Past Events

Representatives of the Metaverse Standards Forum are delighted to be discussing the latest activities of the forum at the following industry events. Forum members who may be interested in volunteering to present at future metaverse conferences and events are asked to join the Speakers Bureau (via the Outreach WG of the members portal). This area also includes a space for sharing information on additional events that may offer opportunities to represent the forum. Learn more about becoming a member.

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New Tech Forum 2026

Date 2026-05-08

Register for the New Tech Forum in Athens on May 8

The Next Evolution of Open Spatial Internet

Date 2026-05-06Venue 2112 Chicago

Join us to discuss the Open Metaverse Browser Initiative

Special SDO Session - Geospatial Standards to Address the Requirements of Real World Use Cases

Date 2026-03-11Venue Online

Join the Special SDO Session on Geospatial Standards on March 11, 2026

Build the Open Metaverse Hackathon

Date 2026-03-07Venue Frontier Tower

Join the Open Metaverse Hackathon on March 7, 2026

Special SDO Session: Introducing the Responsible Data Governance (RDG) Standard for Immersive and AI-Integrated Systems

Date 2026-01-28Venue Online

Join us to learn about the Responsible Data Governance standard

CES 2026

Date 2026-01-06 - 2026-01-09

SIGGRAPH Asia 2025

Date 2025-12-15 - 2025-12-18

UnitedXR Europe

Date 2025-12-08 - 2025-12-10Venue Maison de la Poste

Join Metaverse Standards Forum at UnitedXR in Brussels this coming December.

Volumetric Media Town Hall

Date 2025-11-25Venue Online

Characters Town Hall

Date 2025-11-19Venue Online

Smart City Expo World Congress 2025

Date 2025-11-04 - 2025-11-06Venue Smart City Expo World Congress

Join MSF at the Smart City Expo World Congress this November in Barcelona, Spain

GeoPose Summit 2025

Date 2025-10-27Venue Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics

Skills for 3D Creation Task Force Kickoff

Date 2025-10-21Venue Online

IEEE Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality 2025 - XRStandards Workshop

Date 2025-10-08

Metaverse Field Trip

Date 2025-09-16Venue Online

Web3D 2025

Date 2025-09-09 - 2025-09-10Venue San Niccolò Palace

Web3D taking place September 9 and 10 in Siena, Italy

SIGGRAPH 2025 - State of 3D Asset Interoperability Using USD and glTF

Date 2025-08-12Venue Vancouver Convention Centre

State of 3D Asset Interoperability using USD and glTF Birds of a Feather

SIGGRAPH 2025 - Gaussian Splats: Ready for Standardization Town Hall

Date 2025-08-12Venue Vancouver Convention Centre

Gaussian Splats: Ready for Standardization Town Hall at SIGGRAPH 2025

Special SDO Session - Low Latency Delivery of Metaverse Applications

Date 2025-07-30Venue Online

Low Latency Delivery of Metaverse Applications Event

From Passive Learners into Passionate Thinkers with Immersive Learning

Date 2025-07-28Venue Online

Interoperable Characters / Avatars Working Group Education Session featuring Nelly Tacheva

Ethics Summit

Date 2025-07-18Venue Online

Introducing the First Forum Lab: p-NET's Vision, Services, and Capabilities

Date 2025-07-14Venue Online

Expanding OGC GeoPose Support for Visual Positioning

Date 2025-06-27Venue Online

XR Access 2025

Date 2025-06-26 - 2025-06-27Venue Verizon Executive Education Center at Cornell Tech

The Sevent Annual XR Access Symposum, June 26-27 in New York, New York.

