2026 Agenda
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Tuesday, September 29, 2026
9:30 AM – 11:30 AM: Pre-conference The Dead Pixels Society Meetup.
11:30 AM - 1:15 PM: Pre-conference Women in Imaging Networking Luncheon.
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, each::labs
2:35 PM - 3:20 PM: Show & Tell Session 1
Viesus, Gumnut, Klikkie, Lumica, MagicLabs, Picture Party by Myseum, Cloudprinter, Resemble AI, Tracer Imaging.
[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
MediaViz, JWX, Taopix, LifeWeaver, Mimeo Photos, Perfectly Clear, Photo9, Sonilo, Scodix.
[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
Design Huddle, Mediaclip, Evoto, PhotoSi, Imgix, Memories in Touch, Sticker Camera, Printess, WaffleVideo.ai.
[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
Tom Sparks, CEO, WGAN Holdings Inc.
Pavel Machalek, Founder, Eternity Photos
Elodie Mailliet, CEO, CatchLight
Nick Buemond, Founder & Principal Engineer, Nereus Vision
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
