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metaverse lab creative summit

November 28-29, 2023 | Lisbon, Portugal

Let’s enter the new era of customer, employee and industrial experience.

Capgemini’s Metaverse-Lab Creative Summit program will explore the future of immersive and metaverse technologies, and their practical application in business – technologies that are constantly pushing the boundaries of what is possible, and what can add value.

“Over the two half-days, we’ll hear from our  influential speakers, including leading experts from businesses, technology, media and analysts.
I look forward to welcoming you to the Summit, sharing new ideas and hearing inspiring stories of what is happening in the growing world of immersive experiences. “  

Alexandre Embry
VP, CTIO, and Head of Capgemini’s Metaverse-Lab

Event information

Sheraton Lisboa Hotel & Spa
White Plains IV and V , Plano B,
Rua Latino Coelho, 1,
Lisbon,
Portugal, 1069
+351 213-120000
Google maps ; 6.0 km from Lisbon airport

Lunch on 28th November at 12.00 midday – 13.30 pm in the Panorama room, Sheraton Lisboa

Dinner on 28th November : 1300 Taberna, Lx Factory, R. Rodrigues de Faria 103 arm. H, 1300-501 Lisbon @ 19.00 TBC. Transportation provided

Lunch on 29th November from 12.00 approx in the Panorama room, Sheraton Lisboa

Our agenda

Day #1 Afternoon | Tuesday, November 28

Lunch – 12:00 noon -13.30 pm CET

  • 13:30 pm -13.45 pm CET – Welcome to the new era of Digital Experience :  Alexandre Embry | Capgemini
  • 13.45 pm – 14:15 pm CET – AI and Metaverse fusion: Shaping the next tech frontier : Kary Bheemaiah and Robert Engels | Capgemini
  • 14:15 am – 14:45 pm CET– Agents as functional entities in the Metaverse : Stu Richards | MetaMike
  • 14:45 am – 15:15 pm CET – Fireside chat : Dr. Luc Julia | Renault Group

Break – 15:15 pm -15.30 pm CET

  • 15:30 pm -16.15 pm CET – Engineering our dreams : Martin Lindstrom | Lindstrom company
  • 16:15 pm -16.45 pm CET – The Metaverse: what’s myth, what’s reality, what should you do about it, and where are we? : Martha Bennett | Forrester
  • 16:45 pm -17.15 pm CET – Generative AI x Spatial Computing : Nico Perony | Unity
  • 17:15 pm -17.45 pm CET – Metaverse in the Era of AI : Alex Karim and Sylvain Ekel | Microsoft
  • 17:45 pm -18.15 pm CET – Why is the Metaverse transforming your industries? : Gabriel Vincent | Nvidia

  • 9:00 am – 9:30 am CET – What should be the future of the EU on Metaverse and virtual worlds : Hervé Jeannin | Capgemini / CCMI EU
  • 9:30 am – 10:15 am CET – Web3 does not exist (but there is something) : Raphaël Bloch | The Big Whale
  • 10:15 am – 10:45 am CET – Seeing through the hype : Faisal Galaria | Magic Leap

Break – 10:45 am – 11:00 am CET

  • 11:00 am – 11:30 am CET – Metaverse: Vision and technical challenges : Paulo Mendes | Airbus
  • 11:30 am – 12:00 noon CET – KLM’s Metaversal journey: Transforming the future of training and simulation : Werner Soeteman | KLM
  • 12:00 noon – 12.30 pm – Metacine: The ideal city of cinema : Vincent Grimond and Sophie Poulin | Metacine La Ville / Capgemini

Lunch – 12:30 pm – 14.00 pm CET

Our guest speakers

Stu Richards (aka MetaMike)

Stu Richards (aka MetaMike)

Founder and CEO | SJMR Consulting and Development

Martin Lindstrom

Martin Lindstrom

CEO | Lindstrom Company

Martha Bennett

Martha Bennett

VP, Principal Analyst | Forrester Research

Nico Perony

Nico Perony

Director of AI Research | Unity

Alex Karim

Alex Karim

Azure Innovation GTM Manager | Microsoft

Sylvain Ekel

Sylvain Ekel

Technology Strategy Director | Microsoft

Gabriel Vincent

Gabriel Vincent

Virtualization and visualization sales specialist | NVIDIA

Hervé Jeannin

Hervé Jeannin

Delegate of CCMI & Member of Board of Directors of Capgemini

Raphaël Bloch

Raphaël Bloch

Co-founder, Editor-in-Chief | The Big Whale

Faisal Galaria

Faisal Galaria

Chief Growth Officer | Magic Leap

Stu Richards (aka MetaMike)

