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Guy Kawasaki is the chief evangelist of Canva, an online graphic design tool. He is on the board of trustees of the Wikimedia Foundation, a brand ambassador for Mercedes Benz USA, and an executive fellow of the Haas School of Business (UC Berkeley). He was also the chief evangelist of Apple. He is also the author of The Art of the Start 2.0, The Art of Social Media, Enchantment, and nine other books. Kawasaki has a BA from Stanford University and an MBA from UCLA as well as an honorary doctorate from Babson College.

Tammi Leader Fuller is the Chief Empowerment Officer of CAMPOWERMENT, a transformational weekend sleepaway camp for grown women that's been hailed by Oprah and MORE Magazines, the TODAY Show, FOX News, the NY and LA Times as THE place to reboot your life in just 72 hours. She is also a three-time Emmy award winning TV Producer who left a successful 34 year career to create CAMPOWERMENT, blending the hilarious laughter of fun and games with enlightening workshops designed to help women disconnect from technology and responsibility, and reconnect with themselves and the tribes that crumbled when the complexities of life kicked in. 

David Butler brings over 25 years of experience as an investor, advisor, designer and brand strategist to his current role as Vice President of Innovation and Entrepreneurship for Coca-Cola. Joining the company as its first global head of design, David successfully led the design-driven turnaround of an $80M brand, prompting Fast Company to name him a “Master of Design” and Forbes to elect him to their “Executive Dream Team.” In his current role, David leads a seed-stage venturing platform called Coca-Cola Founders, designed to co-create new, high-growth startups by connecting repeat founders with some of Coca-Cola’s biggest challenge. In 2015, David co-authored “Design to Grow: How Coca-Cola Learned to Combine Scale and Agility (and How You Can Too), a book that Tim Brown said caused him to "rethink IDEO."

Klayton is the artist behind the acclaimed one-man musical project Celldweller. Klayton is a multi-instrumentalist, artist, producer, songwriter, performer, programmer and remixer. Known for his extensive sound design and production work, Klayton’s Celldweller music is a hybrid fusion of digital and organic elements: intricately designed soundscapes that take cues from electronic genres like drum 'n bass, electro, and dubstep, woven together with aggressive rock/metal and orchestral elements. Celldweller music has been featured in countless television shows, films and video games including Need For Speed, Deadrising, Robocop, Iron Man, Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol, X-Men, Call of Duty: Elite, and CSI (Superball Spot). He is also co-scoring Killer Instinct - Season 3, and his latest album “End of an Empire” was just released via FiXT on November 6th, 2015.  

Bill Allen is a TV and movie actor and musician, most well known for his role in the 1986 film RAD as BMX racer Cru Jones. Bill has also appeared in TV shows such as Hill Street Blues, Family Ties, and Breaking Bad, and in movies such as Born on the Fourth of July, Astronaut Farmer, and Brothers. Bill has toured extensively for the band The Pipefitters with his harmonica, alongside actor Lou Diamond Phillips.

Robert Tercek is one of the world’s most prolific creators of interactive content, having created breakthrough entertainment experiences on every digital platform, including satellite television, game consoles, broadband Internet, interactive television and mobile networks.   In his 22-year career, Tercek has launched startup ventures and served in executive leadership roles at major media companies, most recently as President of Digital Media at OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network, and previously as Senior Vice President of Digital Media at Sony Pictures Entertainment. In 2009, he was named one of the “25 Executives to Watch” by Digital Media Wire, and Variety has named him one of the “Digital Dozen” most influential players in new media. His first book, Vaporized: Solid Strategies for Success in a De-Materialized World, will be released on September 19th, 2015.

Karen Stever and Frank Gryner are collaborators on the cutting edge of creativity, technology, recorded music production and video production. Hailing from Ontario, Canada, Karen is a multi-talented singer, songwriter, musician, producer, and animator. In 2008 she released her first album Playground Isolator, co-produced with Frank Gryner (who has worked with the likes of Rob Zombie, The Dandy Warhols, and The Cult). Karen and Frank’s latest collaboration, a 12-track concept record called Idiot Savant, released late last year, tells the story of Ian, a 9 year old boy whose inner genius is lost on those around him, in the hopes of inspiring listeners to reclaim their inner child and “return to the playground.”

