Adrian has over 20 years experience in music and associated creative industries, much of which has focussed on the development of digital business. Combining a passion for creative innovation with his depth of experience in commercial rights negotiations across a broad range of sectors, Adrian is Chief Digital Officer at [PIAS], one of the world’s leading independent music companies. Adrian works alongside an experienced, multi-national digital team sitting at the heart of the [PIAS] business. The digital team combines with [PIAS] colleagues, labels and artists around the world to deliver a highly focussed service across all aspects of digital supply, creative, marketing, promotion and sales.

Former A&R + Digital Marketing at Los Angeles-based label Anti Records. Signed Japandroids, Cass McCombs, The Drums, Delicate Steve, Girlpool, Prism Tats, Andy Shauf, Un Blonde, Cameron Avery, Xenia Rubinos, Doe Paoro + more. Ran socials for the label, Japandroids and Tom Waits. Implemented digital campaigns for the entire active roster. Currently A&R + Social Media at Saddle Creek, a label born in Omaha NE. Opened a Los Angeles office late last year and focused now on expanding both the staff & roster from there, as well as improving the label's digital presence.

Amy is the owner and manager of IDNS IDonotsleep ESports, and a Thailand champion and SEA champion in many online games both pc & mobile since 2002. She plans to have more exposure from brands on WESG and more online games. Amy was previously the CEO of a private fund management security, one of the oldest banks in Thailand. She was also formerly the youngest financial institution CEO in SEA. Amy aims to bring the esports industry to the next level and give the opportunity gamers deserve.

I look after Australia, Asia including Japan and China, India, Russia, Africa and the Middle East for Universal Music Publishing. I started my career in records at Polygram in 1981, moving to BMG and Music Publishing in 1993. In 2007 I joined Universal Music Publishing. I am a current Board member, and former Chairman, of ICMP (the International Confederation of Music Publishers), and I am a founder member and current Board member of IMPA (the International Music Publishers Association. During my time in records and publishing I have worked with The Bee Gees, The Cure, Pete Townshend/The Who, Robert Plant, Iron Maiden, Freddie Mercury, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tom Waits, Siouxsie and the Banshees and many others.

Anirban Blah is a Talent and Motion Picture Agent, Management Executive and Entrepreneur. Anirban is the founder and chairman of KWAN Talent Management Agency, India’s largest diversified Entertainment Company. KWAN works across celebrity management, live entertainment, sports, TV, licensing, movie packaging, music and regional cinema, investing in and running various media businesses. KWAN's clients include Ranbir Kapoor, Deepika Padukone, Hrithik Roshan, Kabir Khan and many more. KWAN is also an investor/stake holder in Saavn, All About You, Gigstart, Rooter, Phantom, Gamezop and several other entertainment and media entities. Anirban started his journey in the entertainment and sports marketing business as the CEO of Globosport. In 2009, he finally gave flight to his dream of a revolutionary one-stop-shop media company – KWAN. Anirban is also an active philanthropist as a co-founder and trustee of the Live Love Laugh Foundation, which was started by the actor Deepika Padukone to address mental health issues. He is also a trustee with the Quest Foundation, an organisation that uses technology based interventions to impact the areas of rural education and vocational training. Anirban’s vision and passion along with his corporate approach to a rather unorganized sector like entertainment ensured Hindustan Times recognized him as one of India’s Youngest Achievers and Thought Leaders.

Barbara works at the intersection of corporate innovation, entrepreneurship and technology. She leads Unilever Foundry in Asia, which enables the company’s global brands to accelerate experimentation and pilot new technologies more efficiently, effectively and speedily.

For the last 10 years, Barbara has worked with a variety of startups in Singapore from e-commerce platforms, to digital mapping. She is an advocate of Singapore’s startup ecosystem and entrepreneur community and believes they have the power to transform the region and create real business opportunities.

A mentor for young startups, Barbara speaks regularly on corporate innovation and the importance of inspiring entrepreneurial spirit within companies.

Born in France, she spent her childhood in Algeria and Congo. Barbara completed her EMBA from INSEAD and lives in Singapore with her partner and three children.

Bernie Cho is the President of DFSB Kollective, a Seoul-based artist & label services agency that specializes in providing digital media, marketing, and distribution solutions to 480+ Korean Pop music artists. As more K-Pop acts aspire to go independent and international, DFSB collaborates with artists and their management to devise customized strategies that directly connect them to their local and global fans. Since 2009, the agency has successfully produced numerous K-Pop concerts/showcases as well as secured #1 chart debuts for various K-Pop albums in North America, Southeast Asia, Japan, Europe, and Australia.

Brian Hamilton is Senior Vice President and General Manager of Music and Auto for Gracenote. In this role, he is responsible for delivering next generation music and automotive infotainment systems and managing relationships with all major automakers, suppliers as well as music entertainment companies. Brian has served in several leadership positions with Gracenote since joining the company in 2000. Most notably, he served as President of Gracenote Japan where he established the company’s APAC operations in Japan, Korea and Taiwan and spearheaded explosive growth of Gracenote’s Automotive business with major Asian OEMs. Brian later assumed the role of SVP of Worldwide Sales and Marketing for Gracenote, where he grew annual revenue to $105MM and increased the sales pipeline by more than 200 percent across its Music, Video and Auto verticals. Brian also played a critical role in Gracenote’s integration with Sony following the 2008 acquisition. He drove joint engineering projects with Sony to achieve new “first to market” features and enhanced performance for several Sony products and business groups.

Changhan Kim, also known as CH, is chief executive officer and executive producer of PUBG Corporation. PUBG Corp., established in 2009 as Bluehole Ginno Games and later renamed to the current title, is the publisher and developer of the blockbuster battle royale video game,PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS. Since its release, PUBG has received worldwide acclaim, achieving seven Guinness World Records and winning multiple game awards worldwide. Headquartered in Korea, PUBG Corp. currently has six operational offices globally across North America, Europe, Japan, China. CH’s journey in the gaming industry began since July 2000. After 8 years of experiences as creative and technical lead at local game studios including Imazic and Nextplay, CH moved to Ginno Games, which later became Bluehole Ginno Games, to take the role as chief technology officer and development producer. In early 2015, CH, believing that taking challenges is necessary for success, started the project ‘PUBG’ together with a small team of 30, which now has become a signature of the battle royale genre, selling over 42 million copies globally in only one year of release. CH graduated from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology with PhD, Masters and Bachelors' degrees in Computer Science.

Chatri Sityodtong is the Founder, Chairman and CEO of ONE Championship, Asia’s largest global sports media property in history with a broadcast to over 1.7 billion potential viewers across 136 countries around the world. ONE Championship is a celebration of Asia’s greatest cultural treasure, martial arts, and its deep-rooted Asian values of integrity, humility, kindness, honor, respect, courage, discipline, and compassion. Through the power of media and the magic of storytelling, ONE Championship is on a mission to unleash real life superheroes, celebrate values, ignite dreams, inspire nations, and change the world. Sityodtong is a self-made entrepreneur and lifelong martial artist from Thailand. His rags-to-riches life story has inspired millions around the world on BBC, CNN, Bloomberg TV, CNBC, Channel NewsAsia, and other major media.

As Spotify's Director of Artist & Label Services (APAC), Chee Meng manages Spotify’s strategic partnerships with regional record labels, oversees artist marketing activities and works closely with local creator communities. With over 20 years of experience in the music industry, Chee Meng is passionate about introducing innovation in the digital space and is always looking for opportunities to leverage his comprehensive understanding of the industry to further Spotify’s position as the leading music streaming service. Prior to his role at Spotify, Chee Meng served as Director, Music at SingTel where he was responsible for the growth, licensing and monetization of the music services in the region's leading telco. Chee Meng has also held senior roles at MTV Asia, where he led the network's foray into digital music and also directed international marketing at Sony Music Entertainment in Asia.

Chris is an author, highly sought after international speaker, advisor and Founder and CEO of Mass Participation Asia. With over 30 years of industry experience, Chris has impacted millions of people by delivering some of the largest mass participation sports events across three continents. He was also the Road Events Supervisor for the Sydney 2000 Olympics. Today, Chris leverages his extensive experience to inspire others through public speaking, consulting and advising, and facilitating industry collaboration through the Mass Participation Asia conference.

As the Regional Manager of Riot Games, Chris oversees the business and operations of Riot Games within Southeast Asia. His priority has always been in ensuring that players of Riot Games’ League of Legends is a game for gamers, and works closely with the developer team towards achieving that. He believes that a perfect game is one which comes alive when technology meets entertainment, and strives to achieve that through League of Legends. Prior to his regional role, Chris was the Country Manager of Vietnam for over two years at Riot Games. During that time, he led the opening of Vietnam’s first Esports Stadium, and has pushed for the growth of the country’s own Esports industry.

Over 30 years in the music business, across artist management, music publishing, recording, and building streaming services, mostly in Asia. Has had the extreme privilege of working with many wonderful artists, including INXS, Sting, Sir Elton John, Black Eyed Peas, M Nasir, Leo Sayer, Andy Lau and Faye Wong.

Denis Ladegaillerie is the founder and CEO of Believe Group created in 2005. The group develops products and services for artists and labels under the Believe & TuneCore brands, while also developing specialized labels such as AllPoints, Naïve, MusiCast or SoulFood. Believe collaborates with many artists, who are served by 500 staff in 32 offices around the world. Denis started working in digital music in 2001 in the United States with MP3.com, eMusic and Rollingstone.com.

Derek Tan is the co-founder and chief commercial officer of Viddsee, an online video platform for short premium content that aims to empower filmmakers by leveraging on technology to tell their stories, and thus amplifying values in stories at scale. He's a computer engineer with a filmmaking background, with his previous experience building the early Internet TV platform at local telco StarHub, and leading partnerships for a Silicon Valley-based mobile startup Cooliris (acquired by Yahoo), he now charts the commercial plans of Viddsee which is to build a sustainable ecosystem for storytellers in the region.

Devraj Sanyal is the Managing Director & CEO of Universal Music & EMI Music India & South Asia with an additional charge of Universal Music Publishing for the region. Sanyal is an old hand & a regular speaker at Music Matters & is a prominent voice in the media & entertainment industry. An A&R man at heart with a multi pronged business including Live, Artist Mgmt, Merchandising & Branded Content apart from the core business, Sanyal believes the business is ultimately all about the music. Sanyal is also a judge on Viacom's all English TV reality show called "The Stage" now in year 4.

A native of London, Ed moved to China in 2006 to serve on the front lines of the music industry. He now owns and runs Outdustry, a unique music industry services business specialising in the Chinese recorded music market. He is frequently sought out by international media – The Economist, Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, Guardian, Bloomberg, Reuters, Billboard etc – to comment on market news and conditions, has written extensively on the technical workings of the Chinese music industry and is a Billboard International Power Player. He is also currently writing a masters thesis on the Indian music industry as part of his MBA at The Berlin School of Creative Leadership.

Edward Bell is General Manager, Brand, Insights and Marketing Communications for Cathay Pacific Airways. He is fluent in Mandarin, married with 3 children.

Ernest Cu is the President and CEO of Globe Telecom, Inc., the leading telecommunications company in the Philippines. Under his visionary leadership, Globe has outperformed industry growth with the company breaking records across all key product groups, brands and market segments, catapulting Globe as the number one mobile brand in the country. In 2017, he was hailed as the Philippines’ Best CEO by Finance Asia. A second for Cu, he first received the award in 2010. Also in 2017, for the fifth straight year, Cu was recognized as one of the 100 most influential telecom leaders worldwide by London-based Global-Telecoms Business Magazine Power 100. Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific has also named him CEO of the Year twice, first in 2012, and again in 2017.

Esther has founded a number of successful startups and has been working in Vietnam since 2004. In 2007, Esther launched POPS Worldwide. After 10 years of cleaning up and building up the digital music and entertainment industry, POPS Worldwide now is leading digital entertainment in Southeast Asia and the partner of choice for local and international content providers. As CEO, Esther leads a multi-country team of 180 POPSters focused on elevating the domestic and international appeal, consumption and monetization of digital entertainment in the region. With over 4 billion monthly views, ardent fans of Vietnamese and Thai culture and entertainment turn to the POPS content network every day. The team at POPS manages digital entertainment for over 1,500 leading domestic and international partners like Turner, Discovery, Doraemon, Pokémon, TOEI, VTC and Fap TV. Esther has been a key contributor to the Vietnamese startup community and speaks frequently at entrepreneurship events in Vietnam.

Gautam heads up partnerships for YouTube across Asia Pacific and is also responsible for YouTube's overall operations across the region. Prior to his current role, he led the Asia Pacific Product Partnerships team supporting several Google products including Search, Maps, Shopping, Finance and Video.  Gautam has been with Google since April, 2005 originally based in California and in Singapore since January, 2009.

Gautam started his career as a Corporate Attorney at Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison LLP, a leading Silicon Valley law firm.  He has a Juris Doctor from the Boalt Hall School of Law, at the University of California, Berkeley and a Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, from UCLA.

Ghazi Shami founded EMPIRE in 2010 as an artist-friendly, progressive digital distribution company. After early success, and identifying future icons such as Kendrick Lamar, Sage The Gemini, The Migos, Rich Homie Quan and more, EMPIRE was quickly regarded as a tastemaker in the industry and throughout the years has evolved into a full-fledged record label, distributor and publisher for independent musicians. With the company and roster growing at a breakneck pace, EMPIRE has effectively disrupted a stale business model by bringing its energy, expertise, and acumen to its artists and labels. Given its reputation, EMPIRE works with today's hottest talent from superstars such as T.I. , Snoop Dogg, Too $hort and red-hot newcomers such as Anderson .Paak, XXXTentacion & BROCKHAMPTON.

With 25 years experience working in Asia, Graham has worked for Adobe, Apple, Fender, MTV and Republic Polytechnic and was the Founder and Chairman of The Music Society, Singapore (SGMUSO). He has extensive experience working with government agencies such as the National Arts Council, Media Development Authority, The Tourism Board and Workforce Development Agency in Singapore, and engaged major brands in music sponsorship. As an Executive Producer, Graham has developed new music initiatives working with artists, producers and brands and has returned to the UK after 21 years in Asia and founded the music management/label, Gray London.

Greg Gilligan joined the PGA TOUR in late 2013 as Vice President and serves as PGA TOUR Greater China Managing Director. Currently Chairman Emeritus, Mr. Gilligan served in an elected capacity as Chairman of the American Chamber of Commerce in China. Mr. Gilligan was previously Managing Director of APCO Worldwide’s Beijing office after serving as General Manager of Corporate Affairs for McDonald’s (China) Co., Ltd.. Mr. Gilligan holds an MBA from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management and HKUST; an MA of Arts in Asian Studies and Juris Doctor degrees from Washington University in St. Louis; and a Bachelor of Arts in history from Fairleigh Dickinson University. He has been a member of the Missouri Bar Association since 1995. With more than twenty-one years in China, Mr. Gilligan is fluent in Mandarin Chinese.

Professional service industry executive with extensive Asian and Australian experience. Throughout the region have managed a wide variety of events that have included marathons, cycling, motorsport, football, entertainment runs, festivals and World Expo’s to name some key ones. The management of such events has included being responsible for the commercial development, financial management, sponsorship sourcing, marketing and general operations. In addition to the general event work I have also been responsible for driving business development opportunities in the region.

Managing Partner for the APAC region, Helen Soulsby leads a multilingual and multinational team of executive search professionals in Singapore, China and Australia. She has been championing SRi’s growth in Asia for the past 7 years, stretching SRi’s network to include China, South Korea and Japan. A discerning advisor with deep market knowledge, Helen leads senior-level searches and board appointments across the ever converging media, sport, entertainment and technology sectors for agencies, content owners, media companies and brands in the world’s most exciting dynamic region.

Holly is Managing Director of CSM Sport & Entertainment in Asia. Holly has spent 13 years, seven of those in Asia, creating and amplifying major brand partnerships across sport, entertainment and lifestyle platforms. CSM has a presence in every sport, with 20 offices worldwide and major involvement in particularly motorsport, rugby and football in Asia. Holly is passionate about the power of sport and entertainment to connect people and has had the privilege of living and operating in Europe, The Middle East and Asia. In her spare time, Holly enjoys seeking out the best culinary experiences that the region has to offer and attempting a vague semblance of equilibrium between her love of wellbeing and fine wine.

Hosi Simon is the Global General Manager of VICE Media.

Under Simon's guidance, VICE has expanded and diversified to include a growing network of digital channels, a television and feature film production studio, a magazine, in-house creative services agencies, and a newly launched international television network, VICELAND.

As Global General Manager, Simon oversees the strategy, growth and operations of VICE Digital globally, which includes VICE Media’s suite of owned and operated channels, publishing partnerships (YouTube, Snapchat, Facebook, Apple, Twitch, et al), as well as mobile and OTT platforms.

Simon anded VICE in 2007 after five years at Rockstar Games where he served as a Senior Executive and managed brand development globally. Prior to working at Rockstar, he was Publisher & Editor-in-Chief of Flyer, and oversaw the publishing company globally.

Ian Bron oversees international business development at Paradigm Talent Agency, which represents a roster of over 1,400 artists in Australia and Asia including Shawn Mendes, Tiësto, Skrillex, Halsey, and more.

Italo Zanzi is currently Executive Vice President of FOX Networks Group Asia and Managing Director for its Sports network. In this role, Zanzi is responsible for all aspects of the FOX Sports Network, including Production, Acquisitions and Marketing across the region, stretching from Japan to Dubai. He is based in Singapore.

Zanzi joined FOX from Italian Serie A football club A.S. Roma where he was CEO for three and a half years, overseeing all aspects of the club’s operations and business. His tenure at Roma was marked by financial improvements and competitive success for the club, including two-second place finishes in Serie A and qualification to the knock-out stage of the UEFA Champions League in 2015-16.

Zanzi earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Chicago in 1996, and Juris Doctor and MBA from Emory University in 1999. He is a licensed attorney in New York State. He started his career at Major League Baseball, where he spent nearly eight years, eventually serving as Vice President, International Broadcast Sales & Latin American / US Hispanic Marketing. He then served as Deputy General Secretary of the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) overseeing the confederation's events, communications and marketing. Before joining A.S. Roma, Zanzi worked on behalf of the America’s Cup Event Authority in 2012, overseeing media rights licensing.

Zanzi is also an accomplished athlete, having represented the US national handball team as goalkeeper from 1997-2007 and winning a bronze medal with the team at the 2003 Pan American Games. He was named the United States Olympic Committee’s Team Handball Athlete of the Year in 2000, 2002, and 2004.

Ivy Wong is the Founder of VS MEDIA, a Next Generation Media Network empowering young creative talents. VS MEDIA is the first MCN focus on Chinese creators with office in HK, Taiwan and China empowering over 500 creators and their 55 mil+ subscribers. Over 20 year experience in Digital and Media, first in a role as Asia’s Senior Director of Global Sales at Yahoo! And then as Chief Operating Officer of TVB.com, CEO of Next Mobile Limited, Ivy has led three media brands into the number one digital position in Hong Kong/Asia.

James Miner is CEO at MinerLabs Group, and Video Assure a regional digital agency delivering strategic consulting, video streaming, and mobile solutions for leading broadcasters, rights holders, and technology companies. He is a proven global industry professional having worked across Asia, Silicon Valley, and Silicon Alley. He has built and led successful digital businesses for Prodigy Internet, About.com, Scient, Blue Interactive (now Possible WW), WPP GroupM, ESPN STAR Sports, and Fox Sports Asia (FIC).

Jason Dasey runs Cockatoo Media, a boutique communications company serving the needs of clients across Asia-Pacific, including Singapore's SPH Radio (as host of Weekend Mornings on Money FM), ESPN India and Sony India. Jason is best known for being Australia's first sports presenter on global networks BBC and CNN and the original anchor of ESPN's iconic SportsCenter Asia. He's also a former Vice-President at Malaysia's Astro, and, more recently, served as Coordinating Producer/Senior Editor for Disney Southeast Asia in Singapore.

Jason was brought into Alisports to manage the China event and marketing teams, as well as to build out international capabilities for the company. Jason is responsible for the strategic planning and execution of esport competition IPs around the world.

Jasper began his career in advertising in 1987 in London at Chris Ingram Associates moving to Eurosport in 1992. He moved to Asia in 1995 to work for Star Sports and joined (music channel) Channel [V] in 1997 where he constructed many branded content deals whilst also working on the launch of channels in Australia, Thailand, Philippines and South Korea.  Continuing to make connections that matter, Jasper co-founded BRANDED In 2001 and has since created the “Matters” series of events and the YouTube FanFest.  Most recently he has been instrumental in launching the Asian Sponsorship Association, serving as its inaugural President.

Jeff Nathenson has more than twenty-five years of international experience in media extending from production to business development. He currently is the managing director for the international division of Whistle Sports, the digital entertainment media company that produces content for post-millennials. Launching this arm of Whistle Sports in 2014, he has worked on creative programming, marketing and analytics initiatives on behalf of UEFA, The Olympics, YouTube, Visa and more. Prior to Whistle Sports, he was on the partnership team for YouTube, bringing La Liga, Ligue 1, BBC, C4, ITV and many others onto the platform. He ended his time at YouTube as its head of football. Jeff also has over a decade of production experience, working at CNN, IMG, and Dow Jones. The programmes that he launched like Living Golf and MainSail - both sponsored by Rolex - are still on CNN. When not traveling for work, he serves as a driver for his three kids and naps during the cricket.

Jennie Sager is the Head of Entertainment at Twitter and oversees the Content Partnerships team through Asia Pacific. Throughout her career, Jennie has produced award-winning programs for top television networks, including MTV, Discovery, NBC, ABC, CBS, The Nine Network, and HGTV. She has worked in more than 65 countries and at the world’s biggest events, including Superbowl XLVIII, The Academy Awards, and The Grammys. Whether it’s showing fans a different side of their favourite stars or introducing the world to emerging artists, music has always played a huge part in her career. While at Twitter, Jennie created Twitter's global VIP space, the #BlueRoom, a Twitter based TV show "Tweet the Beat", and spearheaded the world's first Twitter artist tour.

Jennifer overseas brand, marketing and digital sales for BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Asia, the leading console games publisher in the region. She oversees the long-term IP strategies for the company’s many interactive entertainment properties, as well as growth into eSports. Jennifer was previous Deputy Managing Director of Hill+Knowlton Strategies Thailand, and spent her career at communications agencies including Ogilvy in Los Angeles and Edelman in Tokyo. She has broad corporate and marketing communications experience across a wide variety of industries, ranging gaming, automotive and food+beverage.

Joddy Hernady is now SVP Media and Digital Business at PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia, Tbk. He has been heading Media and Digital Business since June 2016 and has responsible to develop digital strategy both in digitization process and develop digital products, orchestrate digital implementation within group and evaluate the performance of digital business units, During the last 10 years, he has been heading 7 different units at TELKOM Group. Prior to current position, he was Head of TV-Video Business, CEO Metranet, SVP Synergy, Head of Innovation and Design Center, Head of Multimedia Division and VP Corporate Strategic Planning. He is now also member of commissioner at Metranet Digital Investama, a corporate venture capital owned by TELKOM Indonesia and a supervisory member of Cellum Global, a fintech company based in Hungary. He was graduated from Bandung Institute of Technology in 1990 (undergraduate in Telecommunication Engineering) and University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA (master of science in electrical engineering) in 1992.

As Head of Global Strategic Initiatives in Alibaba Cloud International, Joey is responsible for various portfolios, including leading special projects such as Alibaba Cloud Olympics team, working closely with the Olympics movement on innovations and digital transformation. Joey has more than 18 year of experience in Infocomm Industry, 10 years are in business engineering and transformation. He currently sits on the board of directors for Alibaba joint venture companies and resides in Singapore.

John McLellan is the partner in charge of Haldanes’ media and entertainment practice in Asia. He represents television channels and broadcasters, record companies (both major and independent), publishing companies, film studios and production companies and international and regional movie stars and musical talents. John has acted in commercial transactions in most Asian jurisdictions including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and licensing arrangement; as well as more industry specific arrangement (film productions and co-productions, concert touring agreements, and artist management arrangements). John is a frequent speaker at international media conferences and legal advisor to a number of industry bodies, including the Federation of Hong Kong Film Workers, and the Hong Kong Directors Guild.

