Experts
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Elan Lee
Aug 2, 2017 10:17pm | by Julie Giles
Elan Lee is a professional technologist and storyteller. His pioneering work in entertainment has spanned everything from multiple startups raising millions of dollars to creating the Alternate Reality Game genre. Elan started his career at the Microsoft Games Studio where he was a Lead Designer on the original Xbox. He next co-founded and served as […]
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Vint Cerf
Aug 29, 2014 12:36pm | by Julie Giles
Vint Cerf, is one of the co-inventors of the Internet. Currently, he serves as the vice president and Chief Internet Evangelist for Google where he is responsible for identifying new enabling technologies and applications on the Internet and other platforms. Widely known as a “Father of the Internet, ” Vint is the co-designer with Robert […]
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Eric Zimmerman
Aug 15, 2014 12:35pm | by Julie Giles
Eric Zimmerman is an internationally recognized creative force, design scholar, and expert on game design and game culture. Eric was the co-founder and Chief Design Officer of Gamelab, a NYC-based game development studio which was in operation for nine years. Since Gamelab, Eric has worked on a wide range of independent projects. He also co-founded […]
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Nathan Jurgenson
Aug 1, 2014 12:31pm | by Julie Giles
Nathan Jurgenson is a social media theorist, a contributing editor for The New Inquiry Magazine, researcher for Snapchat, and a graduate student in Sociology at the University of Maryland where he is working on a dissertation on surveillance on social media. Nathan’s research comes from the belief that we increasingly live in an “augmented reality, ” a […]
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Barry Wellman
Jul 18, 2014 12:28pm | by Julie Giles
Barry Wellman is an urban sociology professor who studies the networks of community, communication, computer, and social. Barry’s research examines virtual community, the virtual workplace, social support, community, kinship, friendship, and social network theory and methods. Based at the University of Toronto, he directs NetLab at the Faculty of Information. Barry is the former S.D. […]
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Erin Reilly
Jul 4, 2014 12:19pm | by Julie Giles
Erin Reilly is a creative director, educator, and researcher who explores the future of story, audience, and media. Erin is the Creative Director & Research Fellow for Annenberg Innovation Lab at USC’s Annenberg School for Communications & Journalism and Executive Director of Blackstone LaunchPad @USC. In her role, she oversees all aspects of lab programming, […]
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Jesse Hirsh
Jun 20, 2014 9:52am | by Julie Giles
Jesse Hirsh is an Internet strategist, broadcaster, speaker and researcher based in Toronto, Canada. Jesse studied at The McLuhan Program in Culture and Technology, University of Toronto, which works around the writings of media theorist Marshall McLuhan. The program’s mandate is to encourage understanding of the impacts of technology on culture and society from both […]
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John Seely Brown
May 14, 2014 10:00am | by Julie Giles
John Seely Brown is the Independent Co-Chairman of The Deloitte Center for the Edge. Prior to that, he was the Chief Scientist of Xerox Corporation and the director of its Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) — a position he held for nearly two decades. While head of PARC, John expanded the role of corporate research […]
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Dr. Sue Johnson
Apr 2, 2014 4:21pm | by Julie Giles
Dr. Sue Johnson is an author, clinical psychologist, researcher, professor and one of the leading innovators in the field of couples therapy. She is the primary developer of Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFT), which has demonstrated its effectiveness in over 25 years of peer-reviewed clinical research. She trains therapists in EFT worldwide and consults to […]
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Jessica Hammer
Mar 10, 2014 10:00am | by Julie Giles
Jessica Hammer is a professor, researcher and veteran game designer. She studies how games can change the way people think, feel, and behave. Jessica received a master’s degree in Interactive Telecommunications from NYU and her BA in Computer Science from Harvard University. She works in collaboration with Carnegie Mellon University and Columbia University as well […]
