Michael Weiss, President & CEO, StreamCast Networks: Entertainment industry veteran, Michael Weiss first joined StreamCast Networks, formerly known as MusicCity.com, as its President & CEO in April 2000. Weiss was responsible for re-positioning the company from an Internet radio provider into a peer-to-peer powerhouse and the world’s largest peer-to-peer consumer software provider. Under Weiss’ leadership, the company introduced the wildly popular "Morpheus" peer-to-peer file sharing software. Within 4 months of launch, "Morpheus" achieved legendary status: 20+ million users, # 1 most popular Internet software, over 1 million downloads weekly, 2 million daily users, and the # 1 most searched Internet subject. After taking the company to # 1 status, Weiss left the company in September 2001 when it relocated to Nashville, TN and co-founded ShareComm, Inc., a technology start-up venture. Previously, Weiss was founder of WebRadio.com and served as its Vice President & General Manager. WebRadio.com, a subsidiary of GEO Interactive Media Group, Ltd. (GIM:LSE), transmits terrestrial radio stations’ signals on-line through the innovative EMBLAZE "plug-in free" streaming media technology developed by GEO. WebRadio.com was valued at $441 million during Weiss’ tenure. Previously, Weiss was VP, Strategic Marketing for GEO. Prior to GEO, Weiss held several positions at Sirius Publishing, Inc from 1994 to 1998. As Vice President of Entertainment & Business Development, he negotiated and acquired the digital rights to movies and video programs from major motion picture studios, independent production companies and record labels and served as company spokesperson for its MovieCD product line. As VP, Marketing, he played a key role in Sirius' trajectory as a major player in the multimedia industry--growing annual company sales from $100,000 to $22 million within nine months. Previously Weiss spent 16 years in the home video industry.

Travis C. Kalanick is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of RedSwoosh, Inc., a software company that brings authoritative intelligence to the world's digital networks. Since founding Red Swoosh in January 2001, Kalanick has closed venture capital funding, closed a number of customer relationships from sectors as varied as telecom, to game software, to grid computing, and directed the company to profitability. Prior to Red Swoosh, Kalanick was an executive at Scour, Inc. in 1998. Pioneering technology in multimedia search, Scour found itself at the forefront of intelligent distributed networking, delivering at its peak 20Gbps of data over 250,000 machines simultaneously. Scour served close to 10 million users with the highest performing, most robust multimedia search index on the Internet. While at Scour, Kalanick served strategic and execution oriented roles bridging technology, business development and marketing. He personally oversaw initial rounds of financing and closed business and technology relationships with a number of companies including Vivendi/Universal, AOL/TW, United Devices, MTVi, Miramax, and others. In addition, Scour also had the dubious distinction of having been sued for $250 Billion by 33 of the largest media companies in the world. Scour was sold in Dec, 2000 for $9M in cash and public stock. Kalanick's technical and business leadership have gained him widespread recognition as an authority in digital media distribution, and network infrastructure technologies. Several media outlets and analysts have featured him including the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, MIT’s Technology Review, CBS, Reuters, AP, CNN, Wired, Los Angeles Times, Jupiter Research, Forrester, Gartner Group, Meta Group, and many others. Prior to Scour, Kalanick served at The Boston Consulting Group working on financing projects at large energy conglomerates. Prior to BCG, Kalanick served as a co-op engineer at Intel defining and building knowledge management technology so that Intel could better track product marketing and customer support processes. During his time at Intel, Kalanick presented case studies of his work to Senior Management and sat on the Latin American Task Force as technology liaison for Intel Customer Support. Kalanick started his first successful business, an SAT prep company with over 200 students as a freshman in college. He enjoys political journals, studying innovative, disruptive technologies, waterskiing, and swimming. Kalanick’s university research at UCLA’s Computer Science Department focused primarily on Algorithm Analysis and Distributed Systems. In 2002 MIT named Kalanick one of Technology Review’s TR100, "a young Innovator Who Will Create the Future." In 2003 the World Technology Network named Kalanick an Associate Fellow.

Albhy Galuten is currently Chairman of the Content Reference Forum and works as a consultant in the technology and digital policy field. In addition to his technological achievements, Mr. Galuten is a Grammy award-winning record producer, songwriter and arranger. Until recently, Mr. Galuten was Senior Vice President, Advanced Technology, Universal Music Group. Under Mr. Galuten, eLabs and Universal’s Advanced Technology group: provided strategic advice to senior management in the technology space, performed technical due diligence of software, hardware and business systems, invented technology and filed patents. Under Mr. Galuten, the group also managed standards participation (e.g. DVD, MPEG, OMA, etc.), negotiated technology licenses and provided technical support for lobbying efforts and trade organizations. Before working at Universal, Mr. Galuten was a Vice President at ION where he created and developed the Enhanced CD. Prior to working in technology Mr. Galuten was a musician and record producer. In 1978 he won two Grammy awards including Producer of the Year. His original compositions and orchestrations for Film, Theatre and on record have won him a Dramalogue Award and two BMI Awards. During his music career which spanned more than 20 years, Mr. Galuten worked with numerous multi-platinum artists, produced eighteen No. 1 singles, and generated sales of more than 100 million records.

Blake White, Senior Manager, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Advisory Services: Blake White is a senior manager in PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Advisory Services practice, serving as the national leader of PwC’s efforts in digital media risk management services. This includes assessment, frameworks, validation, and operational best practices in media asset management (MAM), digital rights management (DRM), and content distribution networks (CDN). Blake’s clients include Warner Bros. and InterTrust Technologies, a joint venture between Sony Electronics and Philips. He is based in Los Angeles. Blake joined PwC following 18 years as an executive in the Silicon Valley technology community. Half of Blake's career has focused on underlying digital media technologies that help leading entertainment and media companies select and implement systems for sustainable creative, competitive and technical advantage. Notably, he held several senior roles at Silicon Graphics’ (SGI) global entertainment industry vertical, including Director of SGI Consulting, where he directed client project teams in digital asset management, broadcast and web-based media streaming, real-time graphics, technologies for 2D and 3D content development, and design of digital facilities for clients such as Lucasfilm, CNN, and MTV. Additionally, he held several senior marketing roles in SGI’s global entertainment industry vertical, working with major studios, post-production houses and broadcasters, including BBC, CBS, ABC, Sony Pictures Imageworks, Warner Bros., Disney and Viacom. As part of the SGI-WAM!NET alliance, Blake served as Vice President & General Manager of WAM!NET Entertainment, a digital networking service company focused on the media industry. Subsequently, Blake served as Vice President of Major Accounts for PublishOne, a DRM-enabled online publishing service for business information providers, which InterTrust Technologies acquired. Blake also served as InterTrust’s Vice President of Sales. Prior to joining PwC, Blake ran his own private consulting practice – The Strategic Technology Institute. Blake holds an engineering degree from North Carolina State University, an MBA from Xavier, and is conducting graduate research at Stanford University. He is a member of the Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers and authored "The Technology Assessment Process: A Strategic Framework for Managing Technical Innovation," published by Greenwood Press in 1988.

Eric Garland is co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of BigChampagne Media Measurement, a privately-held technology and market research company specializing in online media, with a focus on peer-to-peer (P2P) networks. Garland is recognized as one of the industry's leading authorities on the global file sharing phenomenon. His report last year to the California State Senate was the basis of the Associated Press story "Analyst: Internet file-sharing bigger than record business." Most recently, Garland contributed data and analysis to the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) flagship publication "IT Outlook 2004" and Forrester's research report "From Discs to Downloads." Garland's commentary appears in the media frequently, and his remarks can be found often in the pages of The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and USA Today. Garland has provided information and insight into online music to publications including Time, Newsweek, BusinessWeek and Fortune. He has been featured on Nightline, Good Morning America and National Public Radio as a digital music pundit, and is a regular guest on Los Angeles talk radio 97.1 KLSX in that capacity. Most recently, he has been a repeat guest lecturer at UCLA, speaking on the impact of new technologies on entertainment businesses. In October of 2003, WIRED magazine anointed BigChampagne the Nielsen television ratings of online music. BigChampagne pioneered the concept of peer-to-peer (P2P) measurement starting with the popular Napster community, and is today an industry standard research tool. BigChampagne's customers and subscribers include MTV/Viacom, major record labels, commercial radio stations, artists, managers and other music industry professionals. BigChampagne's chart syndication partners include Premiere Radio Networks (a division of Clear Channel Entertainment), Entertainment Weekly and E! Entertainment Television. Before co-founding BigChampagne in 1999, Garland was an associate with global management consulting firm Towers Perrin in the Communication and Measurement practice where, according to WIRED, "he spent much of his twenties dashing through airports and hotel restaurants telling people how to run their businesses."

Scott Cohen, co-Founder & President, Red Tie Media: Scott Cohen has more than 25 years of experience in strategic deal making, negotiation and leadership, with an outstanding reputation for e-business development in the United States and Europe, and an exceptional record of success in both corporate and entrepreneurial environments. As co-founder and part of the initial core management teams at Petry Interactive - 24/7 Media (1996-1998) and subsequently, at Liveperson (1999-2001) he has been involved with two IPO's over the past five years; the companies had a combined market cap at IPO of over $700M. (TFSM and LPSN on the NASDAQ exchange) Scott’s responsibilities have included business development, mergers and acquisitions, marketing, finance, strategic planning, and management consulting. Scott has built powerhouse sales organizations and established offices coast to coast and in Europe, developed client services infrastructure to support phenomenal growth, and conducted work-outs and reductions in periods of downturn. In other leadership roles, Scott took on the role of General Manager of the Content Zone and Riddler, repositioning both sites for 24/7 Media after they were acquired in M&A activities; he was responsible for staffing and revenue. Cohen was responsible for negotiating the deal between Marvel and AOL in 1995-96 while at New World Television, a division of MacAndrews & Forbes. Recently Scott and his partner, Scott Ehrlich (FoxNews.com, Real Networks) have been consultants and advisors to broadcast media and technology companies, venture capitalists, founders, and CEO's to develop business plans and strategy, recruit seasoned managers, hire and train a sales force, corporate restructuring, identify and evaluate, mergers and acquisitions opportunities. Scott Cohen earned his Masters in Business Administration after ten years of professional experience in business and real estate, from the William Simon Graduate School of Business at the University of Rochester. He presently serves on the Board of Directors for eWomp, Next Response.