Prof. Washizaki joined the IEEE Symposium on Emerging Metaverse (ISEMV 2025, General and Program Chairs: Jeewika Ranaweera, Dejan Milojicic, Louis Nisiotis, Karen Alexander, Yervant Zorian, with great keynotes and invited talks by Joaquim Jorge, Emile Loza de Siles, and Ravinder S. Dahiya) in beautiful Hawaii, sponsored by IEEE DataPort, VTS, EDS, WIE, organized by IEEE Metaverse, Future Directions and IEEE Computer Society. During the event, Prof. Washizaki took part in an exciting panel chaired by Cecilia Metra with distinguished panelists, including Joaquim Jorge, Rick Kazman, Rakesh Kumar, Yoshiko Yasuda, and Yervant Zorian. The panel provided a great overview of challenges and future directions of the Metaverse. The overall symposium was highly interdisciplinary, reflecting the nature of the Metaverse, from sensors to societal values. It was a great conference!