Immersive Reality – The Intersection of Design & Technology
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Immersive experiences are attracting attention in an increasingly distracted world but applying a human-centric approach can be challenging. No two humans interact with the world in the same way, which creates complexity. In this session we will explore the science, design process and implementation of immersive experience design and dissect the forms and depths of engagement. We will learn to optimize the creative process from an event strategy perspective and what key performance indicators event teams should consider for their immersive activations. You’ll hear real-world case studies from award-winning, innovative, and disruptive immersive experience designers to help you experiment in this medium with more confidence.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the neuro-chemical basics of Immersive Experience Design.
- Discover how a team-driven approach to event design and validation steps can make designing
- immersive experiences more accessible and more measurable.
- Be inspired by real world examples you can apply at your own events in the future.
Anthony Vade
Born and raised in Australia, Anthony now calls Toronto, Canada home. Proudly known as an instigator, creator and change agent, for over 20 years he has helped event stakeholders create meaningful and memorable connections with attendees. He has worked with the largest audiovisual, event tech and event production companies in the industry. Designing and executing large scale conferences, corporate and entertainment events in virtual, hybrid and live scenarios.
Anthony is a true innovator; he loves to push the bar and bravely challenges the status quo. Actively reinventing and redefining collaboration, co-creation, and experience design in the live events world. His team-based approach embraces and encourages an elevated way of thinking. Grounded by human-centric design methodologies and a zealous focus on outcome-focused idea generation. He builds on this focus in his role as Event Experience Strategy Director part of the Event Strategy Team at Encore. In this role he consults and trains industry professionals on design innovation and design frameworks like the EventCanvas Methodology.
Empowering #Eventprofs with tools and a mindset to create impactful event experiences with intention and purpose while maximising their return on investment. Anthony”s consultative and collaborative approach to customer engagement has resulted in thousands of successful events traversing four continents. He has contributed to many award-winning productions, received many accolades for his involvement with industry associations on a local, national and global level. He is recognized throughout the industry for his advocacy and in 2020 was named one of the top event professionals in Canada by BizBash magazine.
A tech nerd at heart he loves to talk about how modern human experience is intrinsically linked by technology. He passionately promotes his belief that event design teams must first understand human experience, exercise empathy, collaborate and co-create to articulate the value that live events create; it is a combination of smart, purposeful technology and strategic design that creates experiences that connect, inspire and deliver the key
messages.
