MIT – Jan 16 + 17, 2018

We are excited to announce our 2nd annual ARIA (AR in Action) Industry Summit at the MIT Media Lab January 16-17, 2018.

We are convening some of the top minds in AR for two days of open collaboration, sharing insights, and networking. ARIA will be a unique opportunity to interface directly with the greatest minds and companies in AR and adjacent fields.

Check out the talks from our 2017 Industry Summit.

Speakers

Aaron Luber

Aaron Luber

AR/VR Content Partnerships at Google

Achuta Kadambi

Achuta Kadambi

3D Computational Imaging Researcher, MIT Media Lab, Lemelson Recipient

Adam Somlai-Fischer

Adam Somlai-Fischer

Co-founder of Prezi, Artist

Albert Kwon

Albert Kwon

Co-Founder of AUGMENTx

Alexia Bedat

Alexia Bedat

media and entertainment lawyer, Klaris Law

Amy Korte

Amy Korte

Principal, Arrowstreet Architecture & Design

Arpit Gupta

Arpit Gupta

Barmak Heshmat

Barmak Heshmat

Senior Research Scientist, Meta, former futurist and a photonics engineer at MIT

Ben Schwegler

Ben Schwegler

Chief Scientist, Walt Disney Imagineering (WDI) Research & Development

Ben Shani

Ben Shani

VP, Technology at PTC’s Office of Research and Architecture

Ben Taylor

Ben Taylor

Product Designer, Hasbro's Integrated Play

Benjamin Tritt

Benjamin Tritt

CEO, Artmatr

Bo Gehring

Bo Gehring

Artist, Inventor or first 3D audio system

Bob Levy

Bob Levy

CEO, Virtual Cove

Bob Metcalfe

Bob Metcalfe

Inventor of Ethernet & Professor of Innovation, UofT-Austin

Botao Hu

Botao Hu

founder of Amber Garage

Brendan Ciecko

Brendan Ciecko

founder and CEO of Cuseum

Carl Rosendahl

Carl Rosendahl

Assoc Professor, Entertainment Tech Center at Carnegie Mellon University

Charity Everett

Charity Everett

Immersive Storyteller and Artist

Charlie Fink

Charlie Fink

Writer, Producer, Futurist

Chris Berno

Chris Berno

co-founder and CEO at VRoom Technology

Cindy Bishop

Cindy Bishop

Media Cloud Developer, Civic Media; Founder Developer of VRDoodler

Dani Sanchez-Crespo

Dani Sanchez-Crespo

CEO, Novarama

David Rose

David Rose

VP Vision Technology at Warby Parker

David Smith

David Smith

CEO/Founder Wearality Corporation

Det Ansinn

Det Ansinn

Serial Entrepreneur and Elected Official

Doug Turner

Doug Turner

Founder, Elastic Image Software

ERNESTO MARTINEZ

ERNESTO MARTINEZ

Wearable Computing Technologies

Fernando Trujano

Fernando Trujano

Fran Piascik

Fran Piascik

Director AR Application Development, BAE Systems

Gabrielle Loeb

Gabrielle Loeb

Medical Student, Columbia University

Gavin Bauman

Gavin Bauman

Technical Evangelist, Microsoft

Gavin Finn

Gavin Finn

President & CEO, Kaon Interactive, Inc.

Hayley Reardon

Hayley Reardon

Singer Songwriter

Heidi Buck

Heidi Buck

Director, BEMR Mixed Reality Lab Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, Pacific

Hisham Bedri

Hisham Bedri

MIT Media Lab Student

Ian Muir

Ian Muir

Director, Strategic Partnerships - Nike Sports Research Lab

Jacob Loewenstein

Jacob Loewenstein

Samsung NEXT

Jamie Larsen

Jamie Larsen

Jasmine Roberts

Jasmine Roberts

Incoming Software Engineer and Designer, Unity (Labs)

Jason Silva

Jason Silva

Conversation with him over Video Conference

Jay Kim

Jay Kim

Chief Strategy Officer, Upskill

Jayender Jagadeesan

Jayender Jagadeesan

Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School

Jeff Grantz

Jeff Grantz

Jeff Saviano

Jeff Saviano

Global Tax Innovation Leader, Americas Tax Innovation, Solutions & Technology Leader

