Skip is a clinical psychologist and pioneering researcher in virtual reality (VR) for mental health and rehabilitation. He is a research professor at the USC Institute for Creative Technologies, where he has led the development of immersive simulations for therapy, training, and cognitive assessment.

His work focuses on using VR to treat conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury, autism, and anxiety disorders. One of his most recognized contributions is Virtual Iraq/Afghanistan, a VR exposure therapy system used to help veterans process combat trauma.

Rizzo’s career is defined by merging psychology, neuroscience, and immersive technology to create clinically validated tools that improve mental health outcomes. He is widely regarded as one of the key figures who established VR as a legitimate therapeutic medium.

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Sean is best known as the founder and creative force behind The Waldorf Project, an ongoing experimental art platform launched in 2012 that has gained international recognition for pushing the limits of immersive and participatory experience.

Through The Waldorf Project, Sean has conceived and directed large-scale, radical performance environments often described as “empathy engineering” experiments. These works dissolve the boundary between audience and performer, combining ritual, architecture, sound, choreography, and psychological framing to explore connection, vulnerability, and collective consciousness. The project has been realised worldwide, involving over 5,000 participants in Thailand and a high-altitude performance for 400 people aboard a Lufthansa flight, an unprecedented context for live immersive art.

As a natural continuation of The Waldorf Project, Sean expanded his practice into virtual reality with Virtual Serenity, translating his principles of collective experience into a large-scale XR environment. Conceived as one of the most ambitious location-based VR empathy experiments to date, Virtual Serenity enabled up to 288 participants to share a synchronized virtual journey, extending Sean’s exploration of presence, emotional resonance, and shared human states into the digital realm.

Across physical and virtual realms, Sean’s career is defined by his ability to operate at extreme scales, lead interdisciplinary teams, and consistently redefine what immersive art can be, positioning him as a key voice in the future of experiential and human-centric art practices.

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Mila is the founder of Decima Longevity, a venture focused on making regenerative and longevity medicine transparent, ethical, and human-centered rather than opaque and elite.Her work in longevity centers on translating complex fields such as cell therapies into systems people can understand, trust, and navigate.She founded her first company at the age of 22, building a software-driven business for collaborative 3D/4D/5D workflows in design and construction.That early venture bridged architecture, technology, and large-scale production, serving both infrastructure projects and high-end creative studios. Her career shows a consistent pattern: entering complex industries and restructuring them through clarity, aesthetics, and system-level thinking.

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