The HxGN LIVE Global 2022 Conference Mash-up
HxGN unveils autonomous vision for a better global future
HxGN LIVE Global was the Hexagon digital reality solutions conference, held in Las Vegas in June 2022. It brought together visionaries from around the world to discuss, debate and experience the autonomous future.
It is the flagship global conference for HxGN LIVE, Hexagon’s digital reality solutions event series, which brings people together from across the world to get hands-on access to the latest sensor, software, and autonomous technologies across industrial, manufacturing, infrastructure, public sector, and mobility applications.
Carswell Gould’s Creative Director Ed Gould and Account Executive Lizzie Walker-Arnott worked with Event Director Shirley Wynne-Jones supporting Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence in the planning, delivery and presentation of parts of the event, including ‘The Future of Manufacturing’ section in 'The Zone' exhibition area and 'The Global Resellers Conference'.
We provided event planning support and managed the event agenda, content and delivery. Our team flew out to Las Vegas and worked onsite for the duration of the conference, managing the event office and delivering day-to-day support. We hosted, helped to present and coordinated the Global Resellers Conference.
We also created the content and exhibition materials for The Future of Manufacturing exhibition.
Initially, we worked from the UK with event and marketing teams around the world. Acting as the marketing lead under Hexagon’s Global Marketing lead and event lead for Hexagon Mi, our marketing expertise provided the capacity, event organisation and experience to the delivery teams.
In Las Vegas, from June 24-27, the CG team collaborated with Hexagon Event and marketing teams, Conference delivery teams and hotel coordinators at the Venetian Resort to book rooms and arrange hospitality events. Our team was available and ready to offer support to ensure the smooth-running of all aspects of the event – this included on-stage presentations and hosting of the Global Reseller Conference. We ran the multi-day agenda, acting as compare and presenter linking the information together.
“To play a part in such a big and inspirational tech event was a great honour. What makes me most proud though is how Carswell Gould’s work was visible across many arenas, including event planning, delivery, content creation and design, filmmaking and presenting part of the show.” Ed Gould, Creative Director, Carswell Gould
HxGN LIVE Global 2022 engaged more than 3,000 in-person attendees at the Venetian Resort Las Vegas over four days to discuss, debate and encounter the autonomous future first-hand.
The conference and technology expo delivered a strong focus on sustainability and learning from the challenges of the past years to disrupt the way things are done using autonomous technology as a tool for positive change.
This was the conference’s first in-person event since 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic. The confluence of global supply chain disruption, changes to the nature of work, and shifts in consumer habits meant that the people coming together to talk about the future of their industries were essentially starting fresh, making a new way for themselves in a new world.
The conference began with the opening keynote “What Stands in the Way Becomes the Way” from Hexagon’s President and CEO, Ola Rollén, who greeted a crowd from across the spectrum of Hexagon customers and partners. His speech set the scene for the conference with a message of resilience, responsibility and thought leadership, focusing on moving forward in a world radically changed by the COVID-19 pandemic and seizing the opportunity to create a new paradigm where sustainability and profitability can co-exist.
Hexagon CTO Burkhard Boeckem demonstrated some of Hexagon’s latest innovations that empower customers to create and manage real-world systems in a digitally immersive environment. This included the announcement of the Power of One digital platform for mining, a new holistic, life-of-mine smart solution connecting sensors, software, infield apps and cloudware. Available and ready to implement, this technology connects the mine to the boardroom via a single onboard eco-system comprising a smart computer, antenna and display.
Other new products and solutions announced at HxGN LIVE Global 2022 included new BLK 360, the smallest, lightest and fastest scanner yet from Leica Geosystems that perfectly blends speed and flexibility with accuracy. Also Nexus, an open platform that enhances smart manufacturing collaboration by connecting people, technologies and data, accelerating innovation and time to market and addressing specific challenges in various stages of the manufacturing process.
Seven focused summits provided attendees with training sessions, demos, panel discussions, Q&As and more in hundreds of breakout sessions, where delegates heard thought-provoking conversations about applications of Hexagon technologies. The breakout sessions were also available to attendees in our virtual experience, ensuring that everyone got the chance to see how they will benefit in the autonomous future.
The Zone offered hands-on introduction to technologies from across the Hexgaon spectrum with the latest advancements from all Hexagon business units and its partners. The powerful technologies on display did everything from surveillance scanning of the space they were standing in to exploring immersive augmented reality environments like a virtual mine site or a data-driven New York City. A couple of Boston Dynamics’ robotic platform (“Spot”) carrying the BLK ARC proved popular!
Each summit had its own dedicated keynote speakers who addressed pressing issues and exciting opportunities in their space, whether it was confronting the uncomfortable truths about sustainability, the lessons and opportunities gleaned from the pandemic, or hearing awe-inspiring stories about technology’s uses in space from retired Canadian astronaut Dr. Robert Thirsk. The summit keynotes were live-streamed to users of our virtual experience.
HxGN LIVE Global provided inspiration to help the world move forward into a sustainable future with autonomy at its core. It’s clear that this year’s HxGN LIVE Global is going to be remembered as the start of something amazing.