2025 Keynote Speakers Include:
Daniel Ives
Managing Director, Global Head of Technology Research
Wedbush Securities
Haiyan Zhang
GM, AI Innovation and Science
Xbox
Joanna Popper
Media & Technology Executive
Laurel Beach
Michael Pachter
Managing Director, Equity Research
Wedbush Securities
Sarah Parvini
Technology Writer
The Associated Press
2025 Speakers Include:
Alessandra Catanese
CEO
Smosh
Alice Ma
CEO & Co-Founder
Mad Realities
Andrew Harding
Co-Founder & CEO
SourceAudio
Andrew Kenward
President & COO
Almost Friday Media
Andrew Wallenstein
President & Chief Media Analyst
Variety Intelligence Platform
Ben Jones
Founder & CEO
Sundogs
Bill Stanton
Head of Enterprise and Affiliate
Later
Chris M. Williams
Founder & CEO
pocket.watch
CK Chang Kim
Co-Founder & CEO
Saywise
Daisy Stall
EVP & Group Head, Entertainment Finance
California Bank & Trust
Dan Bunting
Venture Partner
1AM Gaming
Dave Davis
GM, Protege Media
Protege
David Bloom
Senior Contributor,
Forbes
David Fink
Partner
Venable
David Higley
Partner
Perella Weinberg
Derek Douglas
Head of Games
CAA
Elaine Low
Staff Writer
The Ankler
Ethan Fassett
Co-Founder & CEO
glystn
Fran Helms
Senior Client Partner & Sector Leader, Media and Entertainment Practice, North America
Korn Ferry
Gabriel Berger
Strategic Growth Advisor
HAND
Hemal Thaker
Managing Director, Global Head of Gaming Investment Banking
Goldman Sachs
Jacob Clarke
VP. Customer Success
Aspire IQ
Jacqueline Charlesworth
Partner
Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz
Jake Beaumont-Nesbitt
Director, Innovation & Education
International Music Managers Forum
James Creech
Founder
Quartermast Advisors
Jamie Gutfreund
Founder
Creator Vision
Jamie Howard
Managing Director
Perella Weinberg
Jamil Moledina
Strategic Advisor
XP Consulting
Jason Birke
Managing Director
East Wind
Jay Tucker
Executive Director, Center for Media, Entertainment & Sports
UCLA Anderson School of Management
Jeff Clanagan
President & Chief Distribution Officer
HARTBEAT
Jeonghee Jin
CEO
NC America
COO
NC West
Jess Hunichen
Co-Founder
Shine Talent Group
Joe Anderson
Partner
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
Joey Chowaiki
Co-Founder & COO
Open Influence
Jonas Lee
Chief Commercial Officer
ProRata.ai
Josh Gutfreund
General Partner
GOAL Ventures
Kalon Gutierrez
Managing Director, Manatt Ventures Consulting
Manatt, Phelps & Phillps, LLP
Katja Reitemeyer
Director, Data Science and AI, Media & Entertainment
NVIDIA
Kayla Comalli
CEO & Co-Founder
Lovelace Studio
Ken Gerstein
VP, Sales
Nagravision
Leonard Rosenthol
PDF Architect & Sr. Principal Scientist
Adobe Systems, Inc.
Matthew Dysart
Partner
Greenberg Glusker LLP
Matthew Gielen
CEO
Silver Berry Studios
Michael Eames
President & Co-Founder
PEN Music Group, Inc.
Michael Grecco
Founder & Board Member
The American Society for Collective Rights Licensing, Inc.
Michael Metzger
Managing Partner
Drake Star
Moritz Baier-Lentz
Partner & Head of Gaming
Lightspeed Venture Partners
Nate Harris
VP, Product Innovation
CreatorIQ
Ned Sherman
Chief Business Affairs & Legal Officer
Skybound
Founder
Digital Media Wire
Nika Nour
SVP, International Business Development
Savvy Games Group
Olivia McNaughten
Sr. Director, Product Marketing & Partnerships
GRIN
Paul Sweeting
Co-Founder
RightsTech Project
Founder & Principal
Concurrent Media Strategies
Phil Quist
Music + Emerging Tech Agent
CAA
Rachel Webber
Chief Commercial and Brand Officer
11:11 Media
Richard McDerby
Partner
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
Roanie Levy
Licensing & Legal Advisor
CCC
Ryan Horrigan
President
London Alley
Sean Atkins
CEO
Dhar Mann Studios
Seth Hallen
Managing Partner
Hallstone Ventures
Sharon Tal Yguado
Founder & CEO
Astrid Entertainment
Simone Heard
Sr. Director, Recruiting
Jam City
Steph Money
SVP, Client Development, AI
Edelman
Tamay Aykut
CEO & Founder
Sureel.ai
Taylor Rodriguez
Global VP, Customer Experience
Traackr
Virginie Berger
Chief Business Development & Rights Officer
Matchtune