What’s Next: Exploring AI and Web 3 Synergies for Public Relations

Nova Lorraine is a futurist, Web3 advisor and chief metaverse officer at LORR. She received the Metaverse Champion Award and was recently named to Top 12 Leaders in the Metaverse, as well as a LAMINA1 Art NFT Winner. A passionate storyteller, Nova is a 2x award-nominated podcast host and producer who recently launched the “AI for Creatives” Podcast. She also founded Raine Magazine and its Web3 counterpart Raine Drops.io, an NFT Art House. Nova has interviewed best-selling authors, celebrities and presidential candidates, including Priyanka Chopra, Mark Cuban, Kendall Jenner and Ben Carson. A graduate of a NASA T2X accelerator, Nova combines phygital fashion, data and AI to soon launch: "House of Nova.”

Philip Ballard is the chief communications officer and head of investor relations for HotelPlanner, a travel technology company powered by proprietary artificial intelligence. He oversees all corporate communications, public relations and investor relations, and manages all related outside agency support. He began his career as an active-duty Surface Warfare Officer in the U.S. Navy from 2000-2004, then served as a security advisor and instructor to the Missile Defense Agency, and then as a strategy and policy consultant to the Chief of Naval Operations staff in the Pentagon. He later served as speechwriter for the Navy Surgeon General, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) and the Department of Veterans Affairs. On the corporate side, he has supported C-suite executives at L-3 Harris Technologies, Booz Allen Hamilton, The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC), PepsiCo, Ameriprise Financial, and Raytheon Technologies. Before joining HotelPlanner, he also served as a consultant for the Chamber of Digital Commerce, the world's largest trade association for the blockchain and cryptocurrency industries.