Monica is an immersive audio specialist, experience designer, and digital artist with over a decade of experience in immersive art production. As the founder and creative director of Resonant Interactions, Monica specializes in crafting multi-sensory, immersive environments that blend cutting-edge sound design with interactive technology. As both an artist and technician, Monica collaborates with composers, artists, and technologists to translate their creative visions into powerful, immersive experiences. Her work ranges from producing large-scale multichannel audio installations to developing custom toolsets that push the boundaries of immersive production.

Monica has extensive experience working in full-dome environments, where she has produced multiple live performances and is a strong advocate for the importance of high-quality audio in dome settings. She is actively involved in IMERSA, playing an important role in the organization and management of summits and events, contributing to the advancement of immersive media.

Monica is the co-host of the Immersive Audio Podcast and an organizer of Spatial Audio Meetups through NOTAM. Additionally, she is a sought-after speaker, workshop facilitator, and panelist, with appearances at major industry events such as New Visions Festival, SXSW, IRCAM Forums, Ableton Loop, IMERSA, and NIME.

Through Resonant Interactions, Monica continues to shape the future of immersive audio and digital art, focusing on delivering unforgettable, multi-sensory experiences that merge sound, technology, and human interaction.

Ryan Wyatt is past Director of Morrison Planetarium and Science Visualization at the California Academy of Sciences (San Francisco) in 2007 - 2026. Prior to arriving in San Francisco, Wyatt worked for six years as Science Visualizer at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City; previously, he opened technologically-advanced planetariums in Phoenix, Arizona, and Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Wyatt’s professional interests include making research data sets accessible to the general public, and developing standards and “best practices” in the fulldome video community. A paper co-written for Natural History magazine reflects on the role of modern planetariums in bringing cutting edge science to a variety of audiences, and his “Visualizing Science” blog provides an informal look at his ideas and opinions related to visual representations of science. Wyatt also indulges avid enthusiasms for archeoastronomy, the history of science, and intersections between art and science.

Michael Daut is an immersive media specialist, working as an independent writer/producer/director in Los Angeles, CA. Michael brings a wealth of experience within the giant screen cinema and digital fulldome industries. He is an award-winning writer, producer, and director for fulldome videos, theatrical productions, music videos, live concert videos, commercials, documentaries, corporate videos, and trade show presentations. He most recently served as the Director of New Business Development for Mousetrappe, an experience design and production studio in Burbank. Previously he worked for over 20 years at Evans & Sutherland, where he was instrumental in acquiring numerous large accounts, expanding the product line, and developing a library of shows for the digital fulldome community. Michael’s current clients include K2 Studios, a giant screen film production and distribution company, and Moodswings, LLC, creators of the visual music show Mesmerica, currently playing in digital dome theaters across North America. Michael is a member of the Producer's Guild of America, the Themed Entertainment Association, a founding member of the Association of Fulldome Innovators, a member of the Telly Awards' Silver Council, a board member of the Giant Screen Cinema Association, and a board member of IMERSA.

Karen owns Better Bookkeeping LLC in Aurora Colorado and was Director of the Accounting & Business School of the Rockies from 2003 to 2008. Karen joined the IMERSA team in 2008 as a founder. She has cheerfully managed and welcomed our delegates to every Summit and has handled our fiscal management as Secretary Treasurer (CFO) of IMERSA Inc.

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Ruth Coalson is a globally recognised executive producer and strategic consultant who has spent over 25 years at the cutting edge of immersive media — from fulldome cinema and large-format film to VR, AR, and next-generation LED venues. She doesn't just understand this industry; she has helped shape it.

For companies and artists looking to break into new markets, scale their reach, or bring bold creative visions to life, Ruth is the partner who makes it happen. Her track record spans funding acquisition, international distribution, sales and marketing strategy, and end-to-end project management — delivering results for clients ranging from the UK Space Agency and Google Lunar XPrize to Ferrari World and Disney-Marvel.

Ruth's proprietary VR production platform, Festoon, is a testament to her instinct for innovation. Purpose-built for animators and creatives in the fulldome sector, Festoon eliminates the traditional barriers of dome-dependent production — enabling remote review and edit workflows through customisable environments, and fundamentally changing how immersive content gets made.

Her content expertise runs deep. Ruth has championed the production and distribution of more than fifteen award-winning fulldome films, most recently the multi-award-winning Moonbase – The Next Step. As freelance Project Manager for Astro Assemble — a landmark Disney-Marvel STEM initiative with the Royal Observatory Greenwich — she managed expert advisory panels, ensured rigorous scientific accuracy, and delivered a national, gamified learning platform designed to inspire the next generation of scientists and space explorers.

Her strategic counsel is trusted at the highest levels of the immersive entertainment industry. Ruth currently advises on content strategy and development for Sphere and Cosm venues across the United States — the most ambitious large-format immersive venues on the planet — while her decade-long leadership at NSC Creative (National Space Centre) helped transform the studio into an internationally distributed, award-winning powerhouse.

Ruth serves on the board of IMERSA and the membership board of the International Planetarium Society (IPS) — positions that reflect not just her standing in the field, but her commitment to elevating the entire industry.

Whether you're an artist seeking a creative and commercial champion, a business ready to scale in immersive markets, or an organisation looking to bring a high-impact project to life — Ruth Coalson delivers.

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Julieta studied Design at the School of Architecture, Catholic University of Valparaíso, Chile. She holds two Masters of Fine Arts: design from the University of Notre Dame, and electronic visualization from the Electronic Visualization Laboratory at the University of Illinois at Chicago, with an emphasis on Virtual Reality and a focus on shared spaces,. Because of these research interests, Julieta took a job at the Adler Planetarium’s Space Visualization Laboratory where she created or contributed to scientific visualizations for exhibitions and planetarium shows. Julieta eventually became the Associate Director of the Laboratory, working alongside Adler astrophysicists, educators and administration staff, as well as astrophysicists from the University of Chicago, Northwestern University and University of Illinois at Chicago. She handled weekly presentations on how scientific visualization and current technologies are used to explore, study and communicate scientific discoveries and theories. While at Adler she also spearheaded events geared to advance the understanding and integration of immmersive, collaborative and interactive media. She has taught the full Design curriculum, as well as Graphical Interfaces, Immersive Environments and Scientific Visualization (with scientist colleagues). While completing her Doctoral disertation with the Planetary Collegium at Plymouth University in the United Kingdom, Julieta worked for a year at the University of Hawai’i in Hilo, sponsored by the Academia of Creative Media and hosted by ‘Imiloa Planetarium. Julieta is a reviewer for Siggraph (computer graphics), IEEE’s VISAP (electronic visualization), ISMAR (Mixed and Augmented Reality), Leonardo Electronic Journal, and over the years has participated in various Conferences related to Art, Science, and Planetariums.