IEEE Metaverse Congress

Session 5:   Behind and Beyond the Metaverse 

Thursday, 8 December 2022 

Webex Webinar

Join us to hear from leading experts in the field to address and discuss topics related to the development of the Metaverse. Topics to be covered include what it will take to build an open metaverse, next generation processors and tools for AR, and the challenges and risks in evolving 3D standards, and more. Join the discussion and contribute to the efforts and understand the dynamic and changing ecosystem of the Metaverse. 

AGENDA

Behind and Beyond the Metaverse 

Thursday 8 December 2022 | 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST | 17:00 - 20:00 UTC

12:00 PM - Opening Remarks by Thomas Coughlin (IEEE President-Elect 2023 / IEEE President 2024)

12:10 PM - Keynote - Digitalization 5.0: Metaverse by Yu Yuan (President-Elect, IEEE Standards Association)

12:30 PM - Keynote - Your Ticket to the Metaverse: Next gen processors and developer tools to disrupt and revolutionize headworn AR by Hugo Swart (VP & GM of XR and Metaverse, Qualcomm)

12:50 PM - Keynote - How The Sandbox is contributing to Building the Open Metaverse by Sébastien Borget (COO & Co-Founder, The Sandbox)

1:10 PM - Keynote -  Building the Open Metaverse: learning from the web and supporting standards by Marc Petit (VP of Unreal Engine Ecosystem, Epic Games)

1:30 PM -  Panel - Challenges & Risks in Evolving 3D Standards for the Metaverse

Moderator: Ronald Haynes (Co-Chair IIIF 3D Technical Specification Group; Senior Computer Officer, University of Cambridge)

Panelists:

• Vince Marchetti (Co-Chair, X3D Graphics Working Group, Web3D Consortium)
• Catharine Dass (Architect, UK House of Commons; BIM4Heritage)
• Federico Ponchio (Visual Computing Lab, Institute of Information Science and Technologies, Italian National Research Council)
• Karina Rodriguez Echavarria (Reader, University of Brighton, UK)

2:15 PM - Panel - XV (eXtended meta/uni/Verse): a combination of XR (eXtended Reality), XI (eXtended Intelligence), XB (eXtended Being, including Digital Twin), XE (eXtended Economy), and XS (eXtended Society)

Moderator: Steve Mann (“Father of Wearable Computing”)

Panelists:

• Yu Yuan (President-Elect, IEEE Standards Association)
• Thomas Furness (“Grandfather of Virtual Reality”)
• Joseph Paradiso (Alexander W Dreyfoos Professor and Associate Academic Head of Program in Media Arts and Sciences, MIT Media Lab)
• Thomas Coughlin (IEEE President-Elect 2023 / IEEE President 2024)

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SPEAKERS

Thomas Coughlin

IEEE President-Elect 2023 / IEEE President 2024

Yu Yuan

President-Elect, IEEE Standards Association

Hugo Swart

VP & GM of XR and Metaverse, Qualcomm

Sébastien Borget 

COO & Co-Founder, The Sandbox

Marc Petit

VP of Unreal Engine Ecosystem, Epic Games

Ronald Haynes

Co-Chair IIIF 3D Technical Specification Group; Senior Computer Officer, University of Cambridge

Vincent Marchetti

Co-Chair, X3D Graphics Working Group, Web3D Consortium

Catharine Dass

Architect, UK House of Commons; BIM4Heritage

Federico Ponchio

Visual Computing Lab, Institute of Information Science and Technologies, Italian National Research Council

Karina Rodriguez Echavarria

Reader, University of Brighton, UK

Steve Mann

Father of Wearable Computing

Tom Furness

Grandfather of Virtual Reality

Joseph Paradiso

 Head of Program in Media Arts and Sciences, MIT Media Lab