Marnix S. van Gisbergen

Professor Digital Media Concepts, Academy for AI, Games & Media Digital Media Concepts

Breda University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands

Marnix van Gisbergen is professor ‘Digital Media Concepts’  and R&D manager at Breda University of applied Sciences (Academy of AI, Games and Media). He is also jury member of the European Digital Communication Awards (2017-), Curator board member (2019-) of Chronosphere (Volumetric Capturing collaboration), co-founder and researcher in Experience lab (BUas) and was a Professor Media Enriched Sport Experiences (powered by ZIGGO and Hilversum Municipality). As a research director (2005-2012) of a research agency DVJ Insights and youth company YoungVotes he was responsible for the initiation and management of media related research projects for over 75 brands (e.g., RTL, MTV Networks, Sony BMG). Within the central program line ‘Contextual Connected Media’ the main R&D goal in his professorship is to help brands to realize an immersive media (VR, AR, XR). With an international team of media researchers, game developers and students, Marnix is involved in several innovative media related National and European funded projects on topics such as virtual reality, human body sensors, transmedia and new media business models. Over 40 national and international funded projects have been acquired, created and tested around immersive media projects with a total value over €15M. This includes projects for and with organizations such as Aegon, Heinz, Samsung, Sony, United Nations, Schola Medica, Thermo Fisher, Novadic Kentron, PSV, KOOLE, , Noldus, BLueTea, VisionaiR3D and several museums, hospitals (Stichting Amphia, Stichting Spaarne Gasthuis) and broadcasters such as Google, YouTube, NPO, Warner Music, DPG Media, JIC BRO, 4DRStudio, Effenaar, and Banijay. This has led to over 300 output deliverables and Industry magazines and key-notes, as well as digital media products ranging from VR Supermarket, VR museums, VR/AR entertainment and Virtual Human applications for games, films, ads, news, brand, HR, sport and dance experience

 

 

Gijs den Butter

SENSEGLOVE, Netherlands

Gijs den Butter is the Chief Product Officer and co-founder of SenseGlove, a company he launched in 2017 after earning his MSc in Industrial Product Design. At SenseGlove, Gijs leads product development strategy, focusing on the intersection of digital interaction and robotics. He plays a key role in advancing the field of haptics, having co-developed multiple patents and scientific papers. Within the European project Presence, Gijs leads task 3.1, which focuses on tracking and tactile capturing. His expertise lies in designing innovative technologies that enhance human-computer interaction through touch and sensory feedback.  

 

 

Leon Schipper

Chief Executive Officer at Aryzon.World

Leon Schipper has a diverse work experience spanning various industries and roles. Leon is currently the Chief Executive Officer at Aryzon.World, where they are involved in the development of a volumetric platform for Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, and Mixed Reality, with a focus on creating teaching materials for learning.
In addition, Leon is a member of Rotary International, where they cocontributeowards solving and preventing the plastic pollution problem. Leon is also a founding member and Chief Operating Officer at InsectSense, a company that aims to utilize the knowledge and skills of insects to develop technological solutions for global challenges such as cancer detection and plant diseases.
Leon has previous experience as the CEO and Co-founder of Aryzon, where they played a key role in making volumetric Augmented Reality accessible and scalable for various market segments. Leon has also served as the Chairman of Het Huis Hol - Familievereniging A.C. Hol, worked as a Business Developer/Technical Manager at Batenburg Installatietechniek, and was a Co-founder and CTO at ArchEnto B.V.
Furthermore, Leon has worked as a Consultant Project Lead at HVE and as a Guard at Paleis Het Loo. Leon also gained experience as a Graduate Trainee at Desso.
Overall, Leon Schipper's work experience showcases their expertise in the fields of XR, technology innovation, sustainability, and project management.

 

 

Carmen-Silva Sergiou
Postdoctoral researcher GUTS Youth at risk| GUTS GO cohort

Carmen-Silva Sergiou is a forensic neuroscientist that works as a postdoctoral researcher at Amsterdam UMC at the youth at risk department as part of the GUTS project. The GUTS project is a longitudinal study that follows the brain development and social behavior of youth at risk that already have police contact or display early signs of antisocial behavior, already at age 10-13 for 7 years. Carmen’s research focuses on the psychological and neural processes involved in aggression and emotion regulation in forensic populations. Her previous work focused on using innovative research methods to investigate (or modulate) criminal decision-making using neuromodulation or Virtual Reality (VR). She aims to integrate neuroscience with technology in her research line FORNEUROTECH. She will talk about a method she developed together with colleagues at the Max Planck Institute for Crime, Security and Law on using Retrospective Think Aloud protocols in combination with VR with a sample of incarcerated burglars.