Justin Manor is a co-founder and Director of Innovation for SOSO, a digital experience design studio that develops strategies and solutions for the intersection of physical and digital space.

He leads the firm’s innovation and technology practice and has developed large-scale experiences at the Summer Olympics, Qualcomm, San Diego County, Alexandria Real Estate, and many other institutions.

His talk today will center around the usage of AI tools in the creative process for designers of all kinds. SOSO is developing platforms to aid in the early stages of brainstorming and pitching and will lead a live demo of these tools during a participatory discussion with the audience.

Justin holds a B.S. in Physics from MIT and received his Master's Degree in Media Arts and Sciences from the MIT Media Lab, where he did groundbreaking work in real-time video processing. His interactive video art has been exhibited internationally at Arts Electronica in Austria, ICA London, and the Cartier Foundation in Paris.

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