Thomas Bedenk
Diplom Designer (FH) & M. Sc. Human Factors
In the Media
Public Speaking
2021
BaM Live!, Virtual, Panel: “Sharpening your Digital Strategy”
VR Now Awards Show, Co-Host and Jury Member
VIRTUAL LiVe, Fraunhofer, Keynote: “Immersion for Virtual Events”
Zukunft Personal, Virtual: “Into the future with XR Employee Training”
Realtime Conference, Virtual: “From Virtual Motor Show To Virtual Sales Platform With The Power Of Cloud-Rendering” + panel
Nvidia GTC, Virtual: “XR Collaboration and Virtual Platforms: A Path Forward”
AM Week, Virtual: “XR in Sales and Marketing”
VRNow Awards Kickoff, Panel
Aurea Awards, Virtual: “Rebuilt From Memories – Virtually reconstucting architectural heritage from archive instagram pictures.”
VR Now Awards Show, Co-Host and Jury Member
VIRTUAL LiVe, Fraunhofer, Keynote: “Immersion for Virtual Events”
Zukunft Personal, Virtual: “Into the future with XR Employee Training”
Realtime Conference, Virtual: “From Virtual Motor Show To Virtual Sales Platform With The Power Of Cloud-Rendering” + panel
Nvidia GTC, Virtual: “XR Collaboration and Virtual Platforms: A Path Forward”
AM Week, Virtual: “XR in Sales and Marketing”
VRNow Awards Kickoff, Panel
Aurea Awards, Virtual: “Rebuilt From Memories – Virtually reconstucting architectural heritage from archive instagram pictures.”
2020
VR Training Summit, Online: “When does VR make sense and how to convince decision makers?” & “How to scale the creation of trainings?”
Laval Virtual World, Online: “Volkswagen Virtual Motor Show with Fully Interactive Realtime Cloud Streaming”
Laval Virtual World, Online: “Volkswagen Virtual Motor Show with Fully Interactive Realtime Cloud Streaming”
Hamburg Games Conference: “Gaming in Onboard-Entertainment”
Learntec, Karlsruhe: “AR/VR Training for Siemens”
MediaTechHub Con, Babelsberg, Panel: “Learning to live and work digitally – How tech defines resilience”
VR Training Summit, Panel: “How to convince decision makers?”
2019
Baden-Badener Unternehmer Gespräche: “VR/AR und Games in Aus- und Weiterbildung”
ESMT Berlin, Workshop “Impact of Immersive Technologies”
ESMT Berlin, “VR in Sales”
Baltic Dev Days, Kiel, Panel: “Industry Applied Game Technology – How gaming technologies and principles are empowering industrial applications.”
Audi VIP Event, Formula-E Berlin: “Professional Training with AR and VR”
ESMT Berlin, Workshop “Impact of Immersive Technologies”
ESMT Berlin, “VR in Sales”
Baltic Dev Days, Kiel, Panel: “Industry Applied Game Technology – How gaming technologies and principles are empowering industrial applications.”
Audi VIP Event, Formula-E Berlin: “Professional Training with AR and VR”
Media Convention / re:publica, Berlin: “What’s in a Game? Spiel-Engines als Motor für Film, XR und Industrie”
German National Tourist Board Meet Up, Hamburg: “Destination Marketing in VR for Germany with Beethoven 2020 VR”
APITs Day, Berlin: “From Automotive to Tourism – How to Apply Augmented and Virtual Reality.”
DMEA Connecting Digital Health, Berlin, Panel: “The Future of AR and VR in Healthcare.”
Hannover Messe, Hannover: “VR Training for Siemens”
ITB, Berlin: “Destination marketing in VR for Germany with Beethoven 2020 VR”
HP VR/AR Solutions-Event, Böblingen: “VR/AR Solutions in Media, Manufacturing and Automotive”
2018
ESMT Berlin, Digital Transformation of Sales Management, “VR in Sales”
designers’ Circle, TH Nürnberg: VR als Medium für Markenkommunikation
MediaTech Con, Potsdam, Panel: “MediaTech Revolution now: Welcome to the Walk-In Future”
VR Now, Potsdam: “The best XR from Berlin and Brandenburg”
VR Now, Potsdam: Panel: “The Horrifically Crowded Virtual Reality Ask Me Anything Gameshow”
Mobile Growth Summit 2018, Berlin, Panel: “Mobile AR/VR & The Future Of Retail”
Digility, Cologne, Panel: “Your brain and VR: Feeling is believing!”
