IAT [Connect]: Extending realities between imec and Polo Digital ecosystems
Join Málaga’s XR event with imec and Polo—where immersive tech, media, and gaming collide to spark the future of digital innovation.
The upcoming event, as part of the collaboration between imec and the City of Málaga, will focus on fostering interactions among stakeholders who share common interests in extended reality (XR) technologies. This initiative is particularly relevant to the ongoing transformations in the Media & Entertainment industries, driven by how we consume digital content, play games, watch programs, and interact within immersive environments. The event will serve as a catalyst for connecting ideas and fostering innovation in this dynamic sector.
As part of the ongoing collaboration between imec and the City of Málaga, this event will be focused on the dynamization of interactions amongst different stakeholders with common interests in extended reality technologies, including companies hosted by Polo, XR Valley in Belgium and with the collaboration of Flanders Investment & Trade.
PROGRAM
15:00 Introduction to Polo Digital ecosystem
- Alicia Izquierdo – Deputy Major. Innovation area Málaga City Hall.
15:15 Introduction to Flander’s media and entertainment ecosystem
- Lothe Verstrate. Global Industry Lead Entertainment Tech. Flanders Investment & Trade.
15:30 European funding opportunities
- TBC (Polo Digital)
15:45 Demo area by Polo Digital XR companies
- Made in Verse
- Owo
- Visitas Virtuales
- Ybvr
- Voson Engine
- Eonesia
- Opposum
16:45 Coffe break
17:00 Introduction to XR Valley.
- Jelle Demanet. Business Developer emerging tech imec / Ghent University
17:15 Pitches by Flemish XR companies
- Uncanny
- The Pack
- Spatial Dynamics
- Hydra
- Strikeforcealph
18:00 Introduction to imec and imec Spain
- Tanguy Coenen. Imec Media and Entertaiment domain. DataTech scientific lead.
- Helio Fernández. Imec Program Manager.
18:30 – 19:30 Networking & drinks