This year, XLIVE is a dedicated track of sessions, XLIVE@LDI2021, presented on a special XLIVE stage on the LDI2021 show floor. Check out the content in six sessions that range from the fan experience to immersive environments, such as Immersive Van Gogh to Meow Wolf Las Vegas.
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Sessions:
• Keynote: Bob Bonniol: Into The Metaverse: Join Bob Bonniol, chief creative officer at Mode Studios, as he explores the next frontiers of production and experience. Meet the metaverse, a whole new world of production , discover how NFTs are now a necessary core element of experiential, and discuss how hybrid production bridges the real with the virtual. In this keynote, Bob Bonniol will supply the raw materials to energize your agency, design practice, or audience engagements and set your course for the future of activation and production.
• Immersive Van Gogh, Re-imagining Art Through The Use Of Event Technology: A panel discussion with the producer and production team for the wildly popular Immersive Van Gogh. There is a growing global trend to use technology to create immersive art experiences, and the producers of Immersive Van Gogh are at the forefront of this new form of entertainment. Media servers, laser projection, surround sound audio, and custom scenic fabrication, and of course the paintings of Van Gogh, are used to create an incredible immersive experience. With over a $100,000,000 of tickets sold globally, this is the hottest ticket in entertainment today.
Not only will this session explore the technology behind Immersive Van Gogh, but also the challenges of mounting and operating the production during the pandemic, as well as planning and installing multiple locations simultaneously. Finally, we will explore the business side of this new art form, and what it means for the entertainment industry in the future. Moderator: Matthew Carson, Market Leader for Corporate Events at PRG; Speakers: Corey Ross, Producer at Starvox Entertainment; Sean Richards, Director of Production at Lighthouse Immersive; Bobby Klimuszko, Director of Business Development at PRG; Rob Jibbson, owner So Midwest.
• Building New Immersive Narratives: There is a current boom of immersive spaces, is that a trend? Is that a new way of entertainment? In this session, Cocolab guides the audience in the challenges and the opportunities of building immersive experiences and the process that Cocolab is implementing with these type of experiences in the industry. Cocolab also takes us into the creation of the Projected Desert a large-scale exhibition that just opened at Meow Wolf at Las Vegas. Speakers: Josue Ibanez, New Technologies Director at Cocolab; Alejandro Machorro, CEO Cocolab
• Supercharging Audience Engagement: What does it take to keep today's audience engaged? Join experts from AEG for a look at cultivating new platform partnerships across AEG's global portfolio of sports, music, and entertainment, including Coachella, Stagecoach, New Orleans Jazz Festival), and an impressive national network of live music clubs/venues alongside AXS Tickets. Speakers: Matt Lawler, Director of Digital Media, Director of AEG Global Partnerships & AEG Studios, AEG,
• Enhance Live Experience With Cutting-Edge Hybrid Technology: Advances in technology are expanding the capacity of live events. Modern technology permits live experience to embrace many different avenues— including on-premise, virtual, and hybrid. There is a lot of noise within the live events industry, since the global pandemic, about cancelling in-person events. We disagree. At Quince Imaging, our subject matter experts have derived solutions time and again, to recreate the live experience; captivate audiences; and bring the WOW factor through myriad technology streams. Learn more about virtual audiences, cloud-based technology, media servers, and graphics in this session. Learn how hybrid technology will increase revenue for live events. Identify technologies, including production, cloud, and media servers, to enhance real-time live experience. Speaker: Eric Gazzillo, Director of Innovation at Quince Imaging
Embracing the Familiar and the Strange: Takeaways, techniques, and lessons learned from digital experience that enhance and change our approach to live events. Moderator: Shelly Sabel, Creative Director at WorldStage; Speakers: Raul Herrera, Senior Technology Specialist at WorldStage; Michael Kohler, Director Emerging Technologies at WorldStage; Matt Ward, Chief Technologist at WorldStage.
• How RFID Technology Will Increase Your Revenue and Improve Customer Experience: Billfold is the most advanced RFID “cashless” point of sale and access control solution in the live events and venues market. Billfold was founded by F&B operators who were pressed to create their own “Cashless” solution that fully addressed their needs around payment speeds. We are built on the value of innovation, having seen first-hand the operational hurdles of accepting outdated systems we call “Cashless 1.0.” Whether it’s a 500 or 500K person event, Billfold is the only RFID cashless system that’s built to support operators at scale, with stress-tested solutions and senior support staff on-site. Billfold thrives on providing win-win scenarios, always looking after the client’s ROI as we implement solutions that truly drive revenue and experience objectives. Speaker: Stanislav "Stas" Chijik is the co-founder and CEO of Billfold
Since establishing Billfold in 2016, we’re well into our mission to upgrade the operator/customer experience with seamless payments and access solutions that drive short/long-term growth.
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