Immerse Global Summit - SF Enterprise Edition
Immerse Global Summit — Enterprise Edition
April 14–15, 2026 | Verizon Innovation Lab, San Francisco, CA
The Immerse Global Summit (IGS) is where enterprise technology meets real-world deployment. Produced by the VR/AR Association (VRARA) and the Applied AI Association (AAIA) — representing a global community of 80,000+ professionals — IGS brings together the practitioners, decision-makers, and solution providers who are actually making XR and AI work at scale. IGS operates a series of vertically focused events: Enterprise, Healtchcare, Education, and Media & Entertainment, with a focus on applied AI and XR technology tracks. This is our Enterprise Edition, SF.
Every session is curated for outcomes: measurable ROI, procurement-ready case studies, and lessons learned from the field.
Two tracks. Two days. One room full of the right people.
🔷 XR Track — Digital twins for factories and facilities, immersive workforce training, reality capture workflows, remote expert and assisted reality, multi-user 3D collaboration for engineering and design.
🤖 AI Track — AI copilots for technicians and operators, predictive maintenance, computer vision for QA/QC, agentic workflows for operations and supply chain, enterprise AI governance and ROI measurement.
Speakers and participants confirmed from Adobe, AWS, Lenovo, Qualcomm, and more — alongside enterprise end-users deploying these technologies inside some of the world's largest organizations.
Featured Speakers:
40 + Speakers Across AI, XR, Robotics Venture Capital, Enterprise, Innovation Teams, GSIs, Innovative. We are currently onboarding speakers and have limited space for speakers, but reach out if you're interested.
Microsoft, Google, NVIDIA, Adobe, AWS, Lenovo, Lockheed Martin, Walmart, Hyundai CRADLE, Leai Inc., Qualcomm, XREAL, Pico, VR Expert, Stanford University, Pico, VR Expert, XREAL, Synthesia, Chestnut Robotics, Solaris Venture Partners, HTC Vive, Education XR, Sophia Spatial AI, Kinemeric, San Francisco Bay University, Shapes XR, Meta, Verizon, Toborlife AI, Deutsche Telekom, ARM, iMotion Robotics, Cleanbox Technologies, ShapesXR, ADDVERB and more speakers are being added.
What to expect:
2 full days of keynotes, panels, fireside chats, and working sessions
Live demos and exhibits from leading solution providers
Structured networking lunch, Happy Hour, and Speed Networking
A curated audience of ~175 VP/Director-level enterprise practitioners
Live Demos & Exhibits
Hands-on showcases from the platforms, hardware, and services powering enterprise XR and AI deployments today.
Curated Networking
Structured access to VP and Director-level buyers, solution providers, and technology partners driving real procurement decisions — including a sponsored Happy Hour and Speed Networking session.
Who Attends
Enterprise technology and innovation leaders (VP/Director level)
Operations, facilities, and workforce training executives
XR and AI platform and solution providers
Systems integrators and technology consultants
Investors and strategic partners in the enterprise tech stack
Procurement and IT decision-makers actively evaluating deployments
A curated audience of ~175 senior professionals
Why Attend
The enterprise transformation is no longer on the roadmap — it’s in production.
Over 70% of Fortune 500 companies are actively piloting or deploying XR and AI in core operations. The gap between early movers and late adopters is widening fast. The leaders who align now — with the right peers, proven tools, and real case studies — will define how their industries operate for the next decade.
This is not a conference about what’s possible. It’s about what’s working.
AGENDA: IMMERSIVE GLOBAL SUMMIT 2026
DAY 1 | APRIL 14, 2026
9:00–10:30 AM
Registration, Coffee & Expo Hall Opens
Badge pickup, welcome packets, lanyards.
Expo Floor
10:30–10:40 AM Opening Remarks
Nathan Pettyjohn — President, VRARA & AAIA
Dan Setterby — Associate Director, Technical Product Management, Verizon Innovation Labs
Main Stage
10:40–11:05 AM [XR] Keynote 1 — Immersive Displays: Enhancing Workflows Through Spatial Interaction ★ SPONSORED
Jochem Taminiau — Chief Marketing Officer, Leia Inc / Immersity
Main Stage
11:10–11:35 AM [XR] AI at the Edge: Wearables, 5G, and the Intelligent Enterprise
A cross-industry conversation on what happens when on-device AI meets enterprise connectivity. Qualcomm anchors the silicon and platform side; we bring in a voice from the Verizon Innovation team on the 5G infrastructure angle, and an enterprise deployer to ground it in real outcomes.
Ben Stein — XR ISV Partnerships, Qualcomm
Amir Khorram — Global Head of Enterprise, XREAL
Dan McDowell — Director, Business Development, HTC VIVE
Main Stage
11:40 AM–12:00 PM [XR + AI] XR + AI
Session Description Coming
Lucky Lance Gogindram — President & SVP Global Sales, Kinemeric
Ash Gobindram - CEO, Kinemeric
12:00–1:00 PM Lunch Break and — Expo Floor Open
1:00–2:00 PM Expo Hour — Hands-On Demos & Discovery
Dedicated structured floor time. Active demos across all exhibitors. Pico/VR Expert NDA Room sessions running. Speed Networking (if sponsored): 1:00–1:50 PM.
