North America
AR/VR Policy Conference 2026
Policy conference on augmented and virtual reality
About this event
6th annual conference presented by ITIF and the XR Association exploring policy questions around AR/VR including privacy, global competitiveness, workforce development, and regulation.
Who it's for
Policymakers/Government AffairsXR Industry Government-Relations LeadsAcademic XR ResearchersAccessibility/Policy Advocates
Genuinely useful for people working at the intersection of AR/VR/XR technology and public policy, congressional staff, federal agency representatives, XR industry policy teams, and academics studying XR's societal impact. Not for hands-on XR developers/engineers, hardware/product teams, or general consumer XR audiences, content is policy- and Washington-centric, not technical or product-focused.
Speakers
AA
Alex Ambrose
Policy Analyst
ITIF
DC
Daniel Castro
President
ITIF
MC
Matt Chaussee
CEO and Co-founder
CareerViewXR
JC
Jordan Crenshaw
SVP, C_TEC
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
JH
Julie Hocker
U.S. Assistant Secretary of Labor for Disability Employment Policy
BH
Brian Horn
COO
Disability:IN
LH
Liz Hyman
CEO
XR Association
SM
Sean Mann
CEO
RP1
AM
Alexandra Mattos
Senior Manager of Public Policy
XR Association
TH
The Hon. R. Kirk McPike
Member, Virginia House of Delegates
SM
Stephanie Montgomery
VP of Research and Best Practices
XR Association
MP
Meghan Pensyl
Director, Policy
BSA
BS
Barry Silverstein
Director, Center for Extended Reality
University of Rochester
AcademiaNT
Neil Trevett
VP of Developer Ecosystems
NVIDIA / Metaverse Standards Forum
NT
Nicol Turner Lee
Director, Center for Technology Innovation
Brookings Institution
CZ
Cobun Zweifel-Keegan
Managing Director, Washington DC
IAPP
NA
Noble Ackerson
President
CyberXR
Privacy, Safety & Content Moderation in Immersive Experiences
CA
Chike Aguh
Chief Innovation Officer
U.S. Department of Labor
Virtual Industries and Jobs of the Future
JB
Jeremy Bailenson
Thomas More Storke Professor of Communication; Director, Doctoral Program in Communication
Stanford University
Fireside Chat
RC
Raul Carvajal
Director of Production and XR for Change
Games for Change
Lightning Round: Policy Agenda Priorities
BC
Bill Curtis-Davidson
Co-Director
PEAT
Lightning Round: Policy Agenda Priorities
SD
Suzan DelBene
Co-Chair
Congressional VR/AR/MR Caucus
Keynote: Policymaker's Perspective
ED
Ellysse Dick
Policy Analyst
ITIF
Opening Remarks, Lightning Round, Fireside Chat, Closing Remarks
SE
Scott Evans
VP, Mixed Reality
Microsoft
Government Investment and Adoption in AR/VR
JG
Jeremy Greenberg
Policy Counsel
Future of Privacy Forum
Privacy, Safety & Content Moderation in Immersive Experiences
DH
Dustin Haisler
Chief Innovation Officer
e.Republic
Government Investment and Adoption in AR/VR
DH
Diane Hickey
SBIR/STTR Program Director
National Science Foundation
Government Investment and Adoption in AR/VR
EH
Elizabeth Hyman
President and CEO
XR Association
Opening Remarks
JD
Jonathan D. Martin
Lecturer, Immersive Media Design
University of Maryland, College Park
Virtual Industries and Jobs of the Future
JV
Joan V. O'Hara
VP, Public Policy
XR Association
Privacy, Safety & Content Moderation in Immersive Experiences
JO
Jessica Outlaw
Research Director
The Extended Mind
Privacy, Safety & Content Moderation in Immersive Experiences
EP
Erika Peace
Sr. Industry Product Manager, Government
Unity Technologies
Government Investment and Adoption in AR/VR
MP
Michael Preston
Executive Director
Joan Ganz Cooney Center (Sesame Workshop)
Lightning Round: Policy Agenda Priorities
SP
Susan Persky
Associate Investigator; Director, Immersive Simulation Program
NIH
Lightning Round: Policy Agenda Priorities
AR
Ash Richter
Senior Technology Architect
In-Q-Tel
Government Investment and Adoption in AR/VR
DV
David Vasko
Director, Advanced Technology
Rockwell Automation
Virtual Industries and Jobs of the Future