Jonathan Dickins founded and presides as the CEO of September Management. He began his career in the music industry at the age of nineteen as an A&R scout. In 2001 after a nearly decade-long tenure as an A&R manager at Warner Music Group, Dickins started his own record label Showbiz Recordings. The labels first release “Daydream in Blue” by I Monster reached number 20 on the UK Official Singles Chart. This was quickly followed by Panjabi MC’s single “Mundian To Bach Ke”— which became the first ever Punjabi language hit record when it reached the top 5 in the UK, and later spawned a guest vocal from Jay Z. In 2003, the label released British Grammy-nominated recording artist M.I.A.’s debut single “Galang,” after which Maya Arulpragasam asked him to manage her career and thus starting Jonathan’s highly respected and incredibly successful journey in artist management. Under Dickins’s management, M.I.A was signed to XL Recordings and released her debut album Arular to immense critical acclaim. In 2006, having just started September Management, Dickins met British singer Adele. Under the company’s guidance, Adele’s success has been an unprecedented global phenomenon. Through her releases ‘19’, ‘21’, and ‘25’, she has sold over 65 million albums worldwide and has won, an Oscar, Golden Globe ,9 Brit Awards and 15 Grammys including being the only artist in Grammy history to win The Big Three -Album of the Year, Record of The Year and Song of The Year with two consecutive albums ( 21 and 25). In 2016, Dickins and his team executed a 123 date sold out world tour of arenas and stadiums breaking a number of venue attendance records in the process. The success with Adele has led him to work with her collaborators, Grammy Award winning producers Paul Epworth and Rick Rubin. Paul Epworth has worked with internationally renowned artists such as Florence & The Machine, U2, Lorde, Coldplay, Rihanna, and Paul McCartney, while Rick Rubin has worked with the likes of Jay Z, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Johnny Cash, The Beastie Boys, Kanye West, Public Enemy, Lana Del Rey, and Ed Sheeran. Since its inception, September Management’s roster has grown to also include 15 x Grammy Award winning mix engineer Tom Elmhirst, who has worked alongside David Bowie, Amy Winehouse, Frank Ocean, U2, Bruce Springsteen and Adele. Artists managed by the company include Platinum selling trio London Grammar, Brit Award and Mercury Music Prize nominee Jamie T, the critically acclaimed King Krule, fast rising newcomer Rex Orange County and XL Recordings label founder Richard Russell, amongst others. September Management has offices in London, New York, and Los Angeles. In 2012, Jonathan was awarded the title of 'Manager of the Year’ at the Music Week Awards and in 2016 September Management received The David Enthoven Award for ‘Management Company of The Year’ at the Music Business Worldwide A&R Awards. An award that was extremely gratifying as it awarded the team and and was a reflection of September’s model of developing and partnering with some of the best managers of tomorrow.

Joyee Biswas heads Facebook Sports Partnerships for APAC and leads partnerships with APAC-based leagues, teams, athletes and media across all Facebook platforms, including Instagram, Messenger and Oculus. Prior to this Joyee was ESPN's head of Southeast Asia. His resume also includes being MD Asia for Eleven Sports Network, overseeing sports content for Singtel TV, content acquisition and management for Fox International Channels and ESPN Star Sports. His areas of expertise include new market launches, partnership management, content acquisition and management, marketing and business development. Joyee holds a graduate degree in engineering and a MBA in marketing and finance.

Jun Zhao, CEO of the China Sports Media(CSM), has transformed CSM through ever-widening businesses to become the leading sports marketing agency in China. She leads on negotiating and distributing sports media rights across China, dedicating to delivering growth in properties. CSM now has the rights to top-flight national and international sports broadcasting content including the Chinese Super League, AFC Champions League, AFC Asian Cup, J League, Bundesliga, A League and MSL, etc. In 2015, CSM landed all media rights to the CSL from 2016 to 2020 in a deal worth Yn8 billion, which represented a 20-fold increase in the value of the rights. Holding CFA policy changes have affected the “commercial value” of the CSL, Jun this year leads renegotiations and communicates effectively with the CSL and CFA to extend the agreement to 2025 at Yn11 billion, dedicating to long-term and sustainable development of Chinese football.

June Zhan is an international artist manager also a music licensing and digital content expert with well-established contacts with publishers, collection societies, and labels throughout Asia Pacific. June currently holds multi-positions at Atb-intl, AdShare, M³ Institute and Midem.

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Shortly after achieving his ACCA and HKICPA qualification at Ernst & Young, Kenney joined Rock Music Publishing Hong Kong in late 90's and started serving the music industry in the region. Over the past 20 years, Kenney worked for Warner Music Hong Kong, peermusic (S.E.Asia), BMG Rights Management Greater China and currently Kobalt Music Asia. While the music market is developing from physical CD to digital streaming sales over the past decade, Kenney evolved together with the industry and developed himself from a finance executive to a general management. Kenney is also a musician who released 2 albums with his band in Hong Kong in 2000 that brought them the Bronze Winner of the CRHK Ultimate Song Chart Awards in the band/group category. As a musician who truly loves and create music, a CPA who values integrity and standard compliance, a general management with strategic mind and vast experiences, Kenney is honored to keep contributing to the development of the music industry in Asia, in all aspects.

Kevin Lin is Co-Founder and former COO of Twitch, the world’s leading multiplayer entertainment platform and community for gamers and creators. Twitch empowers more than 2 million creators each month to turn their creativity into careers by broadcasting and engaging with more than 15 million viewers every day. Kevin extends his passion for enabling creativity through angel investing and advising.

Ms Tham Loke Kheng is CEO and Board Director, Mediacorp. A media industry veteran, Loke Kheng has held leadership roles in terrestrial free-to-air TV, Pay TV and broadband services in leading Asian media companies. In September 2017, Loke Kheng rejoined Mediacorp as its CEO, coming full circle to the organisation where she started her career. During her years away from Mediacorp, Loke Kheng was Head of Content and Marketing at StarHub, President of Taiwan Broadband Communications and Head of NOW TV, the largest Pay TV operator in Hong Kong. Loke Kheng is a graduate of National University of Singapore. She is married to a Singaporean and they have two children.

Malcolm leads Business Development in Asia for Lagardère Sports. An Asia veteran, Malcolm has been in the region for over 20 years, working in multiple markets and sports across a wide range of business areas, including events, sponsorship, media, venues and consulting.

Mandar Thakur is COO of Times Music, one of India’s leading record labels and music publishers. Times Music is a division of India’s largest media conglomerate – The Times of India group. Mandar began his career in Hong Kong with The Entertainment Co. for their concert promotion business in the early ‘90s, post which he helped set up the path breaking 24 hour music television station Channel [V] , and subsequently pioneered the digital music landscape in Asia, as part of the founding team at Soundbuzz, then Asia/India’s largest digital music company, acquired by Motorola in early 2008. Mandar now sits on the boards of copyright societies like PPL , IPRS & music industry organisation , IMI ( Indian Music Industry ).

With more than 23 years of music industry experience, Marcie Allen negotiates high-profile partnerships between the world’s leading brands and artists. Allen has brokered and executed multi-faceted programs on behalf of brands including: Sony, YouTube, Microsoft, Verizon, Samsung, Citi, Capital One, Delta, AT&T and artists including Chance the Rapper, Khalid, Foo Fighters, The Rolling Stones, Green Day, Billy Joel, John Legend, Imagine Dragons, and Keith Urban. She has been nominated as a finalist for Billboard’s “Concert Marketing and Promotion Award” twelve times and has won seven times. Allen has been named to Billboard’s “Women in Music” list every year since 2010 and was included in Billboard’s “Power 100” list in 2018. She was selected to Billboard's “Branding Power Players” list in 2016, 2017 and 2018, named to the first-ever “Hip-Hop Power List” in 2017 and has also received Billboard’s Humanitarian Award.” Variety selected Allen to its 2015 and 2018 “Power of Women: New York Impact List,” representing the most powerful women in entertainment. Prior to starting MAC Presents, Allen produced more than 100 music festivals across the country, including On the Bricks in Atlanta. She is currently an adjunct professor at NYU Steinhardt and Clive Davis Music Institute of Recorded Music.

Maria O’Connor, Managing Director of Ticketmaster Australia and New Zealand, is a pioneer and veteran of Australian entertainment and ticketing. For 37 years, Maria has been instrumental in the evolution of ticketing having introduced and implemented many significant changes and innovations which have shaped the ticketing landscape we know today, including the transition from outlets to fully computerized and online ticketing. Maria’s leadership, along with her unrivaled experience and understanding of the ever-changing needs of venues, promoters and event organizers, has propelled Ticketmaster to the region’s leading and preferred ticketing partner. Maria is currently serving as Vice-President of Live Performance Australia and is an alumni of Leadership Victoria (Williamson Community Leadership Program).

Mark Frieser is a serial entrepreneur and global thought leader in entertainment and interactive content and is the CEO of Sync Summit (https://syncsummit.com), Sync Exchange (https:/syncexchange.com) and Something Sonic (https://somethingsonic.com)

Graduated in Business Law, and developing the FISE World Series for 4 years, Matak is passionated about action sports (freestyle sports such as BMX, Skateboard, Roller, Wakeboard, ski & snowboard) and has spent his professional life to bring their popularity at the top. The integration of BMX Freestyle at the Olympic Games is part of that achievement. Matak is convinced that in the today's digital world, amazing contents is the true definition of a strong IPR and believes that the action sports being super-visual more than any other sports are surfing on their natural attraction making them a real life-style. Don't get him wrong, Matak is still the real fan of all sports including soccer as for him, sports in general is the strongest human connector.

Maurizio leads Sports Partnerships across Southeast Asia for Twitter. In this role, Maurizio is responsible for developing and driving innovative sports partnerships, creating new revenue opportunities for Twitter and its sports partners in the region, and bringing exciting sports content onto Twitter to reach fans around the world.

Maya is responsible for building Twitter's business in these markets and mainly responsible for exploring commercial opportunity for Twitter in Asia Pacific. Prior to this role, Maya was Managing Director of India and Southeast Asia, and previously Senior Director, Product Sales & Strategy, Asia Pacific, Middle East and Emerging Markets.

Maya joined Twitter in 2014 as Director, Product Strategy & Sales of Asia Pacific, Americas & Emerging Markets. Prior to Twitter, Maya spent over 15 years in the digital media, mobile and eCommerce industries across the US and in Asia Pacific region for brands such as Samsung, Google, Microsoft and Cisco. She was also responsible for launching and bringing Internet and mobile offerings to top tier publication such as Vogue, GQ and Condé Nast Traveller in Asia.

Maya has an MBA from INSEAD and an MS in Engineering from Utah State University.

Maya can be found on @maya_hari

Mike Hill is the CEO of Magnetic Asia, a pioneer integrated event and entertainment solution house based in Hong Kong. Magnetic Asia is the parent company of Clockenflap: Hong Kong’s Music & Arts Festival, the Hong Kong instance of Sonar Electronic Music festival and Congress of creative technologies, Your Mum, a Hong Kong based promoter of music and Ticketflap, a regional digital ticketing platform. Mike’s strong I.T. background, and many years leading Kite Group Ltd, a Hong Kong based technology company lead to the obvious creation of Ticketflap. Ticketflap is now Hong Kong’s leading on line ticketing platform. Mike has a Bachelors (BEng Hons) Degree from Nottingham Trent University in Electronics and Computing and an MSc Degree from Liverpool University in Computer Science.

As Managing Director, Mike works closely with the beIN Media Group’s global leadership team to realise its mission of redefining the sports and entertainment experience for fans in Asia and ANZ. With extensive experience in media, sales and sports marketing, Mike is tasked with shaping beIN’s business model and operations in the region while identifying new customer experiences and revenue opportunities. Since joining beIN, Mike has expanded the beIN SPORTS brand in Asia and doubled the number of beIN SPORTS feeds to ensure wide coverage of its live events and bring fans closer to their much-loved sports and teams. Mike is also responsible for the rollout of beIN’s first multi-device player in Asia, beIN SPORTS Connect.

Molly Neuman is the Global Head of Business Development at Songtrust, the world’s largest global royalty collection service and publishing administrator. At Songtrust she leads the business development, sales, and marketing teams of in their service to over 150,000 songwriters and 20,000 publishers to collect their publishing royalties worldwide for over 1,000,000 copyrights. Prior to joining Songtrust, Molly was Head of Music at Kickstarter, Interim President and Vice President of the American Association of Independent Music (A2IM) and held senior roles in label relations at Rhapsody International and eMusic. Additionally, she has served on the boards of SoundExchange and A2IM. Molly's career in music began as the drummer in Riot Girl band, Bratmobile.

Murray is a Sports Marketing professional with over 20 years’ experience in Media, Marketing & Sponsorship worldwide. Starting his career at a couple of International Pay TV operations, Murray transitioned into sports working for broadcasters, agencies and sporting bodies. He was worked on some of the biggest sporting brands including ATP, FIFA, NBA, ESPN and Rugby World Cup. When Liberty acquired F1, Murray was one of the new team and is responsible for sponsorship and commercial partnerships.

Founder of Vietnam Esports TV (VETV) Vietnam first eSports channel. After 5 years VETV got more than 2M subscribers and 1.5B+ views. I am also head of Esports in Vietnam in last 4 years with biggest achievement were to bring 2 Vietnamese team to the League of Legends World Championship 2017.

Nicholas is the co-founder and Chairman of Singapore's Cybersports & Online Gaming Association, an active esports ecosystem builder in Singapore working closely with stakeholders like Twitch, Riot, Garena, and National Youth Council. His time in gaming started as a competitive DOTA player more than 10 years back and now works on developing the esports ecosystem in Singapore and in the region. He serves on boards of businesses, non-profits, and government institutions and has been involved in Gaming Matters since its inception in 2016, playing a key role in curating Gaming Matters this year.

Oskar is the Founder of GESC, the leading eSports events company in Southeast Asia. In its first year of operations, GESC has already organized two of the biggest eSports events in the history of Southeast Asia: GESC Indonesia and GESC Thailand. Both were the first Dota Pro Circuit events in the history of these countries, and were watched by millions of fans around the globe. Oskar leads a growing team of professionals from the sports and entertainment industries. He holds an MBA from INSEAD and a Bachelor's Degree from McGill University.

The President and founder of Ultra Records, Ultra Music, and Ultra International Music Publishing, Patrick Moxey, is by all accounts a visionary pioneer who has pushed past barriers to bring hip hop and electronic dance music into the mainstream heart of America, where it squarely sits in 2018. Executive Producer of 3 GRAMMY Award winning records and responsible for worldwide multi-platinum hit records such as "Cheerleader (Felix Jaehn Remix)" by Omi, "I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)" by Pitbull and more.

Over 20 years’ experience working in sports media and marketing. Current positions include:

Catalyst Media Group, Hong Kong – President
Main project includes the International Champions Cup: 2013 - present

Synergy Sports AG, Switzerland/Paraguay/Brazil – Executive Director
Main project includes CONMEBOL SUDAMERICANA, CONMEBOL Minor Tourneos: 2016 - Present

Formerly Managing Director, TEAM Marketing in Europe responsible for selling media and sponsorship rights for the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League.

Paul Aiello is Managing Director of Emerald Media. Emerald Media is a pan-Asian platform established by KKR along with Paul and his partner Rajesh Kamat to fund up to $300 mm in investment opportunities in the fast-growing media and entertainment industries across Asia. The platform primarily focuses on providing growth capital to companies in the traditional media, digital media, consumer tech and B2B sectors. Prior to Emerald Media, Paul has 25 years of professional experience in investment banking at Morgan Stanley and CS First Boston and in media where he was also CEO of Star TV Asia. He also co-founded CA Media, an investment platform preceding Emerald Media, together with The Chernin Group. Paul holds a B.A. from the University of Notre Dame and a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Cambridge.

Paul Farberman graduated from York University and Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto. He was called to the Bar in 1978 and entered private practice specializing in entertainment law with particular focus on the music industry. After four years in private practice Paul joined CBS Records Canada as Vice-President of Business Affairs. Miles Copeland then hired Paul as Vice-President, Business Affairs for IRS Records in Los Angeles. In 1991 Paul joined Universal Pictures as Vice President, Business Affairs for the Music Department and 5 years later joined 20th Century Fox as VP Business Affairs for their Music Department. Paul then joined Feeling Productions, the management company for Celine Dion, where he spent the next 17 years being involved in the day-to-day management of Celine Dion’s career with particular emphasis on handling all Business Affairs related matters. Currently Paul is providing managing and consulting services to various Artists, Songwriters, Actors, Producers, and various companies in the music, film and television industry.

Pieter van Rijn is CEO of FUGA, an industry-leading technology and services company for international rightsholders. As technology continues to lead a wave of disintermediation, creating new efficiencies, reordering relationships and shifting market paradigms, Pieter regards change as the only constant in the business. Developing flexible and adaptable technology with leading labels, FUGA’s sole role is to provide clients with the tools they require to run their changing businesses more efficiently. Taking up the CEO position in May 2014, Pieter’s vision leverages FUGA’s tech and music expertise and is resonating with clients’ needs. Previously a board level management consultant at 3 Rivers, he was active in the media & entertainment industry in the area of strategy, corporate restructuring and M&A. Before this, Pieter acted as a Senior Project Manager for International Operations/M&A at global TV production company Endemol. Once signed to Sony Music, Pieter is still active as a songwriter in his rare spare time.

Rai is currently the CEO of BITREP.me, a new community-focused digital talent platform continuing his work around building and professionalizing the content creator ecosystem in Asia-Pacific. Previous to BITREP.me, he served as Director - Asia Pacific at Twitch, the largest live streaming platform in the world.

Ralf Reichert is a man who has lived by his moto, “cut your own path”. Early in his career he joined forces with his brothers and friends and founded the now world-renowned clan, SK-Gaming. From there he founded and grew ESL to the largest esports company in the world. Constantly pushing at the boundaries of what is possible, Ralf’s vision of what the industry could (and should) be, is what has gotten the company so far. As a passionate gamer himself, he is constantly striving to make esports the largest and most attractive sport in the world.

Ralph Simon is one of the founders of the global mobile social media & entertainment industry - a visionary & innovator known as “the father of the ring tone”. He is a global expert in mobile platforms, social music & multi-screen creativity. He founded the world’s first commercial ring tone service.. One of the world’s top 50 executives in mobile since 2005, Ralph invests, advises & develops smartest mobile AI & wireless creative content & assets, VR & MR. He understands that the future belongs to Screenagers everywhere. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in the UK, Founder of Mobilium Global, the international “cool” hunters. Ralph is based in London or on a plane to where mobile innovation calls for discovery, development & investment.

Ranji brings 15 years of Marketing, Communications and Consulting experience and a track record of successful intrapreneurship to her current role as Marketing Director for Asia with the World Federation of Advertisers where she is keenly focused on supporting WFA members in the pursuit of increased marketing efficiency and effectiveness through specially curated research, toolkits and peer-to-peer round-table FORUMS. She joined the global team from a role at Samsung where she managed the Media, Digital Marketing and Mobile IMC portfolios across Asia, and has also held in-market MarCom roles with brands such as automotive marque Audi. Ranji was formerly the Executive Director of the IAB Singapore and has also enjoyed a successful career in Executive Search.

Recently described as the 'First Man of Sports' by SportzPower, India's leading sports business publication, Ravi Krishnan has had a career in Sports, Media & Entertainment spanning over two decades. Ravi has helped create, commercialise, execute, and establish some of Asia's and India's long-lasting properties including the Indian Premier League, India's first ever Fashion Week, its only ATP tournament and a global wellness mass participation platform. Ravi moved to India, from Australia, in 1995, to set up IMG and went on to serve as Managing Director for South Asia. Today, Ravi is Chairman of KWANAbler, focused on partnering global stakeholders looking to create long term value for both sides in the Indian market. In this venture, he has partnered with KWAN, India's premier marketplace for entertainment and pop culture. In 2012, he also co-founded Stepathlon, a digital and on-ground mass participation wellness platform aimed at getting people moving, using a "sports marketing approach to wellness”. In 2016, Stepathlon partnered with Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli and his management company, to create Stepathlon Kids.

Richa is a digital innovator with over 20 years’ experience with leading financial and consumer healthcare brands across the Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific including China. She has deep expertise in disrupting traditional business practices into digital models and orchestrating organizational change. She is a Digital Advisory Board member at several Fortune 100 companies, and a TEDx speaker. She is a thought leader on fintech and has launched digital and mobile-led banks targeting millennials in APAC. Richa quit banking and co-founded Fitness Quotient which focusses on working with individuals and corporate warriors across all walks of life to live healthier, more vibrant lives. Richa has been a pioneer in the fintech space since 2000 and now is a leading agent of change in the healthtech space as is visible with the creative mobile first industry awards that J&J have won to date.

Rishi Mirchandani is the Director of Content Acquisition for Amazon Music. He is responsible for Amazon Music’s global content licensing and has been a key driver in the launch of Amazon Music Unlimited and Prime Music. Prior to joining Amazon in 2013, Rishi was most recently Vice President of Operations at Turntable.fm and before that Vice President of Marketing & Operations at Sony Music. He has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA from the University of Pennsylvania.

Rob Gilby is CEO & Founder, Blue Hat Ventures, an advisory & investment firm focused on growth and start-up businesses in the entertainment, media and consumer sectors across Asia. An experienced media executive with 25 years at Disney, Time Warner and PwC across Asia Pacific and Europe, Rob has established deep industry expertise in leading TV networks, distribution, strategy and marketing organizations. Most recently Rob was Managing Director, The Walt Disney Company Southeast Asia, driving the rapid growth of the company’s film, media and consumer products businesses in emerging markets such as Indonesia & Philippines, and pioneering digital media initiatives in mobile, social, games & online video.

Rob Schwartz is a journalist, entrepreneur and music and film producer active in Asia and the US. Rob’s journalism has appeared in publications like Time, Newsweek, NME, Variety, and The Hollywood Reporter. He is the Asia Bureau Chief of Billboard Magazine. In 2002 Rob was appointed Executive Director of the Tokyo-based imprint Play Label. In 2005 he founded the rock-electro label Dynastic Records (www.dynasticrecords.com). Rob is COO of SomethingDrastic (http://somethingdrastic.com/en/), a marketing, PR and translation firm. Rob was the Executive Producer for the 2010 US feature film Putty Hill and currently has the film Bernard & Huey in post-production in LA.

Ruuben heads up ANZ and SEA Music Partnerships for YouTube and Google Play.  He works with a broad spectrum of music partners to license, distribute and market their content to YouTube and Google Play's audience globally.

Sammie Kang's former PR experience, as well as her time in a crisis consulting firm, has prepared her for being the center of all communication activities for PUBG. Sammie began as the main interpreter at PUBG Corp for Brendan 'PLAYERUNKNOWN' Greene.

Communicating between him and the PUBG Corp dev team, Sammie's experience in both marketing and public relations made her the natural choice to lead the community management efforts during the early alpha testing phase. Sammie now leads a cross-functional community team that includes the sub-disciplines of communications, social media and content creator relations.

Saurabh leads content partnerships team and plays a key role in strategic relationship with key media organizations and public celebrities across Asia Pacific based out of Singapore. Since joining Facebook in 2014, Saurabh ramped up the partnerships team and now runs all of APAC partnerships with core focus on connecting people to the content and creators that best inform and entertain them. The team works closely with studios, TV networks, celebrities and creators in the entertainment space, leveraging Facebook platform to maximize their specific objectives & increasing engagement and distribution of their content. In addition, Saurabh’s role is to evangelize new products for the market and rollout to partners for better engagement & user experience e.g. Videos, Instant Articles and FB LIVE etc have seen mass adoption leading to great and authentic user experiences. Saurabh is a Chartered Accountant (India) and MBA by profession and has 15+ years of industry experience. Prior to Facebook, he was Vice President, New Media & Video Monetization at Viacom India Group, has worked with STAR India (Platform Partnerships), Reliance Big Entertainment (Strategy, BD & Content Partnerships including for DTH/IPTV) and has been an Investment Banker with Bank of America.

