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Justin Willman is a magician & comedian known for his multiple appearances on The Tonight Show, Ellen, Conan, and @Midnight. He's performed live at the White House for the first family, his online videos have racked up over 50 million views, and his debut comedy/magic special Sleight of Mouth premiered on Comedy Central to rave reviews. For several years Justin hosted the show Cupcake Wars on the Food Network. He is also a consultant & writer for film/television productions like America's Got Talent, The Goldbergs, and Disney's upcoming feature film Magic Camp. The L.A. Times calls him, "A new breed of comic who's making magic cool again for grown-ups" and Playboy dubbed him, "the freshest and funniest magician working today." 

Michael Marlin is the Founder and Creative Director of Luma Entertainment, which offers a new genre of art that uses the dark as the canvas and various lighting technologies as the 'paint'. Marlin is also an author, creative coach, inventor and innovator, and his creative works span multiple fields from a variety of arts: including theatrical productions, writing, toy invention, juggling, and cartooning. In the late 70's and 80's Marlin was the first talking juggler to popularize the genre and inspired a whole generation of jugglers who followed his lead. Marlin’s mission is “to create a joyful and evolving world by inspiring others to connect with their own creativity.”

An eclectically accomplished musician and studio virtuoso, Todd Rundgren is a multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter whose music career has spanned nearly five decades. His musical style has evolved over the years from the simple pop of his early solo albums to the more complex progressive rock of his band Utopia, which gained Rundgren a devoted cult following – and beyond.  He has also maintained a prolific career as a producer; and is regarded as an early pioneer of rock video, interactive CD, and Web-based music, among many other accomplishments leveraging cutting edge technologies. In May of this year, Todd released White Knight, which features collaborations with the likes of Trent Reznor, Daryl Hall, Joe Walsh and Donald Fagen, among others. He has also recently been awarded honorary doctoral degrees from Berklee College of Music and DePauw University in the midst of his current tour in support of the new album.

Tamer Rashad is a business leader with over 25 years of general management, corporate strategy, start-up and business development experience across the US, Europe and Emerging Markets. Currently, Tamer is Founder & CEO of Humtap; a music creation platform driven by the human voice and augmented with artificial intelligence and algorithmic composition, designed to enable real-time music creation and sharing for everyone on-the-fly with some really compelling applications for consumers, artists and labels. Tamer is also a co-founder, angel investor and advisor to several startups in Silicon Valley.  Previously, Tamer was CEO of Liechtenstein’s private bank LGT Middle East, and Managing Director and Head of Merrill Lynch for the Middle East, where he developed Wall Street's first B2B social networking software platform – which has since been replicated by many major Wall Street firms.

Lawrence Gowan is a Scottish-born Canadian musician, and keyboardist and lead vocalist for the legendary American rock band, Styx.  As a member of Styx for nearly twenty years, Gowan has recorded four studio albums and toured the world over, playing more than 1,600 shows with the band. In June of this year, Styx released their “sonically sweet” 16th studio album, The Mission, which chronicles the trials, tribulations, and ultimate triumphs of the first manned mission to Mars in the year 2033. From the hopeful drive of the lead single “Gone Gone Gone” to the pivotal harmonic convergence of “Radio Silence” to the elegiac optimism of the closing track “Mission to Mars,” The Mission succeeds in delivering the greater good from a band that continues to fire on all cylinders, 45 years after signing its first recording contract.

With over thirty years of experience in sales, technology, and executive management, Dave Jaworski currently serves as CEO of Meta Media Partners, which leverages technology, techniques and processes to help people and organizations achieve their dreams and potential. Previously Dave held positions as VP of Sales and Marketing at NetSteps; CTO of Intero Alliance; and founder and CEO of PassAlong Networks, which was the first company in the world to implement micro-payments with PayPal. Dave started his career as only the third employee at Microsoft Canada, where after multiple promotions he ultimately received the first ever Bill Gates Chairman's Award of Excellence. Dave is also the author of the new book, Microsoft Secrets: An Insider’s View of the Rocket Ride from Worst to First and Lessons Learned Along the Journey, which is available now for pre-order.

Jim Messina's legacy spans five decades, three acclaimed rock super groups, a vibrant solo career, and a dizzying array of game changing producing and engineering credits, including Lee Michaels and Kenny Loggins. He was a member of the folk rock group Buffalo Springfield, a founding member of the country rock pioneer Poco, and half of the soft rock duo Loggins and Messina with Kenny Loggins. After a series of acclaimed solo acoustic tours, Messina has now formed a dynamic new band, featuring Poco alum Rusty Young, which is touring through 2017 with shows all over the country.

