blooloop Festival of Innovation 2022, speakers announced

This year’s blooloop conference will showcase all of this year’s entries for our Innovation Awards. In addition, for the first time, attendees will get the opportunity to vote for their own favourite innovation in the Public Vote Award.

Attendees will also hear from many of the world’s leading operators such as AREA15, Merlin, The National Gallery, Universal, Disney, Paramount and more. We’ll be asking all our operators what innovations they want to see. The event is unmissable for anyone who wants to know the latest trends and future direction for visitor experiences.

This event is unmissable for anyone who wants to know the latest trends and future direction for visitor experiences.

Charles Read – MD, blooloop

With registration now open for the blooloop Festival of Innovation, we can reveal the speakers who will be joining the discussions and panel sessions over the course of the three day event.

The online event is taking place from 6-8 December 2022, from 1pm-7pm GMT each day. Tickets are FREE and are available here.

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Don’t miss out on hearing about the very latest and most creative projects, technologies, and companies driving forward the global attractions business.

We will also reveal the winners of our 2022 Innovation Awards, presented with our friends at AREA15.

Festival of Innovation speakers

Festival of Innovation speakers confirmed to date include:

Kemal Arin, President & CEO, Showtime Pictures
Bakit Baydaliev, CEO and Co-Founder, DOF Robotics
Kimberly Beneville, Co-founder, Beneville Studios
Michael Beneville, Chief Creative Officer, AREA15
Yiannis Cabolis, Director of Technology, Electrosonic
Michael Caspar, VP, Business Development, AREA15
Mary Coriano, Head of Products and Corporate Portfolio, Merlin Entertainments
Steve Drake, SVO Global Initiatives, accesso
James Dwyer, Design Director, Lumsden Design
Justin East, Global Senior Creative Director, R&D, Merlin Entertainments
Winston Fisher, CEO, AREA15
Ty Granaroli, EVP Themed Entertainment, Paramount Pictures
Chris Grap, VP Experiential, Mall of America
Thomas Hale, VP Creative, Spatial
Yizan He, Founder & CEO, ARTISTORY
Martin Howe, CEO, Dapper Labs
Asa Kalama, VP, Executive – Creative & Interactive Experiences, Walt Disney Imagineering
Chad Kunimoto, Global Business Development for LBE & Immersive UX, Panasonic Connect
Mark Locker, Founder & CEO, attractions.io
Alan Mahony, Executive Director Attractions, SEVEN Saudi Entertainment Ventures
Marie Marks, Senior VP, Paramount Consumer Products and Experiences Group
Andrew McGuinness, CEO, Layered Reality
Julie Molloy, MD, National Gallery Global
Jonathan Nowak Delgado, CEO & Co-founder, SPREE Interactive
Elisabet Pons, Creative Director, Mediapro Exhibitions
Jordan Renda, Founder & CEO, Otherworld
Sarah Roots, Executive VP, Warner Bros. Studio Tours & Retail at Warner Bros. Discovery
Victor Schade, Creative Lead, Jora Vision
Mark Stutzsman, Chief Technology Officer, AREA15
Steve Tatham, Executive Creative Director, Universal Creative
Ben Thompson, Partner, Storyland Studios

Innovation Awards 2022 winners announced

The winners of the blooloop Innovation Awards, in association with AREA15, will be announced LIVE throughout the event, by category. We have had entries from around the world and across all sectors of the attractions business. Attendees will also be able to explore all entries in our Innovation Showcase, hear from some of the entrants and AND vote in the Public Vote Award!

We have leading operators explaining which innovations excite them and why, and share the solutions that they are looking for in the future. They will also provide valuable “top tips” detailing how they want to be pitched to.

The 2022 Innovation Award categories are: