IEVA BENECKĖ
Ieva has been working in the Lithuanian gamedev industry for nearly a decade. She’s been a game designer, a producer, and a team lead across local studios. She’s also a former Lithuanian Game Developers Association chairperson and a creator of games-driven content.
ANDRÉ
BERNHARDT
André has been part of the German games industry for 25 years. He was part of the PlayStation business at Sony, later joined Travian Games, and since 2012, has been working as a freelance agent in his company Indie Advisor & Company. Nowadays, he is offering external business development and funding support for indies while also curating indie expos at events like Devcon.
MARIJAM
DIDŽGALVYTĖ
Critic, writer, and lecturer exploring the games industry from political and cultural aspects. Currently is a senior marketing manager at The Chinese Room studio. She lectured at the University of London and is active in the games industry trade union movement.
TOMAS
JAKUBAUSKAS
Life-long gamer and game developer. Previously a troublemaker at Codemasters and Unity. Now – the tech lead on Human Fall Flat 2 at No Brakes Games.
MINGAILĖ
JONIŠKĖ
Mingailė has been working as a communication manager at a video game development company Tag of Joy for six years. Not only is she responsibe for community management and marketing, but she also works on the development of the games as well. The most recent title, Crowns and Pawns: Kingdom of Deceit, has received the Game of the Year award at “LT Game Awards 2022”.
ANDRIUS
JOVAIŠA
A veteran technology journalist and avid games fan, one of the authors of the games culture podcast “Dievo Režimas” and creator of other radio shows.
TADAS
KASTANAUSKAS
Board games creator, one of the founders of board game designers guild “Prototipas”, organizer of events “Board Games Day: Come and Play” in Vilnius and Palanga.
IEVA
KNIEŽAITĖ
Rikis shop representative, favorite board games mechanic – deck building. Playing card games since 12. Besides board games, she is a Japanese language teacher and admirer of Japan culture.
SOFIJA
KOROTAJEVAITĖ
Experienced member of games communities and initiatives, including game developers’ Ubisoft program “Star Player”. One of the hosts of “Žaidimų Balsas” podcast.
PIJUS
KRŪMINAS
Lecturer, board games fan, actively using them in education. Zenobia Award mentor, writing about serious games and seriously about games at pijus.substack.com.
KAROLIS PILYPAS
LIUTKEVIČIUS
Journalist, media professional and educator working with various multimedia projects focusing on social issues.
VYTAUTAS
LUKAŠEVIČIUS
A long-time reviewer of video games and the games industry, currently writing at 15min.lt. One of the creators of the game reviews YouTube channel Done Right.
ANDRIUS
MACKEVIČIUS
Followed the games industry for more than 30 years, and this hobby eventually led to an entire career. Working at Nodcurrent for more than six years, and he currently is the Head of Publishing for indie games publishing label Nordcurrent Labs.
PETRAS
MALINAUSKAS
Senior Apple platforms engineer at Unity Technologies. Frequent mentor at game development-related events.
RAIMONDAS
RIMKEVIČIUS
A programmer who has been working for many years with various startups. Fan of open source code, game developer and writer about the games world.
ARTŪRAS
RUMIANCEVAS
One of GameOn creators, games industry reviewer, critic, and fan.
ANDREJS
RUSINOVSKIS
Running the Estonian game developers association Gamedev Estonia and managing HR at Ringtail Studios.
ADOMAS
RUTKAUSKAS
Former video game developer, gamer, science and technology journalist for the last fifteen years, currently working at lrytas.lt.
JĀZEPS
RUTKIS
Game developer, manager, and lecturer, currently working at BirdPals. Chairman of the Latvian Game Developers Association.
SERGEY
SNISARENKO
Creative Director at Wargaming, with over a decade of expertise in shaping major game design initiatives and guiding top projects. With a remarkable tenure as Creative Director in gaming, Sergey focuses on the creative direction of World of Tanks PC, the most successful product at Wargaming.
MONIKA
ŠUMAUSKAITĖ
Graphics designer and illustrator, board games enthusiast. In 2022, created and published a board game Cheesy Heist, with DEME games studio.
EGLĖ
ZIOMA
Game artist, and publisher of board game “Perekupai” together with Slightly Magic Games studio.
HAN
LIU
Taipei Game Show Business Manager, focusing on all things related to indie games in the event label, which includes Indie House, the designated area for indie game devs and Indie Game Award.
