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Addressing Homelessness and Addiction on Transit

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Avoiding the Pitfalls of Brand Wokeness

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Building Creator-First Policy for the Creator Economy

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Celebrity as Investor

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Cracking the Housing Affordability Code

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Data vs Instinct: Making Creative Decisions

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Democratizing Access to Commercial Space Travel

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Entry to Exit: Keys to Long-Term Cannabis Success

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Featured Session: Frances Haugen: The Facebook Whistleblower

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Featured Session: How He Built This: A Conversation with Podcast Creator Guy Raz

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Featured Session: Less Talk, More Tools for an Inclusive Workforce

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Featured Session: Pfizer’s Moonshot: The Story of the Race for the COVID-19 Vaccine

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Featured Session: Ted Lasso Strikes Back

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Featured Session: Using Data to Advance Racial Equity

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The First, The Few, The Only

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Founders in Gaming

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Funding the Global Energy Transition
Presented by:
Greater Houston Partnership

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Future Fashion: Physical Form's Challenge

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The Future of Culture & Regulated Cannabis

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The Holographic Reality of AR & Volumetric Video DEMO 2

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How No-Code is Democratizing Development

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Imposter Syndrom Meet Up

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Improving Equity for Women in Sports Media

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Innovating the Entertainment Experience With AR/VR

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Jonathan Greenblatt and Jeffrey Goldberg on Extreme Political Polarization

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Judaism and Psychedelics

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Making Equity Work, In Practice: Framework for DEI

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MicroFrontends and sharing code between apps

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Mindfulness: The Cornerstone of the Human Firewall
Presented by:
AMP Creative

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Music as a Tool for Healing

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A New Turing Test: Can AI Find a Missing Rabbit?

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Powering Collaboration: The Future of Aviation
Presented by:
Presented by Beacon | EmbraerX

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The Rise of Fake Data, and Why You Need It

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Sports Advertising & Sponsorship

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Texas Video Game Industry Meet Up

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Translating an Iconic Universe into a Video Game

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UK & Canadian XR Project Pitching Power Hour

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Vanguards of the Black Comics Revolution

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Where is my mind? Surviving Grief Meet Up

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Writing Your First Book: By Women of Color Authors

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11:00AM

Featured Session: GO BACK TO WHERE YOU CAME FROM!

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The Holographic Reality of AR & Volumetric Video DEMO 3

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The Art and Craft of a Captivating Title Sequence

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Art vs Wars: How Digital Storytelling Could Give Peace a Chance

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Best Latin American XR projects of Mediamorfosis

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The Black Agenda: A Conversation with Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman and Waj Ali

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Brazil Creative Economy Meet Up

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But, How Do I Raise Money For My Project?

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CANCELLED: ScanLAB Projects: Pointclouds as Art

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The Classroom of the Future for Music Creatives

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A Conversation with Labor Secretary Marty Walsh on the State of the American Workforce

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Dream Team: Corporates & Startups in ClimateTech
Presented by:
Greater Houston Partnership

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Ecocide Law: How 200 Words Might Save the Planet

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Empathy for A**holes: A How-To Workshop

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Envisioning a More Ethical Big Tech

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The Fact or Fiction of Brain Computer Interfaces

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Featured Session: 10 Non-Obvious Megatrends Shaping 2022 and Beyond

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Featured Session: Decades Not Days: Investing & Entrepreneurship

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Featured Session: Jonathan Van Ness & ALOK

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Featured Session: Move Over NFTs. Here Come the DAOs

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Featured Session: Omoiyari: Japanese American Identity in Cinema

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Female Filmmaker Meet Up

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Film Incentives for the Rest of Us: Lifting Voices
Presented by:
Media Services

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The Future of Fashion in the Metaverse

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Global Supply Chain Crisis: Implications for Startups

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Hearing More Than Meets the Eye: Design with Sound

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The High Stakes War for Internet Freedom

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How Hydrogen Vehicles Re-Invent Transportation

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Inclusive Technology and Digital Accessibility Meet Up

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Investing in the Future of Sports Content

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Investing in the Growth of the Cannabis Industry

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The Latina Power Pipeline

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Level Up! Bridging Gameplay and Advertising

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Leveraging Social Influence for Social Good

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Limitless: Upgrade Your Brain & Learn Faster

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Mentor Session: Aileen Horgan (Vanta)

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Mentor Session: Anderson Le (Hawaii International Film Festival)

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Mentor Session: Aurora Archer (The Opt-In)

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Mentor Session: David Meltzer (David Meltzer Enterprises)

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Mentor Session: Dr. Melissa Barker (The Phoenix Project)

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Mentor Session: Erika Dilday (American Documentary/POV)

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Mentor Session: Jimmy Cheng (Digital Domain)

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Mentor Session: Matthew Campbell (Denver Film)

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Mentor Session: Megumi Yoshinaga (SmartNews)

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Mentor Session: Walter Newman (Adult Swim)

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The Metaverse: Designing A New Global Paradigm

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Metaversing: Immersive Media, Tokenomics & Fans

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MLS: The Call Up

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Podcast

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Nationwide Cannabis Legalization: Are You Ready?

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Niche No More: Reinventing Healthcare for All

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NIL Athlete Partnerships: A Sports Agent's Perspective

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No Label, No Problem: Indie Artist Steps to Success
Presented by:
The European Union

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Personal Air Vehicles: What's Next?

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Resuscitating Van Gogh & Co

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Rewriting Cannabis Drug Testing Policies

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The Soul in Psychedelics Meet Up

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Speak for Yourself

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Sustainability for a Smart Universe
Presented by:
G'DAY USA | American Australian Association

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Treacherous: 5 Marketing Lies We All Believe

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What the “She-cession” Will Teach Us About Hiring
Presented by:
Indeed

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Your Brain on Stress: Race, Privilege & Belonging

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12:00PM

Featured Session: Trust Me I'm Famous: Ben McKenzie Questions Crypto

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Transforming Social Commerce: AR Beauty Tech & NFTs with Perfect Corp. and E.L.F. Cosmetics
Presented by:
Perfect Corp

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1:00PM

The Energy Revolution Starts at Home

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Future of Entertainment
Presented by:
G'DAY USA | American Australian Association

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KEYNOTE: Celine Tricart

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Mentor Session: Adam Rogers (Departure Lounge)

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Mentor Session: Brian Frager (Epic Games)

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Mentor Session: Jason Diamond (The Hidden Fortress / The Diamond Bros.)

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Mentor Session: Tiffany Kieran (The Virtual Wild)

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New Mobility Should Mean Equitable Mobility
Presented by:
Midwest House

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Tech Powering the Global Energy Transition
Presented by:
Greater Houston Partnership

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Python & Machine Learning: Build a Movie Recommendation Engine

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2:00PM

The Commercial Space Age Is Here
Presented by:
Greater Houston Partnership

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Featured Session: How We Get Hacked and What Can We Do To Stop It?

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The Holographic Reality of AR & Volumetric Video DEMO 4

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Accessibility, Inclusion and Equity Beyond the Web

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The Anatomy of an Authentic Brand

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And They Said Launching a Sports League is Crazy

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Broadband: The Road to Connected Communities

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The Business of XR: Selling a Volumetric Metaverse

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The Changing Face of New Mobility
Presented by:
Midwest House

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Competitive Womxn Athletes Meet Up

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Costa Rica: Visions of Sustainable Travel

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Courageous Creativity in a Digitally Native World
Presented by:
Hootsuite

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Creativity Enhanced: Documentary Tools For Smarter, More Accessible Storytelling

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The Evolving Language of Cannabis Equity

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Exploring Cannabinoids in the Future of Medicine

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Featured Session: Activating the Super Generation: Say No, Get More

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Featured Session: Birds Aren’t Real: How a Satirical Community Takes Flight

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Featured Session: Guerrilla Tactics & Asymmetric Political Activism

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Featured Session: The Kids in the Hall: Comedy Punks

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Friday Night Rights: Name, Image, Likeness

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The Future of Sex: As Told by Women

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The Future of Travel
Presented by:
G'DAY USA | American Australian Association

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The Future of Workspaces and the Metaverse

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Get Real: Black and White Leaders Talk Tech Talent

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Girls Just Want to Have Funds: Women in Finance

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Going Green at the Movies

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Hate Traffic? How to Achieve America’s Train Dream

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How Automation Will Power The Future of Work

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How People Talk and What It Means for Tech

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How to Be an Ally

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How to Succeed in Building Local & Regional Supply Chains

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How Vision Training is the “Secret Weapon” to Up Your Game

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ICYMI Live Show

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Is it Too Late? Climate Change as a Health Crisis

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The Language of Emotion: Designing for Engagement

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The Long Game of the Modern Acting Career

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Mentor Session: Adam Hootnick (Resonance Pictures)

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Mentor Session: Andrew Dinwiddie (New Georgia Project)

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Mentor Session: Angela Torres Camarena (ATC ENTERTAINMENT)

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Mentor Session: Augustine Frizzell

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Mentor Session: Brian Taylor

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Mentor Session: Bryan Poyser

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Mentor Session: Clay Liford (Well Tailored Films)

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Mentor Session: Dan Burgar (Frontier Collective, Shape, Vancouver VR/AR Association)

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Mentor Session: Guillermo Ochoa-Cronfel (The Cronfel Firm)

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Mentor Session: Helene Servillon (JourneyOne Ventures)

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Mentor Session: Laurie Cercone (CTAN)

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Mentor Session: Robert Byington (Lousy C LLC)

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Mentor Session: Yen Tan (Otto is the One)

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Mocap Streaming and Remote Dance Performance in VR

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Next-Gen Entertainment: The Metaverse and Music

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Partnering: Make Great Things Happen

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Perfecting Autonomous Food Delivery in U.S. States

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Pivoting Fearlessly: Startup to Global Enterprise

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Putting Open Data to Work at Scale

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Redefining the Mainstream: Indie Games in 2022 & Beyond

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Roadmap to an Equitable Energy Transition
Presented by:
Greater Houston Partnership

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Should I Get a Tattoo That Says Omnichannel?

