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Tom Wesselman

Tom Wesselman

Tom Wesselman is the Director of Communications Ecosystem Architecture at Plantronics. His focus is connecting the capabilities of Plantronics products to the world around them. This starts with defining and building the data and services provided by Plantronics’ wearable technology, and then by working with partners and developers to integrate those capabilities into the applications people use. Prior to Plantronics, Wesselman held senior engineering roles at Cisco, where he led a variety of UC engineering programs including the development of the company’s first UC client. Company: Plantronics http://www.plantronics.com Related Products:...

Modar (JR) Alaoui

Modar (JR) Alaoui

Mr. Alaoui is a serial entrepreneur and expert in Artificial Intelligence software development. He is currently founder and CEO at Eyeris, artificially intelligent emotion recognition software that reads people’s facial micro-expressions in real time via regular cameras. Prior to that, he was founder and CEO of Eyeris TV, the first US facial recognition measured in-store TV network franchise, the company targeted short-bite video content and advertisements in real-time based viewers gender and age group. Mr. Alaoui combines a decade experience in AI-based Software Technologies between Audience Measurement and Human Machine Interaction (HMI). He has worked closely with major Embedded Systems and specialized chip manufacturers as well as major media companies. He holds an Integrated Marketing Communications degree from Concordia University. He is a frequent keynoter on Ambient Intelligence and the next gen of Device Context Awareness. He is a winner of several Technology and Innovation Awards and has been featured in many publications for his work. Company: Eyeris http://eyeristech.com Related Products:...

Daniel Kaplan

Daniel Kaplan

Dan is a consultant in the Accenture Technology Labs – the 200 person R&D organization within Accenture. He has spent approximately 1.5 years developing innovative solutions for Oil and Gas clients. Prior to that he built out demos and use cases for upcoming Wearable technology in various industries. Company: Accenture https://medium.com/@DKap06/wearable-technologys-killer-content-revolution-cc75fa13f72f Related Products:...

Popper, Ari

Popper, Ari

Ari is the Founder and CEO of SciFutures, a foresight and innovation agency that uses sci fi prototyping to help their clients create meaningful change that is relevant for the Exponential Age. SciFutures works in a wide variety of industries with Fortune 500 clients such Lowe’s, Hershey, Ford, Brocade and Pepsi. Ari has over 20 years’ experience as marketing, consumer research and innovation consultant. He is a passionate sci fi fan and amateur sci fi writer who was inspired to start SciFutures during a creative scifi writing class at UCLA. He says that: “Science Fiction is powerful business tool because it helps businesses understand the human potential of emerging technologies in order to develop human centered business strategies that the whole organization can understand and be inspired to rally behind. This provides a significant competitive advantage.” When Ari isn’t running SciFutures and reading sci fi, Ari is marathon training and living in the California sunshine with his wife and two pets. Company: SciFutures http://www.scifutures.com Related Products:...

Dan Ferguson

Dan Ferguson

Dan Ferguson Director of Digital Interactive @ Reel FX Dan is Director of Interactive Digital for Reel FX, the creative and animation studio that recently released The Book of Life. Dan is responsible for creating experiences for the companies VR and mobile clients, which include Legendary Pictures, Chuck E. Cheese’s, Dell Computers and 20th Century Fox. Dan is a marketing and creative executive with 30+ years experience. His work has been featured in multiple Apple commercials and Brandweek Magazine named him “Marketer of the Next Generation.” An entrepreneur, Dan has successfully sold the three digital agencies he co-founded. Dan is considered by many to be one of the forefathers of Advergaming. He co-created Elf Bowling, the most successful Internet distributed game in the nineties. Since then he has created over 1,000 games, including Chicktionary, which TIME Magazine recognized as one of the Top 10 Educational Apps. He is an early adopter of new technologies and is a virtual reality subject matter expert. The Pacific Rim: Jaeger Pilot VR experience, created by Reel FX for Legendary Pictures, was one of the hand-picked Apps to launch with the Samsung Gear VR. Company: Reel FX http://www.reelfx.com Related Products:...

Nasser Nassiri

Nasser Nassiri

Dr. Nasser Nassiri got his PhD in Human Computer Interaction from the UK. His research interests are e-commerce and trust, Human Computer-Application Interaction, Interaction Design, and Collaborative Virtual Environment. Dr Nassiri has several papers about these topics which are published in many journals, conference proceedings, and presented in several international conferences. Currently, Dr. Nassiri is the Acting Academic Associate Dean at the Higher Colleges of Technology in the UAE after being an assistant professor at the UAE university for 5 years. Company: Higher Colleges of Technology http://hct.ac.ae Related Products:...

