Prof. Dr. Lars Krogmann
Prof. Dr Lars Krogmann is an internationally recognised entomologist who researches the evolutionary basis of the extreme biodiversity of insects. The entomologist is primarily dedicated to the discovery and description of new species.
He teaches Biological Systematics at the University of Hohenheim.
He has been Scientific Director and Head of the State Museum of Natural History in Stuttgart since 2022. The museum is one of the most important natural history research museums in Europe. With a focus on excellent and internationally networked evolutionary and biodiversity research, it works on solutions to the species and climate crisis.
Simona Gleridis
After studying media design, Simona Gleridis worked in various media and TV production companies as a creative director and producer
Since 2023, she has headed the Communications department at the Natural History Museum Stuttgart in tandem. Under the motto "On behalf of diversity", she and her team ensure diverse and participatory exhibition, education and public relations work. The focus is on communicating knowledge about natural history topics and the museum's own research findings in a way that is appropriate for the media and target groups, with a focus on biodiversity.
Dr. Kay Hoffmann
Dr Kay Hoffmann is a film journalist and historian and chairman of the NaturVision e.V. support association. From 2007, he was head of scientific studies at the Haus des Dokumentarfilms (HDF) in Stuttgart, where he has worked since the mid-1990s. For the HDF, Kay Hoffmann organised the industry get-together DOKVILLE and the film series DOK Premiere. He organised numerous film and television festivals (Berlinale, Blühende Phantasie, Input'98) and was co-festival director of NaturVision Filmfestival in Ludwigsburg from 2012 - 2018. He was a research assistant and project manager in the DFG-funded research project on the history of documentary film in Germany. He has published numerous books, book chapters and writes regularly in film magazines
Lisa Eder
Lisa Eder widmet sich seit 2017 mit ihrer eigenen Produktionsfirma Lisa Eder Film GmbH Filmen zu gesellschaftspolitischen Themen. Ihre langjährige Berufserfahrung führte sie als Autorin und Regisseurin für arte/ARD nach Afrika, Indien, Asien, die USA und ganz Europa. 2021 feierte sie Erfolge mit Ihrem Portrait des Nationalparks Bayerischer Wald „Der Wilde Wald“, das auch das NaturVision Filmfestival eröffnete. Nach dem Studium der Neueren Deutsche Literaturwissenschaften, Politikwissenschaften und Sozialpsychologie volontierte sie in New York bei der deutsch-jüdischen Exilzeitung „Aufbau“ und war Gasthörerin an der HFF München. Ihre journalistische Ausbildung absolvierte sie beim Bayerischen Fernsehen. Lisa Eder ist auch als Dozentin für Dramaturgie sowie als Kuratorin und Jurymitglied bei Filmfestivals tätig.