Nika joined Genvid in 2021 to manage relationships with game developers, publishers, platforms and IP holders, focused on producing and publishing massive interactive live events (MILEs). Nika spent more than a decade building coalitions and programs for leading internet and video game companies. As the former Executive Director for the International Game Developers Association Foundation, her efforts developed diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts for underrepresented game developers. Previously the Head of Public Affairs for the Entertainment Software Association, she took a leading role in messaging, consumer outreach, and corporate social responsibility, which included leveraging relationships with key policy leaders and government officials. In addition to her role at the ESA, she also served as the chief strategy officer for Liminal Esports, director of communications and creative strategies for the Internet Association, and new media specialist for the U.S. House of Representatives. She is also an Informatics P.h.D student at the University of California, Irvine studying deepfakes, false memories, and the video game workforce talent gap.

Eyram Tawia has over 20 years of experience in the game development industry. He is the CEO and Cofounder of Leti Arts, the pioneer game development company in Sub Saharan Africa leading the next wave of rich African storytelling via interactive games and comics with a vision to shape a new generation of uniquely African content that reignites Africa’s diminishing rich culture. He's won several awards for his work in the African video game development space, a frequent speaker at game conferences globally and an author with his book Uncompromising Passion documenting his Journey as an African video game developer.

Matthieu Delaere is a rendering researcher at Wētā Digital, part of Unity Technologies, which is the former tools development division of Wētā FX. Wētā FX is a digital visual effects company based in Wellington, New-Zealand and is known for its work on award winning films such as The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, Avatar, and Avatar: The Way of Water, among others. As part of the Gazebo team, Matthieu focuses on high fidelity real-time rendering and hybrid shading for visual effects. Prior to joining the VFX industry he was part of the DAE staff as both a teacher and researcher, specializing in real-time ray tracing for game development.