With 20+ years experience of delivering immersive experiences, from 25+ PC and VR games to enterprise training to out-of-home entertainment, Sam has worked with the biggest brands including BBC, E4, Vodafone, Porsche and McDonald’s and many more, and has been featured in The Guardian, BBC, EDGE and Time.

These past 8 years have been focussed solely on building a studio around VR, AR and MR (xR) looking at how the 4th wave of these technologies change the ways we work, learn and play. Sam is the immersive specialist for Tech London Associates - Future of Work group and chair of the AIXR Enterprise Steering Board Committee.

Dmitri is an Internet entrepreneur, advisor, investor and an all-around sweetheart. I started working in investment banking after college, then spent 8 years at Overture/Yahoo doing global business development, before catching the startup bug in 2011. I'm pretty passionate about using technology for human thriving, which is why I head up the LA chapter of TransformativeTech.org

Forbes contributor Charlie Fink is the Author of "Remote Collaboration & Virtual Conferences, The Future of Work" (2020), "Convergence" (2019) and "Charlie Fink's Metaverse" (2017). In the early 90s, Fink was EVP & COO of VR pioneer Virtual World Entertainment. Previously, he was VP of Disney Feature Animation Story Development (85-92), SVP & CCO of AOL Studios (‘95-’99), and President and CCO of American Greetings and Blue Mountain.com (‘00-’05). He teaches XR at Chapman University in Orange, CA

Forbes contributor Charlie Fink is the Author of "Remote Collaboration & Virtual Conferences, The Future of Work" (2020), "Convergence" (2019) and "Charlie Fink's Metaverse" (2017). In the early 90s, Fink was EVP & COO of VR pioneer Virtual World Entertainment. Previously, he was VP of Disney Feature Animation Story Development (85-92), He teaches XR at Chapman University in Orange, CA

Yfke Laanstra is Futurist, Keynote Speaker, Trainer and Author of the Dutch book 'Bits, Bytes & Bewustzijn' ('Computer Code & Consciousness'). She is passionate about the cutting edge of consciousness, computer technology and human potential and focusses on the implications and applications of computer technology on our humanness, wellness and consciousness. She is the Dutch Transformative Technology Salon leader, ambassador for Heartmath and The Center for Humane Technology; speaker at The Next Nature Network and Dutch chapter leader for the global Consciousness Hacking community.

She always felt inspired to find the answers to the larger questions in life like 'who am I?', 'what am I?' and 'why am I here?'. To discover what it truly means to be Human. To be fully present, within herself, with another person and in the world she lives in. Especially in the current times, where technology is booming and our reality is changing by the minute, this quest is (and will become) more important than ever.

Computer technology fascinates her immensely. She feels deeply connected to it and at the same time senses the intense tension it creates. The wonderful opportunities, moral challenges but also the existential dangers. What is (still) real, what is artificial? Is it responsible to reprogram our DNA? How do we actually relate to technology? Should (hu)man and machine merge? Is it possible to upload our consciousness into a computer? What is the true nature of reality?

She invites you to step out of your comfort zone and into the future.

Professor Agnis Stibe is a 4x TED speaker, MIT alum, globally recognized corporate consultant and scientific advisor. Agnis provides a disruptive STIBE method and tools to master any change with certainty. He is also the Professor of Transformation and Academic Director on Artificial Intelligence at EM Normandie Business School. Paris Lead of Silicon Valley founded Transformative Technology community.

Sam Shames is a Co-Founder & Chief Operating Officer of Embr Labs, the first thermal wellness company and maker of the Wave bracelet. Sam has been with Embr Labs since inception and has held a variety of functional roles from engineering and manufacturing to FP&A and sales operations. For his work at Embr Labs, he has been recognized as a Forbes 30 Under 30. Sam received his bachelor’s degree in Materials Science and Engineering from MIT in 2014 where he was also a National Champion wrestler.

As the former Head of Technology for Burning Man for 17 years, Heather was at the heart of a movement which rose from a blank dusty uncharted desert canvas to become a global phenomenon. She helped cultivate and shepherd a culture, community and organization dedicated to participatory experiences, co-created content, civic engagement, and powerfully transformative events. She was an entrusted community and operational leader, cultural ambassador, public speaker and visual storyteller for the organization. Heather left in 2019 to pioneer another uncharted creative canvas, when she designed groundbreaking immersive augmented reality experiences for consumer entertainment and brand activations.

With her keen ability to blend creativity, technology and humanity, Heather contributes on projects ranging from remote gathering platforms to immersive technologies, experiential venues and tech-powered art-filled spectacles. Her mission is to create moments of awe and wonder that inspire everyone to manifest brighter and better visions of themselves and the world.

Chloe Duckworth is a sophomore at the University of Southern California studying computational neuroscience. She’s also a student entrepreneur, as the cofounder of both Valence Vibrations, a sensory substitution technology translating emotions to vibrations, and Hope Hearted, a nonprofit providing COVID-19 kits to unhoused people in the Bay Area.

A vetran of the VR industry with a specific focus on designer and entrepreneur in the area of healthcare. He is skilled in turning complexity into compelling stories told through technology. Founder of First Hand Technology which is one of the first VR companies to use VR for pain management in hospitals.

