Leah Kurta

Co-Founder

IDA XR Studio

Speaker Biography

Leah Kurta: Co-founder of Ida XR Studio

Leah is a psychology, ethical design and DEI specialist and Co-founder of Ida XR studio. Ida’s mission is to cultivate belonging and prosperity for underrepresented groups in emerging and immersive tech via research, training, consultancy and community building.

Leah conducts research to understand the equity and diversity challenges facing the immersive and emerging technology sector, she augments this knowledge with psychological and ethical design methods to help teams and businesses create learning experiences and products which are sustainable, ethical and equitable.

Leah believes that the default mode in technology development of ‘move fast and break things’ needs to change.
Her work centres on empowering those at the margins and helping businesses to cultivate practices of care, sustainability and ethics throughout their development cycles.

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