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Monday, July 12
 

10:20am EDT

Digital Infrastructure and Sustainability for the Metaverse
Digital Village is an Ecosystem powered by Social Blockchain Technology, The Village protocol enabling the digital infrastructure for Art & Culture and Fashion & Lifestyle.
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Evelyn Mora

Digital Village, Founder
Touted as a “Change-agent” by Vogue Australia, a “Sustainable trailblazer” by WWD, a “Digital Trailblazer” by GQ, a “Game changer” by Glamour Magazine, “Multitalented and Genius” by Vogue Italy. Evelyn Mora is a Finnish 29-year old awarded strategist, inventor... Read More →
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Jesse Damiani

Freethink / Nxt Museum, Senior Writer / Director of Simulation Literacies

Monday July 12, 2021 10:20am - 10:40am EDT
Festival
  XR for Change, Talk

1:00pm EDT

World Bank VR: Water and Sustainable Development Initiatives
Engaging discussion on the use of VR, XR and Immersive Web at World Bank for remote monitoring of poverty reduction projects around the world, virtualizing events engagements and revamping learning with immersive media.
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avatar for Jimmy Vainstein

Jimmy Vainstein

Senior Program Manager, The World Bank
Jimmy Vainstein leads the Interactive Media Program at the World Bank Group in Washington, DC. His efforts brought the deployment of immersive tools across the development organization in order to virtually transport audiences to areas of focus and connect them with issues affecting... Read More →
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Meriem Gray

Communications Lead, The World Bank
Meriem works as a Senior External Affairs officer and Communications Lead for the World Bank Sustainable Development team. She has extensive experience in strategic and crisis communications, public relations and reputational management. Having worked across several regions and globally... Read More →

Monday July 12, 2021 1:00pm - 1:20pm EDT
Festival
  XR for Change, Talk

1:30pm EDT

Aesthetics and Empathy: Why Art Matters
Most empathy in VR utilizes perspective taking --putting the player in someone else's shoes. In this talk, Illya Szilak argues for expanding current approaches to empathy by returning to the original meaning of empathy as aesthetic sympathy. Reviewing the history of empathy and relevant neuropsychological literature, she will discuss the results of live prototyping experiments used to design Queerskins: ARK, which were recently published in The International Journal of New Media, Technology and the Arts.
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avatar for Illya Szilak

Illya Szilak

Writer / Director / Producer / Artist, Cloudred
lllya Szilak is an artist, writer, and director. Her long-time artistic partner is interactive designer Cyril Tsiboulski. Their artistic practice is collaborative and participatory, often incorporating crowd-sourced and archival elements. They are known primarily for their Peabody... Read More →

Monday July 12, 2021 1:30pm - 2:10pm EDT
Festival
  XR for Change, Talk

6:00pm EDT

The Technically Brilliant Show
This special episode of "The Technically Brilliant Show" will showcase recently launched and still-in-development XR, VFX, and AI work by Black filmmakers and artists in Amsterdam, New York, Oklahoma, and Rio. Their projects celebrate Black joy, resilience, and creativity.

"What does it take to increase Black participation in emerging-tech storytelling?" Lisa Osborne asks. And why bother?
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Lisa Osborne

Director of Emerging Media, Black Public Media
At Black Public Media, Lisa Osborne focuses on talent development for Black filmmakers, creative technologists, and artists. She created the BPMplus initiative, which comprises seven programs that support, educate, fund, and promote Black filmmakers using emerging technologies as... Read More →

Monday July 12, 2021 6:00pm - 6:20pm EDT
Festival
  XR for Change, Talk
 
Tuesday, July 13
 

4:20pm EDT

Using AR to Imagine (and Empower) New Forms of Activism
2020 was the start of a new civil rights movement. Black Lives Matter protests created momentum for racial justice, but the way we honor history and teach American stories in and out of the classroom still has a long way to go. The nonprofit Movers and Shakers is using augmented reality to bring the stories of marginalized historical icons to life in fun and engaging ways. Join Movers and Shakers’ co-founders Glenn Cantave and Idris Brewster to learn more about how to unite a coalition of artists, educators, app developers and historians to bring activism into the 21st century.
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Glenn Cantave

CEO, Movers & Shakers NYC
Glenn Cantave is the Founder/CEO of Movers & Shakers, a nonprofit that uses AR to write black and brown history in American curricula. Glenn is an activist, performance artist, and social entrepreneur. Past pieces include running the NYC Marathon in Chains, a slave auction pop/up... Read More →
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Idris Brewster

Founder / Chief Creative Officer, Movers & Shakers NYC
idris brewster is an artist, creative technologist, and educator that disrupts traditional narratives through immersive experiences, all the while empowering others to do the same. idris is the Chief Creative Officer at Movers and Shakers NYC, a member of the Forbes 30 under 30 class... Read More →

Tuesday July 13, 2021 4:20pm - 4:40pm EDT
Festival
  XR for Change, Talk

7:00pm EDT

Together While Apart: The Pandemic Acceleration of VR
The pandemic has upended every aspect of our lives. There is a silver lining to carry us forward, one of which is the prevalence of remote work and virtual technologies. How has VR played a role in this extraordinary time? Pearly Chen from HTC shares her insights from the frontline.
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Pearly Chen

Vice President, HTC
Pearly Chen is a VP at HTC with a unique operator-investor role on the forefront of immersive technologies. She has held several leadership positions for HTC’s VR content platform, early-stage venture investment program and other strategic and operational roles as Chief of Staff... Read More →

Tuesday July 13, 2021 7:00pm - 7:20pm EDT
Festival
  XR for Change, Talk
 
Wednesday, July 14
 

10:20am EDT

#Immersive Jua Kali: Close Encounters of the 5th Kind
This session provides an overview of the development and production of the location based XR experience, NOMA!, highlighting how to engage with artistic communities in harnessing XR tools in their praxis, building digital literacy for audiences, and creating sustainable methods of distribution across accessible platforms within the East African region. Of importance is how we are imagining radically in an ever-shifting XR ecosystem from a regional perspective.
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avatar for Nyambura M. Waruingi

Nyambura M. Waruingi

Founder / Creative Director, Akoia & Company Ltd
Nyambura M. Waruingi creates, curates, produces, and collaborates across various artistic expressions, encountering unique ways to imagine new worlds through trans-media and immersive storytelling, and focusing on producing extended reality experiences.She is a cultural activist... Read More →

Wednesday July 14, 2021 10:20am - 10:40am EDT
Festival
  XR for Change, Talk
 
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