Co-founder and Director of Educators in VR, Lorelle is an educator, keynote, trainer, and passionate advocate for immersive technology. Considered an evangelist, she teaches dozens of workshops and classes annually focused on integrating immersive technology into schools, businesses, and life. Lorelle is an author and writer and expert on social media, web publishing, and VR education.

Jennifer Rogers is an experienced Learning & Talent Development executive with a demonstrated history of strategic workforce transformation and capability development. She specializes in workforce optimization and acceleration utilizing a unique combination of emerging technologies and data analytics and has led large strategic initiatives in several global, high risk-high compliance industries, including oil and gas, mining, aviation, and financial services. Jennifer is passionate about leading cutting edge innovation in the learning space, with particular attention to strategies that proactively prepare the workforce for the future of work, and currently serves as VP of Learning and Development at RPM Living, a rapid-growth-stage real estate firm, as well as lends her expertise as an Executive Officer of IEEE’s Learning Technology Standards Committee.

Dr. Johnson-Glenberg is a Research Professor at Arizona State University in the Psychology department. She is also an entrepreneur and President of the award-winning learning technology company called Embodied Game, LLC. she leads a team that creates, researches, and disseminates innovative virtual and mixed reality (XR) educational content for 4th graders through life-long learners. Several of the NSF-funded STEM games can be downloaded for free at www.embodied-games.com.

She has a varied background as a screenwriter, experimental psychologist, and game designer. Her lab has been at the forefront of creating “embodied” and kinesthetically-active games using sensors and motion capture technologies for over a decade and a half. Dr. Johnson-Glenberg presents nationally and internationally. Some recent publications include design guidelines for learning VR at Frontiers in Robotics and AI and, a rubric that teachers can use to score the quality of a VR lesson.

Corinne Brenner is Director of Learning at Killer Snails, where she helps create and study games that inspire a love of science. Killer Snails’ most recent project is WaterWays, an augmented reality app that helps students connect the impact humans have on water, and water’s impact on people. She is also a PhD candidate in NYU’s Educational Communication and Technology program, where she uses a variety of methods to understand how virtual reality can be used effectively in education.

Corinne is an author of numerous academic publications examining the affordances of immersive technology for education and entertainment. She received her BA in Psychology from Cornell University, and MSc in Social Psychology and Psychological Methods from the University of Amsterdam.

Emily Sherwood is Director of Digital Scholarship and Studio X at University of Rochester’s River Campus Libraries. She is an alum of both the Council on Libraries and Information Resources (CLIR) Postdoctoral Fellowship Program and the EDUCAUSE/CLIR Leading Change Institute. With over a decade of experience helping faculty across disciplines incorporate technology in their teaching and research, Emily regularly collaborates with faculty, staff, and administrators at UR and beyond to develop experiential learning opportunities, increase digital literacy skills, and push the boundaries of how libraries support research and teaching through the use of technology.

Currently, she is building capacity for augmented and virtual reality at UR with the opening of Studio X, a hub for immersive technologies. Emily holds a doctorate in English from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York.