Founder, Interactive Producer - MIDWEST IMMERSIVE
Aaqib Usman
Staff Software Engineer (XR) - Northrop Grumman Corporation
Aaron Rosa
Artistic Director - ALTERED FESTIVAL
Aaron Sawyer
Head of CG - THE MILL
Adam Carroll
CEO at EX3 Labs
Adam Wisniewski
COO & Creative Director - Imvizar
Adele Keane
Sales and Marketing Director - BALLISTIC-VR LTD.
Akiva Bergman
CEO - TERMINAL54
Alan Beauchamp
Founder - NEXT/NOW
Alan Hughes
Founder - ZOOPTEK
Alan Reck
Chief Product Officer - EducationXR
Alejandro Castedo Echeverri
Co-founder & CEO - VRWorkout
Alex Azzi
Founder & CEO - Why of AI
Alex Castrounis
Co-Founder & Creative Director - AGILE LENS: IMMERSIVE DESIGN
Alex Coulombe
Sr. Program Manager / Educator and School Solutions - Unity
Alex Grady
Founder & CEO - PUZZIL AR
Alex McNeilly
Co-CEO - REALITY BYTES
Alex Paull
Lead UX Technical Artist - ACROSS REALITIES
Alexandria Heston
CEO - iQ3Connect
Ali Merchant
Founder & Executive Director - Chicago Detours
Amanda Scotese
Director of Customer Success - BUNDLAR
Amie Abendroth
Consultant - Metaverse Advisor
Andrea A. Jacobs
Principal - FOCUS HR
Andrea Herran
Virtual and Augmented Reality Simulation Manager - CNH Industrial
Andrew Brokaw
Principal & Engineering Consultant - FEDOROWSKI CONSULTANCY
Andrew Fedorowski
Summoner/Member - ChainVision & ETHChicago
Andrew Poterala
XR Unity Developer & 3D Generalist - ApparitionXR
Andrew Towl
CEO // Co-Founder - REALITYMATTERS
Andy Van den Broeck
Certified Business Performance Advisor - Insperity
Ania Jablonowski
Booking Producer - WINDY CITY LIVE
Anthony Conway
Founder and CEO - HOOKE AUDIO CORP
Anthony Mattana
Co-Founder, Developer - NEW TECHNOLOGY WALKERS
Antony Vitillo
Director of Esports and Digital Arts Center - ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
April Welch
Head of Technology - Mempoverse Inc.
August Wasilowski
Founder, President - RealityPrime & XR Guild
Avi Bar-Zeev
CMO/CXO - VPIX®
Bart Wilson
Principal - BRADFORD ALLEN
Ben Azulay
Co-Founder & COO - VNTANA
Benjamin Conway
CEO - 1871
Betsy Ziegler
Founder/CEO - Notiphy Corporation
Bob Wise
Director of Education - EXP REALTY & VIRBELA
Brad Andersohn
Sr. Instructional Designer - COLUMBIA COLLEGE OF CHICAGO
Brandon C. Taylor
Associate Professor and Program Coordinator - DEPAUL UNIVERSITY
Bree McEwan
Founder & CEO - Solstar Space
Brian Barnett
Director of Product Design - INCONTEXT SOLUTIONS
Brian Jensen
Product Marketing Manager- SPATIAL
Brianna Scully
Author & Founder - MindWise
Caitlin Krause
Founder & CEO - UPSKILL VR
Carla Bond
Founder and CEO - ONE DIGITAL CONSULTING
Carlos J. Ochoa Fernández
Two-Degrees.io
Caroline Dennis
Technical Director - IMMERSIVETOUCH
Carter Egan
Owner - MAKE THE GRADE TRAINING SOLUTIONS
Cathy Grochowski
Founder - Boutique Electronique Music
Celeste Lear
President - FloTrans
Charles “CJ “ Johnson
Owner - Burning City, Inc.
