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Roland Reyer

#KNOW HOW Speaker at CGA Belgrade 2025

Roland Reyer started in 1992 as an Application Engineer at Wavefront Technologies GmbH in Germany. He became an industry expert for the entire product portfolio of Wavefront Technologies, later Alias | Wavefront, Alias and finally, Autodesk M&E. In his role as an application specialist, he tested, showcased and trained Maya from its very first version. With over 30 years of product and market experience, Roland now works at Autodesk as a Technical Specialist for Maya, Bifrost, Arnold and more, throughout Europe.

Paul Ringue

#KNOW HOW  Speaker  at CGA Belgrade 2025

Paul Ringue is a VFX Content Creator & Producer for Foundry, developing video content and teaching VFX software online (Nuke & Mari). His tutorial videos have reached a total audience of 100k+. Previously, he was a compositor and CG generalist.

As a VFX artist, Paul has experience working on big and exciting projects for major clients, such as Peaky Blinders, His Dark Materials, and A Discovery of Witches.

Dragana Stamenković

#Masterclass Speaker at CGA Belgrade 2025

Dragana Stamenković is a Lead Animator at Steamroller Animation with a decade of experience in the film and gaming industry. She’s worked at MPC, Full Scream, and Crater Studio on projects like Cruella, Horizon Forbidden West, and Destruction AllStars, collaborating with clients such as Disney, Netflix, and Huawei.
She’s also developing her own short film, Leap, with support from Epic Games and a small team of artists.
Throughout her career, she’s negotiated for things that seemed impossible.
Now, she’s breaking down what actually works—and what doesn’t—when it comes to tough conversations about money, promotions, and getting what you want in your studio and career.

Nicolas Chaverou

#KNOW ALL & HOW  Speaker  at CGA Belgrade 2025

I’m one of those kids who grew up with a pull-string cowboy doll in one hand, a space ranger in the other, and was scared/amazed by the TRex of Jurassic Park. Seeing as reconstructing dinosaur DNA from some fossilized bloodsuckers looked harder than I expected, I studied 3D Computer Science of molecular biology, hoping that one day, the animation & VFX industry would welcome me in spite of my poor artistic skills.

After 3 years as an R&D engineer at the INRIA (French National Research Institute in Computer Science), working on state-of-the-art human AI and procedural animation, we co-founded a company called Golaem with some other folks from the lab.

In 2011, we released Golaem Crowd, a crowd simulation and layout tool suite for VFX and 3D animation. Our customers include Digital Domain, ScanlineVFX, Dreamworks, RodeoFX, Digic Pictures amongst many others. In 2019, we were honored with a Technology & Engineering Emmy® Award for Crowd Simulation Tools, with an Innovation Cesar from the French Academy of Cinema in 2020 and with an Outstanding Engineering Emmy Awards in 2021. In 2024, Golaem was acquired by Autodesk where we plan to bring crowds to everybody.

Elena Shchichkina

#KNOW HOW speaker at CGA Belgrade 2025

Elena is an experienced producer and owner of the Live and Create Studio specializing in IP development, production, and licensing. Before going independent, Elena cooperated with Animaccord Ltd. for the last 10 years where she worked on the Masha and the Bear series, including its many seasons, spin-offs, and specials. During this time, as a Chief Production Officer, Elena established two studios in two different locations, doubled the speed of production, and developed new universes.