Privacy, Google)

SPEAKERS

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