Allan is a managing director with Deloitte Digital & the Digital Reality Business leader, working with clients on VR, AR, MR, 360 & immersive strategies & experiences. Allan was also the Global TMT Sector leader for Ops Transformation & has more than 30-years of industry experience. He works with a wide variety of organizations on strategy, scenario planning, business transformation, innovation & digital reality.

More about Allan at 
https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/profiles/allcook.html

Ian Khan is a globally recognised emerging tech leadership expert. A practising Futurist, Creator of the Future Readiness Leaders Circle, Multiple times author including "Metaverse for Dummies", Filmmaker and Storyteller on PrimeVideo and Emirates Airlines, one of the worlds largest airlines with 10 Million passengers per year. Ian's ground breaking work has been featured on CNN, the BBC, Fox, Bloomberg, Wharton Daily, ArabNews, RT, CoinBase, Korea Times, Spanish Daily Expansión, Ian hosts the worlds largest Future Readiness leadership networks, bringing together high performance entrepreneurs and leaders on a common mission to build future ready and undisputable businesses. Khan's new book is titled "Undisruptable" and is scheduled to release in early 2024.

Visit Ian at www.IanKhan.com

Julien Genestoux is the founder and CEO of Unlock Protocol. He previously founded SuperFeedr, which became one of the leading real-time web APIs, received funding from Mark Cuban and Betaworks, and was later acquired by Medium. At Medium, Julien led the company’s SEO efforts and quadrupled the share of traffic Medium receives from searches. He created his first company, Jobetudiant, while still in school.

Ian Khan is a globally recognised emerging tech leadership expert. A practising Futurist, Creator of the Future Readiness Leaders Circle, Multiple times author including "Metaverse for Dummies", Filmmaker and Storyteller on PrimeVideo and Emirates Airlines, one of the worlds largest airlines with 10 Million passengers per year. Ian's ground breaking work has been featured on CNN, the BBC, Fox, Bloomberg, Wharton Daily, ArabNews, RT, CoinBase, Korea Times, Spanish Daily Expansión, Ian hosts the worlds largest Future Readiness leadership networks, bringing together high performance entrepreneurs and leaders on a common mission to build future ready and undisputable businesses. Khan's new book is titled "Undisruptable" and is scheduled to release in early 2024.

Visit Ian at www.IanKhan.com

Matt Waters is an experienced professional musician, co-founder of Unchained Music, educator, holds a Masters in Music from UC Los Angeles, and is one half of the electronic/acoustic act, Intro to Music Theory. He is an owner of Hainan Music Productions, HMP Records, and is actively involved in building blockchain solutions for musicians.

In the past, he has performed and taught across four continents, formerly held the position of Professor of Low Brass and Co-Director of Bands at the Nanhai Conservatory of Music, as well as various other educational positions in Southern California. Before moving to China, he was an active freelance musician in Los Angeles.

Ian Khan is a globally recognised emerging tech leadership expert. A practising Futurist, Creator of the Future Readiness Leaders Circle, Multiple times author including "Metaverse for Dummies", Filmmaker and Storyteller on PrimeVideo and Emirates Airlines, one of the worlds largest airlines with 10 Million passengers per year. Ian's ground breaking work has been featured on CNN, the BBC, Fox, Bloomberg, Wharton Daily, ArabNews, RT, CoinBase, Korea Times, Spanish Daily Expansión, Ian hosts the worlds largest Future Readiness leadership networks, bringing together high performance entrepreneurs and leaders on a common mission to build future ready and undisputable businesses. Khan's new book is titled "Undisruptable" and is scheduled to release in early 2024.

Visit Ian at www.IanKhan.com

Emmanuelle Rivet is Vice Chair, US TMT & Global Technology Leader for PwC.

She has  26+ years advising public and private tech companies on complex transactions from M&A and equity or debt offerings to compliance, system implementation and operations transformation. She blend teams to deliver tailored solutions, placing unique client needs first.

Passionate to help victims of conflict find the ability to succeed, find the ability to succeed, she supports her sisters of Women for Women International. Emmanuelle serves on the board of the SFMOMA and as treasurer of the French American School of Silicon Valley—believing that education and art transcend a fractured world. Opera aficionado. Globe traveling foodie.

Ian Khan is a globally recognised emerging tech leadership expert. A practising Futurist, Creator of the Future Readiness Leaders Circle, Multiple times author including "Metaverse for Dummies", Filmmaker and Storyteller on PrimeVideo and Emirates Airlines, one of the worlds largest airlines with 10 Million passengers per year. Ian's ground breaking work has been featured on CNN, the BBC, Fox, Bloomberg, Wharton Daily, ArabNews, RT, CoinBase, Korea Times, Spanish Daily Expansión, Ian hosts the worlds largest Future Readiness leadership networks, bringing together high performance entrepreneurs and leaders on a common mission to build future ready and undisputable businesses. Khan's new book is titled "Undisruptable" and is scheduled to release in early 2024.

