#BOARDROOM TALK speaker at CGA Belgrade 2025
Ivan is a writer, director, and producer with a distinguished career in film, television, and advertising. He has established himself as a writer and producer on numerous short and feature films, as well as a showrunner for television series.
His expertise in visual effects (VFX) extends to several commercial projects that he has written, directed, and produced, seamlessly blending storytelling with cutting-edge CGI. Currently working as a VFX Producer, Ivan continues to craft compelling narratives across diverse media platforms.
As People Operations Manager, Bojana has been connecting creative individuals, projects, and communities for years through various recruitment, educational, and networking initiatives. She has helped bring to life dozens of internships, fellowships, courses, and conferences such as CGA.
Joel Pilger is a founder, advisor, and champion for creative entrepreneurs worldwide.
After 20 years leading Impossible Pictures, Joel learned firsthand that talent alone isn’t enough—mastering the business side is what allows studios to truly thrive. Now, as the leader of FORUM, he helps top creative founders build stronger businesses, command bigger budgets, and create work that makes an impact.
His influence extends through The Fabulist podcast, where he uncovers the business stories behind today’s most disruptive studios, and FUSE, an exclusive dinner series bringing together the industry’s best minds for deep, transformative conversations.
A sought-after speaker, author, and mentor, Joel empowers creative founders to step up, take control, and build studios that are not only creatively brilliant but financially unstoppable.
Adam is a Solutions Specialist at 3Lateral, guiding clients in adoption of novel technologies. 3Lateral develops innovative technologies that enable digitization of human appearance and motion at an unprecedented level of realism.
Sanja works in Playstudios as a Director of Culture and Engagement, with her main focus being people and culture. She has been part of the gaming industry for a decade and along the way, she worked on various projects and collaborated with major global companies and faculties.
Lazar has been in HR for about 5 years now, starting as an intern at one of the world’s largest IT outsourcing companies (Tata Consultancy Services), having worked there for 4 years at their office in Budapest. He moved through different Talent Acquisition roles there, as a Sourcer, a Recruiter, and a Recruitment Team Leader. After that, he moved back to Serbia where he worked briefly as a Senior Sourcing Specialist before joining Ubisoft as a recruiter in August 2021. Later in July 2022 he became a Business Partner. Now he is leading a small team responsible for recruitment and career development and giving his contribution to making awesome games 🙂
Ambitious HR Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the information technology and services industry. Skilled in Sourcing, Recruiting, Interviewing, Assessment, and Talent Management, with a Master’s degree focused in Psychology from the University of Novi Sad, and advanced certification in Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy.
Isidora works as a Recruiter at Playrix RS studio helping people find great careers. Someone might say her job is growing teams, but she would argue that she is growing dreams, the very thing that makes her jump out of bed on Monday mornings. In Playrix RS she gets to work with people who make art – and that’s exactly how she would spell her dream job!
Passionate and capable in designing and delivering inventive ideas and creative solutions through a variety of software and tech-based approaches. Has an extensive history of working with market leading brands to enable bespoke solutions to best suit their needs, with both hands on and strategic experience.
