Dean DeBlois

Writer/Director, How to Train Your Dragon

Christian Manz

VFX Supervisor & Creative Director, How to Train Your Dragon, Framestore

Domee Shi

Director & VP of Creative, Elio, Pixar Animation Studios

Madeline Sharafian

Director, Elio, Pixar Animation Studios

Doug Chiang

Senior Vice President and Executive Design Director, Lucasfilm

Phil Tippett

Founder and Filmmaker, Tippett Studio

David Vickery

Overall VFX Supervisor, Jurassic World: Rebirth, ILM, Bafta, VES winner

Nathan Fox

Creative Director, Sucker Punch Productions

Kris Pearn

Director, Sony Pictures Animation

Janet Lewin

Senior Vice President, General Manager, and Head, ILM

Simon Weisse

VFX Miniature Unit Supervisor and Props Designer

Jamie Umpherson

Head of Creative, Runway

Alexis Wanneroy

Animation Supervisor, Fortiche Production

Jake Maymudes

Founder & CEO, Wylie Co. VFX

Maciej Kuciara

Artist & Director

Sandro Blattner

Overall Visual Effects Supervisor, The Studio

Ted Ty

Global Head of Character Animation, DNEG Animation

Martin Nebelong

Freelance Artist and VR Pioneer

Michael Ralla

Overall VFX Supervisor, Sinners

Guido Wolter

VFX Supervisor, Rising Sun Pictures

Hal Hickel

Animation Director, Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), Oscar, BAFTA winner

Apollonia Hartmann

VFX Producer, Accenture Song VFX

David Anastacio

CG Supervisor, Accenture Song VFX

Heiko Burkardsmaier

VFX Executive Producer, Head of Business/Legal Affairs, Accenture Song VFX

Pawl Fulker

Creative Director & Sr. Visualization Supervisor, Proof London Ltd.

Jingyi Zhang

Founder, Corbel3D

Jan-Bart van Beek

Studio Director & Studio Art & Animation Director, Guerrilla Games

Rochele Gloor

Assistant Director for Innovation Technologies MFA Computer Arts, School of Visual Arts

Terrence Masson

MFA Computer Arts Chair, School of Visual Arts (SVA), NYC

Setareh Samandari

Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Interdimensional VFX

Habib Zargarpour

Virtual Production Supervisor, Interdimensional VFX, Co-head of Virtual Production, USC School of C

Jeff Dillinger

VFX Supervisor & CEO, Megalis

Munjal B. Shroff

Co-Founder, Graphiti Studios

Alexandre Poncet

Director, Composer, Film Historian

Eloi Champagne

Head, Technical Direction and Production Technology, National Film Board of Canada

Ernst Janssen Groesbeek

Stylized Rendering Look Development Artist, 9to3animation

Christos Obretenov

Owner & Lead Developer RenderMan Stylized Looks, Lollipop Shaders

Denver Jackson

Animator & Visual Effects Artist

Zane Swift

Filmmaker

Mark Dubeau

Art Director, Tippett Studio

Gary Mundell

CEO, Tippett Studio

Colin Geddes

Production Executive, Tippett Studio

Tom Gibbons

Animation / Stop-Motion Supervisor, Tippett Studio

Marc Morissette

VFX Supervisor, Tippett Studio

Ken Rogerson

Editorial Supervisor, Tippett Studio

Saint John Walker

Programme Leader, Postgraduate Media, University of Hertfordshire