Visit Ian at www.IanKhan.com

Marc Beckman founded DMA United with a modern vision: combining commercially oriented principles with branding and advertising.

Today, DMA United executes communication campaigns and new business development for internationally acclaimed individuals and brands, such as Karl Lagerfeld, Barneys New York, Pepsi, NBA, Russell Westbrook, Major League Baseball, Council Fashion Designers of America (CFDA), Wynton Marsalis, and Nelson Mandela Media. DMA United’s polycultural platform uniquely positions the Agency at the center of superior style and design, and extends into fashion, music, sports, technology, and the arts.

Beckman’s deal flow surrounding DMA United’s individuals and brands concentrates on three areas: (1) Merchandising (Licensing, Co-Branding,DTR, International Expansion), (2) Commercial Endorsements/Sponsorships, and (3) Multi-Media Development (Broadcast Television, Publishing,Radio, Branded Entertainment).

In recent years, Beckman has structured several high-profile deals and partnerships resulting in the exchange of millions of dollars worldwide, such as: Russell Westbrook x Barney New York, Pepsi x Puma, NBA x Bloomingdales.

Further, in recent years, Beckman has also executed upon countless experiential marketing platforms and traditional campaigns, including MLB Assembly, Fossil Q, Finish Line, and Pepsi Art of Football (2014 and 2018).

Beckman was admitted to the State Bar Association of New York, New Jersey, and Washington DC after graduating with a JD from Hofstra University School of Law, and a Bachelor of Liberal Arts from Boston University. Beckman is active with the Council of Fashion Designers of America, mentoring several of the CFDA Incubator’s inaugural class participants, and structuring CFDA’s publishing deals with Assouline.

As a guest lecturer, Beckman is invited every semester to speak at both NYU Stern School of Business and Columbia University in their Fashion Industry, Entertainment Marketing, and The Art of Celebrity Business courses.

Beckman lives in Manhattan with his wife Alice Roi and their children, Jude and Damaris.

Ian Khan is a globally recognised emerging tech leadership expert. A practising Futurist, Creator of the Future Readiness Leaders Circle, Multiple times author including "Metaverse for Dummies", Filmmaker and Storyteller on PrimeVideo and Emirates Airlines, one of the worlds largest airlines with 10 Million passengers per year. Ian's ground breaking work has been featured on CNN, the BBC, Fox, Bloomberg, Wharton Daily, ArabNews, RT, CoinBase, Korea Times, Spanish Daily Expansión, Ian hosts the worlds largest Future Readiness leadership networks, bringing together high performance entrepreneurs and leaders on a common mission to build future ready and undisputable businesses. Khan's new book is titled "Undisruptable" and is scheduled to release in early 2024.

Visit Ian at www.IanKhan.com

Join me as i have an in depth conversation with Rashid Mansour, Co-Founder and CEO of Meta Gravity about the future of the Metaverse.

MetaGravity claims is it solving the issue of distributed compute infrastructure required to support metaverse-scale gaming. Games engines have a limit of less than 100 concurrent players in a single shard. Spatial partitioning platforms have a fixed mathematical limit of 1-15,000 concurrent users and are costly and difficult to use.

Ian Khan is a globally recognised emerging tech leadership expert. A practising Futurist, Creator of the Future Readiness Leaders Circle, Multiple times author including "Metaverse for Dummies", Filmmaker and Storyteller on PrimeVideo and Emirates Airlines, one of the worlds largest airlines with 10 Million passengers per year. Ian's ground breaking work has been featured on CNN, the BBC, Fox, Bloomberg, Wharton Daily, ArabNews, RT, CoinBase, Korea Times, Spanish Daily Expansión, Ian hosts the worlds largest Future Readiness leadership networks, bringing together high performance entrepreneurs and leaders on a common mission to build future ready and undisputable businesses. Khan's new book is titled "Undisruptable" and is scheduled to release in early 2024.

Visit Ian at www.IanKhan.com

CTA’s Director of Thematic Programs Brian Comiskey and team is spending much of their time thinking about the implications of metaverse in the enterprise, AI, innovation, and how it will impact industry, business, future of work and startup ecosystems. I think he'd be a compelling guest on your new series. 

