Eric Oldrin is an award-winning director and co-founder of Original Model, a modern creative agency designed to amplify human truth and talent through emerging technology like agentic and generative AI. Eric has shaped some pretty gnarly ideas with directors like Tim Burton and David Lynch, partners like Paramount and National Geographic, and platforms like Macromedia and Meta. For ten years as Director of Emerging Platforms at Meta, Eric led creative innovation for some of the world's most popular new mediums, including Meta AI, Meta Ray Ban, Spark AR, Quest VR, Instagram and Messenger. He led his team to define go-to-market creative strategy, develop ideas and build experiences with dozens of global brands, for every emerging platform from 2013 to 2023. Prior to Meta he led the award-winning agency Digital Kitchen, known for authentic, hand-crafted design, film, motion graphics and animation. As Managing Director of the Seattle office, he led the team to produce brand stories, analog experiences, and integrated campaigns for iconic brands like Dodge, Whole Foods Market and Sierra Nevada Brewing. Eric has directed dozens of award-winning films and experiences, including Emmy-nominated work with the Paralympics, best AI films at the Berlin Indie Film Festival and outstanding documentary films at the Japan AI Festival. He has worked with stop-motion studios to develop animation for Sesame Street, alternate reality gaming studios to build experiences for Watchmen, and interactive studios to expand series like Stainboy. He has travelled to South Africa to produce documentaries featured in National Geographic's All Roads Festival and the Gernika Peace Museum, and ventured to Sand Hill Road to raise capital. Today with his partner Tom Brown, he is exploring the next chapter of creative innovation to build intrepid ideas in unprecedented ways. From brand films to integrated campaigns, their work can build the character of a business, prove the value of a platform, or simply entertain a new audience. He lives in the Bay Area with his wife, two kids, two cats, and one very good dog.

Savannah Niles / R.91.129 is an artist, designer, and founder building technology platforms and sustainable ecosystems for creators working at the frontier of media and storytelling. She is the co-founder and CEO of Wide Worlds, an AI-powered platform helping entertainment brands turn fan media into their most valuable marketing channel and biggest revenue driver. She creates art as R.91.129, a fictional persona she discovered in latent space. 

Savannah serves on the board of Filmgate Miami, a pioneering non-profit championing immersive and interactive storytellers. She helps guide the curation and strategy for Filmgate Interactive, the first U.S. festival dedicated solely to experimental narratives, XR experiences, and emerging technologies shaping the future of cinema. She teaches design and entrepreneurship at the Center for Creative Computation at the Meadows School of the Arts at SMU. Previously, she led product and design at Meta Reality Labs, Magic Leap, and Magnopus, shipping industry-defining XR products and experiences. Over more than a decade of 0→1 work, she has launched core operating systems, award-winning interactive experiences for Walt Disney Imagineering and Twitter, and over twenty patented innovations. She has served as a juror and curator for SIGGRAPH, keynoted global festivals including MUTEK and Laval Virtual, and twice earned Time’s “Invention of the Year” honors. Savannah holds a Master’s from the MIT Media Lab, where she researched expressive video interfaces for ambient and XR storytelling, and undergraduate degrees in Sculpture and Creative Computation from SMU. She lives and works in Los Angeles.

Quinn Halleck is a director and thought leader at the forefront of the AI-powered revolution in both narrative and documentary genres. His newest short-film, “Sigma_001”, defines a new relationship between AI and independent filmmakers by employing AI as a collaborator across all aspects of the workflow. Quinn received mentorship from director/producer Michael Bay, known for his work in films like “Armageddon,” “Transformers,” and “Pearl Harbor.” Since his association with Bay, Quinn has packaged and produced documentaries alongside notable figures such as Mark Wahlberg, DJ Khaled, and Jeremy Irons.

Katya Alexander, Head of Production, Fable Studios: I am a multi-award-winning producer, podcast host, and currently the Head of Production at Fable’s Showrunner, where I’m helping shape the future of storytelling at the intersection of film and AI. I produced Pretty Problems, which was featured on the 2022 SXSW Deadline “Hotlist,” named one of USA Today’s “biggest movies out this fall,” and trended on Hulu in 2023. My work has screened at SXSW, Tribeca, and festivals around the world. Producing, to me, is about identifying stories with a strong emotional core, protecting and amplifying that heart, and building production environments where cast and crew can thrive. My job is to create the conditions where creativity flourishes and people feel taken care of. I also host two podcasts. Reel Intelligence brings together leading minds in AI to explore how it’s transforming the film industry. Pocket Change Films is a resource for aspiring filmmakers, focused on how to make your irst project with minimal resources and maximum impact.

Christina Lee Storm is an award-winning creative producer and senior media & entertainment executive recognized for her groundbreaking work at the intersection of storytelling and technology spanning film, television, animation, documentaries, virtual reality, augmented reality, and XR. Founder and CEO of ASHER XR and PLAYBOOK, Christina drives strategic and creative development of emerging technologies for series, film, digital, and multi-platform storytelling. She has been instrumental in implementing advanced production technologies, spearheading virtual production initiatives, and driving innovation in content creation and creativity for studio IP and franchises including Netflix, Universal, DreamWorks Animation. Christina is Governor of the Television Academy’s Emerging Media Programming peer group. She is globally recognized as a thought leader, keynote speaker, and panelist in the emerging media landscape tackling the topics of disruption in the entertainment industry and the role of technology in storytelling. Beyond her creative achievements, Christina helps shape the future of the industry by serving on the Television Academy’s AI Task Force and the Producers Guild of America’s Production Innovation Task Force. She has also served on the Producers Guild of America’s National Board of Directors and as Founding Member of DreamWorks Animation's TECHWomen.

Mark Goffman currently is an executive producer for the upcoming NBC series, THE IRRATIONAL. Prior to this, Goffman was an executive producer and writer on THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY, BULL, SLEEPY HOLLOW LIMITLESS and WHITE COLLAR. Goffman first started on THE WEST WING, and went on to run the writers' room for STUDIO 60 ON THE SUNSET STRIP. Goffman has been nominated for two Writers Guild Awards and won the Entertainment Industries Council SET (Science, Engineering & Technology) Award. He began his career as a writer in Brussels, for the magazine Commerce in Belgium. He has a Masters in Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School, wrote speeches for state and federally elected officials, consulted to the U.S. military, Intelligence, Department of State and White House.