Program
IMMERSE Symposium - Program
April 28 & 29, 2026
Day 1 will be held at the I Hotel and Illinois Conference Center (1900 South First St, Champaign, IL 61820).
Day 2 will be held at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign (1205 W Clark Street, Urbana, IL 61801).
Tentative Agenda
All times in CDT
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DAY 1 - APRIL 28 Illinois Conference Center |
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| 7:30 - 8:00 |
Breakfast
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| 8:00 - 8:15 | ||||
| 8:15 - 8:40 |
IMMERSE: an Overview of the Last Year
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| 8:40 - 9:40 |
Major Highlights From the Last Year
Distributed XR and Remote Medicine
XR+AI and Storytelling
A Human Experience Framework for XR
An Interdisciplinary Masters Degree in Immersive Computing
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| 9:40 - 10:05 |
Discussion and Q&A
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| 10:05 - 10:30 | Break | |||
| 10:30 - 11:15 | Keynote |
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| 11:15 - 12:00 | Panel on Human Interaction with Immersive Systems | |||
| 12:00 - 12:20 | Q&A | |||
| 12:20 - 1:30 | Lunch | |||
| 1:30 - 2:15 | Keynote |
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| 2:15 - 3:00 | Panel on Implications of Distributed Compute, Next-Gen Wireless, and AI for XR | |||
| 3:00 - 3:20 | Q&A | |||
| 3:20 - 3:35 | Break | |||
| 3:35 - 4:00 | Invited Multidisciplinary Demo Presentations | |||
| 4:00 - 6:00 | Posters & Demos | |||
| 6:00 - 6:45 | Keynote Nonny De La Pena, Arizona State University |
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| 6:45 - 7:05 | QnA | |||
| 7:05 - 9:00 | Dinner |
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DAY 2 - APRIL 29 National Center for Supercomputing Applications |
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| 7:30 - 8:00 |
Breakfast
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| 8:00 - 8:45 | Keynote Jeremy Bailenson, Stanford University |
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| 8:45 - 9:30 |
Panel on Learning with XR
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| 9:30 - 9:50 |
Q&A
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| 9:50 - 10:05 | Break | |||
| 10:05 - 11:45 | Breakout sessions | |||
Session 1Designing the Future of Immersive Research: A Holistic Human Experience (HE) Working Lab |
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Session 2 |
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Session 3Envisioning the Next Decade of XR Systems Research |
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| 11:45 - 12:00 | Break | |||
| 12:00 - 12:30 |
Breakout Sessions Report
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| 12:30 - 1:15 |
Concluding Panel
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| 1:15 - 2:00 | Boxed lunch | |||
| 1:30 - 3:30 |
Advisory Board Meeting (closed meeting)
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