2nd annual Metaverse Summit 2023 | Economist Impact | 12 October 2023 | TBA, Los Angeles

Offering a credible and nuanced perspective, the summit was created to give you the knowledge and tools you need to benefit from this emerging trend.

2022 Past Speakers

Matthew Ball
Managing partner, EpyllionCo

Sir Martin Sorrell
Executive chairman, S4 Capital & senior monk, Media.Monks

Andrew Yang
Founder, Forward Party

Greg Solano
Co-founder, Yuga Labs

Sir Nick Clegg
President of global affairs, Meta

Jeannie Weaver
Vice president retail marketing, AT&T

Barbara Humpton
President and chief executive, Siemens USA

Mary Spio
Founder and chief executive, CEEK VR

Neal Stephenson
Novelist and co-founder, Lamina1

Maliha Abidi
Founder, WomenRise NFT

Allyson Witherspoon
Vice-president and chief marketing officer, Nissan U.S.

Krista Kim
Founder and chief creative officer, 0.xyz

Timothy Rohrbaugh
Chief information security officer, JetBlue Airways

Ann Mukherjee
Chairman and chief executive, Pernod Ricard North America

Dirk Lueth
Co-founder and co-chief executive, Upland

Avery Akkineni
President, Vayner3

Dr. Kristopher Alexander
Professor of video game design, virtual production and e-sports broadcasting, Toronto Metropolitan University

Tony Parisi
Metaverse pioneer and chief product officer, Lamina1

Alvin Wang Graylin
President, HTC China

April Boyd-Noronha
Global diversity and inclusion advisor and board member, XR Safety Initiative (XRSI)

Dr. Lisa A. Costa
Chief technology and innovation officer, United States Space Force

Natalia Modenova
Founder and chief operating officer, DRESSX

Dr. Megan W. Taylor
Director, Exploratorium Teacher Institute

Michelle Crossan-Matos
Chief marketing officer, Samsung Electronics America

Edward Bowles
Global director of public policy , Meta Financial Technologies

Kavya Pearlman
Founder & chief executive, XR Safety Initiative

Adi Abili
Head of Metaverse, ABIn Bev

Brent C. Harris
Vice president of governance, Meta Platforms

Bertrand Perez
Chief executive, Web3 Foundation

Cliff Justice
National leader of enterprise innovation, KPMG U.S.

Hugh Hou
Co-founder and creative director, CreatorUp!

David Kadio-Morokro
Financial services innovation leader, Ernst & Young LLP

Jem
Platinum recording artist and chief executive, Sonic Zoo

Jeff Wong
Global chief innovation officer, EY

Edwina Fitzmaurice
Global chief customer success officer, EY

Nelly Mensah
Vice-president of innovation, global head of web3 and metaverse, LVMH

Neil Trevett
Vice president of developer ecosystems, NVIDIA

Dr Walter Greenleaf
Neuroscientist, virtual reality, and digital health expert, Stanford University Virtual Human Interaction Lab

Duncan Roberts
Senior manager, Cognizant Research

Amy Hedrick
Founder and chief executive, Cleanbox

Alex Howland Ph.D.
Co-founder and president, Virbela

Allyson Downey
Co-founder, Meta Angels

Andrew McCloskey
Chief technology officer, executive vice-president, global engineering, AVEVA

Alex Barkaloff
President and general manager, XLA

Aza Degregorio
Student, New Traditions Elementary School

Andreas Kind
Head of cybersecurity technology and lead of CCT Blockchain, Siemens

Bo Stjerne Thomsen
Chair of learning through play, vice president, The Lego Foundation

Yat Siu
Co-founder and executive chairman, Animoca Brands

Quinn Taber
Founder and chief executive, Immerse

QuHarrison Terry
Author of The Metaverse Handbook

Timmu Tõke
Co-founder and chief executive, Ready Player Me

Dr Charles Nduka
Chief executive and chief scientific officer, Emteq Labs

Geena Dunne
Founder, Honey Badges NFT

DJ Skee
Founder, DXSH.mv Metaverse studios and chief metaverse officer, TSX

Erin Schaefer
Vice president of revenue and global operations, Niantic

Zero
Virtual Influencer

Cathy Hackl
Co-founder and chief metaverse officer, Journey

Catherine Henry
Senior vice president, web3 & metaverse strategy, Media.Monks

Sebastian Brauer
Senior vice president of product design and head of metaverse and web 3.0, Crate & Barrel