Charlie Athanas
VR Technical Lead - PUSH Studio
Chase Jones
Colonel - United States Air Force
Cheryl C. Lockhart
CEO - MASSVR
Chris Lai
CEO - Immuse
Chris Nunes
Chief Service Provider - SERVICEALLIANCES
Christine Hobbi
Co-Founder & CEO - Virtual Round Ballers
Christine Schwarz
Principal / Business Dev. - Pulse Studio
Christopher G Fry
Vice President, Guest Technology - Lettuce Entertain You Restaurants
Christopher Gumprecht
Founeder and CEO - ROBO AERIAL
Christopher Morrison
Executive Director - VRAR CHICAGO
Christopher Wren
Director of Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance - National Guard
Colonel Michael C. Whitefoot
Director of Strategic Alliances - The Glimpse Group
Craig Herndon
Cullan Kerner + Matthew Antes
Senior Designer - PULSE STUDIO LLC
Dan Kuharchuk
Founder & CEO - inCitu
Dana Chermesh-Reshef
Director of UX - 3D RESULTS
Daniel Allen
Co-Founder AND CXO - GRAVITY SKETCH
Daniela Paredes Fuentes
Co-Founder & CEO - VIATECHNIK
Danielle Dy Buncio
CEO AND Co-Founder - PRECISIONOS TECHNOLOGY
Danny P. Goel, MD
Marketing Director - FIRST IN PROMOTIONS
Dave Kohl
Director | Creative Director | VFX Supervisor
David Mellor
Senior Director, XR - NVIDIA
David Weinstein
Founder & CEO- Digital Masterplanning
David Wilts
Founder and CEO - XENTSTUDIOS, LLC
Davinder Kohli
Creative Director / Mentor / Immersive Content Creator
Dean Velez
Co-Founder - Ferryman Collective
Deirdre V. Lyons
CCO - CLEVER FOX
Dekker Dreyer
Director - State College of Florida Coding Academy
Deshjuana Bagley
Media Designer - GILBANE BUILDING COMPANY
Devon Rutkowski
Principle - KNTXT GROUP
Dijana Mihajlovic
Managing Partner - THE LAW OFFICES OF KIOLBASSA, HOLMES & ANSONG
Donald Hyun Kiolbassa
Senior Sustainability Content Specialist - UL
Dorothea Emery Duenow
Director of Learning Success - XR Guru
Doug Smith
Director of Virtual Design & Construction - Leopardo Companies
Douglas Snider, AIA
Cheif Technology Officer - FLAIM SYSTEMS
Dr James Mullins
Assistant Professor & Maxillofacial Prosthodontist - UI Health Craniofacial Center
Dr. Akanksha Srivastava
VP of Immersive Medicine - Luxsonic Technologies
Dr. Shawna Pandya
Manager Patient Relations & Interpretation Services - Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Eileen Johnson, PhD CTP
Head of Client Engagement - NVISION
Eli M. Galayda
Policy Analyst - The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF)
Ellysse Dick
Senior Manager, Medical Department - Level Ex, Inc.
Elsa Varghese, MD
Creative Director - RUNAWAYPLAY
Emma Johansson
Founder & CEO - XRHealth
Eran Orr
Vice President, Medical Director - LEVEL EX
Eric Gantwerker MD, MMSc(MedEd), FACS
UX Designer / Visual Communicator / Creator / Mentor
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Regional Brand Ambassador - Woodinville Whiskey Co
Eric Rosentreter
LEADER OF THE PACK
Erica Bishaf
3D Product Designer
Erika Gangware
Overture Council President Emeritus - CSO
Erika R. Knierim
Content Strategist - SUGAR GAMERS
Esha Todd
Co-Founder & CEO - XPERTVR
Evan Sitler
Founder - VR Travel Expo
Evgeniya Simmons
Creator & Producer - Realitycraft
Evo Heyning
Assistant Professor - University of Illinois at Chicago
Fabio Miranda
Co-Founder and CEO - INFERENCE ANALYTICS, INC.
Farrukh Khan
Principal Engineer - UL
Flore Chiang
Founder & ARVR Innovator - THE BOWIE GROUP
Fraser Bowie
Product Manager - Virbela
Gabe Baker
Founder - Mostly Misfits
Gareth Davies
Co-Founder and CEO - Entertainmint
Genevieve Thiers
Head Of Business Development - Varjo
Geoffrey Bund
Creative Genius - GEORGE BERLIN STUDIOS
George Berlin
Founder, Managing Partner - FINTANK
George Vukotich
Director of Content - Lighthouse XR
Ginna Lambert
EVP, Global CMO - ANTENNA INTERNATIONAL
Gordon Montgomery
CEO - Reach-VR
Greg Adams
Executive Managing Director - CUSHMAN & WAKEFIELD
Gregory Kirsch
U.S. General Manager - PSIOUS
Guy Weinberg
Attorney & President - Hickman Law Office
Gwendolyn M. Hickman
18Loop: Board Director, RocketVR Health: Advisor
Heather Bucalos
CEO & Co-Founder - Simtryx
Hector Mondragon
Co-Founder & Chief Partnerships Officer - Prizeout
Holly Glowaty
Global Director, Consumer Technology - UL Solutions
Ibrahim Jilani
Managing Partner - ZLATKIN WONG LLP
Ilya G. Zlatkin
Founder, CEO - ShapesXR
Inga Petryaevskaya
Owner - BOLD PATENTS LAW FIRM
J.D. Houvener
Founder & CEO - Content Readiness Institute
Jake Hamann
Senior AR Engineer- PTC
Jake Steinerman
Business Analyst - EX3 LABS
Jason Edgecombe Jr
President & Co-Founder - ImmersiveTouch, Inc.