12th FOKUS Media Web Symposium

Date 2025-06-24 - 2025-06-25Venue Fraunhofer FOKUS

Conceptual Approaches to VR Integration and Terminology in Higher Education

Date 2025-06-17Venue Online

OMA3 MSF Connect: Vibe Coding Metaverse Infrastructure

Date 2025-06-12Venue Online

AWE 2025

Date 2025-06-10 - 2025-06-12Venue Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center

Gaussian Splats Town Hall Part 3: Research Insights and Interoperability

Date 2025-06-04Venue Online

Special SDO Session – Audio for the Metaverse

Date 2025-05-28Venue Online

XR Expo 2025

Date 2025-05-08 - 2025-05-09Venue Porsche-Arena

RP1's 3D Browser

Date 2025-05-07Venue Online

Special SDO Session – Towards Interoperable Anchoring for XR

Date 2025-04-30Venue Online

Towards Interoperable Anchoring for XR - April 30, 2025

Character/Avatar Description in the Reality Modeling Language

Date 2025-04-07

AI, Digital Twin e nuovi device trasformano le esperienze immersive

Date 2025-04-04

Bringing Neural Texture Compression to glTF

Date 2025-04-02

OMA3 MSF Connect: Shaping the Open Metaverse Together

Date 2025-03-26

Gaussian Splats Town Hall - Part 2

Date 2025-03-05Venue Online

Special SDO Session - Avatar Standards: Communication

Date 2025-02-26Venue Online

Revolutionizing Education and Training with Virtual Worlds and AI

Date 2025-02-20Venue Online

Gaussian Splats: Ready for Standardization?

Date 2025-01-22Venue Online

Join the Gaussian Splat Townhall on January 22nd! We will have an in-depth discussion on how interoperability could drive adoption and prevent fragmentation.

CES 2025

Date 2025-01-07 - 2025-01-10Venue Las Vegas Convenion Center

Education in the Metaverse

Date 2024-12-12Venue Online

Join us for the Metaverse Education Register Working Group panel discussion on topics related to the educational Metaverse.

Educational Register webinar on 12 December 2024 banner

Unlocking the Future: How the Metaverse and XR Will drive the evolution of Broadband Networks

Date 2024-12-11Venue Online

Join the WBBA's webinar, "Unlocking the Future: How the Metaverse and XR Will drive the evolution of Broadband Networks"

Introduction to OMA3’s Inter World Portaling System Specification

Date 2024-11-27

Volumetric Media Interoperability Town Hall

Date 2024-11-26Venue Online

XR Accessibility Standards: The Missing Link

Date 2024-11-07Venue Online

Banner for an upcoming information webinar to recruit for the accessibility working group

Infinity Festival Hollywood

Date 2024-11-06 - 2024-11-09Venue The Aster

AWE EU 2024

Date 2024-10-29 - 2024-10-30Venue Austria Center Vienna

For those already working in XR or for those looking to break into the industry, AR & VR developers from around the world take advantage of what the AWE community has to offer. Take part in developer workshops and meet with some of the major players and hottest startups...

GOSIM CHINA 2024

Date 2024-10-17 - 2024-10-18Venue The Palace Garden Hotel Beijing

Overview of Metaverse Standards Forum will be given at GOSIM China 2024

Web3D 2025

Date 2024-09-25 - 2024-09-27Venue CCG/ZGDV Institute

Metaverse Standards Forum will be participating at Web3D

Digital Fashion Week NYC

Date 2024-09-07Venue The Canvas 3.0 Gallery

Metaverse Standards Forum Board member, Ben Erwin will be on a panel at this year's Digital Fashion Week NYC.

Digital Fashion Week Banner showcasing digitally created runway model

USPTO - Public Roundtable on AI Protections for Use of an Individual’s Name, Image, and Likeness

Date 2024-08-05Venue USPTO Headquarters

SIGGRAPH 2024

Date 2024-07-30Venue Colorado Convention Center

Join the Metaverse Standards Forum at SIGGRAPH 2024!

