IGNITE with Riz Virk & Kathleen Cohen
Ethics & Technology
1:00 pm –
1:50 pm
Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts Room: CEMA 101
1300 Q Street
Lincoln NE 68588
Lincoln NE 68588
Contact:
Michelle Walenz, mwalenz2@unl.edu
In conjunction with The Kutak Center for the Teaching and Study of Applied Ethics and Broader Considerations of Technology’s inaugural Ethics and Broader Considerations of Technology Bazaar, the Carson Center’s IGNITE Colloquium will include Riz Virk from MIT Game Lab and author of the brand-new book The Simulation Hypothesis and Kathleen Cohen from Disney.
Riz Virk describes himself as co-founder, angel investor, board member, mentor, bestselling author, and indie film producer. His specialties include entrepreneurship, venture capital, social and mobile gaming, online advertising, blockchain, new media, indie filmmaking, zen, meditation, writing, publishing, creativity and innovation. Virk is the author of The Simulation Hypothesis (2019), Startup Myths & Models: Secrets They Don’t Teach You at Stanford Business School (2020), Treasure Hunt: Follow Your Inner Clues to Find True Success (2017), and Zen Entrepreneurship (2013).
Kathleen Cohen is a digital and immersive, experience strategist with over 20 years building both user and guest experiences. Her background includes working as a Creative and Producer for DreamWorks Interactive, IBM Innovation, Disney Parks & Resorts, as well as a brief stint in civic engagement as the Vice President of Digital Innovation, for the National Constitution Center, helping to tell the contemporary story of our nation’s U.S. Constitution.
Currently, Kathleen’s consultancy, the Collaboratorium, focuses on immersive, disruptive and exponential technologies, AI, XR and Spatial computing projects, as it relates to themed attractions, product development, gaming and future storytelling environments. Kathleen is currently working with a 2X NBA All-Star player on diverse citywide experiences in Los Angeles.
Kathleen recently returned from Rust, Germany where she was the Jury Chair for Europa-Park’s first ever AUREA Awards. An award given for AR/VR excellence throughout the attractions and enterprise business world. Europa-Park first introduced the VR-enhanced roller coaster in Europe in 2015.
Kathleen began career as a traditional fine artist, then turned digital artist – trained at Silicon Studios / SGI as a VFX animator in ’94. Between ’94 and today, she has worked on most every platform and vertical within the digital ecosystem. Her interest now is the next 26 years of man + machine human transformation.
The Ethics and Broader Considerations of Technology Bazaar will feature the following:
– Conference
– Resource Fair
– Game Jam
– Outreach Programs
– Teaching Seminar
Additional information can be found at:
https://ethics.unl.edu/ethics-and-technology-bazaar
Riz Virk describes himself as co-founder, angel investor, board member, mentor, bestselling author, and indie film producer. His specialties include entrepreneurship, venture capital, social and mobile gaming, online advertising, blockchain, new media, indie filmmaking, zen, meditation, writing, publishing, creativity and innovation. Virk is the author of The Simulation Hypothesis (2019), Startup Myths & Models: Secrets They Don’t Teach You at Stanford Business School (2020), Treasure Hunt: Follow Your Inner Clues to Find True Success (2017), and Zen Entrepreneurship (2013).
Kathleen Cohen is a digital and immersive, experience strategist with over 20 years building both user and guest experiences. Her background includes working as a Creative and Producer for DreamWorks Interactive, IBM Innovation, Disney Parks & Resorts, as well as a brief stint in civic engagement as the Vice President of Digital Innovation, for the National Constitution Center, helping to tell the contemporary story of our nation’s U.S. Constitution.
Currently, Kathleen’s consultancy, the Collaboratorium, focuses on immersive, disruptive and exponential technologies, AI, XR and Spatial computing projects, as it relates to themed attractions, product development, gaming and future storytelling environments. Kathleen is currently working with a 2X NBA All-Star player on diverse citywide experiences in Los Angeles.
Kathleen recently returned from Rust, Germany where she was the Jury Chair for Europa-Park’s first ever AUREA Awards. An award given for AR/VR excellence throughout the attractions and enterprise business world. Europa-Park first introduced the VR-enhanced roller coaster in Europe in 2015.
Kathleen began career as a traditional fine artist, then turned digital artist – trained at Silicon Studios / SGI as a VFX animator in ’94. Between ’94 and today, she has worked on most every platform and vertical within the digital ecosystem. Her interest now is the next 26 years of man + machine human transformation.
The Ethics and Broader Considerations of Technology Bazaar will feature the following:
– Conference
– Resource Fair
– Game Jam
– Outreach Programs
– Teaching Seminar
Additional information can be found at:
https://ethics.unl.edu/ethics-and-technology-bazaar
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This event originated in IGNITE Colloquium.