Thursday, May 24th, 2018

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Session I: Herscher Hall, 2nd Floor, Room 202

Innovating in VR-AR-Immersive Production - The Amazing Journey of Imagination, Gear and Innovation

Ryan Moore, CEO, Experience 360°

Jessie Kim, Co-Founder & CEO, Prosper XR

BJ Schwartz, co-founder, Vanishing Point Media

Doug Kryzan, Founder and CEO, Rocket Worldwide

Ketaki Shriram, Chief Technology Officer, Krikey

Daniel Kenyon, Founder/CEO, Furious M

Shelley Andagan, Chief Operating Officer, 3DPaint/FX

Larry Rosenthal, President, Creative Director, CubeVR, Moderator

Jessie Kim, CEO, Prosper XR: Jessie has conceptualized campaigns and produced content that engages millions. She is a co-founder of Prosper VR, a virtual reality content creation studio and full-service production company that specializes in robotics. Prosper VR's patented robotics products achieve the most stable moving 360 ground and aerial footage possible today. Prosper VR works with brands such as Google Daydream, YouTube, Anheuser-Busch, Samsung, Red Bull, Nikon, MINI Cooper, and Disney. Prosper VR produced the first ever VR production at Hoover Dam that takes viewers into the Dam and above the Dam with robotics and aerial drone cinematography. They produced the first ever 360 video for Anheuser-Busch & Vayner Media. Prosper VR's first non-profit VR experience for the Humane Society garnered over 6.4M organic views in 1 month. Jessie is currently mentoring NASA JPL on how to leverage

virtual reality to tell great stories. She started her career at the Discovery Channel, where she formed partnerships with school districts to create digital classroom environments to engage students. Formerly the Chief Strategy Officer of Enplug, an operating system for interactive displays, she worked with international brands like Marriott, BMW, Toyota and Google to leverage cutting-edge interactive content. It was there she identified VR and AR as the next computing platforms and made the leap into virtual and mixed reality.

Ryan Moore is the CEO of Experience 360°, a Los Angeles based Virtual Reality Experience Design Studio operating since 2015. Combined with his Experience 360° team, they have created next-generation 360° experiences for such brands as GoPro, Toyota, Jack in the Box, Visit California, Warner Brothers, Dell, ABC, Food Network, BET, and Fuse Media. Before that, Ryan’s passion for telling human-centric stories allowed him to travel globally, producing award winning documentaries on subjects such as the Organic food industry, human trafficking, domestic violence, and Atheism. Ryan currently resides in North Hollywood, California. Please see: http://experience360.tv/

Ketaki Shriram is the Chief Technology Officer of Krikey, an Augmented Reality startup. In 2017, Shriram earned a PhD in Virtual Reality, making her one of a few people (and the youngest woman - at 25) to hold this degree. During her PhD she immersed herself in research for Google[x] on the Glass team and at Facebook’s Oculus VR. She also published a number of research studies exploring the impact of sexual harassment in virtual worlds and changes in environmental awareness and conservation behavior after a VR experience. In 2014, she co-produced a feature documentary film (TRUE SON) which follows a 22-year old’s political campaign in Stockton, CA. The film premiered at Tribeca and was acquired by Univision. As CTO of Krikey, Shriram has found the perfect balance between technical problem solving and creativity.

Doug Kryzan, Founder and CEO, Rocket Worldwide: Doug Kryzan brings over 20 years of general management, sales, and marketing experience to Rocket. Prior to Rocket, Doug was co-founder and was managing partner of Sequoia Worldwide, a leader in cloud consulting, integration and software services. In 2015, Sequoia was acquired by Presidio Network Solutions, a large national IT solutions provider, to deliver strategic cloud consulting and services capabilities to its large and medium-size enterprise customers. At Presidio, Doug continued to lead sales and marketing in the newly formed Sequoia Cloud business unit as VP of Strategic Sales and Marketing and was instrumental in accelerating the company’s growth of cloud services. Doug began his career at Hewlett-Packard where he was responsible for all aspects of product management for their object-oriented software development tools and environments. He and his organization helped HP achieve a leadership position in this space as the brand of choice among Fortune 500 enterprise businesses and professionals. In addition, Doug was also responsible for defining and delivering Hewlett-Packard’s next-generation enterprise notebook computers. As an experienced business leader and executive, Doug has demonstrated repeated success in establishing successful brands and bringing new technologies to market. His professional experience spans engineering, product management, services, advertising, online marketing, public relations, competitive analysis and brand management for both established and emerging technology companies. He has worked at startups, solution providers and IT manufacturers to define and lead the a variety of business functions including engineering, product management, operations and sales. Doug holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Northwestern University.

Daniel Kenyon, Founder/CEO, Furious M: As founder and CEO of Furious M, Daniel Kenyon leads a team of innovative new talent and industry veterans harnessing technology to revolutionize creative impact and commercial success in transmedia entertainment. With over 25 years experience in executive management, award winning product and business development, Daniel has a history of developing as well as bringing to market winning solutions for the media, entertainment and communications industries. As VP at Automated Media Processing Solutions, Daniel spearheaded go-to-market for a global video management and delivery solution. As Industry Director for Media & Entertainment at Oracle, he initiated several strategic directives including the multi-billion dollar industry portfolio targeting media & entertainment and communications. As VP of Communications Industry Strategy and VP CRM Industry Strategy at PeopleSoft, he directed development and release of the award winning CRM for Communications, initiated strategic acquisitions and partnerships including IBM, valued at over $1Billion. Daniel was Product Evangelist for Vantive and co-founder and VP at SBI, Inc. Daniel holds a Bachelor’s degree from UC Berkeley.

