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Krzysztof ZanussiDirectorEducatorRobert KaminskiAdvisorBusiness GrowthAleksandra PaniskoScriptwriterDirectorDorota ZwierzchowskaProducerLawyerJoanna UniwersalStrategyAdi SidemanCEOFounderMaciej ZientaraEntrepreneurAngel InvestorMinh DoCEOProducerJames DrakePhilanthropistFounderStuart CrippsSupervisorVFX / AIAffan ImranCEOFounderArtem PetrovCEOFounderThomas R. CarringtonDirectorFounderBilguun AriunbaatarPresenterActorPaweł DelągActorDirectorKarol ŻbikowskiCEOProducerJaroslaw GrzywinskiCEOLawyerMichał "OverJK" OwerczukDirectorFounderRobert MoscickiCEOMike WolniakCEOFounderJan KepinskiProducerDirectorLukasz KowalskiDirectorJournalistMaciej KaweckiLawyerEducatorKatarzyna StaroslawskaData & AIAI RegulationPiotr SliskowskiCinematographerEducatorCezary GrzesiukEditorFilmmakerKamil PrzeleckiProducerEducatorMatt TokarzVFX SupervisorCreative DirectorMeggie MiaoProducerEducatorMargarita GrubinaVoice AIBusiness GrowthOscar BurgosVFX SupervisorDirectorCaroline KoziolComedianCreatorJakub SzymczukPhotojournalistJournalistRobert GulaczykActorPolicy ReformAndrzej NejmanActorDirectorBartosz TrzopArchitectCEOAureliusz GorskiFounderEntrepreneurEdmond YangArtistCreative DirectorNik Preston KujavecProducerDesignerPeter Chulmin KrellPublisherArtistJunho HerDirectorFounderMarc HorguesCreative DirectorFounderArtur KurasinskiEntrepreneurAuthorMarcin GrabarczykCybersecurityEngineerEdi PyrekFuturistAuthorJustin Trevor WintersScriptwriterEducatorAdrien BodsonProducerScriptwriterMatthew SzewczykDirectorCreative DirectorBen ChimoyDirectorFilmmakerMarcus GripFilmmakerEducatorMarta SolikCreative DirectorFounderMeg ButtonCreative DirectorProducerMatt SwulinskiBusiness GrowthFounderJoshua KappelLawyerPolicy ReformMichal KibilLawyerTech LawFilip KonopczynskiLawyerAI RegulationMariusz BusiloLawyerMedia LawPiotr SenkusScientistEducatorSylvain PerretCreative TechnologistFounderDominika Aurelia KoryckaArtistFilmmakerMarta Mary SoltysiakMotion CaptureAnimationLaura TorngaProducerEducatorDiane LaidlawFilmmakerCreative TechnologistCaroline ThireauCreative TechnologistEducatorMonsieur MoyenDirectorFilmmakerBrogan WassellFilmmakerDirectorAlbert BozesanFilmmakerScriptwriterAdrian Daniel BotnariuFilmmakerFounderBilly BomanFounderProducerPawel PotakowskiAccessibilityLawyerThemo "themojn" MelikidzeActorCreative DirectorMarkus & Tanja LaukkanenArtistsFilmmakersAmit LathCEOEntrepreneurMarcin SlaczkaCEOFuturistPiotr ZientaraFounderCEORadoslaw JareckiProducerCEOMichal RatajczakCEOFounderMariusz PolecCEOFounderCezary BrodaCEOBusiness GrowthMaciej Krystian SzymanskiBusiness GrowthAI RegulationMartin KunertDirectorScriptwriterEric ManesProducerScriptwriterMax SalamonowiczCEOGame DeveloperBartlomiej GlowackiFounderHealth TechKacper WikielFounderEngineerYonatan KraSoftware ArchitectEngineerIllarion KoperskiCTOE-commerceMikhail KorolevEngineerDeveloper ExperienceArtur ZochniakEngineerStephan V. BugajCreative DirectorProducerMassimo BenvegnùCriticCuratorDaniil RabizoSoftware ArchitectVoice AIJan Ignacy KrólikowskiComposerMusic ProducerAndre DanekMusic ProducerComposerPola LachnikModelAI RegulationJedrzej JezierskiActorPresenterPhilippe BukaTalent AgentFounderJolanta BorowiecChannel DirectorTVEmilia DudzinskaPhD CandidateBIMKrzysztof SolekProducerFounderPawel PierzchlewiczCEOScientistWojciech "Lozo" LozowskiSingerActorBoguslaw LesnodorskiLawyerFounderMira MarcinowAuthorScientistMarcin CeckoPlaywrightAuthorMichal KornackiCEOFounderEtienne DejongProducerCreative DirectorMichal Pronobis-PronskiBusiness GrowthStrategyLukasz KlimkiewiczSoftware ArchitectEngineerTomek OkuliczCreative DirectorDirectorLudwik SobolewskiInvestorLawyerIzabela PolecTalent AgentJoanna KocActorPresenterMarcin SchmidtFounderEducatorRobert KroplewskiLawyerAI RegulationArtur PaprockiCEOCreative TechnologistKate MolchanovaAnimationArtist
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Programme

