2024 Speakers

  • John Huber

    Wells Fargo Technology Banking Group

  • Armello Rodriguez

    Wells Fargo Technology Banking Group

  • Mustafa Akkoc

    Founder, Turks Tech Connect

  • Asset Abdualiyev

    Founder and CEO, Silkroad Innovation Hub

  • Eda Le

    Founder, ePlorium

  • Alex Petrenko

    Co-Founder & CEO of ZibraAI

  • Michelle Littlefield

    ex Chief Data Officer, City of San Francisco

  • Abhishek Kaushik

    Founder, WeCP (We Create Problems)

  • Aizada Marat

    CEO and Founder, Alma

  • Mustafa Sakalsiz

    Founder and CEO, Peaka

  • Ada Kussainova

    Founder, Atarino

  • Amel Michalikh

    Co-Founder and CEO, Forelight (Ween.ai)

  • David Yang, Ph.D.

    Founder and Board Director at ABBYY, Founder of Newo Inc., Founder of Morpheus.ai; Named Top 100 World Technology Pioneers

  • Radhika Iyengar

    Founding Partner, StarChain Ventures

  • Steven Nam

    Director, Special Projects, Cyber Policy Center, Stanford University

  • Andrew Yao

    Corporate Attorney
    Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

  • JULIA MARTENSEN

    FIELD INNOVATION OFFICER
    SERVICENOW

  • Cynthia Maller

    Head of 3D Creative Technology, Walmart

  • Nikolai Oreshkin

    Managing Partner @ Elysium Venture Capital

  • E. John Park

    Partner, Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

  • LISA M. LUM

    FOUNDER
    FRIENDS OF THE METAVERSE

2023 Speakers

  • DR. LOUIS ROSENBERG

    FOUNDER AND CEO
    UNANIMOUS AI

  • LISA M. WATTS

    FOUNDER & CEO
    ONETWENTY/1

  • JACK J. MCCAULEY

    CO-FOUNDER, OCULUS VR
    TRUSTEE, UC BERKELEY

  • JACQUELINE TOUMA

    DIRECTOR GLOBAL PARTNER MARKETING
    SERVICENOW

  • JULIA MARTENSEN

    FIELD INNOVATION OFFICER
    SERVICENOW

  • SHISH SHRIDHAR

    GLOBAL RETAIL STARTUPS LEAD
    MICROSOFT

  • DR. MARTHA BOECKENFELD

    MARTHAVERSE
    WEB3 ADVISOR

  • PAUL HSU

    FOUNDER & CEO
    DECASONIC

  • DAVID PALMER

    CPO VODAFONE DIGITAL ASSET BROKER
    VODAFONE

  • VALERIE VACANTE

    VP, INNOVATION SOLLUTIONS
    DENTSU INTERNATIONAL

  • DR. MISCHA DOHLER

    VP, EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES
    ERICSSON

  • SHARON O'SULLIVAN

    GLOBAL HEAD, TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH & INNOVATION, BMO FINANCIAL GROUP

  • TERDEMA USSERY

    SERIAL ENTREPRENEUR

  • MONICA L.

    WEB3 GROWTH, OKX

  • KERI ALBERS

    DIGITAL INNOVATION
    UC IRVINE

  • DANNY BROWN WOLF

    CHIEF OF STAFF
    UPLANDME, INC.

  • ALAN SMITHSON

    CO-FOUNDER
    METAVRSE

  • DR. IRINA RAICU

    IRINA RAICU ART
    MICROSOFT

  • JEREMIAH OWYANG

    GENERAL PARTNER
    BLITZSCALING VENTURES

  • VAUGHN DAVIS

    MANAGING DIRECTOR
    DREAM HOLLYWOOD

  • Dr. Sara Maria Adami-Johnson

    VP HNW
    RBC FAMILY OFFICE

  • DAFU GAO

    PARTNER
    ONEPIECE LABS

  • SASHA WALLINGER

    FOUNDER
    BLOCKCHAIN STYLE LAB

  • SYLVIA GALLUSER

    FUTURIST
    SILICON HUMANISM

  • THOMAS PAN

    FOUNDER
    WEB3 WITH TPAN

  • MARCO CARVALHO

    CEO
    HEADOFFICE.AI

  • LISA M. LUM

    FOUNDER
    FRIENDS OF THE METAVERSE

DECEMBER 7, 2023

DECEMBER 7, 2023

A hub for worldwide innovators, the FRIENDS OF THE METAVERSE virtual conference took place on December 7, 2023.

SEASON OF INNOVATION

OCTOBER 24, 2024