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    Agenda

     12:00 PM - 2:00 PM PDT (2 Hours)
    Agora RTE Startup Battleground Pitch Competition

    For the past two months, startups have submitted their applications to the Startup Battleground competition in hopes of being selected to pitch to venture capitalists (VCs) in Silicon Valley. The eight finalists will pitch live to our panel of judges. Join us for this virtual-only session to see who you’d like to cast your vote for to win a part of the $25,000 cash prize pool and be crowned RTE2022 Startup Battleground Champion!


    Todd Embley
    Startup Program Director
    Agora
    Moderator
    Sue Xu
    Managing Partner
    Amino Capital
    Panelist
    Ekta Dang
    CEO
    U First Capital
    Panelist
    Robert de Monts
    Executive Advisor
    Multiple
    Panelist
    Ethan Berg
    Co-Founder & CEO
    Agora World
    Speaker
    Roman Rodriguez
    Co-Founder & CEO
    The Coaching Market
    Speaker
    Kristin Geer
    Founder & CEO
    TennisONE
    Speaker
    Felisha Booker
    Visionary, Founder & CEO
    Breaker Nation
    Speaker
    Benji Brown
    CEO
    Tesuji Games Inc.
    Speaker
    Kevin Kachidza
    Founder & CEO
    Sarafin AI
    Speaker
    Nidhi Sharma
    CEO & Co-Founder
    Abby
    Speaker
    Young Jong Kim
    Founder and CEO
    blabla
    Speaker
     9:00 AM - 9:30 AM PDT (30 Min)
    Inspiration Keynote: Building Connected New Worlds with Real-Time Engagement

    Join Agora Founder and CEO Tony Zhao for an Out of This World presentation exploring how Agora and RTE are leading a sea change in ways we connect the most innovative technologies, tools, and people in this world – and beyond.


    Tony Zhao
    Co-Founder & CEO
    Agora
    Keynote
    Stanley Wei
    Chief Strategy Officer
    Agora
    Keynote
    Tony Wang
    Co-Founder & Chief Revenue Officer
    Agora
    Keynote
    Casey Lau
    Co-Host
    Web Summit
    Keynote
     1:00 PM - 2:00 PM PDT (1 Hour)
    Product Keynote: Innovations Powering Out of This World Real-Time Engagement Experiences in Your App

    Join Agora’s CXO, CSO, GM of App Builder, and VP of Product to learn about the latest innovations available to you today, which will power Out of This World real-time shared experiences in your app – elevating engagement, adoption, retention, and ensuring you achieve your target business outcomes.


    Virginia Liu
    Chief Experience Officer
    Agora
    Speaker
    Roger Hale
    Chief Security Officer
    Agora
    Speaker
    Sid Sharma
    General Manager, App Builder
    Agora
    Speaker
    Patrick Ferriter
    VP Product
    Agora
    Speaker
     2:30 PM - 3:30 PM PDT (1 Hour)
    Agora RTE Startup Battleground Competition Awards Ceremony

    For the past 2 months, startups have been submitting their pitches in hopes of being selected to pitch to VCs in the Startup Battleground competition. On October 3rd, the 8 finalists will pitch live to our panel of 3 Silicon Valley VCs. On October 10th join us in-person or virtually for a panel discussion with these same 3 Venture Capitalists, to discuss future trends in RTE and their individual investing strategies going into 2023, and the announcement of this years’ cash prize winners and find out who will be named RTE 2022 Startup Battleground Champion!


    Todd Embley
    Startup Program Director
    Agora
    Moderator
    Sue Xu
    Managing Partner
    Amino Capital
    Panelist
    Ekta Dang
    CEO
    U First Capital
    Panelist
    Robert de Monts
    Executive Advisor
    Multiple
    Panelist
     8:00 AM - 8:25 AM PDT (25 Min)
    Real-time Face and Body AR from Smartphone to Room-Scale on Multiple Devices.

    Face and Body AR have become a part of our digital world. The computing power of mobile devices are increasingly used to create amazing effects and applications that engage users. We are seeing smartphones being enabled as inputs for living room-scale experiences such as AR tech into webcams and TVs. These innovations open up new worlds of immersive experiences. This session will cover some of the real-time AR use cases and applications.


