Presentation Summary:
From VR, AR, Surround Audio to blockchain, digital identities, and cryptocurrencies, what will the form and the function of the metaverse be? Drawing on past experiences in the field of XR and innovation, what could the future look like, and what does the experience of being present anywhere mean for the future of collaboration?

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About Marc:
Marc Carrel-Billiard is a Senior Managing Director at Accenture. He is the Global Lead of Accenture Technology Innovation. In his role Marc leads:

Accenture Labs, the dedicated R&D organization of Accenture
Accenture Ventures, which bridges clients with eco-system partners including incubators, accelerators, corporate venture capitalists, start-ups, academia
Accenture Technology Incubation Group, which incubates applied R&D into business solutions (XR, Quantum Computing, Multiparty Computing, Robotics)
Accenture Liquid Studios, which prototype and scale incubated solutions at clients all over the world

Each practice is a critical component of Accenture Innovation architecture, which helps our clients to drive continuous innovation at scale.

Marc has been with Accenture for more than 22 years and has worked across all the five industry groups we serve. Before taking on leadership of Technology Innovation, was the global lead for our Emerging Technology practice. He has held several global leadership roles within Accenture’s technology group, He has worked across several cutting-edge areas of IT including voice recognition, knowledge-based systems, neural networks, and quantum computing.

Marc is one of a select group of Accenture certified Master Technology Architects and is also a Solution Architect and Select Quality Assurance director.

Marc has broad software engineering and delivery experience, particularly in areas such as component and object-oriented technologies. Before joining Accenture in 1998, Marc was part of IBM Global Services where he published several Marc holds a MS of Computer Sciences from Institut d’Informatique d’Enterprises / CNAM - France (Minor: Mathematics)

Marc was born and grew up in Savigny s/Orge, France. Marc is married with three grown-up kids. After living in various world places (USA, Netherlands, …) Marc now lives in the South of France with his wife.

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