Shara Senderoff is Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer of AI and metaverse technology company, Futureverse, and Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of music AI platform Jen. Senderoff has been named one of Forbes’ “30 under 30,” Rolling Stone’s “Future 25,” Fast Company’s “100 Most Creative People in Business,” and Billboard’s “40 Under 40.” Senderoff leads a team of futurists shaping the next version of the internet, driving global strategic tech collaborations with the likes of FIFA, Authentic Brands Group, Mastercard, Muhammad Ali Enterprises and more. A prolific early adopter, Senderoff founded blockchain venture fund and studio, Raised In Space in 2018 alongside music industry titan, Scooter Braun and crypto leader, Ripple. Focused on web3 in its earliest days, Senderoff constructed a portfolio of compelling gaming, data, and technology ventures and has become a thought-leader for the technical possibilities of the future.

Eímear Noone is a Los Angeles/Dublin-based conductor and award-winning Irish composer, composing extensively for film and video games. As one of the world’s premier composers of games scores, Eímear is responsible for some of the most enduring soundscapes on World of Warcraft and other best-selling video games. Through her music on World of Warcraft, Eímear’s music has reached over a 100 million people and continually inspired players to invent and build new worlds for nearly fifteen years. Her composition portfolio of over thirty film and video-game titles have received multiple industry accolades including the Hollywood Music in Media Award for Best Video Game Score. Recently, Eímear composed the score for the Channel 5’s drama series Maxine and the new production by Stephen Fry based on Oscar Wilde’s short story The Canterville Ghost. She is also currently working on further film and television scores, as well as a new video game score to be release in late 2023 and 2024. Eímear composed the score for the animated feature film Two by Two: Overboard which topped the UK Box Office in October 2020 and earned her an Ivor Novello nomination for Best Original Film Score, and is currently working on various other global film, TV, animation and game soundtracks. She has also worked on film scores for directors such as Gus Van Sant and Joe Dante, orchestrating for Oscar nominee Javier Navarrette (composer of Pan’s Labyrinth) creating haunting music for thrillers Mirrors and The Hole. Alongside composing, Eímear conducts orchestras worldwide, including the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Concert Orchestra, Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony, Colorado Symphony Orchestra, Dallas Symphony Orchestra and Sydney Symphony Orchestra, amongst others. She was chosen by Nintendo to conduct the first ever 3D filming of a game score and has recorded game scores for Sony Interactive. She has also toured as a conductor with The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses, a full four-movement symphony created from the themes from this iconic video game. Eímear was invited to conduct on the 25th Anniversary recording, which set industry records for soundtrack sales.

Martin Clancy is an IRC Research Fellow at the Center for Digital Humanities, Trinity College Dublin and a renowned Irish musician, academic, and industry consultant. He is the Founder Chair of the IEEE Global AI Ethics Arts Committee. His research on AI in music has been published in the IEEE Journal and has a book by Routledge UK, “Artificial Intelligence and Music Ecosystem”. Martin is a Certified Ableton Live 11 Trainer and has delivered lectures on Ableton, music creativity, and industry practices at esteemed institutions such as KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Queen Mary University of London, and University College Dublin. As a solo recording artist, Martin achieved a series of Top 20 disco hits in the US Billboard Dance Charts during his residency at New York’s Seaport Music Festival from 2009 to 2011. His techno group, Valleraphon, often appears on the Beatport charts. Martin was also a founding member of the Irish group In Tua Nua and had his first song “Take My Hand” featuring Sinead O’Connor, included in the 2022 documentary “Nothing Compares”. Martin is well-regarded in the industry, serving as Jack Lukeman’s manager and working as a consultant to the international music industry. Recent media include The New York Times, Wired, BBC, Irish Times, Daily Mail, Sean Moncrief Show, NoMoreWorkHorse, Dave Fanning 2FM, Hot Press, Daily Mirror, FM104, Daily Star and LifeWire.com.

Chris Horton, SVP Strategic Technology, leads Universal Music Group’s Office of Strategic Technology, which is responsible for the technology aspects of digital partner deals and for long-term strategic technology projects and policy. Chris has worked on UMG’s digital distribution deals for more than 25 years, including on the first successful download and subscription services. Chris and his team collaborate with technology companies on the development of new music-related products and services, including high-resolution audio, stem-based formats, music-related AI, NFTs & web3, AR/VR projects, anti-piracy and more. He has developed and co-founded various music industry standards and standards bodies, including DDEX. He currently leads UMG's AI Task Force and UMG's AI Review Team. Chris received his undergraduate and M.Eng. degrees in computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

David Hughes, Principal, Hughes Strategic: David has over 25 years' experience in online music distribution. He began at Sony Corp. in Tokyo before moving to Sony Music in New York where, as Vice President of Technology Strategies and Digital Policy, he created and ran the industry’s first online distribution department. In 2006, David joined the RIAA in Washington, DC where for 15 years he represented the major recording companies’ technology interests as CTO. Since April 2021 David has been a strategic business and technology consultant. Clients include the RIAA, SoundExchange, Jaxsta, Song Sleuth and Switchchord. He is also a founding member of AI:OK, an initiative formed to provide a sustainable and equitable approach to using AI in the music industry. David has contributed to numerous formats and standards including MPEG, DVD-Audio, SACD, Blu-ray, Ultraviolet, ISRC, ISNI and DDEX. He has also been active in the promotion of Hi-Resolution and Immersive music. David has a B.A. Honours in East Asian Studies from the University of Alberta and a Master of Management Science degree from the University of Tsukuba, Japan. He is a member of the Audio Engineering Society and the Recording Academy, sits on the National Recording Preservation Board, and is inventor of over a dozen patents.