The programs agenda
Sections
Audiences
Wednesday 23 September
Pro audience
Wednesday 23 September
All day
Virtual World @VRChat
Immersive experiences
Pro
Open to accredited professionals only.
Pro audience
Wednesday 23 September
12am-1am
Online
Pitching Session #1 — Adapting in VR
Pro, XR Financing Market
Open to accredited professionals only // In English.
Pro audience
Wednesday 23 September
8am-9am
Online
Pitching Session #2 — Futures of the virtual civilization
Pro, XR Financing Market
Open to accredited professionals only // In English.
Pro audience
Wednesday 23 September
10am-7pm
Forum des images
Immersive experiences
Pro
Open to accredited professionals only, time slots must be booked on site.
For everyone Pro audience
Wednesday 23 September
10am-7pm
Immersive experiences
Pro
Free access, subject to availability.
Pro audience
Wednesday 23 September
10am-12pm
Forum des images
salle 50 (in real life)
Cultural venues and virtuality
Pro, Workshops
With CLIC France // Open to: Mixed Access accreditations - registration required beforehand // In French.
Pro audience
Wednesday 23 September
3pm-3:45pm
Online
Forum des images
Forum des images
salle 300 (live streamed)
Keynote — Virtuality, Narrative, and the Avatar Dream
Pro, Talks
By Fox Harrell (MIT) // Open to accredited professionals only // In English.
Pro audience
Wednesday 23 September
4pm-4:45pm
Online
Forum des images
Forum des images
salle 300 (in real life)
Panel — Beyond virtual bodies
Pro, Talks
By Blanca Li, Julie Desmet Weaver, Pierre Friquet, Judith Guez // Open to accredited professionals only // In French.
Pro audience
Wednesday 23 September
5pm-5:20pm
Online
Forum des images
Forum des images
salle 300 (in real life)
Case study — Augmented narration: feedback on MOA
Pro, Talks
By Charles Ayats, Marie Blondiaux // Open to accredited professionals only // In French.
Pro audience
Wednesday 23 September
5:30pm-6:30pm
Online
Pitching Session #3 — Intimacy with virtual beings
Pro, XR Financing Market
Open to accredited professionals only // In English.
For everyone Pro audience
Wednesday 23 September
9pm-10pm
Forum des images
salle 500
Opening soirée — “Flame”, a phygital spectacle
Debates and special events
Free, booking is required.
Thursday 24 September
Pro audience
Thursday 24 September
All day
Virtual World @VRChat
Immersive experiences
Pro
Open to accredited professionals only.
Pro audience
Thursday 24 September
12am-1am
Online
Pitching Session #4 — Diving into human psyche
Pro, XR Financing Market
Open to accredited professionals only // In English.
Pro audience
Thursday 24 September
8am-9am
Online
Pitching Session #5 — Culture and nature in extinction
Pro, XR Financing Market
Open to accredited professionals only // In English.
For everyone Pro audience
Thursday 24 September
10am-7pm
Immersive experiences
Free access, subject to availability.
Pro audience
Thursday 24 September
10am-7pm
Forum des images
Immersive experiences
Pro
Open to accredited professionals only, time slots must be booked on site.
Pro audience
Thursday 24 September
10am-1pm
Forum des images
salle 50 (in real life)
Interactive writing in augmented reality: focus on the notion of “environmental storytelling”
Pro, Workshops
With Minsar // Open to: Mixed Access accreditations - registration required beforehand // In French.
Pro audience
Thursday 24 September
11am-1pm
Online
Museum and Virtual exhibitions: Opportunities in a Post-Covid World
Pro, Workshops
With ImmerseUK // Open to: Mixed Access, Online Access accreditations - registration required beforehand // In English.
Pro audience
Thursday 24 September
3pm-3:20pm
Online
Forum des images
Forum des images
salle 300 (live streamed)
Keynote — Building Metaverses in 2020
Pro, Talks
By Marc Petit (Epic Games) // Open to accredited professionals only // In English.
Pro audience
Thursday 24 September
3:45pm-4:05pm
Online
Forum des images
Forum des images
salle 300 (in real life)
Case study — Seven Grams: Solution Journalism and Augmented Reality
Pro, Talks
By Karim Ben Khelifa, Chloé Jarry // Open to accredited professionals only // In English.