    George Berkowski
    CEO / Cofounder
    DeepAR
    Speaker
     8:00 AM - 8:55 AM PDT (55 Min)
    The Emergence of New Hardware Technologies: Creating Immersive Experiences in a Virtual World

    Hardware technologies allow the virtual world to flourish. From VR headsets and smart glasses to AR headbands and their applications - many newer devices enable us to render our physical environments in real-time. Our experts will discuss all the latest technologies that provide real-world experiences.


    Nathan Pettyjohn
    CEO
    Immerse Growth Network
    Moderator
    Shen Ye
    Global Head of Products
    HTC
    Panelist
    Lisa Watts
    VP Product Marketing & Developer Programs
    Magic Leap
    Panelist
    Fraser Bowie
    Chief Product Officer
    NuEyes Technologies
    Panelist
     8:00 AM - 8:55 AM PDT (55 Min)
    The Future of Edtech: Unlocking Access Through Advanced Technology

    With the recent development of RTC, AI, big data, and VR/AR, deep technology has reshaped the online learning landscape and transformed the online learning experiences. How will the future of online learning unfold? Our industry experts will share their expertise on how to elevate student experiences with synchronous learning offerings, harness the power of AI-based analysis, and drive student engagement with cutting-edge VR/AR technology.


    Rhys Spence
    Head of Research
    Brighteye Ventures
    Moderator
    Bing Chen
    CEO
    2BeLive Inc.
    Panelist
    Gur Arie Bittan
    Founder & CEO
    Mantis-Vision Ltd.
    Panelist
    Rachel Meisner
    Director of Education and Engagement
    ActiveClass
    Panelist
    Ben Chang
    CEO
    Upduo
    Panelist
     9:00 AM - 9:30 AM PDT (30 Min)
    Customize and Embed a Production-Ready Video Calling Experience in Your Website Within Minutes

    Learn how you can use the Agora App Builder, to embed a fully custom video-calling experience that’s ready to take to production. We’ll discuss the steps to customize the user interface and build custom features on top of App Builder with React.


    Ekaansh Arora
    Developer Advocate
    Agora
    Speaker
     9:00 AM - 9:55 AM PDT (55 Min)
    Digital Transformation of the Physical and Virtual Workplace

    The working world is continuously changing - disruption is the norm. Work is now portable for many and it continues to evolve. What does the reimagined workforce in a digital world look like? Will this disruption become the norm and affect how employees choose to collaborate? Our panel of experts will address and provide insights on the current state of the enterprise digital transformation and their perspectives on the outlook for future working environments.


    Ira Weinstein
    Managing Partner
    Recon Research
    Moderator
    Michael McCarthy
    COO
    Learning Design Network Inc.
    Panelist
    Duncan Bucknill
    Global Business Manager
    Wipro
    Panelist
    Sameer Mehta
    Senior VP
    JIO
    Panelist
    Jeremy Lam
    CEO
    Venu
    Panelist
     9:00 AM - 9:55 AM PDT (55 Min)
    The Next Generation of Video Engagement Experiences in Social Environments and Platforms

    The ever-increasing usage of online spaces has created a new wave of delicately balanced social interactions on a global scale. AI technologies are paramount in encouraging and fostering safe inclusive digital ecosystems along with determining who you are and how you want to be perceived.


    Geoff Cook
    Co-Founder & CEO
    ParshipMeet Group
    Moderator
    Simon Lebsekal
    Director of Business Development
    Hive
    Panelist
    Xiaoyu Chen
    Director of ML Solutions
    ByteDance
    Panelist
    Zoe Liu
    Co-Founder & CTO
    Visionular Inc.
    Panelist
    Vadim Nekhai
    Co-Founder and Managing Director
    Banuba
    Panelist
     10:00 AM - 10:25 AM PDT (25 Min)
    Sonic Identity in the Metaverse - The Importance of Real-Time Communication

    Voice really matters when making a virtual environment come to life. Humans are social beings, and the metaverse as currently promoted is a social environment where participants create unique personas in both home and workplace settings. Avatars will allow players to express themselves the way they want to be seen as human, alien, animal, vegetable, cartoon or myriad other options. Players can try on new looks temporarily, the way they try new outfits. Gender and species are fluid. A truly complete immersive experience requires a combination of 3D visuals and real-time audio to enable people to express themselves in the way they want to be heard. Participants want a sonic representation of themselves that is just as original and unique as their visual avatar and they want the tools to customize their voice as meticulously as their appearance. There must be a harmonious marriage of both augmented audio and 3D video to keep the player immersed and engaged. Real-time audio defines how people can bring the ultimate individuality to their content, making audio the great equalizer of the metaverse.


    Jaime Bosch
    Co-Founder & CEO
    Voicemod
    Speaker
     10:00 AM - 10:55 AM PDT (55 Min)
    Startup Growth in a Fluctuating Market: How Founders Can Thrive

    Startups do not only drive change; they should be able to adapt to both economic downturns and growth times. What is the inflection point for survival? Should you seek out funding from where and when?


    Sara Rauchwerger
    Senior Startup Advocate
    Agora
    Moderator
    Justin Melillo
    Co-Founder & CEO
    Mona
    Panelist
    Jos van der Westhuizen
    Co-Founder & CEO
    Remio
    Panelist
    Themis Drakonakis
    Co-Founder & CEO
    Nup Technologies
    Panelist
    Bill Reichert
    General Partner
    Pegasus Tech Ventures
    Panelist
     10:00 AM - 10:55 AM PDT (55 Min)
    The Retail Revolution: Experiential E-Commerce in the Physical and Digital World

    We have already entered a new era of shopping; it is only a matter of time before the physical and digital worlds will be one. What are the latest revenue streams, types of technological engagements, and interactions in this new world?


    Connie Chan
    General Partner
    Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)
    Moderator
    Ludo Antonov
    VPE, Engineering
    Whatnot
    Panelist
    Frost Li
    Founder & CEO
    Social Chat
    Panelist
    Sarah Williams
    T3 Brand Spokesperson & Educator
    T3 Micro, Inc
    Panelist
    Yuliang Yin
    Engineering & Product Leader
    Supergreat
    Panelist
     11:00 AM - 11:25 AM PDT (25 Min)
    Immersive Real-Time Communication Beyond Avatars – Live Volumetric Calls In The Metaverse/XR

    Experience a live telepresence talk with 3D participants from 3 continents joining by 3D full-body live-stream from Mantis Vision’s Volumetric Capture 3iosk and 3D faces from iPhone depth cameras. The RTE can be viewed through webAR using mobile phone (AR) or PC (Virtual environment). Will cover bandwidth requirements, types of volumetric inputs, integration into existing video calls, and possibilities that go well beyond Avatars.


    Gur Arie Bittan
    Founder & CEO
    Mantis-Vision Ltd.
    Speaker
     11:00 AM - 11:25 AM PDT (25 Min)
    Powering Real-Time Collaboration in the Hybrid Workplace

    The modern workplace is constantly evolving. We went from a fully remote work style in the wake of the pandemic to now embarking on a hybrid workplace. These changes in complexity bring about improved forms of interactions and collaboration. In this session, I will discuss how collaboration building blocks, such as Agora's very own Interactive Whiteboard, Chat, and Transcription, can help build a workplace that is more collaborative, engaging, and accessible.


    William Chen
    Director, Product Management
    Agora
    Speaker
     11:00 AM - 11:55 AM PDT (55 Min)
    Influencer Economy: How Native Tools for Creators Unleash New Forms Of Revenue

    Creator tools have remained the primary domain of social networks; however, direct fan and creator interactions around content are what really drive engagement and the corresponding revenue. Join us as we discuss how the implementation of native creator tools provides access for fans and creators to unleash their full potential, connect with one another and tap into new revenue opportunities for native apps and websites.


    Brad Altfest
    Director, Media & Entertainment
    Agora
    Moderator
    Phillip Rumple
    COO
    SoMee Global
    Panelist
    Brian Ring
    Senior Director, News & Sports Solutions
    Amagi
    Panelist
    Geremie Camara
    Chief Creative Officer
    Live Play Mobile
    Panelist
     12:30 PM - 1:25 PM PDT (55 Min)
    Embracing the Core Technology of the Future: Real-Time Engagement as the Frontier of the Next Generation

    We are in a new era where memorable experiences online are more valued. It has created a radical shift allowing web3 companies to empower their communities to interact in a more flexible and meaningful way. Our panelist will discuss how valuable RTE is vs. ASYNC interactions and how it changes the way we view the online community.


