Samantha G. Wolfe is the Founder of PitchFWD, an award-winning strategic branding and marketing consultancy focused on emerging technologies. Sam is known as an innovation adoption accelerator and a bleeding edge tech translator. She works with executives to identify and showcase the unique value of their innovative products and services in support of disruptive business opportunities. As an Adjunct Professor at NYU's Steinhardt School, Sam has created four original courses: 'Avatars and Virtual Humans,' 'Marketing Emerging Technologies,' 'The Business of the Metaverse,' and 'The Business of Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality.' In addition, Sam has co-authored 2 books: 'Metaversed: See Beyond The Hype' (Wiley) and 'Marketing New Realities' and wrote the chapter 'AR and Brands' for the book 'Convergence: How The World Will Be Painted With Data.' For more information about Sam, go to samanthagwolfe.com.