Conference News: XR Muscle in Brussels; Money 2020 US CFP; See What’s Next
XR gets Xtra: From 8 – 10 December 2025 the events previously known as AWE EU and Stereopsia Europe will join forces as United XR Europe. According to the announcement United XR Europe will bring together “the best of AWE’s world-renowned exhibition, from XR giants to promising startups, and influential tech leaders with Stereopsia’s prestigious conference programming, deep industry insights, visionary workshops, and long-standing connection with European institutions and initiatives (XR4Europe, XR Valley, Women In Immersive Tech Europe).” The new conference hopes to gather decision makers from brands, content creators, marketers and policy makers to advance Europe’s XR leadership.
Economist Escaped the COP: While The Economist has labeled Sustainability Week Europe as the 5th Annual, it is actually the first year under this name. The conference was previously held as the media group’s event which happened alongside COP (the Conference of the Parties), the annual United Nations climate change conference. In 2025 The Economist is hosting it as a standalone event in Amsterdam from 6 – 7 October to highlight the sustainability market/innovations in Europe. The shift in focus comes as the new US policies are shifting resources and investment to Europe. The agenda will highlight how European businesses, governments, and investors are seizing market opportunities, driving regulatory frameworks, and attracting capital and talent that may have previously been sent to America.
Submission Opportunity: Money 20/20 USA will return to Las Vegas on 26 – 29 October 2025. They have recently opened their extremely competitive call for content. (Last year they accepted approx. 7% of speaker submissions.) Interested subject matter experts must suggest their topic ideas via the online form by the 22 April deadline. This year, the conference will develop the program across 4 themes: Fintech Spring: Is this finally the moment ‘fintech’ becomes ‘financial services’? Age of Infrastructure: Will fintech’s next wave of innovation be ‘invisible’? Global Payments Race: Is the potential of money movement limitless and borderless? And Securing Trust: How do we secure trust in uncertain times? Money20/20 recruits approximately 300 speakers from a cross-section of companies, ranging from established fintech, banking, payments and tech titans to startup disruptors.
Lunchtime Learning: Axios What’s Next Summit returned to Washington, DC last month and featured conversations with the “disruptors who are at the forefront of seismic shifts in how we work, play and live.” Video from the summit – in one continuous three hour stream – is available here. CEOs from ŌURA, Lyft, and Bloom Energy, as well as the Chief Global Affairs Officer from OpenAI were on hand to consider how transformational industry changes and a new administration are impacting how government, health care, business, and technology/AI operate and succeed.
Coming Up Next Week: The inaugural AI CEO Summit will take place next week in Silicon Valley. Featuring speakers like Intel’s new CEO Lip-Bu Tan, HPE’s CTO Fidelma Russo, and Pfizer’s Chief AI & Analytics Officer, the goal of the summit is to align CEOs of key organizations on how to build out and fund AI roadmaps over the next several years. At the World Summit AI Canada (15-16 April; Montreal), stakeholders from the global tech ecosystem gather to envision AI that creates a better future for all. Generis’ American Biomanufacturing Summit gets underway 15 April in San Francisco, covering topics like AAV manufacturing, cell and gene therapy, capacity management, quality assurance, quality control, regulatory compliance, operational excellence, and supply chain and logistics. And from 16-17 April, Digital Summit Chicago offers marketing sessions and workshops at the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place.