Leslie Shannon, Head of Ecosystem and Trend Scouting, Nokia: Leslie entered the mobile communications world as a billing database analyst in the early 1990s. She joined Nokia Australia in 2000 and became the manager of the FutureLab, an early developer incubator in the days of WAP, GPRS and 3G. Building on her first-hand technical and business experience of the reality of bringing applications to market, she developed an analysis service for Nokia that examined success and failure factors for operators bringing mobile data to market for 4G that proved so successful that Nokia created a new department around her work. While in this role, she was based in Finland and worked with over 100 operators in more than 70 countries. Leslie relocated to Silicon Valley in 2015 and now focuses on identifying disruptions and opportunities for Nokia and its operator partners coming from outside the traditional telco world, particularly in the worlds of 5G, AR, VR, MR and the Spatial Internet. She is passionate not only about bringing strategic insight to Nokia and its customers, but also about introducing successful new paradigms from Silicon Valley to the telecommunications mindset, and continues to be a highly-regarded analyst and speaker. Born in Manhattan, Leslie has a BA in Psychology from the University of Virginia and a Master’s Degree in the History of Art from Yale University. She was an undefeated five-time champion in the American television game show “Jeopardy!” in 1992 and was invited to return to the show to compete in a tournament for one million dollars as one of the show’s “most memorable contestants” in 2002 and again in 2014. (She didn’t win, but still had a lot of fun.) She also got four questions away from willing a million dollars on “Who Wants to be a Millionaire?” in August 2017. Leslie lives in Santa Clara, California, with her husband and their two mobile-data enthusiast children.

Cathy Hackl is a globally recognized metaverse/ web3 strategist, tech futurist, sought-after business executive, speaker and media personality with deep expertise working in metaverse-related fields with companies like HTC VIVE, Magic Leap, and Amazon Web Services. She’s the Chief Metaverse Officer & Co-founder of Journey, where she leads Journey's Metaverse Studio working with the world's top brands on metaverse/web3 strategies, NFTs, gaming, virtual fashion, and how to extend their brands into virtual worlds. Her consultancy, Futures Intelligence Group, was acquired in just 10 months and is now a part of Journey. Hackl was recently featured in 60 Minutes+, WSJ, TIME, and WIRED's coverage of the metaverse and is a contributor to Forbes. She has written two books and is writing an anticipated book on the business opportunities of the metaverse titled The Metaverse Economy coming out in early 2022. Hackl has been dubbed the Godmother of the Metaverse and is one of the top tech voices on LinkedIn. She's also the host of Adweek's Metaverse Marketing podcast. BigThink named Hackl one of the top 10 most influential women in tech in 2020 and in 2021 she was included in the prestigious Thinkers50 Radar list of the 30 management thinkers most likely to shape the future of how organizations are managed and led. She actively invests her money and time in helping move the nascent web 3.0 industry forward.

Devo Harris, CEO, Adventr: Devo Harris is a versatile media executive with expertise in strategy, creativity, and technology. He co-founded GOOD Music with Kanye West, winning a Grammy for Best Rap Song for "Diamonds from Sierra Leone." He's also produced and written for renowned artists such as Jay-Z and Britney Spears. As head of GOOD Music, Devo signed EGOT Winner John Legend and spearheaded national product launches. Devo's innovation led him to hack YouTube back in 2010 and pioneer interactive web videos. He later served as Senior Product Manager at Vimeo. Today, as the founder and CEO of Adventr, Devo continues to push boundaries with a cutting-edge cloud-based platform that enables creators to produce, publish and share interactive videos across various platforms. Devo holds degrees from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia Business School.

Paul Trillo is a multi-disciplinary artist, writer, and director who challenges both his own curiosity and illusion with his experimental, conceptual, and highly technical films. His diverse body of work spans various genres and formats, and he is constantly pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in filmmaking. Whether he’s creating practical effects with his hands, building the first mobile bullet time rig with phones, choreographing aerial smoke shows using drones, or pushing the boundaries of experimental AI visual effects, Paul’s work is always original, innovative, and highly technical. His recent explorations into the future of AI filmmaking have changed the way these tools are used, inspiring others to explore the possibilities of this exciting new field. Paul’s work has earned him 18 Vimeo Staff Picks and has been featured in wide range of media outlets, including Rolling Stone, Vice, The Atlantic, The New Yorker, FastCo, Gizmodo, Ad Age, GQ, MIT Review, and Scientific American, among others. He has been recognized as one of D&AD’s Next Directors and has won several awards, including “The One Show’s One to Watch” and “30 Under 30 Film Festival’s Director to Watch.” Whether he’s screening his work around the world or participating in panels and juries at festivals like NVIDIA GTC, SXSW, Infinity Fest, Northside Festival, Runway AI Film Festival, and the ADC Awards, Paul is always looking for new ways to push the boundaries of what’s possible.

Dade Orgeron, Vice President, 3D Innovation, Shutterstock: Dade Orgeron has been building virtual worlds for over 25 years. He has worked as a 3D Designer, Art Director, Creative Director, 3D Director and mentor - helping 3D artists hone the skills they need to become masters of their craft. In 2013, Dade joined TurboSquid to help build and curate the world’s largest 3D content library and to bring 3D models to an even wider audience of non-3D users. Since then, his focus has been to simplify the overtly technical challenges facing 3D artists by developing standards, tools, and training that allow artists to focus more on the creative side of 3D content creation. Now at Shutterstock, his vision for feeding content to the Metaverse gains even sharper focus as he looks toward harnessing AI and ML technologies to help 3D content creators build, conform, manage, and distribute their 3D content. Dade is based in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Keith Soljacich, Head of Innovation, Publicis Media: As Head of Innovation, Keith leads the strategic integration of emerging technologies & platforms that power transformative brand experiences across Publicis Media agencies. He has partnered with Fortune 100 brands like MillerCoors, Kellogg’s, Disney, Play Station and Samsung to create first-to-market digital activations with a uniquely innovative approach. Keith lives on the bleeding edge of consumer and technology trends, both in the real world and the digital world, translating them into high-impact consumer moments, powered by personalization, that spark creativity, move culture through creativity and inspire participation. His work has been honored with awards from Cannes Lions, Effies, OneShow and SXSW. He is a featured keynote speaker, writer & panelist and a member of the Board of Directors for the IAB Experience Center.