Founder and CEO | SJMR Consulting and Development

Dr. Luc Julia

Chief Scientific Officer | Renault Group

Martin Lindstrom

CEO | Lindstrom Company

Martha Bennett

VP, Principal Analyst | Forrester Research

Nico Perony

Director of AI Research | Unity

Alex Karim

Azure Innovation GTM Manager | Microsoft

Sylvain Ekel

Technology Strategy Director | Microsoft

Gabriel Vincent

Virtualization and visualization sales specialist | NVIDIA

Hervé Jeannin

Delegate of CCMI & Member of Board of Directors of Capgemini

Raphaël Bloch

Co-founder, Editor-in-Chief | The Big Whale

Faisal Galaria

Chief Growth Officer | Magic Leap

Paulo Mendes

Expert in network architectures and protocols | Airbus

Werner Soeteman

Senior Manager Fasttrack & Innovation, Head of XR Center of Excellence | Air France-KLM

Vincent Grimond

President | Anthéma SAS

Capgemini hosts

Alexandre Embry

VP – CTIO – Head of Capgemini’s Metaverse-Lab and Immersive Technologies
Alexandre Embry is CTIO, member of the Capgemini Technology, Innovation and Ventures Council. He is leading the Immersive Technologies domain, looking at trends analysis and developing the deployment strategy at Group level. He specializes in exploring and advising organizations on emerging tech trends and their transformative powers. He is passionate about enhancing the user experience and he is identifying how Metaverse, Web3, NFT and Blockchain technologies, AR/VR/MR can advance brands and companies with enhanced customer or employee experiences. He is the founder and head of the Capgemini’s Metaverse-Lab, and of the Capgemini Andy3D immersive remote collaboration solution.

Kary Bheemaiah

Chief Technology and Innovation Officer (CTIO), Capgemini Invent
Kary is Chief Technology and Innovation Officer at Capgemini Invent where he helps to define the business and sectorial implications of emerging technologies that are of strategic importance to Capgemini’s clients. Kary informs go-to-market implementation plans, aids in the creation of new client-specific solutions & services and contributes to thought leadership on innovative technologies. He further connects the world of emerging technology to all Capgemini Invent practices, clients, and sectors.

Robert Engels

Global CTIO and Head of Lab for AI Futures and Insights & Data
Robert is an innovation lead and a thought leader in several sectors and regions, and holds the position of Chief Technology Officer for Northern and Central Europe in our Insights & Data Global Business Line. Based in Norway, he is a known lecturer, public speaker, and panel moderator. Robert holds a PhD in artificial intelligence from the Technical University of Karlsruhe (KIT), Germany.

Hervé Jeannin

Delegate of CCMI & Member of Board of Directors of Capgemini
Since May 2022, Herve has been an advisor to the European Commission on industrial transformation, mainly in the technological fields. He is a delegate to The Consultative Commission on Industrial Change (known by its French acronym of CCMI – Advisor to the European Commission and Parliament). The Consultative Commission The CCMI examines changes in industry across a wide range of sectors, keeping pace and tackling them according to the values of the European economic and social model.

Alex Bulat

Group Technology Director
Alex is Group Technology Director, focused on helping our customers transform and adopt to the new digital age, and integrate new and disruptive innovations into their business. He is focused on driving the expansion and delivery of digital transformation and helping companies to get a grasp on future technologies like IoT, AI, Big data and Blockchain. He also focuses on how new innovations, disruptive technologies, and new platforms like Uber, impact the current businesses.

Sophie Poulin

Client Director at Capgemini (Frog)
For the last 6 years, I’ve been helping my clients to create new business strategies by putting customer experience design at the heart of the thinking. I bring together our business strategists, experience designers, data scientists, creative technologists, brand strategists and other creatives to develop end-to-end projects and help my clients make their mark in a sustainable world.

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