In 2023 I am pleased to announce I have licenced my AI is My Copilot course to AIM (Australian Institute of Management). I lecture there once or twice a month.

I consult and lecture as a Metaverse Mentor, Virtual Worlds Consultant and Online Communities/Social Media Expert based in Sydney Australia but working globally. My focus is

• on artificial intelligence – social media AI like Deep Face or web3 AI like ChatGPT.
• on NFTs and blockchain – metaverse marketing of token campaigns in industries.
• on virtual worlds, MMO games, VR for business and Augmented Reality e.g. HUDS
• on building massive engaged communities across the Metaverse (seamlessly traversing from reality to augmented to virtual and back again).
• on the migration from Web2 and Social Media to Web3 and the Metaverse including artificial intelligence, NFTs, blockchain, virtual spaces and augmented reality.

My background started in online communities in the 1990’s, then I worked in virtual worlds and online games in the 2000’s with Sony and others. In 2005 I took out a patent in decentralised, community currencies generated by IoT, 3 years before BitCoin (but quite a few years after BitGold!).

In 2011 I became interested in augmented reality and subsequently ran workshops for Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Oracle on building engaged communities in both augmented (eg Layar) and virtual 3D worlds.

My Clients: Virtual Worlds include Neopets, Club Penguin, Habbo, Ashen Empires, Second Life, Dransik, Sony. I enjoy playing with Blender, Unity, Unreal Engine, Meta’s Horizon World and others.

My social media and online community building clients include Senators and Ministers (over 20 of them), Australia Parliament House, Westpac bank, Prime Minister of Malaysia, Royal House of Saud, multiple universities globally, NBC Universal Studios, Channel Ten Big Brother community, Ministry of Defence Singapore and more. Please see my testimonials.

I have been giving public speaking presentations and keynotes on the Metaverse since 2005, as well as teaching 2D and 3D engagement in communities online at the University of Sydney, University of Western Sydney, UNSW and TAFE. My courses at the University of Sydney include algorithm AI and since 2016 Google DeepThought AI.

BIO For Conference Organisers and Event Managers (keynote and workshop on AI and ChatGPT)

In 2023, Laurel Papworth is pleased to announce she has licensed her AI Is My CoPilot course at Australian Institute of Management (AIM) as she presents ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence tools at conference keynotes to large businesses, for the City of Sydney and other local gov entities as well as to small business as well presenting the workshop to Corporate and Government and NonProfits. AI Is My Copilot is a practical course on how to “centaur” or “copilot”, in other words, job share with AI, as a handson approach.

Her courses, since 2008, include artificial intelligence in algorithms and big data including F.A.I.R (Facebook AI), object recognition, behavioural AI and semantic AI such as Lexicon™, Deep Face™/Deep Text™ and Deep Mind™. Laurel has a Cert IV in Training and Assessment. In 2005 Laurel used her background in virtual currencies to submit a patent on decentralised currency for Play to Earn fitness using IoT, 3 years before Bitcoin. She taught Augmented Reality community building to Facebook, Google and Microsoft in California in 2011. Named by Forbes™ Magazine as Top 50 Most Influential Social and Online Community Expert, Laurel mentors companies visualising, building and managing Web3 and Metaverse solutions Artificial Intelligence solutions, merging technology, philosophy and social psychology to present a holistic Metaverse strategy. 

Laurel Papworth consults with Australian Parliament House, Sony, banks, Channel Ten and non profits, she has 22,000 students studying her online courses and was Head of Community (and then Social) for virtual worlds like Sony games and Iron Will games since 2001 and taught “How to Build Massive Engaged Communities” in games and on web2 social media platforms at the University of Sydney from 2005.

More on Laurel on her podcast Alchemy of Innovation, YouTube, LinkedIn and her website laurelpapworth.com.

…and she regularly plays World of Warcraft, Roblox and other online MMORPG games with her avatar, SilkCharm.

Artificial Intelligence, Algorithms and Big Data lecturer – Australia and overseas:

• Adult Education Trainer (Professional Development) in Social Media and other courses in the University of Sydney CCE from 2005 until 2017 (12 years continuous)
• Associate Lecturer in Bachelor of Design in the University of Sydney Faculty of Architecture in 2016
• Lecturer in Creative Industries in the University of Western Sydney from 2012
• Lecturer Post Graduate Communications in the University of Technology Sydney circa 2011 – 2014 Lecturer in Masters of Convergent Media course in the University of Western Sydney from 2008 -2010
• Tutor in Computing in the University of Adelaide from 1989 – 1992
• Lecturer AFTRS
• Lecturer MetroScreen School
• Guest lecturer Universities in Singapore, Portugal, Effat/Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), community colleges and TAFE.

I also have a Certificate IV in Training and Assessment (Australian Government approved)

You can contact me on pa@laurelpapworth.com or call +61432684992.