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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.

Shom Mabaquiao is the Insights Editor for APAC at Canvas8, where he decodes human behaviour across cultures, markets, and moral grey areas. A graduate student in Social Psychology at the University of the Philippines, his research explores stigma, folkways, and the psychology of everyday queer life. His bylines and insights have appeared in the likes of Singapore Business Review and Marketing Interactive, and he’s been quoted in publications like Stylist UK and Campaign Asia. Outside work, he writes personal essays on intimacy, identity, and quiet forms of rebellion, published in Tint Journal, Katitikan, and Adelaide Literary Magazine. He believes pop culture is sacred, rest is radical, and Hozier is better for your soul than any self-help book.

Daniel Ian Comandante is a cultural desk researcher at Canvas8. As part of the Toolkit team, he unpacks consumer behaviour and the latest trends to help companies uncover unique insights. A graduate of De La Salle University, Manila, with a degree in marketing management, he has an extensive background in the fast-moving consumer goods and e-commerce marketing industries. He also has comprehensive experience in becoming a conduit between brands and people, forecasting retail, consumption and global shopper trends. Outside of work, you can find him diving deep into his favourite directors’ filmography, reading books on pop culture and film, or taking long walks with his dog.

Professor emeritus of media, communications and social theory at LSE, specialising in media and communications research.

Wolfe Chair in Scientific and Technological Literacy, leading researcher of children's digital play and author of Digital Playgrounds.

Expert in media and cultural studies, board member of Fan Studies Network and consultant for international media projects.