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Katapult will be in attendance at the INSPIRE and Awards Gala event, which is dedicated to inspiring audiences with peer-led learning and expertise by celebrating excellence in themed entertainment.
Date: 13-15 March 2025
Location: California, USA
Event details
Taking place 15 March 2025 at Universal City, California, TEA INSPIRE celebrates excellence in themed entertainment from around the world. Showcasing a fully immersive networking and education experience, the event aims to give a lasting impression filled with inspiration.
Our team
Dawn Foote​ is our CEO & Co-Founder of Katapult. An award-winning creative industries leader, she has experience in international visitor attractions, the cultural sector and strategic placemaking collaborations. She’s worked on a wealth of projects including Atlantis The Palm in Dubai, to global rollouts of projects for The LEGO Group & Merlin Entertainments, and also working more locally on the nature based regeneration of Derby City with Down to Earth and The Eden Project.
Dawn always brings her passion, collaborative energy and strategic vision to every project she works on. She believes so much in the value of British creativity she is on the Executive Committee for Experience UK which is the trade body for UK companies that design, create and deliver world class visitor destinations, from museums to theme parks, working closely with the Department of International Trade (DIT).
Enjoys time with her family, husband, young daughter and lively Hungarian Vizsla. Her uber happy place is to go scuba diving and has a love of travel ranging from exploring Japan, New Zealand through to volunteering in Borneo.
Phil Higgins​ is our Chief Creative Officer and Co-Founder. He provides us with creative vision, innovative experience design and, because he’s so well connected within the industry, he’s key to driving our strategic partnerships too. He travels the world visiting expos, kicking off projects, and delivering creative ideas. As well as working on two themed resort developments and leading on multiple large-scale projects with clients such as Cartoon Network, Warner Bros. and Ferrari, Phil also sits on the BALPPA management committee.Â
His genuine relationships, excitement for new tech, and big creative thinking powers up all our client projects. For fun Phil loves nothing more than dropping some beats as a Festival DJ, family in tow!
About Katapult
We design themed attractions, experiences, and destinations around the world. Our work is experienced by over 95 million guests every year, and we work with the biggest names in the industry - including The LEGO® Group, Seven, Merlin Entertainments, Ferrari, Warner Bros Discovery and many more.
