Trained as an Industrial Design Engineer at UTC, Quentin graduated in CGI animation from the famous Les Gobelins school in 1999. Quentin has worked on animation and VFX pipelines in numerous studios accross Europe and the United States (ILM/LucasFilms, Sparx, Duran, BFC… ). After spending 8 years as CTO at Studio 100 Animation, he cofounded Dada! Animation as Head of innovation and R&D. His expertise and main areas of focus now lie in real-time technologies, XR, cloud-based workflows, and artificial intelligence, applied to both 2D and 3D animation.

Quentin is also a member and facilitator of the “Creative Machines?” working group, which brings together more than 1,000 members from schools, companies, and research labs. The group explores the impact of generative AI on animation, visual effects, and video games, with a particular focus on the scientific, legal, and ethical challenges reshaping our industries.

As an early explorer of these emerging technologies, Quentin regularly speaks at major industry events, including CNC, MIFA, RADI-RAF, PIDS Enghien, NewImages Festival, CPH:DOX, the Bangkok International Digital Content Festival (BIDC), and the French Academy of Sciences.

Emmanuelle spent the last 10 years at Studio 100 Animation, first as CFO and then as COO, to oversee both production and support functions. She has 25 years of global experience in 2D and 3D animation business behind her through previous careers at Chaman Productions and Xilam Animation. She graduated from Audencia Business School in 1998 (accounting/cost control) and has the first degree in chartered accountancy (DECF).

As a graduate in Film studies from the Sorbonne, and from Les Gobelins animation school, Sophie has worked for 30 years as a writer for television, film, and children’s literature. She has created concepts (Nanook’s Great Hunt, Pif & Hercule Go Green, Captain Tone-Up, Club Klorofil…) and written scripts for more than 40 animated series (Cédric, Martin Morning, Arsene Lupin, Highlander, Fantômette, Oum the Dolphin, Les Sisters, K3…). She also served as head writer, supervising teams on numerous productions (Code Lyoko, Heidi, Maya The Bee, Les Hoofs de TFou…) and took part in the story development workshop of TF1’s daily series Tomorrow Is Ours.

She has written several animated feature films (Vic the Viking, Heidi, Romeo & Juliet, as well as award-winning live-action short films.

She has also worked periodically as a trainer, serves as an expert for funding and selection committes (CNC), sits on juries and regularly contributes to professional panels and conferences, notably at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival.

Fabrice is an animation old-timer: he started in the animation industry in 1990 at Ex Machina. Then, as a free-lance he was involved in many projects for TV series, animation and vfx feature films in various major studios (Duran Duboi, Fantôme, Mac Guff, Mikros Animation, Passion Pictures, Sparx), holding different positions from animation supervisor to CG supervisor.