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 Microsoft, Google, NVIDIA, Adobe, AWS, Lenovo, Lockheed Martin, Walmart, Hyundai CRADLE, Leai Inc., Qualcomm, DELL, 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, Chestnut Robotics, ADDVERB and more speakers are being added. Full speaker list below.
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.
Full Speaker List:
Nathan Pettyjohn, Founder & President, VRARA & AAIA
Dan Setterby, Associate Director Technical Product Management, Verizon Innovation Labs
Belgin Caglar, Senior Manager XR Product Marketing & Healthcare Life Sciences, NVIDIA
Greg Barbone, Senior Manager XR Product Management and Partnerships, NVIDIA
Jochem Taminiau, Chief Marketing Officer, Leia Inc / Immersity
Michael Tanzillo, Head of 3D Tech Artists & Solution Consultants, Adobe
Merlin Yamssi, Lead Partner Technical Architect, AI/ML, Google Gemini
Ed Soo Hoo, CTO Worldwide Global Accounts, Lenovo
Ben Stein, XR ISV Partnerships, Qualcomm
Lucky Lance Gobindram, President & SVP Global Sales, Kinemeric
Andrew Kelley, EVP Creative & Design, Kinemeric
Ash Gobindram, CEO, Kinemeric
Ivana Jelic, Founder & CEO, Sophia Spatial AI
Kurt Scheuringer, Principal Spatial Computing Prototyping Architect, AWS
Walter Greenleaf, Neuroscientist Virtual Reality and Digital Health Expert, Stanford University
Monica Arés, Director Content Transformation Worldwide Learning, Microsoft
Ryan Wang, General Partner, Solaris Venture Partners
Brian Nevinsky, Technical Fellow, Lockheed Martin
Dijam Panigrahi, Co-Founder & COO, GridRaster
Nicole Lazzaro, Founder & President, XEO Design
Dan McDowell, Director Business Development, HTC VIVE
Cory Heizenrader, CEO, Education XR
Dax Leepart, Senior Director Robotics Healthcare & Employee Training, Pico/ByteDance
Siyuan Dai, Open Innovation Manager, Hyundai CRADLE
Amir Khorram, Global Head of Enterprise, XREAL
Shalini Gopalkrishnan, AI Strategist, San Francisco Bay University
Inga Petryaevskaya, Founder & CEO, ShapesXR
Joe Ciarallo, Head of Communications, Synthesia
Amy Hedrick, Founder & CEO, Cleanbox Technologies
Scott Montgomerie, CEO, Scope AR
Ben Marsico, Vice President of Product Engineering, Belcan
Tapan Pattnayak, Distinguished Scientist, Addverb
Edgar Auslander, Sr Director Partnerships, Meta
Jon Li, Founder & President, Asentio
David Schulhof, CEO, Toborlife AI
Jon Senegar, Director Product Management Digital Twins, ARM
Terry Schussler, Sr Director Next Gen Devices, Deutsche Telekom
Jason Marsh, Founder & CEO, Flow Immersive
Tom Suarez, Founder & CEO, Raven Resonance
Tom Zhang, Co-Founder, iMotion Robotics
Michael Gold, Managing Partner, Depth Map Ventures
Nima Zeighami, Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer, REK
Tipatat Chennavasin, Co-Founder & General Partner, The VR Fund
Evan Tao, CEO and Co-Founder, Chestnut Robotics
Victor Suen, VP Head of North America, Fourier Intelligence
Fiona Zhou, Chief Financial Officer, Play for Dream
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 Agenda — April 14, 2026 Verizon Innovation Lab, San Francisco
8:00 AM — Expo + Staff Load In
9:00 AM — Registration, Coffee & Expo Hall Opens. Badge pickup, lanyards, and hands-on demos across all exhibitor booths. Pico/VR Expert NDA Room open by invitation.