Emmy award winning Chris Prynoski is the president and founder of Titmouse, an animation production company with offices in Los Angeles, New York and Vancouver. His animation career began in New York with his work on MTV shows such as Beavis and Butt-head, Daria and his Emmy nominated creation MTV Downtown. Chris and his wife Shannon then moved to LA to launch Titmouse, a home for passionate artists making high-quality cartoons. Prynoski has helped bring to life a string of hits including the feature film Nerdland along with Metalocalypse, China IL, Black Dynamite, Superjail!, The Venture Bros, Big Mouth, Tigtone, and Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart. He wears many hats, including executive producing, show running and directing.

A wealth of experience in the animation industry and as an independent filmmaker allows Dr. Patricia Beckmann-Wells, assistant professor in Interactive Media Arts (IMA), the opportunity to give students a unique industry-oriented perspective of the field. Beckmann-Wells teaches animation, game and toy design, virtual reality production and emerging technologies at Irvine Valley College (IVC).

​Dr. Beckmann-Wells brings 15 years of industry experience to her teaching role. Prior to IVC, she worked as an animator for Warner Brothers Digital and was executive in charge of training for Walt Disney Animation studios and Dreamworks SKG.

With a background in anthropology, documentary filmmaking and web design, I've been working as a freelance photographer, filmmaker, teacher and consultant for the last 8 years. I've also spent 3 years working as a sales and personal shopping specialist at Apple in NYC.

I’m currently based in Lisbon, Portugal but working internationally with a highly talented team of designers, developers, data scientists and marketers to run Panion, an empathy-driven community building platform that helps Creators connect people through common interests, values, and experiences and engage them through relevant activities, events, and workshops in their area

Amy Jo Kim started her tech career as a neuroscientist -turned-programmer with a degree in experimental psychology. She found that she had a knack for building and tuning systems, so she became a UX designer and then put her skills to use in multiplayer social gaming – and never looked back.

She was part of the early design team for Rock Band, The Sims, Ultima Online, eBay, Netflix, and Happify – and learned from the inside out what it takes to create an innovative genre-defining hit.

Now she's bringing those insights to entrepreneurs and innovators worldwide through Game Thinking – a cutting-edge approach to early design and discovery that will 10X your product/market fit.

Jason Weimann is a YouTuber, programmer, and instructor for game development. He teaches people how to build worlds in the unity game engine using C# code. This can be for mobile, PC or even Virtual Reality.

Amir Borzorgzaday is cofounder and CEO at Virtuleap, a VR startup that unlocks neuroscience with virtual reality to help pharmaceutical companies accelerate the approval of drugs designed to treat cognitive illnesses like Alzheimer’s disease. Previous to Virtuleap, Amir founded Gameguise, a mobile games studio based in Dubai, and Time Dirham, the first social impact startup to introduce time banking to the Middle East. He is an alumni of York University and THNK School of Creative Leadership. Amir is a contributing writer to tech blogs like VentureBeat and Tech Crunch on the topics of emerging tech, spatial computing, and startup ecosystems.

Kyle Riesenbeck is Operations Manager at UploadVR, the #1 virtual reality news outlet. In his previous lives, he has been a VR developer, a training consultant, and host of the "Rev VR Podcast".

Celia Schauble is equal parts hot coffee and Irish whiskey. She is a straight shot aimed at the heart of healing humanity, integrating, and building a bridge between the life you have and the one your soul desires to live. Celia is enthusiastic about beauty, nurturing, and the art of Self-care. A nearly 20 year veteran of marriage and design, Celia is a Spiritual Psychologist, somatic healer, coach, entrepreneur, and mother of two sons.

Her dedication to a life well lived was designed on purpose by Love, intention, and attention.

Celia’s ascension to empowerment came by way of her experiences with death, deep grief, and capital [L-O-V-E]. She is a natural at nurturing and holds the value of honesty as being the reflection of beauty. As a messenger of a new way to Love, Celis is on the cutting edge of evolution in the space of relationships. Celia’s work encourages a clear understanding of ownership of Self in all engagements. Her practices reveal that “How we relate to the issue, is the issue,” a favorite quote by her spiritual teachers Drs. Ron and Mary Hulnick. Celia holds a space that invites others to initiate conversations with their internal emotional state, which in essence results in massive life-changing results. It is Celia's calling to be of service by leaving a legacy of Love.

Sarah Hill is the CEO of Healium, an award-winning mental fitness channel that's touched more than a half million lives around the world. A former TV broadcaster, Healium is positive fiber for your media diet that allows you to improve your human performance.

President of Grassroots Developer Education, Inc. Steven is the producer of technical competitions and hackathons at extreme scale focused on discovering the application of new technologies, innovation and mining new ideas in the fields of augmented reality (AR,) virtual reality (VR), machine learning, and quantum computing.

He is best known as the producer of the Reality Virtually Hackathon at the MIT Media Lab and the Creating Reality Hackathon at the University of Southern California.

His newest project is MedVR Symposium & Hackathon for VR/AR in Healthcare which is scheduled for June of 2021 at Northeastern University College of Art, Media, and Design.

Dave D. Taylor is an American game programmer, best known as a former id Software employee and noted for his work promoting Linux gaming. In 1993 he graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering.