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March 9-13, 2026
Moscone CenterSan Francisco, CA

Speakers

Rob VanReenenPrincipal EngineerQualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Rob VanReenen is a Principal Engineer and embedded graphics software lead at Qualcomm, known for advancing mobile graphics, gaming, XR, and heterogeneous compute. With over 25 years of experience in optimized 3D graphics and compute drivers, he has led global teams delivering high‑performance Adreno GPU drivers across Snapdragon platforms. Rob has driven innovations such as updatable graphics drivers for Android and major performance optimizations, and his recent work focuses on enabling heterogeneous compute for machine learning and super‑resolution. He has co‑authored multiple Khronos extensions, including those for foveated rendering, variable rate shading, and heterogeneous compute

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