Achim Forst, arts journalist (especially film and music), worked for 30 years as commisioning editor of the German public TV network ZDF (film department, for the culture channel 3sat).

A uthor and director of television documentaries for 3sat, including films about cinema in Russia, Australia and Romania (co-author), as well as films about Lars von Trier (3sat + Arte) and Wim Wenders (co-author).

Achim Forst published a book about Lars von Trier ("Breaking the Dreams") and is founder and co-editor of the cultural website "Gespenster der Freiheit" (Phantoms of Liberty). Studied at Berlin's Freie Universität (German Studies, Journalism and Musicology), parallel and then freelance author for print media and radio. Worked for film festivals (Mannheim, also on the selection committee), the Berlinale and the Munich Film Festival.

Dr. Khalil Dindarian has over 30 years of international leadership experience at Siemens, where he led business activities across Central and South America, Asia-Pacific (including Australia), the Middle East, and Africa.

He is a lecturer at Mediadesign Hochschule Berlin in Digital Leadership, Innovation, Emerging Technologies, Entrepreneurship, and International Management, and at HWR Berlin in Strategy and Sustainable Operations Management.

He is the author of Embracing the Black Swan (Springer Nature) and Unvorhergesehenes als Chance sehen, works as an editor for Hauptstadtecho, and supports cultural initiatives such as the Theatercafé in Erlangen.