Augmented World Expo Europe heads to Berlin this October

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Next month, the Augmented World Expo (AWE) lands in Berlin from 18 - 19 October following its stint in Santa Clara, California back in June. The two day augmented reality event is at the bcc Berlin Congress Center and also includes sessions and speakers on VR too.

Tom Emrich, partner at Super Ventures, co-founder of AWE and guest judge at the Wareable Tech Awards, will be there. And the other big name speakers include: science fiction author Bruce Sterling; co-founder of Daqri Gaia Dempsey and founder of Iris-media Wolf Siegert.

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AWE Europe is set to feature more than 50 industry speakers and more than 50 exhibitors so if you're working on AR projects or are just interested in the future of the tech, there will be plenty to see. Companies exhibiting and involved include: Epson, Vuzix, Daqri, GlassUp, Unity, Oxford Brookes University, Bosch and SoftKinetic. There will also be startup pitches over the two days.

The nine tracks include automotive and aerospace; enterprise and industrial solutions; gaming and entertainment; healthcare and sports, the AR/VR market opportunity; leading AR and VR tools; education and training; best practices for advertising and architecture, smart cities and IoT.

Over 1,500 people are set to attend this Europe edition of the conference.

Excitingly, we have a pair of free tickets to give away to the event. Follow us then tweet us @wareable on Twitter with the answer to this question by 28 September and we will let the winner know shortly afterwards:

Who is the co-founder of AWE and also a guest judge at the Wareable Tech Awards?

Wareable is once again a media partner of AWE and our readers can also get a big 45% discount on tickets when you follow this link and use the promo code WareableAWE.

Augmented World Expo Europe heads to Berlin this October


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