    Vanessa Mullin
    Business Development - Metaverse and Interactive Entertainment
    Agora
    Moderator
    Burçin Gürbuz
    Co-Founder & CEO
    Atlas Space
    Panelist
    Tim Train
    Co-Founder & CEO
    Ronday
    Panelist
    Mathieu Nouzareth
    CEO
    The Sandbox US
    Panelist
     12:30 PM - 1:25 PM PDT (55 Min)
    How to Power Real-Time Experiences with Conversation Intelligence

    There are many different ways people and businesses can communicate today. The various modalities and volume make it challenging to identify actionable moments in their customer conversations. Conversation intelligence enables businesses to truly understand natural human conversations across all channels. From improving customer experience to identifying sales opportunities and enhancing internal workflows, real-time intelligence provides contextual feedback for business to unlock learnings. Join this panel discussion to learn how to apply conversation intelligence learnings to real-time applications.


    Justina Nguyen
    Director, Developer Ecosystem
    Symbl.ai
    Moderator
    Shoaib Aslam
    Co-founder & CEO
    EventsX
    Panelist
    Daria Danilina
    Co-Founder & CCO
    Salesroom
    Panelist
     8:00 AM - 8:25 AM PDT (25 Min)
    Evolving RTE Audio Technology: The Emerging Opportunities and Challenges for Immersive Experiences

    In the last decades, the experience of real-time interactive audio over the internet has improved substantially. The expectation for real-time interactive audio experience has elevated from effective communication to immersive engagement. This paradigm shift has generated many opportunities in audio and speech technologies and imposed various new challenges. In this talk, I will share my views on the challenges and opportunities of RTE audio and provide some latest progress on Agora's practice in pursuing a more immersive RTE audio experience.


    Raphael Chen
    Director of Audio Technology
    Agora
    Speaker
     8:00 AM - 8:55 AM PDT (55 Min)
    Seeing Is Believing, But Is Hearing?

    Generally, some of us are better listeners than others, but how does AI paired with machine language help in enhancing sound quality? From creating ideal audio landscapes to conversation intelligence, audio-based technologies have evolved in many ways in rendering improved user experience, usability, safety, and performance.


    James Meier
    CTO
    Synervoz
    Moderator
    Marko Stamenovic
    Principal ML Engineer
    Bose
    Panelist
    Klemen Simonic
    CEO
    Soniox
    Panelist
    Akira Tsukahara
    Business Producer
    Sony Corporation
    Panelist
     8:00 AM - 8:55 AM PDT (55 Min)
    Transforming Organizational Excellence with Interactive Corporate Training

    Corporate training has been essential for companies to strengthen their employees' performance and increase employee retention. A large influx of capital has also stimulated the growth of various vendors aiming to re-skill the workforce and create viable career pathways for them. How should a player navigate in this space? In this panel formed with a diverse group of corporate training providers, we will discuss the trend in the marketplace, best practices to effectively engage workforces via live sessions, and unveil the future of online corporate training.


    Ben Wirz
    Partner
    Brighteye Ventures
    Moderator
    Jason Bedford
    SVP of Education
    Class Technologies Inc.
    Panelist
    Mahmoud El Gabry
    Strategic Partnerships Manager
    Classera Inc.
    Panelist
    Samuel Sungsoo Lim
    CEO
    Grepp, Inc.
    Panelist
    Rana Hazarika
    Vice President, Product Management
    upGrad
    Panelist
     9:00 AM - 9:55 AM PDT (55 Min)
    A Sense of Place: How RTE Enables Spatial Interactivity Beyond Our Physical World

    How do spatial relationships affect online interactions? Games and interactive media have grappled with this question for many years. Now, as visions of the metaverse emerge throughout the industry, experts from across the globe are coming together to learn from these pioneers and evolve their solutions for the internet of tomorrow.


