Journey Into Technodelics - Panel featuring Carl H. Smith, Heather Hargraves, Mani Srinivasan and Robin Arnott | Awakened Futures Summit | May 1-3, 2020

Carl H Smith is Director of the Learning Technology Research Centre (LTRC) and Principal Research Fellow at Ravensbourne University. He has 16 years experience conducting R+D into the application of hybrid technologies for perceptual and cognitive transformation. He is currently working on 4 EU projects including the Horizon 2020 project ‘[WEKIT] Wearable Experience for Knowledge Intensive Training’ which aims to create ‘Wearable Experience (WE)' – an entirely new form of media. His other projects involve Context Engineering, Umwelt Hacking, Natural Media, Cyberdelics, Sensory Augmentation, Empathy Engines, Memory Palaces, Artificial Senses and Body Hacking.

Heather Hargraves, MA is an trauma therapist and researcher in London, Ontario, Canada. Heather specializes in the use of neuro and biofeedback technologies to support a broad range of neurologically and/or psychologically traumatized clients within her clinical practice. Heather’s therapeutic use of brain computer technologies offers a method for documenting and training self-directed awareness to support self-regulated and resilient “states” within the brain/ body connection. Self-directed awareness, as guided by brain computer technology, then works to slowly normalize and redirect aberrant (but in part “compensatory”) neural processes within each individual client. Heather’s research interests investigate the neurological underpinnings of various states of consciousness, including dissociation, meditation, psychedelics and various polyphasic states of consciousness, associated with shamanic practices.

Mani oversees business development, sales, and partnerships for TRIPP, a startup focused on creating mood-altering experiences in VR. He has nearly 20 years of domain experience – primarily, with top media and tech organizations. Mani holds an MBA from Harvard and BA in Political Economy from Williams College. He is an avid tennis player, yoga enthusiast, and meditation practitioner. Mani founded BreatheFreeNow to help diverse communities improve daily living through simple, but powerful breathing techniques. He enjoys coaching youth soccer and volunteering with organizations such as the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation and ServiceSpace.

Robin Arnott is the co-founder and CEO of Andromeda Entertainment, a company providing embodied interactive experiences designed to harness the power of mindfulness and video games. He is the creator of SoundSelf, a technodelic ecstatic meditation experience designed for VR. Robin also co-leads the Consciousness Hacking Austin chapter.

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