Hyper Island will bring together international tech innovators to tackle the metaverse at Digital City Expo panel discussion

Taylor will be joined by Greg Ashton, Senior Service Designer at the Department for Work & Pensions; Robyn Ainsworth, Social Strategy & Communications at digital fashion house The Fabricant, Amsterdam; Che-Guevara John, Leeds Beckett University’s Course Director of Games Design + Computer Animation & VFX; Chris Guerin, Metaverse Curator, CEO & Founder at MediaCity-based Xpllore; along with Hera Hussain, Social Entrepreneur, CEO & Founder at Chayn, the global nonprofit specialising in supporting survivors of gender-based violence.

They’ll look at the extent to which the metaverse is already affecting our lives, who is confident or curious about the innovation, and encourage attendees to reflect upon their own reality.

The full agenda for Digital City Expo features thought leaders across tech, ecommerce, media and marketing, speaking across both days of the expo on a wide range of topics. To see timings and titles revealed so far, click here.

The metaverse will also be tackled in a partner event as part of Digital City Festival, hosted by 3D Online – just one of the variety of partner events hosted throughout the week starting on March 7th, which include Social North, the Reframe Women In Tech Conference 2022, and HOST’s Esports Festival. Visit the Digital City Festival website to see what’s on.