Exhibitor staff — all booths active; Pico/VR Expert NDA Room sessions running
2:00–2:40 PM [AI] Smart Glasses, Why Now?
Smart glasses are rapidly moving from concept demos to real-world deployments. This panel brings together leaders from Meta, Deutsche Telekom, and emerging innovators to discuss what smart glasses actually are, why the timing is different now (driven by AI, context, and interface shifts), the divide between consumer promise and enterprise reality, and what will realistically ship and scale in the next 6–18 months.
Edgar Auslander — Meta
Tom Suarez — Raven Resonance
Terry Schussler — Deutsche Telekom
Jason Marsh — Flow Immersive
Jon Li (Moderator) — Founder & President, Ascentio
2:00–2:40 PM [AI] Agentic AI in Operations: From Copilots to Autonomous Workflows
Moving beyond AI assistants to autonomous systems. Governance models, integration realities, and ROI evidence behind agentic deployments across logistics, field ops, and enterprise platforms.
Siyuan Dai — Open Innovation Manager, Hyundai CRADLE
Tapan Pattnayak — Distinguished Scientist, Addverb
Joe Ciarallo — Head of Communications, Synthesia
Monica Arés — Director, Content Transformation, Worldwide Learning, Microsoft
2:50–3:30 PM
[AI] The Convergence of XR and Robotics: Sim2Real and Beyond
You can't safely train a physical robot in the real world without breaking things. This session bridges the gap between the XR community and the robotics industry, detailing how virtual environments are the ultimate training ground for physical AI — covering Sim2Real methodologies, physics-grounded world models, and teleoperation data pipelines for robotic manipulation.
Ryan Wang — General Partner, Solaris Venture Partners
Nima Zeighami — REK
Michael Gold — SVA / DepthMap
Tipatat Chennavasin — The VR Fund
2:50–3:30 PM [XR] Wired to Learn: XR, Biosensing, and the Science of Training Across Industries
What if your training environment could measure whether someone was actually ready, before they were put in a high-stakes situation? Drawing on cutting-edge research in neuroscience, biosensing, and immersive technology, this panel examines how XR is transforming training across healthcare, energy, and enterprise, and why monitoring cognitive load may be the key to unlocking its full potential.
Walter Greenleaf — Neuroscientist, Virtual Reality & Digital Health Expert, Stanford University
Inga Petryaevskaya — Founder & CEO, ShapesXR
Scott Montgomerie — CEO, Scope AR
3:40–4:15 PM [XR] Enterprise XR Hardware in 2026: Real Deployments, Real Lessons
Dax Leepart — Senior Director, Robotics | Healthcare | Employee Training, Pico/ByteDance
VR Expert Representative
Breakout Room
4:15–4:30 PM
Day 1 Wrap Up
Nathan Pettyjohn — President, VRARA & AAIA
4:30 PM Offsite Happy Hour — Open Networking at The Crossing
Open to the public. VIP/Full Conference: F&B included. General public: cash bar. No structured programming.
Open to All Ticket Holders | VIP includes food and beverage vouchers
Venue The Crossing - 1 Block from Verizon Innovation Lab
DAY 2 | APRIL 15, 2026
10:00–11:00 AM Registration, Coffee & Expo Hall Opens
Day 2 badge pickup, all booths active, Pico/VR Expert NDA Room open
Expo Floor
11:00–11:10 AM Opening Remarks
Nathan Pettyjohn — President, VRARA & AAIA
Dan Setterby — Associate Director, Technical Product Management, Verizon Innovation Labs
11:10–11:40 AM [AI] Keynote — More Than Meets the Eye: NVIDIA RTX-Accelerated Computers Connect to Apple Vision Pro
NVIDIA and Apple's collaboration brings native integration of NVIDIA CloudXR 6.0 to visionOS, securely delivering NVIDIA RTX-powered simulators and professional 3D graphics applications — like Immersive for Autodesk VRED on Innoactive's XR streaming solutions — to Apple Vision Pro.
Belgin Caglar — NVIDIA
11:40 AM–12:00 PM [XR] Deploying Robotics, When?
Robotics is entering a new phase driven by advances in AI, perception, and real-world autonomy — but enterprise adoption still faces a critical question: What can robots reliably do today and where do they deliver ROI? This panel brings together founders and investors at the forefront of AI-driven robotics to discuss real-world deployments in logistics, delivery, inspection, and service robotics; the shift from scripted automation to AI-driven adaptability; and what will realistically ship and scale in the next 1 to 2 years.
David Schulhof — Toborlife AI
Evan Tao — Chestnut Robotics
Tom Zhang — iMotionRobotics
Victor Suen — Investor, Fourier Intelligence
Jon Li (Moderator) — Founder & President, Ascentio
12:00–1:00 PM Lunch — Expo Floor Open (Lunch on own, nearby, VIP Tickets get food voucher.
