“Patrick has been the most persistent presence during glTF’s development and maturation, a true champion of the ideals behind the format, and a big proponent of the immersive web.” — Brandon Jones
As co-creator of glTF and CEO of Cesium, Patrick Cozzi has advanced open standards for interoperable 3D. His leadership ensures digital worlds can be shared, streamed, and understood everywhere.

Evo Heyning is a prolific connector: as Chair of MetaTr@versal, Vice-President of XR Guild and active leader of the Open Metaverse Interoperability Group (OMI), she has intentionally opened pathways into community conversation across XR, interoperability and ethical practice. Her work builds bridges between creative technologists, producers and policy-shapers, creating forums where voices from many disciplines meet and spark new directions in the spatial ecosystem.

A human-rights lawyer bridging law and XR, Brittan Heller coined “biometric psychography” to describe how immersive systems can profile cognition, emotion, and behavior. Her scholarship and policy work equip regulators and developers with frameworks to curb abuse while enabling innovation, reframing privacy as a civil-liberties issue for the spatial era.