Maribeth Back is a senior research scientist at FX Palo Alto Laboratory, where she directs the Mixed and Immersive Realities research group. Her work focuses on the intersection of virtual environments and real-world collaboration, with a bit of ubiquitous computing mixed in. Previously, Maribeth's research focus has included smart environments, multi-modal interfaces, new forms of reading and writing, and interactive audio systems design and engineering. Maribeth holds a doctorate from the Harvard Graduate School of Design.

Bob Ketner
Bob Ketner is a digital media product developer. Currently managing the online museum design project at The Tech Museum in San Jose, CA, he has presented on the topic of augmented reality and virtual worlds at Engage Expo, Silicon Valley Innovation Institute, SRI, Stanford, and NASA.

An industrial designer by training, Bob has worked as a consultant to venture capital and institutional investors, a number of internet startups, and worked in product development and licensing in the apparel, beverage, fragrance, publishing, and toy categories. In the apparel industry, he developed a points-based retail loyalty program which enrolled five million members within one year. Bob founded and has chaired the SVForum Digital Media SIG since 2006, which hosts demos and presentations of emerging augmented reality projects in Silicon Valley. Bob holds an M.A. in Industrial Design with a research focus on game design and mobile devices, and maintains a blog at DigitalMediaSIG.com.
 

Eilif Trondsen is Research Director at Strategic Business Insights (SBI) in Menlo Park, California. The focus area of Eilif's research and consulting at SBI (formerly Stanford Research Institute) is the use of technology for innovation, learning and performance improvement. He has 32 years' experience at SBI and at SRI International, leading or contributing to a variety of projects for U.S. and foreign clients in the private and public sectors. At SRI and SBI, Eilif has held the position of Research Director of the Business Intelligence Program, the director of the Learning on Demand program, and has also led SBI’s research initiative around 3D immersive technologies. In his tenure at SRI and SBI, he has given numerous presentations and autored many publications on various eCommerce, eLearning, innovation and virtual-worlds topics. Eilif is the Chair of Silicon Vikings SIG on Entrepreneurship and Learning.