Schedule – GatherVerse Summit 2023
| 8:00 AM PST | Opening Day 1: Christopher Lafayette – The Reason Why Being Here Is So Important |
| Avi Bar-Zeev – The Metaverse is Made of People | |
| Genea Barnes – Mindfulness and Technology | |
| Sara Cole Stratton – Gatherverse Pasifika/Oceania | |
| 8:30 AM PST | Roundtable Panel: Humanity and Technology: A Complex Relationship Panelists: Miranda Lutz | Luiza Castro | Jay Ess | Dr. Ritesh Jain | Sergiu Ardelean | Elisabetta Rotolo Moderator: Lubna Dajani Explore Panel Card |
| Luis Martins – Metaversed habits and behaviours | |
| Isabel Thomas – Who am I now? The many faces on the road to interoperability | |
| Simeone Scaramozzino – Metadelics: New Paradigms in Psycho Emotional Well-being | |
| Charlotte O’Neill – I own, therefore I am? | |
| 10:00 AM PST | Roundtable Panel: Accessing the Future: A Panel on Technology and Accessibility Panelists: Giselle Mota | Marques Anderson | Dulce Baerga | Dr. Ed Tse | Shachar Oz | Bariq Rifki Moderator: Grant McGaugh Explore Panel Card |
| 11:00 AM PST | Roundtable Panel: The Battle for the Classroom: A Panel on Technology and Education Panelists: Meltem Huri Baturay | Omino Gardezi | Dr. Burnetta (Bee) Thomas | Omkar Pimple | Deepankar Saxena | Barry Haughey Moderator: Daniel Dyboski-Bryant Explore Panel Card |
| 12:00 PM PST | Roundtable Panel: Tomorrow’s World Today: A Panel Discussion on Technology, Humanity and the Metaverse Panelists: Samantha Brown | Ricky Houck | Heitor Bravi | Lisa Peyton | Salman Halawi | Ignacio Lopez | Mathew Munyao Moderator: Grant McGaugh Explore Panel Card |
| Closing Day 1 Explore More – To be continued on Day 2: 22nd February, 2023 at 8:00 AM PST |
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| 8:00 AM PST | Opening Day 2 – Christopher Lafayette |
| Virtual World Society Live Fireside Chat: Dr. Thomas A. Furness III Moderator: Angelina Dayton |
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| 8:30 AM PST | Roundtable Panel: Be Well My Friend and Rock On: A Panel Discussion on Culture, Art, Wellness and Technology Panelists: Megan Wollerton | Russell Bundy | Mell Balment | John Chen | Stephanie Thoma | Jason Butler | Daniel González-Franco | Lyndsay Dowd Moderator: Christopher Lafayette Explore Panel Card |
| Karen Shidlo – The Beauty of a Borderless World | The Metaverse Can Afford Us All Equal Opportunities | |
| Stephanie Dalfonzo – Goodbye Anxiety, Hello Freedom | |
| William Jackson – Don’t Allow The Metaverse to Diminish Your Humanity | |
| 10:00 AM PST | Roundtable Panel: Designing for Learning in Immersive Education Panelists: Camila Lee | Quincy Wang | Karen Gibson-Hylands | Meredith Thompson | Lorelle VanFossen Moderator: Paula MacDowell Explore Panel Card |
| 11:00 AM PST | Roundtable Panel: Tech-nically Safe: A Panel on Safety and Privacy in Technology Panelists: John Sokol | Jared Arms | Artur Guja | Liam Broza | Hubertus von Roenne | Ricard Gras Moderator: Ruchira Pokhriyal Explore Panel Card |
| James Hutson – The Role of the Metaverse in Recentering Human Experience in the Age of Generative AI | |
| 12:00 PM PST | Roundtable Panel: The Work: A Panel Discussion on Healing, Compassion, Thriving and Moving Forward, Better Panelists: Nicole Anderson | Sabrina Anjara | Vanessa Zamy | Amelia Harshfield | Rose Haft | Paige Dansinger Moderator: Rose Ashford Explore Panel Card |
| Closing Day 2 Explore More – To be continued on Day 3: 23rd February, 2023 at 8:00 AM PST |
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| 8:00 AM PST | Roundtable Panel: The Intersection of Innovation and Human Progress: A Rapid Fire Dialogue Panelists: Bernice Loman | Anne Heubi | Serusha Govender | Abdul Gieballa | Adrian Rashad Driscoll | Paul Mwithiga | Andrii Shykhman Moderator: Christopher Lafayette Explore Panel Card |
| Adrian Rashad Driscoll – Live Fireside Chat with Christopher Lafayette Topic: The Power of Motion Art in the Metaverse |
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| 8:30 AM PST | Roundtable Panel: The Inclusion Imperative: A Panel on Equality and Technology Panelists: Cristina Carl | Namrata Dhasmana | Emily Wright | Alison Alexander | Shirelle Francis | Edel Joyce Moderator: Lubna Dajani Explore Panel Card |
| Fai Cheung – Speculating the future(s), from Chinaverse to Metaverse | |
| Kiki Orski – Smash the Silos | |
| Jenny Watz – A Human Approach to Communications with Artificial Intelligence | |
| 10:00 AM PST | Roundtable Panel: Empowering the Whole Person: A Panel on Technology, Wellness and Humanity Panelists: Paul Richmond | Sara Asal | Christian Brown | Aileda Lindal | Allen Olson-Urtecho | Jessica Weiss Moderator: Isabel De Peuter-Rutten Explore Panel Card |
| Ja’Nya Jenoch – Stay Calm & Educate: Authentic Assessment in the Era of ChatGPT | |
| 11:00 AM PST | Roundtable Panel: Black In Meta Roundtable: Leveraging the Metaverse for Black Social and Cultural Advancement Panelists: Bianca Jackson | Vics Vibes | Vincent Hunt Moderator: Tina Bonner Explore Panel Card |
| 12:00 PM PST | Roundtable Panel: Transformative Technologies: The Impact of Emerging Technologies on Education, Regeneration and Well-being Panelists: Lia Sauder | Kristi Hertzog | Norma De Saint Picman | Daniel Camilo Delgado Moreno | Gabriel Fernandez | Alekh Johari Moderator: Andrea Camargo Explore Panel Card |
| John Alexander – Emerging Technologies through a Pragmatic Lens | |
| Arome Ibrahim – Unleashing the Potential of the Metaverse in Education | |
| Closing Day 3 | |
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