John Werner
John Werner is the founder of Ideas in Action, Inc. (IIA) and Managing Director at Link Ventures. Prior he was a Vice President at an augmented reality company. He is also founding Managing Director for MIT Media Lab's Emerging Worlds Special Interest Group (SIG), and former Head of Innovation and New Ventures for the Camera Culture Group at the MIT Media Lab for Ramesh Raskar, director of the Camera Culture Group at MIT Media Lab. He is one of the founding members of the non-profit organization Citizen Schools (founded in 1995) and the curator of TEDxBeaconStreet, and TEDxMIT with Daniela Rus - both independent event licensed by TED as part of TEDx. He started first ever AR-in-Action Augmented Reality Conference "ARIA" at MIT Media Lab in January 2017 and Blockchain+AI+Human = Magic Summit, now called Imagination in Action at MIT and Davos which he curates with Professor Sandy Pentland.
John Werner | |
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| Born | April 12, 1970 New York City, US |
| Alma mater | Harvard University, Hamilton College, Trinity School (New York City) |
| Occupation(s) | VP of Strategic Partnerships, Meta. Head of Innovations and New Ventures, Camera Culture Group, MIT Media Lab, Cambridge MA, USA. |
| Board member of | MIT PathChecks Foundation, Fort Ticonderoga, President, Hamilton College Boston Alumni Association. Founder, AR in Action |
| Spouse |
Erika Alvarez (m. 2001) |
| Children | Javier Sidney Werner Lucia Dora Werner Mateo Kellogg Werner |
| Website | http://web.media.mit.edu/~jwerner/, http://www.johnwernerphotography.com/ |