Tomas is the senior consultant at the Slovak Investment and Trade Development Agency SARIO. He has been focusing on systematical support of the Slovak game development sector for the past two years. This includes not only communication with potential foreign investors but especially support of already established Slovak game development studios by their efforts to grow and get global. Particular activities vary from pitching Slovak games to global publishers, connecting studios to local schools and universities to consultations of public support mechanisms and other relevant topics.

SARIO is a public entity operating under the Slovak Ministry of Economy. The main goal of the Investment projects department at SARIO is to attract and assist new and expanding investors by their location search and investment project implementation, especially from the economic sectors like automotive, machinery, electronics production, or ICT centers and BSCs. Besides assisting companies from these standard sectors, SARIO is always putting extra effort into supporting newer technological sectors with a solid base and huge potential for further growth.

Kevin has spent the past three years developing a unique VR LBE – inspired by the potential to entertain the public by immersing them in large scale VR experiences. The new multiplayer free-roaming interactive game is being developed with post-COVID audiences in mind and will offer strictly player-controlled, socially-distanced entertainment across the one-hour shows when it opens this summer 2021. Atmos VR has secured financing from Insight Media Fund and is combining its VR expertise with the Fund’s Creative Industries partnerships to provide virtual solutions for businesses during the pandemic and beyond.

Atmos VR has been able to quickly adapt and help companies continue to operate in the virtual landscape, with new ways to train, explain and inspire by recreating some sense of belonging for organisations coming to terms with doing things over distance, quicker and more cost effectively than when face to face was the norm.

Kevin started his career working at a senior level in avionics and control systems for the Royal Air Force, he simultaneously also set up and ran an events company servicing the military. His experience as both a Technical creator in the virtual space and Events director provides a unique dual perspective to the industry.

Lorna Inman is a VR Artist creating immersive 3D environments using Tilt Brush for videos, movies, events, workshops and performance. In the past two years, she has designed Tilt Brush environments for various companies including Google, Ninety One and Virtual Reality Experiences. Her most recent work has included working with Nutkhut as lead artist on a 360 degree immersive short movie called ‘Girmit’, which is premiering at Mozilla Festival in March 2021. Lorna’s illustrative environments explore natural landscapes entwined with storytelling themes, reflecting her background in Art and Design and her former studies at the University of Leeds. Lorna is open to collaborations and actively searching for opportunities. You can check more on lornainman.com

Rebecca is the founder and CEO of VRCORE, which is the biggest VR community in China. She started her work in VR since 2014 and has a lot of experience for VR events. Now Rebecca is focusing on promoting China VR industry and bridging the connection between VR industries in China and other regions.

VRCORE is the most well-known VR developer community in China, which attracts the best Chinese developers and their projects. It is now becoming a global platform that connects the VR developers all around the world to the hardware providers, publishers and investors in China. The VRCORE Awards has become to be one of the most important XR competition in China. VRCORE is also a publisher focusing on the XR contents, which has published several contents on different platforms.

More than 10 years of experience marketing and advertising. Experience in organizing events, creating print, TV and radio advertising. Creating and managing websites and internet advertising, branding, positioning. Co-founder of Black VR, one of the leading companies in the augmented and virtual reality market in Russia. AR and VR producer for the b2b. Creator of virtual characters and scenarios for digital solutions. Head of the development department and 3d artists.

James owns creative technology company, Copper Candle, which specialises in creating digital pre-visualisations for theatre and entertainment, as well as creating XR location based experiences and digital content.

Having spent the last 10 years creating 3d visualisations for the Royal Opera House, James is now actively involved in research and developments for the theatre and live events industry. He was recently one of the digital fellows for the Royal Shakespeare Company and Magic Leap where he and his colleagues, in connection with the Audience of the Future funding, have been tasked with researching and creating a new generation of audience experiences and theatrical practice that uses digital immersive technologies such as VR and MR.

