speakers

2024

Aleksandra Korabelnikova

Creative Director and Narrative Designer

Andrew Putter

Director

Putter School

Anja ‘Nanna’ Venter

Producer

Free Lives

Arielle King

Narration Designer

Avuzwa Ntshongwana

Developer

Southgame Studio

Bracken Hall

Game Designer

Céline Veltman

Developer

Craig Fairweather

Co-Founder

We Throw Switches

Crystal Ball

Producer

Team Lazerbeam

Dominique Gawlowski

Managing Director

Free Lives

Dope Saint Jude

Artist

Elben Schutte

Senior Composer

Pressure Cooker Studios

Emmanuel Omijie

Creative Director and Co-founder

VCD Studios

Evan Greenwood

Creative Director

Free Lives

Fey Vercuiel

Lead UI/UX Designer

Omeda Studios

Henk Scheepers

Head of Game Design and Development

Vega School

James Mathes

Creative Executive Officer

Pressure Cooker Studios

Joanna Oluoch

Game Designer, Digital Artist & Software Developer

Johann Ungerer

Entrepreneur and Software Veteran

Kane Forster

Game Animator and Rigging Artist

Free Lives

Kyle Jantjies

Author and Book Coach

Lars Espeter

Game Design Lecturer and Game Designer

Academy of Digital Arts

Leon van Niekerk

Game Developer and Tech Entrepeneur

Clockwork Acorn

Marina Diez

Game Designer, Business Expert and Filmmaker

btf Games

Mascha Camino

Quest Designer

Guerilla Games

Melissa Nzuza

External Ops Manager

Free Lives

MetaRick

Chief Global Universal Metaverse, XR, Spatial Computing, AI Officer

Uncanny Alley

Michaela Bussey

Associate Producer

Nyamakop

Richard Pieterse

Game Designer

Robin Baumgarten

Experimental Hardware Game Developer & Interactive Installation Artist

Rodwin Malinga

Game and Level designer

Nyamakop

Rohun Ranjith

Game Designer

Thomas Waterzooi

Game Developer

Tom Kleinenberg and Felix Pedulla

Cinematics Team

Larian

Tshireletso Tshwenyane

Programs Director

Games for Change Africa

Ulysses at Sea

Audio Designer

Viviane Christen

Developer

Xalavier Nelson Jr

Studio Head

Strange Scaffold