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Forbes 30/50 Summit + Pico Velasquez
The World's Most Visionary Powerful Women came together in Abu Dhabi for International Women's Day for a week of panels, mentorship and collaboration. Over the past decade, the Forbes 30 Under 30 has become the world’s most important honor for young entrepreneurs, and 50 Over 50, to showcase experience, wisdom and leadership.
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Hilary Clinton, Former United States Secretary of State, Senator, First Lady.
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Malala Yousafzai, Nobel Prize Laureate, founder of Malala Fund.
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Olena Zelenska, First Lady of Ukraine.
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Billie Jean King, Sports Icon and Equality Champion.
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Amna Al Qubaisi, Formula Racing Driver. Her Royal Highness
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Princess Lamia Bint Majed Al Saud, Secretary General Alwaleed Philantropies.
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Pico Velásquez, Metaverse Thought Leader, founder of VIIRA.
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+38 other remarkable women leaders.
INTERVIEW
Forbes + Pico Velasquez
The World's Most Visionary Powerful Women came together for a week in Abu Dhabi for International Women's Day to speak about progression, inclusion and empowerment.
Pico Velasquez, founder & CEO at VIIRA was interviewed by Charlotte Burney, Entertainment Director at Forbes, on "Building Our Physical & Virtual Future With The Metaverse & AI".
PANEL
Forbes 30/50 Summit + Pico Velasquez
The World's Most Visionary Powerful Women came together for a week in Abu Dhabi for International Women's Day. The last day consisted on Service Day where a group of speakers and attendees gathered at the Cranleigh high school for a morning of mentorship. The event was planned for female students from the school, from 77 nationalities.
PANEL
Smart City Expo + Pico Velasquez
Join 70+ speakers, 5,000+ leaders and smart city “disruptors” pushing the boundaries of both physical and virtual integrations for climate action, sustainability, resilient infrastructure & transportation.
ARTICLE
Smart City Expo + Pico Velasquez
Leaders and smart city “disruptors” speak about pushing the boundaries of both physical and virtual integrations for climate action, sustainability, resilient infrastructure & transportation. Pico Velasquez founder of VIIRA and Matteo Pietrobelli CTO of Oceanix discuss the opportunities and challenges of new technologies for smart cities.
AWARD
Top 100 Women Of The Future in Emerging Tech
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Dubai Future Foundation + Pico Velasquez
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Twin Impact + Pico Velasquez
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Women's Economic Forum + Pico Velasquez
Women Economic Forum - WEF is the largest global gathering of women entrepreneurs and leaders worldwide. WEF is an associate of ALL Ladies League (ALL), the world’s largest All-inclusive international women’s chamber and a movement for the Welfare, Wealth, and Wellbeing with over 500+ chapters and over 50,000+ members across 150 countries.
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Blockchain Futurist Conference + Pico Velasquez
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Microsoft XR + Pico Velasquez
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ARExperience + Pico Velasquez
ARExperience is a new model of event to enlighten, engage, and execute your business with augmented reality. It brings together visionaries in the AR VR XR space to discuss and explore how the integration of our physical and virtual worlds are shaping the future of our reality. Join us, tickets available!
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Family Office Association + Pico Velasquez
Family Office Association is a highly selective membership and digital events organization dedicated to the multigenerational success of families, the thriving and intergenerational understanding of family members of all generations .Our guests have included legendary investors, business leaders, innovators, athletes, politicians, and more. We create intimate spaces for our members to connect with these thought leaders.
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ASAI International + Pico Velasquez
Future ReImagined, Architecture in Perspective, is the 2021 ASAI International Virtual Conference about the future of Architectural design. We invite you to join us on a journey of imagination, storytelling, artistry and technology where traditional and digital media collide to craft an authentic language that can allow us to re-Imagine our future.
INTERVEIW
BRUNCHWORK + Pico Velasquez
Brunchwork is a series of personalized interactive workshops from the world's top business leaders. Join world-class computational architect Pico Velasquez to learn about the key pillars to Architecting the Metaverse! PIICO uses immersive, interactive, and gamified experiences to connect art, education, and social/ environmental impact projects with larger audiences.
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DISGUISE + Pico Velasquez
Disguise is the platform for creatives and technologists to imagine, create and deliver spectacular live visual experiences. Combining the leading experience production software with powerful media server hardware, disguise empowers brands, artists and production houses to tell stories that inspire their audiences.

WEBINAR
KINESTRY + Pico Velasquez
Kinestry’s Innovation, #Augmented series are monthly interviews to explore the intersection of innovation, design, and emerging technologies. For this session Multimedia Director, Computational Architect and Metaverse Visionary Pico Velasquez talks about the new creative opportunities in bridging our physical and virtual worlds.