Nordic VR Forum | 7th of November
Main Day
The 7th of November is the main conference day, covering a wide range of topics including the metaverse, AI, healthcare, training and simulation, education, museums, games and entertainment, and technical development within XR. The day will end with the VRINN Awards.
Place: Hamar Kulturhus. Please note that some parallel sessions take place at Hamar Kino.
08:00 - 09:00
Registration
08:30 - 09:00
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Registrering, digital plattform og stands åpner
08:30 - 09:30
Registration
08:45 - 09:15
Håvard Røste, KildeGruppe with Team Securitas and their needs and how they use XR
Introduction to VR/XR
Multisalen
08:50 - 09:25
Nick Van Breda, Avans University of Applied Sciences
Introduction to VR&AR
Multisal
09:00
Exhibition Area Open
Exhibition Area
09:00 - 09:00
Exhibition Area Open
Exhibition Area
09:00 - 09:30
Lars Peder Vatshelle Bovim / HVL
Introduksjon til VR/AR/XR (NO)
09:30
Opening show
Welcome by Keith Mellingen, Cluster Manager at VRINN
Opening speech by Anna Molberg, Stortingsrepresentant (H) / Member of the Norwegian Parliament
Host: Michael Barngrover, XR4Europe
Welcome
Main stage
09:30 - 09:40
Embodied Storytelling at the Intersection of Dance and XR, by Scarlett Perdereau. A hybrid performance combining dance, animated digital art and sound design, Echoes Of Time is a reflection on transformation and evolution, on our place in the universe - both impossibly small and deeply connected to the whole.
Opening Show
Main stage
09:30 - 09:45
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Pause
09:40 - 09:45
Welcome
Main stage
09:45 - 09:50
Keith Mellingen, klyngeleder VRINN Business Cluster
Velkommen og åpning
09:50 - 09:55
Andrew Perkis, NTNU
The future of EU with XR (Virtual Worlds)
Main stage
09:50 - 09:55
Ingrid Busterud, Helseinn og Elise Kolås, Sykehuset Innlandet
Praktisk info
09:50 - 10:10
Rita Merkl, Unity
XR content creation with Unity
Main stage
09:55 - 10:10
Are Søby Vindfallet, Making View + Alexander Mackenzie, Røde Kors Førstehjelp
Førstehjelp i VR (NO)
09:55 - 10:15
Michael Barngrover, XR4europe
The State of XR & Virtual Worlds 2025: How AI, Hardware Shifts, and Europe’s Strategy Are Redefining This Field
Main stage
10:10 - 10:30
Håkon Garfors, Innovasjonsavdelingen ved Helse Vest IKT
Erfaringar med VR&AR på sjukehusene i Helse Vest (NO)
10:10- 10:30
Laura Carstens, Meta
The Road to Orion
Main stage
10:15 - 10:35
Rob Pereira, PICO XR
Success cases in LBE, Healthcare & Education
Main stage
10:30 - 10:45
Aili Løchen, Simli
Mestring av sosiale situasjoner gjennom Simli's VR & AI-teknologi (NO)
10:30 - 10:50
Break
Exhibition Area
10:35 - 10:50
BREAK (15min)
Main stage
10:45 - 11:00
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Pause
10:50 - 11:10
Oliver Kadel, 1.618 DIGITAL
Spatial Audio in Immersive Storytelling
Main stage
10:50 - 11:10
John Dabil, HTC
What's next: Bridging the metaverse with real life
Main stage
11:00 - 11:15
Kjersti Natvig Antonsen og Lars Aune Svarthaug, NTNU
360-video i VR: Traumemottak fra pasientens perspektiv (NO)
11:10 - 11:30
Joakim Vindenes, Equinor
XR in Equinor: Increasing Safety, Reducing Costs
Main stage
11:10 - 11:30
Erson Halili, Helsinki XR Center
Beyond training: XR augmenting empathy in healthcare
Main stage
11:15 - 11:30
María Abad Colom og Susanna Calvert, Oslomet
Bruk av VR-simulering som undervisningsmetode for fremtidige tolker og tolkebrukere (NO)
11:30 - 12:00
Pitching | Mainstage |
11:30 - 12:30
Lunch & visit exhibitions (60min)
11:30 - 12:30
Lunch & visit exhibitions
Exhibition Area
Program for Day 2 - Main Day
