Biography
Marvyn Halfon is an entrepreneur working at the intersection of technology, music, and human experience. His work is driven by a simple question: what truly moves people, and how can technology deepen that experience?
He is the co-founder of SABDA, Europe’s first immersive wellness studio, where immersive media, spatial audio, and AI create transformative wellness experiences. He leads the company’s technology and AI strategy.
Previously, Marvyn co-founded DROP, a music and cultural platform that produced more than 250 events across 14 countries. While the medium has evolved from live events to immersive wellness, the mission has remained the same: creating experiences that bring people together.
Across every venture, Marvyn’s philosophy is simple: start with passion, build with technology, and grow through community.
As a speaker, he explores the future of wellness, immersive technology, and artificial intelligence, sharing practical insights on how emerging technologies can strengthen, not replace, human connection.
Session
- AI For GoodSpeaker
Panel 7 - Healing or Hooking? AI's Double Edge on Mental Health & Wellbeing
Tuesday 22 September, 14:45 – 15:25Panel StageSame AI, two opposite stories. On one side: AI therapy companions making mental health support 24/7 and accessible, mood-tracking that catches a crisis early, mindfulness coaches in your pocket, generative tools that help people process trauma. On the other: recommendation systems wired to maximise screen time, dopamine engineering disguised as engagement, attention economies that reward outrage, and AI companions that quietly replace human connection. Where does the line sit between AI helping us thrive and AI hooking us into something that costs more than it gives? Builders, clinicians and behavioural scientists argue out what 'wellbeing' should actually mean in an algorithmic world — and who pays the bill when it goes wrong.
With Katya de Freedericksz, Shayamal Vallabhjee, Ghazaleh Samandari