Welcome to Season 4 of the world's first and largest VR FEST!

VR FEST 2018 FOUR DAY SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE:

TUES, JANUARY 9th - @ LVPS
11am to 7pm: The VR Arcade at LVPS (near Palms Casino) Check out the largest collection of VR Arcade Attractions in Las Vegas including: Hologate, WePlayVR, ModalVR, SpringboardVR, Tower Tag and more!

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 10th - @ Fresh Wata Studios
11am to 6pm: The VR Academy Panels and Workshops
12pm to 6pm: The VR Arcade & Lounge Expo
4pm to 7pm: Electric BBQ by Jesse Ray’s Award Winning BBQ
7:30pm to 9pm: XTC VIP Dinner by Invitation Only
9pm to 12am: VR FEST Opening Night Gala Co-Hosted by Phase Two

THURSDAY, JANUARY 11 @ RedFlint/Venetian/MGM Grand
11am to 7pm: The VR Arcade at LVPS (near Palms Casino)
11am to 5pm: VR FEST Workshops at RedFlint (Downtown LV)
1pm to 3pm: XTC Semi Finals at Venetian (CES Badge Required)
5pm to 8pm: GAN.co/Women in Tech Int’l/VR FEST Mixer at RedFlint
10:30pm to 4am: The VR Arcade at Hakkasan Nightclub with Tiesto

FRIDAY, JANUARY 12 @ Downtown Las Vegas
7pm XR Magazine Closing Night Party (VIP Only)

THE VR ACADEMY SPEAKER PANELS

VR FEST ’s VR/AR Academy Panels feature top industry speakers from the global immersive entertainment community.

Date: January 10th
Time: 11am to 7pm
Location: Fresh Wata Studio
Address: 3905 West Diablo Drive Las Vegas, NV 89118

Description: VR FEST and Fresh Wata are teaming up to host a series of VR/AR speaker panels that will debut at Fresh Wata’s beautiful facility located one mile from the Las Vegas Strip.

PANEL #1: Empathy to Action: How Virtual Reality Can Encourage Pro-Social Behaviors that Progress Society

Time: 11:00am - 12:15pm presented by Vantage Point
Introduction: Christopher Crescitelli, Founder - VR FEST
Moderator: Louisa Spring (Co-Founder/ Chief Strategy Officer, Vantage Point)
Speakers: Morgan Mercer (Founder/CEO, Vantage Point), Jesse Damiani (CEO, Galatea),
Sarah Hill (CEO,Story Up XR), Annie Lukowski (Co-Founder, Vanishing Point Media)

PANEL #2: Fireside Chat
Time: 12:20pm to 12:55pm
Moderator: John Canning (VP New Media, PGA)
Speakers: Seth Shapiro (Television Academy)
Lewis Smitingham (President/Partner, 30 Ninjas)

PANEL #3: Storytelling for VR
Time: 1pm to 1:45pm presented by Here Be Dragons
Moderator: Nitin Gupta (Software Lead, Google Daydream)
Speakers: Kate Wurzbacher (Head of Camera, Here Be Dragons), Alina Mikhaleva (Co-Founder. Spherica), Tristan Cezair (Producer/Creative Director/TD, Cream Productions), Suzanne Lagerweij (Founder, Field of Views)

PANEL #4: The VR Arcade & Theme Park Panel
Time: 1:55pm to 2:40p presented by VR Arcade
Moderator: Bob Cooney (Zero Latency)
Speakers: Nick Risher (Hologate), Shauna Heller (AI Solve/WePlayVR), Louisa Spring (Co-Founder/ Chief Strategy Officer, Vantage Point), Christopher Crescitelli (VR Arcade), Leif Peterson (CEO, Co-Founder, Hologate)

PANEL #5: Experiential VR/AR Marketing Panel
Time: 2:45pm to 3:15pm
Moderator: Brandon Kaplan (Founder/CEO, Skilled Creative)
Speakers: Tyler Gates (Director of Business Development, Brightline), Khayyam Wakil (Chief Strategy Officer, Live Planet), Ryan Pulliam (CMO, Specular Theory), Derek Koenig (SVP of Discovery Agency)

PANEL #6: The Power of Diversity/Inclusion in VR and AR
Time: 3:20pm to 3:50pm
Moderator: Stephanie Chan (Writer, GamesBeat)
Speakers: Charles Babb (CEO, Fairchild Consortium), Dulce Baerga (CEO, River Studios), Zhen Cao (Investment Manager, Outpost Capital), Gaspar Ferreiro (Project Ghost Studio), Cathy Hackl (Evangelist, HTC)

