Angelina Dayton is Executive Director of the Virtual World Society and an Aspen Institute Tech Policy Fellow. She was recently named one of the Top 100 Women of the Future. She is a virtual reality researcher, user experience designer, speaker, consultant and trainer. Her specialty is design and deployment of emerging technologies into complex organizations for the purpose of large-scale deployment and mass adoption.
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Julien BERGOUNHOUX
A consumate technologist, Julien worked as a reporter for 15 years and now heads L’Usine Digitale, a French publication dedicated to new technology and the ways in which it transforms the world. He has been following the XR field closely for over a decade.
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Xavier LARRODÉ
As Creative Technologist at the Lectra Innovation Lab, I apply my expertise in VR, AR, 3D modeling, ML and fashion to drive innovation. My goal is to use technology to revolutionize the fashion industry.
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Andrey LUNEV
I’m Andrey Lunev – General Partner XR at Startup Wise Guys. My focus: Spatial Compute a.k.a. XR, Web4.0, Digital Twins, 3D, MR/VR/AR, Industrial Metaverse ???. #WiseGuysXR portfolio: 30+ startups. Highlights: ReadyPlayerMe [60M Series B by #a16z], Captic.IO, Virtual Beings, PatchXR, SpectreXR, Crosscreators.
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Léa DAROSO
My name is Léa DAROSO and I work at Laval Mayenne Technopole as a start-up coach. Innovation in Mayenne is at the heart of the region, and we’re doing everything we can to deploy it and help it create as much value as possible. We all have a role to play in this development. Passionate about innovation and entrepreneurship, I’m delighted to have the opportunity to be part of this innovation ecosystem.
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Isabel DE PEUTER-RUTTEN
Introducing Isabel De Peuter-Rutten, a dedicated virtual explorer and entrepreneur in emerging technologies. As President of Euromersive and GatherVerse EU Director, she advocates for a human-centric approach and accessibility within the emerging tech industry. Following the GatherVerse standards, Isabel fosters ethical development & connecting people. Her role as Community Manager at WIIT Europe, XR4Heritage representative in Flanders and co-founder of the Community of Change highlights her commitment to a positive impact, shaping an inclusive future.
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Thomas BOGGINI
More than 10 years of work in the XR field. CTO at Kirae, consultant at XR Works, organizer of “Rennes XR” meetups, advisor.
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Frédérique KRUPA
Dr. Frédérique Krupa, director of the Digital Design Lab at l’école de design Nantes Atlantique, is a UX designer and former design professor at Parsons School of Design, RISD, UofArts, and Paris College of Art, where she founded and chaired the Masters (MA & MFA) in Transdisciplinary New Media. Her research focuses on establishing AI UX methods, a holistic, transdisciplinary and systemic approach to create fair, accountable and transparent machine learning data, algorithms and predictive models. Frédérique KRUPA’s link to Laval Virtual dates back twenty years to her days at Virtools SA and Dassault Systèmes.
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Marc BRINGUIER
Passionate about new technologies, Marc Bringuier worked for several years with Microsoft to evangelize HoloLens on the European market. He joined PTC in April 2019 to become the bridgehead and European expert in immersive technologies. Jury member at the leading European event Laval virtual, Marc bringuier is the author of numerous articles on the impact of immersive technology solutions in business. A frequent speaker at Mobile World Congresses, Laval virtual, Awe, Paris Air show… As Director of Augmented Reality, he continues to work on a daily basis with numerous companies to help them successfully deploy their augmented reality projects on behalf of Sphere Technology: a Californian start-up specializing in augmented and mixed reality collaboration.
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Laetitia BOCHUD
Virtual Switzerland, active since late 2016, promotes and encourages the adoption and development of immersive technologies as a facilitator of synergies and projects. Active at the Swiss and international levels, this association is also a founding member of XR4Europe. Virtual Switzerland is a partner of Laval Virtual as an entity dedicated to the XR ecosystem but also in the framework of the IMPULSE program – the European XR Accelerator.