One of China’s leading media and music executives, Scarlett started her music career as the CEO of Star TV’s Channel [V] (A News Corporation Company) music channel. Scarlett founded Zebra Media in 2008, China’s No 1 music festival operator. Zebra Media organizes the largest music festivals in China including the Zebra Music Festival (ZMF), Electronic Daisy Carnival (EDC) attracting more than 150,000 people each festival at multiple location of China. Scarlett joined CMC holdings in 2017 as the VP of the group, responsible for music and the live entertainment division. Prior to Zebra Media, Scarlett Co-Founded R2G Limited, a music rights clearance company, R2G was sold to Tencent Music Entertainment in 2016. Scarlett obtained her bachelor degree in Australia and her EMBA from Tsinghua University in Beijing. She is a Henry Crown fellow with the Aspen Institute, a NAL of the World Economic Forum and an Asia21 fellow of the Asia Society.

CEO and Co-Founder at Mighty Bear Games. Formerly of King, Ubisoft, and Bigpoint, Simon has been in the games industry for over 15 years and is now driving forward innovation in mobile gaming from Mighty Bear's base in Singapore.

Previously a musician, engineer, producer, remixer and promoter, Simon has been with The Beggars Group since 1990. Starting work with online distribution in 1997, Simon has since worked with almost every significant entity in digital media. He has spoken at most music conferences around the world on digital music and media strategy, made statements to the UK parliament and has testified at the USA's CRB webcasting proceedings. He is also a director and board member of Video Performance Ltd (VPL) and Consolidated Independent (CI), but the most important role is keeping the Beggars Group of labels at the forefront of all new technologies to deliver its award winning roster of artists to the widest possible audience. The Beggars Group represents 4AD, Matador, Rough Trade, XL Recordings and Young Turks.

Soumini Sridhara Paul is Vice President of Hungama Digital Media Ent. Pvt. Ltd. spearheading the Talent and Independent content platform, Artist Aloud and heading operations for YouTube for Hungama. Launched in January 2010, Soumini has led and evangelised the set up of Artist Aloud, South Asia’s premier digital platform for established and new talent with independent audio and video content. She has been responsible for evolving the business from a simple distribution offering to a full fledged ecosystem for the independent space across Digital, Social, Content, Promotions, Talent Booking and Events along with several promising team members over the years. She also is Head of Operations and Content Development for Kids and other channels on YouTube and also works on special projects for Hungama. One of her pet projects is the channel she is building along with a wonderful team for Hungama Kids creating content which is age appropriate, entertaining and educational. She has over 20 years experience as a Pop Artist, Artist Manager as well as assignments with Channel [V] including Bollywood, Independent and International talent and Universal Music including album launches and promotions and artist relations.

Sowmya Subramanian joined Google in 2006 where she was instrumental in the development and growth of several strategic initiatives at YouTube and Google Maps. Sowmya incubates and grows strategic initiatives in the consumer space at Google and is active in empowering and enabling women & girls in technology. In her 10+ years at Google, Sowmya has founded and lead YouTube Kids, YouTube Music, YouTube Live, and has been critical in expanding YouTube’s revenue stream from an ad based model to a paid subscription model (now YouTube Red). Under her leadership, the products have won several awards, including Kidscreen Hot50 Award & best kids app in AppStore awards for YouTube Kids, Sports Emmy in 2012 for the monumental Felix RedBull space jump livestream, and is helping transform YouTube to be one of the top global platforms for music artists and fans. Prior to YouTube, Sowmya lead engineering in Google Maps where she defined and executed on their mapping data and local business efforts, and won several Google leadership awards. Sowmya co-leads Women@ for Google North America. She serves on the advisory board for PBS Kids and iTVS Women & Girls Lead Global.

In his current role as the Founding Chief Executive Officer of SGInnovate – a private limited company wholly owned by the Singapore Government – Mr Leonard has been chartered to lead an organisation that builds ‘deep-tech’ companies. Capitalising on the science and technology research for which Singapore has gained a global reputation, Mr Leonard’s team works with local and international partners, including universities, venture capitalists, and major corporations to help technical founders imagine, start and scale globally-relevant early-stage technology companies from Singapore.

Taku founded Peatix together with his former colleagues at Amazon, and has served as its CEO since its inception. Taku also held the position of Representative Director and CEO of YOOX Japan until August 2009. Prior to YOOX, Taku held various positions at Amazon Japan including head of its mobile and online marketing divisions. He also launched the iTunes Music Store in Japan while at Apple in 2005 and led its marketing team. Taku began his career at Sony Music Entertainment's international business affairs division in Japan. He holds a B.A. from Yale University.

Tarsame Mittal is the founder of TM Talent Management - one of the most preferred Talent Management Organisation in the Indian Music Industry. TM Talent Management represents 26 musicians from the Indian Music & Live Entertainment Industry including some of the most prominent names like Ajay-Atul, Amitabh Bhattacharya, Amit Trivedi, Arijit Singh, Hariharan, Rekha Bhardwaj,Sajid Wajid,Sunidhi Chauhan, Vishal Bhardwaj, Vishal & Shekhar and Zubeen Garg . He has also visioned several initiatives in Indian Music Business including:

Bollywood Music Project (BMP) - a 2-day, multi stage & genre music festival that features over 60 artists in from the Music Industry and has successfully completed 3 editions in the past 18 months

All About Music - an all-inclusive B2B conference for the Music Industry . In its debut year, it brought together over 85+ speakers & 1000+ stakeholders , making it one of the most memorable music conference.

Music Plus - An interactive music communication portal serving as an all-inclusive information hub for the music industry and music lovers.

Tenniel Chu, born in 1976 in Hong Kong, is the Vice Chairman of Mission Hills Group, the owner and operator of Mission Hills Golf Club, the largest golf facility in the world. With clubhouses in Shenzhen, Dongguan and Haikou – and a profile that is global in its reach – Mission Hills is pioneering the golf and leisure tourism industry in China.

Thaddeus Rudd is Co-Owner and Co-President of Mom+Pop Music, based in New York. Celebrating it’s 10th Anniversary in 2018, Mom+Pop is a leading independent music company whose roster includes Courtney Barnett, Flume, Tash Sultana, Alice Merton, Alina Baraz, Lucius, Jai Wolf, Sunflower Bean, Hinds and many more. He is a graduate of Northwestern University and lives in Brooklyn, NY.

Tim provides strategic legal, career and business guidance to a variety of talent and corporate clients in music, film, television, new media, literature and sports. Using his 30-plus years of experience, both on the company and talent sides of the table, Tim is recognized for his experience as a pro-active deal broker on behalf of his clients and serves them in all legal-related facets of their careers and businesses.

Tom has been at IMG for fifteen years, six in Asia. He is responsible for APAC Business Development, Digital and Entertainment for IMG Media. This includes running various sports relationships and driving Endeavor Content's distribution business in mainland Asia.

Tom Rettig is Vice President of Product, Music at Gracenote. In his role, he is responsible for overseeing the development and management of the company's music data, content recognition and recommendation products which power the next-generation music experiences offered by the world's leading streaming services, along with the top web, mobile, CE and automotive companies. Prior to joining Gracenote, Tom was Vice President of Production Studios (art, audio, animation and software) at LeapFrog, as well as the Sound Director at Broderbund Software. At both companies he played key roles in bringing several award-winning products to market. Tom has served on the Executive Board of the MIDI Manufacturers Association.

Anthony (“Tony”) Zameczkowski is Vice President, Business Development for Netflix Asia. Tony has held pivotal roles within huge organizations operating where he has been responsible for leading teams in strategic partnerships and business development efforts in ever-changing and fast-moving environments. Since Tony joined Netflix earlier this year, it has inked Netflix Open Connect partnership deals with leading Singapore info-communications players - Singtel and StarHub - to deliver optimal streaming experiences for Netflix members. It now also has partnerships in Hong Kong with nowTV – delivered by PCCW Media Limited. In June, Netflix entered into a partnership with Globe Telecom in Philippines.  With more than 17 years’ experience in the media and technology industry, Tony has a proven track record of building and strengthening strategic partnerships with key players across content verticals (entertainment, music, sports and news) in markets covering Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Russia. Prior to Netflix, he was in a global managerial position running the international operations of Victorious, a Kleiner Perkins-backed start-up in the mobile video space, building new business and partnerships for the US-based digital company. Before that, Tony spent eight years at Google/YouTube in Europe and Asia. He first came to Asia five years ago in his capacity as Head of Partnerships for Greater China and South East Asia in Hong Kong. Later he moved to Singapore to manage the YouTube Music business in the APAC region. He was among the first few employees to be part of the video-sharing platform, when it was acquired by Google. Tony’s roots in entertainment started when he worked at Warner Bros. Television as Sales and Business Development Manager, licensing content to broadcasters and VOD platforms in Europe. He holds an MBA awarded jointly by the Kellogg School of Management and The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, as well as a Master’s degree from ESSEC Business School.

Unmish triangulates content, commerce & the consumer – using technology. He facilitates the digital transformation of media businesses, curates markets of digital demand, helps brands tell innovate stories and mentors startups in MediaTech, SportsTech & VideoTech. Educated at Cambridge, London Business School and St. Stephen’s, Singapore is Unmish’s 5th home after London, New York, Johannesburg & Delhi. He’s conducted business in over 30-countries on three Continents for blue-chips such as IMG, BBC Technology, ESPN STAR Sports, Fox, News Corp, Scripps Interactive Networks, Jungle Ventures and the International Cricket Council (ICC). Unmish is active on LinkedIn and in “listening” mode on Twitter.

Vegard is the Co-founder and Chief Commercial Officer of Antler, a new startup generator that turns the world's best talent into great founders of great companies. Prior to Antler, Vegard was a Senior Manager in McKinsey, specializing in energy and deep tech, serving clients across more than 10 countries. Vegard holds a MSc in Industrial Engineering and Tech Management from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology.

Wali is the founder of Sports Connect, a Singapore based sports marketing & athlete management agency focused on emerging markets. They help brands reach their business goals through sports. Originally from Pakistan, Wali has lived in Singapore for the past 14 years. Prior to Sports Connect he built and led the Asia Pacific partnerships division for a global energy services company. Wali holds an MBA from INSEAD and a Bachelor's Degree from the National University of Singapore. He hails from a sporting family and frequently writes on the business of sports.

Alan Gilpin is the Chief Operating Officer and Head of Rugby World Cup at World Rugby, and is responsible for the day-to-day management of the globally-renowned Rugby World Cup brand, including the preparations and delivery for Rugby World Cup 2019 in Japan and the conduct of the host selection process for Rugby World Cup 2023.

Previously a lawyer, and with a strong track record in sport and business, Alan has been involved in the management and delivery of Rugby World Cup since 2001 in a number of roles.

Alan joined the World Rugby from his previous role as Chief Operating Officer of official hospitality provider, Prestige Ticketing Ltd, where he oversaw the award-winning hospitality programme for the London 2012 Olympic Games. Prior to the London 2012 role, Alan spent nine years with IMG, including responsibility for commercial rights negotiation across Rugby World Cup 2003, 2007 and 2011

Alex Zhu, cofounder and co-CEO of musical.ly. Musical.ly is a globally popular social media platform around music and videos.

Alex's background was in product and design.

Charles Caldas is CEO of Merlin, the global rights agency for the independent label sector, which commands in excess of 12% of the global digital recorded music market.

Merlin has licensed the world’s leading digital music services including SoundCloud, YouTube Red, Spotify, Pandora, Google Play, Deezer, Vevo, and KKBOX, and reached settlements with Limewire, XM Satellite Radio, and Grooveshark.

Charles received IMPALA's Outstanding Contribution Award in 2013 and was named one of Billboard’s International Power Players in both 2014 and 2017.

Chase Carey was named Executive Chairman of Formula 1 in September 2016 and Chief Executive Officer in January 2017. He is responsible for the strategy and operations of the world’s premiere motor sports business. From 2009 to 2016, Mr. Carey served as President and Chief Operating Officer of 21st Century Fox, as well as Executive Vice Chairman. He oversaw the world’s premiere portfolio of entertainment, news and sports franchises as well as worldwide broadcast, pay television and satellite assets. Mr. Carey continues to serve as a non-executive Vice Chairman of 21st Century Fox.

Previously, Mr. Carey was President and Chief Executive Officer of DIRECTV, Inc., where he led the operations and strategic direction of the DIRECTV, Inc. companies - which include DIRECTV, Inc. in the United States and DIRECTV Latin America. He was elected to the position in 2003 by the company's Board of Directors. He also served on The DIRECTV Group Board of Directors.

Prior to joining DIRECTV, Inc., Mr. Carey was co-Chief Operating Officer of News Corporation (now known as 21st Century Fox) and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Fox Television Group. He was particularly instrumental in building its worldwide television business that encompassed the FOX network, Fox Television Stations, Fox's cable programming group, and the Company's international satellite television operations.

Mr. Carey is a Director of Formula 1, 21st Century Fox and Sky, Plc. He is a graduate of Colgate University and Harvard Business School. He is also a Trustee Emeritus at Colgate University.

Cussion Pang was appointed CEO and Board of director of Tencent Music Entertainment Group (TME) since July 2016. Mr. Pang is responsible for corporate strategies, overall direction and management of TME. With over 20 years of experience in the Internet industry, Cussion has been participating in many aspects of the development of the Chinese Internet Market with vision and hands on experience.

Mr. Pang joined Tencent back in early 2008 and had served in various positions including Corporate Vice President of Social Network, Corporate Vice President of Tencent e-Commerce, Vice President of Tencent Games and General Manager of Games, Tencent Open Platform. In additions, Cussion was also in charge of QQ Games, Web games, Mobile Games and QQ Show etc. in Tencent Group.

Prior joining Tencent, Cussion had served as management positions of many listed companies in Telecommunication, Internet and Media industries, with extensive experience in product development, operations, business development, sales and marketing. Mr. Pang graduated from University of Waterloo with degree of Mathematics, Business Administration and Information System.

David looks after one of the largest media budgets in a region spanning 14 time zones. He is responsible for driving Unilever’s innovation in Communications Channel Planning with a strong focus on developing Unilever as a major force in digital marketing.

David was educated at Dulwich College, London and at the Open University Business School, UK. He spent 25 years in UK agencies before a 7-year stay in APAC with Mindshare, where he managed the agency’s multimarket relationship with Unilever.

He joined Unilever in 2010 and lives in Singapore with his wife and two children.

Mr. David Yang, CEO of Wanda Sports China, has committed himself to growing the business of Wanda Sports Group, helping it to become the largest sports company in the world. Wanda Sports China has broad operations in football, cycling, triathlon, badminton, basketball, and activates around Wanda’s strategic partnerships with top international sports federations and organizations, such as FIFA, FIBA, the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), as well as Badminton World Federations (BWF).

Prior to joining Wanda, David worked for the National Basketball Association (NBA) in New York, Hong Kong and China, as Senior Vice President and Managing Director. In his earlier career, David was an investment banker at Merrill Lynch. He also worked at Deloitte Touche and Enron Corporation in Houston.

David obtained his MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, dual Master’s degrees with scholarship from the University of Texas at Austin, and Bachelor’s degree summa cum laude from Nankai University.

Giles Morgan is one of the world’s leading international sponsorship practitioners, with over 24 years of experience in the international marketing industry. Since 2005, Giles has led HSBC’s international sponsorship strategy and portfolio with over 120 events in 30 countries in sports, arts and CSR. Giles also is responsible for the HSBC Airport Media strategy – one of the most high recognised and successful brand platforms globally. Giles is a sought-after key note speaker in the Sports Industry around the world and is also a regular media commentator.

From its launch in 2008, Hartwig Masuch has led the new BMG to become the fourth biggest music company in the world and arguably the fastest growing music company in history, with 14 offices in 11 countries including the US, UK, China and Australia. It represents around 2.5m songs and recordings from artists and songwriters ranging from Mick Jagger and Keith Richards to Roger Waters and Robbie Williams, from Avril Lavigne and Bruno Mars, to blink-182 and Blondie. Masuch has in the process become the most powerful and influential non-Anglo-American in the music industry today. Behind this success story stands a simple concept: rethinking the music company for the digital age in order to give artists and songwriters a better deal. Masuch argues that music companies should exist to serve the artist, not the other way round. Always thought-provoking and sometimes-outspoken, Masuch has a unique perspective on the future of the music industry.

Hosi Simon is the Global General Manager of VICE Media.

Under Simon's guidance, VICE has expanded and diversified to include a growing network of digital channels, a television and feature film production studio, a magazine, in-house creative services agencies, and a newly launched international television network, VICELAND.

As Global General Manager, Simon oversees the strategy, growth and operations of VICE Digital globally, which includes VICE Media’s suite of owned and operated channels, publishing partnerships (YouTube, Snapchat, Facebook, Apple, Twitch, et al), as well as mobile and OTT platforms.

Simon anded VICE in 2007 after five years at Rockstar Games where he served as a Senior Executive and managed brand development globally. Prior to working at Rockstar, he was Publisher & Editor-in-Chief of Flyer, and oversaw the publishing company globally.

Italo Zanzi is currently Executive Vice President of FOX Networks Group Asia and Managing Director for its Sports network. In this role, Zanzi is responsible for all aspects of the FOX Sports Network, including Production, Acquisitions and Marketing across the region, stretching from Japan to Dubai. He is based in Singapore.

Zanzi joined FOX from Italian Serie A football club A.S. Roma where he was CEO for three and a half years, overseeing all aspects of the club’s operations and business. His tenure at Roma was marked by financial improvements and competitive success for the club, including two-second place finishes in Serie A and qualification to the knock-out stage of the UEFA Champions League in 2015-16.

Zanzi earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Chicago in 1996, and Juris Doctor and MBA from Emory University in 1999. He is a licensed attorney in New York State. He started his career at Major League Baseball, where he spent nearly eight years, eventually serving as Vice President, International Broadcast Sales & Latin American / US Hispanic Marketing. He then served as Deputy General Secretary of the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) overseeing the confederation's events, communications and marketing. Before joining A.S. Roma, Zanzi worked on behalf of the America’s Cup Event Authority in 2012, overseeing media rights licensing.

Zanzi is also an accomplished athlete, having represented the US national handball team as goalkeeper from 1997-2007 and winning a bronze medal with the team at the 2003 Pan American Games. He was named the United States Olympic Committee’s Team Handball Athlete of the Year in 2000, 2002, and 2004.

Jeremy Wineberg is an innovator in the music industry, having curated up-and-coming artists for over a decade. Wineberg is a founder of Heard Well, the first music label powered by this generation's social tastemakers, alongside YouTube star Connor Franta and talent agent Andrew Graham. Influencers’ on the label include Tyler Oakley, Olympic gold medalist Gabby Douglas, The Dolan Twins, JC Caylen and many more. Their compilations have trended on Billboard’s Top 10 Charts, placed in the top 10 iTunes Charts, landed in top publications, moved millions of tracks and accumulated over 30M+ streams. Heard Well most recently launched the first social influencer driven radio station with TuneIn.

• Bachelor of arts in economics from University of Chicago
• MBA in general management from Fuqua School of Business, Duke University
• Ph.D. in strategic management from Guanghua School of Management, Peking University

Johnson started his career in Harvard Law School as a research assistant. Following that, he joined Fidelity Investments in Taiwan as a research analyst. After his MBA, he joined McKinsey & Company, where he was last an associate principal in its Taipei office. He was a leader in the cleantech and sustainability practice in McKinsey Asia. He later went on to work for the World Economic Forum in Geneva. He now leads Riot Games’ Shanghai office.

Joshua is responsible for managing how The Coca-Cola Company procures and leverages music for marketing campaigns around the globe. This includes overseeing a network of music partners that supply music content for advertising, as well as developing musically-integrated marketing campaigns and global programs.

Joshua earned his Bachelor of Arts in Jazz Performance from Roosevelt University, Chicago.

Kevin Lin is Co-Founder and former COO of Twitch, the world’s leading multiplayer entertainment platform and community for gamers and creators. Twitch empowers more than 2 million creators each month to turn their creativity into careers by broadcasting and engaging with more than 15 million viewers every day. Kevin extends his passion for enabling creativity through angel investing and advising.

From legendary hip-hop manager, helping usher hip-hop from the margins of culture to the mainstream to top label executive at Def Jam Recordings… from founding Island Def Jam Music Group, to CEO at Warner Music Group... from having the moxie to start a new label called 300 - dedicated to transparency and re-imagining what a record business should look like - to Global Head of Music at YouTube... Lyor Cohen is a genuine ambassador for music and musicians.

He has restructured, merged and led labels, built careers and championed a new generation of culturally impactful artists.

Lyor has been intimately involved in the careers of The Killers, fun., Ed Sheeran, Bruno Mars, The Black Keys, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Elvis Costello, Bon Jovi, Mariah Carey, Shania Twain, Ryan Adams, Nickelback, and many more. ​

Over 37 years from Road Manager to Label Head to Head of YouTube Music, Lyor has seen, experienced, and led the transition from a physical business to digital consumption model.

Lyor is currently serving as Global Head of Music at YouTube and Google. He sits on the board of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and we are privileged and excited to announce that on Tuesday 12th September, he will sit on the All That Matters stage.

Maggie Zhou has been Co-president of CMC Holdings since the beginning of this year, following almost two years as China Media Capital’s Business Development Director.

At CMC Holdings, she is responsible for non-scripted/lifestyle business development and investment.
Prior to joining China Media Capital, Maggie spent about two and a half years as Vice Director, TV, at China Business Network, China’s largest business and financial media group.
For more than six years before that, she worked for the Shanghai Media Group’s WingsMedia in various capacities, including a role driving international business development.

Mary Gu Shuhang was appointed as CEO of newly formed CAA China on September 1, 2017. She came from the Special Olympics, where she was Regional President & Managing Director for East Asia from 2011. Prior to that she had held a number of key positions in multinational companies and organizations.

From 2008 to 2010, Ms. Gu was commissioned by the city government to build Shanghai Corporate Pavilion for 2010 World Expo, a pavilion representing a consortium of state owned enterprises in Shanghai. She was appointed as President of the pavilion and assembled a world class creative team with internationally renowned architect, creative talents and Hollywood producers. The pavilion received 2.3 million visitors during 6-month period and received a number of international awards in creative content and multimedia experience.

From 2004 to 2007, Ms. Gu was appointed by the City of Shanghai as Vice President, 2007 Special Olympics World Summer Games Executive Committee, Director of Public Relations and Deputy Director of Large Scale Events for 2007 Special Olympics World Games Steering Committee, president of 2007 Special Olympics World Summer Games Opening Ceremony production service company. Ms. Gu led two teams to successfully raise capitals from Bank of America, China Construction Bank, China Mobile, The Coca-Cola Company, Starr Foundation to produce the games' opening ceremony which was aired on five channels simultaneously on China Central Television and multiple International TV networks. The opening ceremony featured international and Chinese artists such as Jackie Chan, Lang Lang, Yo Yo Ma, Tan Dun, Colin Farrell and with theme song produced by Quincy Jones.

In 2005, Mary Gu brought a group of investors together from sports, media and high tech industry to found the company Shanghai Golden Grand Prix Co. Ltd. who manages IAAF's top ranking competition which later became Diamond League Shanghai. The event has become China's trademark sports event over the years and is one of the only two series in Asia.

Ms. Gu previously held senior positions in luxury hotel brands including Ritz-Carlton and Shangri-La. Mary Gu was awarded with the most successful Public Relations case for her work on 2007 Special Olympics World Summer Games by Shanghai Public Relations Association.

In 2008, she was named as one of the 20 iconic Chinese women by French life style magazine ELLE.

Matt Derella is Global Vice President for Revenue and Operations at Twitter. In his role, Matt oversees a team of regional business leaders as well as Twitter’s global teams focused on partnerships, agencies and brand strategy.

Matt has spent his career working with brands to innovate across television and digital platforms. Prior to Twitter, Matt was a Director at Google, where he managed advertising partnerships with large agencies and clients and helped lead YouTube’s entry into the premium content space. Prior to Google, he was a Vice President at The Weather Channel Companies, leading marketing solutions and their largest revenue teams.

Matt has been a featured speaker at various industry events, including Advertising Week and The Milken Conference. His perspectives on advertising have been published across leading industry publications such as Adweek and Ad Age.

In 2005, Matt founded Careoke for the Kids, an industry event that has raised $1.5M for children with cancer. He also is on the board of Literacy Partners, a nonprofit committed to eradicating illiteracy in New York City. Matt holds a B.A. in English from Georgetown University, where he graduated with honors. He resides in New York City with his wife Melissa and his two sons Dylan and Colby. He is @Derella on Twitter

NP is an industry veteran who rose from the post of CFO of Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN) in 1999 to CEO in 2014.

He brings with him over 35 years of varied experience in the corporate world and in his current role, NP is focused on building leadership equity of Sony Pictures Networks India. During his long innings at SPN, he has also served as its Chief Operating Officer (COO).

Equipped with a deep understanding of the media and entertainment space, NP is insightful about the role SPN could play by bringing rich diversity in content to broaden the television and digital viewership base, globally. NP’s leadership has led SPN to successfully tap into the broad spectrum of audience preferences, in urban and rural areas, alike.

Before joining SPN in 1999, NP held several leadership positions across Finance and Operations in leading organizations including Modi Xerox and Spice Telecom. Presently, besides being the CEO of Sony Pictures Networks India, NP is a Director on the Board of Bangla Entertainment Private Limited, Indian Broadcasting Foundation and Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC), India.

An alumnus of the Delhi School of Economics, where he completed his Master’s Program, NP holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce from the University of Delhi. A rank holder of The Institute of Cost Accountants of India, Singh was honored with a Certificate of Merit by the Institute for his meritorious performance.

NP is an earnest Indophile with a special interest in Indian cuisine, music and movies.

Norman was exposed to the world of business at the early age of 20, after graduating with a Diploma in Accountancy. Together with his brothers, he formed a Hip Hop / R&B group named as KRU and was signed to EMI for 14 years. Armed with a vision, he put to practice the knowledge he had accumulated together with his natural instincts and flair for marketing to bring KRU’s pop icon band name into a prominent entertainment brand.

His vision and strategic leadership has earned him the Outstanding Entrepreneur Award in 2007 from the Asia Pacific Entrepreneur Awards and Asia-Pacific Copyright Educator Award from the Motion Pictures Association in 2011.

Norman currently holds the position as Chairman of IFPI (International Federation of the Phonographic Industry) Asia-Pacific Regional Board, President of the Malaysian Film Producers Association, and many more.

As Senior Vice President and General Manager for Southeast Asia, Paras Sharma oversees the management and operations of the Southeast Asia business, including advertising sales, digital media, program sales and consumer products, across VIMN's brands – MTV, Nickelodeon, Nick Jr., Comedy Central and Paramount Channel. Sharma is also the Asia lead for VIMN’s digital and multiplatform business. A senior media executive in the industry, Sharma has extensive experience from the world of movies, music and sports.

Rob Roy manages the global licensing of independent television and international content for Netflix. He joined Netflix in 2007, as a member of the Financial Planning and Analysis team, and in 2011 joined the acquisitions team focused on the feature film licensing strategy in the US. Prior to joining Netflix, Rob worked in the home entertainment division of Sony Pictures Entertainment

He holds an economics degree from UC San Diego

One of China’s leading media and music executives, Scarlett started her music career as the CEO of Star TV’s Channel [V] (A News Corporation Company) music channel. Scarlett founded Zebra Media in 2008, China’s No 1 music festival operator. Zebra Media organizes the largest music festivals in China including the Zebra Music Festival (ZMF), Electronic Daisy Carnival (EDC) attracting more than 150,000 people each festival at multiple location of China. Scarlett joined CMC holdings in 2017 as the VP of the group, responsible for music and the live entertainment division. Prior to Zebra Media, Scarlett Co-Founded R2G Limited, a music rights clearance company, R2G was sold to Tencent Music Entertainment in 2016. Scarlett obtained her bachelor degree in Australia and her EMBA from Tsinghua University in Beijing. She is a Henry Crown fellow with the Aspen Institute, a NAL of the World Economic Forum and an Asia21 fellow of the Asia Society.

T. Jay Fowler is the Head of Music Products at YouTube. He manages teams that are focused on creating amazing experiences for music fans, helping artists grow & engage their fanbase and help them drive revenue on & off platform.""

Prior to YouTube, T. Jay was the Head of Product of the award-winning music subscription service, MOG, which later sold to Beats Electronics in 2012. T. Jay stepped into the role of SVP Product & UX at Beats Music, the streaming music division of Beats Electronics

Tom Keaveny is the Managing Director of beIN Asia Pacific, a fast-growing major multi-platform media company in the region. Tom is tasked with leading the company’s consumer media platforms in Asia Pacific, including its branded pay-TV channels and digital video offerings, led by the beIN SPORTS channels and beIN’s proprietary OTT player, beIN SPORTS CONNECT.

Working in close collaboration with a senior management team and various local offices, Tom oversees all of beIN’s key partnerships in the region, which include rights holders, pay-TV and telecom operators, and consumer device manufacturers.

beIN Asia Pacific is part of the beIN Media Group – the leading sports and entertainment company with global distribution across 43 countries. beIN also owns Miramax and the largest pay-TV platforms in MENA and Turkey.

Tom has extensive experience in leading, innovating and scaling media businesses in Asia Pacific, EMEA and Latin America. Prior to beIN he was President, Global Distribution for Discovery Networks International and CEO of Discovery/Eurosport Joint Sales Organization. He was also President and Managing Director of Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific between 2006 and 2013, where he presided over the network’s profitable expansion across the region.

Tom Windish founded The Windish Agency in 2004; growing the agency from his Chicago apartment with two employees to more than 80 employees with offices in six cities. The Windish Agency was a three-time winner of Pollstar's Independent Agency of the Year Award, and credited for the success of such acts as Lorde, alt-J, Diplo, and Tove Lo.

In January of 2017 Windish, along with electronic dance music powerhouse AM Only, merged with Paradigm Talent Agency. Adding in a partnership with UK’s CODA Agency, X-Ray Touring, and ITG, Europe’s leading talent agency, they’ve created an even more diverse and innovative roster, with artists dominating stages at major festivals like Coachella, Lollapalooza and Electric Daisy Carnival. With the industry’s finest booking shows across the globe and creating opportunities for artists across all platforms, it is the beginning of a new kind of music agency.

Will Page is the Director of Economics at Spotify. He was previously the Chief Economist at PRS for Music. There he published pioneering work on Adding Up The Industry, the Long Tail and Radiohead's In Rainbows – where he famously asked if legal free could compete with illegal free. Since joining Spotify, he has presented new insights on ​the ​'​Anatomy of a Hit​'​ ​for artists like​ Lorde, Mr Probz and Meghan Trainor and recently published the global value of music copyright.

Across both roles, he is actively involved in policy work, demonstrating to the UK Government that music was seven times more valuable to UK plc than first thought, advising on national statistics and the implications of Brexit to UK media​. He is passionate about teaching the economics of digital media and his​ work is regularly featured in The Economist and Financial Times and was recently profiled in The Daily Telegraph. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts.

Ajay Mohan is Director of Marketing for Asia Pacific & Japan (APJ), at Intel Corporation. He has overall responsibility for Intel’s “connected customer” experience in APJ, which encompasses the company’s marketing investments (on-ground & digital ) and strategies. Mohan leads a team across Asia Pacific & Japan defining Intel’s roles and investments in a breadth of media, developing relationships across the partner ecosystem ( Channel, Retail, OEMs, ODMs), and building marketing capabilities and solutions to connect the customer journey.

Mohan has over 18 years of experience spanning across diverse industries such as OTC Pharmaceuticals (Cosmetics), FMCG, Advertising and Information Technology. He joined Intel in 2011 and has held a number of roles leading teams across various facets of marketing. Over the span of his career he has successfully led teams comprising people from multiple nationalities & backgrounds, in Asia, Europe and Africa. Having worked and lived in India, Germany and Singapore, makes him well conversant with business practices across these regions.

Alan Gilpin is the Chief Operating Officer and Head of Rugby World Cup at World Rugby, and is responsible for the day-to-day management of the globally-renowned Rugby World Cup brand, including the preparations and delivery for Rugby World Cup 2019 in Japan and the conduct of the host selection process for Rugby World Cup 2023.

Previously a lawyer, and with a strong track record in sport and business, Alan has been involved in the management and delivery of Rugby World Cup since 2001 in a number of roles.

Alan joined the World Rugby from his previous role as Chief Operating Officer of official hospitality provider, Prestige Ticketing Ltd, where he oversaw the award-winning hospitality programme for the London 2012 Olympic Games. Prior to the London 2012 role, Alan spent nine years with IMG, including responsibility for commercial rights negotiation across Rugby World Cup 2003, 2007 and 2011

Alex usually sings 'put the right letters together and make a better day'. Graduated in Telecommunications Engineering, ever since he finished his PHD on Computer Science and Digital Communication he's been trying to put the right chords together and make a better music scene. As a user (and he uses it a lot), he wants it more accessible. As a musician, he needs it more transparent and fairer. And as a music researcher, he founded and directs BMAT, where he explored different music technologies until coming up with one of the most widespread systems to track music and identify audio. Currently, BMAT reports music from all over the world to PROs and labels worldwide, so that artists get the recognition they deserve. However, he only feels totally fulfilled when he sneaks a couple of funny jokes while talking about this.

Alex is an experienced sports and media lawyer, having specialized in these sectors for a number of years. Alex works with clients across the spectrum, including rights holders, broadcasters, sponsors and teams. He has previously worked for the likes of the PGA European Tour and the Rugby Football Union and is currently leading Bird & Bird's sports, media and e-sports initiatives in Asia Pacific. Alex also writes regularly on issues affecting the Asia Pacific sports market as part of Bird & Bird's regular updates.

Alex Zhu, cofounder and co-CEO of musical.ly. Musical.ly is a globally popular social media platform around music and videos.

Alex's background was in product and design.

Alexander, as a visionary, has more than 15 years of investment and venture capital experience. He is unique Russian composer who successfully combines creative work with business. He effectively manages GRUPPA KOMPANIY FAMILIA www.familia.ru , which specializes in investment and venture capital in blockchain, media, new media, publishing, and entertainment sectors. He is one of the founders of the 5 Continent Consulting Group www.5ccg.com specializing in IT-sector, biotechnologies and financial management( Farftech, Lending Club, Pluto TV etc) . Partner of the iTech Capital Fund www.itcap.vc , which is major stakeholder of global leading startups. He found and running Rasia Capital – investment boutique with focusing on Asia. His personal investments are in sectors: Blockchain infrastructure, aSport, Mixed Reality. Alexander is Member of Expert Council under the Prime Minister of Russian Federation (area responsibility are IT and digital economy) Alexander was awarded the order of medal For Professionalism and Business Reputation.

Andrew Ho joined KKBOX in August 2014 as the Managing Director for Southeast Asia Market. He has nearly 20 years’ experiences in telecoms, Internet services and smartphone industries.

Before joining KKBOX, Andrew was the sr. manager of HTC Corporation in S. Asia region & acting as Thailand country manager. Prior to that, Andrew was the division head of Yahoo Mobile in Taiwan, the business development manager in Alcatel Singapore, and the manager in Far EasTone Telecommunications. His experience spans across in different S. Asia countries including Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia etc. He is a keen observer of S. Asia telecoms, Internet services and smartphone industries.

Andrew received a Master’s degree in MBA in National Chiao Tung University, and a Graduate Diploma in Telecommunications Engineering from UC Berkeley Extension.

Andy, Wai Lam Ng joined Tencent in 2011. As the Vice President of Tencent Music Entertainment Group (TME), he has established strong relationship with partners (music labels, publishers and artists) and developed successful business strategies, models in the music industry, which transformed the ecosystem for artist development and fans engagement.

Andy is currently overseeing all business affairs, specialise in global licensing as well as managing PR and promotional activities.

Prior to joining Tencent, Andy Ng worked for NOKIA, PCCW Limited, American Online Inc and University of Southern California.

Aneesh Madani heads Sports Partnerships for Twitter in Asia Pacific. His mission is to make at least one dream come true for every sports fan on the planet. Aneesh has built India’s sports community on Twitter and crafted the company’s global cricket strategy. This includes helping the region’s premier athletes find their voice, leading the Indian Premier League (IPL) to be the fastest growing global sports league on the platform and launching video monetization on Twitter for the International Cricket Council (ICC). He enjoys tennis and routinely hits one handed backhands into the net. You can follow him on Twitter @aneeshmadani

Anil Nihalani is Head, Connected Media at Mediacorp, a Singapore media company, where he is responsible for Toggle, the company’s over-the-top video service.

Prior to joining Mediacorp, Anil spent fourteen years at the StarHub Group, where he held various leadership positions. He led the Commercial group at Nucleus Connect where he was responsible for strategic planning, product development, and sales and marketing. Before that, Anil was Vice President of Mobile Services, responsible for the strategic planning, development and management of StarHub’s portfolio of mobile products and services. He was instrumental in the planning and introduction of several new technologies including StarHub’s 3G and HSPA networks.

Anil has 25 years of experience in the media and infocommunications industries, and spent the early years of his career at British Telecom (Singapore) and Singapore’s former telecom regulatory agency, Telecom Authority of Singapore.

Anirban Blah is a Talent and Motion Picture Agent, Management Executive and Entrepreneur. Anirban is the founder and chairman of KWAN Talent Management Agency, India’s largest diversified Entertainment Company. KWAN works across celebrity management, live entertainment, sports, TV, licensing, movie packaging, music and regional cinema, investing in and running various media businesses. KWAN's clients include Ranbir Kapoor, Deepika Padukone, Hrithik Roshan, Kabir Khan and many more. KWAN is also an investor/stake holder in Saavn, All About You, Gigstart, Rooter, Phantom, Gamezop and several other entertainment and media entities. Anirban started his journey in the entertainment and sports marketing business as the CEO of Globosport. In 2009, he finally gave flight to his dream of a revolutionary one-stop-shop media company – KWAN. Anirban is also an active philanthropist as a co-founder and trustee of the Live Love Laugh Foundation, which was started by the actor Deepika Padukone to address mental health issues. He is also a trustee with the Quest Foundation, an organisation that uses technology based interventions to impact the areas of rural education and vocational training. Anirban’s vision and passion along with his corporate approach to a rather unorganized sector like entertainment ensured Hindustan Times recognized him as one of India’s Youngest Achievers and Thought Leaders.

Anne Jenniskens is the licensing manager at FUGA, an industry-leading technology and services company for international rightsholders. She is responsible for the company’s global licensing strategy and FUGA’s relationship with over 260 digital service providers worldwide.

Anne was drawn to the music industry while attending law school. She started as an assistant book agent at EPM Music around the time the first digital music services were launching. Propelled by her legal background, she soon found herself helming the company’s licensing division. From this position, she was able to grow along with the digital music industry as it expanded, now accounting for the majority of recorded music revenues.

Since joining FUGA in 2012, she has been involved in building and expanding FUGA’s highly regarded aggregation business. Anne is an experienced dealmaker with ‘hands on’ knowledge and experience in the world of digital music licensing.

Anson has been hands on with streaming videos since the beginning. Had been an early adopter of Over The Top and strive to constantly engage users. Firm believer in constantly evolving and adapting to market and technology advancements. Disrupting traditional Pay TV models with the availability of new technologies is now possible. Therefore the ability to have a professional and disruptive service with a fraction of the investments.

He played a number of key management roles in launching and operations of Over The Top services in Asia with Telcos and ISPs. Responsible for the planning, deployment and operations of the services. Also engaged in the partnerships, business models and content aspects of Over The Top services.

Currently responsible for the leading Viu service in Singapore.

Anthony focuses on cross-border corporate, commercial and corporate finance transactions involving M&A, joint ventures and capital raising with a particular emphasis on the sports, technology and brands sectors, across the US, Europe and Asia.

Anthony recently assisted the Renault Group on the multi-party acquisition of Lotus F1 and its €1.3 billion investment in motorsport and technology, which also involved the successful negotiation of the engine supply agreement to Red Bull and Toro Rosso and the amicable termination of the Nissan – Infiniti Sponsorship of Red Bull.

Anthony is recognized as a leading advisor to clients with interests in all forms of motorsport having been involved in the sector, in particular Formula One, for over 25 years. He is a trusted advisor to teams, sponsors, investors, sports management agents and drivers.

Anthony has recently been cited as one of the 'best corporate lawyers' in 'The Spears's 500'.

Arjun Sankalia is Director- Int'l Music and Publishing at Sony Music India, the #1 international major in India. He's been with Sony Music for 18 years and along the way has led marketing initiatives in India for some of the world's biggest musical stars. In addition, Arjun also leads the company's Publishing business which sub publishes the Sony ATV + EMI Music Publishing catalogue in India.

Arshan Saha is the President of Xaxis APAC.
In his role, Arshan is responsible for Xaxis’ strategy, operations, and growth, including client development, trading and partnerships, to provide the best programmatic media solutions across the region.
Prior to this, Arshan was the Vice President of Xaxis South and Southeast Asia where he established offices in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, Vietnam, and India.
As one of the founding members of Xaxis in APAC, he has built the region’s business with full charge of all nine markets’ P&Ls. Within a short span of three years, he grew the Xaxis business 20-fold.

Ashish Hemrajani is the CEO and Founder of Bigtree Entertainment Private Limited, which operates BookMyShow, India’s largest online entertainment ticketing platform, offering tickets for movies, plays, concerts, sports games and live events.
Ashish started his professional journey after completing his MBA specialising in Marketing at Sydenham University in 1997. In 1999, he gave in to his passion for entrepreneurship and founded Bigtree.
In 2007, seeing the growth in multiplexes and the increased credit/debit card penetration in the country, Ashish and his team launched BookMyShow as we know it today. While passionately driving his model for BookMyShow, he brought on board believing investors like Stripes Group, Network 18, Accel Partners and SAIF Partners. BookMyShow has also ventured into international territories and has expanded its operations to New Zealand, Australia, Indonesia and Sri Lanka.
Hemrajani believes in balance and indulges in a couple of leisure activities that help him stay focussed, including sailing. The BookMyShow captain cool considers the sea as a great leveller. He sails every week and participates in sailing competitions regularly along with his crew. Apart from being out at sea, Ashish is also drawn to the philosophy of Vedanta.

Ashleigh has more than 15 years experience as a radio and television journalist. She has worked in London, Singapore, Delhi, Jakarta and Sydney and has experience working for news and business programs in 24 hour newsrooms at BBC World TV, CNN International and Sky World News. She currently produces the Asia focused 'Newsday' programme on BBC World Television.

Ben is the founder of ASN (Asia Sponsorship News), the leading commercial intelligence service for the Content & Sponsorship industry in Asia which he co-founded in 2007. He’s also the founder of start-up Maxplora, a first-of-its-kind Sponsorship marketplace pivoted out of ASN to accelerate the global trade of sponsorship rights, converting an analogue industry into a digital one.

After 16 years in Asia, he is now recognised as the industry authority for independent Sponsorship intelligence - be it as a practitioner, commentator, trainer or mentor. Ben has also lead specialist teams at Omnicom Media Group (Fuse), Ogilvy and Nielsen (Repucom).

Bernie Cho is the President of DFSB Kollective, a Seoul-based artist & label services agency that specializes in providing digital media, marketing, and distribution solutions to 480+ Korean Pop music artists. As more K-Pop acts aspire to go independent and international, DFSB collaborates with artists and their management to devise customized strategies that directly connect them to their local and global fans. Since 2009, the agency has successfully produced numerous K-Pop concerts/showcases as well as secured #1 chart debuts for various K-Pop albums in North America, Southeast Asia, Japan, Europe, and Australia.

Bing Chen is a founding architect of the multi-billion dollar digital creator ecosystem as YouTube’s Global Head of Creator Development & Management, where he was responsible for the global program strategy that engaged more than 500 million content creators worldwide. Bing co-founded and co-led ventures such as the global expansion and evolution of the YouTube Partner Program; the company’s flagship talent incubator; the launch of Watch Time (the guiding algorithm of the platform); and YouTube’s investment in major industry engagements like VidCon (largest online video convention), the DigiTour (largest digital star tour), and YouTube FanFest (largest fan festival). He began his YouTube tenure as the company’s first Creator Marketing Manager and remains a trusted confidant to hundreds of creative artists around the world.

Today, Bing is Founder of Bing+Studios, a next generation digital media studio and consultancy, as well as Victorious, a global superfan platform that is venture-backed by Kleiner Perkins, Redpoint Ventures, BDMI, WME, UTA, and Lowercase Capital. Bing graduated from the University of Pennsylvania; sits on the Board of Directors of several nonprofit organizations dedicated to digital media advancement and Asian American elevation; and is a World Economic Forum Global Shaper, One Young World Ambassador, and Committee of 100 Next Gen Ambassador. His work has been featured in numerous global publications and he has been recognized as one of Forbes’ Top 30 Under 30Leaders and The Hollywood Reporter’s Top 35 Next Generation Leaders.

Bo Han is the Director, GM of Sports/Esports & APAC LIVE Content team. Bo was born in Seoul, Korea, and immigrated to the US in 1988. He spent his childhood in Nashville and Chicago, and has been a resident of NYC since 2007. Before LIVE Content, Bo led Upfront Partnerships, responsible for the negotiation and execution of Upfront and Strategic Partnerships for Twitter's top 50 advertisers. Prior to Upfront Partnerships, Bo was part of Global Accounts, responsible for the rolling out of the global infrastructure to effectively scale out Twitter’s platform & business to global marketers.

Bo received his Bachelor of Arts from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, and earned his MBA at Columbia Business School in New York, New York.

Brian Hamilton is Senior Vice President and General Manager of Music and Auto for Gracenote. In this role, he is responsible for delivering next generation music and automotive infotainment systems and managing relationships with all major automakers, suppliers as well as music entertainment companies. Brian has served in several leadership positions with Gracenote since joining the company in 2000. Most notably, he served as President of Gracenote Japan where he established the company’s APAC operations in Japan, Korea and Taiwan and spearheaded explosive growth of Gracenote’s Automotive business with major Asian OEMs. Brian later assumed the role of SVP of Worldwide Sales and Marketing for Gracenote, where he grew annual revenue to $105MM and increased the sales pipeline by more than 200 percent across its Music, Video and Auto verticals. Brian also played a critical role in Gracenote’s integration with Sony following the 2008 acquisition. He drove joint engineering projects with Sony to achieve new “first to market” features and enhanced performance for several Sony products and business groups.

Bryan E. Jones has spent over 25 years in the technology industry, the last 20 with Dell in a variety of executive positions within marketing and sales. He is Senior Vice President of Marketing for Dell EMC Commercial and Enterprise Business in North America. Bryan leads an organization that combines traditional marketing practices with digital, social and experiential marketing techniques to connect with customers and communicate Dell’s end-to-end, standards-based approach to delivering business impact through technology.

A New York Giants fanatic and committed audiophile, Bryan loves to spend his free time thumbing through record stores for the missing LPs in his collection or feeding his watch and shoe collection. He resides in Austin, Texas with his wife and is the proud father of one daughter.

Chantal heads all marketing, branding and PR activities for Jetstar Airways across South East Asia.

The Jetstar Group have one of the Asia Pacific’s largest low fares networks by revenue. Jetstar-branded carriers operate more than 4,000 flights a week to more than 75 destinations.

Chantal has > 15 years of integrated marketing experience in FMCG, retail and e-commerce. She started her career as a strategist at JWT Amsterdam working with local, regional and global brands. Before moving to Singapore in 2010, she worked for the largest supermarket chain in the Netherlands. Before joining Jetstar, she was a regional brand developer for Unilever SEA .

She is originally from the Netherlands where she acquired her master’s degree in communications and currently lives in Singapore.

Charles Caldas is CEO of Merlin, the global rights agency for the independent label sector, which commands in excess of 12% of the global digital recorded music market.

Merlin has licensed the world’s leading digital music services including SoundCloud, YouTube Red, Spotify, Pandora, Google Play, Deezer, Vevo, and KKBOX, and reached settlements with Limewire, XM Satellite Radio, and Grooveshark.

