Marc-Alexis has held a multitude of roles within Ubisoft over the last 19 years, ranging from Engineering, to Creative Direction, to Producing and now VP Executive Producer of the Assassin’s Creed franchise. His master's degree in Software Engineering and experience in creative roles give him a fresh view on game production which is reflected in the variety of titles he’s worked on, notably on the Prince of Persia, Immortals Fenyx Rising and the Assassin’s Creed brands.

Paige Bailey is the engineering lead for GenAI Developer Experience at Google. Paige has a deep understanding of the generative AI landscape, having previously served as an applied machine learning engineer at Microsoft and GitHub, and a product lead for Google's PaLM v2 and Gemini models. Paige is passionate about making cutting-edge AI technology accessible, and empowering developers to build the next generation of innovative applications.

Nic (Nicole) West is an experienced entertainment professional passionate about curating and developing inspired teams to create quality content. She is the Co-Founder and Head of Operations at West Studio and the Chair and Visiting Professor at the University of Southern California's Division of Animation and Digital Arts. Her professional path has led her to a career in creative production and studio management. She has been fortunate to have the opportunity to work alongside some of the most talented, passionate and creative individuals at: DreamWorks Television Animation and Feature Animation, Electronic Arts, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences, Babel Media and Brash Entertainment.

Phil is the Co-Dev and Outsource Lead for Amazon Games. He has over 30 years of game development experience as a Content Creator, Art Director and Program Manager. Phil guides the strategy and implementation of external development across Amazon Games, supporting all development teams, disciplines and central groups. He manages partner relationships, and builds the systems and processes that lead to successful outcomes.

Shiew Yeu Loh is the Senior Art Outsourcing Manager at Riot Games overseeing RND projects. Before Riot, she was the Art Executive Producer at Amber Studio heading up Blockchain Game and NFT Art Production. At both places, she coached and mentored the art team to create mature processes, scalable and sustainable pipelines as well as enforcing alignment across the team. A game industry veteran, she started as a texture artist, a generalist and a producer in 2004 before working at Electronic Arts as the Senior External Development Artist for 14 years in the Sims Franchise. In 2020, she moved onto Pocket Gems as an Art Manager to oversee the art production for mobile game War Dragon as well as implementing diversity and inclusion content into their character library. She has been an avid speaker at various game industry conferences regarding being a mother in the game industry as well as topics that center around effective communication, empowering OS managers and diversity.