Aaron Frank is a researcher, writer, and lecturer at Singularity University. His work focuses on the impact of emerging technologies on business, society, and culture. His expertise is in the spatial computing industry (augmented/virtual reality) and the use of virtual environments. He routinely advises organisations on the future of emerging tech and his writing has appeared in Vice, Wired UK, Forbes, and Venturebeat.

Sarah Aoun is a hacker and activist based in New York City who works on privacy and security with human rights defenders, activists, and journalists. She was also the vice president of security at the Open Technology Fund, an organisation that invests in alternative and experimental technology solutions to respond to internet freedom issues such as censorship and surveillance.

John Wolff is a long-time (mobile) game developer, advocate, and speaker, both domestically and internationally. After serving as a data scientist in the mobile ad industry, while simultaneously exploring the game industry in the US, John moved to Japan to continue his game development journey. He is bilingual in Japanese, has deep knowledge of Japanese culture and the game industry, and worked as a developer on Japan’s first ever Blockchain Game. Inspired by the forthcoming wave of blockchain-based games, John now applies the technology to create hybrid blockchain-mobile games while also extending the application of NFTs into Augmented Reality.

Sabrina Faramarzi is an international journalist, trend analyst, and data storyteller. Her work explores patterns across sociocultural phenomena through a future-focused lens, with an interest in new media development and storytelling innovations. Faramarzi has worked and written for publications such as The New York Times, The Guardian, Vogue Business, Wired, and VICE, and has helped brands such as Google, Meta, Airbnb, Lush, Tempur, Regus, and GSK to create relevant content for their audiences. She founded Dust in Translation, a boutique creative storytelling agency helping organisations build and produce innovative, data-driven content and communications strategies.