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U/Day Houston 2026

Tuesday, November 3, 2026 | 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM

POST Houston - Penthouse 

401 Franklin St, Houston, TX 77210

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Drive your digital transformation

Join us for dinner!

Join Unity and senior energy, oil & gas leaders for a day exploring how real-time 3D and AI are advancing energy operations. See Unity's cutting edge simulations, CAD/BIM-to-runtime pipeline, and new AI use cases in action – plus hear directly from industry customers on their own transformation work. Network with industry leaders and learn how you can advance your own operations with real-time 3D.

WHEN

Thursday, November 3, 2026

9:00 am - 6:00 pm

WHERE

COYA Barcelona

W Barcelona, Plaça de la Rosa dels Vents, 1, 1st floor, Ciutat Vella, 08039

Barcelona

15

POST Houston Penthouse 

401 Franklin St, Houston, TX 77210

JOIN US

1

Learn from disruptors

Discover how industry leaders leverage real-time 3D to accelerate project delivery, optimize asset performance, and eliminate traditional bottlenecks.

2

Expand your network

Make connections, spark dialogue, and share knowledge with other professionals and creators in the energy industry.

3

Try out hands-on demos

Experience some of the amazing advances in the use of 3D visualization across the energy sector.

Speakers

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Jason Judice

Principal Machinery Engineer

ExxonMobil Technology & Engineering

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Matti Gruener

Researcher

MIT Media Lab

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Michael Hotaling

Executive Advisor: Technology Scouting, Innovation and Ventures

ExxonMobil Technology & Engineering 

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Jen McCabe

Sr. Manager, Strategic Industry Sales

Unity

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Gary Haus

Senior Software Development Consultant

Unity

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Brian Bare

Senior Partner Engineer

Unity

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Matt Vorce

Senior Partner Engineering

Unity

Schedule At a glance

10:00 AM

Welcome and introductions

Joint Welcome Address by Unity Technologies and ADGaming

Katmerka Bosch | Senior Manager, Pro Training GTM + Programs

Check this space for agenda updates

3:30 PM

Closing remarks by Unity and AD Gaming

To round out the day, we’ll be encapsulating it all with a forward-looking session on the latest features for the Unity Editor and our exciting product roadmap for the year ahead.

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9:00 AM

Coffee and registration

Join us as we kick off a day of learning, networking, and inspiration.

Tyler Zangaglia is a host of exceptional ability. Studies show that a vast majority of guests attending events by Tyler have been known to leave more elated than visitors to Santa's Workshop, The Lost of Continent of Atlantis, and the Fountain of Youth.

10:00 AM

Welcome and introductions

Jen McCabe, Sr. Manager, Strategic Industry Sales

Unity

10:10 AM

Unity for Industry, what's new? 

Learn the latest developments in Unity 6, Asset Manager, Asset Transformer and Unity Studio

Jen McCabe, Sr. Manager, Strategic Industry Sales

Unity 

10:35 AM

Flagship demo 

A live demonstration of how Unity Pipeline Automation, Asset Manager and robotics simulation work together to automate and scale your data pipeline, collaboration and deployment across operations, training and simulation

Unity 

11:00 AM

Customer spotlight: MIT Media Lab 

How Unity can support the entire ideation to implementation process for HMI

Matti Gruener, Researcher
MIT Media Lab

11:25 AM

Networking & hands-on product demos

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12:25 PM

Lunch

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1:30 PM

Customer spotlight: ExxonMobil

Jason Judice, Principal Machinery Engineer
ExxonMobil Technology & Engineering

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1:50 PM

Customer spotlight: Prudent Consulting

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Rakesh Neunaha, CIO and Head of Delivery

Prudent Consulting

2:10 PM

Coffee break & hands-on product demos  

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2:45 PM

Customer spotlight

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Jake Steinerman, Developer Relations

Cesium

3:15 PM

Customer panel: Digitalization, interoperability, and data 

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4:00 PM

Closing remarks

Unity 

Jen McCabe, Sr. Manager, Strategic Industry Sales

Unity 

4:10 PM 

Networking reception & hands-on product demos 

 

Unity and Customer Hands-on Demo Stations 

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3:30 PM

Closing remarks by Unity and AD Gaming

To round out the day, we’ll be encapsulating it all with a forward-looking session on the latest features for the Unity Editor and our exciting product roadmap for the year ahead.

Schedule(2 days/ 2 tracks)

10:00 AM

Welcome and introductions

Joint Welcome Address by Unity Technologies and ADGaming

Katmerka Bosch | Senior Manager, Pro Training GTM + Programs

 Track 1/Day 1

3:30 PM

Closing remarks by Unity and AD Gaming

To round out the day, we’ll be encapsulating it all with a forward-looking session on the latest features for the Unity Editor and our exciting product roadmap for the year ahead.