AWE 2024

Date 2024-06-18 - 2024-06-20Venue Long Beach, California, USA

Immerse yourself in the world's largest spatial computing event. MSF will have an informative panel on the state of 3D Asset Interoperability using USD & glTF

11th FOKUS Media Web Symposium

Date 2024-06-11 - 2024-06-12Venue Fraunhofer FOKUS

FMX 2024

Date 2024-04-23 - 2024-04-26Venue Haus der Wirtschaft

XR Expo 2024

Date 2024-04-03 - 2024-04-04Venue Haus der Wirtschaft

Defining the metaverse as a cultural entity using AI

Date 2024-03-21Venue Online

SXSW 2024

Date 2024-03-08 - 2024-03-16Venue Hilton Austin Downtown

MWC Barcelona 2024

Date 2024-02-26 - 2024-02-29Venue Fira Barcelona Gran Via

Enterprise Metaverse Expo 2024

Date 2024-02-13 - 2024-02-15

CES 2024

Date 2024-01-09 - 2024-01-12

Metaverse Chain Reaction

Date 2023-12-13Venue Online

Metaverse Safety Week

Date 2023-12-10 - 2023-12-15

The Metaverse Spectrum Business Conference & Expo

Date 2023-12-06 - 2023-12-07Venue Online

Nordic VR Forum 2023

Date 2023-11-15 - 2023-11-16Venue Hamar Kulturhus

2023 Brooklyn 6G Summit - 10th Edition

Date 2023-10-31 - 2023-11-02Venue New York University Tandon School of Engineering

ODSC 2023

Date 2023-10-30 - 2023-11-02Venue Hyatt Regency SFO

Metaverse Standards Forum LA Entertainment & Web3 Brand Loyalty Meetup

Date 2023-10-21Venue Downtown Santa Monica

Webinar: The State of 3D Asset Interoperability using USD and glTF BOF

Date 2023-10-18Venue Online

2nd Annual Metaverse Summit

Date 2023-10-10Venue Omni Los Angeles Hotel California Plaza

Web3D 2023

Date 2023-10-09 - 2023-10-11Venue Vicomtech

Identity Week

Date 2023-10-03 - 2023-10-04Venue Walter E Washington Convention Center

ISO Annual Meeting

Date 2023-09-18 - 2023-09-22Venue Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre

SIGGRAPH 2023

Date 2023-08-06 - 2023-08-11Venue Los Angeles Convention Center

Metaverse Standards Forum SIGGRAPH 23 banner

MWC Shanghai

Date 2023-06-27

The Future of the Metaverse, 2023: Big Companies or Big Ideas?

Date 2023-06-13Venue Online

FOKUS Media Web Symposium

Date 2023-06-13 - 2023-06-14Venue Fraunhofer Institut für Offene Kommunikationssysteme

AWE 2023

Date 2023-05-31 - 2023-06-02Venue Santa Clara Convention Center

GamesBeat Summit 2023

Date 2023-05-22 - 2023-05-24Venue Marin del Rey Marriott

The Metaverse - A potential force for good

Date 2023-04-26Venue Pullman Hotel

Meta World Congress

Date 2023-03-31 - 2023-04-01Venue La Nave de Madrid

GDC 2023

Date 2023-03-20 - 2023-03-24Venue Moscone Convention Center

Open House at MWC

Date 2023-03-02Venue Fira Gran Via

Members Meetup at MWC

Date 2023-02-27Venue Fira Gran Via

MWC 2023

Date 2023-02-27 - 2023-03-02Venue Fira Gran Via

ITEXPO 2023

Date 2023-02-14 - 2023-02-17Venue Broward County Convention Center

AWE Nite LA: Open Source, Open Standard, Open Discussion

Date 2023-02-06Venue Online

CES 2023

Date 2023-01-05 - 2023-01-08Venue Las Vegas Convenion Center

Metaverse Safety Week

Date 2022-12-10 - 2022-12-15Venue Online

Building Standards for the Metaverse, with Special Guest Neil Trevett

Date 2022-11-17

In a series of events exploring the evolution of and challenges presented by the metaverse, BBB National Programs' Senior Vice President of Privacy Initiatives Dona Fraser is joined by Neil Trevett, Chair of the Metaverse Standards Forum and President of The Khronos Gro...