Mark Pesce
Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
, 1980-01-01 - 1982-01-01Work Experience
ADAPT
Current
ADAPT
Wisely AI
Current
Wisely AI
The Next Billion Seconds
Current
The Next Billion Seconds
The Register
Current
The Register
This Week in Startups Australia
Current
This Week in Startups Australia
University of Sydney
Current
University of Sydney
V20 Summit
2019-06-01 - 2022-06-01
V20 Summit
IEEE Spectrum
2020-01-01 - 2022-02-01
IEEE Spectrum
University of Technology Sydney
2017-02-01 - 2020-02-01
University of Technology Sydney
INCUBATE Startup Program
2018-01-01 - 2018-06-01
INCUBATE Startup Program
Skills
Summary
Host of the Award-winning podcast "The Next Billion Seconds"; Multiple award-winning columnist for The Register; Producer & Host, "This Week in Startups Australia"; co-Inventor of VRML, the original standard for the Metaverse and a core component of MPEG-4. Author of 10 books, including "Getting Started with ChatGPT and AI Chatbots", "VRML: Browsing and Building Cyberspace", "The Playful World", and "Augmented Reality: Unboxing Tech's Next Big Thing". Panelist / judge on ABC's"The New Inventors" from 2005 - 2011. Entrepreneur in Residence at INCUBATE Sydney University, 2018. Sought-after speaker and consultant in areas as diverse as fintech, education, government, real estate, media, and cryptocurrency. Represented by Claxton Speakers International. Founded post-graduate programs in digital and emerging media at the University of Southern California (1998) and the Australian Film Television and Radio School (2004), currently holding honorary appointments at both the University of Sydney and the University of Technology. Lots more at https://www.markpesce.com/
