Conference Connecting Ideas Interoperability
ON SITE König-Karl-Halle Tuesday, April 23, 14:30

KEYNOTE: Bringing it all Together

Video on demand

For decades, technologies have enabled different industries to fill more and more of our daily lives. Now, with no space left between them, they’re becoming one. In the resulting chaos, there’s opportunity for artists to cross mediums, to grow their abilities, and to create different experiences.  We have the ability to turn audiences into participants, to make the physical world into a canvas, and to put people “inside the story” like never before.

Solomon Rogers

Solomon Rogers, Global Director of Innovation, Magnopus

In 2011, Sol founded REWIND, the UK’s leading immersive spatial design and innovation company, and led its leadership as CEO until its acquisition by Magnopus in 2021. Magnopus, founded in 2013 by Oscar winners Ben Grossmann and Alex Henning (HUGO CABRET), is known for its continuous innovation in the entertainment industry; its Emmy-nominated VR projects; its role as a leader in virtual production through its groundbreaking work on Disney’s THE LION KING (2019); and its pioneering work in building the spatial web.

Before REWIND, Sol was a senior university lecturer for 15 years in digital animation, VFX and emerging technology. He taught more than 1,300 students, wrote undergraduate and Masters degrees, and supervised PHDs during his tenure.

Sol is also Chairman of BAFTA’s Immersive Entertainment Advisory Group, and Chairman of Immerse UK – the first nationwide network for immersive companies working to make the UK the global leader in immersive technologies.

Sol considers Time the only thing of true value, and his greatest achievement is being a proud father of twins.