Elena Pasoli was born in Bologna (Italy). She studied Classic Literature at the University of Bologna and in 1982 started her career as  a PR and press officer. She joined BolognaFiere in 1987, first as the Special Events manager, then as  a project manager of the Bologna Children’s Book Fair. She left the company in 2006 to join the University of Bologna Foundation where she directed the Communication Area. She returned to the BolognaFiere in 2011, and was appointed  the exhibition manager of the Bologna Children’s Book Fair in 2014.

As a kid, Timo always wanted to work for Disney. Then he discovered his love for music and neglected his drawing skills. Today he is the CPO of Fox & Sheep, responsible for the idea, vision, look & feel, as well as the realization of new and innovative kids apps for iOS & Android.

He is leading a team of award winning artists, developers and sound designers. Throughout his years at Nickelodeon and Wooga, he developed a deep passion for UX & usability.

Timo lives with his wife and three kids in a forest near Berlin. Besides that, he is a pretty good Super Bomberman 2 player.

Eldad Ben Tora is the co-founder and CEO of KIDOZ, a leading distribution and monetization platform for kids content, reaching over 50 million children worldwide.
KIDOZ is the official Kid-Mode for top tier OEMs, carriers and kids brands including Lenovo, PBS Kids, Sprout TV, Acer and more.
Since 2015, KIDOZ is mostly known for its AdTech platform, helping developers to monetize their apps in a COPPA & GDPR-compliant manner and enabling top kids brands including Hasbro, Nintendo, Lego, Crayola and more to reach and engage kids with their content.

Joseph Knowles is Head of Communications at Hatch and acts as the company’s lead copywriter, while also working in developer relations and content publishing. Prior to joining Hatch, he was Senior Writer at Rovio Entertainment. Before entering the games industry he worked as a journalist and filmmaker for 15 years. He holds degrees from the University of California, Berkeley (B.A.) and the London Film School (M.A.).

Damien Bruneau is co-founder of TutoTOONS kids game studio,
currently responsible for game monetization. Since its launch in 2014,
TutoTOONS has been dedicated to making kids happy by creating the best
mobile games for ages 3 to 12. TutoTOONS team aims to create mobile
games that inspire kids, cherish the childhood and help to explore the
world while playing. By now, the studio has over 100 games published
with 400 million downloads on Google Play, App Store and Amazon.

Emmet O’Neill is the Chief Product Officer at Touch Press/StoryToys, a multi-award winning developer and publisher of apps and games. Emmet is responsible for all aspects of product, from concept through to release and beyond. In Touch Press he has produced apps with many leading entertainment companies including Eric Carle, Saban, Warner Bros/DC Comics, Sesame Workshop, Dick Bruna, Nickelodeon and Disney.

With a career in digital product design that spans over 20 years, Emmet has worked across a broad spectrum of industries including publishing, advertising and film/TV.

Damien Giard is Digital Director in charge of the digital strategy for Bayard’s youth department since 2 years. He has worked with Bayard for the last 12 years, developing both e-commerce and digital products and platforms such as Bayam and the J’aime Lire Store. He participated in the launch of Bayam in Montreal, where he was in charge — since 2012 — of Tobo, Bayard‘s digital development studio. From 2012 to 2014, he worked for Tribal Nova (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) as VP Product Development and head of the studio. In 2005, Damien entered Bayard Group to take in charge the development of digital contents and e-commerce.
In 2000, he joined cHmAn, a French online game start-up with Ubisoft in the capital, where he specialized in new business model developments. He began his career in 1995 at Sony Music, as promotion and set-up manager, and later in charge of online marketing.

Stephanie Simonin has been working with Bayard’s youth department for the past 20 years, in marketing and strategic business development for print and digital, on the French market and international markets, working closely with content teams. She spent 3 years working as lead product manager for Bayard’s digital platforms, Bayam and the J’aime lire Store and is now in charge of developing strategic distribution contents for Bayard’s digital products on an international basis.

Valérie Touze, Master of Sciences in Management and Certified Montessori teacher, is the COO and co-founder of Edoki Academy, an award-winning educational app publisher of 28+ apps.  The company’s mission statement is strongly anchored in the founders’ teaching background: “Empower children by making them active learners using mobile apps”. Since its release in 2017, Montessori Preschool, the company’s subscription product, regularly ranks amongst the most downloaded apps in the Kids category.