R&D Senior Engineer at Holcim Innovation Center (HIC).
Holder of a PhD in Civil Engineering and 3D Printing, backed by an MSc. in Structural Design.
Specialized in advanced 3DCP technology and Additive Manufacturing.
Dedicated to reshaping the construction industry with Innovative and Sustainable building
solutions.
Committed to creating a durable and efficient built environment to accelerate Green Growth.

Karen is a metahuman born from Titan. She is guided by an artificial intelligence, speaks numerous languages and never stops learning.
She is the prototype of a project that SIDI is developing to create the perfect speaker, combining the know-how of the experts in our network, public speaking skills to translate complex content into simple language and of course numerous languages. As you might imagine, she is the perfect speaker to guide you through the Metaverse.

Patrick Gudev is CEO of Museverse, a music platform for playing and performing in the metaverse that developed the first interactive musical instruments as NFTs playable in virtual reality. He graduated at Charles University and the Prague university of Economics and Business. Also co-founder of Revo Music, he is an experienced VR developer with focus on the role of AI in the future development of metaverse applications.

Francesco Vincenti is Business Developer and partner of Somnium Space, an open and social virtual reality world built on the Ethereum blockchain. Graduated at the Sapienza University of Rome, Francesco has an extensive experience as VR builder and content creation, with focus on cities and education. Francesco is also the creator of 2LIVΞS & Sewer Nation DAO and of the NFT podcast. He has organized numerous internationally successful decentralized events in VR.

Independent Strategic Advisor in Innovative Payments and blockchain, and author, for thirty years he has been helping companies in the creation of new value propositions. In 2014 he was among the first in Italy to deal with blockchain projects in the digital finance sector. He works in the field of science dissemination and lectures at companies and universities. Since 2008 he has been collaborating with Politecnico di Milano – Digital Innovation Observatories, contributing with his experience to the analysis of strategies in the field of Innovative Payments and holding courses on blockchain and themarket scenarios that can guide its cross-industry development. He has to his credit countless scientific publications developed within the Observatories of the Politecnico di Milano, on topics concerning innovation and regulation of innovative payment systems and blockchain.

Graduated in Venice in Architecture, Umberto has been working for the past 25 years in the design and construction of architectural buildings of various dimensions and functions, with a particular focus on innovation. Umberto has an extensive experience in architectural design, in project management and cost control of large architectural complexes. In the last few years he focused on the digital transformation in the architectural industry and he is currently VDC (Virtual Design and Construction) Manager and Metaverse Architect for Pini Group, an International AEC Industry company based in Switzerland.

Noisecut founder Danielle Garofalo has had success working in sales and marketing for both small businesses and Fortune 100 companies (Disney, IBM). In addition to Noisecut she also contributes to several other blogs including Emmy Award winning site Minyanville and Inman|Next. Danielle was named as one of the 100 Most Influential People in Real Estate by Inman and one of the 50 Urban Innovators Changing the Way We Live by International Hospitality Media. 

René Waclavicek started his career working in design and construction planning for terrestrial buildings. In 2020, he participated in the Lunar Base Design Workshop (LBDW) organised at the European Space Agency’s ESTEC Centre in Noordwijk which was the starting point of his career in space architecture. René applies his skills to interdisciplinary research, design projects and complex geometries, including parametrics.

Barbara Imhof is an internationally active space architect and design researcher. She is a co-founder, Managing Partner and co-owner of LIQUIFER. Prior to starting LIQUIFER, Barbara did a short stint at NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston. She has pioneered the field of ‘space architecture’ in Europe and is a member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Space Architecture Technical Committee (SATC). She has been teaching at renowned institutes in Europe and the United States, for 20+ years.