Niko Bolas, Founder and CEO, Sonicbox: Niko Bolas is Co-founder and President of Sonicbox, the company that is changing the face of radio. Bringing more than twenty years of music industry and production experience to the table, Bolas has real-world expertise in the successful management of people, products and programs, that will be applied to the growth and ongoing opportunities created by Sonicbox and its partners. It is Bolas’ mission to make listening to high quality internet radio and audio from around the world as easy as tuning your fm dial. With software and remote tuners incorporating the company’s proprietary iM Tuning technology, listeners can easily tune into a wide range of high-quality internet audio, and enjoy it on their stereos from anywhere in the home. A renowned recording engineer and producer, he has been instrumental in creating a unique audio palette for artists ranging from Neil Young, Melissa Etheridge, and Keith Richards, to Herb Alpert and Stan Getz. Bolas was recently a featured panelist at Radio Ink, and will be on a panel at the upcoming Radio & Records Convention.

Peter DiMaria, Director of Product Strategy, Listen.com, Inc.: As Director of Product Strategy at Listen.com since 1999, DiMaria is responsible for new product planning and strategic partnerships. He is currently managing the roll-out of the company's streaming music product, Listen Radio. From 1996 to 1999, DiMaria was GM and Vice President of Operations for Tunes Network, Inc., where he managed product design and music data development for the company's pioneering personalized music discovery site, Tunes.com. Prior to Tunes, DiMaria was Director of Business Planning for game publisher Electronic Arts, Inc. where he established the company's product development planning organization. DiMaria holds a B.S. degree from U.C. Berkeley and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Ted Cohen, Vice President New Media, EMI Recorded Music: Ted Cohen was most recently executive VP of Digital Music Network Inc., where he co-founded and served as Chairman of the Webnoize conferences. Additionally, Cohen ran two highly successful new media consulting operations, DMN Consulting and Consulting Adults, attracting clients such as Amazon.com, Microsoft, Universal Studios New Media, DreamWorks Records, Liquid Audio, Wherehouse Records/Checkout.com, Hollywood Stock Exchange and many other entertainment, computer and new media organizations. Cohen is a 25-year veteran of the music industry and has served in senior management positions for both Warner Bros. Records and Philips Media. He is considered a leader in the new media/music field and one of the most well-connected players operating in the space.

Niko Drakoulis founded akoo.com‘ in 1999 and, as president and CEO, has led the company to becoming one of the premier Internet entertainment networks. An avid entrepreneur, Drakoulis has combined a passion for broadcast media and technology to build several companies, including successful ventures in the broadcasting, Internet and wireless industries. Prior to founding akoo.com, he built a network of successful Ameritech Cellular dealerships becoming one of organization’s Top 15 dealers and serving on Ameritech’s prestigious Dealer’s Council, the youngest board member ever to serve in this capacity. He sold his company in 1998. In 1997, Drakoulis also launched a leading, Chicago-based ethnic radio station, Hellenic Radio, on the Internet, thereby enabling it to increase worldwide listenership and significantly grow its demographic base to increase advertising revenues. Recognizing the opportunities inherent in simplifying and automating Internet broadcasting, he founded akoo.com in February 1999, creating a first-of-its-kind Internet entertainment network that combines audio and video content with proprietary technology.

Shawn Conahan is Director of Wireless Strategies for MP3.com. In this role, he is defining MP3.com's next-generation mobile applications to increase the value of the company's content and technology to its partners in the wireless arena. As the premier Music Service Provider, MP3.com provides music content and the infrastructure to serve it to any device, anywhere. Prior to his role as Director of Wireless Strategies, he was the product release manager for the controversial My.MP3.com service which launched earlier this year and is now the subject of much debate. The My.MP3.com service is a "jukebox in the sky" which allows a user to listen to his or her music from any net-connected device. A recent music industry expatriate, Shawn briefly worked at Universal Music Group prior to joining MP3.com in July of 1999. While at Universal, he was a global program manager for the Electronic Commerce Advanced Technology group.

Nick Abrahams, SVP, Legal and Business Development, SpikeRadio.com: Nick joined Spike in early 1999 and has been responsible for numerous firsts in the online music industry. Nick negotiated the first online music syndicator license with the RIAA and again with ASCAP. He put together one of the first OEM Internet Radio Station deals for Nike.com, with its Olympic station, "Radio Free Sydney." He negotiated the creation and production of the first convergent TV/Internet music video show "SpikeNow" for Pacific Century CyberWorks’ Network of the World. Prior to joining Spike, Nick was an executive at John Wells Productions (Warner Brothers), where he had responsibility for many of the business affairs, development and production issues involved in the company’s television shows (ER, The West Wing, Third Watch) and feature films. Nick practiced as an attorney for eight years in the Internet, entertainment, IT and media fields, both in private practice and as corporate counsel for IT multinational, NCR. He has degrees in Commerce and Law from the University of Queensland. He has a Masters in Film, Television and New Media Producing from the University of Southern California and has produced numerous short films and documentaries, including Searching for Alison Porchnik, starring Woody Allen and Carol Kane. Nick was the founder and proprietor of The Comedy Store in Tokyo, Japan’s only English language comedy venue. Nick is a regular media commentator on radio station 2BL in Sydney and has spoken at numerous conferences, including Cable & Satellite Television Conference (Sydney), Pan Asia Satellite & Cable Television Conference (Hong Kong), Media Finance & Investment Summit (Hong Kong), Asia China Forum (Shanghai). Nick is a founding director of New Creative Management, a management and production company focused on animators on the Web.

David B. Goldberg, Co-Founder of LAUNCH Media, Inc., serves as the company’s Chairman and CEO. Under his leadership, LAUNCH has developed into one of the leading interactive entertainment brands and LAUNCH.com has become one of the web’s premier music destination sites. By striking deals with major forces like MSN, Intel, AOL, NBC, RealNetworks and others, Goldberg is turning LAUNCH Media, Inc. into one of the most viable entertainment forces. Goldberg was recently named one of Los Angeles’ ‘Top 50 Internet Executives’ by The Silicon Alley Reporter and one of the ‘Top 20 Local Players in the Broadband Revolution’ by the Los Angeles Business Journal. Prior to founding LAUNCH, Mr. Goldberg was Director of Marketing Strategy and New Business Development at Capitol Records in Hollywood, California. While in this position, Mr. Goldberg was responsible for the development of new multimedia distribution methods and the development of alternative channels through which music and new artists could be effectively marketed to consumers. Before Capitol, Goldberg worked as a management consultant at Bain & Co., a prominent strategic consulting firm. Mr. Goldberg graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University with a B.A. in History and Government.