Name: The Festival of Innovation
Start: 15/01/2025 08:30 AM +00:00
End: 16/01/2025 10:00 PM +00:00

Join Julie Swanston, executive creative director at Merlin Magic Making and Nick Moran, co-founder and creative director of Phantom Peak as they discuss the future of storytelling within the visitor attraction industry, how to maximise guest engagement and trends like the use of IP and tech and actor led experiences.
Plus, we reveal the winners of the 2024 Innovation Awards Storytelling and Storytelling - Culture categories.

Nick Moran

Julie Swanston

Innovation in Storytelling

Explore the Innovation Award entries <a href="https://events.hubilo.com/festival-of-innovation/booths">here</a>.

Explore the Innovation Award Entries and Network

Join Ernest Bakenie, senior director of entertainment at Christie, Kees Rijnen, strategist at Efteling and Ernest Yale, president, CEO and founder of Triotech, as they discuss the future of immersive attractions.
Plus, we reveal the winners of the 2024 Innovation Award Immersive Attraction category.

Kees Rijnen

Ernest Yale

Ernest Bakenie

Innovation in Immersive Attractions

Join Sheena Khan, Head of Environment and Culture Programmes, Education &amp; Culture at Terra Pavilion, Expo City Dubai as she discusses the next phase of the Terra Pavilion, how to communicate sustainability to visitors and its sustainability programmes.
Plus, we reveal the winners of the 2024 Innovation Award Sustainability category.

Sheena Khan

Phil Dunn

Innovation in Sustainability

Hear from Gordon Hartman, founder of Morgan&rsquo;s Wonderland as he discusses the $6m new attractions opening this year, as well as plans for an ultra-accommodating hotel and the recently announced Morgan&rsquo;s Inclusion Institute.

Gordon Hartman

Innovation in Inclusion

Explore the Innovation Award entries and Network

Join Kimberly Beneville, co-founder of Beneville Studios, Sam Bompas, director of Bompas &amp; Parr and Ben Wilson, head of architecture &amp; concept design at MSC Cruises as they discuss how to get a blue sky project off the ground, challenges with blue sky thinking and what the future of the industry will look like.
Plus, we reveal the winners of the 2024 Innovation Award Blue Sky category.

Ben Wilson

Sam Bompas

Kimberly Beneville

Innovation in Blue Sky

Join Pauline Ravry, project manager at Futuroscope as she discusses Aquascope and what it takes to build a waterpark.
Plus, we reveal the winners of the 2024 Innovation Award Splash category.

Alan Mahony

Pauline Ravry

Innovation in Splash

Join Erik Burdock, senior director of experience design at COSI, Arik Lubkin, chief creative officer at CAMP and Jacquelyn Sorvillo, chief retail officer at The SSA Group as they discuss why themed retail spaces are important.
Plus, we reveal the winners of the 2024 Innovation Award Themed Environment category.

Arik Lubkin

Erik Burdock

Jacqui Sorvillo

Innovation in Themed Environments

Join Mike Aiello, senior director - entertainment creative development at Universal Destinations and Experiences and Jason McNanus, principal, executive creative at TAIT as they explore what it takes to create a nighttime spectacular show.
Plus, we reveal the winners of the 2024 Innovation Award Spectacular category.

Jason McManus

Mike Aiello

Spectacular Innovations 

Join Winston Fisher, CEO of AREA15 and Charles Read, MD of blooloop, as they discuss AREA15 and reveal the Best in Show Innovation Award winner. Plus, we reveal the winner of the Public Vote Innovation Award.

Agenda

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Kimberly Beneville

Sam Bompas

Ben Wilson

Tom Lionetti-Maguire

Jeffrey Godsick

Matt Palmer

Nick Moran

Vanessa Costa

Julie Swanston

Mike Aiello

Jason McManus

Lora Sauls

John Burton

Philipp Edelman

Jenefer Brown

Anthony Chong

Jim Denny

Adele Keane

Mark Locker

Tim Morrow

Jon Tozer

Pearl Verzosa

Matt Usi

Neil Lewin

Ernest Yale

Kees Rijnen

Ernest Bakenie

Asa Kalama

Rachel Nakamura

Jim Shumway

Erica McCay

Felix Erdman

Judith Zissman

Malika Pryor

Amanda Mayne

Erik Burdock

Arik Lubkin

Jacqui Sorvillo

Sheena Khan

Kirsten Taylor-Hall

Zack Sugarman

Meg Parker

Pauline Ravry

Phil Dunn

Gordon Hartman

Alan Mahony

Winston Fisher

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