Maureen Furniss, PhD,is an artist, animation theorist and historian, and was the program director of Experimental Animation at California Institute of the Arts (CalArts). She has received the Creative Impact in Animation Education Award fromVarietymagazine (2016), an award for Outstanding Contribution to Animation Studies from Animafest Zagreb (2017), and the ASIFA Prize (2023). She was the founding editor ofAnimation Journal(1992-2017) and author of several books on animation that have become standard texts. She has also lectured worldwide and served on festival selection committees and juries. Jeremy Speed Schwartzis an animation historian, interactive artist, and animator. His animated and interactive works have exhibited in festivals and museums in over 20 countries. He has lectured extensively on animation topics, including television, the Japanese industry, and interactivity, and is a member of the faculty of Animation at Kennesaw State University.