10:30 AM — Opening Remarks
Nathan Pettyjohn, President, VRARA & AAIA
Dan Setterby, Associate Director, Verizon Innovation Labs
10:40 AM — Keynote: Enhancing Workflows Through Spatial Interaction
Immersive displays are transforming enterprise workflows across design, collaboration, and communication. By introducing spatial interaction to everyday devices, digital content gains depth and context — making complex information easier to interpret and accelerating decision-making. This session highlights how teams are already applying these capabilities in real-world environments, and what's driving adoption across industries. It also examines how immersive displays integrate seamlessly into existing tools and workflows, enabling organizations to enhance productivity without disrupting how people work today.
Jochem Taminiau, CMO, Leia Inc / Immersity
11:10 AM — Panel: 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 with the 5G infrastructure angle, grounded in real enterprise deployment outcomes.
Ben Stein, Qualcomm
Amir Khorram, XREAL
Dan McDowell, HTC VIVE
Fiona Zhou, Play for Dream
11:40 AM — XR + AI Session
Lucky Lance Gobindram, Kinemeric
Andrew Kelley, Kinemeric
Ash Gobindram, Kinemeric
12:00 PM — Networking Lunch + Expo Floor Open Expo floor open.
Organic networking with no structured programming. Staff available to facilitate introductions.
1:00 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.
2:00 PM — Fireside Chat: What Enterprise AI and XR Readiness Actually Looks Like in 2026
In this candid session, we hear from two of the most active corners of enterprise AI — hardware infrastructure and foundation models. They share what genuine readiness looks like on the ground: from data governance gaps and compute constraints to change management and workforce enablement. We hear what enterprises are actually getting right, where they're still struggling, and what a realistic AI and XR maturity roadmap looks like for large organizations today.
Merlin Yamssi, Generative AI Lead, Google Gemini
Greg Barbone, Senior Manager XR Product Management, NVIDIA
Nathan Pettyjohn, Moderator, VRARA & AAIA
2:00 PM — Breakout: Deploying Light Field AI in Enterprise Environments
A 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, CMO, Leia Inc / Immersity
2:50 PM — Panel: 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. Key discussion points include the critical role of training, simulation, and synthetic data in building scalable robotic systems, as well as deep dives into Sim2Real methodologies, physics-grounded world models, and teleoperation data pipelines for robotic manipulation.
Ryan Wang, Solaris Venture Partners
Nima Zeighami, REK
Michael Gold, Depth Map Ventures
Tipatat Chennavasin, The VR Fund
2:50 PM — Breakout: Wired to Learn — XR, Biosensing, and the Science of Training
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, Stanford University
Inga Petryaevskaya, Founder & CEO, ShapesXR
Scott Montgomerie, CEO, Scope AR
Cory Heizenrader, CEO, Education XR
Jon Li, Moderator, Asentio
3:40 PM — Keynote: AI and the Human Perspective
As AI becomes more integrated into our daily lives, it's easy to lose sight of the human perspective. This session explores how we can consciously engage with AI — making ethical choices, fostering awareness of its impact, and taking deliberate action to ensure technology serves humanity, not the other way around.
Ed Soo Hoo, CTO Worldwide Global Accounts, Lenovo
3:40 PM — Breakout: Enterprise XR Hardware in 2026 — Real Deployments, Real Lessons
A demo-forward session covering real enterprise XR hardware deployments, lessons learned, and what's working at scale in 2026.
Dax Leepart, Senior Director, Pico/ByteDance
4:15 PM — Day 1 Wrap & Happy Hour Preview
Recap of Day 1 highlights. Thank you to sponsors and speakers. Preview of Day 2. Directions for offsite Happy Hour.
Nathan Pettyjohn, President, VRARA & AAIA
4:30 PM — Offsite Happy Hour & Open Networking
The Crossing at East Cut, San Francisco (5 min walk) Open to all. VIP and Full Conference: food & beverage included. General public: cash bar. No structured programming.
