Malcolm Gladwell is a highly respected author renowned for his innovative and multidisciplinary thinking. Named one of the 100 most influential people by TIME magazine and a Top Global Thinker by Foreign Policy, his best-selling books include The Tipping Point, Blink, and Outliers, where he’s explored how ideas spread, decision-making, and the roots of success.
Jessica LindlVice President of Social Impact
Throughout her career, Jessica has been a champion for social impact, working to improve learning outcomes and earning potential for all learners worldwide. In 2012, Jessica ran a company using Unity as a platform for social impact and fell in love with the power and scale of the platform as a means for making change. As the vice president of Social Impact at Unity, Jessica focuses on empowering Unity creators and employees to make the world a better place.
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Digital medicine
In this panel, hear from creators who are leveraging games and virtual reality as treatment for mental heal...
VR has been called the ultimate empathy engine. Meet creators who put VR users in others’ shoes to help them connect to mental health and physical conditions, from bipolar disorder to paralysis.
Calvin Williams of Movement Strategy Center in conversation with Black impact creators on how they meet a moment in time to tell stories, capture hopefulness and archive movements in virtual space.
The Power and Responsibility of Storytelling in the Age of Social Media
Join John Riccitiello and Malcolm Gladwell in a panel discussion, moderated by CNBC's Cat Clifford, on the power and responsibility of storytelling in the age of social media.
Hear from four innovative storytellers as they share how immersive multimedia sustains a living form of storytelling. They address how this work creates continuity with Indigenous ways of knowing.
Unity MARS brings environment and sensor data into the creative workflow. In this interactive session, learn how you can use Unity MARS to create intelligent AR apps.
A fireside chat with Alex McDowell and Sylvio Drouin
Join Alex McDowell and Sylvio Drouin as they discuss how new technologies are being used to forge the future of storytelling. Alex shares how emergent tech is drawing storytelling in new directions.
Learn about tried-and-tested, actionable insights and strategies to maximize revenue in social impact mobile games while still retaining players for the long term.
Hear from faculty and innovation leaders at Arizona State University, University of Central Florida, and Imperial College London in the United Kingdom about their innovations with Unity.
In this panel, hear from creators who are leveraging games and virtual reality as treatment for mental health and neurodevelopmental disorders, including anxiety, Alzheimer’s and ADHD.