Pro audience
Thursday 24 September
4:20pm| Duration : 20'
Online
Forum des images
Forum des images
salle 300 (live streamed)
The Real-Time Revolution is here
Pro, Talks
Pro audience
Thursday 24 September
5:30pm-6:30pm
Online
Pitching Session #6 — Lost innocence
Pro, XR Financing Market
Open to accredited professionals only // In English.
Pro audience
Thursday 24 September
7pm-7:45pm
Online
Panel — XR: a brighter future of media and entertainment?
Pro, Talks
By Deborah Papiernik, Colum Slevin, Ethan Stearns, Sarah Steele, Axel Scoffier // Open to accredited professionals only // In English.
Pro audience
Thursday 24 September
8pm-8:45pm
Online
Panel — Independent creation in times of COVID-19. The impact of pandemic on XR artists
Pro, Talks
By Olivier Fontenay, Amaury La Burthe, Anja Smith, Bracey Smith, René Pinnell // Open to accredited professionals only // In English.
For everyone
Thursday 24 September
9:15pm | duration 45'
Online
Virtual World @VRChat
Virtual World @VRChat
Ibaaku : Alien Cartoon
Debates and special events
Friday 25 September
Pro audience
Friday 25 September
All day
Virtual World @VRChat
Immersive experiences
Pro
Open to accredited professionals only.
Pro audience
Friday 25 September
12am-1am
Online
Pitching Session #7 — Societal norms and us
Pro, XR Financing Market
Open to accredited professionals only // In English.
Pro audience
Friday 25 September
8am-9am
Online
Pitching Session #8 — Nature invisible beauty
Pro, XR Financing Market
Open to accredited professionals only // In English.
Pro audience
Friday 25 September
10am-7pm
Forum des images
Immersive experiences
Pro
Open to accredited professionals only, time slots must be booked on site.
For everyone Pro audience
Friday 25 September
10am-7pm
Immersive experiences
Free access, subject to availability.
Pro audience
Friday 25 September
10:30am-12:30pm
Forum des images
salle 50 (in real life)
Design of experience: Imagination – Conception of other realities
Pro, Workshops
By Laval Virtual // Open to: Mixed Access accreditations - registration required beforehand // In French.
Pro audience
Friday 25 September
3:30pm-4:30pm
Online
Forum des images
Forum des images
salle 300 (in real life)
When festivals go “online”
Pro, Talks
By Louis Cacciuttolo, Maud Oukaltoum, Michel Reilhac, Nicolas Barrial // Open to accredited professionals only // In French.
Pro audience
Friday 25 September
4:45pm-5:30pm
Online
Forum des images
Forum des images
salle 300 (live streamed)
Women in XR: how do you make things happen?
Pro, Talks
By Catherine Allen, Gabrielle Floquet, Ana Ribeiro, Ainslee Robson, Oriane Hurard // Open to accredited professionals only // In English.
Pro audience
Friday 25 September
6pm-7pm
Online
Forum des images
Forum des images
salle 300 (in real life)
Awards Ceremony
Debates and special events, Pro
Open to accredited professionals only.
Pro audience
Friday 25 September
From 7:30pm
Closing Soirée
Debates and special events, Pro
Open to accredited professionals only (RSVP is required)
Saturday 26 September
For everyone
Saturday 26 September
All day
Virtual World @VRChat
Immersive experiences
For everyone
Saturday 26 September
10am-7pm
Forum des images
Immersive experiences
Free, booking is required (2-hours package).
For everyone
Saturday 26 September
10am-7pm
Canopée (Forum des Halles)
Immersive experiences
Free access, subject to availability.
Sunday 27 September
For everyone
Sunday 27 September
All day
Virtual World @VRChat
Immersive experiences
For everyone
Sunday 27 September
10am-7pm
Forum des images
Immersive experiences
Free, booking is required (2-hours package)
For everyone
Sunday 27 September
10am-7pm
Canopée (Forum des Halles)
Immersive experiences
Free access, subject to availability.
For everyone Young audience
Sunday 27 September
3pm-4:30pm
Forum des images
salle 100
Ciné-philo — Virtual worlds and digital reality
Debates and special events
From 8 years old. In French.
For everyone
Sunday 27 September
4pm-6pm
salle 300
Master class with Alain Damasio
Debates and special events
Free, booking is required. In French.