As Creative Director, Catherine Turp is responsible for guiding the team and maintaining the artistic integrity of every project she works on. Her breadth of experience allows her to conceptualize and design exciting multimedia experiences, ensuring that they stand on solid technical understanding.

Rami Ismail is a Dutch-Egyptian industry ambassador & independent games developer with over 20 titles across PC, console, web, and mobile. His development of tools like the industry-standard dopresskit.com, his prolific & popular public speaking, and highly-regarded consultancy and insights have helped shape industry opportunities for game communities & independent game developers of any kind, in any situation, and anywhere.

As Ethics Coordinator, Allie finds it both mentally-stimulating and extremely meaningful to examine the intersections of the technical world of digital entertainment and socially-relevant, ethically-relevant themes. Allie is the producer and host of the ‘Game for Thought’ livestream series streamed monthly from DAE’s campus The Level, tackling ethically-charged topics in the game & digital entertainment industries on a monthly basis.

After graduating as a language teacher, David Walgrave taught teenagers Dutch and English for two years. After that, he worked as a programmer for a small company, and then found Larian. What started out as a temporary QA/Jack of all Trades job, has defined David's career: 18 years later, he still hasn't found the exit.

Jill packs a serious punch with expertise in UX and game design. She's the program manager at DAE Studios coordinating the incubator and accelerator program. Sam is responsible to expand the DAE Studios' network on a global scale as well as actively coach the studios in their go-to-market strategy.

In 2019, Naomi joined VAF as junior project manager, supporting both Gamefund and Film-/Mediafund. Since mid-2022 she’s been working fulltime at VAF/Gamefund as a project manager.

Nick Pechenin is leading a team of game systems designers that strives to provide players with the feeling of ultimate freedom by building game systems that promote player choice, systemic reactivity, character progression and cooperative play.

Tara is currently the Senior Xbox Game Studios Accessibility Lead. In this role, she conceptualizes strategic programs and spearheads development initiatives to establish and promote a superior yet accessible gaming experience across all Xbox Game Studios titles.

The beautiful trailers and richly decorated stages are known by many people. But, who or what is behind all of this? For once, we ignore ‘keep the magic secret’ and give you an exclusive look into the world of Tomorrowland.

Anne is cofounder and CEO of web3 experience platform Ristband. Create experiences, play games, and hang out with friends in Ristband. Get the tools and insights you need to launch campaigns, monitor results, discover new talent and apply your skills to defining the next era of interactive entertainment.

Jeroen Janssen is one of the founders of Happy Volcano. As CEO he takes care of the daily management and biz dev for the studio. They closed a VC round with Sir Ian Livingstone's Hiro Capital in 2021 and recently successfully launched You Suck at Parking, the only racing game where the goal is to stop, on Xbox and PC Game Pass and Steam.

Award-winning producer, writer and director, founder of MacInnes Studios, working in movies, games, and XR for the likes of Activision, HTC Vive, Verizon, Sony, Netflix and the US Department of Defense. John first gained recognition as a screenwriter, writing CALL OF DUTY, ADVANCED WARFARE, the biggest selling video game of 2014. He is currently working on a feature film made entirely in the Unreal game engine.

After his graduation, Lowie joined Pininfarina, where he contributed to the design of many successful cars and prototypes. In 2011 he decided to found Granstudio in Turin and expand his activities beyond automotive design into the broader field of mobility. Today Granstudio is an internationally recognised mobility design consultancy with a team of 60 designers, engineers and mobility experts that work on a wide variety of mobility projects for internationally renowned clients.

Mumbai Science Electronic Music Duo / creators of B00NKB0TS Jonas Kiesekoms and Maarten Elen have an unwavering love for the dancefloor. Recently, they created B00NKB0Ts, an NFT series focused on generative dance music.

As Studio Manager of IO Interactive in Sweden I’m passionate about team, project, and personal growth in our global teams. I’ve worked with teams such as Tom Clancy’s The Division 1 & 2, The Avatar Project, The Hitman Trilogy, Project 007, and multiple technologies to support these amazing IP’s.

Juan Cañada is the Engineer Director for Graphics at Epic Games, where he leads ray tracing development in the Unreal Engine engineering team.

Gwenifer Raymond worked on a broad field of programming disciplines, with a special focus on audio, AI and gameplay. She is now the technical director for UK game audio development studio, Rev Rooms.

Laura joined Google 7 years ago to partner with the largest Belgian advertisers across industries like travel and retail. Equipped with a solid understanding of data-driven marketing, she dove into the world of mobile gaming in 2019 and never looked back!

Nico is an Investor at BITKRAFT Ventures, where he works with founders at the intersection of Blockchain and Gaming. Deeply curious about how new technologies can help build great games, he founded the Future of Gaming, a DAO that explores just that. He also hosts the Metacast - a podcast exploring how emerging technologies will impact the games of tomorrow.

A classically trained violinist, a self-taught producer and singer-songwriter: Tsar B is a one-stop-shop that combines all of her loves and talents in her work.

Rob Boone is Co-Founder and COO of TruePlayers Ltd, a UK based Mobile game studio that raised half a million pounds in pre seed funding in 2022. In January 2021 he started TruePlayers alongside his co-founder Adrian Ruiz and closed a publishing deal for their studio's first title UnderKnight: One Thumb Warrior, currently in early access.

Louis is lead programmer at The Chinese Room in sunny Brighton on the south coast of the UK. The game Little Orpheus , released during the pandemic in 2020, received many accolades, but specifically won the Apple Design Award for Delight And Fun and Best Mobile Game at the Develop Star awards in 2021.

Marc Bogaerts was born in Belgium, lives in Berlin and is at home in the rest of the world. 10 years in New York are as much part of his artistic background as extensive creative work in over 20 countries worldwide.

Frank Voet has been working as a sound engineer for 20 years, and is creating a new music sound complex in Belgium, including an immersive mix room. The last 24 months he and his partner in crime Peter Philips have mixed the Dolby Atmos releases of Artists like Stromae/ Damso/ Charlotte Adigéry/ Selah Sue/ etc. They are deeply involved in the audio post production of the Tomorowland Digital editions.

Dominique Buttiens has been part of the Video Game Industry since 2015, currently working at The Chinese Room as a Principal Environment Artist. He has worked on over 10 titles including ‘For Honor’, ‘Hyperscape’, ‘Synced: Off-Planet’ and ‘Disney Infinity’.

Dirk Van Welden founded the independent game studio I-Illusions ten years ago. The studio makes entertainment games where innovation, technology and gameplay always come first. Their game Space Pirate Trainer became one of the most successful VR games in the world. He is also co-founder and project lead at FoamPunch, known for Shredders, a successful next-gen snowboarding game released in March 2022.