Center for Retail Transformation Hosts Panel on Retail and the Metaverse - March 23

Mary Byerley — Fri, 18 Mar 2022 13:52:48 +0000

Center for Retail Transformation Hosts Panel on Retail and the Metaverse - March 23 Mary Byerley Fri, 03/18/2022 - 09:52

The Center for Retail Transformation at �� School of Business is delighted to host the panel, "Retail and the Metaverse” on March 23, 2022 at 5:00 pm ET

Sponsored by Microsoft, and a part of our transforming retail series, this panel features experts who will engage in conversations on what the metaverse is (and is not), core technologies underlying the metaverse, leading companies in this space, opportunities and pitfalls that retailers and other consumer-facing companies should watch for as they foray into the metaverse.

The panelists are:

Alan Smithson, Co-Founder, MetaVRse, Inc, a low-code platform that makes it easy to create & share interactive 3D experiences instantly on the web and parent company of THE MALL, one of the first malls in the metaverse.

Casey Golden, CEO, Luxlock, an experience platform that merges digital and physical shopping experiences. Casey is regarded as one of the women taking charge of web 3.0  by Forbes by bridging the commerce gap to operationalize a shoppable metaverse.

Lisa Griego, Director, Retail & Consumer Goods, Microsoft. Lisa is the leader in Microsoft's Grocery & Consumer Goods vertical with over 20 years’ experience in retail including 16 years at P&G.

Winston Ma, Managing Partner and Co-Founder of CloudTree Ventures, Author of The Hunt for Unicorns and The Digital War, board Chairman of Nasdaq-listed MCAA, a European tech SPAC, and 2013 Young Global Leader at the World Economic Forum (WEF).

The session will be co-moderated by Michael Zakkour, leading retail futurist, and Founder & CEO of 5 New Digital, a digital commerce, retail, and consumer journey consultancy and ecosystem company.

For more details about the event visit https://www.eventbrite.com/e/291063297157

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Center for Retail Transformation