Aapo Markkanen heads ABI Research’s analysis and forecasts on cloud content and services. In his research, Aapo explores areas such as the personal cloud, media streaming technologies, cloud-powered operating systems and browsers, as well as the increasingly symbiotic intersection of cloud computing, big data analytics, and the Internet of Things. He has a long-running research interest in Augmented Reality as a next-generation interface that will help us control and make sense of tomorrow’s pervasively connected world.

Nizar is the Head of Ecosystem within the Media Processing Division at ARM.  Nizar leads a team that works with the graphics and GPU compute ecosystem like augmented reality middleware providers and augmented reality developers to make the best of the ARM GPUs and CPUs.

Nizar has been working for ARM for 7 years and prior to that worked for STMicroelectronics. Nizar holds a masters degree in microelectronics.

Sascha is working for the leading Augmented Reality company metaio in Munch since almost 2 years now. He is managing different Key accounts and is also responsible for Business Development in the consumer products sector.

Before he and studied in London for his MSc. in International Business and worked at the Corporate Culture department of Bertelsmann Inc. in New York.

Paul J. Travers was the founder of Vuzix and has served as our President and Chief Executive Officer since 1997 and as a member of our board of directors since November 1997. Prior to the formation of Vuzix, Mr. Travers founded both e-Tek Labs, Inc. and Forte Technologies Inc. He has been a driving force behind the development of our products for the consumer market. With more than 25 years of experience in the consumer electronics field, and 15 years of experience in the virtual reality and virtual display fields, he is a nationally recognized industry expert.

With over 18 years industry experience Richard is an award-winning digital practitioner and creative technologist. Responsible for the overall management of digital output at the agency, Richard develops ideas and strategies for clients by understanding emerging technologies and future opportunities such as Augmented Reality.

Laura Skilton (formerly Shaw) is the Learning & Teaching Co-ordinator at Mimas, she has over 12 years’ experience developing and managing e-learning related projects and services. At present this includes Hairdressing Training (a service used by over 90% of Further education Colleges) and a range of Augmented Reality projects that have included SCARLET (Special Collections using Augmented Reality to Enhance Learning and Teaching). Laura is particularity interested in new technology, such as Augmented Reality and regularly blogs on its use in education teamscarlet.wordpress.com.

Will Powell is the Head of Innovation at Keytree. Throughout his career Will has demonstrated a passion for pulling together visionary applications using cutting-edge technologies with a wide array of scope including augmented reality on smart-glasses and devices, gesture control, cloud computing and business application suites like SAP. Will’s most recent area of interest is in the creation of state-of-the-art business applications that show how augmented reality and personal spatial operating systems can help people and businesses to be more efficient and effective.

Anthony Harris has served as Aurasma’s European Marketing Manager since its launch in 2011.  As an Augmented Reality (AR) enthusiast, Anthony follows this industry closely and has played an influential role in growing Aurasma’s AR platform particularly with educators around the world. 
By nurturing Aurasma’s Educational Partnerships, Anthony has watched with pride as this sector has blossomed into one of Aurasma’s largest and most dedicated communities. 

Chris Ricketts started at the Telegraph Media Group in September 2000. He worked in the Classified, Digital, Magazine & Newspaper sales teams before managing several Multi-Media Agency groups. Since 2011 he has run the Newspaper advertising sales operation and has recently been promoted to Head of Multi Media, instigating & delivering TMG's cross-platform display sales strategy.  

An AR Guru, Steve is a regular writer and contributor to media blogs, and a thought-leader in the digital media and augmented reality sectors.

Steve trained as a film editor initially, before founding one of the UK's largest creative post production Groups, VTR Plc.

He has over 30 years experience in the Broadcast Post Production Market; selling creative and technical services to International Broadcasters, Independent Production Companies, Digital Agencies and the Corporate Media Production sectors.

At the age of 21, Connell Gauld started work on the code that became the Zappar content framework. As his final year Masters project for his Engineering degree at the University of Cambridge it earned him a Distinction and a number of “best project” prizes along the way. Connell has developed on mobile platforms for over 6 years, and has worked on a number of cutting-edge methods for interacting with real-world objects through the use of NFC technology and Augmented Reality.

Stuart Cupit has over 20 years experience running successful high tech businesses. Co-founding Inition in 2001, Stuart has grown Inition into a world leading supplier of technology and experiential productions. Specialising in AR, VR and cutting edge interactive media development.

Stuart directs Inition's Experiential Productions division of in-house producers, 3D artists and software developers. A graduate in computer science, Stuart's native understanding of software development, digital media and graphic design enables Inition to deliver the very best experiential content by blending cutting edge technology and creative design.

Geoff is a Director of Alloy. He graduated with a BA (Hons) in Marketing Strategy from Greenwich University in 1996 and has worked as a business consultant in the design industry for 16 years. In that time he has worked with some of the world’s most famous and successful designers, where his role was to help designers, companies and brands to maximise the commercial effectiveness of design.

Farzana Latif  currently works as Educational Technology Project Manager for the school of Health Sciences at City University London. In this role she has been working on projects to develop the use of AR within the school and across the University to enhance teaching, learning and the student experience.

Founder of Dashboard Media, Alex is a renowned journalist and one of London's leading experts on interactive print. He was the assistant editor of The Sunday Times Driving section for five years, during which time Alex helped re-launch the brand's award-winning website. Prior to that he edited Stuff, the world's best-selling technology magazine.

Somo is the largest independent, full-service mobile solutions company in the world. Nick is the Account Director for one of Somo’s flagship accounts; Audi. He has overseen the development of several award-winning mobile products including the Audi Le Mans app, the Audi A3 iPad app and Audi Vision - Audi’s own augmented reality platform.

With over 7 years’ mobile experience, primarily in the automotive and retail sectors, Nick is an expert on harnessing the latest technology to engage with consumers. He has worked with brands such as Citroen, Alfa Romeo, Volvo, Saab, BT, B&Q and Screwfix.

Ken’s involvement over the past few years has been specifically in the area of private equity investing in the mobile sector, and his previous experience in developing telecoms, IT and web commerce business strategies spans 25+ years.

His recent focus has been on the emerging new media content, applications and commerce methodologies, and the merging of these with the ubiquitous, personal access of mobile.

Jess cut her entrepreneurial teeth as the first hire at fast growth travel start-up isango.com where she was Head of Partnerships prior to moving on to manage  business development and supplier marketing in EMEA for Alibaba.com, the Chinese e-commerce sit,  on its launch into the region.

In 2010 she set up Integritour, the first responsible tourism company in Western Kenya. She has an MA in Ancient & Modern History from the University of Oxford.

Luke Robert Mason is a Researcher in Technology and Cyberculture and Director of Virtual Futures - a series of events that aim to
retrospectively critique and challenge notions of ‘the future’ to understand the evolutionary processes that have given rise to today’s
emergent web-culture.

Part of the global, corporate innovation team at Pearson plc, Rene explores new digital technologies and concepts and develops prototypes that help people learn throughout their lives.

Pearson is the world’s leading learning company, providing educational materials and services, business information through the Financial Times Group, and consumer publishing through the Penguin brand. Pearson serves learners of all ages around the globe, employing 41,000 people in more than 70 countries. For more information, visit www.pearson.com and watch our video.

Michael Gervautz is a director of business development at Qualcomm.

In this role, Gervautz is responsible for building up an augmented reality developer network and managing relationships with the universities participating in, and contributing to,  Qualcomm’s augmented reality initiatives.