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IFCS: Networking Meals
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Registration, Breakfast

IFCS: Immersive Technology
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HOW 5G IS POWERING THE NEXT EVOLUTION OF IMMERSIVE TECHNOLOGY
Vinay Narayan, VP, HTC Vive

IFCS: Immersive Technology
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ENABLING AN IMMERSIVE WORLD

SPEAKERS

Kevin Krewel, Tirias Research (Moderator)
Alex Hornstein, CTO, Looking Glass Factory
Rama Krishna Aravind, CEO, Poco Loco Amusements
Vinay Narayan, VP, HTC Vive

IFCS: Business in the Client-to-Cloud Revolution
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DEMOCRATIZING 3D CONTENT CREATION FOR E-COMMERCE

SPEAKER

Stefan Holzer, CTO, Fyusion

IFCS: Business in the Client-to-Cloud Revolution
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CLIENT-TO-CLOUD IN ARCHITECTURE

SPEAKER

Dominique Pouliquen, CEO, Cintoo

IFCS: Immersive Technology
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BUILDING ROI IN THE MAGICVERSE

SPEAKER

Mark Morrison, Director of Sales, Magic Leap

IFCS: Networking Meals
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Networking Lunch

IFCS: AI and Machine Learning
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THE CRYPTO AND BLOCKCHAIN MARKETS

SPEAKER

Bebo White, Stanford University
Melissa Brown, Ultra

Opening Sessions
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Welcome to the International Future Computing Summit
What the Future of Computing Could Look Like

Over the course of decades, computing has evolved in nearly every respect: ability, horsepower, connectivity, portability, and immersion. Dr. Jon Peddie will share his insights on what the next era of computing could look like and why.

Speaker

Dr. Jon Peddie, CEO, Jon Peddie Research

Opening Sessions
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The Project CORA Vision Paper

Project CORA (Create Once Reach All) is the proposal to enable a single piece of content to run on many client devices from a single workflow and build process. It can take advantage of the capabilities of each client device, and support a client, cloud, and hybrid client-cloud workload balanced compute ecosystem.

The session will begin with an analysis of where the ecosystem is today along with a summary of some of its core challenges. This will be followed by a proposal for Project CORA along with a first-attempt birds eye view of a potential framework. TIFCA welcomes the industry to contribute to Project CORA through participation, framework engineering, and bold new ideas.

Speakers

Neil Schneider, Executive Director, TIFCA
Marius Varga, Teaching and Research Associate, University of Plymouth

IFCS: Wider Ecosystem Coverage
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TWO LEADING FACTORS FOR DELIVERING CLIENT TO CLOUD EXPERIENCES

SPEAKER

Eli Lubitch, President, Beamr

IFCS: Wider Ecosystem Coverage
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Quantum Computing

SPEAKER

Professor Bebo White, Stanford

Cross-Platform Sessions
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TOOLS & WORKFLOWS

When discussing cross-platform, it's important to acknowledge the process and challenges that tools and technology makers go through to help enable the ecosystem with the latest innovations. This series of discussions tells the story of some of these tools and technologies in a cross-platform world.

Speakers

MODERATOR: Neil Schneider, TIFCA

Chris Hall, Director of Software Development, Advanced Micro Devices
Dr. Reuven Bakalash, CEO, Adshir
Steve Brightfield, Chief Marketing Officer, Siliconarts

IFCS: Entertainment
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HURDLES THE VISUAL EFFECTS INDUSTRY IS OVERCOMING TO ENHANCE CLOUD ADOPTION

SPEAKER

Mathieu Mazerolle, Senior Product Manager of Athera, Foundry

Cross-Platform Sessions
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Innovations in Cross-Platform Support

The next era of computing will enable a world of any place, any time, and any device user experiences that are delivered through a create-once reach-all approach. While this is an ambitious future-thinking vision, we are beginning to see real evidence of this next era of computing.

This panel features innovators that are changing the way content and applications are created, processed and distributed, with some innovations being readily available TODAY.

Speakers

Jarl Ostensen, Vice-President Technology, Polystream
Dr. Max Limper, CEO and Co-Founder,Darmstadt Graphics Group
Jeremy Alessi, CEO, StreamSDK

IFCS: Networking Meals
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Networking Coffee Break

Cross-Platform Sessions
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Open Standards and Infrastructure

For something to truly be a new computing era, it requires far more than one or more innovative products. It needs a vibrant community of partners and competitors working towards a strong ecosystem to live in. This ecosystem includes standards, platforms, intellectual property, a rule of law, and a desire to be far more than what any one organization can be on its own.

This discussion focuses on leading standards and ecosystem drivers contributing to our developing cross-platform world.

Speakers

Neil Trevett, President, The Khronos Group
Jeff McVeigh, VP and GM, Visual Computing Products, Intel

IFCS: Entertainment
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VIDEO GAMES IN THE CLIENT TO CLOUD REVOLUTION

SPEAKER

Nick Thomas, VP Commercial Partnerships, Hatch Entertainment
Kevin Robertson, Head of Business Development, AccelByte
Jen Maclean, Head of Worldwide Bus. Dev, Game Tech, Amazon Web Services
Bill Rehbock, Content Partnerships, Blade Group / Shadow

Cross-Platform Sessions
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Industry Cross-Section: Infrastructure

The future of cross-platform is expected to become even more exciting and complex than it is today. This panel brings together a cross section of leading experts on infrastructure that should be considered in a future cross-platform world.
SPEAKERS

MODERATOR: Neil Schneider, TIFCA

Lynn Comp, Vice-President, Data Center Group; General Manager Visual Infrastructure Division and NPG Strategy, Intel Corporation
Terence Ng, Head of Global Software Services, Lenovo
Bebo White, Department Associate (Emeritus) SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University
Eli Lubitch, President, Beamr
Richard Huddy, Chief Gaming Developer Relations Manager, Huawei

IFCS: Business in the Client-to-Cloud Revolution
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THE NEW ECONOMY

SPEAKER

Andrew Schmied, Principal, Maychirch
Tipatat Chennavasin, General Partner, The Venture Reality Fund
Ernestine Fu, Venture Partner, Alsop Louie Partners
Christopher Croteau, Executive in Residence, Intel Capital
Maddie Callander, Vice-President Accelerator & Portfolio, Boost VC

Cross-Platform Sessions
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Analysts Corner

This panel will provide a birds eye view of content development, technology, and infrastructure in the client-cloud ecosystem.

SPEAKERS

MODERATOR: Kevin Williams, CEO, The Stinger Report

Thomas Poppelgaard, CEO, Poppelgaard
Wanda Meloni, CEO, M2 Insights
Ben Delaney, CEO, Immersive Edge Advisors

IFCS: This is the End and the Beginning
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Final Remarks, Conclusion of the International Future Computing Summit

Cross-Platform Sessions
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Content Development in a Cross-Platform World

The words cross-platform are heavily invested in compute models, operating systems, and choice of game engine and software platform. This panel gathers different viewpoints of what the future has in store for cross-platform.

SPEAKERS

MODERATOR: Andrew Schmied, M2 Insights

Bill Fishkin, CEO, Theia Interactive
Ryan McCall, Director Global Sales & Marketing, UL
Mark Morrison, CEO, ShowSpace Technologies

Conclusion
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THE NEXT STEPS

To round out the sessions, The International Future Computing Association will share some of its strategies and plans for 2021.