Adam is Chief Commercial Officer at Singapore Sports Hub, a 35-hectare precinct consisting of Singapore’s state-of-the-art 55,000-seat National Stadium, 12,000-seat Indoor Stadium and several other venues. He oversees SportsHub’s commercial strategy and manages the events business with more than 400 event days per year across the precinct.  Recent highlights include International Champions Cup, featuring Manchester United, Inter Milan, Juventus and Tottenham, the HSBC Singapore Rugby Sevens, Ed Sheeran, Maroon 5, BTS and many more.

Prior to Sports Hub, Adam worked in a similar role in Australia, with particular attention on procuring and creating premium event content that delivers strong commercial outcomes in addition to the wider social and economic objectives of Government in owning and operating major events infrastructure.

Earlier in his career Adam spent several years in business development and event promoter roles within international motorsport, and advisory positions with the Australian Olympic Committee and Australian Commonwealth Games Association.

Adam is a trained lawyer and worked for several years as one of Australia’s leading sport and entertainment lawyers before moving into more commercial roles.

Granite works closely with UMG’s senior management and operating companies in 60 territories and is responsible for UMG’s strategy across some of the most dynamic, fast growing and evolving music markets including Greater China, India, Sub-Saharan and North Africa, Turkey, the Middle East and South-East Asia. He is responsible for increasing coordination of UMG’s audio-visual content in Europe and Asia and contributes to the company’s global strategy for marketing, distribution, and commercial initiatives including licensing, acquisitions and emerging genres.

With more than 20 years in the music business, Granite has held a wide range of positions running record labels and working in finance, strategic planning, operations, business development, merchandise, as well as roles with oversight of territories in Europe, Africa, Russia, Turkey, Israel, and the Baltic and Balkan states.

Prior to joining Universal Music Group, Granite was President of Northern & Eastern Europe and Africa for Sony Music Entertainment. He was responsible for Sony’s operations and licensed operations across those territories. He was a key member of Sony Music’s International Executive Management team, leading digital strategy, A&R, marketing, brands, market segmentation & consumer insights, and international sales & distribution deals. Previously, he was Executive VP, Sony Music International, and earlier in his career was General Manager of Epic Records.

Arthur Chow is the co-founder and CEO of 6waves, a leading global publisher of Mobile games with investors including Korea’s Nexon and US Insight Venture Partners. Founded in 2008, 6waves has now expanded to 120 employees with a presence in Hong Kong, Tokyo, San Francisco and Beijing. Most recently, 6waves has launched a live mobile quiz show in Hong Kong with Arthur also playing the host.

Arthur was awarded with the prestigious Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2012 and featured by HSBC Commercial Banking advertising campaign as one of the business leaders in Hong Kong.

He is a regular speaker and has spoken at GDC, G-Star, RISE, Game Connection, Casual Connect, Nordicgames and ChinaJoy.

Atul has over 25 years of experience and has held a variety of senior executive roles in the software and telecom domains. At Comviva, Atul heads the Digital Services business unit which focuses on leveraging the mobile to develop world-class lifestyle solutions spanning music, video and content and digital services for diverse geographies - Middle East, Africa, Europe, Latin America and South Asia. With an emphasis on driving product innovation while balancing business imperatives, Atul has helped grow Comviva’s digital services business, which contributes 35% to business.

Previously, Atul was responsible for growing Comviva’s footprint in Africa. In his role as VP Airtel Africa, Atul helped expand Comviva’s presence in 17 new countries and was responsible for growing Comviva’s Managed Services and Mobile Financial Services business. Prior to that, Atul was instrumental in developing and growing Comviva’s Mobile Advertising and Digital Services infrastructure solutions spanning Messaging, Call Management and Roaming.

Before joining Comviva, Atul worked with Daewoo Telecom, India, where he developed and delivered telecom and datacom products. Atul has wide experience of PSTN, 3G, CDMA and ATM Switching Systems and has been responsible for developing products in the areas of IP Switching, Routing and X.25.

Ben is the CEO & Co-Founder of Spalk - Spalk's Virtual Commentary Studio supports dozens of the world's biggest sports properties, like World Rugby, FIBA & NBA G League, with audience growth on their live broadcasts. Spalk are world leaders in Virtual Production and have pioneered several major innovations to support sports leagues with producing TV-quality broadcasts without the need for production staff on site.

Spalk's Talent Marketplace also boasts the world's largest marketplace for Professional Commentary Talent, spanning over 2,500 professionals in over 50 languages.

Originally from New Zealand and prior to Spalk, Ben has a background in Venture Capital & Private Equity.

Bing Chen is Chairman and co-founder of Gold House, a collective of pioneering Asian founders, creative voices, and leaders dedicated to accelerating the Asian diaspora’s societal impact and enhancing the community’s cultural legacy. In his day job, Bing is Managing Director of a venture capital accelerator and serves as a Board Director and Senior Advisor to several of the world’s most promising digital media companies including Google's Global Marketing Board, Snap's Yellow Incubator, Bytedance, Omnicom’s Sparks & Honey, Baobab Studios (world’s leading virtual reality animation studio), as well as Fortune 500 firms and new majority market governments. Previously, he was YouTube's Global Head of Creator Development and Management, where he was one of the original and principal architects of the 500 million creator, multi-billion dollar influencer ecosystem. He is a Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree; a Hollywood Reporter Next Gen Leader; a Hollywood Reporter Most Influential Agent of Change; Magic Johnson's 32 Under 32 Leader; Asian Chamber of Commerce Entrepreneur of the Year; and his companies have been recognized as Business Insider's Top Startups; AdWeek's Top Digital Media Startups; and more. Bing is a third culture kid who graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in Creative Writing. He was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, which becomes obvious at $11.99 buffets.

