Symposium Schedule 

Symposium March | 17th 2023 | 9:30 am (EST) - 5:00PM (EST)​

Speakers & Talks

FRI, Mar 17,  2023

Dr Bryan Carter

• 10:00 am - 10:40 am - Opening Keynote speaker: Dr Bryan Carter
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  • A focus on Presence : redefining 'being there' in the metaverse

Pierre-Henri Barralis

Clementine Brochet

Chelanie Beaudin - Quintin 

• 10:50 am - 11:20 am - Panel Speakers + Q/A session : Pierre-Henri Barralis, Chélanie Beaudin-Quintin & Clémentine Brochet
  • ​​​​​What happens at the crossroad of Opera, Augmented Reality and volumetric capture?

Allison Moore

• 11:30 am - 11:40 am - Speaker 1 [Block A] : Allison Moore
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  • Cloud Bodies

Ben Neal

Kerryn Wise

• 11:40 am - 11:50 am - Speaker 2 [Block A] : Ben Neal & Kerryn Wise
  
  • Perceiving Facades

Olivia Gilchrist

• 11:50 am - 12:00 pm - Speaker 3 [Block A] : Olivia McGilchrist
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  • Virtual ISLANDS: Submersion and Hybrid Identity in Virtual Reality

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• 12:00 pm - 12:10 pm - Q/A session: Moderator
  

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• 12:10 pm - 12:40 pm - Lunch Break and Discussion panel in Platform
  

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Nick Fox-Gieg

• 12:40 pm - 12:50 pm - Speaker 1 [Block B] : Nick Fox-Gieg
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  • Latk-video: An Open Solution for Streaming 3D Point Clouds

Christopher Remde

• 12:50 pm - 1:00 pm - Speaker 2 [Block B] : Christopher Remde
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  • LiveScan3D: On the way to free and open source volumetric capture

Paul Milaire

• 1:00 pm - 1:10 pm - Speaker 3 [Block B] : Paul Milaire
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  • Virtual Environments, Real Patients, Real Life - Keeping Humans a part of Medical Training

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• 1:20 pm - 1:30 pm - Q/A session : Moderator

Andrew Hogue

• 1:10 pm - 1:20 pm - Speaker 4 [Block B] : Dr Andrew Hogue
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  • Future of Volumetric Video & A.I.

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• 1:30 pm - 1:40 pm - Break

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Ian Garrett

Robert Motum

Jacquie P.A. Thomas

• 1:40 pm - 2:10 pm - Panel Speakers + Q/A session : Ian Garrett​, Robert Motum & Jacquie P.A. Thomas
  • Emplaced Volumetric Performance in Urban ARTeries

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• 2:10 pm - 2:20 pm - Break

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Maxwell Lander

• 2:20 pm - 2:45 pm - Featured Speaker + Q/A session : Maxwell Lander
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  • Queers in space: alternate histories with volumetric portraiture

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• 2:45 pm - 3:00 pm - Break

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Linda Zhang

• 3:00 pm - 3:10 pm - Speaker 1 [Block C] : Linda Zhang
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  • Speculative Volumetric Imag(in)ing: Community Heritage in Chinatown ​

Asabe Mamza

• 3:10 pm - 3:20 pm - Speaker 2 [Block C] : Asabe Mamza
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  • NEMA - Cultural Preservation and ways it can intersect with 3D modelling and simulation to create an immersive experience

Nikita Shokhov

• 3:20 pm - 3:30 pm - Speaker 3 [Block C] : Nikita Shokhov
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  • Dragzina AR: an immersive experience to challenge perceptions of Hetereonormative spaces

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• 3:30 pm - 3:40 pm - Q/A session : Moderator

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• 3:40 pm - 3:50 pm - Break

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Michele Stephenson

Joe Brewster

• 4:00 pm - 4:40 pm - Closing Keynote: In Conversation with Michèle Stephenson  &  Joe Brewster (Rada Studio)
  •  Co-Presented by the OCAD University Faculty of Arts and Science

• 4:40 pm - 5:00 pm - Official End to Symposium