Alton Glass, a creative entrepreneur and immersive storyteller, leads GRX Immersive Labs, a studio leveraging emerging tech to innovate storytelling, accelerate immersive education, and amplify culture. An Oculus Launch Pad and Unreal Engine Virtual Production Fellowship alum, he co-created THE MARCH for TIME magazine, bringing the 1963 March on Washington to life in VR. At Tribeca Film Festival, his POV: POINTS OF VIEW experience explored implicit bias in AI and policing. Through the Arts Beats & Tech XR platform with Verizon, Glass merges creativity, technology, and education to inspire future innovators. His commitment to empowerment and immersive storytelling earned him the Culture Creator Award for Technology and Accenture Breakout Star for Tech by Black Enterprise. more...

Erica Elson is a Producer, Writer and Educator based in the mountains outside Los Angeles. Her short film, WING NIGHT, premiered at Method Fest in Los Angeles. She is the co-author of the book THE AWKWARD HUMAN SURVIVAL GUIDE and co-hosted a podcast by the same name on the 5by5 network for five years. Elson's articles have been published by HuffPost, Lifehacker, and Reader's Digest. Prior to working in education, she worked in television development and writers’ rooms such as VH1’s HINDSIGHT, where she had the chance to write for the spinoff web series PLANET SEBASTIAN. more...