2026 Schedule

[more info on sessions and presenters on our Program page]

Tuesday, September 29, 2026

9:30 AM – 11:30 AM: Pre-conference The Dead Pixels Society Meetup. Free. RSVP.

11:30 AM - 1:15 PM: Pre-conference Women in Imaging Networking Luncheon. Free. RSVP.

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM:     Registration and coffee

1:30 PM - 1:50 PM:      Welcome & Preview – Hans Hartman

1:50 PM - 2:35 PM:      Panel – Visuals for Connection: Transforming shared media into social glue
GeoSnapShot, Picture Party by Myseum, MagicLabs

2:35 PM - 3:20 PM:      Show & Tell Session 1

[Break]

3:50 PM - 4:25 PM:      Fireside Chat
Thomas Mehls, CEO, CEWE Group & Emily Whittaker, CEO, Shutterfly

4:25 PM - 5:00 PM:      Fireside Chat
Andrea Anner, Artist, Roboticist & Thibault Brevet, Artist, Roboticist, AATB

5:00 PM - 5:12 PM:      Speed Insights
Harvis Kramer, CEO, Nations Photo Lab

5:12 PM - 7:00 PM:      Reception

Wednesday, September 30, 2026

8:15 AM - 9:00 AM:     Coffee and Pastries

9:00 AM - 9:15 AM:    Speed Insights
Hans Hartman, Chair, Visual 1st

9:15 AM - 9:50 AM: Fireside Chat
Andy Parsons, Global Head of Content Authenticity, Adobe; Steering Committee Member, C2PA

9:50 AM - 10:35 AM:    Show & Tell Session 2

[Break]

11:05 AM - 11:50 AM:   Panel – Visuals for Memory — Preserving the present and reimagining the past with next-gen tech
LifeWeaver, Entourage Yearbooks, Mae, The Photo Place

11:50 AM - 12:35 PM:    Show & Tell Session 3

[Lunch Break]

2:00 PM - 2:45 PM:    Visuals for Commerce — Turning visuals into revenue engines
CAIMERA, Cloudinary, Pixelz, TITLES

2:45 PM - 3:40 PM:    Speed Insights
Larysa Shooshan, Co-owner & COO SIA Albums Inc (o/a The Boudoir Album)
Pavel Machalek, Founder, Eternity Photos
Elodie Mailliet, CEO, CatchLight

3:40 PM - 4:00 PM:      The Visual 1st Awards
Rudy Burger (Woodside Capital), Navin Sarma (Google), Sami Niemi (Spintop Ventures), Eran Steinberg (FotoNation)

4:00 PM - 5:30 PM:    Until Next Near Reception