Libby Viera-Bland is the neighbourhood development project manager for Row House CDC, Project Row Houses, and PRH Preservation, where she oversees the planning and development of affordable housing across the Third Ward in Houston, Texas.

Professor Natalia Kucirkova has carried out funded research on children’s learning for national research agencies in the UK, USA, Spain, Norway, Malawi, and Japan and regularly advises international organisations about children’s digital learning. She has authored almost 100 research articles, eight books, and edited two handbooks on children’s literacy. She developed several software programmes for children, including the award-winning children’s app Our Story. She is the recipient of Future Leaders and Young Talent Awards from the UK and Norwegian governments, Emerald Global Impact Research Prize, and the Fridtjof Nansen Prize for Outstanding Research.

Laura Zimmermann is the founder and president of Tech Play Collaborative and a research fellow at the Bay Area Discovery Museum. She's a recognized expert in child development, playful learning, and learning from media, having published articles in both lay and peer-reviewed journals. Providing both formative and summative research, Zimmermann consults with organisations in the education and children’s media spaces. She conducts applied research with children and families in partnership with research organisations, children's media and toy companies, and edtech groups. Prior to founding Tech Play Collaborative, Zimmermann was a leading education expert at SRI International.

Anastasiia Fedorova is a senior insights editor at Canvas8. A writer, curator and cultural strategist, she specialises in art, fashion, design, technology and visual culture. Her personal work explores sexuality, identity and queer communities while interrogating our place in a world shaped by rapidly changing technologies. As an avid sci-fi fan since teenage years, she is always interested in thinking about multiple and diverse futures.

Rebecca Smith is the Head of Toolkit at Canvas8. With a background in psychology, she has worked with global clients such as Google, Nike, and Mars, exploring everything from what people want from a fake tan to Gen Z’s relationship with social media. Outside of work, you’ll find her binge-watching reality TV, listening to hyperpop, or with her nose buried in a fantasy novel.

Alex Strang is a senior insight editor at Canvas8 who used to be in a punk band that was signed, shaped, and spat out. He enjoys using his experience of being the product to help brands understand how to sell theirs. After studying philosophy and critical theory, he found his feet in the market research world and has been over-analysing consumer behaviour ever since, including his own. He can usually be found playing board games, watching Seinfeld, or trying too hard to make his daughter laugh.