Dr. Gino Yu retired after a 35 year career in academia. With a BS and PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, Dr. Yu has held key academic roles and spearheaded initiatives such as the Multimedia Innovation Centre at PolyU and the Hong Kong Digital Entertainment Association. His research spans digital entertainment, artificial intelligence, and consciousness (phenomenology and neurophysiology). Through this work he applies media technologies to foster creativity and advance consciousness. He runs Mystagogical, a program supports entrepreneurs that recognize entrepreneurship as a process of self discovery. A sought-after speaker, he also advises leading-edge projects like SingularityNET, Hanson Robotics, Memorality, and frequently presents on emerging technologies.