Andy Fawkes Author

Andy Fawkes is an engineer, consultant, and speaker specialising for over 20 years in simulation and training, and related emerging technology trends. He is a Special Correspondent for Military Simulation & Training (MS&T) and authored the "Military Metaverse CONOPS" for the UK’s Ministry of Defence (MoD). Formerly, he served as UK MoD Head of Simulation Policy and chaired NATO’s Modelling and Simulation Group.

David Burden created his first virtual world in 1996 and has spent most of the time since working in virtual spaces and with virtual humans for a variety of clients through his company Daden Limited. His first presentation on the Metaverse was in 2008. David served as an officer in the British Army’s Royal Corps of Signals during the 1980s, and had led over a two dozen research projects for UK MOD, many on metaverse topics.