Steve Rubel is Chief Content Strategist and former EVP of Global Strategy and Insights for Edelman, the world’s largest independent public relations firm. In his current role, Rubel is responsible for creating and cultivating best practices in content strategy and for piloting innovative media partnerships that blend paid, owned and earned strategies. While with Edelman Rubel has served in a number of senior advisory roles. He helped evolve both the firm's thinking and strategy around the rapid advance of social media and, more recently, disruptions in the broader media landscape. Prior to joining Edelman in 2006, Rubel worked for 15 years in a variety of marketing communications positions in corporate, non-profit and small/mid-sized PR firms. Steve also acts as a highly visible Edelman thought leader and writer on media, technology and digital culture. Rubel has been included in PR Week’s 40 Under 40 and The Forbes.com Web Celeb 25.

Jay Samit, CEO of the world’s leading multiscreen video services company SeaChange International (NASDAQ: SEAC), is a dynamic entrepreneur and intrepreneur who is widely recognized as one of the world’s leading experts on disruption and innovation.  Described by Wired magazine as “having the coolest job in the industry,” he has raised hundreds of millions of dollars for startups, sold companies to Fortune 500 firms, transformed entire industries, revamped government institutions, and for three decades continues to be at the forefront of global trends. Combining innovation with commercial success, Samit’s list of partners and associates includes Bill Gates, Steven Spielberg, Steve Jobs, Reid Hoffman, David Geffen, Richard Branson, Paul Allen, and Pierre Omidyar. He’s also the author of the best-selling book Disrupt You! Master Personal Transformation, Seize Opportunity, and Thrive in the Era of Endless Innovation.

Elizabeth Stavros is the Co-founder and COO of Yeplive, an innovative live streaming app set up for discovering, experiencing and sharing videos with friends and the world in real time. Yeplive was developed with the goal of enabling people's voices to be heard globally and to democratize and disrupt the media landscape. Elizabeth is also a naturopathic doctor at Healthcare365, a top-5 private health-meets-tech Medical Clinic, in Toronto, Canada. In the health field, Elizabeth’s ultimate desire is to help people create wellness and actualize their innate potential.

Peter Dekom is a Los Angeles-based lawyer, consultant, and entrepreneur in the fields of entertainment, Internet, and telecommunications. Peter’s clients have included such Hollywood notables as George Lucas, Paul Haggis, Keenen Ivory Wayans, John Travolta, Ron Howard, Rob Reiner, Andy Davis, Robert Towne and Larry Gordon among many others, as well as corporate clients such as Sears, Roebuck and Co., Pacific Telesis and Japan Victor Corporation (JVC). He has been listed in Forbes among the top 100 lawyers in the United States and in Premiere Magazine as one of the 50 most powerful people in Hollywood. He is also the author of the recent book, “Next: Reinventing Media, Marketing and Entertainment

Alan Weiss is a leading consultant, speaker, and author. His consulting firm, Summit Consulting Group, Inc., has attracted clients such as Merck, Hewlett-Packard, GE, Mercedes-Benz, State Street Corporation, Times Mirror Group, The Federal Reserve, The New York Times Corporation, Toyota, and over 500 other leading organizations. His prolific publishing includes over 500 articles and 55 books, including his best-seller, Million Dollar Consulting, and his latest, Million Dollar Launch. His books have been on the curricula at Villanova, Temple University, and the Wharton School of Business, and have been translated into 12 languages. The New York Post called him “one of the most highly regarded independent consultants in America,” and he holds an annual Thought Leadership Conference which draws world famous experts as speakers.

Jim Griffin is Managing Director of OneHouse LLC, dedicated to the future of music and entertainment delivery, and also works as a consultant to absorb uncertainty about the digital delivery of art. In addition to serving as an agent for constructive change in media and technology, he is also an entrepreneur, author, magazine columnist, and is on the boards of several companies and associations. Previously he started and ran for five years the technology department at Geffen Records. Jim has been hailed by CNN Money as “one of the sharpest minds in digital music” and an “Entertainment Technology Visionary” by the LA Times.

Dr. Judith Orloff is a board-certified psychiatrist, speaker and best-selling author, as well as an assistant professor of psychiatry at UCLA. Transforming the face of psychiatry, Judith Orloff MD asserts that we are keepers of an innate intuitive intelligence so perceptive that it can tell us how to heal -- and prevent -- illness. Her latest national bestseller The Ecstasy of Surrender: 12 Surprising Ways Letting Go Can Empower Your Life describes the power of letting go in everyday life, health, and wellness. Dr. Orloff has spoken at medical schools, hospitals, the American Psychiatric Association, Fortune Magazine's Most Powerful Women Summit, and alternative and traditional health forums. Her work has been featured on The Today Show, CNN, the Oprah Magazine, Forbes and USA Today. Judith was also voted "Most Inspirational Person" for the Readers Choice 2012 awards on About.com (a New York Times site.)

