Jury

At AUREA, a key focus of the pitching competition is how finalists respond to questions from the expert jury. At the Awards, each winner receives a special laudatio from an expert in the field.

Kathleen Cohen

The Collaboratorium

Immersive Engagement, XR Experience Strategy & Production

Laura Bücheler

Feelbelt, GHOST

CIO, Feelbelt; Co-Founder and Managing Director, GHOST; AUREA#4 Winner

Frank Govaere

Previous: HALOSTAGE; ICT

Creative Producer XR, VFX, Animation and VP

Dirk Freytag

President, German Association for the Digital Economy (BVDW)

Founder, Content Pass

Thomas Wagner

VR Coaster

Professor, University of Applied Sciences Kaiserslautern

AUREA#5 Jury

Cathy Hackl

Founder & Chief Metaverse Officer, Journey

Metaverse/ web3 strategist, tech futurist, author of Into The Metaverse

Athena Demos

BRCvr

CEO/Co-founder/Producer at Big Rock Creative (BRCvr), AUREA#3 winner

Emily Olman

Hopscotch Interactive

XR Builder and AUREA Community Ambassador

Nils Wollney

Holoride

CEO & Co-founder, Holoride, AUREA#2 winner

Frédéric Lecompte

Backlight

Co-founder of BackLight [Immersive experiences for Brands, Culture & Entertainment]

Previous Jurors

The AUREA Award has a rotating panel of expert judges, including a winner from the previous round.