Jay Banerjee
The Bear Champ Inc.
JC Rivera
Owner - Baz LLC
Jeff Basladynski
Founder - JMXR
Jeff Meador
Global Immersive Learning & Experiences Lead - Accenture
Jen Coffey
Executive Officer - IEEE
Jennifer Rogers
Vice President of Technical Services - PEPPER CONSTRUCTION
Jennifer Suerth
Professor - Illinois Tech
Jeremy Hajek
CEO & CoFounder - Killer Snails
Jessica Ochoa Hendrix
Research Director - The Extended Mind
Jessica Outlaw
Director, Talent Programs - 1871
Jessica Prath
Vice President of Engineering - IMMERSIVETOUCH
Jia Luo
Founder & General Manager - PAGONI VR
Jimmy Giliberti
CEO, Founder - REALITY WELL
Joannah Apelo
Founder & Creative Director - Infinite Frame Media
Joanne Popińska, Ph.D.
Business Development Manager - TETRA PAK
João Adeodato
Staff Scientist - University of Chicago
John Downey
Co-Founder and CEO - BUNDLAR
John Martin
Principal - Threshold Acoustics & AV
John T. Strong
Director of Exhibit Design - Illinois Holocaust Museum
John Tweedie
Assoc. Prof. of Neurosurgery & Dir of Surgical Neuro-Oncology - WVU BRAIN & SPINE
Jonathan H. Sherman, MD, FAANS, FACS
CEO-CUBICLENINJAS
Joshua Farkas
Director, Brain and Memory Care Lab - Santa Clara University, XRSI
Julia Scott
Creative XR Technologist - Splash Mango
Juliana Loh
Co-Founder - METAVRSE & XR IGNITE COMMUNITY HUB & VIRTUAL ACCELERATOR
Julie Smithson
Co-Founder & COO - METAVRSE
Julie Smithson
Associate & Senior Designer, Regional Computational Design Lead - Gensler
Jun Wang
Founder and Director - XRconnectED
Karen Alexander
Founder - BLAZEBREAKERS AND THE SUGAR GAMERS
Keisha Howard
Head of Innovation - Publicis Media
Keith Soljacich
Director of Bennett Labs - BENNETT DAY SCHOOL
Kelly Page, Ph.D.
President - Wisecarver Public Relations
Kelly Wisecarver
Consultant - ISOBAR
Ken Waagner
RealRoom Immersive Audio - Scaeva
Kevin King
Head of Learning Engineering - Talespin
Kristin Torrence
CEO - Afrovalley PLC
Kume Chibsa
Independent Learning Design Consultant & Courseware Developer - Mindset Learning Design
Laura Brown
Tech Marketer - Mostly Misfits
Lauren Lemieux
CEO and Founder - MIMBUS
Laurent Da Dalto
Director - PUSH Studio
LeAnne Wagner
CMO - Mesmerise
Leslie Marshall
Software Engineer - BUNDLAR
Lewis Gardner
Immersive Producer - GO! PICTURES KG & GO!INSIDEVR
Lisa Maria Wurzinger
Co-Founder, AR Team - EMILY RISE
Liuba Khramova
Co-CEO - REALITY BYTES
Lorne Rodriguez
Cheif Brand Officer - NEXT STORY GROUP
Mario Jobbe
General Manager - DriveChicago.com
Mark Bilek
Immersive Reality Practice Lead - MOONSHOT
Mark Persaud
Workplace Futurist - Konstant Change
Marti Konstant
Director of Operations - AVIDITY TECHNOLOGIES INC.
Mary Ann Thornton
Digital Practice Manager - PERKINS & WILL
Matt Petermann
Faculty Member - CHICAGO JESUIT ACADEMY
Matthew Houlihan
Program Director, Cancer Center - Northwestern Medicine
Matthew Massaro
Founder - VRAR Chicago
Matthew Wren
Senior Director, Innovation Center - The New School
Maya Georgieva
Digital Experience Design Manager - GENSLER
Meg Miller
Assistant Professor of Business - NATIONAL LOUIS UNIVERSITY
Mfon Akpan
Sr Manager Technology Business Development - MACY'S
Michael Chu
Director of Photography and Technology - SNAP36
Michael Dreas
CEO & Founder - Aimedis
Michael J. Kaldasch
Account Executive: Brand Management Solutions - ESKO
Michael Naughton
Assistant Manager, Constituent Services - Shedd Aquarium
Michael Padilla
Managing Director - QReal 3D Technologies
Mike Cadoux
CEO - LUXSONIC
Mike Wesolowski, PhD and Co-Founder
Director- Architectural Spies
Nadya Stamatova
Global XR Manager - TNA Solutions
Natasha Avelange
Founder & CEO - Genius Ventures Inc
Navjeet Chhina
Designer - PERKINS & WILL
Neil Reindel
North America Area Manager - TECHVIZ
Nissim Gabaï
Founder & Executive Director - Youth Sports Science Institute
Noma Shields
Sr. AR Field Engineer - PTC
Oliver Andrew London
Co-Founder & CEO - AWE (Augmented World Expo)
Ori Inbar
Advisor - XRSI
Oz Sultan
Founder - Better World Museum | Co-Founder & CTO - Dynamite Labs
Paige Dansinger
Head of Clinical Services - NOCD
Patrick B. McGrath, Ph.D.