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Small Agency: Connect and Collaborate! Meet Up

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A Sustainable Approach to Mobility for Everyone, Everywhere

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Ushering in a New Class of Disease-Modifying DTx

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Virtually Everything: The Future of Retail is 3D

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Welcome to the Underground Social Media Utopia

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We’re All Storytellers: Crafting Your Unique Story

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Women in Music: Educate, Empower, Advance! Meet Up

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Women in Tech Meet Up

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3:00PM

Featured Session: Examining The Way Down: God, Greed, and the Cult of Gwen Shamblin

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Game Changers: The Rise of Sports Tech
Presented by:
Greater Houston Partnership

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Play with the Power of Emotions in Design

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Unseen Cars - A Peek Inside a Car Designer’s Sketchbook
Presented by:
Porsche

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4:00PM

90 Minute Film School

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Artists Protecting Black Owned Venues & Spaces Meet Up

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Athlete Activism: Using Sport for Social Good

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Awaken: A Deep Dive into On the Morning You Wake

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Brandemonium: Daring Brands To Do Different & Win

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C’mon, Can Art Really Change the World?
Presented by:
the European Union

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Comics as Medicine: How Art and Design Can Heal

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The Creator Economy & Brands: How to Build Trust

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Disinformation: How Spies Can Help Find Truth

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Do Work You Love Without Burn Out (It's Possible)!

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Driving AV Technology Forward for Citizens

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Exploring the World with Gastro Obscura

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Fashion’s New Frontier: The Metaverse

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Featured Session: A Conversation With Michael Abels

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Featured Session: Making Virtual Storytelling and Activism Personal

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Featured Session: Meet the Women Dominating Sports Media

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Featured Session: Predicting the Future of Entertainment with Fireside

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Free Isn’t Always Free: The True Cost of Ad-Driven Services

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From Podcast to Television: Widening the Lens

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Gateway Drug for Social Change

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Global View: Weed on the World Stage

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Government Transformation Meet Up

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Hot Market: Navigating the Future of Korean Dramas

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How Do I Un-Remember This?

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How Streaming Drives Change in Sports Media

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The Intersection of Tech and Creativity
Presented by:
G'DAY USA | American Australian Association

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Investment in Women Sports

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Is the Internet Really Rotting?

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A Little Bit Culty Podcast Live

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Making The Transition To Game Development

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Mentor Session: Amy Elliott

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Mentor Session: Elle Schneider (Attention Soldier! Productions)

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Mentor Session: Ivete Lucas

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Mentor Session: Jeffrey Brown (Big Day Pictures)

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Mentor Session: Karen Bernstein (Bernstein Documentary)

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Mentor Session: Kathryn Cartini (Chloe Capital)

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Mentor Session: Lindsey Dryden (Little By Little Films)

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Mentor Session: Nse Ufot (The New Georgia Project)

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Mentor Session: Oliver Kemmann (KEMWEB)

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Mentor Session: Pamela Pavliscak (Pratt Institute)

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Mentor Session: Rashida Gayle (Twenty Six Entertainment)

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Mentor Session: Seema Mathur (Global Voice Productions)

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Mentor Session: Victoria Dominguez-Edington (Central Texas Angel Network)

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Mobile Gaming 2022: Everyone’s A Gamer Now

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Music In Games: The Future is Now

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A Peak Behind the Curtain at Filmmaking in Today's World

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Pet Tech and the Changing Pet-Owner Relationship

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A Real Public Health Epidemic? Gun Violence

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Re-inventing Live Events for a Post-Covid World
Presented by:
Eventbase

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Revolutionizing Health Care: Fusing Data & Analytics with Human-Centered Design
Presented by:
Optum

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Scooters and Bikes are the Transportation of Tomorrow

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Think like a (Nordic) Futurist

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The Toxicity of Hustle Culture Meet Up

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Transition on Tap

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VR Animation & Where It's Going

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WeRateDogs Live: Making Memes Your Career

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Your Old Photos Can Help Predict Climate Disasters

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Hear it Here: Your Business on Spotify

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Working from Aum: Mindfulness for Remote Work

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5:00PM

Featured Session: Connecting Web3 With the Real World

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