Shep Gordon is the visionary Hollywood manager, agent and producer responsible for building some of the biggest careers in entertainment, and has been named one of the “100 most influential people” by Rolling Stone magazine. The subject of the acclaimed Mike Myers-produced documentary Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon, Shep came to Los Angeles in 1968 and landed in the heart of rock and roll, instantly (and by sheer coincidence) falling in with Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and, a short time later, Alice Cooper, whom he continues to manage today. In Shep’s fascinating book, They Call me Supermensch: A Backstage Pass to the Amazing Worlds of Film, Food, and Rock 'n' Roll, he shares tales of working and befriending everyone from Groucho Marx, Blondie, Salvador Dali, Luther Vandross, Teddy Pendergrass and Michael Douglas to the Dalai Lama, Emeril Lagasse, Raquel Welch and Wolfgang Puck. The book was published in 2016 and debuted on the New York Times bestseller list.

A graduate of Harvard Business School Ken Kragen’s illustrious career transcends the music and entertainment industries where he has spent many successful years and managed some of the world's most important entertainers, including Kenny Rogers, Lionel Richie, Trisha Yearwood, Olivia Newton John, The Bee Gees, Burt Reynolds, The Smothers Brothers and many others. He was the creator and organizer of the historic humanitarian projects "We Are the World", "Hands Across America", and Cisco System's "NetAid". During the past few years, Kragen has devoted an increasing amount of time to teaching, speaking and writing as well as consulting work for leading corporations and many non-profit organizations, such as Cisco, New York Life Insurance, Eastman Kodak, The Hollywood Reporter and the Country Radio Broadcasters Association. Ken is also the author of the best-selling book "Life is a Contact Sport" which is filled with unique and well-tested career advice.

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

Jessica Mastors is a dynamic speaker and storyteller, teacher and writer, artist and entrepreneur, creative coach and consultant specializing in helping founders, free-thinkers and change-makers “make magic” with their stories – where magic is defined as “the art of changing consciousness at will.” Jessica is Head Story Coach for the San Francisco and San Jose campuses of General Assembly, a pioneering 21st century education and career-transformation center that is closing the “global skills gap” by offering award-winning instruction in the most in-demand skills across data, design, business, and technology. In 2012, Jessica successfully completed a 2,000-mile thru-hike on the Appalachian Trail, a mountainous footpath that crosses thirteen US states, from Georgia to Maine. A graduate of McGill University and a native of Rhode Island, Jessica currently lives and works in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Beth Harrington is an independent producer, director and writer, whose fervor for American history, music and culture has led to a series of award-winning and critically acclaimed films. Beth’s most recent works, The Winding Stream – The Carters, The Cashes and The Course of Country Music and the Grammy-nominated Welcome to the Club – The Women of Rockabilly, reflect her long-standing love of music. A rock and roll singer and guitarist, she is most noted for her years as a member of Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers on the Warner Bros. Sire Records label. Beth currently lives in the Pacific Northwest, where she works with Oregon Public Broadcasting, producing, researching and developing shows for national air, including the popular PBS series History Detectives. 

World-renowned business educator and coach Dr. Marshall Goldsmith is the leading expert in his field and the author of three New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling books – Triggers, MOJO and What Got You Here Won’t Get You There. Marshall’s singular ability to get results for top leaders has drawn over 150 CEOs and their management teams to address change in the workplace, and he has been recognized by Thinkers50, Fast Company, INC Magazine, and Global Gurus as the World’s Leading Executive Coach.

Athena is the CEO and founder of BlissQuest Publishing, an online publishing house concept which when funded will be the first publishing house in the world to offer healthcare and retirement planning to artists and writers, as well as 50-50 royalty splits. Her first novel, a fantasy called “Murder of Crows,” was published in 2012 as the first installment in a trilogy called “Pillars of Dawn, which follows heroine Fable Montgomery on a treacherous, magical journey through the mythical land of Aria. The second installment, called “Sinnet of Dragons” is currently under production. Athena lives on the rugged Oregon coast, where her passions include travel, photography, scrapbooking, scotch and storytelling...preferably all with chocolate.

NBC has called Greg Kihn “Rock’s True Renaissance Man.” His career stretches from the dawn of punk and indie rock to the discos of the 80’s to the glory days of MTV. As a pioneer with the legendary Beserkley Records, he helped write the book on revolutionary west coast rock and roll. He’s toured the world, had hit records, appeared on Saturday Night Live and American Bandstand, opened for the Rolling Stones, jammed with Bruce Springsteen, and won the ASCAP and Midem Awards for his worldwide #1 hit JEOPARDY and THE BREAKUP SONG. He’s also a published author of four novels, the most recent of which is PAINTED BLACK, a Mystery/Thriller about the death of Brian Jones of the legendary rock n’ roll band The Rolling Stones.