CTA and Nasdaq developed many Nasdaq CTA Indexes, including, since 2017, the Nasdaq CTA Artificial Intelligence & Robotics Index (NQROBO) and Global Video Games Software Index (PLAYR2) - both which include metaverse/VR/AR. Brian is regularly quoted in global media and presents to financial institutions and at CES on the topic, including:

• Perspectives on how innovation is impacting the rise of Metaverse and where the growth is
• Insights on key trends to expect at CES 2024, especially in tech on the show floor and the conference/policy track
• How is technology impacting global markets on the backdrop of a recession

His team manages a portfolio of 15 thematic indexes with 20 funds tracking them across listings in more than a dozen countries and holding approximately $11B in assets under management – and they recently finished rebalancing the portfolio, so fresh insights are there about the companies and approaches making a difference in Metaverse.  

Ian Khan is a globally recognised emerging tech leadership expert. A practising Futurist, Creator of the Future Readiness Leaders Circle, Multiple times author including "Metaverse for Dummies", Filmmaker and Storyteller on PrimeVideo and Emirates Airlines, one of the worlds largest airlines with 10 Million passengers per year. Ian's ground breaking work has been featured on CNN, the BBC, Fox, Bloomberg, Wharton Daily, ArabNews, RT, CoinBase, Korea Times, Spanish Daily Expansión, Ian hosts the worlds largest Future Readiness leadership networks, bringing together high performance entrepreneurs and leaders on a common mission to build future ready and undisputable businesses. Khan's new book is titled "Undisruptable" and is scheduled to release in early 2024.

Visit Ian at www.IanKhan.com

Barry Vacker is a media theorist and mixed-artist whose works span the intersection of art, film, media, science, technology, and philosophy. Author of numerous books and articles, Vacker’s recent books include the third edition of Media Environments (2019) and Black Mirror and Critical Media Theory (2018). Vacker’s art and creative works twice received an international award: the 2010 and 2019 John Culkin Award from the Media Ecology Association. Entitled “Media(s)cene,” Vacker’s recent large-scale art installation was featured during the 2019 Media Ecology Convention at the University of Toronto and he gave a lecture about this art and writings at the 2019 Festival Internacionale de Arte Contemporaneo in Leon, Mexico. Vacker’s TV and radio interviews include talking with Anderson Cooper about the The Matrix and Studio 360/Public Radio International about 2001: A Space Odyssey. Barry is co-founder of the annual Temple-Arcosanti program, where students travel to the eco-city in Arizona to study media, ecology, and technology. He also enjoys teaching large lecture courses with 200+ students, especially Media and Society. Recent books Media Environments (3rd Ed.), Cognella Academic Press 2019. Black Mirror and Critical Media Theory, Co-edited with Angela Cirucci, Lexington Books 2018. Recent articles Barry Vacker, “Naked into the Cosmos: Future Shock in Space,” After Shock: The World’s Foremost Futurists Reflect on 50 Years of Future Shock—And Look Ahead to the Next 50, John Shroeter ed. (Abundant World Institute 2020). Barry Vacker and Erin Espelie, “Black Mirrors, Hot Media, and Spectral Existence,” Black Mirror and Critical Media Theory, Angela Cirucci and Barry Vacker, eds. (Lexington Books 2018). Personal Website https://temple.academia.edu/BarryVacker Awards The 2019 John Culkin Award for Outstanding Praxis in the Field of Media Ecology. Awarded by the Media Ecology Association.

Ian Khan is a globally recognised emerging tech leadership expert. A practising Futurist, Creator of the Future Readiness Leaders Circle, Multiple times author including "Metaverse for Dummies", Filmmaker and Storyteller on PrimeVideo and Emirates Airlines, one of the worlds largest airlines with 10 Million passengers per year. Ian's ground breaking work has been featured on CNN, the BBC, Fox, Bloomberg, Wharton Daily, ArabNews, RT, CoinBase, Korea Times, Spanish Daily Expansión, Ian hosts the worlds largest Future Readiness leadership networks, bringing together high performance entrepreneurs and leaders on a common mission to build future ready and undisputable businesses. Khan's new book is titled "Undisruptable" and is scheduled to release in early 2024.

Visit Ian at www.IanKhan.com

Ian Khan is a globally recognised emerging tech leadership expert. A practising Futurist, Creator of the Future Readiness Leaders Circle, Multiple times author including "Metaverse for Dummies", Filmmaker and Storyteller on PrimeVideo and Emirates Airlines, one of the worlds largest airlines with 10 Million passengers per year. Ian's ground breaking work has been featured on CNN, the BBC, Fox, Bloomberg, Wharton Daily, ArabNews, RT, CoinBase, Korea Times, Spanish Daily Expansión, Ian hosts the worlds largest Future Readiness leadership networks, bringing together high performance entrepreneurs and leaders on a common mission to build future ready and undisputable businesses. Khan's new book is titled "Undisruptable" and is scheduled to release in early 2024.

Visit Ian at www.IanKhan.com