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9:30 am

Coffee and registration

Join us as we kick off a day of learning, networking, and inspiration.

Tyler Zangaglia is a host of exceptional ability. Studies show that a vast majority of guests attending events by Tyler have been known to leave more elated than visitors to Santa's Workshop, The Lost of Continent of Atlantis, and the Fountain of Youth.

10:00 am

Welcome and introductions

Joint welcome address by Unity Technologies and company.

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  10:00 AM

 Track 2/Day 2 

9:30 am

Coffee and registration

Join us as we kick off a day of learning, networking, and inspiration.

Tyler Zangaglia is a host of exceptional ability. Studies show that a vast majority of guests attending events by Tyler have been known to leave more elated than visitors to Santa's Workshop, The Lost of Continent of Atlantis, and the Fountain of Youth.

10:45 am

Networking break

Network with fellow Unity gamedevs and make key industry connections.


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3:30 PM

Closing remarks by Unity and AD Gaming

To round out the day, we’ll be encapsulating it all with a forward-looking session on the latest features for the Unity Editor and our exciting product roadmap for the year ahead.

BREAKOUT SESSIONS

Business Track

1 pm

State of Gaming - A Unity Perspective 

Join Larry Hryb, Unity’s Community Director, for an updated look at the forces shaping the future of gaming. Building on last year’s insights, Larry will share fresh perspectives on emerging industry trends, evolving player expectations, and how developers can stay ahead of the curve. Get actionable strategies for navigating today’s fast-changing landscape, and end with a look at where we're headed next year.

Larry Hyrb, Unity

2 pm

Growth Unlocked: Player-First Monetization & Scalable UA for Studios of All Sizes

This session covers player-first monetization strategies that work across all mobile player types without compromising experience, then shows how to reinvest that revenue into targeted UA campaigns at scale. Using proprietary Unity data, you’ll get actionable ideas to build your growth loop – no matter your studio size.

Sandra Amir, Unity

3 pm

Thunder Lotus: 33 Immortals Game Balancing with Unity Analytics 

How do you create an analytics framework to support game balancing and gameplay decisions? Game designer Cem Ertekin talks about 33 Immortals' journey in using Unity Gaming Services analytics tools to create a robust framework that answers the correct questions, is aware of its limitations, and is easily maintainable. The talk will refer to real case studies and data from 33 Immortals (both pre- and post- Early Access) to provide examples.

Cem Ertekin, Thunder Lotus

Rambod Kermanizadeh, Unity

Tech Track 

1 pm

Graphics Optimization 

Join Mike Geig, Senior Manager, Advocacy and Community to dive into the powerful graphics optimizations and tools in Unity 6.

Mike Geig, Unity

2 pm

Boosting Your Game Performance with Unity 6 Profiling Tools 

Watch Ryan Warner, Senior Software Development Consultant, demonstrate the recommended profiling workflow in Unity 6. He’ll show you how to find expensive function calls in Timeline and how to master the Profile Analyzer to identify and diagnose slow frames. Learn how to optimize memory and capture and analyze allocations, assets, and duplicates with the Memory Profiler.

Ryan Warner, Unity

3 pm

Unity AI Demo

Discover the latest of Unity AI in the Engine. 

Mike Geig, Unity

Fireside Chat

1 pm

Budge Studios: Theater System- A Framework for Async Loading

Introduces the Budge Theatre System, a reusable framework for asynchronous loading in Unity. It addresses challenges faced by Budge Studios in supporting older devices and managing large game sizes, offering an MVC-based solution built with Addressables to reduce load times and memory pressure. The presentation delves into the system's concepts, development issues, and future plans.

Donovan Sotnikow & Ian Girard, Budge Studios 

2 pm

Hack'nStack + DOTS

Join Triple Boris As they showcase their innovative project, a performance-focused game built with Unity's cutting-edge tools. Discover how they utilized Unity’s Data-Oriented Technology Stack (DOTS) to achieve stable gameplay systems, even under heavy load, and optimized performance for the Nintendo Switch.
Alexandre Gareau, Triple Boris

3 pm

Nonprofit Partner Connections

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SPEAKERS

Sandra Schneider

VP Strategic Partnerships,

Unity

Amir Shaked

SVP Revenue,

Unity

Moshi Blum

CMO,

Beach Bum

Noa Eckstein

Head Of Business Operations,

Luna from Unity

Yariv Sagih

VP Global Operations,

Luna from Unity

Jess Overton

Sr. Director of Sales and Partnerships,
Aura From Unity

Tianyu Hong

Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure team at Lyft

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