Vancouver B.C., Canada – February 9, 2021 – Nextech AR Solutions (Nextech) (OTCQB: NEXCF) (NEO: NTAR.NE) (CSE:NTAR) (FSE: N29), a diversified leading provider of augmented reality (AR), virtual event live streaming experiences plus services for 3D ads, eCommerce, and education, today announced that its Virtual Experience Platform (VXP) to host this year’s virtual Canadian Surgery Forum (CSF) taking place September 21-24, 2021. CSF partners and exhibitors include Olympus, Johnson and Johnson JNJ (NYSE) , Medtronic MDT (NYSE), Stryker SYK (NYSE) Pfizer PFE (NYSE) and others.
The CSF is the largest surgical meeting in Canada, bringing together more than 1,000 general surgeons annually. The 2021 show marks the 20th Anniversary of the CSF. The event seeks to connect surgeons from seven surgical societies representing several key subspecialties including general surgery, thoracic surgery, colon and rectal surgery, surgical oncology, hepatobiliary surgery, hernia surgery and trauma surgery.
During CSF 2021, Nextech’s event production team will be on hand to manage all main stage video content as well as to coordinate subsequent breakout sessions, offering guests a professionally produced, high-quality video streaming experience. The CSF also features a trade show for industry exhibitors. This year, with the help of Nextech’s VXP, 40+ exhibitors will be able to showcase their technologies, products and offerings and network with attendees.
“Nextech was one of the only platforms we tested that I felt could deliver on the objectives of all our stakeholders” said Karen Norris, CSF Manager. “Our delegates will be engaged in the education sessions via the visually stunning virtual ‘rooms’ and easy to navigate user platform. Our sponsors and exhibitors will be able to showcase their products and recent research and development via the augmented reality features of the platform. The CSF is delighted to be working with Nextech to design a virtual experience that engages all our event stakeholders to share research and advance advocacy efforts for the Canadian surgical community.”
Evan Gappelberg, CEO of Nextech AR comments, “The CSF is predominant event for the medical community in Canada and we’re honored to be selected as their partner to create a scalable, reliable virtual venue.” He continues, “Our scalable, secure and experiential solution is becoming a leading choice for professional associations and trade shows in the medical industry as we continue to land more and more events in the medical field. Our ability to provide the most comprehensive offerings, including significant revenue sponsorship and our exclusive 3D ad networks to virtual exhibitor booths gives us an edge over other event platforms. Each partnership and virtual experience we build showcases the power of our technology as our momentum builds within the $90 billion-dollar virtual events market expected to reach $400 billion in the next few years according to Grandview. As we push into February, we are seeing an acceleration of global demand for eCommerce, augmented reality, and virtual events by enterprise and global brands which positions us for a positive Q1, 2021.”
Nextech’s platforms have serviced dozens of Fortune 500 businesses such as Amazon, Viacom, Johnson and Johnson, Bell Canada, UNESCO, Dell Technologies, Luxottica, Vulcan Inc , Boehringer Ingelheim, TEDx, Grundfos, and Arch Insurance. Security is a core feature of the company which reported a breakthrough in security with the help of Fastly, an edge computing company. Bringing token authentication to the edge greatly enhances security and performance, which is essential for Nextech to collaborate with additional Fortune 500 companies in the near future.
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About the Canadian Surgery Forum
The Canadian Surgery Forum (CSF) is the largest surgical meeting in Canada attracting 1000+ general surgeons annually. The CSF is a partnered conference bringing together numerous surgical societies focused on various surgical subspecialties, general surgery, thoracic surgery, colon and rectal surgery, surgical oncology, hepatobiliary surgery, hernia surgery and trauma surgery. The objective of the CSF is to foster communication among surgical subspecialties and to advance continuing professional development, clinical practice, education, research, and public advocacy while providing members of the Canadian surgical community an opportunity to meet and network in a collegial fashion.
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About Nextech AR
Nextech is one of the leaders in the rapidly growing Augmented Reality market estimated to grow from USD $10.7B in 2019 and projected to reach USD $72.7B
The company is pursuing four verticals:
Virtual Experience Platform (VXP): An advanced Augmented Reality and Video Learning Experience Platform for Events, is a SaaS video platform that integrates Interactive Video, Artificial Intelligence and Augmented Reality in one secure platform to allow enterprises the ability to create the world’s most engaging virtual event management and learning experiences. Automated closed captions and translations to over 64 languages. According to Grandview Research the global virtual events market in 2020 is $90B and expected to reach more than $400B by 2027, growing at a 23% CAGR. With Nextech’s VXP platform having augmented reality, AI, end-to-end encryption, and built-in language translation for 64 languages, the company is well positioned to rapidly take market share as the growth accelerates globally.
ARitize™ For eCommerce: The company launched its SaaS platform for webAR in eCommerce early in 2019. Nextech has a ‘full funnel’ end-to-end eCommerce solution for the AR industry including its Aritize360 app for 3D product capture, 3D/AR ads, its ARitize white label app, its ‘Try it On’ technology for online apparel, 3D and 360-degree product views, and ‘one click buy’.
ARitize™ 3D/AR Advertising Platform: Launched in Q1 2020 the ad platform will be the industry's first end-to-end solution whereby the company will leverage its 3D asset creation into 3D/AR ads. In 2019, according to IDC, global advertising spend will be about $725 billion.
ARitize™ Hollywood Studios: The studio is in development producing immersive content using 360 video, and augmented reality as the primary display platform.
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