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Mark Pesce

Mark Pesce

Futurist & Host at The Next Billion Seconds

Futurist

Mark Pesce is a renowned futurist, speaker, inventor, and multiple award-winning author and podcaster based in Sydney, Australia. He is the host of the award-winning podcast "The Next Billion Seconds" and a columnist for IEEE Spectrum. Pesce is a co-inventor of VRML, the standard for 3D on the web, and a core component of MPEG-4. He has authored six books, including "VRML: Browsing and Building Cyberspace" and "The Last Days of Reality." Pesce has served as a panelist on ABC's "The New Inventors" and has held honorary appointments at the University of Sydney and the University of Technology Sydney. As an entrepreneur, he co-founded Wisely AI, focusing on helping organizations use AI safely and wisely. Pesce is a sought-after speaker and consultant in diverse fields such as fintech, education, government, real estate, media, and cryptocurrency.

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Career

  1. Now Futurist & Host · The Next Billion Seconds
  2. From 1998 Founding chair, Graduate Program in Interactive Media · University of Southern California
  3. From 1991 · Startup Founder · Ono-Sendai Corporation
  4. From 1988 · Scale-up Engineer (user interfaces, VR research) · Shiva Corporation
  5. Earlier Judge · ABC's The New Inventors

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Documentary: The History Of The Australian Startup Ecosystem · 19 December 2022 The History Of The Australian Startup Ecosystem - Part 1 With Hayden Williams, Evan Thornley, Tim Fung, Trevor Folsom, Peter Davison, Pete Lead, Terry Hilsberg, Matt Bullock, Allan O'Connor, Rachael Neumann, Maxine Sherrin, Malcolm Turnbull, James Alexander, Alan Jones, Paul Bassat, Hamish Hawthorn, Alfred Lo, Phil Hayes-St Clair, Cameron Adams, Bruce Tulloch, Matt Barrie, Kate Cornick
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Documentary: The History Of The Australian Startup Ecosystem · 19 December 2022 The History Of The Australian Startup Ecosystem - Part 2 With Jodie Fox, Alfred Lo, Hamish Hawthorn, Cameron Adams, Evan Thornley, John Allsopp, Malcolm Turnbull, Ian Gardiner, Mick Liubinskas, Matt Barrie, Phil Hayes-St Clair, Simon Thomsen, Phil Morle, Silvia Pfeiffer, Dean McEvoy, Alan Noble, Niki Scevak, Alan Jones
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Documentary: The History Of The Australian Startup Ecosystem · 19 December 2022 The History Of The Australian Startup Ecosystem - Part 3 With Michael Batko, Wayne Gerard, Petr Adámek, Peter Devine, Rohit Bhargava, Terry Hilsberg, Peter Bradd, Zrinka Tokic, Rachael Neumann, Zoe Piper, Susan Oliver, Silvia Pfeiffer, Murray Hurps, Rachel Yang, Yolanda Redrup, Peta Ellis, Sarah Pearson, Niki Scevak, Colin Kinner, Colette Grgic, Ian Gardiner, Lauren Capelin, Matt Barrie, Melissa Widner, Cameron Adams, Georgie Turner, Baden U'Ren, Evan Thornley, Alan Noble, Kate Jones, Kate Cornick, James Alexander, Dharmica Mistry, Emily Rich, Lars Rasmussen
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Documentary: The History Of The Australian Startup Ecosystem · 19 December 2022 The History Of The Australian Startup Ecosystem - Part 5 With Steve Grace, Eloise Hall, Isobel Marshall, Darryl Lyons, Megan Sebben, Phil Ireland, Wayne Gerard, Sam Jockel, Samantha Finnegan, Arthur Sinodinos, Peter Devine, Tim Fung, Peter Tippett, Trevor Folsom, Dean McEvoy, Moira Were, Kate Jones, Daniel Flynn, Mick Liubinskas, Peter Bradd, Rachael Neumann, Chad Renando, Annie Parker, Aaron Birkby, Rachel Yang, Melissa Widner, Sarah Pearson, Colin Kinner, Lauren Capelin, Bruce Tulloch, Matt Barrie, Kate Cornick, Cheryl Mack, Andrea Gardiner, Niki Scevak

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