Dr. Helen Papagiannis

Speaking topics

Presentations listed below include in-person and virtual keynotes, as well as workshops, fireside chats, and other presentation formats.

• Augmented Human: How Technology Is Shaping the New Reality

  Our digital future is no longer a distant promise, but a rapidly growing industry with real-world clout. Consider Apple unveiling their much-anticipated Augmented Reality (AR) Vision Pro headset that seamlessly blends digital content with the physical world — it’s introducing a whole new era of computing.

  In this truly cutting-edge talk, Dr. Helen Papagiannis helps us understand the significance of AR and how it is further being organically integrated into our everyday lives. What opportunities does this seismic shift present for business, design, and culture? How can we contribute to and help define this new technological era? And how will it forever change the way we live, work, and play? With great gusto and up-to-the-minute examples, Papagiannis leads us head-on into our virtual future.

• A Human-First Metaverse: Designing New Interfaces and Immersive Experiences

  The Metaverse is projected to amass a staggering value of $1 trillion over the next three years with the rapid adoption and acceleration of generative AI and immersive technologies. As part of the international group of leaders convened by the World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Defining and Building the Metaverse Initiative, Dr. Helen Papagiannis is your guide to the next iteration of the Internet.

  In this informative and fun keynote, Papagiannis shares how your organization can thrive in this new terrain, developing digital spaces that can achieve the greatest positive impact with a human-first design approach.

• XR Goes Pop: Understanding the Future Across Multiple Realities

  We live in a world of multiple realities — augmented reality, virtual reality, and virtual beings powered by artificial intelligence. From this evolution emerges the growing discipline of XR, extended reality, where we’ll find ourselves moving across and between realities on a soon-to-be daily basis.

  This presentation offers a fascinating and cutting-edge look at the way these cross-realities are permeating contemporary culture, from high to low to pop (and everything in between). In her trademark nimble speaking style, Dr. Helen Papagiannis documents how these extensions of reality are informing and advancing culture though art, fashion, music, games, and celebrity.

  Don’t think that this is simply about art and entertainment. Rather, as Papagiannis articulates, popular culture is a mirror into which we can track trends related to commerce and the world at large. What does XR mean to you and your business? Papagiannis will ask you all the right questions, helping you discern the realities you should be preparing to explore.