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Programme

Two days of strategy, science and collaboration.

The final programme brings together the VWP Forum, EuroXR and NEM sessions, nine focused breakouts and a featured session, demonstrations and a Horizon Europe brokerage event.

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Day 01

Monday 2 November

  1. service

    Registration

    Blue Cube Hall
  2. forumMembers only

    Virtual Worlds Association General Assembly

    Blue Cube Auditorium
  3. forum

    Virtual Worlds Partnership Annual Forum Opening Session

    Blue Cube Auditorium
  4. forum

    Panel Session: “Shaping the Future of the Virtual Worlds”

    Blue Cube Auditorium
  5. service

    Coffee Break

    Blue Cube Hall
  6. forum

    VWP: The future of Virtual Worlds technologies — SRIA Round Table

    Blue Cube Auditorium
  7. brokerage

    HORIZON-CL4-2027-04-HUMAN-01 — Brokerage Event & Networking

    • Advanced and innovative hardware components for Virtual Worlds
    Blue Cube Auditorium & Hall
  8. networkingBy registration only

    Cocktail Dinner

    Àtic Palau Alameda Restaurant
Day 02

Tuesday 3 November

  1. euroxr

    EuroXR 2026 opening session

    Co-located programme
  2. nem

    NEM Summit 2026 and EuroXR morning sessions

    • NEM Summit 2026 sessions
    • EuroXR Scientific session 1
    • EuroXR Application session 1
    Co-located programme
  3. euroxr

    Coffee break, poster and EuroXR demo session

    • EuroXR Poster/Demo fast-forward session 1
    Co-located programme
  4. nem

    NEM Summit 2026 and EuroXR morning sessions

    • NEM Summit 2026 sessions
    • EuroXR Scientific session 2
    • EuroXR Application session 2
    Co-located programme
  5. service

    Lunch Break

    Blue Cube Hall
  6. breakout

    Breakout Sessions 1–3

    Blue, Red & Yellow Cube Auditoriums
  7. breakout

    Breakout Sessions 4–6

    Blue, Red & Yellow Cube Auditoriums
  8. service

    Coffee Break

    Blue Cube Hall
  9. breakout

    Breakout Sessions 8–10

    Blue, Red & Yellow Cube Auditoriums
  10. forum

    Final Interactive Event

    Blue Cube Auditorium
  11. forum

    Closure

    • Looking ahead: a European vision for the future of the Virtual Worlds Partnership
    • Key takeaways and next steps
    Blue Cube Auditorium
  12. networking

    Social Event

    Blue Cube Hall
Breakout & featured sessions

10 sessions for focused dialogue.

Day 2 continues in three parallel auditoriums. Meet the confirmed moderators guiding each breakout and featured session.

Session 01

Visualisation, sensing, devices & immersion

Moderators
Uwe Vogel · Julien Castet

Blue Cube Auditorium

Session 02

Human rights, safety, participation, trust and human oversight

Moderators
Simon Delaere · Natalie Bertels

Red Cube Auditorium

Session 03

Applied Artificial Intelligence

Moderators
Alain Pagani · Daniel Alonso

Yellow Cube Auditorium

Session 04

Intuitive, real-time user-interaction

Moderators
Maud Marchal · Spiros Nikolopoulos

Blue Cube Auditorium

Session 05

Interoperability and standards

Moderators
Leif Oppermann · Matthieu Worm

Red Cube Auditorium

Session 06

Authoring & Experience Design

Moderators
Julien Castet · Laszlo Arnould · Eric Menou

Yellow Cube Auditorium

Session 07

Featured Session: “One Future, Three Playbooks: How the United States, China and Europe Are Shaping Virtual Worlds and XR”

Portrait of Frank BioccaInvited speaker: Frank Biocca
Moderators
Mariano Alcañiz · Frank Biocca

Blue Cube Auditorium

Session 08

Digital Twins

Moderators
Asa McWilliams · Bert Pluymers · Arash Zadehfard

Blue Cube Auditorium

Session 09

Web 4.0

Moderators
Mikel Zorrilla · Jorge Posada

Red Cube Auditorium

Session 10

Sustainability, health and environment

Moderators
Laszlo Arnould · Sara Arlati

Yellow Cube Auditorium

Access notes

Plan the complete attendee journey.

  • VWA General Assembly: Members only.
  • Cocktail Dinner: Available by registration only.
  • EuroXR and NEM sessions: Shown as part of the co-located programme.