James Wallman is a noteworthy trend forecaster and futurist, esteemed journalist, keynote speaker and activist, as well as the author of the groundbreaking book Stuffocation: Why We’ve Had Enough with Stuff and Need Experience More Than Ever, which has been described as the intersection of “The Tipping Point and Freakonomics, but with a huge idea at its heart” by the Sunday Times. James has shared his thoughts and forecasts on NPR, BBC, ABC in Australia, and MSNBC, and his writings have been featured in the New York Times, the Financial Times, Time, The Economist, and Wired. He was formerly editor of leading trend consultancy The Future Laboratory’s forecasting publication, and wrote the futurology column in T3 magazine. Recently, James founded The Future is Here, a think tank for a better world.

A Creative Director/Writer  for over 25 years, Barbara Newman’s iconic work has left an indelible mark on contemporary brand culture. She’s written award-winning campaigns that have been featured at Cannes, and has developed content across multiple media platforms for global brands around the world. Documentary film credits include, Burning The Future: Coal in America, which received the International Pare Lorentz Award for best social documentary; HBO’s Dear Talula, short-listed for the Academy Award. Barbara’s current production, called Cowgirls Are Forever, will be the first feature-length documentary to illustrate the evolution of the cowgirl, and how her spirit and accomplishments have impacted contemporary American culture. It is due for release in late 2017.

Lori Stoll is a notable photographer, writer and director who quickly became a sought-after celebrity and advertising photographer in the late 80's. Her photographs of popular icons Al Pacino, Anthony Hopkins, Ray Charles, Michael Jackson and MC Hammer were ubiquitous at the pinnacle of their careers. Her assignments in national publications have included Time, Newsweek, Reader’s Digest, Redbook, Life, Entertainment Weekly, Playboy, People and Rolling Stone, and much of her work is syndicated worldwide. In 2014 Lori wrote and directed her first feature, “Heaven’s Floor,” which premiered at Cinequest earlier this year.

Jared Cohn is an award-winning writer, director and producer - specifically in the sci-fi and horror genre - with such credits to his name as Atlantic Rim, Buddy Hutchins, 13/13/13, Jailbait, Born Bad and the last Sharknado movie. This year alone Jared has released five new films – all very different in style and tone. The first, Wishing for a Dream, is a personal project that Jared collaborated on with real-life partner, actress Sara Malakul Lane. The second, Little Dead Rotting Hood, is Asylum’s take on the classic fairytale. March sees the release of his film God’s Club starring Corbin Bernsen, Stephen Baldwin, and past AAR guest Lorenzo Lamas. Just recently we saw the release of the action movie The Horde, as well as Death Pool, an American Psycho-esque thriller. Cohn produces most of his work via his company Traplight Media.

Sherry Cagan has had great success in her past both as an award-winning equestrian & a talented bronze sculptor.  These days Sherry is a patient advocate and facilitator, a leading voice and a driving force for the millions debilitated with Lyme disease. Her near-death experience from Lyme disease, and her daughters and mother being infected with it, catalyzed her passion for Lyme research – initiating the Stanford Lyme Working Group at the Stanford School of Medicine. Late 2015, Sherry and her husband Laird founded a 501c3 Silicon Valley based organization, the Stand4Lyme Foundation, with the purpose of establishing a revolutionary Lyme research platform, launched May 2016. Transforming traditional medical research to expedite projects to patients, funding a team of collaborating scientists, eliminating time barriers and sharing findings. Stand4Lyme joins forces with Stanford scientists to pave a medical path to wellness for patients at all stages of Lyme disease, “making Lyme history.” 

Mark Silverman is not a Coach or a Consultant per se, although he has Coaching and Consulting Clients. For him, every engagement is unique, with the common thread being a leap forward towards the intended result. Mark has generated over $90 Million in sales and received numerous awards over his 15 year career at fast moving, fast growing companies like NetApp, VMware and EMC.  He has lead teams to work with CEO’s, Management, and Front Line stakeholders to bring mutual success and close multi-million dollar deals.  He’s also the author of the bestselling book Only 10’s: Using Distraction to Get the Right Things Done, as well as the co-author of Unconventional Wisdom, Stories Beyond the Mind to Awaken the Heart.

Lorenzo Lamas is an American actor well known for playing Lance Cumson on the 1980s soap opera Falcon Crest (Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor), Reno Raines on the 1990s crime drama Renegade, and Hector Ramirez on the daytime soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful. He’s starred in dozens of movies (most recently Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No!), served as a judge on ABC television's Are You Hot? and starred in his own reality show, Leave It to Lamas, a series about his real-life family. In 2014 he published his autobiography, Renegade at Heart, and last year starred as a cast member on the reality TV show Celebrity Apprentice. 