    Jonathan Barcelo
    Senior Product Manager, Gaming & Metaverse
    Agora
    Moderator
    Daria Danilina
    Co-Founder & CCO
    Salesroom
    Panelist
    Artur Sychov
    Founder & CEO
    Somnium Space
    Panelist
    Ian Nott
    CTO & Co-Founder
    Aetho LLC
    Panelist
     9:00 AM - 9:55 AM PDT (55 Min)
    Diversity, Entrepreneurship, And Innovation - Expanding the Opportunities for Founders

    Women are creating new companies that allow them to thrive, self-focus, and stay resilient while also committing to improving society. With the proliferation of the digital world women are more easily able to create environments that embrace inclusivity and positivity that are imperative to a successful founders ecosystem that thrives. How do we together raise the profile of women founders?


    Virginia Liu
    Chief Experience Officer
    Agora
    Moderator
    Taly Matiteyahu
    Founder & CEO
    Blink Date
    Panelist
    Karen Harris
    Founder
    StoriBoard
    Panelist
    Lisa Furfine
    CEO
    Linkroom, LLC
    Panelist
    Lily Hagen
    Founder & CEO
    Lingo Plaza
    Panelist
     9:00 AM - 9:55 AM PDT (55 Min)
    The Adoption, Challenges, and Opportunities of XR Technologies Software Utilization Across Industries

    Immersive technologies can take many forms and uses in creating fully simulated environments where users can interact and experience at scale. But is the world ready to embrace a future where extended reality (XR) software applications will become commonplace for consumers and enterprises? What are the most promising use cases that will be the biggest drivers of adoption? Let’s discuss the existing gaps and innovative ideas that will help shape future applications.


    Shirley Lin
    Chief Business Development Officer, Founder
    RunAppRun
    Moderator
    Muhsinah Morris
    Metaversity Director
    Morehouse College
    Panelist
    Anshul Agarwal
    Founder & Director
    XR Central
    Panelist
    Jad Boniface
    Head of Community Expansion
    Roblox
    Panelist
    Masaru Ohnogi
    Co-Founder & CBO
    ThirdVerse
    Panelist
     10:00 AM - 10:15 AM PDT (15 Min)
    What's New in SDK 4.0

    Join us to learn about Agora's next generation Voice and Video SDK provides the flexibility, simplicity, and power needed to build amazing interactive experiences.


    Ekaansh Arora
    Developer Advocate
    Agora
    Speaker
    Meherdeep Thakur
    Developer Advocate
    Agora
    Speaker
     10:00 AM - 10:55 AM PDT (55 Min)
    Reimagining Sports Fan Engagement with New Real-Time Experiences

    Learn new ways to attract Gen Z, so fan experiences are engaging by fostering gamification, daily fantasy, free-to-play games, and sports betting.


    Peter Schoenke
    President & Co-Founder
    RotoWire
    Moderator
    Tolu Arogunmati
    Product Manager
    Meta
    Panelist
    Matt Deutsch
    Founder
    Bettor Sports Network
    Panelist
    Lacy Pack
    Executive Vice President & Chief Technology Officer
    iNDEMAND
    Panelist
    Sean Green
    Co-Founder
    SGPN (Sports Gambling Podcast Network)
    Panelist
     10:00 AM - 10:55 AM PDT (55 Min)
    The Concept of Presence: Reducing Carbon Footprints Through Hybrid and Virtual Immersive Experiences

    Events always bring people together with a shared purpose. Online events have seen a tremendous uptick since the pandemic and continue to provide impactful value-added immersive experiences. Our experts will share insights on how virtual platforms provide innovative digital interactions for everyone.


    Frank Poon
    Co-Founder & COO
    Venue.live
    Panelist
    Vedha Sayyaparaju
    Co-Founder & CTO
    Zuddl
    Panelist
    Vincent Bruneau
    Founder & CEO
    Sparkup
    Panelist
    Alon Alroy
    Co-Founder & CMO
    Bizzabo
    Panelist
     10:15 AM - 10:30 AM PDT (15 Min)
    Get Started Fast with UI Kits

    Agora's Video UI Kits are built on-top of the core SDKs. Video UI Kits give you high-level control over the inner workings of Agora's engine while maintaining full control and flexibility. Come learn how you can enhance your website or app, have video calls, or enable live streaming experiences using the video UI Kit.


