Adrienne Bazir (she/they) is a video game developer and cartoonist who makes things that make you feel things. After ten years of working on kids' animated shows, they now run insertdisc5, a indie game studio focused on storytelling. In 2023, she launched her award-winning, black and white, timeloop game In Stars and Time, and is currently working on their next game, Truth Scrapper, which she promises will have color this time.

Former crypto-bro who found his way into the games industry. He has worked across Business Development and DevOps at Digital Sun, where he led the publishing strategy for Cataclismo and Moonlighter 2. He is currently the Producer of the upcoming title, ReVamp.

Alessandra is a freelancer with 20+ years of games industry experience. She's the owner of Control Magazine, co-founder of the European Game Showcase, event manager for the Dutch Games Association and speaker scout for the INDIGO conference. In the past, she worked for publishers, game dev studios and various other organizations.

Andreas Suika is an experienced German game designer and creative director with over 24 years of experience in the video game industry. Suika has provided game design consultancy on various indie games and contributes regulary in mentoring aspiring game developers or lecturing at institutions like the Cologne Game Lab.

CEO of Wings, WINGS invests in games by studios founded or co-founded by women and people marginalized by gender. Part-time law student. She was previously the CEO and Founder of Triple Topping Games, Advisor to Kowloon Nights, and served on the board of Global Game Jam. Astrid is working dedicated to a more transparent and inclusive games industry.

Callum is CEO of Uwu Biz, Co-Founder to IndieBI, and Advisor to Kepler Interactive. He helps indie heroes such as Slay the Spire, Among Us or Rust maintain long-tail revenue and manages business for Gang Beasts, Sledding Game and others. Callum has spent the last 15 years working with successful devs on their games (Among Us, SUPERHOT, Vampire Survivors etc).

Dennis Schoubye is Head of Gamecity Hamburg, the games funding initiative of the federal City of Hamburg. On top of that, he is one of the main organizers of Portside Game Assembly with an extensive network and knowledge of the German indie games industry.

As project manager for Gamecity Hamburg, Margarete Schneider helped shape Portside Games Assembly as well as other projects like the Games Lift Incubator. Previously, she built up an international network in the games industry as Senior Product Manager, Publishing Scout, and Head of Sales.

Mark Cooke is the founder and CEO of Shiny Shoe, best known for developing strategic roguelike games including the Monster Train series and Inkbound.

Richard is the CEO and Creative Director of Clever Endeavour Games. He steers the ship at both the studio level and the game level, focusing primarily on design but touching HR, marketing, art, tech, and audio. Outside of games, he loves all things health science, urban cycling, tea, hockey, game soundtracks, and anything with chocolate.

Tomas started out as co-founder of Little Chicken Game Company, and spent 15 years doing work for hire, but transitioned from mid-size studio to a solodev career some 8 years ago. His first game, 'The Falconeer' was born from a severe burnout and has since spawned an entire franchise, including Bulwark and the latest addition ShipShaper. His approach is a slow build where every release is intended to build stronger foundations and cement a loyal userbase that sticks around for new updates and content. Franchise loyalty turned into stability and a more secure starting position for a solodev than hunting for virality or chart position. A long-term experiment that is still evolving but not yet running out of steam.