Speakers

*List is continuously updated

Filippo Ferraresi

Principal Artistic & Creation Director

Dragone

Pavel Kotov

Senior Casting Director

Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group

Hubert Eckart

CEO

DTHG Service GmbH (The German Theatre Technical Society)

Viktoria Ebel

Project management education stage & book market

DTHG Service GmbH (The German Theatre Technical Society)

Artyom Badalyan

Chief Executive Officer and Founder

Art of Artistic Group

Ivan Luzan

Director / Trickographer / Composer / SYS moderator

Henning Behrens

Managing Director

enspira

Hubert Hofmann

Managing Director

enspira

Niklas Kornel

Co-Founder

The Pending

Julian Zietemann

Co-Founder

2Sync

Moritz Loos

Co-Founder

2Sync

Denis Stulnikov

Сhoreographer

Konstantin Koval

Сhoreographer

Martin Mall

SPEAKING / PERFORMING / MOVING

Vladimir Marin

artistic director, creative producer

Irina Marina

choreographer, staging director

Roman Khafizov

Co-founder and director

circus company INSHI

Yaroslavna Garmash

artistic director

Enno Uhde

Stage Director / Artistic Director

Industrial Theater

Anna Bazhenova

editor, animator

Baldwin

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Franco Dragone

Founder and artistic director

Dragone

Franco Dragone

Founder and artistic director

Director and innovator, one of the key architects of Cirque du Soleil's unique theatrical style, founder and artistic director of Dragone
Franco Dragone

Artyom Badalyan

CEO and Creative Producer

Art of Artistic Group

Artyom Badalyan

CEO and Creative Producer

Art of Artistic Group Founder and Director
Artyom Badalyan

James Tanabe

Co-Founder

51/49 Productions and La République Internationale des Arts

James Tanabe

Co-Founder

Former Artistic Director and Senior Director of business development for Cirque du Soleil, entrepreneur and event director, Co-Founder at 51/49 Productions and La République Internationale des Arts
James Tanabe

Boris Verkhovsky

Director, expert performers development

Boris Verkhovsky

Director, expert performers development

Director, expert performers development Director of Acrobatics and Coaching at Cirque du Soleil
Boris Verkhovsky

Welby Altidor

Group Chief Creative Officer

Cityneon Holdings

Welby Altidor

Group Chief Creative Officer

Welby Altidor is a visionary agent of change and meaning. As the former Executive Creative Director of Cirque du Soleil, Altidor was responsible for stoking the creative genius at one of the world's most boundary-pushing organizations. As the Cityneon Holdings Group CCO , Welby leads and inspires the brains and hearts behind the entire creative productions of Cityneon and Victory Hill Exhibitions. These productions include theme parks design building, 360° multimedia environments and consumer experiences which combine content, interactive, sound, special effects and gaming in partnership with studios and brands, thematic experiential environments, interior architecture, events, and exhibitions
Welby Altidor

Christian Frei

Chairman Of The Board

934 Entertainment & Innovation Limited / 934 Systems LLC

Christian Frei

Chairman Of The Board

As a board member of Dream Alliance Ltd. Christian is actively shaping the company strategy, enabling companies to leverage digitalization and technology as a competitive advantage.
Christian Frei

Philip Nirod

Director & Chief production designer

StarLight Scenery

Philip Nirod

Director & Chief production designer

Philip Nirod

Christian Stark

Specialist in Design Thinking

SAP business software

Christian Stark

Specialist in Design Thinking

Christian Stark

Bernard Petiot

VP Casting & Performance

Cirque du Soleil

Bernard Petiot

VP Casting & Performance

Bernard Petiot has been part of the Cirque du Soleil management team for 19 years and currently holds the title of Vice President of Casting and Performance. His Vice Presidency consists of the following departments: Acrobatic Performance and Equipment Design and Development / Performance Medicine / Artist Training / Coaching / Casting.
Bernard Petiot

Ian Jenkins

Director of Entertainment

Europa Park

Ian Jenkins

Director of Entertainment

Ian Jenkins

Samuel Jornot

Stage Director / Creative consultant / Circus pedagogue

Circus, Theater and Site-specific Events

Samuel Jornot

Stage Director / Creative consultant / Circus pedagogue

Samuel Jornot

Tatyana Velychenko

Casting Acrobatic Coordinator – Circus performers and Athletes

Cirque du Soleil

Tatyana Velychenko

Casting Acrobatic Coordinator – Circus performers and Athletes

Tatyana Velychenko

Dmitry Belyaykov

Casting Acrobatic Talent – Athletes and Circus performers

Cirque du Soleil

Dmitry Belyaykov

Casting Acrobatic Talent – Athletes and Circus performers

Dmitry Belyaykov

Frank Helpin

Senior Director, Innovation

Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group

Frank Helpin

Senior Director, Innovation

Frank Helpin is senior director of innovation at Cirque du Soleil, where he heads their innovation laboratory. He develops and executes programs aimed at pushing the boundaries of human performances and technological stagecraft.
Frank Helpin

Gregory Knie

Owner and Producer

Swiss Circus Salto Natale and the "Ohlala" show

Gregory Knie

Owner and Producer

Owner and Producer of the Swiss Circus Salto Natale and the "Ohlala" show Chief Executive Officer at Gregory Knie Entertainment Ltd. Reinventing show business, Gregory Knie Entertainment Ltd. company produces creative entertainment shows internationally, designed to inspire with a new and disruptive immersive experience.
Gregory Knie

Olga Nesterenko

Managing Partner

NEBO ideas agency

Olga Nesterenko

Managing Partner

Olga Nesterenko