Charles Caldas is CEO of Merlin, the global digital rights agency for the world’s independent label sector. The organization's members command in excess of 12% of the digital recorded music market and embody more than 20,000 independent record labels and distributors from 55 countries and all continents. Charles has been recognized by Billboard in its 2018 and 2019 lists of the 100 most influential people in the music business and is a previous recipient of IMPALA's Outstanding Contribution Award.

Since joining SM Entertainment’s A&R department in 2005, Chris Lee has played a visionary role in the evolution of Asia’s leading entertainment company. He made a name for himself by developing SM’s peerless production system, which involves a global network of more than 900 hit songwriters (from legends like Teddy Riley to pop sensations like Bruno Mars). Lee’s efforts introduced the songcamp model to K-pop, setting a new precedent for the Asian music industry as a whole.

Lee takes a similarly hands-on approach to nearly every facet of SM’s prodigious output, and fostering top global acts like SHINee, EXO, Red Velvet, and NCT. As a member of SM Entertainment’s board of directors, Lee is actively involved in formulating fresh corporate development strategies and directions. As CEO of CTGA Europe, he helps lead a globe-spanning team of industry experts in EKKO Music Rights’ new offices in Korea, Japan, Sweden, Germany, and the United States.

Chris leads the qualitative team at 2CV in Singapore. He is highly skilled at bringing insight to life through multiple sources such as reporting, videos and workshops. He particularly enjoys using mobile ethnography, semiotic analysis, co-creation workshops, sprint development and UI/UX testing to help understand today’s consumers. Over the last 8 years, Chris has had the pleasure of working with several high-profile brands globally, across categories from luxury fashion to finance, and pain relief to football fandom. Chris also happens to be a hardcore gamer who has worked for Activision, Blizzard, EA, King, Microsoft and Square Enix, in many markets around the world. Always on the ground, Chris was most recently in China and Korea understanding the next generation of gamers for a leading franchise.

As COO of The Orchard, an industry leading music distribution and services company, Colleen oversees daily business activities across 43 offices globally. Previous to her five-year tenure as COO she served as the company’s MD of UK and Europe, the culmination of 12 years spent in London. Prior to The Orchard, Colleen was SVP International for ADA Global, having originally relocated overseas from New York for an international marketing role with independent label Rykodisc. Theis got her start in music at Elektra Records. Prior to music, she worked in PR, produced cable TV content, and represented visual artists.

Dan Rosen is the Chief Executive of ARIA, the peak body for the Australian recorded music industry, and PPCA the collection society for thousands of Australian recording artists and labels. In these roles he has helped to build the new music ecosystem in Australia with a digital and global focus.

Prior to joining ARIA/PPCA, Dan was based in New York working to take a tech start-up to NASDAQ listing. Before leaving for the US, Dan was an Advisor to the Australian Government on digital media and innovation policy, and started his career as a corporate lawyer.

As a musician, Dan won the national broadcaster’s Triple J Unearthed and has toured throughout the US and Australia.

He is a passionate voice for creativity as a Director of Creative Partnerships Australia, Advisory Board member of the National Indigenous Music Awards, former Chair of the NSW Creative Industries Taskforce and member of the Victorian Government’s Creative Victoria Taskforce.

Dan is Fulbright Scholar who completed his Masters of International Law at New York University.

Danny Lee has looked after western pop artists - Will.i.am, The Black Eyed Peas, Afrojack, and more, and has consulted on the growth of K-pop in the US. Asian Agent focuses on bridging culture and community between the East/West through music and content.

Over 30 years in the Asian music business, across artist management, music publishing, recorded music and streaming.

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

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

He joined Unilever in 2010 and has managed its media operations in multiple markets including APAC.

As CEO of NBA China, Derek Chang oversees all of the league’s basketball and business development in China, including television, digital media, media licensing, marketing partnerships, social responsibility and events including NBA China Games, and extensive fan engagement and community enrichment activities. He leads a staff based in the NBA's Beijing, Shanghai, Taipei and Hong Kong offices.

Chang spearheads the NBA’s effort to expand its presence in China as the preeminent sports league in the country. The league has a 32-year partnership with CCTV, 22-year partnership with SMG/BesTV, along with the groundbreaking collaboration with Tencent and a strong lineup of digital media partners including Alibaba, Bytedance, China Mobile and Weibo. The NBA is also focused on basketball and youth development as Chang’s team works with the Chinese Ministry of Education to grow the game throughout the country.

Before joining the NBA, Chang was the Head of International Lifestyle Channels at Scripps Networks Interactive based first in Singapore and then London. Prior to Scripps, Chang was Executive Vice President of Content Strategy and Development at DIRECTV, where he oversaw all content acquisition and production. He previously held senior executive positions with Charter Communications, the YES Network and TCI Communications. He also served on the board of directors of Starz after its public spin-off in 2013.

Chang holds an MBA from Stanford University and a bachelor’s degree in history from Yale University. He was named one of Cablefax Magazine’s “Top 100 Executives in Cable” and one of the “50 Most Influential People in Sports Business” by Sports Business Journal.

As a serial tech entrepreneur, Edy has founded and exited several start-ups, such as LOKET that was acquired by GOJEK in 2017 after 4 years’ operating. Established in 2013, LOKET as a ticketing management and data analytic company covers more than 80 percent of Class-A event in Indonesia, from Music Festival such as Djakarta Warehouse Project, to the biggest multi-sport event in Asia such as Asian Games.

Graduated from Ohio State University majoring in Computer Engineering, Edy has also founded eEvent (acquired by EnvisionPoint, 2013), OW.com (acquired by Telepathy, 2009), Kamus.net (acquired by Stand4, 2008) before finally founded LOKET that now led him to be the Chairman of the Entertainment Verticals within GOJEK Group and advisor for few prominent ICOs in the region.

Edy's mission is to democratize and revolutionize Indonesia entertainment industry because he believes in its potential. He carried out this mission through creating and bringing the best experience for both creators and consumer and scale up the ecosystem.

Ellie is a Marketing professional having spent 20 years predominantly in Automotive and Media across both agency and client-side roles in global, regional and local functions. In 2004 Ellie was headhunted to join Honda Motor Europe as Communications Manager from agency-side. In September 2012 Ellie was asked to join Virgin Media as Head of Advertising. During her time at Virgin Media Ellie led the evolvement of all Brand campaigns with a renewed focus on the key drivers of Brand Equity and ultimately the value ‘Brand’ contributes to the business. This resulted in Virgin Media’s most effective brand communications to date and creatively the first Gold Arrow for the Bolt 9.58 sec ad. January 2014 Ellie’s role was expanded to develop and lead the strategy and implementation of Sponsorship. This resulted in a shift away from V Festival and an emphasis on strategically relevant partnerships, and included Southampton Football Club, Football Supporters Federation, BAFTA TV and EGX. Following the change in ownership at F1, Ellie was asked to join the management team as the companies first ever Director of Marketing to lead the sport as it grows its fan base and attracts a new younger audience. This included a new identity for the sport after 24 years and a focus on fan engagement. This role has since been expanded to include Customer Service and Communications.

Esther has founded a number of successful startups and has been working in Vietnam since 2004. In 2007, Esther launched POPS Worldwide. After 11 years of cleaning up and building up the digital music and entertainment industry, POPS Worldwide is the leading digital entertainment company in Vietnam and Thailand and the partner of choice for local and international content providers. POPS has the largest music repertoire, representing 90% of the Vietnam music industry, and works with over 1,500 leading domestic and international partners like Warner Media, NBC Universal, Discovery, TV Asahi, The Pokémon Co, TOEI, VTC, Fap TV and more. Esther has been a key contributor to the Vietnamese startup community and speaks frequently at entrepreneurship events in the region.

Giles Morgan is one of the world's leading Sports Industry & Partnership Marketing experts - having worked in the industry for over 25 years. From 2005--2017, he pioneered and managed the global sponsorship strategy & portfolio for HSBC. He now is CEO of 5 Oceans Partnership - a leading investment and advisory firm specializing in the future growth of the sports & entertainment industry.

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.

Gurpreet Singh is the co-founder and COO of India's leading digital video and creator network, One Digital Entertainment (ODE). Home to hundreds of celebrities, artists, influencers and record labels alike; the network caters to a gamut of genres. In the music genre specifically, ODE today empowers a huge number of Indian mainstream and upcoming artists enabling them to build their digital portfolios, produce & distribute their music effectively and monetize their content via strategic associations with various platforms and brands. Apart from being the first company in India to scout and groom talent over the digital platforms, ODE enjoys an esteemed reputation of working with over 150 brands in the space of new age marketing. Being named as BW Business World’s “Hottest Young Entrepreneurs 2019” and winner of various other several accolades synonymous with his contribution to the Indian digital entertainment industry, Gurpreet has earlier worked with media giants like Viacom 18, UTV New Media (Disney) and Hungama Mobile. Gurpreet envisaged his journey as a full-fledged entrepreneur when he launched his first mobile services company at the age of 17 in 2002 and has not looked back since.

Helena leads business development in Nielsen's expanding global music business. For more than two decades, Nielsen’s consumer research, sales, streaming and airplay data have been a trusted resource for companies wanting a complete music market picture in the US and internationally. Nielsen’s data serves as a major source for the Billboard charts and is widely cited by numerous media outlets as the standard for music industry measurement.

Helena began her music industry career at the copyright and royalty collection society, PRS for Music, in London. She joined Nielsen Music in 2008 where she was responsible for European business development and operations. Between 2013 and early 2017, Helena was based in New York, expanding Nielsen's business with music publishers and performing right societies. She returned to London as Nielsen Music enhances its music measurement globally by leveraging Nielsen's network of local expertise to provide measurement, sponsorship and consumer insight solutions to clients across music and entertainment.

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.

Jackie Wilgar is the Senior Vice President, Marketing – International, for Live Nation Entertainment. Working with more than 45 countries and teams around the world, Wilgar leads the development, integration and growth of marketing and digital consumer technology in web, mobile, social, CRM and media. Driving 540% increase in web page views, the development and implementation of mobile app tech now used on 90% of Live Nation International Festivals, the integration of single platform for content distribution and an interactive global discovery map for more 125+ festivals, have help contribute to on-going, YOY increases in ticket sales and partner revenue across international markets. Jackie is a Canadian who moved to London in 2013, to join the Live Nation International team after heading Live Nation, North American Marketing for eight years. During her time in Los Angeles, Wilgar lead the marketing evolution of digital, social, mobile, media, promotion and data based marketing with both Live Nation and Ticketmaster. She is recognised by Billboard Magazine as one of the industry top Digital Power Players 2017, by Fast Company as one of the 100 Most Creative in Business and is a Top Women in Music – Billboard Magazine 2012 and 2013. A “marketer at heart” Jackie’s career started in sport and included years with Coca-Cola and in the Canadian beer industry. Jackie has been part of Live Nation’s role in the evolving music industry for more than 12 years and loves that moment when the house lights go down, the energy builds and the power explodes as fans and artists share live music experiences around the World.

Jacqui Louez Schoorl’s career spans more than two decades across music, film and television. She has spent the past six years establishing Jaxsta – a world-first online database of official music credits that, in this digital age, preserves and celebrates the credits once stored in album liner notes. Jacqui is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD), and an in-demand speaker at events in Australia and the USA. She is the founder of Women In Music Sydney, a not-for-profit organisation bringing together music professionals. Jacqui also works as a Dementia Australia advocate, having lost her father to the disease.

James oversees 2CV’s business in Asia. For over 20 years he has been working with global brands and leading agencies in the US, Asia and Australia. James holds an MBA and started his career in Melbourne. He then moved to California to set up 2CV’s first office outside London. In 2011, he moved to Singapore to start 2CV’s Asian business. He is an expert in helping guide clients, businesses and marketers through the complex process of customer understanding. James has been at the forefront of developing 2CV’s reputation as one of the world’s leading boutique Entertainment & Gaming insights specialists.

Janice Lee is Managing Director, PCCW Media Group, overseeing the Company’s media and entertainment businesses including Hong Kong’s largest pay TV service, Now TV, over-the-top (OTT) entertainment services, and digital music services. Janice spearheaded the internationalisation of PCCW’s media business of Viu, which is now Asia’s leading video streaming service with over 30 million active users across 16 markets in South East Asia, India and the Middle East.
Janice has over 25 years of experience in media and consumer businesses. She was named "Asia Media Woman of the Year" by Content Asia in 2016. Leading US entertainment reporter Variety also named Janice as a woman of impact in their “Power of Women Impact Report” in 2016.

Jason is a hacker and biochemist turned serial entrepreneur and investor. His childhood obsession with competitive gaming led him to his latest adventure of creating Battlefy, the premier global destination for esports tournaments and leagues. The platform is used by over 120 thousand game developers, leagues, brands, influencers, and teams to create, scale, and market esports competitions that reach over 60 million players globally.

Javier Tebas Medrano (San Jose, Costa Rica, 1962), of Spanish nationality, holds a degree in Law from the University of Zaragoza. His involvement in football began in 1993, when he was named president of Sociedad Deportiva Huesca. In 2001 Tebas was elected as vice-president of LaLiga. In 2003 he was named head of the so-called G-30, a group representing 30 LaLiga clubs which worked on the joint negotiation of their audiovisual rights. Since 26 April 2013 Tebas has acted as president of LaLiga.

Upon taking up the LaLiga presidency, Javier Tebas identified his main objective as being to reduce club debts. In the space of just one year, LaLiga's efforts in this area saw the debts owed by its member clubs to the Tax Agency fall by 25%. The joint sale of audiovisual rights for the 2016/2017 season is set to see the LaLiga clubs experience a significant increase in their revenues. One of the main achievements during his term as president has been securing the centralised sale of audiovisual rights for the 2016/17 season brought in by Royal Decree-Law 5/2015, which will allow LaLiga clubs to significantly increase their revenues.

Other pillars of his work are undoubtedly the fight against piracy and the fight against any kind of violence in football. He has achieved very positive results on these two fronts, as well as with the transparency policy of the organisation itself. Innovation, technological development and internationalisation also represent other essential parts of his strategy. During these years he has increased the presence of LaLiga beyond Spanish borders, with offices in the United Arab Emirates, the United States, China, South Africa, Nigeria, India and Singapore. As a result of this internationalisation, foreign interest in LaLiga broadcasting rights continues to grow, allowing people in more and more corners of the world to watch the Spanish league.

Jennifer Batty is the Chief Content Officer of HOOQ, Southeast Asia’s leading OTT service. She leads HOOQ’s local, regional and Hollywood content acquisition, programming, viewership and engagement strategies and drives original productions across their diverse markets.

Prior to HOOQ, she was Executive Vice President at RTL CBS Asia, where she made significant contributions in RTL Group’s expansion into India and its joint venture with CBS Studios International, launching RTL CBS Entertainment and RTL CBS Extreme.

Jennifer has a career that spans two decades across North America, Asia and Europe. She holds an MBA from the University of New South Wales.

Jenny Wong is the Asia Regional Director for IFPI, the organisation that represents the recorded music industry worldwide. Jenny heads up IFPI’s regional office in Hong Kong, coordinating the work of its representative office in Beijing, as well as its national groups across the Asia Pacific region and oversees IFPI’s work in the region in the areas of legal and policy engagement, licensing operations, content protection, market analysis, and charts and certification.

Prior to joining IFPI, Jenny spent over 15 years in the film and TV industry, between both legal and public policy roles covering the Asia Pacific region. Most recently, she was VP Legal Affairs at Universal Pictures, Greater China, after spending 5 years as Executive Director, Public Policy (Asia Pacific) at WarnerMedia (formerly known as Time Warner) and over a decade as Executive Director, Business & Legal Affairs (Asia Pacific) at Disney.

Jenny sits on the Board of Governors of the American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong (since 2016).

Lee Trink is an entrepreneur in the entertainment and media industries focused on the convergence of gaming and entertainment as both a cultural movement and an explosive business. As the CEO and co-owner of FaZe Clan, the largest, most followed esports and gaming organization in the world, Trink is creating a brand that extends beyond esports to mainstream entertainment through content, collaborations and e-commerce.

Trink began his career as an Assistant District Attorney in Brooklyn. With a true passion for music and a creative business mind, Trink sought an opportunity to bridge his legal background with entertainment. It’s at that moment Trink began his illustrious career moving through the ranks to eventually lead some of the most well-known music labels in the world.

In 2001, Trink served as General Manager for artist-first label Lava Records. Next, Trink went on to lead Virgin Records as General Manager and COO with much success, ultimately resulting in his promotion to President of EMI’s Capitol Music Group, comprised of Capitol Records, Virgin Records, Blue Note Records and Astralwerks Records. While at the helm, Trink was instrumental in accomplishing the company’s EBITA target for the first time in a decade during the toughest climate in music industry history. Simultaneously, he launched the careers of global superstars such as Katy Perry and Jared Leto’s 30 seconds to mars, along with architecting global marketing campaigns for The Rolling Stones, Coldplay, and Lenny Kravitz, among others.

Following his tenure at EMI, Trink built his own business where he managed multi-platinum global recording artists such as Kid Rock, The Backstreet Boys and Ice Cube; produced a charity album for the King of Thailand; and worked with iconic brands, such as General Motors, Harley-Davidson and Jim Beam. In this role, Trink also co-produced the Tony Scott directed Unstoppable starring Denzel Washington as well as Sean Penn’s short film Americans.

At FaZe Clan, Trink is on a mission to change the way people think about esports -- not as a niche sport for gamers, but as an entertainment juggernaut. His 25-year career delivers the conviction, ammunition and playbook to make this vision a reality.

Lucas Mao, Director of Game Operations from Moonton Games. Lucas has worked on global publishing of several mobile games including Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, which is one of the most popular games in the SEA area with more than 250 million downloads and 60 million monthly active users. Lucas has 10 years experience in the gaming industry and he is now also working on Mobile Legends Esports.

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 ).

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)

Michael Huppe is the President & CEO of SoundExchange, which has distributed over $6 billion in digital performance royalties to recording artists and rights owners since its inception in 2003. Michael also is the Chairman of SXWorks, a subsidiary of SoundExchange focused on music publisher services. He serves on the Executive Committee of musicFIRST and is a member of the Community Advisory Board of The Kennedy Center and a former Board member of Leadership Music. He is an adjunct professor of law at Georgetown University and has lectured at Harvard Law, George Washington Law School and George Mason University.

Mitch Glazier is Chairman and CEO of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). He also serves on the Main Board of IFPI. For more than 20 years, Glazier has been at the forefront of building the new music ecosystem in the United States, recently helping to pass the Music Modernization Act (MMA). He began his career helping to pass the Digital Performance Right in Sound Recordings Act which paved the way for the streaming economy in the U.S. and assured creators have rights online.

Nicole McMillan is an internationally renowned marketing executive with almost 2 decades experience in driving the world’s most valuable brands in regional and global roles. Nicole is a change agent and driver of growth strategies in complex and emerging markets with an innate dissatisfaction with the status quo in her DNA. She is a sought after and internationally renowned keynote speaker, presenter, jury chair, and Finalist of the prestigious ‘Telstra Business Woman of the Year’ Asia award. Nicole is naturally drawn to transformation and progression in herself and those that she leads. Nicole's current role is Vice President Marketing, Mars Wrigley Confectionery AMEA.

Commercial marketing specialist across many business sectors and countries with a 30-year track record of agency, client and media-owner experience with senior roles at a host of advertising and marketing agencies including two agency start-ups. He has worked in tourism as the Chief Marketing Officer of South African Tourism followed by launching and managing A1GP World Cup of Motorsport teams in South East Asia. At the BWF he manages all agency relationships securing TV distribution and sponsorship income and directs the Marketing and Communications team for all content output. Owen was educated in South Africa, Spain, The Netherlands and UK.

As Senior Vice President and General Manager for Southeast Asia at Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN), Paras Sharma oversees the management and operations of the Southeast Asia business, including content distribution, advertising sales, digital media and consumer products, across VIMN's brands – MTV, Nickelodeon, Nick Jr., Comedy Central, Paramount Channel and BET. He is also the Asia lead for VIMN’s digital and multiplatform business. In this role, he is tasked to grow the IP licensing business in digital and multiplatform in China, Japan and Southeast Asia, and expand the distribution of Viacom’s Play Plex suite of mobile TV apps.

Paul Smith, Spotify’s Global Head of International Licensing is responsible for the licensing of digital content from the international community of major and independent labels, and publishers around the world. Since his appointment in February 2017, Paul has played a critical role in launching and introducing Spotify around the world, whilst strengthening Spotify’s relationships with rights holders in emerging markets.

Paul has over 20 years of global experience in the entertainment and technology industry, including leadership roles at, Nokia, Microsoft and MixRadio. Paul began his career at Universal Music, where he later led sales & marketing for the UK classics and jazz division. Paul was also part of Peter Gabriel's digital start-up OD2, which went on to power the world's first download stores (Microsoft, HMV, Virgin, MTV, Coke to name but a few) and the first DSP to license content from the major and independent labels.

Prashan Agarwal, a serial entrepreneur with extensive experience in the consumer internet space, currently spearheads Gaana, India’s largest music streaming app, as the Chief Executive Officer. Adept in all aspects of consumer internet, Prashan is an innovative leader who excels in building sustainable business operations from scratch in a rapid growth environment. Before joining Times Internet, he had co-founded multiple internet ventures including PropTiger.com, India’s leading real estate transaction marketplace. In his 14 years of extensive experience, he has held senior leadership roles at Naukri.com, GE Infrastructure and Sapient. An ISB and IIT alumnus, Agarwal is an expert in strategy, sales, operations and product management. He has been awarded the GE Infrastructure CIO Excellence Award for Outstanding Six Sigma Project and won several laurels at leading school and colleges, he has attended. He has worked across all phases of a business, from starting up multiple ventures to managing a mature internet company with large staff and big financials. He has joined Times Internet with the vision is to create services that will impact millions of Indians and make their lives better.

Priyanka Khimani is one of India’s young and thought-provoking lawyers and leads the Mumbai-based practice of the illustrious, Anand and Anand & Khimani. In a short span of time, she has carved a niche for herself in the legal world and is often regarded as one of the most sought-after lawyers in the Entertainment Industry. She is known for her celebrity clientele which includes a distinguished line up of award-winning songwriters, music producers, singers, film directors, actors and screenwriters. She also represents, and acts for, leading film and digital production houses, independent record labels and publishers, and digital and technology platforms, amongst others. Some of her clients include AR Rahman, Lata Mangeshkar, Sonu Nigam, Arijit Singh, Shankar Ehsaan Loy, Sushmita Sen, Shakun Batra, Anurag Kashyup as well as companies such as Netflix, Facebook, PayTM and Hermès. She leads the firm with her dynamism and entrepreneurial vision. Consistent successes in a series of high-stake litigation, has further catapulted Priyanka’s reputation for thinking out of the box and approaching complex legal issues strategically. She is known to dabble in unchartered and rarely explored of facets of law, constantly pushing the envelope for interpretation of existing statutes and local legal framework.

Feng Qing had gone to France to pursue the Master of International Management and is proficient in Chinese, English and French. She has been devoted into the internet industry since 2003, and became the former marketing director of East China Region of Sina.com, COO of Wonderad, senior vice president of Ourgame. Feng Qing took up the post of CEO of Allied Esports/LMDJ in 2016, and based on years of practical experience in the internet industry, she has developed in-depth insight and penetrating judgement into the fields of internet, gaming, and e-sports.

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

Raja Rajamannar is Chief Marketing & Communications Officer of Mastercard. He is responsible for building the Mastercard brand, fueling business and advancing sustainable competitive edge for the company. With more than 30 years of experience as a global executive, Mr. Rajamannar has been recognized for driving business transformation across a variety of geographies and multiple industries, including consumer products, financial services and healthcare. Mr. Rajamannar is among the Forbes 2018 Top 5 World’s Most Influential CMOs, Business Insider’s Top 25 World’s Most Innovative CMOs and one of Adweek’s most tech-savvy CMOs. Most recently, Mr. Rajamannar has been named as the 2018 WFA Global Marketer of the Year. He is a member of the Board of Directors of PPL Corporation and Bon Secours Mercy Health. He is an inductee to The CMO Club 2018 CMO Hall of Fame and serves on the boards of the New York City Ballet, Cintrifuse, and ANA. Mr. Rajamannar also recently assumed the honorary role as President of the World Federation of Advertisers.

Ravi is the Chairman of KWANAbler, focused on partnering global stakeholders in Sports, Media and Entertainment, looking to create long term value for both sides in the Indian market. He has partnered with KWAN, India's premier marketplace for entertainment and pop culture. Recently KWANAbler has partnered with City Football Group owners of Manchester City FC to build commercial opportunities in India. Ravi has joined the World’s First Franchisee-Based Motor Racing Series, X1 Racing League as Chairman (NE). Ravi is also currently the Chairman & Co-Founder of Stepathlon, India’s largest mass participation platform that, in his words, “brings a sports marketing approach to wellness”. Ravi moved to India, from Australia, in 1995 to set up IMG in the region and went on to serve as Managing Director for South Asia. He created multiple successful properties during his time with IMG such as; India’s only ATP event, The (Indo-Pakistan) Sahara Cup (Cricket), Lakme Fashion Week (India’s first fashion week). Since 2011, Ravi has been on a path to create an IP focused SME business, partnering/advising global stakeholders on market entry and establishment in India. Ravi has partnered with Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli and his management company, Cornerstone Sports & Entertainment, to launch Stepathlon Kids. Ravi has been named in the Top 50 Most Influential People in Indian Sport by Sports Illustrated and the Top 25 Executives under the age of 40 in Business Today.

Rob Schwartz is an entertainment journalist, and music and film producer active in the entertainment scenes in Japan and the US for more than 15 years. He is currently the Asia Bureau Chief of Billboard magazine. His work has appeared in Time, Newsweek, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter NME, Q and many others. As a producer Rob has worked in music and film. In 2005 he founded Dynastic Records (www.dynasticrecords.com) in Japan. In 2018 he Executive Produced the US film Bernard and Huey. Rob regularly appears on TV commenting on entertainment. Networks include the BBC, NTV, NHK, MNET, and ICS (Shanghai).

From family roots on a farm in Northern Ontario to far-reaching creative branches of the world, Ron Martin has cultivated business relationships mixing narrative with digital content over the last 30 years. Ron has built a reputation as innovator deploying disruptive technology and developing creative strategy within interactive gaming, broadcast, sports and filmmaking. Creating tools and stories for mass consumption, his previous professional experiences include Softimage, Microsoft, EA, Digital Domain, Autodesk and Ubisoft. Over the past 2 years, Ron has been developing the media and entertainment vertical at Unity as the Strategic Development Manager. By partnering with progressive brands and storytellers to develop the future phase of content creation Unity empowers creators to deploy to over 32 platforms. Ron and the Unity M&E team have innovated immersive technologies and virtual production, creating evolutionary workflows for game developers and storytellers utilizing the Unity real-time creation platform.

Ron Rheingold is the Director of Global Strategy and Partnerships in Twitch’s esports department and is responsible for growing Twitch’s footprint via Twitch Rivals, a first-party brand consisting of broadcasts and events that highlight Twitch’s creator community. Rheingold began his career at William Morris Endeavor Entertainment in 2010, working in the Commercials and Endorsements department, securing deals for global music artists with blue-chip brands. Following WME, Rheingold co-founded Beautycon Media, a thriving startup in the beauty, fashion, and lifestyle space. Rheingold was instrumental in growing Beautycon into a 50-employee media company that specializes in international multi-day festivals. After Beautycon, Rheingold entered the esports world by leading partnerships for Super League Gaming, a startup focused on amateur esports. There, he grew Super League’s brand by attaining tentpole partnerships for the company.

Ronnie Tan, the Managing Director of gumi Asia, with over 10 years of experience in the industry has led gumi Asia through successful product launches, with each launch elevating gumi Asia’s brand in the market. gumi Asia, a subsidiary of gumi Inc, an established and leading mobile game publisher and developer that has partnered with entertainment giants and successfully shipped a total of 9 mobile games over the past 7 years.

As an industry veteran, Ronnie has worked on projects in various platforms covering console gaming, mobile gaming, and PC gaming. Ronnie is a firm believer in empowering his employees above all else, he constantly provides opportunities for his staff to develop and grow. Ever since his entrance into the industry, he has always been a key player in supporting the gaming industry’s growth both locally and regionally.

For Sara Bollwinkel, it’s about getting in early, and creatively customizing the developmental path for each client to best showcase their artistry. She has overseen the development of young rising star Billie Eilish since she was 14 years old and works closely to help grow her clients from small clubs to arenas and amphitheaters. Sara began her career 12 years ago at Monterey Peninsula Artists under the tutelage of Chip Hooper and Lynn Cingari and subsequently joined Paradigm’s Co-Head of West Coast Music, Corrie Christopher Martin.

Shahid's first start-up Cricingif is revolutionizing cricket consumption and fan engagement with Cricket through technology driven innovation. Raised 2 Mil $ seed in 2016, reached millions of MAUs, and is on it's way to top of the world of cricket.

I'm currently the APAC Head of Media for GSK. I'm responsible for driving media excellence along with my team of Area Media Leads. We are also actively fostering digital media adoption and transformation across the region.

Previously I worked as the Global Media Lead for the McDonald’s. In this role, I managed a team of subject matter experts who worked to drive systemic improvements and transformation in the media space across strategy, attributable growth, effectiveness and efficiency. Of special focus was setting the McDonald’s strategic roadmap for data-led media transformation through the application of ad tech 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. This was an exciting position as it allowed me to lead a group of digital experts tasked with driving change in the organization through variety of marketing disciplines.

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

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.

G Srinivvasan currently heads the marketing and strategy functions for the entire Reliance Sports group and works across all the properties namely Football, Cricket, IMG Reliance and RF Youth Sports.

G Srini as he is commonly known, has been with Reliance for over 5 yrs and a part of the team that set up and launched the Indian Super League (India's premier football league). Over this period ISL has become a household name in India.

Prior to this role G Srini was heading the marketing and sponsorship sales for the Board of Control for Cricket in India working on the IPL (Indian Premier League), the Indian National Cricket Team and was the Lead across marketing and commercial verticals of a cross functional team from India, Australia and South Africa for the Champions League T20 tournament.

G Srini has worked with Nike where he led the football category business & brand communications for 4.5 years. He began his journey in sports with ESPN wherein he worked on the brand marketing function and moved on to business development and creating customized sporting events for almost 5 years.

Prior to ESPN G Srini spent 4 years in advertising where he started his journey with Lowe and spent a couple of years outside India with an advertising agency in the middle-east.

Stephan has been the CEO of the World Federation of Advertisers (WFA) since November 2003. During his tenure, WFA has tripled its corporate membership and has extended its network to 60 countries, significantly reinforcing the WFA’s presence in the world’s fastest emerging advertising markets. Prior to joining WFA, Stephan worked for L'Oréal in Paris and Brussels. He studied business economics at the Saint Gall Business School in Switzerland, after which he worked at the United Nations in New York. Stephan has German and French nationalities. He is married to Sabine and has two sons, Sebastian and Alexandre.

Susie Kim is a veteran esports personality, host, translator, and interviewer, and she was the General Manager of the London Spitfire during their championship run. For over 12 years, her mission has been to bridge Korean and western cultures and the care she has put into her work and players has earned her the title of "mom of esports." With a storied career that has lasted nearly as long as the industry itself, she continues to be at the forefront of the evolution of esports. Susie’s current focus is using her insight and influence to help propel the industry towards broader horizons.

Tak has invested in over 60 startups related to commerce, health care, SaaS, video, and IoT in the U.S..  With his entrepreneurial expertise both in the U.S. and Japan, he is building a platform for startups and corporations to innovate together.

Tarsame Mittal is the founder ‘TM Talent Management’ the most preferred music talent management agency in the Indian Music Industry. Currently managing over 23 commendable talents from the Bollywood playback & Live entertainment industry; namely: Arijit Singh, Vishal & Shekhar, Sukhwinder Singh, Amit Trivedi, Ajay – Atul, Vishal Bhardwaj and many more. His passion towards music helped him develop multiple business ventures starting with “Truly Musical” a special events division focusing on creating intellectual properties specifically for the music industry. His first venture into IP’s was the “Bollywood Music Project”, a 2-day, multi stage music festival that features over 60 artists & 200+ musicians.

Tarsame is also the brain behind the unique, all-inclusive B2B music conference “All About Music”. The conference aims to create a global gateway into the Indian Music markets and fill the existing gap. With successful 2 sold out editions, the conference has hosted over 200+ Indian and Global music industry influencers and 2000+ delegates. The third edition scheduled on 27th & 28th August 2019 at Taj Lands End, Mumbai, India. He also founded “Music Plus” an interactive music communication portal serving as an all-inclusive information hub for the music industry and music lovers. With his recent company Truly Comical, Tarsame has ventured into the comedy vertical and manages the famous Indian comedian 'Kapil Sharma'.

Thaddeus Rudd is Co-President and Co-Owner of Mom+Pop Music, based in New York, working with artists such as Flume, Courtney Barnett, Alice Merton, Tash Sultana, Jai Wolf and many others. Founded in 2008 by Michael Goldstone, Mom+Pop is a leading independent music company. Prior to that, Rudd managed at The Rebel Group, and worked at Virgin Records America and Jeff McClusky and Associates. He is a graduate of Northwestern University.

Vinai is an Oxford University graduate who started his career in the City, firstly as an oil trader and then as a strategy consultant at Deloitte where he qualified as a management accountant. He transitioned into a career in sport when he joined the commercial team of the London 2012 Olympics in 2005. There he was a key part of a record-breaking team that together raised £2bn from the private sector.

Vinai left London 2012 for Arsenal Football Club in 2010, and after a successful period of driving commercial revenue growth as Chief Commercial Officer was promoted to Managing Director in 2018.

Outside Arsenal, Vinai is a Non-Executive Director of the British Olympic Association. He has also held Non-Executive Director roles at the London 2017 World Athletics Championships and the digital start-up Dugout. In 2018 he was ranked number 46 in the list of the 101 most influential Asians in Britain. He lives in Hertfordshire with his wife and three young children.

Wendy Ayche, better known as Wengie, is a Chinese Australian YouTuber personality, vlogger, singer, and voice actress. As of 2019, her YouTube channel had over 13.5 million subscribers, making her the most popular YouTuber from Australia. Her recent single “Mr Nice Guy” has reached No.1 in the local charts in the Philippines which was a Kpop style collaboration on her global music project.

Willard Ahdritz is the Founder & CEO of Kobalt, a music and technology company built for artists, songwriters, publishers and labels as an alternative to the traditional music business model. Ahdritz founded Kobalt in 2000 with a relentless pursuit to create a more transparent, fair, and rewarding alternative for artists, songwriters, music publishers, and labels. Through Kobalt's unique “clients first” service model, and creating the world’s most advanced multi-rights royalty collections technology, Ahdritz has changed the music industry forever. Today, Kobalt’s Music Publishing, Neighboring Rights, Society (AMRA) and AWAL divisions serve over 600 publishers and 40,000 artists and songwriters, including Childish Gambino, Miles Davis, Dave Grohl, Enrique Iglesias, Lauv, Lorde, Zayn Malik, Bob Marley, Marshmello, Max Martin, Paul McCartney, Elvis Presley, The Weeknd, and many more. Kobalt represents on average over 40% of the top 100 songs and albums in both the US and UK, and is consistently ranked as a top 3 music publisher.

William Bao Bean
SOSV - General Partner
Chinaccelerator - Managing Director
MOX - Managing Director

William is a General Partner at SOSV - The Accelerator VC - the #5 most active angel and seed stage investor in the world 2018 with US$625m under management. At SOSV he is the Managing Director of Chinaccelerator the only accelerator in Asia to have a unicorn come through its program – Bitmex the #1 crypto exchange in the world by trading volume. He is also Managing Director of MOX - the Mobile Only Accelerator - providing mobile startups expanding across Asia with free user acquisition. Previously William was a founding Managing Director at SingTel Innov8 Ventures, a Partner at Softbank China & India Holdings and spent 11 years in equity research most recently with Deutsche Bank where he was top ranked for Internet in Asia and worked on IPOs for Alibaba, Kingsoft and eLong (Expedia).

Yogesh is MoneyGram’s Regional Head for Asia Pacific, and South Asia. In this role, he is responsible for leading MoneyGram’s aggressive growth for the fast growing economies across Asia Pacific and South Asia. Yogesh has been with MoneyGram in various capacities since 2014.

Yogesh brings in 20 years of experience in Banking and Payments across Asia Pacific, together with strong domain knowledge in Marketing, Sales and Product Management coupled with expertise in Online payments and Digital Marketing. Prior to this role, Yogesh was at PayPal, Asia Pacific where he held the position of Regional Director – Consumer Marketing since 2010. At PayPal he set up the consumer marketing team and built a performance marketing approach across the Region.

Prior to this, he held positions with Barclays Bank Plc., India as Director and Head of Credit Cards from 2007 to 2010, and also held various positions with Citibank N.A., Asia Pacific, including Director Portfolio Management, and Head of Business Development & Sales, between 2000-2007 working across the bank’s 12 Asia Pacific markets.

Yogesh has an MBA from the University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, a Masters in Management Studies (Marketing), and a Bachelor of Engineering from Bombay University.