Tom Keifer is best known as the singer, songwriter, and guitarist of Philadelphia based blues-rock band Cinderella. With three decades of touring and a number of platinum albums under his belt, including Night Songs, Long Cold Winter, and Heartbreak Station, Tom has evolved as a musician, writer and performer, as best showcased on his debut, solo release, The Way Life Goes, released in 2013. This collection of 14 songs ranges from intimate, organic, acoustic tracks to driving, hard rock. It embraces the blues, rock and country roots that have always been present in Keifer’s unique sound. Tom has recently been featured on Loudwire, VH1 On Tap, WAQX, Billboard, Sixx Sense, Guitar Player Magazine, FOX, and has been hailed by Rolling Stone as “a grittsy, bluesy (rocker) with enough swagger to draw comparisons to Mick Jagger.”

Tom Silverman is a founder and partner in the legendary New Music Seminar, the world’s most influential Music Business convention led by the voices that disrupt the conventional, tackle key issues, and provide a stage for trailblazing artists to shine. From breakout indie artists to visionary CEOs and executives, NMS is where high-level discussions and interaction help craft solutions for this era of music business. Tom is also the founder and CEO of Tommy Boy, the legendary Hip Hop & Electronic label begun in NYC in 1981 and credited with launching the careers of notable Hip Hop legends Afrika Bambaataa, Queen Latifah, House of Pain, De La Soul, and Naughty By Nature. In 2015, NMS will take place at the Wyndham New Yorker Hotel and various Manhattan music venues on June 21-23, 2015.

Michael Solomon is the co-founder of 10x Management, a talent management company representing some of the world’s most sought-after independent developers, designers, and technology professionals. Michael began his career in the entertainment industry touring with Bruce Springsteen in Europe, and working at Sony Music International and Epic Records International. In 1995, Michael co-founded Brick Wall Management, an artist management and entertainment consulting firm, with childhood friend Rishon Blumberg. Brick Wall’s diverse client roster includes such artists as John Mayer, Citizen Cope, Martin Sexton, Marc Broussard, Cherry Poppin’ Daddies, Vanessa Carlton, Charlie Mars, Ari Hest, The Clarks, The Spring Standards, and William Fitzsimmons, to name a few. In 2012 Michael co-founded 10X Management to bring his deep knowledge of talent management into the technology industry.

Carla Harris is a Vice Chairman, Global Wealth Management, Managing Director and Senior Client Advisor at Morgan Stanley. She has extensive industry experience in the technology, media, retail, telecommunications, transportation, industrial, and healthcare sectors. For more than a decade, Carla was a senior member of the equity syndicate desk and executed initial public offerings for UPS, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Ariba, Digitas, and others. She is also the author of two influential books: Expect to Win and the soon-to-be-available Strategize to Win. Carla has been featured in Fortune’s “The Most Powerful Black Executives in Corporate America” and “The Most Influential List” as well as Black Enterprise magazine’s “Top 75 African Americans on Wall Street” and “Top 75 Most Powerful Women in Business” among others. In August 2013, President Obama appointed Ms. Harris as the chairperson of the National Women’s Business Council.

Ann Wilson is a legendary rock and roll musician, singer and songwriter, widely regarded as one of the best female vocalists in rock music history. Ann and her sister Nancy first showed the world that women can rock when their band, Heart, stormed the charts in the ‘70’s with hits like “Crazy on You,” “Magic Man,” “Barracuda,” and “Straight On.” Heart continued topping the charts through the ‘80’s and ‘90’s with huge hits like “These Dreams,” “Alone,” and “What About Love.” Along the way, they sold more than 35 million albums, earned 4 Grammys, sold out arenas worldwide, and found their way into the soundtrack of American life through radio, motion pictures, television, and associations with branded sponsors.  Today, songs made famous by Heart are heard in every aspect of contemporary culture. The Wilson sisters were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012, the same year that earned them a Lifetime Achievement Award and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Their first-ever memoire (Kicking & Dreaming: A Story of Heart, Soul and Rock & Roll), released in September of 2012, spent several weeks on the New York Times “Best Sellers” chart.

Greg Estes is the VP of Enterprise Marketing at NVIDIA, which for two decades has been a pioneer in the field of visual computing and the art and science of computer graphics. Prior to joining NVIDIA, Greg was the vice president of marketing and client services for Mozes, a start-up providing a mobile platform for music labels, sports teams and consumer brands. Previously, Greg was the chief marketing officer of Avid Technology, and earlier in his career vice president of worldwide marketing at Silicon Graphics. A sought-after speaker and writer, Greg has been published in a variety of trade journals, been a presenter at a number of conferences and appeared on numerous television shows, including The Oprah Winfrey Show..