Known as the “Abogamer”, Micaela Mantegna is a lawyer and activist specialized in video games and XR policy, artificial creativity and AI ethics.
Currently a TED Fellow and an affiliate at the Berkman Klein Center at Harvard, her research focuses on metaverse ethics and governance; generative artificial intelligence, creativity and copyright. She was part of the external red team that contributed to evaluate OpenAI’s DALL·E 2 Preview, and her TED talk, “How to stop the metaverse from becoming the internet's bad sequel” has gathered over 600k views.
She has authored several articles and papers at the intersection of gaming, ethics, XR, creativity and artificial intelligence (https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=JpBaJO4AAAAJ&hl=en). Her first book "ARTficial: creativity, artificial intelligence and copyright" is currently on press, forthcoming October 2022.

In her advocacy work, is the founder of Women In Games Argentina (WIGAr), a non-profit working towards a more inclusive gaming industry; and a Women in Games International (WIGJ) Ambassador, having been distinguished as their 2021 “Outstanding Individual Ambassador of the Year” award, and being named as one of GameIndustry’s 2021 “Gamechangers”.

A seasoned public speaker, she has presented talks and lectures for governments, organizations and universities in over 27 countries, at conferences like TED, RightsCon, Vancouver Biennale, Game Developers Conference (GDC), GamesBeat, Internet Freedom Festival, XR Safety Week, More Than Just a Game, amongst others.