Going Hybrid

Management for DI-RECT, Emil Landman and Wodan Boys.

Experienced concepter, innovator and entrepeneur with a track record of over 2 decades in games and digital. Lead for the collaboration between several partners in the music industry offering a hybrid model for artists and venues. https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaspervis/

Thijs Verhulst (26) is business development manager at Warner Music Benelux; the local branch of Warner Music Group. He’s responsible for new tech and innovation as well as local projects related to emerging technologies including Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, 5G and Blockchain. Warner Music Benelux has been a partner in Effenaar Smart Venue since the beginning.

Natasja Paulssen is the CEO of Dutch Rose Media, which she started 10 years ago, focusing on designing augmented reality experiences. Two years ago, right before COVID, she also founded 4DR Studios, the only volumetric capture studio in the Benelux. With a team of 20 creative developers she creates experiences in living history, entertainment, fashion and training. Natasja is passionate about creatively using technology to make our lives better, to design tools that help simplify life or that make us smile. She believes in sustainable growth over revolutionary change. She initiated the R&D program Chronosphere, delving into the wide variety of possible applications for volumetric video and creating lifelike virtual beings. Within 2 years 20 productions were realized with over 50 partners, with the music industry as important contributor.

Jos Feijen is curently director of pop venue Effenaar in Eindhoven. Before he worked as a strategist and industrial liaison. His area of expertise is strategic consultancy on branding and product & services concepts. In his vision Effenaar is not only a place to enjoy live music performances (on- and offline) but also a playground for developing, testing and experiencing young technology applications. This is how Effenaar Smart Venue started three years ago. Effenaar Smart Venue is rapidly developing as the national centre of pop culture & technology. It is connecting likeminded venues in a (European) livestreaming network to exchange projects, experiences and knowledge to aid the digital transition of society.