2017 participants & Partners
We are honored that so many of the pioneers of purposes joined us this year, Including:
Dr. Tom Furness (International VR Research Institute), the Grandfather of VR, joined us at the nexus of the inception of IVRI and the expansion of his nonprofit Virtual World Society.
Industry luminaries:
Robert Scoble, Transformation Group, Nonny de la Pena, Emblematic Group, the Godmother of VR and O.G., Barry Pousman, Variable Labs and Jacki Morie, University of Southern California were also in attendance.
But wait there's more!
The Institute of Noetic Sciences' executive team including President Cassi Vieten and head of their VR Lab, Loren Carpenter. Marco DeMiroz (The VR Fund), Sari Stenfors (Augmented Leadership Institute), Jenna Seiden (HTC), Aaron Gani (Humana), Joanna Popper (Singularity University), Dr. Peter Buecker (BehaVR), Katie Hanson (HealthExpense), Dace Campbell (Autodesk), Leanne Gluck (America Makes) joined us for the first time; Craig Allen (Creative Alchemy Inc.), Rebecca Gasca (Pistil & Stigma), Ryan Geist Bozajian (RGB Media), and Rachel Carpenter (Cinematrix) returned as part of the 2016 Summit community.
From our partner community we were joined by Dan Mapes (CyberLab9), Malia Probst (VRScout), Mikey Siegel (Consciousness Hacking), Barry Pousman (Variable Labs), Andy Lürling (LUMO Labs), Nichol Bradford (Transformative Technology Lab), Nicole Radziwill (James Madison University) and Morgan Benton (James Madison University).
Additional Partners Include: Virtual World Society, CyberLab9, Esalen Institute, Transformative Tech Lab, Emerging Future Institute, Lumo Labs, Institute of Noetic Sciences, Consciousness Hacking, Paragon VR, Convenors.org, Hub Culture, Vortex Immersion Media, James Madison University & X-Labs, International VR Research Institute and VRScout.