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Social Responsibility and the Metaverse

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We discovered how social responsibility is shaping the metaverse during a private networking event.

So much of what the metaverse will be is unwritten, and it’s essential that we help build it responsibly.

During an open discussion with Meta’s leaders in the wearables, avatars & identity, and social impact products teams—moderated by Maxine Williams, Meta’s Chief Diversity Officer—we discovered the role social responsibility plays in the metaverse.

The metaverse isn’t a single product one company can build alone. Just like the internet, the metaverse exists whether Meta is there or not. And while the metaverse will change the way we work, play, and spend time with our loved ones, it won’t be fully realized for another ten to fifteen years. This longer timeline gives us space to ask the crucial questions about how these products can be built with equity, inclusion, safety and integrity.

💻 Alongside a small group of product professionals, we:

Went behind the scenes with the metaverse’s women product leaders
Discovered how social responsibility is shaping Meta’s product journey
Discovered career opportunities with Meta

Agenda:

10:00 AM PT / 5:00 PM GMT - Panel Conversation Introduction
10:10 AM PT / 5:10 PM GMT - Panel Conversation + Q&A Featuring:
- Maxine Williams, Diversity & Inclusion
- Emily Dalton Smith, Social Responsibility
- Aigerim Shorman, Reality Labs, VR
- Stephanie Lue, RL Glasses
10:45 AM PT / 5:45 PM GMT - Audience Q&A
11:20 AM PT / 6:20 PM GMT - Closing Remarks
11:30 AM PT / 6:30 PM GMT - Event Concludes

About Meta: Meta, formerly known as the Facebook company, builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology.

About PowerToFly: PowerToFly is a women-run startup that works with companies to identify skilled professionals they’d like to network with. Over the past few years, we’ve produced 1,000+ events across the world with brands like American Express, Microsoft, Deloitte, and Slack, which have resulted in countless hires.

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Meet The Speakers

Maxine Williams

Global Chief Diversity Officer

Maxine Williams is the Global Chief Diversity Officer at Meta. In this role, she and a team of Diversity and Inclusions specialists develop strategies to attract, retain and support the growth of underrepresented people at the company. Maxine’s team works towards increasing the cognitive diversity—different ways of thinking based on people having different backgrounds, experiences and information—of all teams across Meta. Prior to Meta, she served as the Director of Diversity for a global law firm. Maxine graduated from Yale University before receiving her law degree with first class honors from Oxford University, where she was a Rhodes Scholar. She has worked as an attorney in criminal, civil and industrial courts in both her native Trinidad and in the UK at the Privy Council. She has worked with multiple international organizations on development and human rights issues and has had a parallel career as a broadcast journalist and on-air presenter. Maxine is a director on the board of the Massy Group of Companies.

Emily Dalton Smith

Vice President, Social Impact

Emily Dalton Smith is the Vice President of Social Impact and leads teams that build products to inspire and enable our community to make impact across key social issues, such as climate, health, equity and civic. Previously, she led strategic partnerships for Social Good at Meta, where her team worked with the world’s leading nonprofits to help raise funds and awareness for their organizations.

Aigerim Shorman

General Manager, Avatars & Identity

Aigerim is a Senior Director of Product Management and a General Manager for Avatars & Identity. She has been at Meta for 7 years. Before joining Metaverse, Aigerim led product teams in Facebook App (Identity, Facebook Dating) and in Ads. Before Meta Aigerim was a founder and CEO of a local discovery startup that was backed by Google Ventures and investors. Aigerim is originally from Kazakhstan, loves to travel and currently lives in San Francisco with her husband and 3 year old son.

Stephanie Lue

Director, Technical Program Manager

Stephanie is a Senior Director of Technical Program Management for the Wearables. She has been at Meta for over 7 years. During her time here, she’s supported Oculus HW TPM teams, Manufacturing and Operations teams, SW TPM for Reality Labs, and currently HW + SW TPMs for Wearables. She’s a lifelong technical program manager - before Meta, Stephanie was at Microsoft driving on Hololens hardware development and Apple, driving iPad and iPod hardware development. She is originally from Houston, Texas and currently lives in Santa Monica.