Cognition X Festival at Kings Cross, London
CognitionX Founders congratulate the compelling speakers and moderator for their outstanding session at CognitionX in London’s Kings Cross which was titled: “The Business of Entertainment – How Tech is transforming the way we play”
l to r: Alex Barkaloff – Founding Member & director of “x.LA”; CognitionX co-founder & Festival Director, Charlie Muirhead; PopHouse Entertainment Group C.I.O & ABBA executive producer Victor Fredell; Professor Megan Elliot – Founding Director of the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging `Media Arts at the USA’s University of Nebraska-Lincoln that supports creativity, innovation, technology & next-gen story-telling; Mobilium Global chief executive Ralph SImon who was the interviewer & moderator of this highly popular CogX session.
Alex Barkaloff – Founding Member, x.la; Professor Megan Elliott – Founding Director, The Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts, University of Nebraska & co-founder of X Media Lab; Mobilium Global chief executive, Ralph Simon; & Pophouse Entertainment Group, Stockholm, Sweden’s C.I.O. & Executive Producer of ABBA, Victor Fredell – taking a bow & applauded by the audience at the CognitionX Festival 2022.
Cognition X Leadership session on the Summit Stage at CognitionX Festival, Kings Cross, London
Professor Michelle Drouin: How To Use Intimacy Intelligence for Innovation & Business Leadership
Special interview session at the Founders Forum conference at the Soho Farmhouse, Oxfordshire, UK on June, 16th, 2022: Professor Dr. Michelle Drouin in conversation with Ralph Simon.
Dr. Michelle Drouin (B.A. Cornell University; Ph.D. University of Oxford) is a psychology professor, forensic consultant, expert witness, and internationally-recognized researcher and speaker on issues related to technology, relationships, couples, and sexuality, including issues related to addiction and partner violence. Dr. Drouin’s research has attracted international attention, and she regularly does interviews for television, radio, newspapers, and magazines.
CogX – The business of entertainment: How tech is transforming the way we play
Special session at the big CognitionX Summit conference in London on June, 14th, 2022 at 9am. The way we experience art, gaming and media is changing radically and new ways of engaging and paying for art and artists are emerging at an incredible rate. Join us as we discuss everything from the ground-breaking Abba Voyage show to the mobile gaming revolution.
Alex Barkaloff
Senior Vice President & Founding Member
X.LA & X Solla
Los Angeles, U.S.A.
Megan Elliott
Founding Director
Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts
Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S.A.
Victor Fredell
C.I.O., PopHouse Entertainment
The ABBA Immersion Arena Show & Technology
Producer of the ABBA “Abba-tars”
Ralph Simon
Chief Executive
Mobilium Global
Interviewer & Moderator of this CogX session
Meet John Hoffman, the organiser & head of the Mobile World Congress events world-wide
Barcelona. John Hoffman, CEO of the GSM Association & organiser of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Shanghai, Las Vegas & Rwanda, Africa, seen on the MWC ’22 Keynote Stage, with Mobilium Global Chief Executive & long-time MWC presenter Ralph Simon (left).
GSM Association
MWC Barcelona
John Hoffmann on LinkedIn
Amazon Web Services head & global CEO, Adam Selipsky & Mobilium Global chief executive Ralph Simon
Barcelona. Hanging out backstage at the Mobile World Congress 2022 Keynote Stage, after Adam's outstanding Keynote speech which showed the extraordinary impact & progress of AWS - a vital arm of Amazon's worldwide business & undeniable impact. Adam is a great CEO & global visionary running a vital part of the Amazon global business.
Adam Selipsky on LinkedIn
Amazon Web Services
Dr. Mike Short CBE, Chief Scientific Advisor to the UK’s Department of International Trade
Dr Mike Short CBE, Chief Scientific Advisor to the UK’s Department of International Trade meets long-standing friend, Mobilium CEO, Ralph Simon
After 30 years in telecommunications with Telefonica, Dr Mike Short joined the Department for International Trade (DIT) as the department’s first Chief Scientific Adviser in December 2017. Mike leads the science & engineering profession in the Department & ensures it's policy is informed by the best science, engineering & technical advice. He advises the D.I.T. on the technical aspects of international trade deals, supports inward investment & engineering collaboration & works with the UK’s research, innovation & academic communities to boost scientific & engineering exports for the British government.
UK Department for International Trade (DIT)
Dr. Mike Short
Mobile World Congress ’22: Pow-wow with the UK’s Minister for Exports & Equalities
Meeting about eSports & the UK’s thrust in the global Video Game industry, a big export area for the UK. Mobilium Global has a strong focus on this eSports area. r. to l.: Exports & Equalities Minister the Rt. Hon. Mike Freer MP & Mobilium Global CEO Ralph Simon.
The Keynote stage: One of the most watched sessions at MWC ’22
Going deep into NFTs, the Metaverse, and Fin Tech, with these outstanding speakers/interviewees – l to r: Mobilium Global Chief Executive & interviewer Ralph Simon; Sothebys Global CEO Charles Stewart; Hungama Digital India founder & Polygon Media executive, Neeraj Roy; & Jim McElvey, founder of ‘Square’ a.k.a. ‘Block’, one of the world’s foremost payment platforms. This key session gave the packed MWC audience the latest on the rise of NFTs and the metaverse.
Watch the session here:
The biggest digital trends: Fintech & Metaverse at the MWC22 in Barcelona
The biggest digital trend in the world right now is the emergence of the Metaverse. And in this world the most fascinating development has been the advent of NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens), which in a short period of time has have reached over $25 Billion in sales. As time spent in the Metaverse explodes through rapid growth in digital art, gaming and entertainment, so too will the complexity of financial assets as the merger of virtual and hard money will redefine every service offered by a traditional bank. NFTs have captured the imagination of many and offers an amazing opportunity for the mobile ecosystem to become a key gateway to Metaverse.
Watch the full keynote here:
This captivating session was moderated by our Mobilium Founder & CEO Ralph Simon interviewing the following luminary speakers:
