Warren Buckleitner
Warren Buckleitner is an educational researcher and product reviewer with a specialty in the design of interactive media for children. He is the founding Editor of Children's Technology Review and covered children’s technology for the New York Times for over a decade. In 2001 he created the Dust or Magic Institute, an annual meeting of leading designers, researchers and reviewers, with the intention to share examples of best practice in children’s digital media. That same year, he started Mediatech Foundation, a non-profit technology center designed to enhance the services of a small town public library with technology. He's the coordinator of the annual BolognaRagazzi Digital Award, and the KAPi Awards — a juried prize given each year at CES. He's an adjunct professor at TCNJ, and has taught in NYU's ITP program, Rutgers and Michigan State University. He holds a BS in Elementary Education (cum laude), an MS in Human Development and a doctorate in educational psychology (Learning, Technology & Culture) from Michigan State University. He lives in New Jersey, is married with two daughters, and enjoys playing the trumpet.

Roberta Franceschetti
Roberta Franceschetti has been working in communication and publishing for the past 15 years, focusing on new media. A journalist and content creator, she graduated in literature and earned a Master of Arts at the Royal College of Art, London and a postgraduate specialization in digital publishing at the Politecnico di Milano. She has worked with publishers and creative studios such as Giorgio Mondadori, Condé Nast, Franco Maria Ricci, Artefice. In 2012 she co-founded with Elisa Salamini the website Mamamò that reviews the best digital contents for kids and promotes digital education for children and families. She is the co-founder of TheContentMakers, for children. She lives by the seaside in Southern Italy with her husband, her son Gabriele and two cats.

Lucy Gill
During the creation of her brain-child the Good App Guide (part of Fundamentally Children), Lucy reviewed literally hundreds of apps for children through observational research developing a keen eye for what makes an app exceptional. Lucy remained a Director at Fundamentally Children until 2016 when she started Digills Consulting. She supports the child-centred development of kids digital products working with McDonalds, LEGO, Preloaded, Scary Beasties and beyond. Lucy holds a Masters in Engineering from the University of Cambridge. She is also a STEM ambassador, book lover and mother of 2.

Sylvia Van Ommen
Sylvia van Ommen studied illustration at the art academy in Zwolle, Netherlands. After graduating in 2001 her first book drop (sweets/jellybeans) was published, shortly followed by De verrassing (The surprise). Both books translated and published in several countries. Sylvia makes illustrations for (picture) books, interactive design, writes and posts a daily cartoon online. She likes to observe and picture the seemingly normal day to day life, discovering the humour and weirdness in small things. Animals in all sorts and sizes are often the main characters in her work Besides individual projects and commissioned work she works together with Maurice van der Bij. They form the creative company 'fruitcocktail' and combine their work fields of illustrator and motion graphic designer in fresh original visuals.