Epic Immersive has thrown a series of industry-defining summit events, bringing together industry-leaders and innovative pioneers like the founders and leaders of Cirque du Soleil, Punchdrunk (Sleep No More, The Burnt City), Meow Wolf (The House of Eternal Return, Omega Mart), AREA15 Las Vegas (Universal Horror Unleashed, John Wick Experience), Third Rail Projects (Then She Fell), and Little Cinema (Cosm’s The Matrix & Willy Wonka), as well as Creative Directors from Walt Disney Imagineering (Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance, Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser), Secret Cinema (Blade Runner, Casino Royale, Romeo + Juliet), Immersive Everywhere (Peaky Blinders: The Rise, Doctor Who: Time Fracture), and Mycotoo (HBO’s SXSWestworld for Westworld & Bleed for the Throne for Game of Thrones).

After creating major industry gatherings like The Immersive Design Summits in San Francisco, The Immersive Industry Homecoming Summits at AREA15 Las Vegas, and The Immersive World Adventure in Mexico’s Mayan Riviera, Epic Immersive is teaming up with For the Record Live for our first-ever major gathering in Los Angeles: The Immersive World Summit 2026: Frontiers of Experiential Storytelling, coming to Cinevita Los Angeles this Friday January 30th to Sunday February 1st, 2026.

This year’s speakers at The Immersive World Summit include Creative Directors from Secret Cinema (Grease, Blade Runner, Casino Royale, Romeo + Juliet) and Immersive Everywhere (Peaky Blinders: The Rise, Doctor Who: Time Fracture, The Great Gatsby), the Founder & CEO of Little Cinema (The Matrix & Willy Wonka at Cosm), the Chief Creative Officer of AREA15 (featuring Meow Wolf’s Omega Mart, John Wick Experience, & Universal Studios’ Universal Horror Unleashed), New York Times best-sellers, Emmy winners, inventors of the Alternate Reality Games genre, and the Executive Director of The Joseph Campbell Foundation.

Together, their industry-spanning achievements range from Secret Cinema’s grand spectacles to multi-day globe-trotting custom adventures, new immersive cinematic experiences at Cosm, full-blown immersive neighborhoods in Las Vegas, pioneers of the genre of Alternate Reality Games, plus marketing activations and custom experiences for leading brands like Walt Disney Imagineering, Amazon Studios, Netflix, HBO, Marvel Studios, ABC, CBS, NBC, MGM, Warner Bros, Paramount, Taco Bell, Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft, LinkedIn, TNT, TBS, the Kansas City Chiefs, Nine Inch Nails, Muse, Lionsgate, Riot Games, Sony, and the BBC.

When you join us at Cinevita, we’ll explore the evolution of experiential storytelling, the future of the industry and the art form, how to get investment and clients from major brands, integrating game design and technology from virtual and augmented reality to projection-mapping and artificial intelligence, how to design for accessibility and diversity, how to build experiential work that shapes our culture and national narratives, the inside scoop behind the biggest projects in the world, the most amazing artists you’ve never heard, how to navigate careers in the industry, and how to create work internationally.

Join us at The Immersive World Summit 2026: Frontiers of Experiential Storytelling at Cinevita Los Angeles this Friday January 30th to Sunday February 1st, 2026!