Discussions will be focused on topics related to raising capital for VR developers and the technical challenges associated with creating VR content. There will be a series of intense roundtable discussions and keynotes, geared towards keeping the conversation at a deep level of expertise, with audience members listening and participating in Q&A at the end.
2017 Agenda
2017 VRTL Media Summit Agenda
Day 1
26 Apr 2017
8:00 am – 9:00 am
Registration
Guests arrive and check in. Networking in foyer and exhibit area.
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Welcome and Introductory Remarks
• Jim Gianopulos, Chairman & CEO, Paramount Pictures • Ned Sherman, Counsel & Director, Manatt Digital • Sunny Dhillon, Partner & Co-Founder, Signia Venture Partners
Jim Gianopulos
Ned Sherman
Sunny Dhillon
9:15 am - 9:45 am
Fireside chat with Robert Stromberg, Oscar winning visual effects producer on Avatar (& more)
Robert Stromberg, Founder + Chief Creative Officer, The Virtual Reality Company, Oscar winner, visual effects, Avatar Interviewer: Janko Roetggers, Senior Silicon Valley Correspondent at Variety
Robert Stromberg
Janko Roettgers
9:45 am - 10:15 am
Fireside Chat with Jesse Sisgold, President & COO, Skydance Media
Jesse Sisgold, President & Chief Operating Officer, Skydance Media Interviewer: Seth Shapiro, Governor, Television Academy
Jesse Sisgold
Seth Shapiro
10:15 am - 10:45 am
It’s In The Game: Challenges & Opportunities ahead for VR/AR gaming studios
PANELISTS • Ray Davis, ex GM of Unreal Engine, CEO, Drifter • Graeme Devine, Chief Game Wizard, Magic Leap • Chris Heatherly, EVP of Games & Digital Platforms, NBCUniversal •... Read More
Nick Tuosto
Graeme Devine
Jamil Moledina
Ray Davis
10:45 am - 11:10 am
11:10 am - 11:45 am
Virtual Hollywood: what are the major Hollywood Studios doing to embrace VR/AR?
PANELISTS • David Liu, Creative Director of Virtual Reality, Viacom NEXT • Peter Levin, President of Interactive Ventures & Games, Lionsgate • Vicki Dobbs Beck, Executive in Charge, ILMxLAB •... Read More
Vicki Dobbs Beck
Peter Levin
Josh Austin
David Liu
Ted Schilowitz
11:45 am - 12:10 pm
Making it Rain: What are Silicon Valley VC’s investing in?
PANELISTS • Niko Bonatsos, Managing Director, General Catalyst Partners • Matt Huang, Partner, Sequoia Capital • Amit Kumar, Partner, Accel • Amitt Mahajan, Managing Partner, Presence Capital & Co-founder of... Read More
Matt Huang
Niko Bonatsos
Amit Kumar
Anarghya Vardhana
12:10 pm - 12:45 pm
Fireside chat with David Alpert, Executive Producer of The Walking Dead, and Jon Goldman, Managing Partner, Skybound
• David Alpert, Executive Producer, The Walking Dead • Jon Goldman, Managing Partner, Skybound Interviewer: Chris Shoff, Partner, Latham & Watkins LLP
Chris Shoff
David Alpert
Jon Goldman
12:45 pm - 2:00 pm
2:00 pm - 2:15 pm
PANEL: VRcades: A Near Term Monetizable Channel in mixed reality location based entertainment
PANELISTS • Cliff Plumer, CEO, The Void • Shiraz Akmal, Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer, SPACES • Brent Bushnell, CEO, Two Bit Circus • Bruce Vaughn, CEO, Dreamscape Immersive VR •... Read More
Bruce Vaughn
Bei Yang
Doug Griffin
Brent Bushnell
Cliff Plumer
2:45 pm - 3:15 pm
Cinematic VR: new avenues for storytelling
PANELISTS • Nonny de la Pena, Founder & CEO, Emblematic Group • Peter Akemann, President, Skydance Interactive • Drew Larner, COO at Within (formerly VRSE) • Gil Baron, CEO, Mindshow... Read More
Drew Larner
Gil Baron
Ikrima Elhassan
Nonny de la Peña
Peter Akemann
3:15 pm- 3:45 pm
Fireside chat with Thomas Gewecke, Chief Digital Officer, Warner Bros.
Thomas Gewecke, Chief Digital Officer & EVP, Strategy and Business Development, Warner Bros. Entertainment Interviewer: Dawn Chmielewski, Contributor, USA Today & U.S. News & World Reports
Thomas Gewecke
Dawn Chmielewski
3:45 pm - 4:15 pm
If You Build It, They Will Come: Content Creation Tools – What Works & What Doesn’t?
PANELISTS • Tony Parisi, Head of VR and AR, Unity Technologies • Steve Raymond, CEO, 8i • Joe Michaels, Chief Revenue Officer, AxonVR • Zvi Greenstein, General Manager at NVIDIA... Read More
Mark Turner
Joe Michaels
Csilla Kozma Andersen
Zvi Greenstein
Ebbe Altberg
Tony Parisi
Steve Raymond
4:45 pm - 5:00 pm
A Word with Anders Grunnet-Jepsen, CTO & Dir. of Advanced Technology, Perceptual Computing Group, Intel.
Anders Grunnet-Jepsen, CTO & Dir. of Advanced Technology, Perceptual Computing Group, Intel Dr. Anders Grunnet-Jepsen will briefly present what Intel has been working on to provide users with new Merged... Read More
Anders Grunnet-Jepsen
5:00 pm - 5:30 pm
A Word from The VR Platforms Themselves
PANELISTS • Brenda Freeman, Chief Marketing Officer, Magic Leap • Aaron Luber, Head of Content Partnerships, Google VR Team • Rob Lister, Chief Development Officer, IMAX Corporation • Joel Breton,... Read More
Aaron Luber
Joel Breton
Brenda Freeman
Taylor Freeman
Rob Lister
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Cocktail Reception
Sponsored by Intel