The Futurists Panel is a highlight each year that brings together a diverse set of speakers to talk about what’s next and why in the world of future computing.

As consumer device capabilities increase, the demand on services to deliver higher quality with greater resolution with the lowest latency is increasing.  The demand is growing faster than the adoption necessary by next generation technologies to ultimately deliver.  With so many opportunities to improve user experience, it’s important to understand what areas of investment will offer the greatest benefit. In this talk, you will learn why software performance and bitrate optimization are the two most important factors for delivering advanced entertainment services. We’ll introduce cutting edge approaches that are in the market today and able to increase video encoding software performance by a factor of two, and reduce bitrate of all cloud gaming and immersive entertainment streams by as much as 50%.

Trolls, toxicity, and bad actors contribute to a growing problem in video games, online communities and social media.

With new market growth potential being introduced by the Client-to-Cloud Revolution, these behaviors will grow and become more difficult to identify as community sizes increase.

Spirit AI specializes in developing artificial intelligence algorithms that automatically identify and monitor harmful, hurtful, and illegal behavior in online discussions. Peter will share more insights on the problem and what can be done to help stop it.

The next era of computing and immersive technology is going to leveraged by a collaborative mix of high bandwidth technologies like 5G mixed with AI, XR, client-to-cloud and edge compute resources. Together, this will enable the next generation of integrated products and services and change the way we think of and measure our computing experiences.

Join Vinay Narayan, Vice President of HTC VIVE Platform Strategy and Developer Community, as he gets down to why he is excited by this paradigm shift in how our immersive experiences will be delivered to us, what this means for future developments on the horizon, and what industry building blocks are necessary for this vision to succeed.

A Behind the Scenes Look at How the Client-to-Cloud Revolution is influencing the creative process.

It has been suggested that the Client-to-Cloud Revolution is going to open the door for new types of content and experiences that were previously impossible if not impractical. This session will talk about how the content creation and thinking process may change and expand with the advent of this next era in computing.

The Client-to-Cloud Revolution is going to need more than great ideas and infrastructure to work.  It’s also going to need early adopters and innovators and the investment capital to support it.  This panel discussion will talk about the economic ramifications of the Client-to-Cloud Revolution and what this means for entrepreneurs and investors in the space.

While video games are being highlighted in the Client-to-Cloud Revolution through technologies like cloud streaming, the opportunities go well beyond being able to play games on the go. Opportunities in the space will be discussed in detail.

A major benefit of the Client-to-Cloud Revolution is it’s an enabler for those that wouldn’t otherwise have access to modern computing. To further this, cryptocurrency and blockchain infrastructures are opening the possibility for common rights and abilities in developing countries that are easily taken for granted elsewhere. The benefits of crypto and blockchain will be discussed along with their fit in the client-to-cloud revolution.