In this episode, Foundry Fellow Meri Baghdasaryan sat down with the representatives of three winning teams at the Foundry’s 2022 Policy Hackathon. This year the Hackathon’s theme was “Trust, Safety and Privacy in the Metaverse”. The participants were tasked with pitching a proposal that will address some of privacy, trust and safety challenges in the immersive technology space.  Meri chats with Mana, Raktima and Tom, who respectively represent teams at the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place among the 2022 Policy Hackathon winners. They share their impressions about the Hackathon experience, present their policy proposals and provide advice for participants of next Hackathon editions.  Check out the presentations of the winning teams below:

• Mana’s team (Video Presentation)
• Raktima’s team (Video Presentation)
• Tom’s team (Video Presentation)

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