XR Symposium
for GLOBAL SOUTH
Frugal Tech Innovations Transforming Hardware and Software Solutions for XR in the Global South
Date: November 28th, 2025
Venue: Hall-2, ICSR, IIT Madras
e-mail for any queries : xr-symposium@xtic.org
ORGANIZERS
- Steven LaValle, Univ. of Oulu, Finland
- Anna LaValle, Univ. of Oulu, Finland
- M Manivannan, IIT Madras
TRACKS
- Understanding the Human Experience
- User Interaction and Experience Design
- Quality of Experience and Testing the Quality
- Best Practices and Guidelines
- Practical Applications for Global South
- Effects on Health and Mitigation
- Aligning with National Vision for
- Space and Ocean Technologies
- Mobility and Sustainability
- AVGC-XR (Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming, Comics, and XR)
- Healthcare and Wellbeing
- Skills Training and Workforce Development
- XR Hardware Challenges
SPONSORSHIPS
- Gold Sponsor: ₹10 L (includes 10 registrations and one 3x2m stall)
- Silver Sponsor: ₹5 L (includes 5 registrations and one 2x2m stall)
- Bronze Sponsor: ₹3 L (includes 3 registrations)
SPEAKERS
- Prof. M. Manivannan, Professor, IIT Madras, India
- Prof. Kaushik Mitra, Professor, IIT Madras, India
- Prof. Steven LaValle, Professor, Oulu Univ. Finland
- Dr.Prince Gupta, Director of Product Management, Meta
- Dr.Kaushik Dey, Solution Architect, Ericsson
- Dr.Alpana Dubey, Innovation Research Principal Director, Accenture
- Ms. Namarata Singh, ADDG(IoT), TEC-DoT, Govt. of India
- Mr. Sameer Singh Choudhary, Principal Architect, Infosys
- Mr. Jayendra, QUBE
Symposium registration charges
- Industries, Startups, Academics : ₹7,000
- AAP members, MIPS members, Students, Government agencies and Others: ₹5,000
- CAVE member stall – size 3x2m: ₹10,000
- CAVE member stall – size 2x2m: ₹7,000
Rates mentioned above are exclusive of GST