Keram Malicki Sanchez, Executive Director, VRTO Virtual & Augmented Reality World Conference & Expo (Toronto), Director, FIVARS: Founded VRTO May, 2015. He is the editor-in-chief of IndieGameReviewer.com since 2008 and founder of FIVARS – the Festival of International Virtual and Augmented Reality Stories. A graduate of UCLA’s certification programs in Cinematography, Producing and Digital Media, respectively, Malicki-Sanchez is also an alumnus of Werner Herzog’s Rogue Film School – Los Angeles chapter. He has been asked to speak about the intersection of technology and the arts at NXNE, Cinegear Expo (Los Angeles), the Toronto Star and NAB (Vegas). He is also the founder of Transportive Technology – a virtual reality production company and Constant Change Media Group – a 360 media company and disruptive media consultation firm.

BJ Schwartz, co-founder, Vanishing Point Media: BJ is a VR pioneer, writer, comedian, award winning filmmaker, and Stanford trained attorney. Along with his writing, directing and producing partner Annie Lukowski, BJ founded Vanishing Point Media -- a cinematic VR Production Company -- in 2013. VPM's clients include New Deal Studios, Banana Republic, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, ABC, Stan Lee (and his POW! Entertainment), and many more. BJ has also garnered awards, notoriety and praise as both a traditional filmmaker and writer – from his highly successful film "Wolves in the Woods” (Telluride Film Festival) to his comedy writing for his satire site Citizen Schwartz. He is also a successful standup comedian performing throughout the LA area. Currently, BJ is teaching a course in Cinematic VR creation at UCLA as part of the university's extension program.

Shelley Andagan Chief Operating Officer & Public Speaker: As COO of 3DPaint/FX, Shelley Andagan directs and manages the company’s worldwide workflow processes and personnel while also coordinating strategic planning and brand alliances. She works with clients to streamline each production from development to delivery. Translating information derived from her direct-to-client interaction, Shelley collaborates with the 3DP team to find the most innovative and expedient solutions possible given production parameters which maintaining high quality standards that are expected in Hollywood.  Proud of their teamwork and opportunity to produce groundbreaking content across genres, Shelley developed and executes the company’s social media strategy while also supporting inclusion of their work in conferences, festivals, and awards competitions across the globe. While at 3DPaint/FX, Shelley managed the completion of nearly 30 VR projects.  These 360 films range from scripted to documentary-style shoots with both monoscopic and stereoscopic deliveries at various levels of VFX integration.  She also oversaw stereoscopic conversion projects for the studio’s VR and traditional film clients.  Some of Shelley’s 360 film credits which derive from her work alongside VR houses Within / Here Be Dragons and Milk VR include: • The New York Times Magazine’s “Great Performers” 9-film noir collection • National Geographic’s “The Protectors” film • USA Network’s “Mr. Robot” VR Experience • General Electric’s 5-plus-episode series, “The Possible” • Samsung VR’s “The Raid” Prequel to Fox’s “24: Legacy” • United Nations films “The Ground Beneath Her” and “My Mother’s Wing” • SHOAH Foundation’s “The Last Goodbye” interactive experience. Drawing from her experiences, Shelley shares her expertise as a guest speaker on the national and regional level at professional conferences and events.  She is also a guest lecturer, educating media professionals of the future.  Her most notable speaking engagements were at the National Association of Broadcasters conference in Las Vegas, Digital Hollywood, and the Los Angeles Post Production Group.   Shelley’s most recent contributions to higher education were at Gnomon School of Visual Effects and Emerson – LA. Prior to this role, Shelley spent over a decade in feature film & television development, production and post-production with major motion picture studios and independent producers alike. Her “flattie” credits include projects such as: • Disney's "Jungle Book" •New Line Cinema's "San Andreas"• Marvel's "Iron Man 3" and “The Runaways” • 20th Century Fox Television's "Prison Break" • "World Trade Center," "Becker" and "Star Trek: Enterprise" at Paramount Pictures. Shelley holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Television, Radio & Film from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University.

Larry Rosenthal, President, Creative Director, CubeVR: LarryR/Cube3 has over two decades of experience as a leader in the  area of virtual worlds , transmedia IP creation, Virtual Reality content, Virtual IP Law, social games, online 3D, human machine interface, Augmented Reality and networked communities for both entertainment and corporate media uses. Over the years LarryR/Cube3 has worked with over hundreds of 2D /3D software tools makers or services in all matters of finding customers and creating products and services and then forming communities and ecosystems around them. LarryR/Cube3 has spoken at industry events for over two decades. Highlights included self created seminars at Apple Computers NYC Siggraphs for many years, Macworlds, and Digital Hollywood Panels as well as local east and west coast tech/design shows/meetings and conferences. Work and projects of LarryR/Cube3 have been written about in both print and online in periodicals such as WIRED, NEW MEDIA, Macworld, and UploadVR. He founded the early VR Groups for developers and designers. The NYVRMLSIG, the SFWEB3D.