Pinki Li 顏婷妍 (she/her) is an independent dance artist, writer, and facilitator based on the unsurrendered ancestral lands of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations. Her practice squats at the intersection of diasporic dissonance, somatics, and technology-induced melancholy. Pinki is an award-winning Narrative Designer at sunset visitor studio, which released the critically-acclaimed 1000xRESIST. Pinki is also the Co-Artistic Director of interdisciplinary company, Hong Kong Exile, and a certified teacher of Fitzmaurice Voicework®, a body-centred and trauma-aware approach to the voice.

Kaelin is a Métis writer, designer, and professional procrastinator who's spent the last decade or so wrangling story chaos into something that (usually) makes sense. He has worked on everything from AAA games to indie projects - the latter of which he finds himself currently embroiled in with his team at Studio Reset. He thinks he's funnier than he is.

Carina is the Chief Product Officer and Co-founder of Simply Sweet Games. She is a video game company founder and entrepreneur, game designer and producer with over 17 years of experience.

Her career includes philanthropy for Diversity and Equity in games, in addition to inclusive design and production, working on projects ranging from indie games to massive AAA titles. She has shipped products onto multiple platforms with renowned teams such as EA, Microsoft, and Unity, and has successfully launched games on Gen4 and Gen5 platforms.

At Simply Sweet Games, Carina leads the creative direction and production efforts, focusing on delivering polished, high-depth premium games that appeal to diverse audiences.

Hope Docking is a game producer and QA lead based in Edmonton, co-founder of Cozy Comet Games Workers Cooperative. With credits on Dragon Age: The Veilguard and Mass Effect: Legendary Edition, she specializes in cross-team collaboration, testing strategy, and inclusive development. Hope was also an organizing member of one of Canada’s first video game worker unions (under UFCW 401), where she contributed to communications and outreach. 

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Now that she's escaped AAA game development she's focused on ways we can build a better, more sustainable games industry together.

Areï Rodelys (she/her) is an independent consultant in service design and user research with over a decade of experience across cultures and continents—from Madagascar and France to Japan and Canada. She has worked on design challenges in sectors like automotive, government, and education, often drawing from game design to make systems more engaging. Outside of client work, Areï co-leads the IxDF Edmonton community, helping spread thoughtful UX thinking—one meetup at a time. She’s especially passionate about bringing human-centered design into new frontiers (games included!) and grounding creative work in what truly matters to people.