AWE Nite Northern XR: Live from the XPAND Conference (Jyväskylä)

AWEvengers Assemble!

Welcome to AWE Nite Northern XR: Live from the XPAND Conference (Jyväskylä)! This event will be a hybrid event. The live portion will be from Jamk's XPAND Conference held at the Digi & Game Center in Jyväskylä, Finland and will focus on the XR ecosystem of Jyväskylä and the business benefits of XR.

Huge thanks to our sponsors EXPA, Jamk, and Spatial8!

AWE Nite Northern XR thanks photographer Teemu Rönkkö for capturing the image above (Feb. 2021).

IMPORTANT:
To take part in the meet up please use this link https://awe.live/register to register. Find this session and join. The registration only needs to be done once, and it's completely free.

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AGENDA

18:00-18:05 Welcome & Intro with Joh Orengo, President of XR Nation

18:05-18:15 XR Nation Presents Spatial News™ with Teemu Ollilainen, Prime Minister of XR Nation

18:15-18:30 Showcase of the Digi & Game Center with Valtteri Lahti (Chairperson) & Tuomas Roininen (Vice Chair) of EXPA

18:30-18:45 "The XR Scene in Jyväskylä" presented by Timo Puukko, Project Manager of JAMK

18:45-19:30 Panel Discussion: Actual business benefits of XR - are there any, or is it all a hype?

Participants:

• Teemu Ollilainen, Managing Director of Spatial8 (Moderator)
• Tom Ffiske, Editor of the Immersive Wire
• Timo Puukko, Project Manager of JAMK University of Applied Sciences
• William, Assistant trained by OpenAI

19:30-19:35 Announcements & Closing

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Meet the Sponsors:

Spatial8 is a modern business hub designed to bring emerging technology companies and ecosystems in Europe closer together in order to better educate the market, improve business, and facilitate innovation. Spatial8

Digi & Game Center (the DGC) is multiple award-winning co-development ecosystem in the heart of Finland with a wide range of companies, educational institutions, startups, entrepreneurs, students, projects around digital business and digital services and the game industry. Jyväskylä Digi and Game Center

Jamk University of Applied Sciences is a creative reinvented institute of higher education who develops and strengthens learning, competence, and competitiveness together with partners and cooperation networks – both in Finland and around the world. Jamk University of Applied Sciences

Peliosuuskunta Expa (Expa Game Business Co-operative) is a Finnish Game Industry cooperative founded in 2012 and focuses on Central Finland with an aim to help new game start ups, indie developers, researchers and game companies grow. It co-founded and operates the Digi & Game Center. Peliosuuskunta Expa

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Meet the Companies and Organizations:

Immersive Wire is a leading tech newsletter that provides concise analysis on the metaverse every Monday, giving readers a competitive edge. Read by over 5,000 experts in Accenture, Meta, Snap, and others. Immersive Wire

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See you at the show!