Christina Lee Storm is Head of Studio, Narrative at Secret Level and Co-Founder of PLAYBOOK PLBK. She is an accomplished executive and award-winning producer known for pioneering storytelling through emerging technologies in film, series, animation, documentaries, XR, and multi-platform storytelling. She has been instrumental in implementing creative and strategic production technologies for franchises, IP, and world-building with studios such as Netflix, Universal, and DreamWorks Animation. Notable titles Christina has been involved with include Avatar: The Last Airbender, Back in Action, Trolls, The Boss Baby, Abominable, Trolls World Tour, How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, Newborn, and most recently producing hybrid horror film Terrarium. Christina is Co-Founder of The Creative + Tech Orbit substack. She is Governor of the Television Academy's Emerging Media Programming peer group, Co-Chair of the Advocacy Committee, Lead for the Academy’s Responsible AI & Production Standards Working Group, and an active member of the Innovation Advisory Committee. Christina sits on the Producers Guild of America’s Production Innovation Task Force, Los Angeles Mayor’s Entertainment Industry Council, Runway’s 100 Film Fund Advisor Panel, and Board of Directors for East West Players. She is a member of VES, WIA, and the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences.

Bryan Smiley is the CEO of Hard Carry Media (HCM), a digital-first media company dedicated to building multi-platform brands and IP specifically for Gen Z men. Under Smiley's leadership, HCM bridges the content gap for this demographic with plans to create and acquire a portfolio of digitally native brands for every stage of Gen Z male life across verticals, including sports, entertainment, comedy, and lifestyle. At HCM, Bryan oversees a team executing development, sales, audience analytics, and in-house production out of its 20,000 SF studio in Los Angeles. HCM’s flagship entertainment brand, Full Squad, is one of YouTube’s leading variety channels for Gen Z with more than 11 million followers and 260 million monthly views.

Croi McNamara,  Global Lead, Studios, Creators & Music, AWS Studios: As the Global Lead for Studios, Creators & Music at AWS, Croi and her team work alongside the world's leading creative companies to amplify human creativity through technology. They help studios, creators, and music companies reimagine how content is made, distributed, and monetized. Croi is an award-winning creative who has spent 20+ years at the intersection of storytelling and innovation. She has produced feature documentaries and television series, launched global products, built revenue-driving partnerships, and turned emerging technology into real creative and commercial growth at Amazon/AWS, Condé Nast, Warner Bros. Discovery, Thomson Reuters, and National Geographic.

Darren Frankel brings 35+ years of experience in visual effects and post production in television and media, to both domestic and international clients. Prior to joining Adobe as Head of Film & Television, Darren was Head of Post Production and Visual Effects for Marvel Television working in both studio oversight and creative capacities. Prior to joining Marvel, he was President of Stargate Studios and was responsible for the day-to-day management of the company overseeing all operations at the ten facilities in seven countries including business development, corporate strategy, technology and financial activities. He was a freelance producer and post producer before joining Stargate. Darren consults for various visual effects companies including Untold Studios, and helped to build the episodic division of Framestore, along with two stints on the Executive Committee at the Television Academy in visual effects. Darren attended Northwestern University and UCLA and majored in Theatre Arts. When Darren isn’t working, he’s either working out, running or spending time with his wife and their two rescue dogs.

Ori Winokur is the Head of Media & Entertainment Partnerships at Artlist, where he has been at the forefront of scaling the company's global music operations. Since starting at Artlist in 2019, Ori built Artlist Music from its inception into a $10 million+ revenue division, managing a $2 million annual budget. He also leads a 50+ person in-house team and a roster of more than 2,000 artists worldwide. Prior to joining Artlist, Ori was the VP of Content at Music.io, where he designed and launched a patented online digital audio workstation with advanced algorithmic features, years ahead of today's AI-driven music tools.

Charlie Fink writes a weekly technology column for Forbes covering AI and XR, and co-hosts The AI/XR Podcast. He is the author of the critically acclaimed AR-enabled books Charlie Fink’s Metaverse (2017) and Convergence: How the World Will Be Painted With Data (2019). Fink teaches emerging media at Chapman University in Orange, CA, and at Arizona State University’s graduate program in Narrative and Emerging Media in Los Angeles. In 2024, he co-founded Cinemation AI with film director Rob Minkoff. Fink's forty-year career at the intersection of storytelling and technology began at Walt Disney Feature Animation, where he famously conceived the idea for The Lion King and subsequently became the studio’s youngest creative vice president. Fink's work in immersive media began in 1992 as COO of Virtual World Entertainment, a groundbreaking location-based VR company founded by Tim Disney. In 1995, he was recruited by AOL to serve as Senior Vice President and Chief Creative Officer of AOL Studios. After selling his subsequent venture-backed startup, eAgents, to American Greetings Interactive for whom Fink served as President and Chief Creative Officer (2000–2004), acquiring its two biggest competitors, Blue Mountain and eGreetings. Fink spent a decade as Producer and Chairman of the New York Musical Festival, which nurtured Broadway hits "Title of Show," "Next to Normal," and "Guttenberg!"