XRcon

Paulina Porten, Creative Technologist and Design Researcher, is currently doing her Master's degree in Service Design with a focus on "Social and Public Innovation" at Köln International School of Design.
Since 2018, she has been intensively involved with Augmented Reality and focused on how to create social innovation with the help of this technology. In 2020, she graduated with her Bachelor's degree in communication design from the University of Applied Sciences in Hamburg. In 2022, she did a four month research semester in the field of "Design for Social Innovation and Sustainability” at the DESIS Lab at Politecnico di Milano. She currently researches on the digital gender gap and potential educational solutions for young females*.

Elmar is a recognized expert and keynote speaker on the topic of the Metaverse. He is Research Lead Metaverse at T-Labs (R&D unit of Deutsche Telekom AG). He has contributed to numerous publications in the technology field. In addition, he has led the Metaverse Economy Lab division of the Federal Association of Digital Economy (BVDW).

Marvin researchs as a current PhD Candidate at University of Hamburg includes all issues around the future of workplace meetings, with a focus on interactions and meetings in the metaverse. Between the interface of Industrial & Organizational Psychology and Human Computer Interaction, the immersive experience through VR glasses opens up new perspectives, which he investigates against the background of various psychological impact factors. In addition, hi is interested in the success factors of hybrid meetings with the goal of gaining new insights into how the new framework of New Work can be used practically. Based on academic stations at Leuphana University Lueneburg, Medical School Hamburg, University of Hamburg, University of Wisconsin-Madison and New York University, he is happy to build bridges between organizational needs and scientific findings.

Joerg Muschiol is Founder from [netzfactor] and Professor at the FOM University in the field of information management, e-business and mobile computing, content management, web programming, security and digitalization.

His research Topics are: Ubiquitous Computing & Ambient Assisted Living, Human Computer Interaction & User Experience and Virtual-, Augmented Reality & Mixed Reality!

Gayatri Parameswaran is an awarded director and producer of immersive works that examine contemporary issues through a critical lens. She co-founded NowHere Media, a Berlin-based storytelling studio working at the intersection of technology and social change. Her work has been exhibited at the Venice Film Festival, Festival de Cannes, Tribeca, IDFA, Hotdocs, SXSW and beyond. Gayatri has received numerous accolades, including the Tribeca Storyscapes Award, SXSW Best Use of Immersive Arts, and the Lumiere Award. She is also a guest lecturer at Filmuniversität Babelsberg and Züricher Hochschule der Kunst. She is an Erasmus Mundus scholar in War & Conflict Reporting and a German Chancellor Fellowship alumnus, Gayatri is dedicated to utilising her craft to effect positive change.

Dennis is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of Curvature Games, an XR Games and Development Studio founded in 2020 in Hamburg. Specialising in games and experiences for home consumers, multiplayer offerings for Location-Based Entertainment, and innovative industry XR solutions, the award-winning studio is powered by a team of 10. Before establishing Curvature Games, Dennis worked almost 10 years in agencies across Hamburg and Berlin, gaining experience and expertise in marketing, advertising, and brand building with global clients incl. Oculus, Coca-Cola and VW.

Mathias is Managing Director and Co-Founder of Nerdindustries. Founded in 2009, the company invents and develops the latest technological solutions and products for numerous companies. Nerdindustries' customers include global brands such as Porsche, Nike, Adidas, Universal as well as future-oriented medium-sized companies such as Sennheiser, Europa-Park and OTTO.
Technologies such as XR and AI are central elements in the company's developments.

Johannes is a consultant for Metaverse & Digital Assets. He is part of the Deloitte MetaverseLab and the Deloitte Blockchain Institute and is able to combine profession and passion for digital assets and virtual spaces in consulting. He is particularly interested in the intersection between Metaverse and Blockchain technology.

Rob Pereira, MBA, is a polyglot business development expert, graduated from Universities in Germany, the UK and Chile with a background in consulting and sales of technology, innovation, and behavioural economics.
He has extensive international experience as regional sales director and general manager working with the most powerful brands in the world within almost every industry.
Before moving back to Germany in 2022, Rob had been living in the UK and in Chile for a decade and has been working with cutting edge technologies such as VR/XR, Eyetracking, EEG, biometrics, facial expression analysis and human behaviour analysis, both on the academic side as well as the applied, commercial side.
Today he is based in Hamburg and as Sales Director DACH & NL he oversees the enterprise business for Pico, one of the world’s leading companies in VR and XR.

Oswin is the leading person in implementing new immersive technologies, especially in the learning field, inside the TÜV SÜD AG.
With launching the TÜV SÜD XR Academy, he implemented an easy and affordable approach for licensing generic and out of the box XR for practical learning in hazardous situations.