Day 2 Agenda — April 15, 2026 Verizon Innovation Lab, San Francisco
10:00 AM — Registration, Coffee & Expo Hall Opens Day 2 badge pickup.
All booths active. Pico/VR Expert NDA Room — Day 2 sessions by invitation. Final day to visit all exhibitor booths.
11:00 AM — Day 2 Welcome & Recap Day 1 recap and key takeaways.
Nathan Pettyjohn, President, VRARA & AAIA
Dan Setterby, Associate Director, Verizon Innovation Labs
11:10 AM — Keynote: More Than Meets the Eye
NVIDIA RTX Now Connects Directly 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, Senior Manager XR Product Marketing, NVIDIA
11:40 AM — Panel: 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; integration challenges around hardware reliability, autonomy, and human interaction; business models that work; where robotics is replacing labor vs. augmenting human workflows; and what will realistically ship and scale in the next one to two years.
David Schulhof, CEO, Toborlife AI
Evan Tao, CEO, Chestnut Robotics
Tom Zhang, Co-Founder, iMotion Robotics
Victor Suen, VP Head of North America, Fourier Intelligence
Jon Li, Moderator, Asentio
12:10 PM — Networking Lunch + Expo Floor Open
Final full lunch window at booths. Last chance to complete booth rounds.
1:00 PM — Expo Hour: Final Demos & Discovery Last structured open floor time.
Pico/VR Expert NDA Room — final sessions. Staff facilitating remaining buyer-to-exhibitor introductions.
2:00 PM — Panel: 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 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.
Ivana Jelic, Founder & CEO, Sophia Spatial AI
Ben Marsico, VP Product Engineering, Belcan
Ben Stein, Qualcomm
Devin Marble, ArborXR
Jon Li, Moderator, Asentio
2:00 PM — Breakout: 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 Worldwide Learning, Microsoft
Jon Li, Moderator, Asentio
2:50 PM — Panel: Designing for the Human — What XR + AI Deployments Get 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
Amy Hedrick, Founder & CEO, Cleanbox Technologies
Michael Tanzillo, Head of 3D Tech Artists & Solution Consultants, Adobe
Shalini Gopalkrishnan, AI Strategist, SFB University
2:50 PM — 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, Pico/ByteDance
3:40 PM — Panel: Smart Glasses, Why Now? S
Smart glasses are rapidly moving from concept demos to real-world deployments — but most enterprises are still trying to separate signal from noise. This panel brings together leaders from Meta, Deutsche Telekom, and emerging innovators to explore what smart glasses actually are and what they are not; why the timing is different now driven by AI, context, and interface shifts; the divide between consumer promise and enterprise reality; the role of AI assistants and contextual computing in driving real productivity; and what will realistically ship and scale in the next 6 to 18 months.
Edgar Auslander, Sr Director Partnerships, Meta
Tom Suarez, Founder & CEO, Raven Resonance
Terry Schussler, Sr Director Next Gen Devices, Deutsche Telekom
Jason Marsh, Founder & CEO, Flow Immersive
Jon Li, Moderator, Asentio
3:40 PM — Panel: 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.
Brian Nevinsky, Technical Fellow Applied AI & Spatial Computing, Lockheed Martin
Dijam Panigrahi, Co-Founder & COO, GridRaster
Jon Senegar, Sr Director of Digital Twins, ARM
Kurt Scheuringer, Moderator, Principal Spatial Computing Architect, AWS
4:20 PM — Fireside Chat: Enterprise AI Readiness in 2026 Details coming soon.
4:40 PM — Closing Remarks & IGS Series Preview Acknowledging all speakers and sponsors.
Highlighting key moments from both days. IGS Series preview: Orlando · Charlotte, · Los Angeles. Register for the next edition, join VRARA and AAIA, and connect on LinkedIn.
Nathan Pettyjohn, President, VRARA & AAIA
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