Cultural Designer
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Curator
BIO
Zeina Abi Assy is an award-winning curator, writer, designer and producer. She is the Director of the Mozilla Festival, a global event that aims to mobilize around ethical technology, creativity and human rights.
Previously, she was the Director of Interactive Programs at Tribeca Film Institute. She co-curated Tribeca Film Festival’s Interactive Day and Immersive Exhibition which showcased large scale installations and talks around the convergence of new technology and storytelling. She has consulted festivals and conferences in Europe and the SWANA region on themes related to technology, storytelling, and immersive media.
She teaches Design Writing and Thesis Writing at Pratt Institute.
Her writings have appeared in the printed anthologies: Arab Women Voice New Realities and We Call to the Eye & the Night.
CONTACT
By Ana Catala
SPECIALITIES
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Special focus: Keynote speakers, immersive creators, critical and topical conversations in technology, new media, and justice issues.
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Designing the holistic experience of events.
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Creative production of events, main stage experiences, as well as creative technology projects and installations.
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My formational education is in both graphic design and writing. Telling a story through an event, a product, an experience is at the heart of everything I do.
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A public speaker with focus on use of new technology to tell stories and to envision new realities.
SELECT SPEAKING EVENTS
Samsung Panel: AR & Storytelling
YouTube Creators:
VR Panel
IBM Panel: Future of Immersive Media AI/VR/AR