Reginé Gilbert is a user experience designer, educator, and author with over ten years of experience working in technology. She has a strong belief in making the world a more accessible place that starts and ends with the user. Professor Gilbert's areas of research focus are digital accessibility, inclusive design, and immersive experiences. In 2019, her first book, Inclusive Design for a Digital World: Designing with Accessibility in Mind, was released through Apress publishing. Professor Gilbert and Doug North Cook are working on a book titled Human Spatial Computing, which Oxford University Press will publish in 2023.

Arvind Gupta is an innovation evangelist, entrepreneur, and co-founder of Digital India Foundation, a policy think-tank tracking the intersection of technological innovation and society. With over 27 years of experience tracking the evolution of digital media and internet behaviours in India and Silicon Valley he is a leading expert in digital cultures, policy, and regulation. His view will offer a view of what's next, grounded in how behaviours and tech habits have evolved so far, national digital platforms as public goods, and startup-venture capital in India.

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.

Nicolas Lopez is a New York-based behavioural analyst at Canvas8. He holds a degree in political science from Columbia University. His research is driven by the relationship between the political, material, and cultural spheres. Outside of work, he can be found writing fiction and riding his bike with no hands.