He continues to develop the industries practice in 3d visualisation and has worked on many projects including Miss Saigon, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Commonwealth Games Ceremonies 2014, Saturday Night Fever, Joseph and his Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat and &Juliet as well as over 300 productions and projects for the Royal Opera House. He is pioneering the development of virtual production sets using VR and MR technology and is developing the industries use of more advanced 3d visualisation processes. His research for this is being supported through his PhD which he is undertaking with Rose Bruford College and University of East London.

James is also the Head of The Centre for Digital Production at Rose Bruford College where he is creating a hub for new thinking around digital systems in theatre whether that is for live projection and video or virtual theatre using VR and MR technology. As part of this new initiative, he has designed three new graduate and post-graduate courses to train the next generation of digital super-stars, as well as curating a programme of industry led training and short courses for professionals who want to upgrade their skills ready for the digital age.

He writes for several journals and publications, sharing his research and the latest digital practices in theatre and live events. He has a regular column on future technology where he shares his discoveries in science and tech and analyses how it will affect the events industry.

After serving the Swiss army for a few years, Christian Rouffaer joined the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in 2001 and worked in several countries, such as, in Afghanistan, Yemen, Darfur, Myanmar, the Ivory Coast, South Sudan, and a few countries in the Horn of Africa. The nature of his work ranged from visiting detainees, delivering food assistance to vulnerable populace affected by a conflict to assuring the proper delivery of health-care services and focusing efforts in the promotion of International Humanitarian Law (Law of War). Since 2014, Christian has been in charge of the ICRC’s video games project and ICRC’s Virtual Reality department, located in Bangkok and Belgrade. The work includes the production of new VR training tools and multiplayer simulations using Unreal Engine from Epic Games and the development of partnerships with the video game industry.

With more than 3 years of experience in the VR/AR sector, Maryna has started as an Educational & Events manager and launched two VR/AR courses of Sensorama Academy together with the leading cultural institutions of Ukraine. She has organized a number of high-level meetings and Sensorama’s presence at them among them being the meeting with the Swiss President, Former and Acting Presidents of Ukraine. Having Master’s in International Relations & Diplomacy, she’s now taking care of leading clients such as the biggest agricultural and gas companies in Ukraine. She believes that XR training can change the corporate educational sphere dramatically and will do her best in order for immersive technologies to continue serving people by helping to expand their soft & hard skills in an easier and more effective way.

Claudia Duicu is a  professional manager with over 12 years experience in banking and finance. She has expertise in financing SME and start-ups companies, in all aspects of bank management and operation, including account management, customer service, staff coordination,  product sales and building long-term relationships with her customers. Over the past five years, she has been in touch with the education industry, developing ITC Edustem and Itech Club, two start-up companies, that offer professional training and services in the fields of web design, game design, programming, robotics, AR & VR but also in arts & communication.

At ITC Edustem students learn to develop their creativity through innovation, using new technologies in all areas of educational curricula: Science, Technology, Communication & Arts. Above all, Claudia wants to be able to offer the most involved participants the opportunity to take part in real projects, to get out of familiar patterns, discovering new skills and passions.

At this moment, she is delighted by the potential that mixed reality offers to education, which is why she tries to bring their benefits to potential users, starting with teaching them to create VR content.

Stephan is a games researcher at the Institute of Interactive Systems and Data Science, Graz University of Technology.
He has always been fascinated by games and even more when he realised which dimensions advancing technology is able to add. Throughout his computer science degree, technology-enhanced learning and related topics became a field of interest.
His thesis combined mobile and game-based learning with augmented reality to engage young students with computational thinking.
He sees enormous potential in mobile devices and current technologies such as AR and VR for education.