1:00–2:00 PM Expo Hour — Final Demos & Discovery
Expo Floor
2:00–2:40 PM [XR + AI] The Spatial Computing Stack: How Enterprise XR Is Being Built and Deployed
A look at the hardware and software layers enabling enterprise XR at scale: from Snapdragon platforms and the Android XR platform to the ISV and solution ecosystem being built on top of it. Qualcomm joins fellow ecosystem partners Pico and XREAL on stage, giving the audience a full-stack view of how enterprise spatial computing is coming together. Manufacturers, logistics leaders, and DOD primes in the audience are actively evaluating hardware decisions — this session speaks directly to that.
Ivana Jelic — Founder & CEO, Sophia Spatial AI
Ben Marisco — Vice President, Belcan
Ben Stein / Sahil Bansal — Qualcomm
Main Stage
2:00–2:40 PM [XR] Technical Breakout — Deploying Light Field AI in Enterprise Environments
Demo-forward technical deep-dive for developers, solutions architects, and technical evaluators. Real integration paths, architecture decisions, and enterprise deployment patterns for light field AI.
Jochem Taminiau — Chief Marketing Officer, Leia Inc / Immersity
Leia Inc Technical Team (TBD)
Breakout Room
2:40–2:50 PM Transition — Expo Floor Open
2:50–3:30 PM [XR + AI] Panel — Designing for the Human: What XR + AI Det Wrong and How to Fix It
Most XR and AI enterprise deployments don't fail because of the technology — they fail because of the people. This session examines real patterns from failed enterprise deployments to uncover where design thinking breaks down and what separates genuinely transformative implementations from expensive shelfware. Walk away with actionable principles for putting the human experience at the center of your XR and AI strategy.
Nicole Lazzaro — Founder & President, XEO Design
Gaurav Sharma – EVP, Product Engineering Ops, Transfr
Shalini Gopalkrishnan — AI Strategist, SFB University
Main Stage
2:50–3:30 PM [XR] Technical Breakout — Pico Enterprise XR: Deployment Scenarios, Customer Outcomes & Hands-On Hardware
Demo-forward format with hardware in attendees' hands. Pico presents real deployment scenarios, customer outcomes, and device management at scale. Q&A throughout.
Dax Leepart — Senior Director, Robotics | Healthcare | Employee Training, Pico/ByteDance
Customer Case Study
Breakout Room
3:30–3:40 PM Transition — Expo Floor Open
3:40–4:20 PM [XR + AI] Spatial AI: When XR and Intelligence Become One Platform
XR and AI are no longer parallel tracks — they're converging into a single spatial intelligence layer that understands, responds to, and augments the physical world in real time. This session examines what that convergence means in practice: the architectural decisions enterprises need to make now, the commercial opportunities taking shape, and the human factors that will determine whether deployments succeed or stall.
Kurt Scheuringer — Principal Spatial Computing Prototyping Architect, Emerging Technology, AWS
Brian Nevinsky — Technical Fellow, Applied AI & Spatial Computing, Lockheed Martin
Dijam Panigrahi — Co-Founder & COO, GridRaster
Jon Senega — Sr. Director of Digital Twins, ARM
Main Stage
4:20–4:50 PM [AI] Fireside Chat — What Enterprise AI Readiness Actually Looks Like in 2026
In this candid session, we'll hear from two of the most active corners of enterprise AI — hardware infrastructure and foundation models. They'll share what genuine readiness looks like on the ground: from data governance gaps and compute constraints to change management and workforce enablement. What enterprises are getting right, where they're still struggling, and what a realistic AI maturity roadmap looks like for large organizations today.
Merlin Yamssi — Generative AI Lead, Google Gemini
Chuck Thota — AI Product Strategy, Lenovo
Nathan Pettyjohn (Moderator) — President, VRARA & AAIA
Main Stage
4:50–5:00 PM Closing Remarks & IGS Series Preview
Nathan Pettyjohn — President, VRARA & AAIA
Main Stage
Schedule subject to change
*VRARA and AAIA members: Check your member benefits for complimentary and discounted tickets.
📍 Verizon Innovation Lab, San Francisco, CA 📅 April 14–15, 2026
Day 1: 9:00 AM – 6:30 PM PT (off-Site Happy Hour & Networking 4:30–6:30 PM)
Day 2: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM PT
-> To inquire about sponsoring, demoing, or keynoting:
View the IGS 2026 Prospectus Canva document here
Check out our marketing website -> www.immerseglobalsummit.com
Contact re sponsorship:
Leslie Rosa, Business Development Manager: [email protected]
Nathan Pettyjohn, President: [email protected]
Venue information:
(Nearby hotels, restaurants, parking, etc.) -> SF Verizon Innovation Lab Welcome Packet
> Preferred Hotel: Hotel Griffon Discount link to book