满帆大学 recently hosted the Central Florida Immersive 技术 Summit, a collaborative conference featuring more than 100 speakers from some of the top tech companies in the Central Florida area.

The summit kicked off with a Women’s Breakfast, where high-achieving women in tech could network while enjoying coffee and refreshments. Several women took turns speaking to the group about the importance of leading and representing the next generation of female tech professionals.

“我不想成为一名典型的护士. 我不想成为一个典型的东西,” said Colonel Cheryl Lockhart as she told her story about making waves in the Air Force. “大约一年半以前, we were able to bring in the Air Force’s first medical treatment facility [virtual reality] program.”

“Bringing women together and having this alliance between all these different women who are working in different industries in the technology space is very important for us,” shared 满帆’s Education Director of Emerging Technologies Dr. 海法Maamar.

学生 and industry professionals also attended a Unity Developer Workshop. 几个公司的负责人, 包括布雷迪·摩尔, 铯的任务支持主任, walked participants through best practices using Unity software. 他们的演讲以演示为特色。, 洞察他们的决策, and opportunities to get hands-on with Unity.

“What's really important about the Unity workshop is that there is a ton of opportunity for anyone to access Unity, 学习它, and then take their ideas to the next level. One of the biggest things that Unity is all about is democratizing development,满帆的毕业生解释道 Caris贝克, a Senior Technical 艺术ist with Unity Technologies and one of this year’s inductees into the 满帆大学名人堂.

There were several opportunities to play with companies’ gear and technology at the summit.

Throughout the day, summit attendees could sit in on 30-minute talks held around campus. 演讲者包括约翰·坎宁安, Unity的政府和航空航天主管, 卡罗尔·安·罗格, Director of Programs and Operations at the University of Central Florida, 和凯文·卡朋特, 西门子能源公司总经理.

“[The summit] is taking the people who are developing a lot of this technology and putting them in a room with people who are going to use it,” said 满帆’s Education Director for Visual 艺术s Rick Ramsey. “It's exciting that people who provide technology are here at a school where we teach technology to the next generation that's going to be out there.”

学生 could also attend the large career fair located in the 满帆 Live venue, which was held in partnership with the VR/AR Association of Central Florida. Several tech companies, including Magic Leap Inc., X-Force, 和AVT仿真, set up booths and welcomed students to come chat throughout the afternoon.

“Today’s in-person career fair is an opportunity to get to network and meet these employers who are looking to cultivate talent [in the Central Florida region]. 学生 couldn’t ask for a better situation to get started,” shared 满帆’s Associate Director of Career Development Brad McDonald.

The Central Florida Immersive 技术 Summit came to a close in the evening with an outdoor networking reception. Industry professionals and students gathered to socialize, 交流思想, 并庆祝峰会的成功举行.