Intro to GenJam™ keynote (Machine Cinema)

Friday, Aug 28, 13:00-13:30, ACADEMY, Warsaw Presidential Hotel. An introduction to GenJam, that is, to what will be happening in Academy for the next few hours: the rules, the format, what is expected and how the work is judged. It is led by the Machine Cinema people who run this format around the world, so they also say what usually goes wrong and what the winning teams win with. Required for participants, worth it for anyone who wants to see a hackathon from the inside.

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Friday, Aug 28 · 13:00-13:30 · ACADEMY · Warsaw Presidential Hotel · in English

Intro to GenJam™ keynote (Machine Cinema)

An introduction to GenJam, that is, to what will be happening in Academy for the next few hours: the rules, the format, what is expected and how the work is judged. It is led by the Machine Cinema people who run this format around the world, so they also say what usually goes wrong and what the winning teams win with. Required for participants, worth it for anyone who wants to see a hackathon from the inside.

  • What GenJam™ is and how sessions run
  • The tools available on site
  • How to enter your work for the showcase
Minh DoMeg ButtonAffan Imran
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Who's on stage

Minh Do

CEO · Producer

Entrepreneur, filmmaker and educator working at the intersection of AI, storytelling and culture. He is co-founder and Head of AI at the hybrid studio Fantastic Day and co-founder of Machine Cinema, the generative-AI filmmaking community where he runs the GenJam workshops. He was on the founding team of Vietcetera, a leading Vietnamese digital media platform that grew past twenty million monthly users, and earlier served as an executive director at Vertex Venture Holdings and editor-in-chief of Tech in Asia, interviewing leaders across the technology world.

At Warsaw Glitch 2026

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Meg Button

Creative Director · Producer

Toronto-based creative director and brand strategist who leads marketing and creative at Fantastic Day, the interactive innovation studio, having built her career across brand, digital and e-commerce design. She has held roles at Shopify, NEXT Canada, Nuscreen and the audio platform Audiotorium, shaping digital strategy, new-media campaigns and brand experiences. Her practice bridges storytelling and product, connecting brands with audiences across web, social and commerce, and she now brings that strategic craft to teams exploring AI-driven creative work.

At Warsaw Glitch 2026

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Affan Imran

CEO · Founder

Canadian entrepreneur and technologist, CEO and co-founder of Fantastic Day, an interactive innovation studio working across production, product and community with both full-AI and hybrid creative workflows. He spent more than a decade building digital agencies and creative ventures, co-founding Nuscreen in 2012 and later launching the audio platform Audiotorium. He is active in the international generative-AI filmmaking community, including the GenJam events, where crews build an entire short inside a single weekend.