Stephan has collected working experience at the eGovernment Innovation Center (Austria), Graz University of Technology, EA Madrid, NXP Semiconductors and as a mentor for primary school students.
Being internationally minded, Stephan was engaged in the international student organisations BEST (Board of European Students of Technology) and ESN (Erasmus Student Network)

Miquel has been an evangelist on XR within CBRE for the last three years, working transversally across numerous teams presenting the values and benefits of such disruptive technology, having run successfully numerous PoC and Pilots with some of CBRE front-line workers on their respective clients sites. Although for the majority of his time in CBRE just under 8 years so far, He used to lead teams that deliver an array of different innovative initiatives and projects all the way from ideation to implementation and final delivery, making a positive impact to internal customers and clients.

Most recently he has been transferred to D&T (Digital & Technology) and nominated Head of XRS (Mixed, Augmented, Virtual) Reality Solutions with the aim to create and productise a new technology solution, XR within CBRE.

David completed his MSc in Artificial Intelligence at KU Leuven. During his masters he specialized in NLP. Came back to his hometown in Barcelona and began working in early start-ups applying his knowledge to improve semantic search engines and develop assistants using deep learning. Moved to Red Points where he currently works as AI Director, helping over 800 brands to fight fakes, piracy and distribution abuse online, allowing them to maintain control, improve their brand value, and increase revenues

David has also contributed to teaching in initiatives such as Technovation Girls, aimed at introducing young females to solve real-world problems using technology. He has also taught NLP in an online bootcamp.

Advocate, Certified Computer Scientist and Notary Tal Itzhak Ron (LLB, B.Sc., M.Sc.) – General Member of International Masters of Gaming Law (IMGL), practicing i-Gaming and Financial law and advising the biggest names since 2003. Tal graduated both from Haifa University’s School of Law (LL.B.) and Faculty of Computer Science (B.Sc.), and while leading a software development team at a publicly-listed software company, Ness Technologies, has further obtained a Master’s Degree in Computer Science (M.Sc.) from Bar-Ilan University. Tal established Tal Ron, Drihem & Co., Law Firm back in 2003, focusing from the start on Hi-Tech, Ad Tech, Financial Entertainment and i-Gaming, quickly becoming one of the first international firms practicing exclusively these areas. The firm today advises the world’s leading operations, platforms and governing bodies and is considered the industry standard for entrepreneurs setting up businesses in the Gaming, Digital Marketing and CFD/Forex industries in Europe, Asia and Australia.

Helen Doron is a linguist, educator and the founder of the Helen Doron Educational Group, who recently celebrated its 35^th anniversary. The group focuses on teaching English to young people through, inter alia, more than 1000 learning centers all over the world. Helen studied linguistics and the French language at the University of Reading, and taught at the University of Poitiers in France before completing her MA in Linguistics. After a few years she developed her own methodology, known globally as the Helen Doron method that involves often music, listening, watching teacher’s body language and gestures and student repetition involved in the method.

Coral Gorstein raised in the US to a Zionist-Jewish Family and split her time studying and living both in Miami and California. Coral came to Israel to study a unique combination of Theatre and Physics and later joined the army, where she served for almost 3 years as a flight simulator’ instructor in Israel’s elite IDF unit. Coral is a keen travel blogger and an Instagram influencer who has also worked in one of the largest Israeli Forex Brokers, Smart Capital, both in the dealing room and in the compliance teams. In Tal Ron, Drihem & Co., she is Director of Compliance and E-Merchant Services, working with the firm’s top clients.

Inbal Lavi has over 16 years of experience in online marketing, strategic business planning, M&As and P&L management. She brings a track record of driving businesses to exceptional growth. Inbal is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Woah Edutainment, an innovative AI powered startup, reinventing the way dance is being taught. In her previous role as Chief Executive Officer of Webpals Group, Inbal successfully turned the company from a small startup into a global leader in performance marketing, growing it exponentially and leading multiple multi-million-dollar M&As. Prior to joining Webpals Group, Inbal held several executive positions at 888 Holdings. Inbal holds a B.Sc. and an M.Sc. with honors in Industrial Engineering from Tel Aviv University.

