ABOUT COEE
Extraordinary experiences.
Real human connections.
We believe some of the most meaningful learning happens when people step outside the familiar, try something new, and see the world from a new perspective.
Our Story
A simple idea.
A global community.
Since 2016, the College of Extraordinary Experiences has brought together people from different backgrounds, professions, and parts of the world to learn, experiment, create, and connect.
What began with a belief in the power of experience has grown into a global community of curious minds, creative thinkers, and people who aren’t afraid to challenge the ordinary.
Today, that belief continues to shape everything we do from our annual gathering at a castle in Poland to the immersive experiences we design for teams and organizations.
We create opportunities for people to think differently, build meaningful connections, and discover new ways to work, lead, and grow. Because for us, the experience is only the beginning.
What matters most is what people take with them and what they choose to do with it.
OUR IMPACT
A growing ripple
since 2016.
2016
The year it all began.
50+
Countries
1,000+
Participants
ONE
Extraordinary Community
MEET THE TEAM
The people behind
the extraordinary
A collection of thinkers, makers, creators, and doers who believe learning should be anything but ordinary.
We come from different backgrounds and bring different perspectives, but we share a passion for creating experiences that bring people together and make a lasting impression.
Philipp Jacobbius
Creative Producer & CEO
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Philipp is an award-winning creative event producer and CEO of The College of Extraordinary Experiences, where he steers strategy, produces the annual castle gathering in Poland, and cultivates a global alumni network. His work focuses on immersive productions in extraordinary venues, from castles to palaces. He has led company retreats, complex off-sites, and unconventional large-scale experiences, with strengths in ethical sourcing, regional supply chains, and logistics. He combines creativity with grounded practicality to navigate complexity and create meaningful experiences.
Linka Hawryluk-Boruta
Communication & Experience Designer
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Linka is a communication and experience designer working across content, websites, visual systems, and creative production. Her background moves from customer service and retail to marketing, UX/UI, social media, and large-scale immersive projects. She has worked on blockbuster larps, designing scenography, sewing costumes, shaping visual details, and reorganising production chaos into systems that new helpers could understand and use. She brings together clarity, atmosphere, usability, and attention to detail to make communication and experiences feel smoother, more human, and easier to navigate.
Szymon Boruta
Experience Producer
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Boruta is an event producer, coordinator, and experience designer with deep expertise in immersive productions, international larps, and unusual venues, from castles and palaces to theatres and online worlds. He has produced and coordinated dozens of international live-action role-playing events, mastering the complex intersection where storytelling, logistics, safety, hospitality, and participant experience all must work in tandem. His portfolio includes EAGxPrague, official projects with Paradox Interactive – a hybrid of computer gaming and live roleplay, online theatrical work with Teatr Śląski, educational games for children and more than 50 international events at Polish castles. He is currently coordinating an Erasmus+ project on using larp in education and youth attitude change. His strength lies in making ambitious, unusual formats feel real, smooth, and possible.
Maciek Nitka
Videographer & Visual Storyteller
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Maciek is a videographer. He is responsible for all the video content when it comes to shooting and editing. He has done various events all over the world and managed a team of video editors at e-sports events as a post-production manager. Recently he is enjoying going back to the roots and doing the ground work with this amazing team.
Paul Bulencea
Co-Founder & Advisor
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If you haven’t meet Paul, you haven’t met Paul.
That says nothing and everything.
And in a way, that’s just like Paul’s magic.
Claus Raasted
Co-Founder, Advisor & Co-Host
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“If you’re looking for safe, I’m not your guy. If you’re looking for change, I just might be.” A disruptor and educator with a liking for Batman suits, Claus Raasted serves as Director of the College of Extraordinary Experiences, and is the International Dean at Bhavan’s College MSEED – Management School of Events, Entertainment & Design. When not at the office, he travels the globe as a keynote speaker and leadership trainer, and is the author of 49 books, one of which has the title “UTOPIA LEADERSHIP: Six principles for leading with power”. He also has a past in reality TV, but these days, who hasn’t?