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ashaeaston.bsky.social
Cross-Sector Innovation at @innovateuk | Spatial Computing | ED&I | Tech Ecosystem Builder | Connector | Board Member | Leading IUK Immersive Tech Network | Co-Founder XRDI | UK TechWomen100 Winner | UK Emerging Tech Champion of the Year ‘24
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The XR Diversity Initiative, which I cofounded, is collaborating with the Wales Millennium Centre on a Creative Wales funded project for two years to upskill new Welsh #XR developers! www.linkedin.com/posts/asha-e...

The UK government funded CyberASAP programme has been spinning out cybersecurity companies from universities for the past 8 years! www.linkedin.com/posts/asha-e...

Friday Funding Roundup relevant for #immersivetech companies👏 Many are applicable cross-sector 🤘 www.linkedin.com/posts/asha-e...

A great day at @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social #XR Student Industry Event! www.linkedin.com/posts/asha-e...

Honoured to be selected by UN Women UK to participate in the 69th session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women! The theme this year is: “For All Women and Girls – Equality. Rights. Empowerment.” Join us: unwomenuk.typeform.com/UNWUKCSW69 #CSW69 #genderequality #equalrights #womenintech

Belated celebration in Paris today w/ my good friend, Mariem. She successfully raised €1.5M for her startup ValueCo, which has created a platform to monetize sustainability - lnkd.in/dURAmUx3 👏👏👏👏👏👏 Fascinating workshop on the future of sustainable finance at Climate House today with her team!

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Great day at Jaguar Land Rover yesterday getting an overview of all of their #XR initiatives across the entire business. www.linkedin.com/posts/asha-e...

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Awkward…. 😅😅

The DeepSeek inspired sell off is recognition the market is prioritizing investment over innovation.

checking in on deepseek

DeepSeek jailbreak

Some final reflections from #WEF25! www.linkedin.com/posts/asha-e...

Roughly 6,000 readers answered our poll, with many declaring that Bluesky was nicer, kinder and less antagonistic to science than X https://go.nature.com/42tH8Ai

NEXT! Join us in Paris on February 6 for #ExperienceVision, a new 1-day event #XR #AI organized by @Othmanchiheb and his team at the legendary @LeGrandRex. We'll be on site! 👉 -20% on Explorer Pass with XRMUSTVISION 🤗 www.experiencevision.io

Mood

The mighty Matterhorn summit throning over the Alps, in a bath of sunset light. #bluesky #photography #nature #art #landscape #sunset #mountains

Great to join the WOMEN IN TECH ® Global Council inaugural dinner in #Davos this week! The Osaka Protocol was announced: lnkd.in/dDnJuM7e It will be signed/launched at the 2025 Women in Tech Global Summit this year in Japan during the Osaka World Expo - lnkd.in/d8mKe_cQ #WEF25 #womenintech

Interesting… techcrunch.com/2025/01/22/g...

#FutureHouseDavos restoring my hope for humanity during these darks days… Thank you to the ´Visions for Change’ panelists… Jon Haidt, NYU Margarita Louis-Dreyfus, Human Change Tristan Harris, Center for Humane Technology Matthew Bishop, Brookings Institute Tomicah Tillemann, Project Liberty #WEF

Deeply insightful speakers on the ‘Empowering Bytes´ panel at #OpenForum25 discussing data/privacy/digital literacy💡 #WEF #WEF25 #WEF2025

The fastest growing jobs 2025-2030. 1 big data specialist 2 fintech engineers 3 AI and ML specialists 4 software and app devs 5 security management 6 data warehousing 7 autonomous and EV eng 8 UI/UX designers 9 delivery services 10 IoT specialist hashtag #job #jobloss #career #WEF25 #WEF

Just arrived at #WEF & heading to #OpenForum25 for a discussion on #onlinesafety and accountability in a digital world 💡 #Davos #WorldEconomicForum

I’m not sure people quite grasp how much of the crypto world is reacting to the Trump memecoin launches.

An absolutely stunning weekend skiing in Austria with my closest friends ❤️ Bliss! #ski #stanton

Opinion: Bluesky’s open protocol allows people shape their own experience of social media. That's nothing short of revolutionary—and we need to protect it.

📣FRIDAY FUNDING SPOTLIGHT📣 DEADLINE: January 29th The Innovate UK Creative Catalyst Collaborative R&D funding competition is closing at the end of this month. £150-200K grants Apply here: lnkd.in/e7bKcBdc #immersivetech #spatialcomputing #AI #creativeindustries #innovation #funding

We’re pleased to share that we’ve been nominated at the inaugural We Are Creative Awards! ⭐️ The nominations are for the Creative Talent Champion Award for BOM’s inclusive learning programmes and Best Video Game of the Year Award for our Mother Nature mobile game. Good luck to everyone involved. 👏🏼

Air pollution has dropped significantly in #Paris in the last 15 years. Mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social’s leadership has traded car space for green space, safe bike space, kid space.. and traded pollution for people. Good trade.

🚀 Global space budgets surged to $135B in 2024, driven by defence investments as nations pursue strategic autonomy in orbit. 🌐 Defence now accounts for 54% of spending, but commercial partnerships are key to cost efficiency and innovation. 👇 Read more www.digit.fyi/global-space...

This is a beautiful tribute.

Breaking News: Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin launched New Glenn, a rocket that may provide long-awaited competition to Elon Musk’s SpaceX.