Augmented Reality Developer - PATCHED REALITY
Patrick O’Shaughnessey
Principal - PWA MARKETING GROUP
Paula Weigel
Director of Customer Experience & Co-founder - MOTIVE.IO
Peter Wittig
Chief Revenue Officer - Infinadeck
Phil Martin
Director of XR Business Development and Strategic Partnerships - INTEL
Raj Puran
Founder - CULENZ
Rajat Jain
Managing Director - KATAPULT GROWTH
Ramita Chawla
Director of Business Development - NEXT/NOW
Randy Gress
Managing Director - NEXT/NOW
Randy Gress
Senior Program Manager - GTI
Ray Deatherage
SENIOR TECHNICAL EDUCATION CONSULTANT
Ray Katos
CEO - Enklu
Raymond Kallmeyer
Narrative Designer - DIGITAL DREAMS ENTERTAINMENT
Rebecca Rothschild
Editorial Manager - KRAFTON
Rebecca Rothschild
Cheif IKEA Furniture Assembler - SO MIDWEST, INC
Robb Jibson
Executive Director - IVRHA
Robert Fine
CEO - 3lbXR
Robin Moulder
Founder & CEO - NVZN
Ron Padzensky
Founder - Hotel of Tomorrow
Ron Swidler
3D Animator & Virtual Reality Artist - VR ROSIE
Rosie Summers
Founder - LOADING LAW
Ross A. Hersemann
CEO - Optical Near Me
Ryan Markey
3D Artist / VR & AR Developer
Ryan Sizemore
Director of Innovative Philanthropy - Hope for Haiti
Sarah Porter
Software Engineer - MICROSOFT
Sarah Sexton
Creative Director - VOYRE
Scott Lynch
CEO - EMERGENT ENTERPRISE
Scott McCormick
CEO - RP1
Sean Mann
Head of North America - Mimbus
Sebastien Bru
Founder & Member of the Management Board - HQSoftware
Sergei Vardomatski
Executive Staff - Wizard Wells
Shelley Peterson
Head of Programming - AWE
Sonya “Hasko7” Haskins
Head of PR & Partnerships - ESPORTS FUNDRAISING
Sophia Moshasha
Vice President, Research and Best Practices - XRA
Stephanie Montgomery
CEO - BALLAST TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Stephen Greenwood
President and Co-Founder - CLOUDGATE STUDIO
Steve Bowler
CEO - Enduvo
Steve Garrou
Creative Director - SLEWPITER PRODUCTIONS
Steve Lewis
Director of Digital Media - MSI CHICAGO
Steven Beasley
CEO & Co-Founder - Virtual Reality Marketing
Terry Proto
Associate Dean - Homeland Security Training Institute and Public Services Division
Thomas Brady
Owner - STUDIO INHAUS
Thomas Livings
Founder & Owner - Studio inHaus
Thomas Livings
Founder - GRAND SCHEME GAMES
Thomas Williams
CEO and Co-Founder - IKONA HEALTH
Tim Fitzpatrick
COO & Creative Director - Imvizar
Tim Hogan
VP, Sales - ENDUVO
Tim Quinn
Owner / Creative Director - PULSE STUDIO
Tom Munz
Founder & CEO - COGNITIVE3D
Tony Bevilacqua
CTO / Co-Founder - INCONTEXT SOLUTIONS
Tracey Wiedmeyer
Founder - VRHTI
Tracy Cosgrove
Security Engineer - Arup
Travis Rothbloom
Artist & Professor - BronxNet & Saint Peter’s University
Trish Gianakis
Instructor & VR Director - CEDARS INTERNATIONAL
Tyeron J Hammontree
Past Founder - Menu3
Viktor Makarskyy
Founder and CEO - WOWSOME
Vishal Reddy
Content Director & Partner - THE HIVE VR
Vivian Chazen
Co-Founder - Vennity Inc.
Vlad Avesalon
Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer - New Canvas
Wadooah Wali
Principal; Samurai-Lawyer - Law Offices of Walter McMath
Walter J. McMath, Esq.
CEO/Lead Designer - Yumebau Inc.
Wilson J. Tang
CEO - FinTech4Good
Xiaochen Zhang
Project Director - BUNDLAR
Zach Martin