Christopher Lafayette
Emergent Technologist | Humanitarian
About Christopher Lafayette
Christopher founded GatherVerse, a global platform that brings together voices from around the world to discuss various subjects, all aimed at humanizing technology. He also established HoloPractice, an incubator that integrates healthcare and technology, co-founded Aug Lab, which brings together biomedical sciences, AI, and immersive technologies, and founded Hyper Policy, a platform dedicated to guiding both public and private sectors in navigating the complexities of modern innovation through the ethical integration of AI, XR, cybersecurity, and emerging technologies.
He has spoken at prestigious organizations and events worldwide, including the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), CHIEF, the National Center for Families Learning (NCFL), Summerfest Tech, COABE, Tübingen University, IME West, the WICT Network, the Department of Rehabilitation, Berkeley Haas, CES, Verizon Media, Juniper Networks, the Linux Foundation, UCLA, Mayo Clinic, Facebook, Stanford University, San Jose State University, Lethbridge College, Salesforce, and Microsoft. His contributions include keynotes, fireside chats, and roundtable discussions.
Christopher advocates for removing barriers to innovation and embedding ethical, human-centered values into the current and future state of technology. Lafayette consistently advocates for the integration of humanity in technological progress.
Speaking Categories

Artificial Intelligence

The Metaverse

Inclusion in Innovation

MedTech

Spatial Intelligence

The Current and Future State of Technology

Safety and Privacy in Innovation

Ethics in Innovation

Evolving Social Impact

Data Sovereignty

Human-Machine Collaboration

Removing Barriers to Innovation
Companies, Cities and Countries
Past Speaking Engagements

CalAsian Chamber of Commerce

The Coalition of Innovation Leaders Advancing Respect (CILAR)

National Institute of Standards and Technology

CHIEF
New York City, NY

The WICT Network: Tech It Out

Create The Future Summit
Berkeley, California

World Business Angels Investment Forum (WBAF)
EU

DeepLearning.AI: Pie&AI
Houston, Texas

The National Center for Families Learning

XR Reality Pro
Los Angeles

ATD
South Carolina

Canvas8
London England

iLRN 2023
San Luis Obispo, California

AWE USA 2023

Summerfest Tech
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

COABE 2023

Oya Media Group
Vancouver Canada

Eberhard Karls University

IME West, 2023
Anaheim CA

WICT Tech It out 2022
Denver

Department of Rehabilitation
San Francisco

AWE USA, 2022
Santa Clara, California

Laval Virtual, 2022
France, Europe

2022 XR Access Symposium

Affine
Berkeley Haas
CES: MCity Metaverse Summit
Verizon Media
New York, New York
Juniper Networks
Sunnyvale
The Linux Foundation
AI LA
Los Angeles, United States
XR Access Symposium
Virtual Event
AWE Nite Florence
Italy

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon
UCLA
Stereopsia
European Immersive Computing Summit

Mayo Clinic


Global HR Summit
Blacks in Technology Conference

Laval Virtual

Virtual World Society
CoreTech

VR 4 Everyone Conference

Holodeck Engineering Lecture

Virtual Reality Global Forum

VRX Conference

Augmented World Expo
Miami VR Expo

AWE NITE SF

AWE NITE NYC

Blacks in Technology

Salesforce

Microsoft
Podcast and Shows
Magazine Articles
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Written Blogs
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Location: Silicon Valley
Email: [email protected]