Marta Foresti

Founder and CEO

LAGO Collective

Octavio Kulesz

Director

Teseo

Pod Bluman

Project Director

Bluman Associates Ltd

Lucy Jarjoura

Chief Marketing Officer

Wake The Tiger

Angela Chan

Professor of Creative Industries

CoSTAR National Lab

Kate O’Connor

Executive Chair

Animation UK

Cathy Kerfoot

Creative Industries Programme Director

UKRI

Nihal Arthanayake

TV Presenter and Broadcaster

Andy Miah

Chair of Science Communication & Future Media

University of Salford, Manchester

Sarah Atkinson

Professor of Screen Media / Director ADAPT-AI

King’s College London

Hilary Knight

Director

Change&

Richard Cole

Senior Lecturer in Digital Futures

University of Bristol

David Edge

Associate Director

Arup

Joanna Choukeir

Deputy Director Creative Industries

Innovate UK, UKRI

David Nouaille

Chief International Development Officer

Puy du Fou

Hooman Samani

Creative Robotics Reader

University of the Arts London

Polly Dalton

Professor of Psychology

Royal Holloway, University of London

Hannah Long

Portfolio Manager

Creative UK

Garry Crawford

Professor of Cultural Sociology

The University of Salford

Audra Gill

Head of Creative Industries

Arts and Humanities Research Council

Hannah Williamson

General Partner

Edge VC

Deepa Mann-Kler

CEO

Neon

Joanne Evans

Investment Director

AXM Venture Capital

Iain Bennett

Creative Alchemist

The Fifth Sector

Ken Wilder

Professor of Aesthetics

University of the Arts London

Emma Hardie

Executive Commercial and Brand Director

Aardman

Kwame Safo

Co-Founder

BLACMEX

Caroline Meaby

Head of Programmes and Engagement

OKRE (Opening Knowledge across Research and Entertainment)

Veronika Liebl

Managing Director

Ars Electronica

Myra Appannah

CO-DIRECTOR / ARTIST

BRiGHTBLACK

Siân Prime

Academic Lead: Enterprise, Innovation & Incubation

Goldsmiths

Gidon Freeman

Senior Vice President and Managing Director

Universal Destinations and Experiences

Tateo Nakajima

Chief Development Officer

Therme Group

Kim-Leigh Pontin

Interactive Experience Creative Lead

Merlin Entertainments