Luciana Carvalho Se

Luciana Carvalho Se heads new business & partnerships for REWIND and is co-founder of Unfold Inclusion, a social enterprise powering women/diversity in XR in the UK. Previously a freelancer with a combined 5+ years’ experience in award-winning startups, Luciana is a STEM ambassador and member of Code First Girls, SheWorx, Ada’s List, Founders of the Future, Women of Wearables, Women Who Code, Blooming Founders, among others. She is also a Director and Evangelist at Realities Centre London, an incubator and academy for B2B VR/AR/MR innovation, and co-chairs the VRAR sub-group of Tech London Advocates.

Luciana is passionate about VR/AR/tech for good, carrying out ongoing research on the possibilities and challenges immersive tech presents as re neuroscience, empathy and female empowerment. She has consulted for the likes of The World Bank, Panasonic R&D, Bloomberg, Lloyds, Intel, KPMG, Facebook and Barclays, and regularly speaks about her journey and current work at schools, conferences and companies worldwide. Highlights include: TEDx Manchester, WOW Talks, VR World Bristol, VR&AR World, Leeds Games Festival, Im-Architecture Conference, WeAreTheCity, GeekGirlsUK and CFG Annual Conferences. She has also hosted and continues to host webinars on neuroVR and women in tech with BrightTALK and BeMyApp.

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