Mark Pesce (Aus / US)

Mark Pesce co-invented the technology for 3D on the Web - laying the foundations for the metaverse - has written ten books, including "Getting Started with ChatGPT and AI Chatbots", was for seven years a judge on the ABC's hit series The New Inventors, founded postgraduate programs at the University of Southern California and the Australian Film Television and Radio School, holds an honorary appointment at Sydney University, is a multiple-award-winning columnist for The Register, writes features for COSMOS Magazine, and is professional futurist and public speaker. Pesce hosts the award-winning 'The Next Billion Seconds' podcast, and recently released the highly-praised, award-nominated series “A Brief History of the Metaverse”.