Jim Heppelmann

Jim Heppelmann

President and CEO, PTC

Jenny Carden

Jenny Carden

Independent Artist & Futurist

Jim McNeil

Jim McNeil

Executive Producer Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World

Jim Novack

Jim Novack

CEO of Dynatec

Joe Mikhail

Joe Mikhail

CRO, Meta

John CC Fan

John CC Fan

President, CEO, Chair of the Board, Kopin Corporation

John Horcher

John Horcher

Co-Founder, Virtual Cove

John Kelly

John Kelly

Director of the Empower Innovation team, BAE Systems

John Werner

John Werner

Founder of AR in Action

Jonathan Agus

Jonathan Agus

Founder of Premier Tourist and Landmark Association

Josef Spjut

Josef Spjut

Research Scientist, NVIDIA

Justin Brice Guariglia

Justin Brice Guariglia

Kachina Studer

Kachina Studer

UX Product Development Lead, Arrowstreet Mixed Reality Studio

Kat Schneider

Kat Schneider

Interface Designer, Arrowstreet Mixed Reality Studio

Katherine Spies

Katherine Spies

Marine Corps AH-1 attack helicopter pilot

Kathy Kleinman

Kathy Kleinman

Founder of ENIAC Programmers Project

Kevin Vandecar

Kevin Vandecar

M&E DevTech Manager Autodesk Developer Network

Kirk Mckinzie

Kirk Mckinzie

SMART First Responder Technologist

Lauren Bedal

Lauren Bedal

designer & dancer

Lindsay Nie

Lindsay Nie

Senior Director, Head of Creative Technology, Cramer

Lucas Silva

Lucas Silva

Attorney, Foley & Lardner LLP

Mark Billinghurst

Mark Billinghurst

Director at HIT Lab NZ

Marc Schuetz

Marc Schuetz

Director - ThingWorx Studio Product Management at PTC

Mark Sage

Mark Sage

ED, AR for Enterprise Alliance

Mélanie Joly

Mélanie Joly

Minister of Canadian Heritage, Canada

Michael Campbell

Michael Campbell

EVP, ThingWorx Platform, PTC

Mike Festa

Mike Festa

director of Wayfair Next

Mike Levine

Mike Levine

CEO & CCO, HappyGiant

Monique Morrow

Monique Morrow

Chief Technology Strategist

Neil Gupta

Neil Gupta

Venture Partner, Indicator Ventures

Nikhil Naik

Nikhil Naik

PhD student at the MIT Media Lab

Paul Cataldo

Paul Cataldo

co-founder, Valacrity

Patrick Guinee

Patrick Guinee

Commanding Officer of the 158th Fighter Wing

Pattie Maes

Pattie Maes

Professor and Head of MIT's Program in Media, Arts and Sciences

Paul Wehner

Paul Wehner

Marble AR

Peter Girguis

Peter Girguis

Professor of Organismic & Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University Adjunct Research Engineer, Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute

Phil Sanderson

Phil Sanderson

Investor, Ridge Ventures

Ramesh Raskar

Ramesh Raskar

Associate Professor at MIT Media Lab

Ramsay Hoguet

Ramsay Hoguet

President, RamsayLabs

Ray Kallmeyer

Ray Kallmeyer

Founder, CEO CreateAR

Rui P. G. Pereira

Rui P. G. Pereira

Senior Creative Technologist - Google

Rus Gant

Rus Gant

Director, Harvard Visualization Research and Teaching Lab

Sam Sesti

Sam Sesti

Founder and President of ONU

Sarah Downey

Sarah Downey

Principal, Accomplice

Scott Niejadlik

Scott Niejadlik

Technology Innovation Manager at PegaSystems

Sara Remsen

Sara Remsen

Founder & Chief Product Officer, Waypoint Labs

Shawn Frayne

Shawn Frayne

CEO and co-founder of Looking Glass

Shabbi Khan

Shabbi Khan

Senior Counsel at Foley & Lardner LLP

Shrenik Sadalgi

Shrenik Sadalgi

Director of Engineering, Wayfair Next

Shirin Sadri

Shirin Sadri

Medical Student, Columbia University

Suyash Joshi

Suyash Joshi

Senior Software Engineer at Oracle & Magician

Steve Feiner

Steve Feiner

Professor of Computer Science at Columbia University

Steve Taylor

Steve Taylor

Co-Founder AR for Everyone

Teon Edwards

Teon Edwards

co-founder of and a lead designer for the Educational Gaming Environments, TERC

Tim Merel

Tim Merel

Digi-Capital Managing Director

TOM IMPALLOMENI

TOM IMPALLOMENI

Co-founder and CEO, Tribe

Udayan Umapathi

Udayan Umapathi

researcher at MIT, and CEO of Droplet.IO

Umar Arshad

Umar Arshad

Founder & CEO, Waypoint Labs

Val Mosley

Val Mosley

Chairwoman and CEO of Valmo Ventures

Valentin Heun

Valentin Heun

PhD candidate and research assistant at MIT Media Lab

Vik Parthiban

Vik Parthiban

Graduate Research Assistant at MIT Media Lab, Formerly with Magic Leap

Xin Liu

Xin Liu

New Media Artist & Research Assistant MIT Media Lab

Yan Zhang

Yan Zhang

Ph.D. Student and Research Assistant of MIT Media Lab, Architect

Yang Liu

Yang Liu

Indie Developer & Software Engineer, Oculus

Zach Fischer

Zach Fischer

High Schooler, Hardware Specialist