The event headlines with world-leading speakers, cutting-edge technology, entrepreneurs, the change-makers, the academics and business leaders who are advanced in utilising artificial intelligence, virtual worlds, and human-robotic technologies for their work and will continue to set the direction for the future.
Keith Grossman, the former President of Time, Nathan Anderson, CEO and EP of New Canvas, Distinguished Professor Genevieve Bell, Director at the School of Cybernetics and Anousheh Ansari, CEO of XPRIZE are the first of a stellar line up of speakers to be announced for Future Metaverse.
Oscar winning Australians will be mixing with new and emerging VR start-ups, and cross-pollinating with the future of food, fashion, community, connection, identity, and finance.
“The conference is unlike anything Australia has seen before. We are bringing together some of the most successful and game changing minds from across the globe to showcase how Australian creators and businesses can maximise their use of artificial intelligence and future technologies to really get ahead across a diverse range of industries,” Scientific Futurist and Conference Co-Founder Associate Professor Catherine Ball explained.
“The future is already here, we are just starting to see it scale. This two-day immersive conference is all about our community and what the future of technology is going to mean to us all. We will have a chance to hear from some of the world’s experts in the arts, STEM, digital, and the new cybernetics and best of all, we are hosting it in Australia.”
Film Producer, Screen Producers Australia President and Conference co-founder Tracey Vieira says the conference promises to bring together the best in the business from around the globe.
“Technology is changing industries so rapidly as we’ve seen so often in the screen industry, and we are quickly seeing investment and users moving to these platforms. Understanding how to navigate into this digital future is essential to growth and reaching audiences and Futures Conference provides a place to be immersed and build out knowledge and relationships,” Vieira added.
“We are putting Australia on the map at this conference and leading from the front, developing our areas of excellence and capability alongside core Australian values and culture,” Dr Ball added.
Registration is required for the conference and can be accessed through www.futuresconference.com.au The conference organisers themselves are sponsoring up to 200 places for full time higher education students at a significantly reduced rate.