    Max Cobb
    Developer Advocate
    Agora
    Speaker
     10:30 AM - 10:45 AM PDT (15 Min)
    Go Beyond with Extension Marketplace

    Learn how you can easily add interactive features and tools to your iOS and Android app with the Agora Extensions Marketplace. Explore and integrate fun face filters, image background remover, conversation intelligence tools and much more.


    Brad Mortensen
    Partnerships
    Agora
    Speaker
     10:45 AM - 11:00 AM PDT (15 Min)
    Building the Backbone of the Metaverse

    Agora’s metaverse solutions give you the building blocks to create branded virtual worlds at any scale, with a diverse toolset that works reliably across the globe and across any industry vertical such as gaming, enterprise, collaboration, education, and many more.


    Rick Cheng
    Sr. Developer Evangelist
    Agora
    Speaker
     11:00 AM - 11:25 AM PDT (25 Min)
    UX Design for Metaverse - Best Practices for Designing Virtual Experiences

    Virtual reality lets you explore new worlds and share experiences in Metaverse. What are the things you should know when designing your VR experience? How do you design different input modalities like controller, hand-tracking, and voice input? This talk shares the best practices and building blocks for designing your immersive VR app.


    Tiantian Xu
    Product Designer
    Meta
    Speaker
     11:00 AM - 11:55 AM PDT (55 Min)
    Agora Developer AMA Hour

    Showcase and demos of the new Agora 4.0 SDK, Video UIKits, Extension Marketplace and Metaverse. These are not only huge upgrades to Audio and Video, but also take you way beyond.


    Tadas Petra
    Developer Advocate
    Agora
    Moderator
    Rick Cheng
    Sr. Developer Evangelist
    Agora
    Panelist
    Max Cobb
    Developer Advocate
    Agora
    Panelist
    Meherdeep Thakur
    Developer Advocate
    Agora
    Panelist
    Ekaansh Arora
    Developer Advocate
    Agora
    Panelist
    Dennis Ivanov
    Developer Advocate
    Agora
    Panelist
    Brad Mortensen
    Partnerships
    Agora
    Panelist
     11:00 AM - 11:55 AM PDT (55 Min)
    From Content Creation to Social Engagement: The Intersection of Technology Platforms and Digital Economy

    The internet has grown exponentially and cultivated a phenomenon for content creators and influencers to pave their path. For a boom to happen, a mix of niche brand identity, audience engagement, timing, algorithm, and great content are needed to go viral. Can it be sustainable without tech platforms, user engagement, and other unseen factors? There’s more than meets the eye to success.


    Anne Lee Skates
    Partner
    Andreessen Horowitz
    Moderator
    Shiva Kumar Balakrishnan
    LinkedIn Partnerships Lead - Live Events
    LinkedIn
    Panelist
    Matt Ao
    Senior Engineering Manager
    Spotify
    Panelist
    Arthur Wang
    Co-Founder and CEO
    Fud, Inc.
    Panelist
     11:30 AM - 11:55 AM PDT (25 Min)
    Executive Fireside Chat: Scaling Digital Commerce Through Livestreaming

    Shoppable videos across all segments, including retailers, D2C companies, brands, and media publishers have been on the rise with the aid of increasing engagement and conversion rates. Join Michael Zung from Coresight Research and Anand Vidyanand, Chief Customer and Commercial Officer, at Fireworks for a fireside chat on what it takes to build and run the world's leading video commerce platform.


    Michael Zung
    Sr. Consultant
    Coresight Research
    Moderator
    Anand Vidyanand
    Chief Customer and Commercial Officer
    Firework
    Panelist
     12:30 PM - 1:25 PM PDT (55 Min)
    Delivering Exceptional Care and Wellness Virtually

    Mental health and physical wellness have become increasingly important, especially with the growing challenges we all face. New modes of social, community, and wellness support groups have sprung up to help give people a safe space to belong. Let's bring to light the efforts and solutions companies are providing as we adjust to a new normal.


    Rui Ma
    Owner
    Tech Buzz China
    Moderator
    Caleth Jones
    Founder & CEO
    MŌN
    Panelist
    Aaron Albert
    Co-Founder & CEO
    Mine'd
    Panelist
    Bo Lopker
    Co-Founder & Exective Director
    Totem
    Panelist
    Pat Owens
    Head of Engineering
    GetSetUp
    Panelist