Deborah Perry Piscione is a serial entrepreneur, New York Times bestselling author, speaker and innovation process expert. She is a Principal and Co-Founder at Vorto Consulting, a Silicon Valley-based boutique-consulting firm dedicated to enabling companies to innovate and grow. Deborah is the architect of the new innovation methodology, Improvisational Innovation™, which engages all of the organization’s talent in bottoms up innovation. In addition, Deborah is the Co-Founder and CEO of Desha Productions, Inc. (parent company of BettyConfidential and Alley to the Valley®), a content production studio, which creates content and community for the coveted female audience.

From scaling some of the highest mountains in the world, to working with Richard Branson on the future of philanthropy, exiting his business for over $100m and captaining Australia in the World Elephant Polo Championships, Creel Price is the high-octane adventurer at the forefront of what he now calls “The Entreprenaissance.” A serial entrepreneur since his early years, at age 25 Creel co-founded Blueprint Management Group with just five thousand dollars in capital, which he grew to 1,000 staff and sold a decade later for $109 million. Since then, Creel has dedicated his time to holistically fostering entrepreneurship on a global scale through his startup generator Investible and Club Kidpreneur Foundation, a not-for-profit social enterprise developing entrepreneurial skills in primary-aged children.

Libby Gill is the founder and CEO of executive coaching and consulting firm Libby Gill & Company. The former head of communications and public relations for Sony, Universal, and Turner Broadcasting, she is an international speaker, bestselling author, and former Dallas Morning News columnist. Libby has shared her success strategies on CNN, NPR, the Today Show, and in BusinessWeek, Time, The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and many more.  Libby coaches, consults, and presents to established and emerging leaders at companies including AMC Networks, Cisco, EY, Genentech, Intel, Microsoft, Viacom, Wells Fargo and many more.

Carolyn Elliott is an entrepreneur, writer and author, coach, super-connector, and modern-day magical person. She is the host of the Superconnectors Podcast, which interviews top Superconnectors from around the world who share the tools, attitudes and resources they use to grow and nurture their world-class social networks. Carolyn is also the editor of WITCH magazine and the author of Awaken Your Genius: A 7 Step Path to Freeing your Creativity and Manifesting Your Dreams.

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

Zeeshan Zaidi is the General Manager of Artist Services at Ticketmaster, a division of Live Nation Entertainment, where he works with artists, managers, agents, promoters and labels to help make tours more successful through leveraging Ticketmaster's marketing reach, data insights, and commerce opportunities. He’s also the lead vocalist, songwriter, guitarist, and founder of alternative rock band The Commuters. Prior to joining Ticketmaster, Zaidi spent several years in the startup world in various capacities. He was CEO/co-founder of Host Committee, Inc., a social media and events startup. He also served as COO and Head of Global of LimeWire, the world's largest file-sharing network. Previously, Zeeshan developed the careers of superstar artists such as Avril Lavigne, OutKast, Usher and Dido in his numerous roles in the recorded music industry at Sony BMG, including VP, Digital for RCA and Sr. Director, Marketing for Arista Records. 

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

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

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

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

Peter Hoppenfeld is widely recognized as “the go-to” attorney for direct marketers, thought leaders, authors, domestic and international training companies, “information marketers” and their founders. He has been described as a "lawyer who really understands marketing" and "a marketer who happens to be a lawyer." His diverse client list includes fitness and nutrition expert JJ Virgin, ‘SuperHero You’ founder Jim Kwik, and personal finance guru Ramit Sethi. Peter takes a holistic approach that aims to bring peace of mind and direction to the business and legal issues that successful, dynamic entrepreneurs face on a daily basis. 

JW “Wild Bill” Stealey is the founder and Chairman of iEntertainment, Inc, a public company that develops and operates retail and online military simulation games. Wild Bill is also an Air Force Academy Graduate, Command Pilot, and retired Lt. Colonel of the United States Air Force. He founded MicroProse Software in 1982 with famous game designer Sid Meier, author of Civilization, one of the longest running game series of god Games. Wild Bill has published over 250 successful games, including the major hits F-15 Strike Eagle, Red Storm Rising, and Silent Service, as well as the brand new BowHunter2015, the first in a series of outdoor mobile action simulation games for all outdoor sports, including hunting, fishing, boating, and more. Mr. Stealey has taken two game companies public, sold them, and is now back to build his third successful game company.

Jamie DeWolf is a nationally recognized slam poet, spoken word comedian, writer, editor, producer, photographer, and filmmaker. As a member of the performance trio The Suicide Kings, Jamie has toured the country with a diverse array of acts including Sage Francis, B. Dolan and The Dwarves. He is a National Poetry Slam Champion, the Oakland and Berkeley Grand Slam Champion, a YouthSpeaks Mentor, a featured performer on HBO’s Def Poetry Jam, and the creator of Tourettes Without Regrets, which has become the longest-running freestyle battle and largest slam on the West Coast and been awarded the “Best of the Bay” by the SF Guardian multiple times. Jamie has performed and led writing workshops at over 130 universities, high schools and juve

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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