Shubhra Kathuria
​Metaverse and web3 leader, EY wavespace

Sandy Carter
Senior vice president and channel chief, Unstoppable Domains

Steve Suarez
Global head of innovation, global functions, HSBC

Philip Rosedale
Creator of Second Life and founder, High Fidelity

Professor Shafi Ahmed
Chief medical metaverse officer, Aimedis

Ronit Ghose
Global head of future of finance, Citi

Ioana Matei
Head of emerging/immersive technologies, Procter & Gamble

Joe Michaels
Chief revenue officer, HaptX

Joanna Popper
Chief metaverse officer, Creative Artists Agency (CAA)

Matthew McDermott
Chief client officer, Access Partnership

Anne Lord Bailey
Director, clinical tech innovation and immersive technology lead, Office of Healthcare Innovation and Learning

Andrew Uerkwitz
Managing director, Jeffries

Tami Bhaumik
Vice-president of civility and partnership, Roblox

Pamela Snively
Chief data & trust officer, TELUS

Ken Perlin
Professor of computer science, NYU Future Reality Lab

Raja Rajamannar
Chief marketing & communications officer and president, Healthcare, Mastercard

Kristen Colonna
Vice-president, marketing accelerator, Pernod Ricard USA

Kevin Werbach
Professor of legal studies and business ethics, Wharton University of Pennsylvania

Michael Torres
Chief of digital infrastructure, United States Space Force

Shekar Natarajan
Executive vice president of supply chain, American Eagle Outfitters

Sebastian Fahey
Managing director, EMEA and executive lead, Metaverse, Sotheby’s

Thomas A. Furness
Professor of industrial and systems engineering, University of Washington

Theo Priestley
Chief executive, Metanomic

Dr Liraz Margalit
Digital psychologist; behavioural economics, consumer behaviour and human computer interaction, University of Haifa

Dr. Louis Rosenberg
Chief executive and chief scientist, Unanimous AI

Dan Burgar
Co-founder and chief executive, Frontier Collective

Evan Davis, CTRS
United States Marine Veteran

Herman Narula
Co-founder and chief executive, Improbable Worlds Limited

Robert Fine
Executive director, International Virtual Reality and Healthcare Association (IVRHA)

Tom Emrich
Director of product management, Niantic

Teddy Pahagbia
Founder, BLVCK PiXEL

Justin Barad
Co-founder and chief executive, Osso VR

Jamie Bartlett
Author of ‘The Missing Cryptoqueen’ and ‘The Dark Net’

Neha Singh
Founder and chief executive, Obsess

Amy Peck
Founder and chief executive, EndeavorXR

Mathieu Nouzareth
Chief executive, The Sandbox US

Amy LaMeyer
Managing partner, WXR Fund

Cristina Lawrence
Executive vice-president, marketing strategy, Razorfish

Ori Shimony
Co-founder, dOrg

Spike Laurie
Partner, Hiro Capital

Shep Ogden
Co-founder and chief executive, Offbeat Media Group

Beverly Rider
Chief executive, Portfolio T and chief commercial officer, Tonomus

Alissa Aulbekova
Co-founder and creative director, Auroboros

Andrew Kiguel
Co-founder and chief executive, Tokens.com

Adrian Ma
Assistant Professor, journalism, Toronto Metropolitan University

Elizabeth Hyman
President and chief operating officer, XR Association

Christopher Bishop
Chief reinvention officer, Improvising Careers

Tom Standage
Deputy editor, The Economist

Ludwig Siegele
European technology editor, The Economist

Anne McElvoy
Executive editor for strategy, The Economist

Guy Scriven
US technology correspondent, business affairs, The Economist

Tamara Gilkes Borr
US policy correspondent, The Economist

Walter Pasquarelli
Manager, tech and society, Economist Impact

2023 Sponsors

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• Aquent Studios
• Cleanbox