At Warsaw Glitch 2026

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Krzysztof ZanussiDirectorEducatorRobert KaminskiAdvisorBusiness GrowthAleksandra PaniskoScriptwriterDirectorDorota ZwierzchowskaProducerLawyerJoanna UniwersalStrategyAdi SidemanCEOFounderMaciej ZientaraEntrepreneurAngel InvestorMinh DoCEOProducerJames DrakePhilanthropistFounderStuart CrippsSupervisorVFX / AIAffan ImranCEOFounderArtem PetrovCEOFounderThomas R. CarringtonDirectorFounderBilguun AriunbaatarPresenterActorPaweł DelągActorDirectorKarol ŻbikowskiCEOProducerJaroslaw GrzywinskiCEOLawyerMichał "OverJK" OwerczukDirectorFounderRobert MoscickiCEOMike WolniakCEOFounderJan KepinskiProducerDirectorLukasz KowalskiDirectorJournalistMaciej KaweckiLawyerEducatorKatarzyna StaroslawskaData & AIAI RegulationPiotr SliskowskiCinematographerEducatorCezary GrzesiukEditorFilmmakerKamil PrzeleckiProducerEducatorMatt TokarzVFX SupervisorCreative DirectorMeggie MiaoProducerEducatorMargarita GrubinaVoice AIBusiness GrowthOscar BurgosVFX SupervisorDirectorCaroline KoziolComedianCreatorJakub SzymczukPhotojournalistJournalistRobert GulaczykActorPolicy ReformAndrzej NejmanActorDirectorBartosz TrzopArchitectCEOAureliusz GorskiFounderEntrepreneurEdmond YangArtistCreative DirectorNik Preston KujavecProducerDesignerPeter Chulmin KrellPublisherArtistJunho HerDirectorFounderMarc HorguesCreative DirectorFounderArtur KurasinskiEntrepreneurAuthorMarcin GrabarczykCybersecurityEngineerEdi PyrekFuturistAuthorJustin Trevor WintersScriptwriterEducatorAdrien BodsonProducerScriptwriterMatthew SzewczykDirectorCreative DirectorBen ChimoyDirectorFilmmakerMarcus GripFilmmakerEducatorMarta SolikCreative DirectorFounderMeg ButtonCreative DirectorProducerMatt SwulinskiBusiness GrowthFounderJoshua KappelLawyerPolicy ReformMichal KibilLawyerTech LawFilip KonopczynskiLawyerAI RegulationMariusz BusiloLawyerMedia LawPiotr SenkusScientistEducatorSylvain PerretCreative TechnologistFounderDominika Aurelia KoryckaArtistFilmmakerMarta Mary SoltysiakMotion CaptureAnimationLaura TorngaProducerEducatorDiane LaidlawFilmmakerCreative TechnologistCaroline ThireauCreative TechnologistEducatorMonsieur MoyenDirectorFilmmakerBrogan WassellFilmmakerDirectorAlbert BozesanFilmmakerScriptwriterAdrian Daniel BotnariuFilmmakerFounderBilly BomanFounderProducerPawel PotakowskiAccessibilityLawyerThemo "themojn" MelikidzeActorCreative DirectorMarkus & Tanja LaukkanenArtistsFilmmakersAmit LathCEOEntrepreneurMarcin SlaczkaCEOFuturistPiotr ZientaraFounderCEORadoslaw JareckiProducerCEOMichal RatajczakCEOFounderMariusz PolecCEOFounderCezary BrodaCEOBusiness GrowthMaciej Krystian SzymanskiBusiness GrowthAI RegulationMartin KunertDirectorScriptwriterEric ManesProducerScriptwriterMax SalamonowiczCEOGame DeveloperBartlomiej GlowackiFounderHealth TechKacper WikielFounderEngineerYonatan KraSoftware ArchitectEngineerIllarion KoperskiCTOE-commerceMikhail KorolevEngineerDeveloper ExperienceArtur ZochniakEngineerStephan V. BugajCreative DirectorProducerMassimo BenvegnùCriticCuratorDaniil RabizoSoftware ArchitectVoice AIJan Ignacy KrólikowskiComposerMusic ProducerAndre DanekMusic ProducerComposerPola LachnikModelAI RegulationJedrzej JezierskiActorPresenterPhilippe BukaTalent AgentFounderJolanta BorowiecChannel DirectorTVEmilia DudzinskaPhD CandidateBIMKrzysztof SolekProducerFounderPawel PierzchlewiczCEOScientistWojciech "Lozo" LozowskiSingerActorBoguslaw LesnodorskiLawyerFounderMira MarcinowAuthorScientistMarcin CeckoPlaywrightAuthorMichal KornackiCEOFounderEtienne DejongProducerCreative DirectorMichal Pronobis-PronskiBusiness GrowthStrategyLukasz KlimkiewiczSoftware ArchitectEngineerTomek OkuliczCreative DirectorDirectorLudwik SobolewskiInvestorLawyerIzabela PolecTalent AgentJoanna KocActorPresenterMarcin SchmidtFounderEducatorRobert KroplewskiLawyerAI RegulationArtur PaprockiCEOCreative TechnologistKate MolchanovaAnimationArtist
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