Story without data is an antidote, data without a story lacks empathy, but a data story can spark a movement. Michael is a data storyteller with a 100k following on TikTok as @the.data.guy

He is also a co-founder of Flow Immersive which is a data storytelling platform for authoring and presenting data stories.

Prior to Flow, Michael was a manager in the Strategy practice at Deloitte Consulting.

Jason Marsh is the technical founder and CEO of Flow Immersive, a company focused on Data Storytelling with WebXR. Jason is obsessed with the brain science around how we can build better mental models of our data and information, understanding the limitations of slideware, and encoding better science into a product for anyone to build data presentations.

Forest is a co-founder and Chief Product Officer at Pluto VR. The company’s purpose is to help humanity transcend physical location so that everyone can more easily connect, communicate, and collaborate as if they were in person regardless of where they are. Before co-founding Pluto VR he was a creative innovations leader at Deloitte Digital, working with the largest brands in the world to help them stay competitive in the new digital landscape.

He has a diverse background including VR, film, marketing, and crowdfunding. Other projects Include: An automated brewing machine kickstarter that makes beer at the press of a button, a new way to train employees through mobile gaming, and the web series Know Your Meme.

Since May 2014, Kent Bye has conducted over 1600 Voices of VR podcast interviews featuring the pioneering artists, storytellers, and technologists driving the resurgence of virtual & augmented reality. He’s an oral historian, experiential journalist, & aspiring philosopher, helping to define the patterns of immersive storytelling, experiential design, ethical frameworks, & the ultimate potential of XR.

He’s also been an executive committee member on the IEEE’s Global Initiative on the Ethics of Extended Reality, which has been looking at mapping out the landscape of ethics for virtual and augmented reality. You can hear his latest thoughts on Twitter @kentbye.

After a combined 20 years of studying and teaching foreign languages, Michael McDonald created Gold Lotus which aims to demonstrate how virtual reality can support the learning and teaching of foreign languages.

Recent projects include the launch of the Handy English VR vocabulary-building app, a 24-hour VR English lesson and cultural event to raise funds for the fight against Covid and programs in schools around the world aimed at raising awareness of how VR can be used to develop language skills and cultural awareness, with particular focus on students building their own webXR spaces to share their local cultural heritage in a unique VR exchange program. His most recent course in partnership with VictoryXR has just concluded on the ENGAGE VR platform – Public Speaking in a Multicultural World.