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Chapel Bridge Lucerne

Educational blockchain experts to convene in Stellenbosch this February

SummitAGENDAS

 

  PRELIMINARY



PRELIMINARY SPEAKERS AND FULL AGENDA

 

Please note that the following list of speakers is partial, and subject to change. Additional speakers will be added.

The full agenda detailing each day of the event will be published in early January.


SPEAKERS LIST (PRELIMINARY)

 

2024  SPEAKERS



2024 Speakers (Preliminary List)



Aaron E. Walsh

Immersive Education Initiative, USA
Knowledge Foundation, Switzerland
Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Switzerland


Craig Smith

Lando & Anastasi, LLP, USA
Knowledge Foundation, Switzerland


Yane Frenski

United Nations (UN)
Knowledge Foundation, Switzerland


LEONARDO PARADISO

United Nations (UN) GRACE Initiative
United Nations (UN)


Dieter Sommer

Dfinity Foundation, Switzerland


CLAUDIO J. TESSONE

UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH BLOCKCHAIN CENTER
UUNIVERSITY OF ZURICH (UZH), SWITZERLAND


ALEVTINA ACKERER

Knowledge Foundation, Switzerland


RETO WIRZ

LUCERNE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND ARTS, SWITZERLAND


LINO BUCHER

LUCERNE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND ARTS, SWITZERLAND


Yuri Cataldo

MIT Bitcoin Club Executive Team (Former)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA
Knowledge Foundation, Switzerland


Yale Blockchain Club

Yale University, USA


Brown University Blockchain Club

Brown University, USA


MARA STEIU

Stanford Graduate School of Business Impact Fund
Stanford University, USA

PLEASE NOTE:  Agenda subject to change. Exact times and topics will appear on final agenda schedule.

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WHAT To Expect

New to Immersive Education Initiative conferences and events? In the sections below you'll find some of our past participants, speakers and Summits to help give you an idea of what to expect this year!

PAST PARTICIPANTS



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PASTSPEAKERS

Titles and organizations at time of speaking

AARON WALSH

Aaron E. Walsh

Immersive Education

Founding Director of the Immersive Education Initiative (iED) and Boston College faculty

Janis Karklins

Ambassador Janis

United Nations

Asst. Director General, United Nations Educational, Scientific & Cultural Organization

Tim Magner

Tim Magner

U.S. Dept of Education

Director, Office of Educational Tech, U.S. Dept. of Education & Immersive Education advisor

Rick Wallner

Rick Wallner

U.S. Park Service

Chief Ranger, U.S. Dept. of the Interior National Park Service (NPS) and Immersive Education club advisor

Cynthia Breazeal

Cynthia Breazeal

MIT Media Lab

MIT Media Lab Associate Director and Massachusetts Institute of Technology Prof. of Media Arts & Sciences

Chris Dede

Chris Dede

Harvard

Harvard Graduate School of Education Timothy E. Wirth Professor in Learning Technologies, Harvard University

Bill Roscoe

Bill Roscoe

Oxford

Fellow of University College, Oxford, and Director of University College Oxford Blockchain Research Centre

Melissa Carrillo

Melissa Carrillo

Smithsonian

Director of New Media & Technology, Smithsonian and Immersive Education Initiative Arts and Culture co-chair

Sandy Pentland

Sandy Pentland

MIT

Co-creator and co-director, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab and Media Lab Asia

Henry Kelly

Henry Kelly

Federation of American Scientists

President, Federation of USA Scientists & Immersive Education advisor

Daniel Laughlin

Daniel Laughlin

NASA

Lead Researcher, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Learning Technologies

Mitchel Resnick

Mitchel Resnick

MIT

Professor of Learning Research and Director of MIT Okawa Center & Lifelong Kindergarten group

Terry Beaubois

Terry Beaubois

Stanford

Faculty, Stanford University and Co-Chair of the Immersive Education Initiative Open File Formats TWG

Katie Fico

Katie Fico

Disney

Stereoscopic Supervisor, Disney Animation Studios and Academy Award®-winning film "Frozen"

Caskey Dickson

Caskey Dickson

Google

Senior Principal SRE/SWE (Site Reliability Engineer and Software Engineer), Google

Brian Johnson

Brian Johnson

Intel

Futurist, Intel Corp. and professor at University of Washington & California College

PAST SUMMITS



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