During last 5 years, Luka was a recruiter (in both big, multinational companies and small staffing agencies), counselor and educator for employees working in high-stress organizations and SAP HR consultant. Now he is HR manager in creative IT company. As a psychologist and REBT psychotherapist (in training) he is always thrilled when he witnesses (or better yet participates in) positive change in people.

Zoran has been on the forefront of the animation, visual effects, virtual reality and 360 video in Serbian advertising industry for the past twenty years. He has been producing, directing and supervising advertising projects with clients in more than 15 countries with special focus on the Middle East region. Under his leadership Open Studio became most notable for 3D character animation.

Ratko Obradović is a full time professor at the Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad. He is head of the Chair for Computer Graphics and also the founder and head of Computer Graphics – Engineering Animation Studies (at the Undergraduate, Master and Doctoral level of Academic Studies) since 2011. He received his Bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering, MSc degree in 1997 and PhD degree in 2000, both in Computer Graphics (Department of Computer Sciences at the Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Serbia). His research interests include Computer Graphics, Computer Geometry, Computer Animation, CAD, Scientific Visualization, Virtual and Augmented Reality and is author of four books and over 80 conference articles and journal papers. Ratko is member of the ICGG (International Society for Geometry and Graphics), APROGED (Portuguese Descriptive Geometry and Drawing Teachers Association) and the ACM and SIGGRAPH.

Manojlo Maravić graduated Sculpture at Arts Academy in Novi Sad and earn his PhD at Belgrade University of Arts in the field of video game phenomena. At the Arts Academy in Novi Sad he is a teaching professor of Media Theory and Mass Media communication. As director of Game Development and Education Conference in 2017 he was one of the initiators and creators for the study programme Design of video games. He is often contributor and editor to numerous magazines and conference speaker in area of video games, visual culture and arts pedagogy.

Branko is assisting professor at Faculty of Dramatic Arts where he teaches cinematography and photography at Camera department. His professional work as cinematographer is greatly influenced with research of VR, the area of his PhD studies. He is author of short film Ozone and actively works as DoP or camera assistant on international and Serbian feature and advertising projects.

PhD Katarina Kaplarski comes with background in art and creative industry. Her research objectives and practice are focused on digital art, interaction design, Internet technology and online communication. At Belgrade Metropolitan University she teaches both graduate and post-graduate students on all three Faculty programs. Some of the courses that she teaches are: Web design, Creativity on mobile platforms and Human-computer Interaction. She is author of several research papers on interaction design, art and technology published and presented on international forums and conferences while her works are exhibited in regional and art festivals in Europe, and awarded with several awards.

Petar has dipped his toes in most areas of CGI ever since he got his first gig as a 3D artist in the early 2000s. For the past 15 years, he has been leading Crater up the steep hills of success, breezing through milestones with his sights already set on the one ahead. Endlessly ambitious, he is one of the few industry pioneers in the region and, as of 2017, a full-fledged VES member.