Bob van Luijt

Bob van Luijt

Bob van Luijt is a creator. He designs, coins and invents ideas that have not yet been realized. Sitting still is not an option; opportunities for innovation and improvement are waiting around every corner, whether it’s about technology, music, sound, art, games, strategy or aesthetics. This demonstrates Bob’s courage to think big. His curiosity is immense. Breaking through existing frameworks is an important motive for all his projects. He prefers to think outside conventional boxes that obstruct talent development. Bob is an innovative gourmand, who learned throughout the years that being a creator, in whatever kind of way, is a life vision and life goal. Knowing that means a lot to him and enriches his personal and professional endeavors. He gives inspiring lectures at big multinationals. Develops future ideas for written media. Designs strategies and technology solutions for corporations. Makes plants interact. As a bass guitarist, he jams with world famous jazz musicians. And pays them in bitcoins. Challenge is the key word. Climbing yet another, unexplored step each time. Bob is highly interested in open source. Interaction and transparency are key in developing a project, invention or concept. This asynchronous dynamic leads to revealing designs and ways of thinking. Every step between A and B provides a potentially new path. Improvising is what Bob does as a musician- at the same time, his spontaneity and creativity are fundamental to all of his ideas. With this forward way of thinking, and his futuristic ideas, he is constantly alert to new developments (if he doesn’t come up with it himself). Or, in his own words: “I want to be an inventor of principles.” Company: Kubrickology http://kubrickolo.gy Related Products:...

Dr. Helen Papagiannis

Dr. Helen Papagiannis

Dr. Helen Papagiannis is recognized as a world leading expert in the field of Augmented Reality (AR). She has been working with AR for a decade as a researcher, designer, and technology evangelist with a focus on storytelling and creating compelling experiences in AR. Dr. Papagiannis was named among the NEXT 100 Top Influencers (#16) of the Digital Media Industry in 2013, and is featured as an innovator in the book, “Augmented Reality: An Emerging Technologies Guide to AR”, published in 2013. Her work and research in the field include her past roles as Chief Innovation Officer at Infinity Augmented Reality Inc. (New York City and Tel Aviv), and Senior Research Associate at York University’s Augmented Reality Lab in the Department of Film, Faculty of Fine Art (Toronto). Dr. Papagiannis has presented her interactive work and Ph.D. research at global conferences and invited events including TEDx (Technology, Entertainment, Design), ISMAR (International Society for Mixed and Augmented Reality) and ISEA (International Symposium for Electronic Art). Her TEDx 2011 talk was featured among the Top 10 Talks on Augmented Reality and Gamified Life. Prior to her augmented life, Dr. Papagiannis was a member of the internationally renowned Bruce Mau Design studio where she was project lead on “Massive Change: The Future of Global Design”, an internationally touring exhibition and best-selling book examining the new inventions, technologies, and events changing the world. Company: Augmented Stories http://www.augmentedstories.com Related Products:...

Sally Applin

Sally Applin

Sally A. Applin is a Doctoral Candidate at the University of Kent at Canterbury, UK, in the Centre for Social Anthropology and Computing (CSAC). She researches and models the impact of technology on culture. Sally holds a Masters degree from the Interactive Telecommunications Program at NYU (ITP) and a BA in Conceptual Design from SFSU. Sally has had a 20+ year career in the computer, technology, telecommunications and design industries working as a Senior Consultant, Sr. Researcher, Senior UX Designer, and Ethnographer. Sally is a member of IoT Council, a think tank for the Internet of Things (IoT), a board member of the Edward H. and Rosamond B. Spicer Foundation and a founding member of AnthroPunk, a movement that considers how humans make and remake their world. Company: UKC, UK- Centre for Social Anthropology and Computing http://www.sally.com Related Products:...

Vitaliy Goncharuk

Vitaliy Goncharuk

Vitaliy started to work in a sphere of mobile technologies in 2001 as a software developer and project manager. Before starting Augmented Pixels he worked on many projects, one of which was for the game platform Nokia N-Gage etc.  Augmented Pixels is one of the leading developers of Augmented Reality solutions for retail, real estate and event marketing. Clients include National Geographic, KOHLS, Jayman, etc. In 2014 Augmented Pixels was nominated by the Financial Times for Boldness in Business Awards and became a winner @ Plug and Play Retail EXPO (USA). Company: Augmented Pixels http://augmentedpixels.com Related Products:...

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