Presenter

Judith Okonkwo is the founder of Imisi 3D an XR creation lab in Lagos, Nigeria building the African ecosystem for extended reality technologies (AR/VR/MR), and connecting XR communities across the continent. The lab provides learning opportunities and access to XR resources for creators and enthusiasts, while supporting engagement and adoption by the wider community, and consulting and creating content for clients. In 2018 she set up AR/VR Africa a continent wide XR community initiative, which held 2020’s largest African XR event, a continent wide hackathon. Imisi 3D’s most recent 360 production, Lagos At Large, was listed among the Top 50 XR Experiences of 2019 by Forbes. In 2021 Imìsí 3D organised the first African Delegation to a global XR event, the African Delegation at Laval Virtual 2021.

Judith is also the creator of the Oriki Coaching Model™ and a co-founder of We Will Lead Africa. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society. Judith sits on the Board of the European Organisation Design Forum; and is a Member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council for Virtual and Augmented Reality.