Augmented Enterprise Summit 2026 Agenda
October 13–15, 2026 · Atlanta, GA
7:30 AM – 8:55 AM
8:55 AM – 9:00 AM
9:00 AM – 9:25 AM
Opening Keynote - Let's Get Physical - Enterprise AI in the Real World (Niantic Spatial)
The vast majority of all global economic activity happens not in the cloud, but on the ground. In the real world, in physical space. For AI systems to make a difference in…
9:25 AM – 10:10 AM
(Panel) Preparing for AI, XR, and Digital Twins: A Roadmap for Successful Integration
“How do we actually get started, and what does it require from our data, systems, and teams?” In this session, enterprise adopters break down how to turn AI, XR, and…
10:10 AM – 10:35 AM
Case Study - LANDCROS AI Assist Pro: From Pilot to Production with Ramblr, NVIDIA, and Dell
In this session, Hitachi/LANDCROS shares a firsthand account of taking visual intelligence from pilot to production across heavy-equipment workflows, as well as its vision for bringing these capabilities to wearable…
10:35 AM – 11:35 AM
(Panel) A New Shared Reality: Redefining Design, Viz & Engagement with AI, XR & Digital Twins
AI, XR, and digital twins are reinventing the way we design, visualize, and interact with products, data, and the built world; while the spatial age is redefining customer experience as…
Case Study - From Drone to Twin: The Fast Path to Photorealistic 3D Models (Spexi)
Enterprises want photorealistic digital twins, but most pipelines stall out in pilots and point clouds. Spexi and Niantic Spatial’s drone-to-3D pipeline is already live at scale, turning real-world drone captures…
(Panel) Empowering the Workforce: AI & XR for Training, Remote Support, and Work Instructions
Training, remote support, and augmented work instructions are among the most widely adopted AI/XR use cases, but success requires redesigned workflows and sustained adoption. As organizations weigh return to office…
Case Study - From Prototype to Production: How Embodied AI Agents Drive Measurable Enterprise Performance in XR (Kinemeric)
In this session, Lucky Lance Gobindram and Ashwin Gobindram share how Kinemeric has taken embodied AI agents — their "Believable Humans" — from early prototypes into production-grade deployments inside enterprise…
12:45 PM – 2:00 PM
Case Study - From CAD to OpenUSD: Building Trek’s 3D Digital Bike Factory (Trek Bicycle)
Scaling high-quality 3D product content across a complex product catalog requires more than better asset creation. It requires a repeatable digital pipeline built on trusted product data. At Trek, we…
Case Study - Developing Immersive Experiences Within Digital Twins (Jacobs)
At Jacobs we have been thinking about Digital Twin experiences in new and innovative means. Our unique approach to client and project engagement provides the opportunity to implement advanced visualization,…
Case Study - Faster Decisions, Fewer Prototypes: How Mondelēz is Applying AR Across Global R&D Teams
Mondelēz International is exploring how emerging technologies can help accelerate product and packaging development, tackling one of the industry’s most stubborn bottlenecks: early packaging prototyping. In this case study, I’ll…
Case Study - The Store as a Spatial Operating System: Designing AI and XR Around the Retail Frontline (Macy’s)
Retail colleagues often have to step away from customers to find information across disconnected systems. AI and spatial computing can bring that intelligence directly into the environment where work happens.…
Case Study - Samsung Galaxy XR: What, Why and How
Join Samsung's Solutions Development team to review Galaxy XR and hear real world use cases.
