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Meet your Meta Connect hosts
Melinda Davenport
Host
Melinda Davenport is the Director of Internal Communications for Meta. She is a former Emmy award-winning news anchor and journalist leading a team of proactive communicators responsible for developing initiatives that engage and educate the workforce on the company’s strategic priorities.
Company
Meta
Karen X Cheng
Co-Host
Karen X Cheng is a director known for sharing her creative experiments on her social channels, most notably her Instagram (@karenxcheng). She has been named Inc 30 under 30 and Adweek's Creative 100 for her work. Karen continues to push the envelope of new creative landscapes through her use of innovative tools and processes.
Company
@karenxcheng
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Keynote
Mark Zuckerberg
Developer State of the Union
Anand Dass, Chris Pruett, Yardley Pohl
Inclusive Design and Building for Diverse Audiences
Mari Kyle, Tom Ivey
Developer Sessions
Creativity, Collaboration and Community
Aaron Sorrels, Daniel Martín García, Natalie Griffith
Meta Quest Pro and Presence Platform Overview
AR Schleicher, Rangaprabhu Parthasarathy, Rupa Rao
A Metaverse Beyond Gaming
Alex Swartsel, Kevin Chan, Sara Lisa Vogl
Meta Avatars: Our Vision and Roadmap
Amanda Jefson
Meta Avatars SDK | Latest Developments and Learnings for Integrating Avatars
Dariush Zarezadeh, Meghan Rolfe, Prachy Mohan, Ryan Engle, Yagiz Hatay
The Creator Journey- Bridging to the Metaverse
Chris Barbour, Denis Rossiev, Eugene Soh, Luke Hurd, Mitsuko Ono
Building Bridges to the Metaverse
Alex Hopmann, Andy Shenton
Designing VR for Women
Ellen Utrecht, Richard Duck, Ting Wang
Building the Next Generation of Mixed Reality Experiences Using Presence Platform
Avinav Pashine, Britta Hummel, Sarthak Ray, Shirlene Lim
Embracing a New Identity: Integrating Meta Avatars in Already Established Product
Jolyon Webb
Be Generous: VR Design Tips to Reduce Player Frustration
Ted DiNola
Use Spatial Audio to Build More Immersive Experiences with Presence Platform
Brett Gildersleeve, Henry Halvorson
Building Virtual Objects in Meta Spark Studio
Lucia Tahan, Rodrigo Castiel
Avatars & Commerce
Ara Parikh, Claire Yao, Jamie She, Tyler Hopf
Enrich Expressivity of Your Apps with Presence Platform
Inga Petryaevskaya, Kirk Barker, Nick Ontiveros, Nik Treiber, Vibhor Saxena
Bringing People Together: Multiplayer and Integrity APIs
Dan Zhao, Franklin Rice
Meta Quest Store & Monetization
Andrea Russell, Drew Venegas, Yuriy Zhovtobryukh
VR Development at the Speed of Light
Courtnie Phillip, Ravi Dandu, Rob Radtke
Building Advanced Virtual Objects with Scripting and Shaders
Austin Wellbelove, Dunfan Lu
Building Natural Hands Experiences with Presence Platform
Danny Yaroslavski, Randi Cabezas
Marketing Your Meta Quest App
Caitlin Bigham, Lauren Koester
Creating a Sport for the Metaverse
Max Weisel
Performance and Optimization on Meta Quest Platform
Jimmy Lee, Luc Charbonneau, Ross Ning
Building for the Metaverse on the Web
Jacob Rossi, Josh Sach, Karim Toubba
Building Immersive Voice Driven Experiences with Presence Platform
Aaron Jackson, Donny Dinh, Julien Odent, Rachel Choi
Growing Communities in VR with Integrity and Trust
John Connell, Joshua Buxbaum, Mari Kyle, Simon Lebsekal
Build Great WebXR Experiences
DM Liao, Scott Nagy
Hands On: Building Dynamic and Replayable Experiences
Eugene Morgulis, Vu Ha, Yannis Brown
Carmack Unscripted
John Carmack
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