Simon Løvind is head of Games & Digital Media at the Danish Film Institute. He functions as commissioning editor and has been running and defining the cultural support scheme for games at the Danish Film Institute in more than 10 years. As part of his work he consults many projects doing games or immersive experiences – especially in the early concept stages. He has a work background in interaction design a well as game design and have also produced interactive installation art. For periods he has been a design teacher at The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts - School of Design and back in the days - when ‘new media’ was still new - he was a new media researcher. He lives in Copenhagen, Denmark.