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.

Milovan Dekic currently works at Nordeus as a User Research Lead. He deals with obtaining and synthesizing insights that could fuel better product decisions for gaming teams.
Previously he was teaching a Sociology class at the University of Belgrade.
He is the co-author of the book on Design Thinking (Finesa, 2020).

Jahirul Amin is a Computer Animation and Visual Effects Trainer and Consultant specialising in designing and delivering courses to create solid and diverse production-ready skills.
His background in working with and for world-renowned studios such as DNEG, Framestore, Clear Angle Studios, ILM, BBC Tunisia, and academic institutes such as NCCA Bournemouth, Arts University Bournemouth, Filmakademie and The Animation Workshop, feeds into his ongoing connections with industry bodies which provide Computer Animation and Visual Effects training and courses.

Dr. Katarina Kaplarski Vukovic has a background both in art and creative industries.
Her research objectives and practice have been focused on digital art, interaction design, and communication.
Her Ph.D. thesis was in relation to art on the Internet.
At Belgrade Metropolitan University she teaches both graduate and post-graduate students. Some of the courses that she teaches are:
creativity on web and mobile platforms, game analysis, and UX/UI design.
She has been Dean of Faculty of Digital Arts 2016.-2019.
Dr. Kaplarski Vuković has a solid and consistent record of professional productivity. She exhibited her works on many solo and group exhibitions in region and art festivals in Europe.

Tye is an actor and producer who has starred in films like Mud, X-Men: Apocalypse, and Ready Player One. Together with Nikola Todorovic, he founded Wonder Dynamics, with a mission is to develop and combine AI technology with first-class storytelling.

Nikola is a co-founder and CEO of Wonder Dynamics. Prior to Wonder, Nikola spent many years working in Hollywood as a VFX artist and a VFX supervisor.

Andrew brings his experience in animation, visual effects, art, and education to his role as Director, Education, and Training at Netflix Animation.

Prior roles include leading training at Framestore and MPC in addition to educational roles at DreamWorks Animation and Pixar. He’s been teaching for over 20 years and has led educational programs in colleges and universities internationally.

Andrew loves to learn and is endlessly curious about the ever-evolving craft of animation in all its forms.