Kathleen Cohen

Kathleen Cohen is known as a Tech Humanist, an XR/AI Immersive Strategist and Educator with over 25+ years building both user and guest experiences in media, gaming, world-building, theme parks and location-based entertainment.

Her consultancy, The Collaboratorium, focuses on three areas; XR/AI Research, Client Projects and Public Engagement. Kathleen’s clients range from megacity, gigacity projects to media & entertainment and health & wellness implementations. Her XR/AI Research focuses on key learnings from indigenous wisdom, neurodivergence and conscious leadership.

Currently, Kathleen is teaming up to build a City of Los Angeles Reclamation project - helping to turn abandoned parcels of land into immersive, urban sanctuaries.

Kathleen’s background includes being a Creative, Producer, and Executive Producer with studio corporations such as DreamWorks Interactive, IBM Centers for Innovation, as well as Walt Disney Parks & Resorts.

Kathleen was also the former Vice President of Digital Innovation & Integration for The National Constitution Center helping to tell the contemporary story of the U.S. Constitution. Kathleen sits on the Advisory Board of "holoride" (Munich); a spinout of Audi Innovation, think passenger entertainment and motion-synchronized XR experiences in your car. She is also the Jury Chair and Keynote Speaker of the Aurea Award, which is an annual, immersive XR awards show held at Europa-Park in southern Germany.