Charles received IMPALA's Outstanding Contribution Award in 2013 and was named one of Billboard’s International Power Players in both 2014 and 2017.

As the Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) of the Lazada Group, Charles Debonneuil oversees the planning, development and execution of Lazada’s marketing, advertising and communications activities in Southeast Asia – Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. He is responsible for promoting Lazada to strengthen its market leadership in Southeast Asia as well as helping brands leverage Lazada’s marketing platform to connect with digital consumers.

Charles has been with Lazada since 2012, joining as co-founder and Managing Director of Lazada Vietnam. He moved to Thailand end of 2013, joining the marketing function as an Executive Vice-President.

Charles began his career with Bain & Company in France and Brazil, after graduating with a Masters in Management from HEC Paris.

Chase Carey was named Executive Chairman of Formula 1 in September 2016 and Chief Executive Officer in January 2017. He is responsible for the strategy and operations of the world’s premiere motor sports business. From 2009 to 2016, Mr. Carey served as President and Chief Operating Officer of 21st Century Fox, as well as Executive Vice Chairman. He oversaw the world’s premiere portfolio of entertainment, news and sports franchises as well as worldwide broadcast, pay television and satellite assets. Mr. Carey continues to serve as a non-executive Vice Chairman of 21st Century Fox.

Previously, Mr. Carey was President and Chief Executive Officer of DIRECTV, Inc., where he led the operations and strategic direction of the DIRECTV, Inc. companies - which include DIRECTV, Inc. in the United States and DIRECTV Latin America. He was elected to the position in 2003 by the company's Board of Directors. He also served on The DIRECTV Group Board of Directors.

Prior to joining DIRECTV, Inc., Mr. Carey was co-Chief Operating Officer of News Corporation (now known as 21st Century Fox) and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Fox Television Group. He was particularly instrumental in building its worldwide television business that encompassed the FOX network, Fox Television Stations, Fox's cable programming group, and the Company's international satellite television operations.

Mr. Carey is a Director of Formula 1, 21st Century Fox and Sky, Plc. He is a graduate of Colgate University and Harvard Business School. He is also a Trustee Emeritus at Colgate University.

As Spotify's Director of Artist & Label Services (APAC), Chee Meng manages Spotify’s strategic partnerships with regional record labels, oversees artist marketing activities and works closely with local creator communities. With over 20 years of experience in the music industry, Chee Meng is passionate about introducing innovation in the digital space and is always looking for opportunities to leverage his comprehensive understanding of the industry to further Spotify’s position as the leading music streaming service. Prior to his role at Spotify, Chee Meng served as Director, Music at SingTel where he was responsible for the growth, licensing and monetization of the music services in the region's leading telco. Chee Meng has also held senior roles at MTV Asia, where he led the network's foray into digital music and also directed international marketing at Sony Music Entertainment in Asia.

Multi-Grammy nominated producer, Chris Craker has operated at the very forefront of the music industry for over 30 years. He recently produced the soundtrack for Director Christopher Nolan’s movie “Interstellar”, with the Oscar nominated score composed by Hans Zimmer, as well as producing the score for “The Little Prince” for Paramount, directed by Mark Osborne of Kung Fu Panda fame. As the ex SVP of Sony BMG's Masterworks Division (London and New York), Chris has also won numerous awards and received acclaim for his activities as a performer, recording artist, composer, arranger, producer/engineer, record label founder, artist manager, author, critic, industry commentator and strategic advisor. He has produced over four hundred and fifty classical, jazz, soundtrack and pop recordings for major labels and has worked with many of the world's most iconic artists. He owns one of the world's most desirable recording studio complexes, Karma Studios in Thailand.

Chris is an author, highly sought after international speaker, advisor and Founder and CEO of Mass Participation Asia. With over 30 years of industry experience, Chris has impacted millions of people by delivering some of the largest mass participation sports events across three continents. He was also the Road Events Supervisor for the Sydney 2000 Olympics. Today, Chris leverages his extensive experience to inspire others through public speaking, consulting and advising, and facilitating industry collaboration through the Mass Participation Asia conference.

Colin Daniels is the CEO of the Inertia Music, a leading independent music company in Australia, offering tailored sales, distribution, promotions and marketing services for labels including Beggars Group, Ninja Tune, Kobalt, Secretly Group, Sub Pop, Warp, and many more. Inertia Music was recently acquired by [PIAS] Group. Colin is also a partner in concert promoter Handsome Tours, artist booking agency Collective Artists, music festival Fairgrounds, publisher Gaga Music and is a board member of the global digital rights organization Merlin.

Cussion Pang was appointed CEO and Board of director of Tencent Music Entertainment Group (TME) since July 2016. Mr. Pang is responsible for corporate strategies, overall direction and management of TME. With over 20 years of experience in the Internet industry, Cussion has been participating in many aspects of the development of the Chinese Internet Market with vision and hands on experience.

Mr. Pang joined Tencent back in early 2008 and had served in various positions including Corporate Vice President of Social Network, Corporate Vice President of Tencent e-Commerce, Vice President of Tencent Games and General Manager of Games, Tencent Open Platform. In additions, Cussion was also in charge of QQ Games, Web games, Mobile Games and QQ Show etc. in Tencent Group.

Prior joining Tencent, Cussion had served as management positions of many listed companies in Telecommunication, Internet and Media industries, with extensive experience in product development, operations, business development, sales and marketing. Mr. Pang graduated from University of Waterloo with degree of Mathematics, Business Administration and Information System.

Dan Rosen is the Chief Executive Officer of ARIA and PPCA, the two peak bodies for the Australian recorded music industry. Prior to joining ARIA as CEO, Rosen was based in New York working as Head of Americas for KIT Digital, a company he helped from start-up to a NASDAQ listing. Before leaving for the States, Dan worked as an Advisor to the Australian Minister of Communications and the Arts, responsible for broadband and innovation policy after starting his career as a lawyer, specializing in media and technology, with Minter Ellison.

Rosen has been on both sides of the music business; his band ‘Second Dan’ won Triple J Unearthed and has since independently released two albums and toured throughout the US and Australia. He continues to write and produce music.

Rosen was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to complete his Masters of International Law and Business at New York University. He holds a First Class Honours degree in Law and a Bachelor of Commerce from Monash University in Melbourne.

Daniel Turcotte oversees the Business Affairs and Publishing operations of Monstercat and focuses primarily on digital and synchronization licensing. Monstercat is one of electronic music’s most influential independent record labels, finely in-tune with an audience that communicates primarily in the online realm. Notable achievements include: over 6.3 million YouTube subscribers, 19 consecutive number one chart-topping albums on iTunes, and over 1.8 million streams daily streams on Spotify. Monstercat has already begun making ties in Asia on the live events side having just finished a 4-date tour across China.

Daphne Lee is VP of Digital Media at Taiwan Mobile and also serves as GM of Taiwan Kuro Times, which company provides myMusic services, the second largest subscription-based music streaming services in Taiwan. Prior to this she worked at Alibaba Group for five years, where she was Head of Taobao International Business and ever served as APAC Regional BD & Marketing Director of Alibaba.com. She has been passionate to Internet with near 20 years related working experience. Her previous professional role includes Director of Yahoo eCommerce Group and VP of Internet Banking at Citibank.

David is Head of Sport at Mailman. He is responsible for the management and growth of the digital business. He moved from London 6 years ago to launch Liverpool FC as the first Premier League club online in China. Mailman now work with 30+ global sports teams, brands, leagues & athletes helping them grow a successful business in China. Highlights include producing the ‘Red Card' China reports, driving digital for multiple football tours to China, supporting the first ICC China tournaments, and driving Novak Djokovic & Kobe Bryant to become two of the most influential sports stars online in China.

Over 30 years in the music business, across artist management, music publishing, recording, and building streaming services, mostly in Asia. Has had the extreme privilege of working with many wonderful artists, including INXS, Sting, Sir Elton John, Black Eyed Peas, M Nasir, Leo Sayer, Andy Lau and Faye Wong.

David is an online media specialist, with particular expertise in crafting effective, original content for major brands. He and his team are at the forefront of the online video revolution, existing to make content, creators and brands famous to audiences around the world.

David runs the APAC office of Brave Bison, an independent digital media and social video broadcaster, proudly working with some of the biggest brands and most-followed YouTube and Facebook talent in the world. With years of expertise and success behind them, Brave Bison makes it simple for content owners, creators, brands, publishers and platforms to unlock the value of online video.

Australian chef David Thompson discovered Thailand by “happy serendipity” when he took an unexpected detour whilst on holiday in the mid 80’s. This fated journey resulted in the beginning of his love affair with Thailand, its food culture and gastronomic history.
Initially he achieved success back home in Sydney in the 90’s, opening two popular critically acclaimed restaurants: Darley St Thai and Sailors Thai. His research and connection with Thailand continued however, as did his love for the language and people and he began to study the historic language of Thailand, allowing him to tap into ancient recipes and deeper layers of Thai food culture. In 2001 this research cumulated in Nahm, which opened in London. Within 6 months it had achieved a Michelin star (the first Thai restaurant to do so) and enjoyed a successful reign. In 2010 David made the decision to live in Thailand full time and opened Nahm in Bangkok. Nahm remains one of the greatest Thai restaurants in the world and remains a constant in the top 50 rankings of The Worlds 50 Best Restaurants. Indeed this year 2016, David Thompson was honored with a lifetime achievement award by The Worlds 50 Best, Asia, voted by his peers globally for his authenticity in his cooking and his dedication to his craft over the last 30 years.
In early 2015 David opened the first of his Long Chim ventures in Singapore. Long Chim (meaning to come sample) is his casual restaurant simply inspired by David’s love of Thai street food. “The streets of Bangkok are the part of Thai food culture I love the most. You’ll find most Thais prefer to eat in the markets on the streets – and its where you’ll find me too” says Thompson.
His first Australian Long Chim opened in Perth in November 2015 and followed by Sydney in 2016 and Melbourne in 2017. Long Chim has plans to open in Seoul, London and Hong Kong.

Mr. David Yang, CEO of Wanda Sports China, has committed himself to growing the business of Wanda Sports Group, helping it to become the largest sports company in the world. Wanda Sports China has broad operations in football, cycling, triathlon, badminton, basketball, and activates around Wanda’s strategic partnerships with top international sports federations and organizations, such as FIFA, FIBA, the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), as well as Badminton World Federations (BWF).

Prior to joining Wanda, David worked for the National Basketball Association (NBA) in New York, Hong Kong and China, as Senior Vice President and Managing Director. In his earlier career, David was an investment banker at Merrill Lynch. He also worked at Deloitte Touche and Enron Corporation in Houston.

David obtained his MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, dual Master’s degrees with scholarship from the University of Texas at Austin, and Bachelor’s degree summa cum laude from Nankai University.

Earning praises from a worldwide range of selectors that include the likes of Dam-Funk, Tama Sumo, San-Soda, Mike Huckaby, Jamie XX and 2562, Dean aka the Funk Bast*rd (one half of the Cosa nostra duo and co-founder of Singapore-based label Darker Than Wax) has been tirelessly pushing and promoting an alternative expression of leftfield music through his widely eclectic and genre-bending sets.

His musical selection, which traverses between a huge variety of musical genres like deep jazz, soul, funk, boogie, brazilian grooves, deep house, hip hop and bass numbers have left many indelible marks on the dancefloors.

Debbie Goldingham is responsible for developing the marketing communications strategy and building the Mastercard brand across 10 ASEAN Markets, focused on Issuer Marketing, Merchant Marketing and Consumer Marketing.
She is tasked with spearheading customer-focused strategies, as well as researching and analyzing strategic opportunities for Mastercard to grow its brand in South East Asia, as one of the brand’s fastest growing sub-regions.

As the sub-region’s marketing lead, Goldingham has been the driving force behind the launch of Mastercard’s globally-recognised Priceless CitiesTM platform in Singapore, Bali and Thailand, as well as leading the strategic
amplification for the brand’s sponsorship properties.

Derek Tan is the co-founder and chief commercial officer of Viddsee, an online video platform for short premium content that aims to empower filmmakers by leveraging on technology to tell their stories, and thus amplifying values in stories at scale. He's a computer engineer with a filmmaking background, with his previous experience building the early Internet TV platform at local telco StarHub, and leading partnerships for a Silicon Valley-based mobile startup Cooliris (acquired by Yahoo), he now charts the commercial plans of Viddsee which is to build a sustainable ecosystem for storytellers in the region.

Devraj Sanyal is the Managing Director & CEO of Universal Music & EMI Music India & South Asia with an additional charge of Universal Music Publishing for the region. Sanyal is an old hand & a regular speaker at Music Matters & is a prominent voice in the media & entertainment industry. An A&R man at heart with a multi pronged business including Live, Artist Mgmt, Merchandising & Branded Content apart from the core business, Sanyal believes the business is ultimately all about the music. Sanyal is also a judge on Viacom's all English TV reality show called "The Stage" now in year 4.

Diane Ho, Head of Screens, Seven West Media is a veteran in the TV industry in Australia. She will join Matt Derella,VP, Global Revenue & Operations at Twitter, for a fireside chat on Seven West Media's video strategy and the role Twitter plays in it.

Dom Lau, commonly referred to as “Asia’s Ryan Seacrest”, is the face and voice of Asia Pop 40 - the first regional weekly chart countdown radio show produced in Asia specifically for Asian radio. Dom debuted on network television in 2005 where he spent five years with Fox International Channels, presenting on Channel [V], STAR World, and STAR Movies. He then moved to host E! News Asia airing on the E! Entertainment channel, which is part of NBCUniversal. Dom has extensive experience reporting on-location around the world for album launches, film premieres, concerts and fashion shows and hosted “Live From The Red Carpet” at both the 79th and 81st Annual Academy Awards in Hollywood. Dom has interviewed over 50 A-list celebrities from around the world in film, television, music and fashion fields and continues to be one of the region's most sought after presenters.

Ed began his career in the record industry, with label management and international marketing roles at Virgin and Decca. During this time he also worked as a consultant for EMI and Sony, and produced and edited numerous studio recordings. In 2000 he was appointed CEO of Floot.com, a pioneer music download store, before becoming Group Head of Music at Vodafone, where Ed led the launch of the first multimarket mobile music download store. Following this, he worked in entertainment service development roles at Nokia, and most recently was VP Client Services at Nielsen, where he ran global accounts with technology and telecom clients.

A native of London, Ed moved to China in 2006 to serve on the front lines of the music industry. He now owns and runs Outdustry, a market-leading​ music industry services company, representing labels, publishers, CMOs, talent and services for work in the Chinese music market. He is frequently sought out by international media - ​The Economist, ​FT, WSJ, Guardian, Bloomberg, Reuters, Billboard etc - to comment on market news and conditions, has written extensively on the technical workings of the Chinese music industry and is a Billboard International Power Player.​ As part of an MBA at the Berlin School of Creative Leadership, Ed is also currently writing his masters thesis ​on the Indian music industry.

Eileen started her advertising journey in 2004 with Starcom Mediavest working on Procter & Gamble business. She quickly moved on to take a regional role in 2007 in Singapore on P&G. Her passion to nurture local Malaysian talent brought her back to Malaysia, where she worked on Malaysia Airlines with Mindshare.

She quickly rose to lead one of the largest and profitable team in Mindshare, whilst playing the role of head of strategy. She joined Carat Malaysia in 2013 as its strategy director, and increased the agency’s award win ratio while publishing their first Consumer Trends study with Brand Leadership Magazine. In 2014, Eileen joined Maxus as general manager, strategy & platforms and within two years took the top leadership position at PHD.

Managed personal music blog "Music is the most wonderful thing in this world" with a focus in international and local independent music for more than 10 years. The blog achieved over 2 million visits, and ranked as top 10 Blogger under Literature and Artist Category by IDEA Taiwan.

Been invited to: Heineken Music Hall (Heineken, 2015), Glastonbury Festival, UK (Riverside, 2015), Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival, San Francisco (Heineken, 2013), Byron Bay Bluesfest, Australia (Scoot, 2013), Jammin’ Festival, Italy (Heineken, 2011).

Other experiences includes: Chief editor for music magazine Hinoter; columnist & contributor for digital/physical press including 30, OKAPI, KKBOX, StreetVoice, GQ, Shopping Design, FHM, Eslite.
Now as resident DJ at Amba Taipei/Ron, playing events including Taipei Film Festival, Cannes Lions Taiwan, Taipei Fringe Festival, Women Make Waves Film Festival, Love Love Rock Festival.

Ervin Chan is the Regional Vice President for Southeast Asia, India, HK and Taiwan for Ooyala, and based in Singapore. With over 15 years of experience in the broadcast and media industry, he had been in various management, sales and customer success roles during his career with companies such as GlobeCast Asia, GlobeComm Systems Inc. and Mediacorp.

Esti's background is a mixture of music and arts - she has been involved with producing several theatre productions, worked in book publishing in New York, and was the Executive Producer for Arts and Culture at FBi Radio. Prior to working with Sounds Australia, Esti worked at Chugg Entertainment.

SOUNDS AUSTRALIA is Australia’s export music market development initiative, established to provide a cohesive and strategic platform to assist the Australian music industry access international business opportunities.

A joint initiative of the Australia Council and APRA AMCOS, supported by the Federal Government together with State Government Agencies and Peak Industry Associations, SOUNDS AUSTRALIA is now a globally recognised brand, synonymous with producing stellar showcasing and networking events around the globe; featuring all Australian line ups, with some of world’s most influential bookers, buyers, agents and promoters in attendance alongside the tastemakers of tomorrow.

As an Associate Producer with Sounds Australia, Esti has worked across many showcasing and networking events including SXSW, Canadian Music Week, Reeperbahn Festival and The Great Escape.

Fionn Hyndman is Outbrain's Commercial Director for Asia Pacific. He has over 20 years of experience in digital media, transformation and strategy, and in helping clients navigate and address the evolving opportunities across APAC. Prior to joining Outbrain, he was Partner at Asia Pacific Growth Management and investment arm. Prior to that, he spent many years in the digital advertising space, having launched and grown Asia’s largest digital performance business, dgmAsia. He currently sits on the board of Asia’s largest digital service provider APD.

Gavin is responsible for developing new and existing digital music services. He also works extensively with brands and other industries to develop new music related opportunities. His current role involves working across 13 countries including, Australia, China, India, New Zealand, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, Korea, Thailand, Philippines and the Arab states.

Gavin has been involved in the digital music industry from its inception in Australia licensing music to Telstra BigPond in 2004. He has worked with major digital service providers across the APAC region including Apple, Spotify, Google, YouTube and Tencent. Gavin has also been responsible for the development of a number of music platforms and music related apps.

Giles Morgan is one of the world’s leading international sponsorship practitioners, with over 24 years of experience in the international marketing industry. Since 2005, Giles has led HSBC’s international sponsorship strategy and portfolio with over 120 events in 30 countries in sports, arts and CSR. Giles also is responsible for the HSBC Airport Media strategy – one of the most high recognised and successful brand platforms globally. Giles is a sought-after key note speaker in the Sports Industry around the world and is also a regular media commentator.

Grace Ho is Chief Marketing and Communications Officer and Strategy Leader of IBM ASEAN, where she is responsible for Brand and Communications, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Marketing of IBM’s portfolio of hardware, software and services, which includes routes to market such as digital, social and partners. In addition, as Strategy Leader, she has business transformation responsibilities to tighten the interlock between sales, marketing and product groups so as to derive synergies from integration, and achieve scale in execution at the country level.

Prior to IBM, Grace was Chief Commercial Officer of Singapore Post Limited (SingPost), responsible for the commercial strategy and execution of SingPost’s marketing, sales and commercial operations for Singapore and International business. She played a pivotal role in transforming the operations of the commercial team, particularly in the go-to-market of Postal and Logistics business in domestic and international markets. In addition, she was instrumental in strengthening SingPost’s brand strategy and thought leadership in digital and social channels.

Prior to SingPost, she was Head of Marketing for SAP Asia Pacific and Japan, where she led the transformation of Marketing to become more aligned with SAP’s business outcomes and more digitally relevant to how customers want to buy.

Grace possess over 20 years of sales and marketing experience internationally and regionally in the IT industry. She held several senior-level sales and marketing positions at prestigious organizations such as Hewlett-Packard, Compaq Computers, Microsoft and Motorola Solutions. She was Country President and APAC Head of Sales at Motorola Solutions. In her 10 years at Microsoft, she also held several leadership roles, including Global Director of Product Management, Asia Pacific Marketing Director for Enterprise Solutions, and Enterprise Solutions Sales Director for Singapore.

Grace was appointed to the Board of Directors for NTUC Link in July 2016.

Grace holds an MBA from the Australian Graduate School of Management, University of New South Wales, Australia; and a Bachelor of Science degree in Microbiology and Biochemistry from the National University of Singapore.

With 25 years experience working in Asia, Graham has worked for Adobe, Apple, Fender, MTV and Republic Polytechnic and was the Founder and Chairman of The Music Society, Singapore (SGMUSO). He has extensive experience working with government agencies such as the National Arts Council, Media Development Authority, The Tourism Board and Workforce Development Agency in Singapore, and engaged major brands in music sponsorship. As an Executive Producer, Graham has developed new music initiatives working with artists, producers and brands and has returned to the UK after 21 years in Asia and founded the music management/label, Gray London.

Originally from Australia, Greg is a qualified Mechanical Engineer and spent 12 years employed by the largest sports and entertainment precinct in the southern hemisphere, Melbourne and Olympic Parks, which comprises two operable roof arenas and a multi-use stadium. Greg is a globally experienced Stadium Operations professional who has worked in senior roles for many internationally renowned venues and events. Greg joined the Live Nation team in January 2015 and is responsible for development of the venue portfolio and provision of crowd safety advice in regions of the Middle East, Asia and Australia. Prior to joining Live Nation Greg was engaged as the Senior Director of Stadia for the Singapore Sports Hub. Before to relocating to Singapore Greg was employed by the FA Group as the Stadium Operations Director overseeing the Facilities, Technical Services, Pitch Management, Security, H&S and Event Day Compliance (stewarding, response and medical) teams of Wembley National Stadium and the English FA’s St Georges Park facility . During his time with Wembley Greg also managed a number of stadia design verification consultancy projects in Russia and Qatar for the 2018 and 2022 Football World Cups and undertook a Football Stadia and security review on three local stadia for Mexico City Congress.

As President, International for Sony/ATV Music Publishing, Guy is responsible for Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa and the Middle East for both Sony ATV and EMI. He is a Board member of IMPA and ICMP.

Guy joined Sony ATV from Sony Music in 2001 as VP for Europe. As the first MD of Sony Music South Africa, Guy started the record company in 1995 and set up the publishing company in 1998.

He began his career at Gallo Record Company and was appointed MD in 1993. As a director of Gallo Music International, Guy was responsible for licensing South African acts worldwide.

Graduate of Belmont University, Nashville, TN, USA. Started music business career with CBS/Sony Songs in Tokyo in 1986. Joined Avex (the most successful indie in Japan) in 1994 and became responsible for its IP strategy and International Strategy ever since. Served as Chairman of Music Publishers Association of Japan and other industry bodies. Currently General Manager of Merlin Japan, Professor of Management at Sanno University, and President of TGI Tokyo Inc.

From its launch in 2008, Hartwig Masuch has led the new BMG to become the fourth biggest music company in the world and arguably the fastest growing music company in history, with 14 offices in 11 countries including the US, UK, China and Australia. It represents around 2.5m songs and recordings from artists and songwriters ranging from Mick Jagger and Keith Richards to Roger Waters and Robbie Williams, from Avril Lavigne and Bruno Mars, to blink-182 and Blondie. Masuch has in the process become the most powerful and influential non-Anglo-American in the music industry today. Behind this success story stands a simple concept: rethinking the music company for the digital age in order to give artists and songwriters a better deal. Masuch argues that music companies should exist to serve the artist, not the other way round. Always thought-provoking and sometimes-outspoken, Masuch has a unique perspective on the future of the music industry.

Managing Partner for the APAC region, Helen Soulsby leads a multilingual and multinational team of executive search professionals in Singapore, China and Australia. She has been championing SRi’s growth in Asia for the past 7 years, stretching SRi’s network to include China, South Korea and Japan. A discerning advisor with deep market knowledge, Helen leads senior-level searches and board appointments across the ever converging media, sport, entertainment and technology sectors for agencies, content owners, media companies and brands in the world’s most exciting dynamic region.

Henrik Karlberg is the CEO of Asia Pacific at Deezer and is responsible for growing Deezer’s footprint in several countries across Asia Pacific, which includes developing new partnerships and building out an ‘on the ground’ team.

Hosi Simon is the Global General Manager of VICE Media.

Under Simon's guidance, VICE has expanded and diversified to include a growing network of digital channels, a television and feature film production studio, a magazine, in-house creative services agencies, and a newly launched international television network, VICELAND.

As Global General Manager, Simon oversees the strategy, growth and operations of VICE Digital globally, which includes VICE Media’s suite of owned and operated channels, publishing partnerships (YouTube, Snapchat, Facebook, Apple, Twitch, et al), as well as mobile and OTT platforms.

Simon anded VICE in 2007 after five years at Rockstar Games where he served as a Senior Executive and managed brand development globally. Prior to working at Rockstar, he was Publisher & Editor-in-Chief of Flyer, and oversaw the publishing company globally.

Born in 1979. Lived and Studied at Chinese International School of Hong Kong for 1992-1997. Graduated KEIO University [Japan] in 2004. During the University era, worked at Culture of Asia Inc. as music event organizer and designer. 2004 entered in Adways Co.,Ltd. Took office as Media Division Manager, contributed to the Public Listing of Adways. In 2008 founded internet service company Wano Co.,Ltd with passion to cultivate sub-culture and creator of Japan. 2012 founded TUNECORE Japan K.K. as the joint venture with Tunecore.

Italo Zanzi is currently Executive Vice President of FOX Networks Group Asia and Managing Director for its Sports network. In this role, Zanzi is responsible for all aspects of the FOX Sports Network, including Production, Acquisitions and Marketing across the region, stretching from Japan to Dubai. He is based in Singapore.

Zanzi joined FOX from Italian Serie A football club A.S. Roma where he was CEO for three and a half years, overseeing all aspects of the club’s operations and business. His tenure at Roma was marked by financial improvements and competitive success for the club, including two-second place finishes in Serie A and qualification to the knock-out stage of the UEFA Champions League in 2015-16.

Zanzi earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Chicago in 1996, and Juris Doctor and MBA from Emory University in 1999. He is a licensed attorney in New York State. He started his career at Major League Baseball, where he spent nearly eight years, eventually serving as Vice President, International Broadcast Sales & Latin American / US Hispanic Marketing. He then served as Deputy General Secretary of the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) overseeing the confederation's events, communications and marketing. Before joining A.S. Roma, Zanzi worked on behalf of the America’s Cup Event Authority in 2012, overseeing media rights licensing.

Zanzi is also an accomplished athlete, having represented the US national handball team as goalkeeper from 1997-2007 and winning a bronze medal with the team at the 2003 Pan American Games. He was named the United States Olympic Committee’s Team Handball Athlete of the Year in 2000, 2002, and 2004.

Ivy Wong is the Founder of VS MEDIA, a Next Generation Media Network empowering young creative talents. VS MEDIA is the first MCN focus on Chinese creators with office in HK, Taiwan and China empowering over 500 creators and their 55 mil+ subscribers. Over 20 year experience in Digital and Media, first in a role as Asia’s Senior Director of Global Sales at Yahoo! And then as Chief Operating Officer of TVB.com, CEO of Next Mobile Limited, Ivy has led three media brands into the number one digital position in Hong Kong/Asia.

Mr. Izzy Zhu, VP of NIO, is responsible for user development in NIO (www.nio.com). Before joining NIO, Izzy held senior positions in Lexus, Kindle and BMW&MINI, reponsible for sales, branding, Product planning and marketing.

James “Mony” Romana is a lecturer whose expertise is in the Music Industry, having worked in various posts in the recording industry since 1991. As a Marketing and A&R Executive, he has developed innovative campaigns for major international and local releases. Joining government in 2007, he advocated for the Creative Industries, as part of the Center for International Trade Expositions and Missions (CITEM) of the Department of Trade and Industry.
He has been teaching various courses in the Music Business Management Program of MINT College and as part-time faculty of the DLS-College of St. Benilde. He is the Program Head for the Marketing Program of MINT College.

James Miner is CEO at MinerLabs Group, and Video Assure a regional digital agency delivering strategic consulting, video streaming, and mobile solutions for leading broadcasters, rights holders, and technology companies. He is a proven global industry professional having worked across Asia, Silicon Valley, and Silicon Alley. He has built and led successful digital businesses for Prodigy Internet, About.com, Scient, Blue Interactive (now Possible WW), WPP GroupM, ESPN STAR Sports, and Fox Sports Asia (FIC).

Jason Dasey runs Cockatoo Media, a boutique communications company serving the needs of clients across Asia-Pacific, including Singapore's SPH Radio (as host of Weekend Mornings on Money FM), ESPN India and Sony India. Jason is best known for being Australia's first sports presenter on global networks BBC and CNN and the original anchor of ESPN's iconic SportsCenter Asia. He's also a former Vice-President at Malaysia's Astro, and, more recently, served as Coordinating Producer/Senior Editor for Disney Southeast Asia in Singapore.

Jason is the CEO of TSC and has been involved in the creation of entertainment partnerships in music, sport and food for over 20 years.

Having previously worked in London and Europe on Vodafone’s partnerships with Ferrari and Manchester United, Jason moved to Australia and founded TSC in 2007, which has since grown into one of the region’s most respected agencies specialising in partnerships and experiences.

TSC’s clients include brands, events, sporting federations, retailers, awards shows, promoters, artists and chefs and TSC has always strived to create unique and effective partnerships and experiences that push the boundaries.

Jasper began his career in advertising in 1987 in London at Chris Ingram Associates moving to Eurosport in 1992. He moved to Asia in 1995 to work for Star Sports and joined (music channel) Channel [V] in 1997 where he constructed many branded content deals whilst also working on the launch of channels in Australia, Thailand, Philippines and South Korea.  Continuing to make connections that matter, Jasper co-founded BRANDED In 2001 and has since created the “Matters” series of events and the YouTube FanFest.  Most recently he has been instrumental in launching the Asian Sponsorship Association, serving as its inaugural President.

British musician and composer, specializing in drums. Born in Argentina and raised in Venezuela. He has more than 28 years experience in the music industry and is currently based in London. He has recorded in albums exceeding 15 million sales worldwide and performed for vast crowds all over the world.

Javier is a versatile and integral artist. Being an accomplished drummer, he also writes music, produces, engineers and plays other instruments. His musical projects include Film Scoring, Rock and Latin American music. Additionally to drumming, he has a BA in Media studies and a Sound Engineer diploma.

Former member of Stereophonics and Claroscuro, currently touring with Phil Manzanera and Zak Starkey (The Who)

Snapshot: Algorithm Designer, Strategist, Business Leader, Inventor of OpenDNA and a Serial Entrepreneur.
Jay’s interests in technology range from web system development to VOIP (internet telephony) and Cellular. It was Jay’s vision of how psychographic data could be systematically be generated that has led to the OpenDNA’s platform ability to populate its databases with hundred of millions of data points per week. Self taught information scientist/specialist and computer engineer that can lead development teams and produce completely innovative products.

Jeffrey Seah left the marketing and advertising technology corporate world after 2.2 decades to focus his energy in the development of the Data, Tech, Media and Content industries.

With his domain knowledge, Jeff works with Asian & MNC businesses, Private Equities/Family Offices/Sovereign Funds/CVCs to realize the potential of People, Ideas and Businesses.

His current projects cover Commercial Go-To-Market advisory for digital businesses, Corporate VC setup advisory, and Digital Transformation/Reorganization program design & implementation for companies embarking on self-disruption.

Jeff also serves as a Venture Partner at IncuVest and Quest Ventures. Both VCs operate out of Singapore, with interests in China, Russia, USA and Israel and partnerships, covering IOT, Smart Cities, Big Data, AI, Fintech and Digital Commerce spaces.

Jeffrey spent 22 years with WPP and Publicis, with 2 stints helming Starcom MediaVest Group (SMG) in various Asia Pacific geographies. Jeff also oversaw the Digital, Data & Tech corporate strategy for SMG & VivaKi in APAC

Jennie Sager is the Head of Entertainment at Twitter and oversees the Content Partnerships team through Asia Pacific. Throughout her career, Jennie has produced award-winning programs for top television networks, including MTV, Discovery, NBC, ABC, CBS, The Nine Network, and HGTV. She has worked in more than 65 countries and at the world’s biggest events, including Superbowl XLVIII, The Academy Awards, and The Grammys. Whether it’s showing fans a different side of their favourite stars or introducing the world to emerging artists, music has always played a huge part in her career. While at Twitter, Jennie created Twitter's global VIP space, the #BlueRoom, a Twitter based TV show "Tweet the Beat", and spearheaded the world's first Twitter artist tour.

Jeremy Wineberg is an innovator in the music industry, having curated up-and-coming artists for over a decade. Wineberg is a founder of Heard Well, the first music label powered by this generation's social tastemakers, alongside YouTube star Connor Franta and talent agent Andrew Graham. Influencers’ on the label include Tyler Oakley, Olympic gold medalist Gabby Douglas, The Dolan Twins, JC Caylen and many more. Their compilations have trended on Billboard’s Top 10 Charts, placed in the top 10 iTunes Charts, landed in top publications, moved millions of tracks and accumulated over 30M+ streams. Heard Well most recently launched the first social influencer driven radio station with TuneIn.

Based in Taipei, Taiwan, Jesse Liu launched his boutique concert promotion company ICON in 2006 and now books 30 to 40 international bands annually in every corner of Asia. Booking a wide range of acts from Jason Mraz to Rob Zombie; Toro Y Moi to Lamb Of God, Jesse has consistently toured some of the finest rock acts across Asian. He has worked with the largest festivals in Asia, scouting new talent for Summer Sonic (Japan), Pentaport Rock Festival (Korea) and Midi Festival (China) to name a few. Jesse is now focused on China's rock music market and still dream of changing the world - one show at a time.

A 30 year veteran of the international live music and event production industry, Jim is the Founder and Chairman of the Event Safety Alliance® while serving as the 15 year Production Director for international touring artist Linkin Park.

A fierce advocate for the advancement and application of safety controls and education within the live event sector, a highly-regarded keynote speaker on life safety issues, career mentoring, and live events as a force for positive social change. Board member of the Behind The Scenes Foundation and a member of the advisory board for the Fest Forums Conference.

Jim began his career in the sports industry at IMG working in the golf client division.

In 1994 he set up Lighthouse Communications, one of the first independent agencies to offer the corporate world independent, impartial advice on sponsorship, which he built up over the next ten years to become one of the leading independent consulting agencies in Europe, responsible for creating successful sponsorship programmes for Heineken International, GlaxoSmithKline, and Land Rover.

In December 2005, he oversaw the successful acquisition of Lighthouse by leading sports marketing agency Fast Track which in turn was acquired by Chime Communications Plc in 2007. Jim was CEO of CSM Sport & Entertainment for 5 years before taking on the role of Deputy Chairman in March 2015.

He played reasonable rugby in the last century and is married with 4 children.

I have just retired from professional Rugby, i played for Scotland 63 times over 10 years and played in 2 world cups. I won the European Cup in May for the second season running, which was my last professional game as a Rugby player for Saracens.
Now i am working in Digital Media as well as T.V media whilst working on Content production with Rugby Pass.

marketing professional with 14 years of experience across FMCG, technology and services.

John Dykes writes and presents The John Dykes Show on Fox Sports Asia, an English-language chat show broadcast three nights a week to a 20-country audience. Dealing primarily with English Premier League football, the show extends from linear TV to Fox Sports Asia's fast-growing digital and social media platforms as John engages with Asia's passionate football audience. He has returned to Asia after seven years in London anchoring the Premier League's content service for worldwide broadcasters. Prior to that, he covered a wide range of sports as a presenter and commentator for ESPN STAR Sports.

John is Executive Chairman Asia for ESL, the largest eSports league in the world. In addition to his duties at ESL, he is a strategic advisor to MTGx portfolio companies for the Asia markets, and has co-founded several venture backed eSports and gaming companies. Prior to his career in eSports, John was with the gaming companies Gigamedia Limited and NCsoft, as well as earlier in his career, worked at Softbank Venture Capital and McKinsey & Company.

John McLellan is the partner in charge of Haldanes’ media and entertainment practice in Asia. He represents television channels and broadcasters, record companies (both major and independent), publishing companies, film studios and production companies and international and regional movie stars and musical talents. John has acted in commercial transactions in most Asian jurisdictions including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and licensing arrangement; as well as more industry specific arrangement (film productions and co-productions, concert touring agreements, and artist management arrangements). John is a frequent speaker at international media conferences and legal advisor to a number of industry bodies, including the Federation of Hong Kong Film Workers, and the Hong Kong Directors Guild.

John Possman is a Founder & Partner at DFR Asia, targeting incubation and investment opportunities in digital media & entertainment in Japan and Greater China. Mr. Possman was previously a senior executive with Sony Music Entertainment Japan, EMI Music Asia, and EMI Music Japan, in Tokyo and Hong Kong. Mr. Possman is currently focused on music, live entertainment, short-form and long-form video, and digital native sports.

• Bachelor of arts in economics from University of Chicago
• MBA in general management from Fuqua School of Business, Duke University
• Ph.D. in strategic management from Guanghua School of Management, Peking University

Johnson started his career in Harvard Law School as a research assistant. Following that, he joined Fidelity Investments in Taiwan as a research analyst. After his MBA, he joined McKinsey & Company, where he was last an associate principal in its Taipei office. He was a leader in the cleantech and sustainability practice in McKinsey Asia. He later went on to work for the World Economic Forum in Geneva. He now leads Riot Games’ Shanghai office.

Jonathan Dworkin is Senior Vice President of Digital Strategy and Business Development at Universal Music Group, the world leader in music-based entertainment.

Dworkin works closely with the company’s senior management team to develop digital strategy, cultivate key partnerships and advance business development globally. He is responsible for overseeing the integration of the company’s digital strategy throughout its international organization.

Dworkin has more than two decades of experience in the music industry. Most recently, he was Chief Marketing Officer of MixRadio, where he oversaw execution in its 31 markets, global marketing and business development.

Before MixRadio, Dworkin led digital strategy and business development for Warner Music Group. In this role, he ran the global team responsible for all partner negotiations, including Apple, Google/YouTube, and Spotify, and helped prime Warner Music for the broader transition to streaming. Dworkin led the acquisition of Topsify to establish Warner Music’s playlisting strategy and negotiated the industry’s first major-label deal with Soundcloud.

Dworkin joined Warner Music from Nokia, where he was Global Head of Business Affairs and Strategy in the entertainment division. Dworkin was instrumental in growing Nokia’s music services, including Nokia Music Stores, Comes with Music and Mix Radio, across 38 countries.

In 2004, he helped launch US operations for Lagardere SCA’s mobile division, creating original content brands BlingTones and BarrioMobile. Prior to that, Dworkin launched Brick House Music, an artist management company, where he worked with luminary producers like J Dilla, Pete Rock, and Grammy-award winning duo, GoodandEvil.

Dworkin holds a BA from Colgate University and an MBA from Columbia University.

Josh Burack was appointed the CEO of the Asian Tour in October 2016 (www.asiantour.com). He possesses over 25 years of global experience in sports marketing across general management, sponsorship, media sales and production operations. The American has lived and worked across the Asia Pacific for the last 20 years in Hong Kong, Australia, Thailand and Singapore. Josh has vast practice on both the commercial and operations sides of the sports business. He possesses a successful track record of creating partnerships and profitable business ventures in diverse cultural environments. Before joining the Asian Tour, Josh was Senior Vice President at Dentsu Sports Asia (DSA) in Singapore (www.dentsusports.com) and prior to that he founded and led IEC in Sports’ (a Lagardere Sports company) business in Asia from 2000 to 2011. He holds a Bachelor of Communications degree from American University in Washington, D.C. and an MBA from the National University of Singapore.

Juliana Chu is the Director of Digital Marketing and Analytics for Kimberly Clark, Asia Pacific Region, which produces baby care, feminine care, adult care and tissue products across 13 countries. Juliana has over 10 years’ experience in consulting, strategy and marketing in the FMCG sector in Asia. In her current role at Kimberly Clark, she is responsible for driving the digital marketing and analytics agenda for the Asia Pacific region, including the rollout and optimization of core initiatives such as programmatic media buying, CRM (customer relationship management) and advanced analytics. Prior to working for Kimberly Clark, Juliana worked with Deloitte as an accountant and A.T. Kearney as an management consultant advising clients from various industries including FMCG sector on strategies as well as operations.

June Zhan is an international artist manager also a music licensing and digital content expert with well-established contacts with publishers, collection societies, and labels throughout Asia Pacific. June currently holds multi-positions at Atb-intl, AdShare, M³ Institute and Midem.

More details on Linkedin.com/in/junezhan

As Head of Product at StarHub, Justin is responsible for the financial performance of all products, including Mobility, Broadband, TV and OTT service StarHub Go. He also leads the team in product and service platform development to ensure ongoing competitiveness in the market.

In Justin’s last role as Apple’s Head of Carrier Strategy and Business Development for South Asia, he led the company’s regional carrier business across 17 markets from ASEAN to emerging markets, such as Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Mongolia, driving unit revenues exceeding US$2 billion.

Prior to Apple, Justin has managed a digital content and e-commerce business. He has also spent several years in various roles in another telco.

Born and raised in Hong Kong, Justin Sweeting has over seventeen years music industry experience, centered within Asia.
Justin is co-founder of Magnetic Asia (www.magneticasia.com) whom run festivals & events: Clockenflap (www.clockenflap.com), Sonar Hong Kong (www.sonarhongkong.com), YourMum (www.yourmummusic.com); Ticketing (www.ticketflap.com); and offer further agency services to a broad reach of clients including digital marketing, PR, production and consultancy.
Connecting the dots between Asia and the global industry at large, Justin enjoys spreading the word on the region’s music potential and is actively involved in its positive evolution.

Karl is the CEO and Co-Founder of Hepmil Media Group. Hepmil Media Group runs the popular digital content platforms - SGAG & MGAG, whose content is seen by over 10 million millennials across the region weekly. His work at Hepmil Media Group has led him to establish strong partnerships with the largest agency networks in the region to co-produce some of the most viral and award winning branded content. Karl was recently named in Forbes Asia’s 30 under 30, class of 2017.

Kate Duff commenced as Deputy Head of Mission at the Australian High Commission Singapore in July 2017. Prior to moving to Singapore she was Assistant Secretary of the North East Asia Branch in the North Asia Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) in Canberra. From September 2013 until November 2015 she established and led the New Colombo Plan Secretariat in DFAT. Other recent roles include Assistant Secretary of the South East Asia Bilateral Branch, covering political and economic interests with nine South East Asian countries, and head of the United States Branch and of the Indonesia and Regional Issues Branch. Ms Duff has previously served as the departmental speechwriter and was posted to Indonesia from 1998 to 2001. She joined DFAT in 1995 through the department’s graduate program following a period interning with the department as part of her university studies. She has Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Letters degrees from the University of Melbourne and a Masters from Monash University.

Kelly Cooke is the General Manager of ESPN North Asia, a role she has held since 2016. Cooke is responsible for leading day-to-day management of ESPN’s long-term collaboration with Tencent in China, as well as the growth of partnerships, media distribution, ad sales, and digital media in North Asia – with a focus on China, Japan, Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong in particular.

Based in Hong Kong, Cooke works closely with ESPN executive management and global syndication, sales and digital media teams in developing high quality content, businesses and sales and marketing solutions.

Kelvin 'Afreex' Avon is an international multi-platinum selling producer and songwriter based in Hong Kong. He has produced over 150 songs for independent and major artists around the world. Specialising in the Greater China region, he currently owns and runs MoFo Music Ltd, an Artist Development/Management & Production company creating developing his own acts.

With over 20 years of building, advising and leading marketing & technology companies in Asia Pacific, Ken Mandel has held leadership roles with WPP, Yahoo!, BuddyMedia, Salesforce.com, Hootsuite and is currently President Innovation & Commerce, for Publicis Media. Ken is also a keen supporter of the Asian digital industry and has held numerous industry association Chairmanships including Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), Mobile Marketing Association (MMA), Digital Advertising Alliance and more.

"International A&R (1988-95) Epic Sony Records,
Artists Management(1996-2000) Antinos Management America,
Music Publisher(2000-2015) Sony Music Publishing Inc,
Copporate Planing(2015-) Sony Music Enteratainment,
*Director of JASRAC, MPA Japan(2003-2015), PROMIC(2017-)"

Shortly after achieving his ACCA and HKICPA qualification at Ernst & Young, Kenney joined Rock Music Publishing Hong Kong in late 90's and started serving the music industry in the region. Over the past 20 years, Kenney worked for Warner Music Hong Kong, peermusic (S.E.Asia), BMG Rights Management Greater China and currently Kobalt Music Asia. While the music market is developing from physical CD to digital streaming sales over the past decade, Kenney evolved together with the industry and developed himself from a finance executive to a general management. Kenney is also a musician who released 2 albums with his band in Hong Kong in 2000 that brought them the Bronze Winner of the CRHK Ultimate Song Chart Awards in the band/group category. As a musician who truly loves and create music, a CPA who values integrity and standard compliance, a general management with strategic mind and vast experiences, Kenney is honored to keep contributing to the development of the music industry in Asia, in all aspects.

Kevin Lin is Co-Founder and former COO of Twitch, the world’s leading multiplayer entertainment platform and community for gamers and creators. Twitch empowers more than 2 million creators each month to turn their creativity into careers by broadcasting and engaging with more than 15 million viewers every day. Kevin extends his passion for enabling creativity through angel investing and advising.

Kevin Tan is an accomplished entrepreneur and advertising and marketing technology leader with over 20 years of global experience. As co-founder and CEO of Eyeota, the global leader in audience data, he oversees the company’s vision and strategic direction.

Kevin is an authority on the global audience data landscape and programmatic ad buying, frequently presenting at industry conferences, including Cannes, dmexco, ATS Singapore, Web Summit, I-COM Global Summit, among others, and often sought after for his expertise. Kevin has an extensive background building successful global businesses across China, Singapore, Japan, Europe and Australia.

Kevin Yee is CMO at POPS Worldwide. Kevin leads branding, communications, audience development and viewer insights across its diverse digital media platforms. He joined POPS in 2015 to strengthen its position as the leading digital entertainment network in Southeast Asia and to increase global enjoyment of its 1,600 partners’ content.

Kevin has over 20 years of business and general management expertise in media, publishing, entertainment, consulting, digital marketing and retail.

Kevin has been based in Vietnam since 2009 and has held senior management roles at CGV Cinemas Vietnam and OgilvyOne.

Kuni has been a key member of the Dentsu Sports team for over 17 years. Kuni has tremendous experience in nearly all facets of sports marketing and now focusing on promoting 2019 Rugby WC and 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic for Asia out of Singapore.

Lars Brandle has reported at the frontline of the international music industry for almost 20 years. A former musician, Lars joined the American music trade “bible” Billboard in 2000 and went on to serve as Global News Editor, based in London. Now Billboard’s Australia correspondent and “overnight editor” for Billboard.com, Lars’ voice has been heard on CNN, the BBC and ABC, American Public Media's Marketplace and South Africa's EastCoast Radio, and he has spoken at Midem in Cannes, Popkomm in Berlin, Amsterdam Dance Event, London's City Showcase and at music industry gatherings on both sides of the Tasman. His works have been published by Reuters, Media Week, Spin, and The Hollywood Reporter, and he has featured as a pundit in the Australian Financial Review, Business Review Weekly and Britain’s The Independent.

Participated in mobile phone related business for more than 15 years. Worked for Debtel, Sagem, Birds, LG, and TCL-Alcatel. Was responsible for all channel display, promoter team, shop sales training, users experiences instructor for LG mobile phone. Focus on news, sports, and musics content in present.

Long Dinh is an inspirational, competent business leader. With his keen vision and market acumen, he successfully built the firm foundation, excellent committed team and continuously growth the business for GAMEVIL COM2US Southeast Asia in Vietnam. He started with ICT industries for more than 10 years before jumping to game distribution and publishing in Vietnam and Southeast Asia since 2012. Gamevil and Com2us are top worldwide mobile game publishers and developers with many well-known games such as Dragon Blaze, Kritika, Summoners War…with million downloads.

Lucy has over 20 years experience in helping brands create change and innovation. She specializes in identifying growth opportunities for brands, driving marketing transformation and wrestling complex problems into simple solutions.

As Assistant Chief Executive (Marketing Group) of the Singapore Tourism Board, Ms Lynette Pang is responsible for building the Singapore destination brand globally and helms the international marketing efforts, driving the consumer-centric and yield-driven approach to marketing.

Her role as ACE Marketing gives her responsibility for brand strategy and global campaigns, corporate and consumer communications, marketing partnerships, digital and content, industry marketing, agency management and marketing capability development.

In her previous role as Executive Director, Arts & Entertainment, Lynette was responsible for the strategic development of the Arts and Entertainment sectors for tourism contribution. She also held a concurrent position as Executive Director, F1 & Sports, overseeing the growth of sports tourism. Lynette had also managed the Enrichment (Healthcare and Education) portfolio in STB previously.

Before joining STB, Lynette was General Manager at leading theatre company, Singapore Repertory Theatre and held marketing leadership positions at Yahoo! Asia and at film distributor, Warner Bros. Theatrical. She started her marketing career at Saatchi & Saatchi Advertising where she worked on the Singapore Tourism Board account.

Lynette graduated from the National University of Singapore with a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature and Sociology and completed an Honours in English Literature. She serves on the Board of Directors for the Singapore International Film Festival and Arts House Limited.

Lynn oversees content strategy and acquisitions across Asia Pacific for Discovery’s portfolio of brands. She is the creative lead for content across all media platforms, setting editorial strategy and direction for Discovery's product portfolio in collaboration with market clusters across Asia Pacific.

Lynn joined Discovery in 2002 as Programming Coordinator and worked her way up to her current role where she manages Discovery’s content across all sources.

Lynn has also executive produced a few shows for Animal Planet like Kingdom of the Elephants and Mekong: Soul of a River, both of which were recognised with several awards.

From legendary hip-hop manager, helping usher hip-hop from the margins of culture to the mainstream to top label executive at Def Jam Recordings… from founding Island Def Jam Music Group, to CEO at Warner Music Group... from having the moxie to start a new label called 300 - dedicated to transparency and re-imagining what a record business should look like - to Global Head of Music at YouTube... Lyor Cohen is a genuine ambassador for music and musicians.

He has restructured, merged and led labels, built careers and championed a new generation of culturally impactful artists.

Lyor has been intimately involved in the careers of The Killers, fun., Ed Sheeran, Bruno Mars, The Black Keys, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Elvis Costello, Bon Jovi, Mariah Carey, Shania Twain, Ryan Adams, Nickelback, and many more. ​

Over 37 years from Road Manager to Label Head to Head of YouTube Music, Lyor has seen, experienced, and led the transition from a physical business to digital consumption model.

Lyor is currently serving as Global Head of Music at YouTube and Google. He sits on the board of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and we are privileged and excited to announce that on Tuesday 12th September, he will sit on the All That Matters stage.

Malcolm leads Business Development in Asia for Lagardère Sports. An Asia veteran, Malcolm has been in the region for over 20 years, working in multiple markets and sports across a wide range of business areas, including events, sponsorship, media, venues and consulting.

Mandar Thakur is COO of Times Music, one of India’s leading record labels and music publishers. Times Music is a division of India’s largest media conglomerate – The Times of India group. Mandar began his career in Hong Kong with The Entertainment Co. for their concert promotion business in the early ‘90s, post which he helped set up the path breaking 24 hour music television station Channel [V] , and subsequently pioneered the digital music landscape in Asia, as part of the founding team at Soundbuzz, then Asia/India’s largest digital music company, acquired by Motorola in early 2008. Mandar now sits on the boards of copyright societies like PPL , IPRS & music industry organisation , IMI ( Indian Music Industry ).

Marcus John is the CEO of Sports Capital Advisors, the only exclusively Asian focused sports & entertainment private equity investor, specializing in buyouts, equity investments, strategic growth stage and sales consultancy.

Mr John has unparalleled experience, having operated across Asia in senior positions for over 22 years with postings in China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Thailand and Singapore. He is renowned for his in-depth knowledge of international sports rights and operational expertise, especially in regards to Asian emerging markets and their high-growth sports and entertainment industries.

Mr. John has personally gone through several private equity buyouts and restructurings during his decades-long tenure with the industries most influential companies (IMG, ESPN STAR, WPP, Octagon). He has a strong track record of successfully identifying and investing in up-and-coming sports properties, including Formula-E, as well as new technologies and apps focused on enhanced fan engagement and content delivery.

Marion leads strategic planning & effectiveness capabilities for Ogilvy Public Relations across the Asia Pacific region. A former Deloitte auditor turned Marketing Director for several FMCG / pharma multinationals, she grew sales and market share for global brands at Procter & Gamble, Reckitt Benckiser, Revlon and Allergan/Botox for over a decade before moving agency side.

Joining Ogilvy Public Relations in 2008, Marion has led global PR strategy for a who’s who of beauty, auto, and pharma brands. She has helped shaped brand purpose across many categories After winning her first awards for pioneering digital beauty influencer work in China, Marion focused on effectiveness assessment and now leads regional industry awards for Ogilvy Public Relations, and is a Lifetime Fellow of AMEC for services to effectiveness measurement.

Australian-born, she has become an ‘Asian stir-fry’ with 17 years in Asia working in Japan, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Singapore, Bangkok and Myanmar, putting her Masters in International Marketing to good use. Marion is a trained team facilitator, passionate training presenter and media coach and sometime musical theatre director, performer and producer. She also has a Diploma in Canine Behaviour and trains troubled shelter dogs at SPCA Hong Kong.

Mark Frieser is a serial entrepreneur and global thought leader in entertainment and interactive content and is the CEO of Sync Summit (https://syncsummit.com), Sync Exchange (https:/syncexchange.com) and Something Sonic (https://somethingsonic.com)

Mary Gu Shuhang was appointed as CEO of newly formed CAA China on September 1, 2017. She came from the Special Olympics, where she was Regional President & Managing Director for East Asia from 2011. Prior to that she had held a number of key positions in multinational companies and organizations.

From 2008 to 2010, Ms. Gu was commissioned by the city government to build Shanghai Corporate Pavilion for 2010 World Expo, a pavilion representing a consortium of state owned enterprises in Shanghai. She was appointed as President of the pavilion and assembled a world class creative team with internationally renowned architect, creative talents and Hollywood producers. The pavilion received 2.3 million visitors during 6-month period and received a number of international awards in creative content and multimedia experience.

From 2004 to 2007, Ms. Gu was appointed by the City of Shanghai as Vice President, 2007 Special Olympics World Summer Games Executive Committee, Director of Public Relations and Deputy Director of Large Scale Events for 2007 Special Olympics World Games Steering Committee, president of 2007 Special Olympics World Summer Games Opening Ceremony production service company. Ms. Gu led two teams to successfully raise capitals from Bank of America, China Construction Bank, China Mobile, The Coca-Cola Company, Starr Foundation to produce the games' opening ceremony which was aired on five channels simultaneously on China Central Television and multiple International TV networks. The opening ceremony featured international and Chinese artists such as Jackie Chan, Lang Lang, Yo Yo Ma, Tan Dun, Colin Farrell and with theme song produced by Quincy Jones.

In 2005, Mary Gu brought a group of investors together from sports, media and high tech industry to found the company Shanghai Golden Grand Prix Co. Ltd. who manages IAAF's top ranking competition which later became Diamond League Shanghai. The event has become China's trademark sports event over the years and is one of the only two series in Asia.

Ms. Gu previously held senior positions in luxury hotel brands including Ritz-Carlton and Shangri-La. Mary Gu was awarded with the most successful Public Relations case for her work on 2007 Special Olympics World Summer Games by Shanghai Public Relations Association.

In 2008, she was named as one of the 20 iconic Chinese women by French life style magazine ELLE.

Matt Derella is Global Vice President for Revenue and Operations at Twitter. In his role, Matt oversees a team of regional business leaders as well as Twitter’s global teams focused on partnerships, agencies and brand strategy.

Matt has spent his career working with brands to innovate across television and digital platforms. Prior to Twitter, Matt was a Director at Google, where he managed advertising partnerships with large agencies and clients and helped lead YouTube’s entry into the premium content space. Prior to Google, he was a Vice President at The Weather Channel Companies, leading marketing solutions and their largest revenue teams.

Matt has been a featured speaker at various industry events, including Advertising Week and The Milken Conference. His perspectives on advertising have been published across leading industry publications such as Adweek and Ad Age.

In 2005, Matt founded Careoke for the Kids, an industry event that has raised $1.5M for children with cancer. He also is on the board of Literacy Partners, a nonprofit committed to eradicating illiteracy in New York City. Matt holds a B.A. in English from Georgetown University, where he graduated with honors. He resides in New York City with his wife Melissa and his two sons Dylan and Colby. He is @Derella on Twitter

Maya is responsible for building Twitter's business in these markets and mainly responsible for exploring commercial opportunity for Twitter in Asia Pacific. Prior to this role, Maya was Managing Director of India and Southeast Asia, and previously Senior Director, Product Sales & Strategy, Asia Pacific, Middle East and Emerging Markets.

Maya joined Twitter in 2014 as Director, Product Strategy & Sales of Asia Pacific, Americas & Emerging Markets. Prior to Twitter, Maya spent over 15 years in the digital media, mobile and eCommerce industries across the US and in Asia Pacific region for brands such as Samsung, Google, Microsoft and Cisco. She was also responsible for launching and bringing Internet and mobile offerings to top tier publication such as Vogue, GQ and Condé Nast Traveller in Asia.

Maya has an MBA from INSEAD and an MS in Engineering from Utah State University.

Maya can be found on @maya_hari

Meindert Kennis is Chief Marketing Officer at Spinnin’ Records, the world’s leading dance label. He joined the company in 2008, solving the challenges of digital content creation and the web 2.0.

Over the years, Meindert has been instrumental to the company’s success – including the development of innovative brand extensions such as Spinnin’ Sessions, Spinnin’ TV and the Spinnin’ Talent Pool Platform. He is responsible for making Spinnin’ Records one of the most popular music labels on social media, building a strong fan base of over 30 million followers.

Meindert won the prestige international YouTube Diamond Award for surpassing 10 million subscribers. He frequently speaks on international industry events around the world, talking about tech innovation and online trends in the music industry.

Monica Lee is currently President, Asia-Pacific for Warner/Chappell Music, overseeing the publisher's operations across the region after previously serving as Senior Vice President for WCM, Asia-Pacific, a role in which she expanded Warner/Chappell activities in developing markets, such as China and South Korea, and fostered greater collaboration between local and international songwriters.
From signing promising new talent and helping steer the careers of established songwriters, Monica is a vital member of Warner/Chappell’s senior team. Under Monica’s impressive direction, Warner/Chappell has built an outstanding reputation across the Asia-Pacific songwriting community and throughout the region’s music industry.
Monica Lee served as Senior Vice President, WCM, Asia-Pacific, since 2009. She first joined WCM in 2002 as Creative Director for Taiwan following its acquisition of Musset Publications, an independent publishing company where she was General Manager. Before she joined Musset in 1999, Monica held a range of A&R roles at Universal Records Taiwan and PolyGram Records Taiwan.

NP is an industry veteran who rose from the post of CFO of Sony Pictures Networks India (SPN) in 1999 to CEO in 2014.

He brings with him over 35 years of varied experience in the corporate world and in his current role, NP is focused on building leadership equity of Sony Pictures Networks India. During his long innings at SPN, he has also served as its Chief Operating Officer (COO).

Equipped with a deep understanding of the media and entertainment space, NP is insightful about the role SPN could play by bringing rich diversity in content to broaden the television and digital viewership base, globally. NP’s leadership has led SPN to successfully tap into the broad spectrum of audience preferences, in urban and rural areas, alike.

Before joining SPN in 1999, NP held several leadership positions across Finance and Operations in leading organizations including Modi Xerox and Spice Telecom. Presently, besides being the CEO of Sony Pictures Networks India, NP is a Director on the Board of Bangla Entertainment Private Limited, Indian Broadcasting Foundation and Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC), India.

An alumnus of the Delhi School of Economics, where he completed his Master’s Program, NP holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce from the University of Delhi. A rank holder of The Institute of Cost Accountants of India, Singh was honored with a Certificate of Merit by the Institute for his meritorious performance.

NP is an earnest Indophile with a special interest in Indian cuisine, music and movies.

Olivier De Rotalier is the Managing Director of Ubisoft Singapore, Ubisoft Chengdu and Ubisoft Philippines. He started the Singapore subsidiary in 2008, Chengdu in 2013 and is spearheading the new Ubisoft Philippines in Santa Rosa, Philippines.

Olivier graduated from the ESCP Europe Business School in 1997. He obtained a second degree from the Berlin University with the Diplom-Kaufmann in Business/Economics during his final year of undergraduate studies.
His journey in Ubisoft began in 1999 in finance. He then moved on to create the Business Intelligence Department, which changed the entire IT infrastructure of Ubisoft and brought Ubisoft to the next level in terms of its business intelligence expertise.
In 2004, Olivier was appointed the Finance Director of the Ubisoft Worldwide Production before stepping up to become the Managing Director of Ubisoft Singapore, Ubisoft Chengdu and most recently, Ubisoft Philippines. Under his leadership, the Singapore’s studio has since grown to be one of the key drivers for establishing Ubisoft presence in this region.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time Re-Shelled was the first game produced independently by the Singapore studio in less than a year. Following this, the studio was involved the production of some major titles including Assassin’s Creed II, Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands, Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood, Assassin’s Creed: Revelations, Assassin’s Creed III, Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, Assassin’s Creed Rogue, Assassin’s Creed Unity most recently Assassin’s Creed Syndicate.
The highly-acclaimed naval battle adventures were first introduced in Assassin’s Creed III and were developed from the ground up in the Singapore studio. Iterating on this naval expertise, the studio developed open-world pirate activities in Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, Arctic innovation and ice gameplay in Assassin’s Creed Rogue and gameplay along the River Thames in Assassin’s Creed Syndicate.
In addition to Ubisoft Singapore’s contribution to the Assassin’s Creed franchise, it led Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Phantoms; a free-to-play, multiplayer online shooter title. The studio is currently leading the development of Skull & Bones, a multiplayer naval combat game about becoming the ultimate pirate kingpin. Skull & Bones is set to be released in Fall 2018.

Over 20 years’ experience working in sports media and marketing. Current positions include:

Catalyst Media Group, Hong Kong – President
Main project includes the International Champions Cup: 2013 - present

Synergy Sports AG, Switzerland/Paraguay/Brazil – Executive Director
Main project includes CONMEBOL SUDAMERICANA, CONMEBOL Minor Tourneos: 2016 - Present

Formerly Managing Director, TEAM Marketing in Europe responsible for selling media and sponsorship rights for the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League.

Pawan Agarwal is the head of Music Content for YouTube & Google Play Music, India & South Asia. Prior to that, he was the Vice President & Business Head at Gaana, COO at Sunstone Business School & India Managing Director at Lime Labs. A graduate from Institute of Technology, Kanpur he has over 16 years of work experience across Media, Education, Technology & Entrepreneurship.

Peter Coquillard is a 25+-year veteran on the US music industry. Peter is the Senior Manager and Head of International at Milk and Honey Management, an industry leader in the management, and does A&R and Marketing of Record producers, Songwriters and Artists.

Throughout his career he has worked with Pete Townshend, The Who, Nine Inch Nails and UK artist Tricky. Spending the majority of his years as a Music Publisher with Windswept Pacific, Nettwerk Music and Silva Tone Music, Peter’s writers have had songs recorded by artists including: Britney Spears, Usher, Beyonce, Madonna, Jennifer Lopez, Demi Lovato, Madonna, Rag and Bone Man, Corrine Bailey Rae and James Arthur.

His international experience dates back many years and his writers have had #1 records not only in the US and UK but also Canada, Germany, France, Spain, Netherlands, Sweden, South Africa, Austria, Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand and China.

In China, he was instrumental in the development and A&R of Wanting Qu and singer/actress Chloe Bennet as well as working with partners on the ground to secure placements with artists including: Li Yuchun, Luhan, and Jane Zhou. In Asia, he has secured placements with TVXQ/Tojoshinki, Super Junior, Kumi Koda, Namie Amuro, Lee Hi, Wondergirls and Shinwa.

Peter is also the founder of the The Invitational Group, which hosts serious luxury songwriting retreats including the Bali Songwriting Invitational, an annual songwriting retreat for top-level artists and songwriters from around the world entering its 10th year as well as camps in France, Italy, and Montenegro.
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Phil Lawlor’s career within the music industry began at PRS for Music, the leading music PRO in Europe representing more than 100,000 rights holders.
Following several years at PRS for Music, Phil joined Chris Blackwell’s Blue Mountain Music, one of the world’s leading independent music publishers representing multiple iconic acts from Bob Marley to U2.
In 2013 Phil co-founded Big Sync Music, a global, full service, creative music supervision agency who work directly for brands. Big Sync, which operates from its offices in London, New York and Singapore and works on over 1,000+ projects a year including award winning, global campaigns from Axe, Dove, Lipton and Samsung.

Philip looks after business development and media related opportunities for Riot Games in China. Riot Games is the developer of the worldwide popular online game – League of Legends, headquarted in Los Angeles. Prior to Riot Games, Philip spent 6 years in the Entertainment media sector with 21st Century Fox. He was a Senior Director of Corporate Development at their Hong Kong head office, where he focused on M&A projects across Asia and Middle East. Philip started his career at KPMG.

Priyali Kamath is an experienced P&G brand builder of 18 years, having worked across several consumer & health categories including Feminine Hygiene, Oral Health, Home Care and Beauty Care; and across multiple regions including Asia, North America and Europe. She led the Media & Digital function for P&G Asia from 2010-2013, galvanizing the Company into becoming far more digitally savvy in their marketing spending and consumer insight. When not at work, Priyali enjoys spending time with her husband and their 9 year old son, who can tell you amazing facts about dinosaurs. 

Rainel Tan is an accomplished, powerful business leader whose entrepreneurial instincts and vision have successfully helped expanded the market share in Southeast Asia for Bandai Namco Entertainment Asia. His dedication and passion towards the industry instilled positive energy to his team members and cultivated an environment where creativity and innovation are encouraged. Under his leadership, Bandai Namco Entertainment Singapore has consistently achieved year-on-year growth and with his market acquisition strategy. His continued leadership promises to drive successful expansion into Southeast Asia markets in the future.

Ralph Simon is one of the founders of the global mobile social media & entertainment industry - a visionary & innovator known as “the father of the ring tone”. He is a global expert in mobile platforms, social music & multi-screen creativity. He founded the world’s first commercial ring tone service.. One of the world’s top 50 executives in mobile since 2005, Ralph invests, advises & develops smartest mobile AI & wireless creative content & assets, VR & MR. He understands that the future belongs to Screenagers everywhere. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in the UK, Founder of Mobilium Global, the international “cool” hunters. Ralph is based in London or on a plane to where mobile innovation calls for discovery, development & investment.

Ranji brings 15 years of Marketing, Communications and Consulting experience and a track record of successful intrapreneurship to her current role as Marketing Director for Asia with the World Federation of Advertisers where she is keenly focused on supporting WFA members in the pursuit of increased marketing efficiency and effectiveness through specially curated research, toolkits and peer-to-peer round-table FORUMS. She joined the global team from a role at Samsung where she managed the Media, Digital Marketing and Mobile IMC portfolios across Asia, and has also held in-market MarCom roles with brands such as automotive marque Audi. Ranji was formerly the Executive Director of the IAB Singapore and has also enjoyed a successful career in Executive Search.

Recently described as the 'First Man of Sports' by SportzPower, India's leading sports business publication, Ravi Krishnan has had a career in Sports, Media & Entertainment spanning over two decades. Ravi has helped create, commercialise, execute, and establish some of Asia's and India's long-lasting properties including the Indian Premier League, India's first ever Fashion Week, its only ATP tournament and a global wellness mass participation platform. Ravi moved to India, from Australia, in 1995, to set up IMG and went on to serve as Managing Director for South Asia. Today, Ravi is Chairman of KWANAbler, focused on partnering global stakeholders looking to create long term value for both sides in the Indian market. In this venture, he has partnered with KWAN, India's premier marketplace for entertainment and pop culture. In 2012, he also co-founded Stepathlon, a digital and on-ground mass participation wellness platform aimed at getting people moving, using a "sports marketing approach to wellness”. In 2016, Stepathlon partnered with Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli and his management company, to create Stepathlon Kids.

After 25 years growing award-winning global integrated agencies, Richard founded the Observatory in Asia Pacific in 2010, with a vision to substantially improve marketing performance, by focusing on the inputs, not just the outputs.

He has worked with marketers from a wide range of the world's leading brands across most major communications disciplines including branding, advertising, direct, digital, PR, experiential, trade and employee.

Richard is a regular speaker/panelist/writer for the WFA, Marketing, Campaign and Mumbrella, works extensively with marketing industry associations and bodies to improve professional standards and recently led the development of the Agency|Marketer Partnership Award with Campaign in Asia Pacific.

Rob McDermott is the CEO of Mad Mac Entertainment, best known for his decade managing Linkin Park, selling over 50 million albums, selling out stadiums, and garnering dozens of worldwide awards.

Rob also leads Mad Mac Digital, a digital consulting and management agency, and To11 Media Inc in re-imagining the legendary US heavy music brands METAL EDGE / METAL MANIACS Prior to Mad Mac Entertainment, Rob McDermott was a partner at Andy Gould Management, The Firm, and Collective Music working with or alongside acts megastars Enrique Iglesias, Korn, 30 Seconds to Mars, Pantera, Rob Zombie, and Avenged Sevenfold.

Rob Roy manages the global licensing of independent television and international content for Netflix. He joined Netflix in 2007, as a member of the Financial Planning and Analysis team, and in 2011 joined the acquisitions team focused on the feature film licensing strategy in the US. Prior to joining Netflix, Rob worked in the home entertainment division of Sony Pictures Entertainment

He holds an economics degree from UC San Diego

Rob Schwartz is a journalist, entrepreneur and music and film producer active in Asia and the US. Rob’s journalism has appeared in publications like Time, Newsweek, NME, Variety, and The Hollywood Reporter. He is the Asia Bureau Chief of Billboard Magazine. In 2002 Rob was appointed Executive Director of the Tokyo-based imprint Play Label. In 2005 he founded the rock-electro label Dynastic Records (www.dynasticrecords.com). Rob is COO of SomethingDrastic (http://somethingdrastic.com/en/), a marketing, PR and translation firm. Rob was the Executive Producer for the 2010 US feature film Putty Hill and currently has the film Bernard & Huey in post-production in LA.

Robb Spitzer is Senior Vice President, Asia for AEG Presents and oversees live entertainment throughout the region including concert tours, festivals, and sports events. Robb was formerly Managing Director, China for Live Nation where he was responsible for stadium and arena concerts in fifteen cities. Previously, Robb held posts at Ticketmaster and Radical Media.

Robb began his career at Comedy Central in New York during the launches of South Park and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. He holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from Union College in New York and also attended Kansai Gaidai University in Osaka.

Rosemary Lising is recognized as a pioneering digital industry leader. Currently the Managing Director Asia of Columbus, a leading search and performance agency within Dentsu Aegis Network, she leads vision, business growth, market expansion and operations across the Asian Region. A regular speaker at digital marketing industry conferences, Rosemary produces globally recognized digital solutions and best practices on the topic.

Prior to her role at Columbus, Rosemary was the Regional Managing Director at iProspect where she spearheaded the General Motors search and performance marketing business across Asia Pacific, Middle East, Africa and Russia. Her past experience also includes, Managing Director at GroupM Search, establishing the Online Media & Search Marketing practice for Blue Interactive Marketing (now known as Possible) and General Manager of DoubleClick Media in South East Asia. Rosemary’s career started in strategic media planning where she worked for notable agencies including Foote Cone Belding, Zenith Media and Ogilvy & Mather.