Case Study - When AI Leaves Its Lane: How Technologies Mutate, Migrate, and Create Breakthrough Innovation (Coca-Cola)
Innovation accelerates when technologies escape the boundaries they were designed for. In an AI‑driven enterprise, ideas no longer stay in their original lanes—they mutate, migrate, and recombine in unexpected ways.…
Case Study - Evolution of XR Training at The Volvo Group
This talk will discuss the evolution of XR training initiatives at the Volvo Group, internal and external teams we have working on AR, VR, and Projected Reality use cases. We…
Case Study - Continuous Improvement That’s Finally Continuous (Squint)
Every industrial organization has tried to make CI continuous. But they all hit the same wall: not enough experts, not enough hours, not enough coverage. Squint's Industrial AI changes the…
3:40 PM – 4:20 PM
4:20 PM – 5:05 PM
(Panel) Return on Technology: Measuring the Success of AI, XR & Digital Twins
While many organizations have validated AI, XR, and digital twin use cases, translating early success into sustained investment - especially amid economic uncertainty and workforce upheaval - requires clear, defensible…
5:05 PM – 5:30 PM
Case Study - Finding 7,000 Needles: How AstraZeneca Scaled AR Wayfinding
Finding the right valve or sample port can feel like hunting for a needle in a haystack, until AR turns that haystack into a map. AstraZeneca built and scaled an…
5:30 PM – 5:55 PM
Case Study - Spatial Computing at Scale: Why Android XR Is Ready for Business
Spatial computing has evolved from experimental pilots into business operations, and Android XR delivers the open foundation enterprise IT requires. Android XR meets development teams where they already build, allowing…
5:55 PM – 6:00 PM
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Official Networking Cocktail Sponsored by Dell Technologies & NVIDIA
7:30 AM – 8:55 AM
8:55 AM – 9:00 AM
9:00 AM – 9:25 AM
Opening Keynote - From 3D projects to 3D programs: the infrastructure behind repeatable 3D (Unity)
Most industrial organizations have invested heavily in 3D but are still rebuilding it for every new use case. Assets get converted by hand, optimized for one target, then recreated when…
9:25 AM – 10:10 AM
(Panel) What Next? How to Advance AI/XR/Digital Twin Projects From Pilot to Production
Moving from a successful pilot to production deployment is where many AI, XR, and digital twin initiatives stall. In this session, industry leaders focus on the operational, technical, and organizational…
10:10 AM – 10:35 AM
Keynote - Step into the future of logistics with UPS - See How UPS is Designing the Logistics Network of the Future with RFID - Creating a Package with a Brain & Voice
Join us for an exciting and forward-looking event exploring how UPS is using RFID technology to transform global supply chains through greater visibility, automation, and real-time intelligence. Discover how UPS…
10:35 AM – 11:35 AM
Case Study – Immersive Design Reviews With Spatial Computing (RTX)
For more than a decade, Raytheon has practiced Immersive Design Reviews (IDR) for engineering and manufacturing, managing a continued evolution of deployed technology over the years. In each iteration of…
Case Study - Using XR Tech to Build the Cars of Tomorrow (General Motors)
Our presentation will discuss how we at General Motors Manufacturing Engineering leverage Immersive and XR technology to develop products faster, more efficiently, with less cost, and deliver safer production equipment…
Case Study - Augmenting Actual Reality at Gensler: Creative technology projects from my time in architecture, the years leading up to it, and the through-line between them.
Augmented reality was never a singular discipline. It's game engines and cinematography, sensors and interaction design, hardware, code and physical space all working in harmony. Translating between these fields is…
Case Study - Leveraging Technology for Skilled Trade (NAPA Auto Parts)
Creating content and platforms for skilled trade positions Utilizing AI to enhance jobs not replace Capture the power of partnerships Listen, capture, execute.... then go big
Case Study - Real-World Challenges, Without the Real-World Risk: Building an Enterprise VR Training Program for Working on the Railroad (MTA Metro-North Railroad)
Training the employees who operate one of the busiest commuter railroads in New York City comes with unique challenges. MTA Metro-North Railroad is using in-house-produced VR content and interactive 3D…
Case Study - From 10 Headsets to 10,000: Operationalizing Spatial Computing at Scale (Insight)
Proving the value of spatial computing in a controlled pilot is easy; deploying it across thousands of frontline workers, global facilities, and secure IT environments is where most enterprise initiatives…
12:50 PM – 2:00 PM
Case Study - Advancing BIM for Bridges: Kiewit’s Integrated Engineer-Contractor Perspective
Building Information Modeling (BIM) is reshaping infrastructure delivery. While BIM adoption in vertical construction is well established, its application to bridges is advancing rapidly as agencies and industry recognize its…
Case Study - Accelerating the Digital Thread with Unity Industry Solutions
Live showcase of how Unity Pipeline Automation, Asset Manager, and Version Control establish a governed digital thread for simulation-driven asset changeovers.
