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RLab Well

June 4-5, 2019
Building 22, Brooklyn Navy Yard
RLab Well begins tomorrow, Tuesday, June 4, at 1:00pm and continues all day on Wednesday, June 5 from 8:00am to 5:00pm. As a registered attendee, you'll participate in a curated series of talks, group discussions, design exercises, and technology demos focused on the latest applications of VR, AR and spatial computing in health, medicine and wellness. 

Please find arrival information and the full program below. We're excited to have you join us! 


- Justin Hendrix, Executive Director, RLab 

Location & Check In


RLab is located in Building 22 in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The best way to get here is to enter the Navy Yard through the gate at 299 Sands Street. 

You should have received an email with a Navy Yard access code and directions to Building 22. You will need to present this access code at the gate to enter the Navy Yard. If you did not receive an email with a QR code today, check your spam folder or email us for further assistance. 

Once you arrive at Building 22, take the elevator to the 3rd floor. Our team will greet you upon arrival.

Click here to download a map and directions. 


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RLab Well Program

 

DAY 1

1:00 PM: Registration Opens

2:00 PM: Opening Remarks 

Keynote speakers on the current state of play and future interfaces in health, medicine and wellness.

  • Jeremy Bailenson, Founding Director, Stanford’s Virtual Human Interaction Lab & Co-Founder, STRIVR
  • MaryKate Mahoney, Global Head of VR in Healthcare, HP
  • Greg Dorsainville, Senior Multimedia Developer, UX/UI Designer at NYU Langone Medical Center

3:00 PM: AR/VR Demonstrations & Networking

Browse 20 demonstrations of XR technologies in healthcare, including new hardware and software applications.

5:00 PM: Problem Definition & Group Exercise

On Wednesday, we will explore key questions at the intersection of technology, health, medicine and wellness. But how do we collectively define this ecosystem, and the problems and opportunities in it? Through this exercise, the group will arrive at a common set of definitions and a working system map.

6:00 PM: Evening Reception & Demonstrations

Reception made possible with the generous support of Mintz

8:00 PM: Day 1 Close
 

DAY 2

8:00 AM: Breakfast

9:00 AM: Welcome

  • Justin Hendrix, Executive Director, RLab
  • Karen Bhatia, Senior Vice President, New York City Economic Development Corporation
  • Katepalli Sreenivasan, Dean Emeritus, NYU Tandon School of Engineering

9:15 AM: Opening Remarks

  • Susan Persky, Head, Communications, Attitudes & Behavior Unit at NHGRI
  • Christopher Jeffers, Partner, Mintz Levin

9:45 AM: Panel Discussion: Technology Forecast

Leaders in technology and R&D forecast developments in XR and what these developments will mean in the context of health, medicine and wellness, including convergence with advances such as 5G and artificial intelligence.

  • Damon Hernandez, Product Manager, Samsung
  • Dario Laverde, Senior Developer Evangelist, HTC
  • Ken Perlin, Professor of Computer Science, NYU Future Reality Lab
  • MaryKate Mahoney, Global Head of VR in Healthcare, HP
  • Yiliu Shen-Burke, Founder, Softspace Inc.

10:30 AM: Coffee & Networking

11:00 AM: Morning Breakout Sessions

Choose A or B. Each session will feature lightning talks with short demos or presentations from experts, followed by a group design activity. 

Morning Breakout Session A - Business Models: Market Opportunities

A recent report from the industry group VRARA framed the challenge for executives and entrepreneurs building new products and services with future interface technologies: “Tech companies are looking for markets, physicians are looking for applications, and medical institutions are looking for innovative tools to differentiate themselves and provide better patient care.” The technologies and the markets are evolving at the same time, but not necessarily in tandem. How can we marry new technologies with problems and opportunities to generate profitable business models, not just tomorrow but today?

  • Jen van der Meer, Founder, Reason Street
  • Tassilo Baeuerle, Co-Founder & CEO, CognifiSense

Morning Breakout Session B - Communications: User Experience & Design

In the years ahead, immersive technology products will fundamentally change the way we interact with information, with devices, with our bodies, and with one another. Making patients and consumers comfortable with new and peculiar interfaces and devices will require a user-centered design approach with a deep understanding of pain points, and services and messaging that effectively address needs throughout the consumer journey. How can we help users understand, access, and ultimately learn to trust VR, AR, and other emerging technologies?

  • Steve Feiner, Professor of Computer Science, Columbia University
  • Alex Sigaras, Senior Research Associate in Computational Biomedicine, Weill Cornell Medicine
  • Cortney Harding, Founder, Friends with Holograms 
  • Ivy Cohen, President, Ivy Cohen Corporate Communications

12:30 PM: Lunch & Demos

2:00 PM: Afternoon Breakout Sessions

Choose C or D. Each session will feature lightning talks with short demos or presentations from experts, followed by a facilitated group discussion.

Afternoon Breakout Session C - Tools & Use Cases

Virtual and augmented reality technologies are finding immediate use in the realm of medical and health education, as 3D visualization creates increasingly efficient and economical means to share information, run simulations and replace more cumbersome methods. At the same time, XR devices and applications offer the opportunity to rethink and redesign older processes, diagnostic tools, and interactions. What are the people building these new applications learning, and what patterns can we identify from their experiences?

  • Aaron Oliker, Chief Innovation Officer, BioDigital
  • John Qualter, Chief Content Officer, BioDigital
  • Dr. Tran Tu Huynh, CEO, OpticSurg
  • Mike Rizkalla, CEO, Brave New World 
  • Dumeetha Luthra, Founder, Take Pause
  • Allison Vorderstrasse, Associate Professor, NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing 

Afternoon Breakout Session D - Efficacy & Impact

At the heart of the question over the role of whether XR will transform human-computer interaction in health, medicine and wellness is whether the efficacy and impact of these promising technologies will be borne out in practice. Measurement and evaluation are critical to the advance of the field. Entrepreneurs and technologists designing the tools and applications of the future must plan to assess efficacy and impact, and to meet regulators, managers and other critics with clear evidence of success. How can we design applications, products, and services that prove their worth?

  • Tom Finn, Director, Magic Lines
  • Carol DerSarkissian, Clinical Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, NYU Langone Medical Center
  • Bob Fine, Executive Director, International Virtual Reality and Healthcare Association (IVRHA)
  • Susanna Pollack, President, Games for Change

3:00 PM: Collaboration Design Exercise

RLab has a unique opportunity to convene a broad collaboration in this area, drawing in industry executives and innovators, entrepreneurs, university researchers, health and medical institutions, the City of New York and more to consider what is possible. Building on what we’ve discussed together, RLab invites you to help us set the agenda for the year ahead in a collaborative exercise intended to create new partnerships and help us build new programs to serve you.

4:30 PM: Reporting Out & Concluding Remarks

5:00 PM: Event Closes
 

FEATURED DEMOS

  • BioDigital
  • Cleanbox Technology
  • echoAR
  • Friends With Holograms 
  • Garou
  • HTC
  • Ink Stories
  • Immersive Health Group
  • Luxury Escapism
  • Magic Lines
  • NYU Future Reality Lab
  • NYU Langone
  • OpticSurg
  • Optoon
  • PWC/BodyLogical
  • Retina Technologies
  • Softspace Inc.
  • Take-Pause
  • The Ark
  • The CHILZone at Montefiore Hospital
  • vasAR Technologies/Columbia University
  • Weill Cornell Medicine
.Special thanks to 
 
Notice of Photography 

Please be advised that photographs, video, and audio recordings may be taken at events hosted by RLab. By attending this event, you agree to be photographed or filmed, and give permission for your likeness to be used for promotional purposes by RLab and its affiliates. 
Questions about this event? Please contact ilena@rlab.nyc. 
RLab is the nation’s first city-funded center for research, entrepreneurship and education in virtual and augmented-reality, spatial computing and other emerging media technologies. Learn more at rlab.nyc.

NYCEDC and the Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment selected NYU Tandon School of Engineering as the administering institution and a consortium of participating universities, including Columbia University, CUNY, and The New School to manage and operate the space, along with a workforce development center at CUNY Lehman College in the Bronx. The new multi-university center is critical to the City’s plans to establish New York City as the next global leader in VR/AR and related technologies and will create hundreds of new jobs in the field.
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