Dr.-Ing. Veronika Gamper, CEO and Founder, WeDaVinci

Veronika Gamper is the founder and CEO of WeDaVinci, an AI-powered platform that transforms manuscripts and screenplays into storyboards, sizzle reels, and book trailers.

WeDaVinci focuses on enabling producers and publishers to visualize and develop stories earlier in the process, supporting pitching, financing, and cross-media adaptation through human–AI co-creation.

Her background spans strategy consulting at BCG and interim management at RTL, giving her deep insight into the film, media, and publishing industries. She also studied film production and development at the Atelier Ludwigsburg-Paris.

With a PhD in computer science and experience advising media companies on AI strategy, she brings a strong technological perspective to the transformation of creative workflows. In parallel, she teaches at the Technical University of Munich, focusing on generative AI in media production.

Julia Kronenwett, Managing Director, K5 Lux AI

For over 20 years, Julia Kronenwett has worked at the intersection of strategy, new technologies, and people.

She started her career in Management Consulting at Accenture before spending more than a decade guiding strategy and transformation at a German entertainment and broadcasting network ProSiebenSat.1.

Today, as Managing Director of K5 Lux AI, she focuses on translating complex technologies into practical tools for film and media production to increase content value - using the creative craft as a foundation and the AI as an extended workbench of the creative process.

Ivan Zuber, Producer, Laïdak Films

Ivan Zuber studied film production with a major in animation film at Gobelins School of Visual Communication in Paris. After graduating, he spent some time in Paris and Vancouver, Canada, working in the industry for various films and production companies.

In 2012 he relocated to Berlin to work at 22D Music Group, an international film music publishing company.

In 2015, he joins the Atelier Ludwigsburg-Paris, a one-year continuous education program funded by the European Union, which focuses on international coproduction.

That same year, he co-founds Laïdak Films, a Franco-German production company based in Dieulefit, France, and Berlin, Germany. Their goal is to develop films regardless of format, length, or genre.

In 2022, Ivan established the International MIFA Campus Production program on behalf of the Annecy International Animation Film Festival. This program aims to promote the profession of animation film producer in countries with growing animation industries. To this end, he regularly organizes workshops in various locations, including Nigeria, Mexico, Bolivia, and Uganda. 

Since 2019, Ivan has been an elected member of the board of the Franco-German Film Academy. Based in Berlin but traveling the world, he gives prominence to international and intercultural projects.

Alexandra Mümmler, CreatiF-Center, Wavelab

Alexandra Mümmler works at the Wavelab, Innovationlab and Entrepreneurship Center of the University of Munich and Theatre in Munich. She coordinates the project CreatiF Center and is responsible among others things for sharing knowledge between the two universities and discussion forums for innovation in music, theatre and film. The CreatiF Center of the University of Television and Film Munich is an experimental laboratory for the development and testing new technologies for film and television. The project is supported by the „Innovative Hochschule“ funding initiative of the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space.

In addition to her work at Wavelab, Alexandra is an architect and holds a master’s degree in Visual Communication (M.A.). In her artistic practice, she works on projects at the intersection of transdisciplinary media, art and space.

Christian Müller, Head of 3rd Party Productions & Talent Initiatives, Animationsinstitut, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg

Christian Müller has been active as a creative producer in various areas of the cultural and creative industries for over 25 years. Currently, as "Head of 3rd Party Productions & Talent Initiatives", he is responsible for the Beyond Study activities at the Animationsinstitut at Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg. At the same time, with his production company eyecatchproductions, he realises his own projects and commissioned works with a focus on contemporary, sustainable and effective forms of production; pre-recorded as well as live, linear or interactive, real and animated.

Since January 2006, Christian Müller has been working in various functions for the Animationsinstitut, the Filmakademie BW and the FMX. The focus is on strengthening the connection between the student experience and career, further development of the Animationsinstitut-Community and talent promotion initiatives / cooperations (e.g. Animation Sans Frontières, Aurea Young Talent Award, …). Furthermore, he keeps contact to the cultural and creative industries to explore options for IP-development and entrepreneurship, as well as third-party and commissioned productions.

In addition to studying economics with a focus on marketing, entrepreneurship and international management at the University of Hohenheim (Germany), Christian Müller completed his film production studies at Flinders University, Adelaide (Australia), graduating with an Honours in Bachelor of Creative Arts and winning the award for best student producer.