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Summit Agenda 19 October 2023

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​19 October:
Summit & Awards
Opening Plenary:
  • ​​8:00 - 8:55am Coffees, Croissants and Conversations
  • ​​8:55 - 9:05am Welcome Comments by Organiser: Thom Barnhardt
  • 9:05 - 9:30am  Opening Keynote: How Blockchain, AI and the Metaverse form the Magic Triangle that drives opportunity and growth. 
    • Dirk Lueth, Co-Founder and Co-CEO, Uplandme, Inc.
Stage 1 - Panels, Keynotes and Presentations:
9:30 - 10:00am  Digital-Twins: From Industrial to consumer Metaverse: How Unity sees the future of digital twins.

Speaker:
  • Henning Linn, Global Director Solutions Engineering,, Unity
  • With over 20 years of experience, Henning is a veteran in industrial use cases around VR/AR/XR technology, and is a crucial driver of Unity’s strategy for the industrial market segment.
Stage 2: Showcase Presentations, and Demo's
​9:30 - 10:00am  Nominations Showcase Presentations
(limited to 13)
Business Models, USPs, Management teams, etc.
​(8-10 minutes per company)
  • Presentation #1 - Pre-reserved:
  • Presentation #2 - Pre-reserved:
  • Presentation #3 - tba:
10:00 - 10:45am "Enterprise and Industrial Metaverse:
How Metaverse/Web3 initiatives are driving ROI in traditional industries"
Siemens CEO Roland Busch and NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang disclosed a groundbreaking partnership between the two companies. Siemens as a leader in industrial automation and software, infrastructure, building technology and transportation and NVIDIA, a pioneer in accelerated graphics and artificial intelligence (AI), will work together to build the Industrial Metaverse.

In this this session, we'll take a deeper-dive into the details, and the opportunities for companies to partner with Siemens.

Presentation:
​10:00 - 10:45am  Nominations Showcase Presentations 
(Business Models, USPs, Management teams, etc.)
​(8-10 minutes/company)
  • Presentation #4 - Pre-reserved:
  • Presentation #5 - tba:
  • Presentation #6 - tba:
  • Presentation #7 - tba:

10:45- 11:15am  Coffees and Conversations
11:15 - 11:45am  Sports: How Sports Brands and Team Franchises are leveraging growth opportunities. 


  • Ryan McCumber, Founder, SportsTech.ai. SportsTech.ai Advisors are global consultants to the emerging Sports Tech, Innovation and Analytics sector with a focus on Fan Experience, Artificial Intelligence, Immersive Technologies AR/VR NFTs and League Scheduling.
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​11:15 - 11:45am  Nominations Showcase Presentations 
(Business Models, USPs, Management teams, etc.)
​(8-10 minutes/company)
  • Presentation #8 - tba:
  • Presentation #9 - tba:
  • Presentation #10 - tba:
11:45 - 12:15 Anatomy of a Partnership - Panel I:
Global brands are doing deals with young Metaverse/Web3 companies to accelerate their growth and extend their footprint. We'll look at 5 deals (in 2 panels).
  • ​Journee: An inside look at how these Partnerships work.
    • Thomas Lorenz, Co-Founder and CEO, Journee
    • Clinique Virtual Lab
    • H&M Virtual Showroom
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12:15 - 12:30 "Scaling up and Accelerating your VR initiative: overcoming the short-term mindset"

  • ​Eric Chevallet, Head of Immersive Lab, leading product strategy & product development for VR experiences
    BearingPoint (Paris)
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch and Conversations
​13:30 - 13:55  Post-lunch Keynoter:

  • tba
14:00 - 14:25 "Financial Flows into Metaverse & Web3 Companies:
Summarizing and analyzing 10 recent VC or CVC deals - and lessons-learned for fast-growing Metaverse/Web3 companies.
Thom Barnhardt, Organizer, European, American and
Asian Metaverse Summits & Awards. 
With research assistance from Crunchbase, Sifted,etc.
​14:00 - 14:30pm  Nominations Showcase Presentations 
(Business Models, USPs, Management teams, etc.)
​(8-10 minutes/company)
  • Presentation #11- tba:
  • Presentation #12 - tba:
  • Presentation #13 - tba:
14:30 - 14:55 Digital Fashion and Phygital:
How pure-play digital-only fashion can disrupt entrenched brands; and how big brands are leveraging "phygital" to grow their labels.
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  • Natalia Modenova, Founder, DRESSX. DRESSX is a fashion startup that offers digital-only collections from brands and 3D designers, and partners with various digital platforms.  The company raised $15 million in March 2023 to fuel its further expansion.
  • tba
15:00 - 15:25  Anatomy of a Partnership - Panel II:
Global brands are doing deals with young Metaverse/Web3 companies to accelerate their growth and extend their footprint. We'll look at 5 deals (in 2 panels).

Moderator: 

Panelists:
  • tba
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15:30 - 16:15 
Closing "Fireside Chat" with Sebastien Borget,Co-Founder & COO, The Sandbox.
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The Awards:
2nd annual European Metaverse Awards
18:30 - 19:45  Cocktails Reception and VIP Networking 
19:45 - 21:00  European Metaverse Awards Gala  
(Seated dinner with Corporate Branded Tables of 10).
21:00 - 23:30  Celebrations, networking, tastings of fine wines from southern Germany