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Kate Rodell (Jaworski) is a composer, lyricist, and author. She graduated from West Virginia University with a BA in Theatre. She directed, vocal coached and choreographed musicals at the University of Colorado. Kate created, produced and starred in Lucid, a theatrical circus production. She was the lead singer of Gora Gora Orkestar brass band and The Artful Dodgers jazz band, and resident composer for Just Rite Media Film. She was a semi-finalist for the National MountainStage New Song Competition. In New York, Kate sang in The New York Nightingales and was the lead singer for In Persistence of Memory with Kinesis Project. She won Best Lighting Design 2017 from the New York Innovative Theatre Awards for The Woman Who Was Me. She was the composer, music director, and lead vocalist for Timepiece and Traces of Us with Kinesis Project. She composed the music for Beautiful Things. Kate is currently teaching music, writing a young adult fantasy novel, and spending time with her family in New York City.

Toby Nieboer is a talent acquisition professional from Melbourne, Australia. He is a developer, technology enthusiast, coffee lover, and dad. Toby leads recruitment for Ferocia. He became a developer in 2007 and shifted to technical recruitment in 2016. He is also a speaker, and was Co-MC of RubyConf AU 2024.

Cleto Tirabassi is an HR Practitioner and Wellness Coach. He is passionate about helping middle-aged professionals transform their lives through health and fitness. He is the creator of My Fitness Road and its flagship Sensible Fitness Program (SFP). He also does pro bono work with schools and corporations, discussing healthy habits and work-life balance.

Nolen Crawford is an adventure-seeking entrepreneur who focuses on bringing people together through events, good coffee, and conversation. He has experience in reselling sneakers and managing a firewood business. Nolen also has a passion for volunteering, stemming from a childhood tradition of donating to nonprofits on his birthday. He volunteered in Thailand teaching English and worked at a nonprofit coffee shop. Currently, Nolen is a Retail Marketing Coordinator in Greenville, SC and a copywriter for a marketing agency. He is driven by business success and ambitious goals, while prioritizing giving back.

Ava is a 30-year-old from Germany who works fulltime with pharmaceutical databases and is also a parttime bachelor of laws student. Her focus is data protection law, for which she is a certified consultant. She enjoys coding and has a matcha blog and a website with other projects. Her blog posts often explore the intersection of tech and law, observations around social media, reclaiming the web and devices, and health. She is interested in open source, right to repair, archiving, piracy, and car-free cities. In her free time, she enjoys blogging, reading, drawing, exercising, gaming, and building bricksets.

Michael Coorlim is a writer and narrative designer with a decade of experience creating character-driven stories across multiple media, including games, novels, film, and audio drama. He has written heavily-researched original novels involving extensive outlining, worldbuilding, and character bios, and led the development of a full-cast audiodrama series. He has also led teams of writers working with existing IP. Michael is also a science fiction author, podcast producer, and game developer. He is the author of the Galvanic Century steampunk series and the Shadow Decade cyberpunk books. He also makes videos about video game history and narrative analysis, and is a solo game developer.

Dima Pashutskii is a maker of videos and products on the internet. He creates videos, builds products, and writes online, focusing on topics like freedom, money, travel, creativity, and intentional living. Dima's career began in tech support and evolved into network engineering, server administration, and eventually software engineering. He worked as a software engineer for about six years before dedicating himself to creating. He also enjoys filmmaking and started a YouTube channel to share his travels. Dima and his wife spent four years as digital nomads exploring Southeast Asia before settling in the Netherlands.

Reilly Spitzfaden is a composer and programmer with an interest in noise, obsolete media, electronics, and nostalgia. They build handmade electronic instruments, design interactive software interfaces, and repurpose audio and telecommunications equipment as instruments. Reilly's compositions have been performed at the Darmstädter Ferienkurse and the TaPIR Lab, and by BlackBox Ensemble, Apply Triangle, and others. Reilly's recordings appear on Apply Triangle’s release Oxalis Triangularis: Vol. 2 and elsewhere. Reilly is currently a lecturer in music technology, film and game scoring, and music business at SUNY Geneseo. They hold a PhD in composition from the Eastman School of Music.

Scrap Arts Music has been making music together since 1998 and began touring internationally in 2001. They are known for their explosive performances using one-of-a-kind instruments built entirely from salvaged materials. Their work, including the show "Children of Metropolis," blends music, movement, and original film to tell stories without words. They have performed at events like the 2010 Winter Olympics and have received support from organizations like the Canada Council for the Arts and FACTOR Canada. After relocating to Vancouver Island in 2014, they began integrating film and video projection into their percussion-based work.

John Richard Hewitt is an artist who creates biomorphic abstract surrealist art. He draws inspiration from childhood memories of moonlight through branches, the smell of wood-smoke in autumn mist, and early dreams. His work aims to evoke a feeling, a notion, and a spark for the viewer's own imagination, offering a sense of organic abstract surrealism.

Paul Sikorsky is a product designer with a passion for structured aesthetics and a holistic approach. He focuses on building useful products by combining refined interaction design with a deep focus on user experience. He has worked as a Product Design Lead at Avito from 2017 to 2024, and as a Product Designer at Storia in 2016. Paul also runs a Telegram channel about self-design. He believes in designing oneself first and applies principles to everything else. He values structure, clarity, and engaging with broad physical processes.

Santum is a videogame developer. They have created several videogames and have also helped translate games into Spanish. Santum can be contacted via email at santumdev (at) gmail (dot) com, though they admit to being bad at emails. They can also be found on various platforms. Santum also has a blog.

Blake Burch is a Data Strategy and AI Leader and an Austin Community Builder. He is passionate about helping teams automate and act on their data. He builds data systems at Roboflow, a tool that helps developers label, train, and deploy vision AI models. Previously, he was the co-founder and CEO of Shipyard, a data operations platform. He also directed the roadmap and strategy for the Data Engineering, Data Activation, and Data Innovation teams at PMG. In his free time, he enjoys tech trends, indie video games, board games, and improv.

Ufal Salman is a 24-year-old student who focuses on food technology. In his free time, he writes articles and creates videos. He is a creator at Retrospective Klaten, a manager at Kebuli Musthofa, the owner of Touhou Project Indonesia, and a writer at Centraverse.

Abhinav Rai is an artist on a journey of self-discovery, exploring what it means to be authentically himself. He is deeply curious about how humans talk to themselves and how they can be their prime self. Abhinav writes, travels, creates apps, shares ideas, and experiments with his own life. He is currently building WhatsHappening.ai, a companion for your healing journey. He lives in the mountains of Dharamshala with his partner Han and their daughter Athena.

Kunal Devi is a Toronto-based Product & UX Designer focused on user flows, research-driven systems, and end-to-end digital experiences. Kunal's design journey began with art, specifically human portrait sketches using grid systems. They are adept at understanding and simplifying complex systems. Kunal has designed physical and digital products for various industries including sports technology. Kunal is currently looking for a UI/UX Designer role.

Emma is a Japanese-Australian software engineer living in Tokyo. She blogs at emgoto.com, where she shares her experiences and learnings. Originally from Sydney, she moved to Tokyo in 2022. While she now enjoys hiking, she spent much of her youth PC gaming, which led her to study computer science. Emma works remotely for an Australian software company on a 4-day work week, allowing her time for hiking and writing. She is working towards completing the hyakumeizan, a list of Japan's 100 most famous mountains. She also enjoys reading and helping to build Hardcover, a book-tracking app.