Case Study - Bringing Discipline to XR: Why the Industry Needs a Periodic Table (AtkinsRéalis)
The XR industry lacks a shared language for deciding what to deploy, where to deploy it, and how to scale it. Introducing the XR Periodic Table: a practical, lifecycle-based framework…
Case Study - Operationalizing the XR Stack: Building XR Training Programs That Scale (ForgeFX)
Many enterprise XR training initiatives succeed as pilots but struggle to become scalable, sustainable workforce programs. In this session, Greg Meyers, CEO and Co-Founder of ForgeFX Simulations, will break down…
Case Study - Enterprise VR: Can We Stop Being Alone Together? (ExxonMobil)
VR can put us in the same virtual world while pulling us out of the same real room. That “alone together” effect has plagued many of our VIP demos and may…
Case Study - Leveraging AI to Establish ROI (Alaska Airlines)
Goodbye guesswork, hello proof. Let AI do the math! This real-life session shows how everyday users can put AI to work finding insights, saving time, and turning “we think it’s…
Case Study - Beyond the Pilot: Scaling Shop Floor Augmented Reality Across Manufacturing Operations (Northrop Grumman)
Many enterprise XR initiatives succeed in pilots but stall before broader adoption. This session shares how Shop Floor Augmented Reality (SFAR) is being scaled beyond isolated use cases into a…
3:40 PM – 4:20 PM
4:20 PM – 5:05 PM
(Panel) Beyond Immersive: How AI is Reshaping Enterprise Today and Tomorrow
AI adoption has accelerated across nearly every enterprise function, but moving from experimentation to production-grade systems requires disciplined execution. In this panel, industry innovators share how they’re deploying AI today,…
5:05 PM – 5:30 PM
Case Study - Innovation in the Age of AI: Tinkering, Talent and Taste (Novartis)
Generative AI is an unprecedented technology: it changes fast, it scales fast, it is operated via natural language, and it is probabilistic rather than deterministic — with outputs we cannot…
5:30 PM – 5:55 PM
Case Study - The Last Mile of Connecting Workers - Audio (Smurfit Westrock)
We spend a lot of time providing tablets, smartphones and head-mounted devices to frontline workers for work instructions, training and reference materials. What we need to fully connect the deskless…
5:55 PM – 6:00 PM
8:00 AM – 9:25 AM
9:25 AM – 9:35 AM
9:35 AM – 10:20 AM
(Panel) Combining IT & OT: Creating & Deploying Digital Twins to Solve Real-World Problems
The convergence of 4D modeling, real-time data analysis, and advanced simulation has accelerated the evolution of digital twins, or synchronized virtual replicas of real-world assets, processes, people, and systems. In…
10:20 AM – 10:45 AM
Case Study - Using XR and digital twins to train teams, test decisions, and reduce risk before construction. (Gilbane)
Construction is one of the few industries where we’re still learning in real time—on the job, with real risk, real cost, and real consequences. What if we could simulate those…
10:45 AM – 11:10 AM
Case Study - The VR Market Has Shifted — So Has the Path to Scale (Johnson & Johnson MedTech)
The enterprise VR program path is well-worn by champions who ideate, pilot, and scale alongside a helpful VR vendor. But what happens when your program outgrows that vendor? When a…
Brad Scoggin
Thomas Gewecke
Mark Chabot
Sam Liu
Stacy Hall
Krystal DeVaughn
Isaac Jones
Muhammad Anwar
Lorna Jean Marcuzzo
Max Sikorski
Ramondo Robinson
Vijay Jeyabal
Katherine Meza
Brennan White
Mark Sage
Bill Lakeland
Stephanie Montgomery
Darryl Wright
Anna Bourdais
Preston Bosarge
Dawn Peterson
Brent Blas
Pablo Ortega
Lucky Lance Gobindram
Ashwin Gobindram
Andrew Kelley
Michael Hammond
Clayton Krause
Jim Kessler
Matt Tomlinson
Santosh Subramanyam
Cheri Malo
Christine Ladd
Keisha Nelson
Matthew Connors
Devin Bhushan
Anshel Sag
David Yin
Laura Kinkle
Brian Nevinsky
Bibhor Regmi
Brian Laughlin
Danny Allen
Hugo Swart
Sarah Lash
Bryan Bassett
Paul Davies
Malcolm Wallace
Randy Burnsworth
Balamurali Rengarajan
Dustin Sleight
Andy Hunt
Darryl Forbes
Jon Gurney Bell
James Cooper
Christopher Sullivan
Justin LeBreck
Dean Hu
Devin Riley
Jason Kohnert
David Glicksman
Matt Crumpton
Lorne Lieb
Luca Spensieri
Matt Fedorovich
Zhengzheng Jenny Fu
Katharine Gill
Marvin Johnson
Vedang Kulkarni
Daniel Baker
Greg Meyers
Casey Jolley
Janet Ann
Scott Burch
Roshan George
Alex Niakoulov
Austin Wilson
Christina Tong
Sabaita Mohsin
Nicola Smith
Kenney Crooks
Tejas Gajjar
Shashank Kadetotad
Chirag Agrawal
Xavier Hansen
Scott Burkey
Dijam Panigrahi
James P. Cooper
Ed Moore
Darin Bolthouse
Warren B. Smith
Kyle Beam
Stuart Drahota
Lucas Richmond
Sean Peterson
Purnendu Mukherjee
Kaushik Datta