Read this Interview with April Boyd-Noronha, from CyberXR Coalition, one of our Speakers, for the Digital Transformation Workplace Live.

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BTOES Insights Question: Briefly describe your job role in your organization, and what your top priorities are right now?

April Answer:

I am the President of The CyberXR Coalition. Our mission and top priorities right now are to address the need for diversity and inclusion in both the cybersecurity and XR domain while bringing the two together to address social and technical biases in emerging technologies to build safer and inclusive ecosystems for all.

BTOES Insights Question: What do you expect to be the most critical initiatives you (or your clients) need to focus on over the next 12 months?

April Answer:

The most critical initiative we will focus on over the next 12 months will be human-centered design in digital environments. Recently, the CyberXR Coalition launched industry-wide, adoption-ready technology standards focused on 4 core pillars: accessibility, ethics, inclusion, and safety. Available for download at www.cyberxr.org/xr-standards.

BTOES Insights Question: What do you see as the biggest trends affecting your organizational (or your clients) over the next 12 to 18 months?

April Answer:

The biggest trends affecting the extended reality sector are privacy policies and security measures to protect and monitor the access and use of data collected in digital environments, prevention of biases that go into data sets and moderation tools, and monitoring safety measures within XR that may put people of color and/or historically marginalized populations at risk.

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About the Speaker

more (37) April Boyd-Noronha,
President,
CyberXR Coalition.

President - CyberXR Coalition
• Global D&I Advisor, Board Member - XR Safety Initiative (XRSI)
• Educator of the Year - ICMCP
• Global Keynote Speaker

XR Safety Initiative (XRSI): Advise XRSI on global diversity and inclusion policy, perspectives, and standards within the Cybersecurity and XR ecosystem. Govern strategic implementation of global initiatives on establishing baseline standards and discovery of novel cyber attacks in emerging technologies. www.xrsi.org

CyberXR Coalition: Lead the global coalition of D&I-focused leading organizations to advance diversity and inclusion within the fields of XR and Cybersecurity. www.cyberxr.org

The STEM Broker, LLC: Influence, advocate, and execute customized immersive tech and STEM initiatives, programs, and events for organizations to implement and/or further enhance their diversity and inclusion objectives. Follow @TheSTEMBroker. Visit www.thestembroker.com for more details.

Contributor:
2020 - “Immersive Technology Standards for Accessibility, Inclusion, Ethics, and Safety”
Download here: www.cyberxr.org/xr-standards

Author:
2016 - “The Top 5 Rules of Engagement for Parents Raising A Girl in STEM” (eBook)
2014 - "The Soul of a Single Parent: How to Snapback and Get Your Swag On"
2012 - "Good Bosses Gone Bad: How to Survive the Workplace When Your Boss Sucks" .

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