Stephan is a games researcher at the Institute of Interactive Systems and Data Science, Graz University of Technology.
He has always been fascinated by games and even more when he realised which dimensions advancing technology is able to add. Throughout his computer science degree, technology-enhanced learning and related topics became a field of interest.
His thesis combined mobile and game-based learning with augmented reality to engage young students with computational thinking.
He sees enormous potential in mobile devices and current technologies such as AR and VR for education.

Stephan has collected working experience at the eGovernment Innovation Center (Austria), Graz University of Technology, EA Madrid, NXP Semiconductors and as a mentor for primary school students.
Being internationally minded, Stephan was engaged in the international student organisations BEST (Board of European Students of Technology) and ESN (Erasmus Student Network)

Kristaps Dobrajs is an industry veteran. At home on the global scene with scaling sales as his mantra, Kristaps has a 10+ year track record in driving cross-functional team successes in payments, e-commerce, retail and telecommunications. Keen on insights in managing the expectations and requirements between technology and business, Kristaps now employs his extensive experience in leading the sales team at ConnectPay.

Dr. Simon Planzer is a partner at PLANZER LAW, a Zurich-based gaming law boutique.

PLANZER LAW’s team provides strategic, regulatory and legal advice to companies, regulators and other stakeholders across all areas of the gaming and entertainment industry.

The firm’s primary focus is on EU/EEA gaming law, compliance issues such as AML as well as Swiss gaming law and related commercial, corporate and financial matters.

Dr. Simon Planzer is General Member of the International Masters of Gaming Law. An alumnus of the College of Europe, he specialised early on in EU affairs and gaming law, working at the EFTA Court, the legal service of the EFTA Secretariat and as research fellow in European business law.

Dr. Simon Planzer is the author of the monograph (PhD) ‘Empirical Views on European Gambling Law and Addiction’(2014) and the book chapter ‘Gambling Law’ in The Handbook of EEA Law (2016), both published by Springer International Publishing. Simon also works as a Lecturer in Law at the University of St.Gallen where he teaches European Economic Law. He studied and did research i.a. at Harvard University, the College of Europe and the European University Institute.

Dr. Simon Planzer, founding partner of PLANZER LAW has recently received the recognition from Chambers & Partners and has been listed as a global gaming law expert. Clients and firms across many practice areas and geographies have trusted Chambers’ research for nearly 30 years.

Dr. Simon Planzer, founder of Planzer Law, is endorsed by interviewees (Chambers & Partners) as “absolutely excellent” and “the top Swiss lawyer” for gaming. He is actively involved in the shaping of gaming regulations in Switzerland, regularly interacting with the authorities, as well as providing regulatory advice to private clients. Based in Zürich, he is additionally active representing fantasy sports companies.

Dmitry Nedovis is the Chief Executive Officer of SummarizeBot.

SummarizeBot – is the data science and AI-driven company specialising in information extraction, structuring and analysis. We apply state-of-the-art artificial intelligence, machine learning, natural language processing and blockchain technologies to simplify complex processes and automate what previously required human-level intelligence. Our company developed and patented the most advanced AI analytical algorithms for legal, consulting, financial, publishing, media, automotive, healthcare, pharmaceutical, hospitality, travel and others industries. SummarizeBot’s team at the moment focused on global scientific problems solving related to abstractive summarization, question answering systems and predictive analytics for fintech industry. The team constantly is invited to take part in international data science challenges and competitions, that allows us to be on the wave of the latest AI and machine learning trends.

Ágnes Karolina Bakk (1986), PhD-researcher (MOME), conference founder, producer and curator. She is the founder of the immersive storytelling conference entitled Zip-Scene, that will take place for the third time in September 2021. She is the cofounder of Random Error Studio, a lab that supports various VR productions and is currently the curator of Vektor VR section in the frame of the Verzio Film festival. She is teaching escape room design, immersive storytelling and VR-narratives at MOME. She presented her research on immersive theatre and VR at various conferences and platforms from Moscow (CILECT, 2019) to Montreal (SQUET, 2019).

Wilhelm Myrer is serial entrepreneur with 15 years experience in starting and building technology and energy ventures. He is currently the Founder & CEO of the clean-tech company Empower, building a global plastic waste deposit system powered by blockchain technology and the Chairman of the Oslo Blockchain Cluster.

Zolzaya works in the partnerships team at what3words. Originally from Mongolia, she grew up having to provide descriptive locations (read: 5 storey building next to the department store and behind the cinema) due to inadequate digital mapping in the country. Through travels and studying abroad, she quickly learnt that problem of inadequate addresses wasn’t unique to Mongolia and how it’s an important part of the infrastructure and how there was a need for a universal and future-proof system.

Along with the team at what3words, she is now on a mission to help everyone talk about everywhere – and to make life safer more efficient and less frustrating.

Stefania Barbaglio: Disruptor, Entrepreneur, Investor, PR Marketing Guru, Business Strategist and Advisor.

Stefania Barbaglio is a London-based entrepreneur, business strategist, and widely recognised  PR and Investor Relations expert who has advised a range of private and listed companies across many sectors, including new technology, and has facilitated multiple deals globally. In 2015 she founded Cassiopeia Services, the award-winning UK-based boutique Investor & Public Relations agency with a dedicated online channel: FinancialFox, the Real Deal City of London financial TV show, with exclusive interviews with entrepreneurs, innovators, listed company CEOs and market leaders. In the technology space, she has worked with a range of international blockchain application-focused companies on their ground-breaking projects, including leading names such as US-based DigiByte blockchain and Cardano. She is an influencer with a large investor following and is considered one of the top British female social media PR experts. Ms. Barbaglio has also guided various firms in business development, fundraising & organisational dynamics, as well as leading large-scale tech and investment events. She is a keynote speaker on new technology disruption, fake news and cybersecurity big data, alternative investment, social empowerment, and marketing strategies with a focus on social media and building strong communities. Ms. Barbaglio also hosts regular symposia for public companies and start-ups: investor presentations and networking evenings in exclusive private venues.

She is a fellow and alumna of Oxford University and has two MAs: International Journalism from Westminster University (UK) and TV Production from IULM University (Italy) , as well as ten years’ previous experience as a freelance financial journalist and producer for mainstream TV channels including Bloomberg, BBC & leading in-house Investor Relations & PR departments.

Entrepreneur, mentor, networker: Stefania has a keen eye for investment and innovation.

Zolzaya works in the partnerships team at what3words. Originally from Mongolia, she grew up having to provide descriptive locations (read: 5 storey building next to the department store and behind the cinema) due to inadequate digital mapping in the country. Through travels and studying abroad, she quickly learnt that problem of inadequate addresses wasn’t unique to Mongolia and how it’s an important part of the infrastructure and how there was a need for a universal and future-proof system.

Along with the team at what3words, she is now on a mission to help everyone talk about everywhere – and to make life safer more efficient and less frustrating.

Dr. Ulieru is a Blockchain champion at the World Economic Forum where, as a Member of the Global Agenda Council on “Data-Driven Development” she advocated to list The Blockchain among the 2016 Top 10 Emerging Technologies, developed in collaboration with Scientific American. Dr. Ulieru’s research in distributed intelligent systems created a strong foundation for governance on Blockchain as an institutional technology and for its role in revolutionizing manufacturing, logistics, and homeland security.

As a Blockchain expert and advisor, Dean Rakic accompanies customers in their digital transformation processes. He looks back on many years of experience in architecture for the processing of large amounts of data, especially in the healthcare environment. His professional focus is on project management, lead with respect to the entire project life cycle including project initiation and project handling. Besides, his additional personal strength is in acting as a specialist in business liaison/stakeholder management. Overall previous experience is on top of Strategy and Innovation development during all development phases. More than 25 years of detailed knowledge of IT and software architecture, project monitoring and project controlling with the identification, analysis, measurement, and control of project risks as well as the regular analysis of the impacts makes his personal stamp. Particularly important is his contribution to the promotion of science and the implementation of innovative achievements through lectures, mentoring and counselling in different vertices, ranging from standard industrial to non-governmental and sustainable projects.

Jaka has worked for various TIME (Telecom, Internet, Media, Entertainment) companies since 1996. He is recognized as one of the leading experts on gaming, media and digital law in Slovenia. Jaka graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of Ljubljana, Slovenia and gained his graduate degree from Cambridge University in England and Faculty of Law in Ljubljana (Diploma in European Community Law) and completed two-year MBA graduate studies at the University of Kansas in the USA. Jaka is an active member of IMGL (Slovenia) and a member of several other domestic and international organizations and is active also as a lecturer in various seminars and conferences.

Dr. Simon Planzer is a partner at PLANZER LAW, a Zurich-based gaming law boutique.

PLANZER LAW’s team provides strategic, regulatory and legal advice to companies, regulators and other stakeholders across all areas of the gaming and entertainment industry.

The firm’s primary focus is on EU/EEA gaming law, compliance issues such as AML as well as Swiss gaming law and related commercial, corporate and financial matters.

Dr. Simon Planzer is General Member of the International Masters of Gaming Law. An alumnus of the College of Europe, he specialised early on in EU affairs and gaming law, working at the EFTA Court, the legal service of the EFTA Secretariat and as research fellow in European business law.

Dr. Simon Planzer is the author of the monograph (PhD) ‘Empirical Views on European Gambling Law and Addiction’(2014) and the book chapter ‘Gambling Law’ in The Handbook of EEA Law (2016), both published by Springer International Publishing. Simon also works as a Lecturer in Law at the University of St.Gallen where he teaches European Economic Law. He studied and did research i.a. at Harvard University, the College of Europe and the European University Institute.

Dr. Simon Planzer, founding partner of PLANZER LAW has recently received the recognition from Chambers & Partners and has been listed as a global gaming law expert. Clients and firms across many practice areas and geographies have trusted Chambers’ research for nearly 30 years.

Dr. Simon Planzer, founder of Planzer Law, is endorsed by interviewees (Chambers & Partners) as “absolutely excellent” and “the top Swiss lawyer” for gaming. He is actively involved in the shaping of gaming regulations in Switzerland, regularly interacting with the authorities, as well as providing regulatory advice to private clients. Based in Zürich, he is additionally active representing fantasy sports companies.

I am currently an M.S. student of Applied Computational Intelligence at “Babeș-Bolyai” University while working as a Python developer. I have previous experience as a Data and IoT Engineer, learning and working with big data and machine learning. Before getting into technology, I pursued a degree in philology and masters in linguistics. I hope to help bridge the perceived gap between the latter and IT by pursuing topics such as ethics and AI.

Dr. Silvia Cristina Stegaru is one of the Codette co-founders and Software Engineer in Bitdefender’s Cyber Threat Intelligence Lab. 

Encompassing over 10 years of experience as a community leader, from creating workshop resources to coordinating teams for organizing events, Silvia has contributed to both national and international programs (Codette programs, “Learn IT, Girl!” international mentorship program etc). An active member of the tech community, Silvia proudly supports the goal to raise the number of women in IT&C through inspiring, guiding and connecting them within the community, with diversity and inclusion at the core. Her activity gained her recognition from the US State Department and as one of the Forbes Romania “30 under 30”. 

She has activated as a researcher and teaching assistant for close to a decade within University Politehnica of Bucharest, Faculty of Automatic Control and Computers. Currently, she is an associate teaching assistant, helping to bridge the gap between courseware and skills useful after graduation. In October 2018 she successfully defended her PhD thesis, “Modeling, monitoring and optimizing energy efficiency in buildings”. 

In 2018, Silvia joined the Cyber Threat Intelligence Lab team at Bitdefender, in the anti-malware department. She has an active interest for indicators of compromise, as well as topics from the realm of forensics and anti-forensics.

Greta Bujute is IT/Data protection lawyer with more than 13 years of experience. Currently she is working as senior legal counsel at Danske Bank. On a daily basis she advises cross-border teams on privacy and commercial law matters. Greta is passionate about LegalTech, Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain.

James owns creative technology company, Copper Candle, which specialises in creating digital pre-visualisations for theatre and entertainment, as well as creating XR location based experiences and digital content.

Having spent the last 10 years creating 3d visualisations for the Royal Opera House, James is now actively involved in research and developments for the theatre and live events industry. He was recently one of the digital fellows for the Royal Shakespeare Company and Magic Leap where he and his colleagues, in connection with the Audience of the Future funding, have been tasked with researching and creating a new generation of audience experiences and theatrical practice that uses digital immersive technologies such as VR and MR.

He continues to develop the industries practice in 3d visualisation and has worked on many projects including Miss Saigon, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Commonwealth Games Ceremonies 2014, Saturday Night Fever, Joseph and his Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat and &Juliet as well as over 300 productions and projects for the Royal Opera House. He is pioneering the development of virtual production sets using VR and MR technology and is developing the industries use of more advanced 3d visualisation processes. His research for this is being supported through his PhD which he is undertaking with Rose Bruford College and University of East London.

James is also the Head of The Centre for Digital Production at Rose Bruford College where he is creating a hub for new thinking around digital systems in theatre whether that is for live projection and video or virtual theatre using VR and MR technology. As part of this new initiative, he has designed three new graduate and post-graduate courses to train the next generation of digital super-stars, as well as curating a programme of industry led training and short courses for professionals who want to upgrade their skills ready for the digital age.

He writes for several journals and publications, sharing his research and the latest digital practices in theatre and live events. He has a regular column on future technology where he shares his discoveries in science and tech and analyses how it will affect the events industry.

Zoltán is a self-taught publisher and events organizer who has developed several brands and services that have increased the notoriety of his company within a multi-billion euro industry.

Among the developed brands and services you can find online news portals, a tri-annually printed magazine, an online radio and regulatory briefing conferences that are annually organized in Budapest, Vienna, Prague, Riga, Tallin, Milan, Athens, Vilnius, and Ljubljana.

All the events organized by his company also focus on bringing a wealth of information about the latest innovation in several industries such as Entertainment, Technology, Gaming and Gambling, Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence, Fintech, Quantum Technology, Legal Cannabis, Health and Lifestyle, VR/AR, eSports and many more.

Erich Ko is the Co-Founder & CEO of Hop In Technologies. His experience ranges from government to startup, beginning with his work in Public Relations and Internal Protocol at the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. He has worked with various startups from Fintech to Childcare and he specializes in Organic Growth and Partnerships. Most recently he was an advisor to the UNDP Bluetribe Startup Accelerator in Cambodia.

Erich studied Law & Business at the Ted Rogers School of Management and is an alumnus of the DMZ and the Next 36 accelerator.

Amy Peck is the Founder & CEO of EndeavorXR, a leading global XR strategy & consulting firm. She is a recognized thought-leader in the space and speaks globally on the future of XR and exponential technologies. She works with Fortune 500 companies and tech startups on XR strategy, content, development, product and GTM.

Amy holds multiple Advisory Board roles and is a Venture Partner at the Capital Region XR Accelerator. She is Co-chair of Prospera Women, a global organization supporting female-led startups and was Founding Co-chair of the VRAR Association Enterprise Committee.

She actively mentors entrepreneurs and is a member of several Women in Tech, Venture-backed Accelerators & STEM Education organizations.

Amy’s forte is distilling complex technologies into meaningful solutions across multiple verticals and business lines, delivering strategy and resources at scale. She continues her work with Fortune 500 companies, focused on combining XR, 5G, AI, Blockchain and other emerging tech. Amy works tirelessly to instill a positive vision of future tech and to inspire action on a global level.

Her own personal mission is to see technology accessible to all – fundamentally improving every aspect of our lives and elevating the way we work, learn, communicate and play.

Candace Pittenger is the Founder and CEO of The AngelGirl Foundation, a successful entrepreneur, consultant, and author, an award-winning Community Leader, and Wayshower. Wellness and optimum health are the cornerstones of her work helping humanity and our world to thrive on all levels.

Throughout her thirty plus year career, Candace has touched the lives of thousands across the USA and worldwide with her unique talents and gifts by mentoring them through her wellness and training programs, non-profit agencies, and businesses.

Candace’s expertise is highly sought after by individuals, startups, and CEOs of large and small businesses, alike. Her unique and playful combination includes – applying her own Energy Intelligence (EI) practices with intuitive wisdom, knowledge and life experience, training people of all ages in developing their own EI, writing how-to books and adventure novels, and collaborating with likeminded groups and organizations. Together, this winning blend brings great joy and brilliance to the masses.

What Candace refers to as EI is the tuning into our inner selves, animals, and nature including the oceans, and the stars. She is a Master and has extended her talent to the fields of AI, VR, and XR through The AngelGirl Foundation. She truly believes and is passionate that the combination of EI and all virtual applications gives us access to new communication with them, including what they can teach us, literally; taking us to the next level and future of growth in wellness for humanity and the world.

David directs AR and VR activities for Oncor Reality, Solarico Ltd. and Riot Digital Ltd.

With over 21 years’ experience in demonstrating the quantifiable benefits of digital media in education, medicine, energy and hospitality,  David works with Google, Scottish Enterprise and the CIM to apply emerging technology such as Virtual and Augmented Reality to meet new and existing challenges to these industries.

David lectures on these subjects for Google, the Chartered Institute of Marketing and Modern Apprenticeships and has led Digital Communications, Augmented and Virtual Reality projects across five countries and twenty-five distinct industries.

Andrea Mocellin gained a bachelor with honours at the IED in Turin, he later attended the Royal College of Art in London graduating with a Master degree in vehicle design. He is currently Senior Product designer at Lilium. His experiences have included working as Chief Designer at Granstudio, as Senior Exterior Designer at NIO, Alfa Romeo / Maserati and as creative designer for Pininfarina, Audi AG, GM forum, Cleto Munari and as interior designer in London. Various projects he worked on had been exhibited during the Beijing and Geneva Motor show, Ever in Monaco, MART in Rovereto and the London Transport museum. In 2018 he launched the project Revolve wheel, awarded by the Asia Design Prize and the Green product award. The project has been showcased all around the world during Tech, Design and Business events. In the 2021 he launched Revolve air, which aims to be the world’s first wheelchair that fits the standard of an universal cabin luggage size restriction. 

Marko Savkovic has joined HTC in 2011 and since then has been covering more than 20 European countries with more than 60 customers. During 10 years in HTC Marko was responsible for roadmap product planning and development and he has been involved with VIVE since the very beginning. He is currently Head of Product Marketing for VIVE Enterprise focusing on VR and 5G technologies. Marko is connecting enterprise needs with innovative vision of HTC, currently focusing on making VIVE solutions easy to deploy and manage.

Marko has a PhD in computer science, and he is a passionate project management professional.

Andjela Todorovic works as a software engineer and business consultant with a strong focus on the field of intelligent computing. As a former co-founder of two award-winning startups, she used the gained experience to help individuals and SMEs reach customers and vendors, and radically improve their products. She is a regular speaker and attendant at largest tech conferences, and a passionate student of two distinct bachelor programs, in Computer Science and in Mathematics.