Maximizing Metaverse Opportunities – powered by GSMA APAC Policy Group and DX Acceleration Forum

GSMA’s APAC Policy Group and Digital Transformation Acceleration Forum will be holding its first joint community virtual seminar, “Maximizing Metaverse Opportunities,” on Thursday, 19 May 2022 from 15:00 to 17:00 GMT+8.

The term “metaverse” was first mentioned in a 1992 novel titled Snow Crash by author Neale Stephenson to describe a future, virtual reality-based world existing in parallel to the physical world.  Now adopted by a range of tech companies, ecosystem players and businesses in adjacent sectors, the concept of the metaverse is key to the next wave of digital transformation advancement.  Many of the companies working on creating these virtual worlds are looking to the potential of ‘new territories’ to create metaverse monetization opportunities.

For the metaverse to grow and thrive alongside the physical world, collaboration between ecosystem players, OTTs, MNOs, and policymakers across sectors will be critical.  The availability of open interoperable platforms – as well as diverge range of content and applications – will be key to building a successful metaverse ecosystem.  However, these elements will also need to be supported by robust and reliable high-capacity networks if we are to truly create the rich and seamless digital environment that will engage consumers/citizens, enterprises, and governments to make the most of metaverse opportunities.

In the first phase of metaverse development, early movers among ecosystem players, OTTs, MNOs, and policymakers have different strategies to creating platforms, developing services, and leveraging new business models.  This webinar will invite pioneering MNOs, ecosystem players and governments to share their experiences and visions about the Metaverse opportunities and address questions such as:

1. How should MNOs position themselves in the Metaverse, so they stay relevant?
2. How can MNOs flexibly accommodate and collaborate with ecosystem players across different sectors to grow the Metaverse?
3. What are the right ingredients for governments and policymakers to foster growth and expand the reach of the Metaverse across different sectors of the economy?
4. How can digital transformation activities be effectively aligned with the development of the Metaverse?
5. What are the realistic innovative business and collaboration models that should be followed to maximize the potential of the metaverse?