Seven reasons you can't miss Visual 1st, just 7 days from now!

1. You’ll meet with senior-level decision makers at potential partner companies, who have the power to help grow your business: cutting edge photo & video app developers, AI technology innovators, software companies, cloud service providers, photo print industry leaders, trade press, and investors. An estimated 33% of these executives are coming to Visual 1st from overseas.

At Visual 1st last year 77% of attendees were director level or above, with 67% working at mid to large sized companies, 33% at startups. See which companies will attend this year.

2. You’ll interact with top industry thought leaders, including the following Keynote and Fireside Chat presenters:

Hans Hartman and Alexis Gerard, co-chairs of Visual 1st and industry analysts at Suite 48 Analytics:

Profiting from Major Technology Transformations – how about AI?

Ilke Demir, Sr. Staff Research Scientist, Intel Labs, Intel:

Fighting the Flipsides of AI – with AI

John Fisher, Sr. Director of Engineering, Google Photos:

Google Photos – the challenge of “Anything is Possible”

Sami Niemi, Partner, Spintop Ventures:

On going from cameraphone app startup to Nokia and Microsoft – and becoming a successful VC

Tim McCain, President, ImageQuix: On going from homelessness to success as a photo entrepreneur – and beyond

Oct. 24 (pm + reception)

Oct. 25 (am + pm + reception)

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3. You’ll hear in-depth panel discussions on the industry’s hottest topics:

• AI Image Creation – exploring where boundless creativity could take us

• The future of Stock Photography ain’t what it used to be

• What’s next for the Photo Print Market – today’s consumers are digital, online, and do video. Now what?

• AI Image Curation 2.0 – when AI-based auto-tagging is so yesterday

4. You’ll be able to share your own perspectives with your industry peers on specific topics you strongly care about in one of our Birds of a Feather lunch discussions. In addition, we cordially invite all attendees who identify as women or nonbinary to attend the free Women in Imaging networking luncheon prior to the start of the conference.

5. You’ll be intrigued and inspired by 26+ fast-paced Show & Tell demos of some of the most innovative photo and video apps now reaching the market.

You’ll find out which of these products will earn the coveted Best of Show Award, Best Business Potential Award, Best Technology Award, and Special Recognition Award from our renowned judges, and why these industry experts see them as game changers.

6. And you’ll enjoy our renowned venue, food, reception, and photo-ready views of both the San Francisco Bay and Alcatraz, right from our venue’s windows. And check out what else is going on at the Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture!

7. You’ll be able to interact 1-on-1 with these event Sponsors: