Our 2023 Speakers. Check back soon for our 2024 lineup!
Matthew A. Cherry
Director, Writer, Producer
Dan Abraham
Director
Trent Correy
Co-director, "Once Upon a Studio"
Adrianna Cohen
SVP, Global Head of Production, Mikros Animation
Andreas Deja
Director, "Mushka"
Andrew Davies
CEO, Studio Moshi Animation
Andrew Ruhemann
Director, "The Day I Became A Bird"
Anthony Leo
Co-president, Aircraft Pictures
Ben Jones
Creative Director, Bento Box Entertainment
Benjamin Renner
Director, "Migration"
Camille Eden
Vice President, Nickelodeon Recruiting Talent and Development
Carl Reed
CEO, Composition Media
Chris Buck
Director, "Wish"
Claudia Spinelli
Senior Vice President of Animation for Big Kids, Nickelodeon
Daisy Wall
VP Content, WildBrain
Damián Perea
Producer, ANIMAYO
Dan Clark
Writer/Producer/Director
Dave Jargowsky
Vice President of Animation Development, FOX Entertainment
David Levy
Head of Studio, Pinkfong USA
David Smith
Director, Screen Scotland
David Wachtenheim
Bio coming soon!
Dirk Hampel
CEO/Founder, B Water Studios
Drew Hodges
Director/Executive Producer, "Shape Island"
Ellen Poon
Visual Effect Supervisor & Visual Effects Producer
Eric Day
Co-founder, seatd.io
Erin Gibson
Co-exec Producer/Co-showrunner, "Tiny Toons Looniversity"
Ethan Barrett
Director, "Rosemary A.D."
Evan Baily
Producer/Showrunner/Entrepreneur
Flóra Anna Buda
Director, "27"
Frank Falcone
President/Executive Creative Director, Guru Studio
Frank Saperstein
CEO/Exec Producer, Surprise Bag, Inc.
Fred Seibert
CEO, FredFilms, Inc.
Gordon Midwood
CEO/Co-founder, Anything World
Guy Toubes
Executive Producer and showrunner, "CoComelon Lane"
J. J. Johnson
Founding Partner, Sinking Ship Entertainment
Jane Wu
Producer/Supervising Director, "Blue Eye Samurai"
Janice Nadeau
Director, "Harvey"
Jason Caparaz
Vice-President, TV Development, DreamWorks Animation
Jeff Rowe
Director, "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem"
Jennifer Wolfe
Writer/Journalist
Jim Capobianco
Director, "The Inventor"
Joaquim Dos Santos
Co-director, "Spider-Man: Across the Spiderverse"
John Derevlany
Writer/Animator/Showrunner
John Musker
Director, "I'm Hip"
Jon Klassen
Children's Author
Josh Fisher
Kids Media Exec/Content Creator/Producer
Julian Malagon
Vice President of Development, Sony Pictures Television – Kids
Justin K. Thompson
Co-director, "Spider-man: Across the Spider-Verse"
Karen Idelson
Animation, entertainment and technology writer
Kari Kim
Vice President, Animation Development, Nickelodeon
Kelli Bixler
Founder, Bix Pix Entertainment
Kemp Powers
Co-director, "Spider-Man: Across the Spiderverse"
Kirk DeMicco
Director, "Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken"
Lauren Faust
Award Winning Animation Creator, Artist, Writer, Producer, Show Runner
Leanne Preston Cortez
Development Executive, Moonbug Entertainment
Lindsay Watson
CEO, CANUK Productions
Mac Barnett
Children's Author
Mandy Tankenson
SVP, Head of Production, Sony Imageworks
Mark Hoffmeier
Writer, Producer, Creative Consultant
Mary Coleman
Chief Creative Officer, Locksmith Animation