FKTG: Media Reception in an Augmented World
Audi VIP Event, Formula-E Berlin: Creating VR Experiences that Last
Berlinale EFM Horizon VR Now Summit: Bringing interactivity to volumetric video in VR and AR
designers’ Circle, TH Nürnberg: VR als Medium für Markenkommunikation
MediaTech Con, Potsdam, Panel: “MediaTech Revolution now: Welcome to the Walk-In Future”
VR Now, Potsdam: “The best XR from Berlin and Brandenburg”
VR Now, Potsdam: Panel: “The Horrifically Crowded Virtual Reality Ask Me Anything Gameshow”
Mobile Growth Summit 2018, Berlin, Panel: “Mobile AR/VR & The Future Of Retail”
Digility, Cologne, Panel: “Your brain and VR: Feeling is believing!”
FKTG: Media Reception in an Augmented World
Audi VIP Event, Formula-E Berlin: Creating VR Experiences that Last
Berlinale EFM Horizon VR Now Summit: Bringing interactivity to volumetric video in VR and AR
(c) Grzegorz Karkoszka
2017
Thomas Bedenk2 (c) Shane Pilon
VR Now: 10 shocking truths VR creators don’t want you to know! Number 9 will blow your minds!
Commerzbank #openspace: Technologie-Trend VR/AR für die Industrie
AWE Europe, Munich: Audi e-tron VR – Designing Multisensory VR for Impact in Marketing
NEXT Conference, Hamburg, Panel: VR/AR/MxR: Time for a Reality Check?
n-tv Live von der IFA, Berlin, Panel: IFA VR-Spezial
SAE Summit, Frankfurt: Interaction Design for VR
Kulturgut Computerspiel Tagung, Berlin, Panel: Verantwortung in VR
Human-Computer & Games EXPO, University Würzburg, Keynote: Designing multisensory VR
Tech Open Air, Berlin, Panel: Long-term Impact of Pokémon Go Hype
Thomas Bedenk (c) Shane Pilon
July 2017 - Digility, Cologne
Designing Multisensory VR for Impact in Marketing – Audi e-tron VR Case Study
2017 Charité BIH Entrepreneurship Summit, Berlin
Panel: “Augmented Reality’s Role(s) in Healthcare—Opportunities and Challenges”
2017 Fame 6th FOKUS Media Symposium, Fraunhofer FOKUS, Berlin
VR Beyond 360
2017 VRBB Holographic Academy, Potsdam
Cross-Platform Remote Support with AR and VR by Exozet
April 2017 Games Week, Berlin
APIT Day, Keynote: “Cross-Platform Remote Support with AR and VR”
Golem Tech Summit: “VR input methods”
Quo Vadis, Panel: “Terra Incognita I. Chances for Game Developers in New Markets.”
2017 Symposium Virtual Territories, Zurich
Role of the User in VR
March 2017 CeBit, Hannover
Digital Marketing Arena: “VR in Marketing”
Serious Games Conference, Discussion with Prof. Dr. Igor Sauer: “Head-mounted Displays in Surgery – zeichnet sich ein fundamentaler Wandel chirurgischen Handelns ab?”
February 2017 - GDC / VRDC, San Francisco
Presence, Agency, Social – Shaping Great VR Experiences
December 2016 - ARD Innovation Day, SWR Mainz
Virtual Reality: Von der Games-Branche lernen!
November 2016 - VR Now Con, Berlin
What turns The Settlers of Catan into a great social VR boardgame experience?
August 2016 - Gamescom Congress, Cologne
Panel: “„Eine neue Bühne: Hochkultur meets Virtual Reality“
August 2016 - GDC Europe, Cologne
“Psychology of VR: Presence, Agency, Social”
2016 - Werbeplanung.at SUMMIT, Wien
“Virtual Reality – Marketing für alle Sinne”
2016 - Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften, BTK Berlin
Panel: “VR als Zukunft? Zukunft als VR?”
May 2016 - German Dev Days, Frankfurt
Panel: “Is VR the Future of Interactive Entertainment?”
April 2016 - Games Week Berlin
March 2016 - VRDC / GDC, San Francisco
2016 - European Game Executive's Summit, Warnemünde
“VR – An Opportunity for the European Games Industry”
2016 HAWK & BOSCH and the future of VR/AR, Hildesheim
“In die Zukunft mit VR/AR”
December 2015 - DEP Summit, Cologne
“Kognitionspsychologische Grundlagen der Virtual Reality”
Panel: “VR – Facts & Fiction; über Marktchancen und Gamedesign”
2015 - Games & Ausbildung, Cologne
Panel: “VR, AR, 3D Gaming, Wearables”
2015 - B3 Biennale, Frankfurt
Virtual Reality Panel