Saksit Vejsupaporn, or ToR+, was influenced by music from a very early age. His father, Nakorn Vejsupaporn, was a prominent figure from the renowned ‘80s Thai pop band Grand Ex, so ToR+ Saksit was no stranger to the Thai music industry.
ToR+ started playing piano at the age of three and through the years, his expertise at the keys caught the attention of world-renowned pianist Richard Clayderman, who invited ToR+ to join him on stage when Clayderman played a concert in Bangkok.
2008 ToR+ won the Thailand Favorite Artist Award at the MTV Asia Awards held in Genting, Malaysia.
Internationally, ToR+ was invited to perform at The 11th KKBox Music Awards in Taiwan (2016). ToR+ was also a guest at the Kamen Rider Girls Mini Concert in Bangkok in July 2016. The concert also featured “Just You and Me”, a song they collaborated on together which ToR+ composed as the Kamen Rider theme song.
To further his international career, ToR+ has recorded a duet with Sony Music China star, Joshua Jin. The song, written by ToR+, is called 'Wait For Love' and is released by Sony Music China in July 2017.

Sam Li is the Head of Content Acquisition and Strategic Partnerships for Sina Sports where he is responsible for domestic and international sports rights acquisition; strategic partnerships with rights holders, teams and individual athletes; and international sponsorships and marketing.  He was previously an Associate Vice President with the National Basketball Association.  Sam has a Juris Doctor degree from University of Michigan Law School and dual bachelor degrees from University of California, Los Angeles.

A CPG Marketeer specialist for over 15 years, I have refined my marketing skills in key Unilever brands of both local and global scope and now lead key consumer facing businesses for Viacom18 Media Pvt Ltd. I lead the Live Entertainment business of Viacom 18 with an emphasis on Music Festivals and concerts apart from comedy. Apart from that, I also lead the Consumer Products (Licensing) business for Viacom18.

One of China’s leading media and music executives, Scarlett started her music career as the CEO of Star TV’s Channel [V] (A News Corporation Company) music channel. Scarlett founded Zebra Media in 2008, China’s No 1 music festival operator. Zebra Media organizes the largest music festivals in China including the Zebra Music Festival (ZMF), Electronic Daisy Carnival (EDC) attracting more than 150,000 people each festival at multiple location of China. Scarlett joined CMC holdings in 2017 as the VP of the group, responsible for music and the live entertainment division. Prior to Zebra Media, Scarlett Co-Founded R2G Limited, a music rights clearance company, R2G was sold to Tencent Music Entertainment in 2016. Scarlett obtained her bachelor degree in Australia and her EMBA from Tsinghua University in Beijing. She is a Henry Crown fellow with the Aspen Institute, a NAL of the World Economic Forum and an Asia21 fellow of the Asia Society.

A digital pioneer for over twenty-five years, Scott leads Accenture’s Media & Entertainment business across Australia and New Zealand. Scott spent seven years with Sony as EVP, Global Operations and CTO for Sony Music and EVP, Corporate Development at Sony Digital Services and led digital transformations at Bertelsmann AG, Merrill Lynch and The Motion Picture Association. An entrepreneur by nature, Scott played founding roles at iconic start-ups Data Broadcasting and Firstlook.com.   Scott regularly lectures at The Australian Film, Radio & Television School and The University of Southern California, is a Senior Fellow at The Annenberg Center for the Digital Future and serves as Chairman, Digital Advisory Panel, Australian Sports Commission.

As the LPGA’s Vice President and Managing Director of LPGA Asia, Sean Pyun leads all tournament and business development affairs for the LPGA in this region.
Since joining the LPGA as the Manager of International Development and Member Services in 2008, Sean has served a couple of different roles within the organization including the Director of Tournament Business Affairs and Managing Director of International Business Affairs, before establishing the LPGA’s first ever regional branch in Seoul, Korea in 2014.
Sean has received his undergraduate degree in Economics at the Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas and Master’s in Sport Management at the University of San Francisco. He currently splits his time between the LPGA Headquarters in Daytona Beach, Florida and the LPGA Asia office in Seoul.

A live event management, operations, and marketing professional with nearly 10 years working experience in the entertainment industry, and a proven track record in live event management and promotion in Asia, including The Rolling Stones, Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, Ed Sheeran, Muse, Justin Bieber, Metallica, NBA China games, and many more.

Shine has been with AEG since 2008 and is currently the Tour Director of AEG Presents Asia. Together with her team, Shine focuses on developing and implementing tours and live events across China and Asia.

Born in Tokyo 1976. Specialized in concert promotion and venue management recent 10 years in Shanghai, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore.
Always think about how promote Japanese artist in Asian countries. On the other hand, I am interested in local music scene especially Taiwanese pop and also local ethnic music.
Not only current movement chasing, but also looking for way of contributing to local music society.
I work for Zepp@BIGBOX Singapore as Hall Director. 2014-2013 Hong Kong(Concert promotor of Japanese artist), 2012-2007 Shanghai (Senior Manager of MAO Livehouse, Shanghai), 2007-2003 Tokyo (Music College lecturer / promotor), 2002-1998 Tokyo (Virgin Megastore)

Siddhartha Roy is the Chief Executive Officer of Hungama.com. Hungama is India’s largest digital media entertainment company and runs successful services - Hungama Music & Hungama Play across music, video and movies catering to the world’s fastest growing mobile market, India and South Asians in over 70 countries worldwide. Hungama has over 67mn monthly active users across its consumer destinations. The company has partnerships with over 400 content creators, record labels, studios, broadcasters and game publishers on a worldwide basis for digital and mobile content.

Under Siddhartha’s guidance, Hungama set up a one of its kind consumer venture in digital entertainment. Siddhartha has led Hungama’s consumer and business initiatives including the launch of Hungama Music – the music streaming service and Hungama Play – the video on demand offering. Siddhartha also leads the largest independent artist platform, ArtistAloud where over 500 independent artists get a chance to showcase their creativity in content that gets distributed widely.

Siddhartha has previously been responsible for spearheading the Hungama Mobile business. His key responsibilities included strengthening the digital marketing initiatives for the company, providing their expanding client base with quality, innovative content and marketing solutions.

Siddhartha was the erstwhile COO & co- founder of BigAdda, India’s largest youth network, a part of the Reliance ADA Group. Prior to Bigadda.com, he has worked with MTV Networks and Star TV, India. He has over 15 years of experience in new media communications.

I joined McDonald’s in February of 2015. Currently I’m the Global Media Lead for the organization. In this role, I manage a team of subject matter experts who work to drive systemic improvements in the media space across strategy, attributable growth, effectiveness and efficiency. Of special focus is driving transformation in the McDonald’s approach to media through the application of data-backed media solutions, digital innovation, global partnerships and local market upskilling.

Prior to this role, I managed the McDonald’s Global digital engagement teams in Singapore and London overseeing Social, CRM, Merchandising, Marketing and Media.

Previous to that I held agency roles in Singapore, London and New York, where I am from originally.

Simon Greenberg, 48, is the Global Head of Rights for News Corp and Head of Dow Jones Sport. For the majority of Simon’s career, he has worked in sports related roles, starting as a sports journalist for national newspapers in the UK before he became Communications and Public Affairs Director for Chelsea Football Club in 2004. In 2009, Simon became Chief of Staff of England's 2018 FIFA World Cup bid before joining News International, now News UK, News Corp's UK newspaper subsidiary, which owns The Sun, The Times and The Sunday Times. He subsequently joined the parent company in 2011. Simon is a graduate of Harvard Business School's Advanced Management Program.

Simon Kearney is an Australian journalist and the co-founder and CEO of Singapore content agency Click2View. He has built the award-winning agency from a video production house to an end-to-end storytelling service covering video, blogging, newsletters, social, custom publishing, distribution and analytics. Previously he was a Canberra-based political editor for News Corp, chief of staff of Australia's biggest selling newspaper, and a senior writer on the national broadsheet, The Australian -- and, bizarrely, a roving global film maker for a billionaire (best job ever). He is the Treasurer of the Asia Content Marketing Association.

Simon Moor is the GM Kobalt Music Group Asia, and MD of AU/NZ. Prior to Kobalt Simon was Head of A&R at EMI Music and then Sony/ATV. Simon oversees the Publishing, Recordings and Neighbouring Rights divisions of Kobalt, just recently having established Kobalt Music in Asia, with the office based in Hong Kong. Simon works directly with Kobalt’s extensive roster including Blue Mountain Music (Bob Marley), Elvis Presley, Max Martin, Stevie Nicks, Bon Jovi, Beck, Moby, Lionel Richie, LCD Soundsystem, Billy Corgan (Smashing Pumpkins), Richard Ashcroft (The Verve), Gotye, Neil Finn, Future Classic (Flume), Sweat It Out (Rufus).

Simon Robson has been President of Warner Music Asia since January 2015. He has worked at Warner Music for 19 years. In 1998, he joined Warner Music International as Finance Director for Asia Pacific. In June 2002, he was posted to Tokyo for 2 years as the Executive Consultant at WM Japan. On returning to the UK in 2004, he became VP of Finance & Operations, EMEA and was then CFO & COO, WMUK from 2007 to 2014.

Previously a musician, engineer, producer, remixer and promoter, Simon has been with The Beggars Group since 1990. Starting work with online distribution in 1997, Simon has since worked with almost every significant entity in digital media. He has spoken at most music conferences around the world on digital music and media strategy, made statements to the UK parliament and has testified at the USA's CRB webcasting proceedings. He is also a director and board member of Video Performance Ltd (VPL) and Consolidated Independent (CI), but the most important role is keeping the Beggars Group of labels at the forefront of all new technologies to deliver its award winning roster of artists to the widest possible audience. The Beggars Group represents 4AD, Matador, Rough Trade, XL Recordings and Young Turks.

Soumini Sridhara Paul is Vice President of Hungama Digital Media Ent. Pvt. Ltd. spearheading the Talent and Independent content platform, Artist Aloud and heading operations for YouTube for Hungama. Launched in January 2010, Soumini has led and evangelised the set up of Artist Aloud, South Asia’s premier digital platform for established and new talent with independent audio and video content. She has been responsible for evolving the business from a simple distribution offering to a full fledged ecosystem for the independent space across Digital, Social, Content, Promotions, Talent Booking and Events along with several promising team members over the years. She also is Head of Operations and Content Development for Kids and other channels on YouTube and also works on special projects for Hungama. One of her pet projects is the channel she is building along with a wonderful team for Hungama Kids creating content which is age appropriate, entertaining and educational. She has over 20 years experience as a Pop Artist, Artist Manager as well as assignments with Channel [V] including Bollywood, Independent and International talent and Universal Music including album launches and promotions and artist relations.

Spencer has worn multiple hats through leading various departments in AirAsia over the past 10 years. He believes that rather than being managed, employees should grow and develop their skills through constant leadership. This is the culture at AirAsia. Putting the power in its people and empowering its teams, helps the company to grow the footprint of its business. With the backing of a solid work culture, it comes as no surprise that AirAsia has led the low cost scene with its innovative methods that have enabled the carrier to be high up in the rankings.

Having cut his journalistic teeth in England, Spencer arrived in Hong Kong in 1984 to assume a position on the editorial staff at the South China Morning Post, where he became Chief Sports Writer and Deputy Sports Editor. Instrumental in the launching and running of the first golf magazine in Asia, Spencer moved to Singapore in 2002 and has continued to be a close observer of Asian sport, writing for leading newspapers, magazines and websites and commentating for a variety of television channels, including ESPN, Fox Sports and Asia Television (Hong Kong). In February 2014, Spencer assumed the position as Chief Communications Officer with the Asian Golf Industry Federation.

A member of the synch team at Kobalt Music for over 10 years, Stephan handled creative and clearance for international markets including Asia while based in London and earlier this year relocated to the Sydney office to focus exclusively on synch for APAC markets

As Spotify’s Managing Director for Asia, Sunita drives the strategic direction of the service as it continues to reach out to a rapidly growing audience of music fans across the region. Since setting Spotify's Asia HQ in Singapore office in 2013, Sunita has led the service’s expansion across Asia as well as managing the region's revenue division. Apart from helming Spotify launches in Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Taiwan,Indonesia and the Philippines, Sunita has overseen the growth of crucial business units in the region, including partnerships, product programming, payments and conversion.

Susana is the CEO of PHD Asia Pacific, a global communications planning and media buying network, built on a culture of smart strategic thinking and creative innovation. In her capacity as CEO, Susana leads 19 PHD offices in the region with a focus on building the agency's client portfolio and the overall investment in developing of PHD’s product, culture and people.

Under Susana’s leadership since 2013, PHD recorded an era of phenomenal growth, by landing epic regional wins such as Unilever, GSK, SAP, Ferrero and in 2016, the VWG.

PHD APAC is also the only media agency in Asia that consistently wins at key global advertising award shows namely Cannes Lion: Festival of Creativity and Advertising & Marketing Effectiveness Awards. This reflects on PHD’s passion to deliver the best quality of work for our clients at internationally recognized levels.

Prior to PHD, Susana was the COO of OgilvyOne Asia Pacific. Her 12 years at Ogilvy was predominately spent launching and growing Neo@Ogilvy (Ogilvy’s digital media division) in APAC for 7 years. Susana has also held leadership positions in XM Asia Pacific and Modem Media after starting her advertising journey at Space Asia Media, the first ad network startup based in HK in the 90's.

In the course of her career, Susana has always been at the forefront of progressive change and her biggest strength has always been to hold a strong vision of how technology is changing our future, a trait that resonates very closely with the PHD brand. To drive change in the industry, Susana participates actively on the Advisory Boards of IAB, Effies, AMEs, Digital Matters, Asia Sponsorship Association, etc. She is also a big advocate of Young Women in Advertising, Marine Conservation and Save the Sharks initiatives.

Susana has a Bachelor of Science from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada and a post grad diploma in eCommerce from AGSM. At work, she tries hard to keep her head above water. Outside work, she tries harder to stay underwater by scuba diving.

With a 14 year background in management, artist development, music production and licensing, Syaheed leads Believe Distribution Service's trade marketing operation for Asia Pacific. With the direct responsibility of regional trade marketing & promotion, he works closely with digital music services providers in South East Asia, Greater China & Australia/New Zealand. As Country Manager, Syaheed started the Singapore/Malaysia office for Believe Digital Asia. He is responsible for new signings, licensing, business development & account management.

T. Jay Fowler is the Head of Music Products at YouTube. He manages teams that are focused on creating amazing experiences for music fans, helping artists grow & engage their fanbase and help them drive revenue on & off platform.""

Prior to YouTube, T. Jay was the Head of Product of the award-winning music subscription service, MOG, which later sold to Beats Electronics in 2012. T. Jay stepped into the role of SVP Product & UX at Beats Music, the streaming music division of Beats Electronics

Takayuki is an industry veteran and strategic consultant for many entertainment and tech companies. His distinguished career has included roles as Head of Mobile at MTV Japan; and most recently, Head of Digital Business Development for Universal Music Japan. He has been an evangelist of digital transformation in the Japanese Music Industry and his vision, “EnterTech”, to bring new value to the entertainment industry with technology.
He is currently working with companies like recording company, venture capital, global music streaming service and tech start-ups as mentor.
He is also Co-Founder of The Big Parade, the first Music and Technology conference in Japan.

TC Pan is the founder and CEO of Ultimate Music, the largest open music service platform for smart devices in China.

As the creator of “Ting Cloud”, Ultimate Music is leader in content and data management in China’s music market, in long-term strategic partnershipswith leading smart device makers such as Samsung and Xiaomi, as well as major labels, indies and artists all over the world.

TC used to worked as Head of Entertainment Services, Nokia Greater China, and Senior Consultant of Google Play Music Asia Pacific. As an expert in Mobile Internet/Internet with proven record of service creation, operation& user acquisition, TC is well-connected with internet & content business executives both in China and globally.

Having always been passionate about cooking, Chef Thomas Zacharias’s culinary journey started at a very young age, inspired by his grandmother’s home-cooked food. After graduating in Hotel Management from WGSHA, Manipal, he went on to study further at the Culinary Institute of America (CIA), New York in 2007. He then worked at the celebrated three-star Michelin restaurant Le Bernardin in New York City. He returned to India in 2011 and helmed the Mediterranean kitchen at Olive Bar and Kitchen, Mumbai.
Prior to joining The Bombay Canteen as Executive Chef in 2014, Chef Thomas travelled extensively across 18 states of India to understand richness and diversity of Indian cuisine. As a chef, his food philosophy involves showcasing regional Indian cuisine in a contemporary avatar, celebrating local and seasonal Indian ingredients, and creating memorable food experiences around Indian cuisine.

Tom has been at IMG for fifteen years, six in Asia. He is responsible for APAC Business Development, Digital and Entertainment for IMG Media. This includes running various sports relationships and driving Endeavor Content's distribution business in mainland Asia.

Tom Gimbel is the General Manager of the KLRU television show - Austin City Limits.  Austin City Limits is the longest running music show in American television history, the only television program ever awarded the National Medal of the Arts, a certified Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Landmark, and in 2012 the recipient of an institutional Peabody Award celebrating “37 years of excellence in television.”

Prior to joining Austin City Limits in early 2011, Gimbel’s twenty-five-plus year music industry career has included roles in independent marketing, indie and major record labels, and artist management.  From 1995 – 2005, Gimbel held senior executive positions with Arista Records where he guided successful campaigns for Grammy Award winning and multi-platinum sales certified artists such as Santana, Outkast, Pink, Dido, Whitney Houston, and Sarah McLachlan.   In 2005, Gimbel founded and served as President of High Wire Music Management, an independent management, label services, and music distribution company.

Tom Keaveny is the Managing Director of beIN Asia Pacific, a fast-growing major multi-platform media company in the region. Tom is tasked with leading the company’s consumer media platforms in Asia Pacific, including its branded pay-TV channels and digital video offerings, led by the beIN SPORTS channels and beIN’s proprietary OTT player, beIN SPORTS CONNECT.

Working in close collaboration with a senior management team and various local offices, Tom oversees all of beIN’s key partnerships in the region, which include rights holders, pay-TV and telecom operators, and consumer device manufacturers.

beIN Asia Pacific is part of the beIN Media Group – the leading sports and entertainment company with global distribution across 43 countries. beIN also owns Miramax and the largest pay-TV platforms in MENA and Turkey.

Tom has extensive experience in leading, innovating and scaling media businesses in Asia Pacific, EMEA and Latin America. Prior to beIN he was President, Global Distribution for Discovery Networks International and CEO of Discovery/Eurosport Joint Sales Organization. He was also President and Managing Director of Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific between 2006 and 2013, where he presided over the network’s profitable expansion across the region.

Tom Windish founded The Windish Agency in 2004; growing the agency from his Chicago apartment with two employees to more than 80 employees with offices in six cities. The Windish Agency was a three-time winner of Pollstar's Independent Agency of the Year Award, and credited for the success of such acts as Lorde, alt-J, Diplo, and Tove Lo.

In January of 2017 Windish, along with electronic dance music powerhouse AM Only, merged with Paradigm Talent Agency. Adding in a partnership with UK’s CODA Agency, X-Ray Touring, and ITG, Europe’s leading talent agency, they’ve created an even more diverse and innovative roster, with artists dominating stages at major festivals like Coachella, Lollapalooza and Electric Daisy Carnival. With the industry’s finest booking shows across the globe and creating opportunities for artists across all platforms, it is the beginning of a new kind of music agency.

Anthony (“Tony”) Zameczkowski is Vice President, Business Development for Netflix Asia. Tony has held pivotal roles within huge organizations operating where he has been responsible for leading teams in strategic partnerships and business development efforts in ever-changing and fast-moving environments. Since Tony joined Netflix earlier this year, it has inked Netflix Open Connect partnership deals with leading Singapore info-communications players - Singtel and StarHub - to deliver optimal streaming experiences for Netflix members. It now also has partnerships in Hong Kong with nowTV – delivered by PCCW Media Limited. In June, Netflix entered into a partnership with Globe Telecom in Philippines.  With more than 17 years’ experience in the media and technology industry, Tony has a proven track record of building and strengthening strategic partnerships with key players across content verticals (entertainment, music, sports and news) in markets covering Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Russia. Prior to Netflix, he was in a global managerial position running the international operations of Victorious, a Kleiner Perkins-backed start-up in the mobile video space, building new business and partnerships for the US-based digital company. Before that, Tony spent eight years at Google/YouTube in Europe and Asia. He first came to Asia five years ago in his capacity as Head of Partnerships for Greater China and South East Asia in Hong Kong. Later he moved to Singapore to manage the YouTube Music business in the APAC region. He was among the first few employees to be part of the video-sharing platform, when it was acquired by Google. Tony’s roots in entertainment started when he worked at Warner Bros. Television as Sales and Business Development Manager, licensing content to broadcasters and VOD platforms in Europe. He holds an MBA awarded jointly by the Kellogg School of Management and The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, as well as a Master’s degree from ESSEC Business School.

After returning to Brisbane from London music licensing agency Ricall, Tyler McLoughlan founded The Sound Pound in 2011 with a mission to connect independent artists and composers to sync opportunities. Working across advertising, film, television and corporate productions she has placed music with brands including KFC, Virgin Australia, Samoa Tourism, Queensland Government, Weis, Pizza Capers and Billabong. Tyler is also a passionate copyright educator who leads workshops for creatives and business types, and has lectured at JMC Academy since 2010.

At Akamai, Vincent is responsible for defining strategic direction for product marketing and business development for the Media Division, with a expertise in gaming and media business.

Before joining Akamai, Vincent led the strategy and business development for Samsung and oversaw strategic partnerships. He has been in gaming and digital media business for over 15 years and has held positions at Viacom and venture-backed companies in both online and mobile gaming.

He has a BS in Electrical Engineering from SFSU, and an MBA from Chicago Booth.

Walker Jacobs is Chief Operating Officer of FANDOM, where he spearheads the entertainment media brand’s substantial growth strategy, inclusive of rapidly scaling the brand’s content, community, marketing reach, and revenue. FANDOM is home to the largest entertainment fan site in the world with 175 million global uniques.

Walker has a deep-seated passion for digital media and has been an active part of its evolution since the industry’s development in the mid 1990s. Prior to FANDOM, Walker served in executive positions at a range of media companies, including Reuters, Turner Broadcasting and Clear Channel. In those roles he worked to change the face of digital media through groundbreaking initiatives like the acquisition of Bleacher Report, acquiring the rights to NBA Digital and NCAA March Madness at Turner, and setting up Turner Digital's portfolio strategy with CNN.com and CNN Money.

Will Page is the Director of Economics at Spotify. He was previously the Chief Economist at PRS for Music. There he published pioneering work on Adding Up The Industry, the Long Tail and Radiohead's In Rainbows – where he famously asked if legal free could compete with illegal free. Since joining Spotify, he has presented new insights on ​the ​'​Anatomy of a Hit​'​ ​for artists like​ Lorde, Mr Probz and Meghan Trainor and recently published the global value of music copyright.

Across both roles, he is actively involved in policy work, demonstrating to the UK Government that music was seven times more valuable to UK plc than first thought, advising on national statistics and the implications of Brexit to UK media​. He is passionate about teaching the economics of digital media and his​ work is regularly featured in The Economist and Financial Times and was recently profiled in The Daily Telegraph. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts.

Won Cho is the EVP of Global Business at 4:33, a mobile game publisher based in Korea, and spearheads its global business expansion. He is a 16-year industry veteran, previously was a Managing Director and Country Manager for Gameloft Korea, and a General Manager for Atari Korea.

Yu-Chuan Yang is the Deputy General Manager of MediaTek's Internet of Things business unit, overseeing an expandingIoT/wearables business, as well as product strategy.

Since joining the company in 2001, Yang has made critical contributions to many of MediaTek’s key mobile phone applications and platforms, and was involved notably with bringing Mediatek's first feature phone to global consumers. Prior to leading the IoT & wearables product team, Yang helped drive new business development at the company.

Yu-Chuan earned a master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from National Central University Taiwan.