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Michelle Cortese is an XR designer, educator and author. She splits her professional time between Metaverse design leadership at Meta Reality Labs and teaching VR design at NYU. Her work explores immersive interaction systems; the ethical implications of embodied technology on end users; and the transmutation of human expression across new technologies and formats.

 

Michelle has authored AR and VR design research published via Bloomsbury, Meta, IEEE, OneZero, MIT's Immerse Journal and more; she has also exhibited work at CES, Tribeca Film Festival, SXSW, and Sundance.

Kristin is the VP of Global Agencies and Partnerships at Monotype, with more than 15 years of international business experience across SaaS, platform integrations, and strategic partnerships. At Monotype she has worked extensively with agencies and global partners to design and scale product strategies that enhance Typography workflows across teams. Known for connecting commercial strategy with customer outcomes, Kristin brings a pragmatic, data-driven approach to shaping and implementing how Monotype add values for customers in an evolving design landscape.

Tom Foley is an award winning Executive Creative Director at Monotype, where he strives to create beautiful typography for global brands. Tom takes a future-focussed approach, helping clients understand how good typeface design combined with new font technologies can elevate brand expression. Tom has designed custom typefaces for clients such as the National Portrait Gallery, Airbnb, Intel, PlayStation, Netflix, H&M, Opel and Dublin City Council. Tom also shares his passion for design through lecturing and workshops at Universities across Ireland and the UK.