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Amelia Kallman is one of 2022's Top 25 Women in the Metaverse. She is a leading London futurist, speaker, mentor, activist, author and regularly consults brands, agencies, and governments on the impact of new technologies on the future of business and our lives. Amelia focuses on the emerging opportunities and risks of XR, AI, data, and IOT. She hosts the podcast XR Star, The Big Reveal and Blockchain in the Metaverse. Clients include Unilever, Tata Communications,  Vodafone and Maverick AV.

Miguel Coutinho is Head of Strategy at NDI – the video connectivity technology connecting the videoverse. He leads transformation and growth projects, ensuring the expansion of NDI across the video ecosystem and working alongside product, sales, marketing and R&D leadership to align execution with NDI’s long-term objectives.
 
Previously, Miguel led innovation projects for corporations, public institutions, and startups in Europe, having worked on service and product design, new business development, policy design, and technological implementation. He is a co-founder at Decade Ventures, a startup incubator focused on climate adaptation solutions. Miguel is currently based in sunny Lisbon, where he spends his free time enjoying good food and the Atlantic ocean.

Stacia is a Virtual Production Producer for Dark Matters, working as a producer and consultant in Features and HETV.  She holds a Masters Degree in Immersive Storytelling from Royal Holloway, University of London, and previously worked as a Virtual Production Consultant and VR Content Producer for Lux Machina and Dimension/ DNEG. She has 15+ years experience working in Technical Production and Live Events across the US and Europe, and was the recipient of R&D funding from the 2021 Creative Clusters to investigate Realtime application in Interactive AV Installations. She has also worked in R&D for Passion Picture’s ‘Passion Experiences’ division.

Stacia began her career in San Francisco California, where she worked in event production including clubs, festivals and galas. As an event producer, she worked across pre-production and design, consultation, event programming,  and technical production/ stage management. 

Future plans include writing and development of original scripts and stories which considerfilm making processes and technology, including virtual production, in the initial creative processes. She is also developing location-based multimedia mixed-reality experiences, combining her love of art and installations with her passion for new technology and boundary-pushing audience interactivity. She is currently showcasing a piece bringing greater public awareness to mental health at Outernet, London largest outdoor LED installation. 

Sean Wargo is VP, Market Intelligence for AVIXA. He is responsible for helping AVIXA realize its strategic goal to become the authoritative source for market intelligence in the AV industry through data capture, analytics expertise, insight delivery, and world-class market research.  Sean was formerly the Vice President of Research at BDS Marketing, LLC and Director of Industry Analysis at the Consumer Electronics Association.

A graduate of Pisa, Durham, Swansea, and Glasgow Universities, Lorenzo Zanni holds a BSc in Economics and Management, an MSc in Business Economics, and an MSc in Data Analytics. Lorenzo is the Head of Knowledge at IABM, and he has been responsible for growing IABM’s Business Intelligence portfolio into the authoritative resource it is today. Lorenzo’s research is widely quoted in international industry publications, and he has presented at shows around the world, including IBC and NAB Show.

Gary Keene is a successful Enterprise technology leader with a track record of managing services through changes aligned to business needs. His experience is in communication and collaboration with a focus on video, predominantly in Tech and Finance, but he’s also run programs to capture initiatives in those sectors and share them across other industries. He’s been responsible and accountable for entire service lifecycles, from product, architecture, and vendor choice through to deployment models, security, scaling, and ultimately customer success and satisfaction.
Gary brings almost 30 years of industry experience and has worked for organisations including Google, Morgan Stanley, and Deutsche Bank.