Experience Strategist - Creative Director - Immersive Designer
Eat the Cake Studio
Frances is a creative director, experience designer and immersive strategist with over 30 years' experience in entertainment. As the founder of Eat the Cake Studio, an immersive design studio based in France, she creates and curates immersive experiences—from bold brand activations to original narrative worlds—helping audiences connect more deeply and making brands impossible to ignore.
A recognized leader in immersive experience design, Frances is a founding member of the World Experience Organization (WXO) and serves on its Global Experience Council. She is also a contributing alumna of The College of Extraordinary Experiences and co‑founder of JeDI Immersive, a non‑profit advancing the immersive industry in France, as well as Les Journées de l’Immersif, the country’s largest immersive industry gathering.
Rooted in a lifelong love of storytelling—across stage, film, screenwriting and video games—Frances brings human‑centered narratives to life. She transforms messages into emotion and brands into living worlds, using creative‑led strategies to craft environments that resonate and deliver real results.
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How do you design experiences that don’t just entertain but captivate? That transform passive spectators into fully immersed participants? Immersive designer Frances Vieras Blanc shares unexpected lessons from an unlikely source—the burlesque stage, where audience engagement isn’t optional, it’s everything. From vulnerability and breaking the fourth wall to the art of play, discover how bold, human connection turns events into unforgettable experiences that seduce, surprise and stick.
Learning outcomes:
Explore how audience participation fuels immersion, making attendees co-creators of unforgettable moments
Discover how embracing vulnerability can deepen emotional connection and elevate the impact of an event
Learn how breaking the fourth wall transforms passive spectators into fully engaged participants, driving deeper audience connection and event success
This session is approved for the following certifications.
* ICCA Skills Domain CICS/CICE: Module 7: Building the Value and Impact of the Convention Industry, 0.5 Credits
* CSEP Approved