Minecraft to Reforj: From Delivering Innovation to Building It with Chris van der Kuyl
Tuesday 03 November 2026 13:00 - 15:00
Location: RGU Garthdee Campus
Why Innovate After Success? Chris van der Kuyl explores what drives a successful company to reinvent itself, the value of community and what entrepreneurs, researchers and innovators can learn about building technology, developing IP and continuing to innovate.
4J Studios built a global reputation by delivering innovative experiences around Minecraft, one of the world's most recognisable and successful games and gaming IPs. Today, the company is building its own technology and original IP through projects such as Reforj. Come along to this exciting Masterclass to find out more about Chris’s journey, thoughts on innovation in Scotland. Networking, questions and light refreshments provided.
Chris van der Kuyl CBE, FRSE
Chris van der Kuyl is one of Scotland’s leading entrepreneurs working across the technology, media, gaming and entertainment sectors. Chris is most notably co-founder and chairman of multiple award-winning games developer 4J Studios, best known for developing Minecraft for Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo games consoles. He and fellow co-founder Paddy Burns launched Chroma Ventures, the investment arm of 4J Studios, in 2021.
Chris is chairman of; Broker Insights and Ace Aquatec and sits on the boards of Parsley Box and Ant Workshop. He is also a non-executive director of the Ballie Gifford US Growth Trust.
Alongside his commercial roles, he was the founding chairman of Entrepreneurial Scotland and is currently a member of multiple advisory and local charity boards. Elected as one of the youngest Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2013, Chris was also formally recognised for his contribution to technology in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2020, becoming a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE).
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