PANEL #7: Music for VR
Time: 3:55pm to 4:40pm presented by New York University (NYU)
Moderator: Sam Howard-Spink, PHD (Clinical Associate Professor Music Business Program NYU Steinhardt)
Speakers: Randy Eckhardt (Founder, Real Time Immersion), Travis Fodor (PM Sound Director, Microsoft Mixed Reality), Tom Impallomeni, (CEO and Co-Founder, Tribe VR)

PANEL #8: Children and Family VR
Time: 4:45pm to 5:15pm presented by New York University (NYU)
Moderator: Amy Peck (Founder & CEO, Endeavor VR)
Speakers: Cory Key (CTO, Discovery Agency), Cheryl Bayer Brady (CEO, Living Pop Ups), Nitin Gupta (Software Lead, Google Daydream), Kiernan Kit (CEO, Co-Founder, Truth for Gold),

PANEL #9: Business of VR

Time: 5:20pm to 6:05pm
Speakers: Lou Pizante (CFO/Head of Corporate Development for Two Bit Circus), Sven Kardelke (VP, Magix), Chris Hewish (EVP, Skydance Interactive), Michael Gold (Co-Founder/CEO Holojam), Kiernan Kit (Co-Founder/CEO, Truth for Gold, Charles Taylor (Caesars Entertainment)

VR FEST WORKSHOPS at REDFLINT
sparked by University of Phoenix

Seating is limited.

Register here: https://VRLOUNGE.formstack.com/forms/2018_vr_fest_academy_workshops

Date: January 11th
Time: 11am to 8pm
Location: RedFlint sparked by University of Phoenix
Address: 300 South 4th Street, Suite 180 LV, NV 89101
Phone: 702-408-3200

Description: VR FEST and RedFlint sparked by the University of Phoenix are teaming up to host a series of VR/AR workshops that will debut at RedFlint’s beautiful facility located in Downtown LV.

WORKSHOP #1: Adobe - The Real World of VR

Time: 11am - 12pm
Introduction: Chris Crescitelli
Speakers: Chris Bobotis, (Adobe)

WORKSHOP #2: Adobe - Advanced VR Workflows
Time: 12pm to 1pm
Speakers: Dave Helmly, (Adobe)

WORKSHOP #3: Your Brain as a Virtual Reality Input presented by Story-UP
Time: 1:15pm to 1:45pm
Speakers: Sarah Hill, (Story-Up)

WORKSHOP #4: New Tools and Processes to Create Successful User Experiences in Mixed Reality
Time: 2pm to 2:45pm
Speakers: Phillippe Lewicki, (Afternow)

WORKSHOP #5: Why Camera Movement is a Game Changer for your 360 Story:
Introducing the Next Generation of Hardware Solutions presented by Spherica
Time: 3pm to 4pm
Speakers: Nick Malukhin (Founder, Spherica) Alina Mikhaleva, (Co-Founder, Spherica)

WORKSHOP #6: Leap Into VR: A Wide Range of Industries, Artists, and Developers Will Take VR Further
Time: 4:15pm to 5pm
Moderator: Gregg Katano, (VP of U.S. Operations, Hologate; Partner, VR Arcade, Senior Facility Advisor, Upload LA)
Speakers: Marcie Jastrow (SVP, Immersive Media, Head of Technicolor Experience Center, Technicolor)
Jacki Morie, (Founder / Chief Scientist, All These Worlds, LLC, VP of Education, Upload LA)
Amanda Joan, (Software Developer, SC Advisory)
Nanea Reeves, (CEO & Co-Founder, Tripp)
Shannon Blake Gans, (CEO & Co-Founder, New Deal Studios)

Cocktail Happy Hour by GAN.co (Greater Accelerator Network) with WITI (Women in Tech International)
Time: 5pm to 8pm

RSVP for Cockail Happy Hour here: https://nvite.com/GANCES/8dl4xr

This years program is dedicated to the Extreme Tech Challenge (XTC) Non-Profit Initiative for Oceanic Conservation. To learn more about XTC please visit them online at:www.ExtremeTechChallenge.com

For more information about VR FEST or to purchase tickets please visit us online: www.VRFEST.org

Thank you for your support and we will look forward to seeing all of you at the show!

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