Bob De Schutter (MFA, PhD) is an award-winning game designer, researcher, educator, and advocate for meaningful play in later life. He is a Professor of Applied Game Design at Northeastern University, where he is jointly appointed between the College of Arts, Media and Design and the Khoury College of Computer Sciences. He is also the owner of award-winning game company Lifelong Games (LLC).

His creative, research and teaching interests include game design, the older audience of digital games, and the use of games for non-entertainment purposes. His work focuses on the importance of play throughout the entire lifespan and speaks out against the stereotyping of older video game players in game design and marketing.

He has been invited to teach, speak and exhibit in Europe, North America and Asia, his research on gerontoludic design, gameful instruction and gaminiscing has been published in leading publications of several fields, and he has been credited with the design of a wide range of indie, educational and therapeutic games. His work has received several awards and recognition.

Bob has served industry as an independent consultant, public speaker, developer and entrepreneur, is a lifetime member of the International Game Developers Association and IndieCade, has founded and chaired the Gerontoludic Society as well as the Flemish chapter of the Digital Games Research Association, and is the Director of Miami University’s Engaging Technology Lab.

Prior to joining Northeastern University, Bob was the C. Michael Armstrong Professor of Applied Game Design at Miami University (Oxford, OH), where he was affiliated to the College of Education, Health & Society, the Department of Emerging Technology in Business and Design, and the Scripps Gerontology Center. Before moving to the United States, Bob was a researcher and the lead designer for the e-Media Lab of the KU Leuven campus Group T and the owner of web development company DSV.

Dorota Hryniewiecka-Firlej ma ponad 20 letnie doświadczenie w branży farmaceutycznej.

Przez wiele lat pracowała na stanowiskach kierowniczych w wiodących firmach farmaceutycznych m.in. Janssen-Cilag, Novo Nordisk, Wyeth.

Od kilkunastu lat związana z Pfizer, jedną z czołowych firm farmaceutycznych na świecie, gdzie z powodzeniem łączy wizję dyrektora generalnego z perspektywą zorientowaną na ludzi.

Wyznaje zasadę, że najważniejsi są ludzie i wierzy, że autentyczność powinna być podstawą budowania relacji. Dlatego stara się budować kulturę integracji, środowisko tolerancji i szacunku dla różnorodności zarówno w życiu prywatnym, jak i zawodowym. Jej wizja dalszego rozwoju biznesu koncentruje się na umieszczaniu ludzi w centrum wszystkiego, głęboko wierząc, że sukces zapewniają zespoły, a nie jednostki. Takie podejście spowodowało, że została mianowana w europejskich strukturach Pfizer na Współprzewodniczącą Rady ds. Różnorodności i Włączenia Społecznego.

Pełniła kluczowe funkcje przywódcze w wiodących organizacjach i stowarzyszeniach branżowych w Polsce. Była prezesem Związku Pracodawców Innowacyjnych Firm Farmaceutycznych (INFARMA), a także wiceprezesem największej organizacji pracodawców – Pracodawców Rzeczpospolitej Polskiej, gdzie była również współzałożycielem inicjatywy Human Rights & Business. Aktywnie działa w organizacjach i stowarzyszeniach, takich jak Executive Club czy Forum Dialogu Polsko Żydowskiego.

Jest absolwentką Uniwersytetu Medycznego w Poznaniu, gdzie uzyskała specjalizację i tytuł doktora w dziedzinie chorób wewnętrznych.

Nie tylko prowadzi aktywne życie zawodowe, lecz także działa społecznie na rzecz lokalnych społeczności, a  w czasie wolnym oddaje się swoim pasjom, którymi są gra na fortepianie oraz iluminacja średniowiecznych manuskryptów. Należy do Włoskiego Stowarzyszenia Kaligrafii i Iluminacji.

Mr Felix Loh began his career in National Parks Board after graduating with a Bachelor of Horticulture 1st Class (Science) from Massey University, New Zealand, under a Singapore Government Scholarship. He was subsequently awarded a National Parks Board scholarship and obtained a Master of Science in Floriculture and Ornamental Horticulture from Cornell University, USA.

Over the course of his career, he has held several key positions in National Parks Board and Ministry of National Development, and has more than 20 years of experience in parks management, horticulture and landscape industry development, as well as policy development. Prior to joining Gardens by the Bay, he served as Senior Director (Corporate Development) and oversaw the corporate functions of the Ministry of National Development, including finance, estates, engagement and partnerships, human resource, knowledge management and IT. In recognition of his dedicated service, he was awarded the Public Administration Medal (Bronze) in 2005 and Public Administration Medal (Silver) in 2012.

Mr Loh joined Gardens by the Bay in 2014 as its Chief Operating Officer. A champion of R&D in sustaining the Gardens’ growth, he led the horticultural team to successfully achieve flowering blooms on highly challenging temperate species such as cherry blossom and dahlias, which have since become marquee floral displays in the Gardens’ calendar of events. He has also been involved in the deployment of new and emerging technologies, like the first fully-operational self-driving vehicle in Asia, at the Gardens.

Mr Loh is Deputy Honorary Secretary of the Singapore National Employers Federation (SNEF) and a member of the Council of Tripartite Workgroup on Lower Wage Workers. He is also Co-chair of the Tripartite Cluster for the Landscape Industry and Tripartite Cluster for Waste Management.

Since December 2019, Dubravka Šuica is Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of Democracy and Demography. Mrs Šuica a Croatian politician from the city of Dubrovnik, where she served for two terms as its first female mayor and was awarded the 2006 World Mayor Award. Dubravka Šuica entered politics in the 1990s as a Member of the Croatian Democratic Union and served as a Member of the Croatian Parliament and Vice-Chair of the EU Integration Committee. Between 2004 and 2009 she was a Board Member of the Union of the Association of Towns and Municipalities of the Republic of Croatia. During ten years she was the Vice-President of Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe. From 2013 to 2019 Dubravka Šuica served as a Member of the European Parliament and Vice-Chair of Foreign Affairs Committee. In June 2019, Šuica was elected as first Vice-Chair of EPP Group in the European Parliament. Since 2012, she is the Vice-President of EPP Women.