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Emmy-nominated XR + AI expert driving workforce transformation

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Emmy-nominated XR + AI expert driving workforce transformation

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Business & Entrepreneurship

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Science (STEM / STEAM)

 

Cortney Harding Speaker Profile: At A Glance

Cortney Harding is an in-demand expert in helping businesses harness the power of artificial intelligence, spatial computing, and virtual reality. She has created AI-powered conversational avatars for companies like Amazon, the NIH, and Verizon, and virtual reality training scenarios around topics like child abuse, workplace exclusion, mental health, Black maternal mortality, and racial bias for companies like Lowe’s, Walmart, PWC, Target, and more. Cortney has spoken at numerous conferences, including Davos, SXSW, Mobile World Congress, and Augmented World Expo, as well as corporate clients like Meta, Microsoft, and Coca-Cola.

Cortney Harding is an in-demand expert in helping businesses harness the power of artificial intelligence, spatial computing, and virtual reality. She has created AI-powered conversational avatars for companies like Amazon, the NIH, and Verizon, and virtual reality training scenarios around topics like child abuse, workplace exclusion, mental health, Black maternal mortality, and racial bias for companies like Lowe’s, Walmart, PWC, Target, and more. She routinely leads workshops for Fortune 100 companies and universities on how to use AI and VR in education and training. Her work has been honored on numerous occasions. As an executive producer on JFK Memento, she was nominated for an Emmy and the piece won the audience award for best XR at SXSW and Best in the World at the QLD XR Festival. Her work has also been honored as the Best VR/AR of 2019 at Mobile World Congress, a SXSW Innovation Award Finalist, and a Top HR Product by HR Executive. She is currently a member of the Fast Future Executive faculty and a co-author of the "Fast Future Blur" (Wiley, 2024). She has taught at CalTech, NYU, Barnard, North Carolina State University, and New Mexico State University, as well as co-writing and co-teaching the Coursera course "What is the Metaverse?" on behalf of Meta. She is currently finishing “The Spatial Race,” due to be released in fall 2025 on Fast Future Executive Books. Cortney has spoken at numerous conferences, including Davos, SXSW, Mobile World Congress, and Augmented World Expo, as well as corporate clients like Meta, Microsoft, and Coca-Cola. Her sessions help users understand the intersections of AI and XR and why using AI to train for difficult conversations can make us more human.
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