Speakers
Meet the biggest names in animation and comics
- Terry Notary — Actor & Movement Coach
- Doug Sweetland — Director & Animator
- Andrew Gordon — Chief of Storytelling — EyeTell
- Shuzo Shiota — CEO — Polygon Pictures
- Lauren Mary Kim — Stunt Performer / Actor
- Theodore Salisbury — Hair, Makeup & Prosthetics Designer / SFX Artist
- Bernard Chang — Artist
- Guy Gilchrist — Cartoonist / Illustrator / Author
- Ken Lashley — Comic Book Artist / Illustrator
- Robb Pratt — Animator
- Jehan Al Nasser — Professor of Voice, Higher Institute of Arabic Music — Academy of Arts, Cairo
- Usman Riaz — Director of The Glassworker — Mano Animation Studios
- Mehdi Aouichaoui — 2D Animator / Director — AZ Animation
- Erica D'Urso — Artist
- Shannon Eric Denton — Artist / Writer / Director / Producer
- Gus Vazquez — Artist
- Olfa Sakakibara — Producer — Toei Animation Europe
- Zumrut Pakoy — Programming & Presentation Director MENA, Turkey, Greece & Cyprus — Warner Bros. Discovery
- Abdullah Moatasem — Chief Creative Officer / Co-Founder — Sinai.ai / Sinai Studios
- Ashish Thapar — CEO — HiTech Animation Studios
- Ammar Sabban — Director of Attractions Creation — SEVEN, Saudi Entertainment Ventures
- Saud Boksmati — Chief Creative Officer — ForgeVision Technologies
- Aya Hammad — Marketing, PR & Digital Manager MENA — Warner Bros. Discovery
- Kelly Warnell — Founder & CEO — Screen Masters International
- Alex Rodrigues — Head of Creative AI — Saatchi & Saatchi ME
- Mounia Aram — Founder & CEO — Mounia Aram Company
- Minasie Terefe — Director — Behagerlij Studio
- Abdulrahman Khedr — Co-Founder — giraffics studio
- Ferdy Adimefe — CEO — Magic Carpet Studios
- Lee Bradley — Comic Book Illustrator
- Nathalie Habib — Co-Owner / Executive Producer — Blink Studios
- Sofia El Khyari — Animation director — Oneiris Animation
- Valeria Korotina — CEO and Founder — My Bestie Entertainment, FZ-LLC
- Tala Tourgane — Founder / Voice Acting Director / Actress — Tourgane Production
- Carlo Chiarotti — Composer & Conductor — Florence Pops Orchestra
- Mbuotidem Johnson — CEO / Producer — Basement Animation
- Esther Kemi Gbadamosi — CEO / Creative Director — Radioxity Media
- Hal Laren — Comic Artist / Concept Designer / Publisher — Reaper Comics
- Jalal Luqman — Mixed-Media Artist / Author
- Ashraf Ghory — Comic Book Artist / Filmmaker / Entrepreneur
- Irmak Atabek — Co-founder / CEO — KidsAI
- Ali Rguigue — Founder & Producer — Artcoustic & Atlas Next Frame Festival
- Betelhem Sileshi — Chief Executive Officer — G Media Studios PLC
- Walaa Jamil Sindi — Animation Director & Academic
- Park Chang-ha — Webtoon Creator and Illustrator
- Khaoula Zouine — Managing Editor — Mt7rk
- Lola Aikins — Director of Animated Films — Tshimologong Precinct
- Jihane Joypaul — Stop-Motion Director
- Akil Wade — Founder & AI Event Builder — AfricAI
- Hana Malhas — Co-founder & CFO — Sinai.ai / Sinai Studios
- Mohammad Fikree — Filmmaker & UI Designer — Rogue Ant Studio
- Sanjaune — Film Director
- Asmaa Al Remeithi — Manga Artist — Nojoum Art Studio
- Yasmeen Sinan — Media Communications Specialist
- Nisrine Zawahra —
- Dina Amin — Stop Motion Director / Artist — Tinker Land
- Fabio Cirilli — Animator / Co-founder — Dadomani Studio
- Abdulwareth Lahham — Director / animation artist — Independent
- Hala Alhaid — Animation Director, Writer — Independent
- Adham Sayed — Director
- Pietro Pinetti — CEO / Studio Bozzetto
- Adriana Napolitano — Set and Props Builder — Dadomani Studio