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.

Ty Roberts, Co-Founder & CEO, FanTracks Digital LLC: Ty Roberts is a proven creative technologist and serial entrepreneur with 25+ years of experience in the music and technology industries. Since 2020, as Co-Founder and CEO of FanTracks Digital, LLC, Ty has led developments in live and hybrid concerts as well as AR Music Adventure Movies utilizing Next-Gen technologies. Roberts has worked with artists across multiple genres. He collaborated with Todd Rundgren, David Bowie, Brian Eno and Peter Gabriel, created interactive and immersive experiences with all and is developing modernized approaches for these icons. His experience includes artist partnerships involving the real-time generation of special personalized and generative NFTs which can foster additional sustaining revenue. He has been at the forefront of addressing issues relating to rights, royalties and innovative funding. Ty is highly skilled in hybrid productions and concerts in the Metaverse which can incorporate NFTs, Avatars (versus video) and Xtended Reality (XR versus Augmented Reality). As Chief Technology Officer of Universal Music Group, Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Gracenote, and CEO of ION, Roberts promoted new formats and standards that fostered the growth of music, movies and television. His knowledge and long-standing relationships allow Roberts to work across multiple industries to create innovative entertainment experiences. He holds dozens of patents for his inventions and has created multiple technical developments and standards across the industry.

Guy Gadney is CEO and Founder of Charismatic.ai which is at the forefront of Creative AI. He has run three start-ups as well as working for international media and telco organisations. With Charismatic.ai, Guy is transforming the use of AI in film, television and video games, focusing on the power of good storytelling and bridging the gap between the creative and technology industries, working with design partners including four-time Oscar winners, Aardman Animations and PSB Channel 4. He has produced Emmy and BAFTA-nominated digital productions, and interactive narratives for Warner Bros, Dreamworks, Sky and the BBC, as well as the award-winning AI game adaptation of John Wyndham’s The Kraken Wakes. Guy is on Innovate UK’s BridgeAI Advisory Board, a Trustee of Sheffield Doc Fest, on the Board of Oxford’s Story Museum, and a co-founder of The Collaborative AI Consortium in 2019, researching the impact of Artificial Intelligence on the Creative Industries.

Julia Mykulo (Smyrnova) is the General Producer at HOLYWATER TECH. She leads AI-driven content development across the company's entertainment products, including My Drama, a vertical streaming platform; My Passion, a digital book publishing platform; and My Muse, a platform for vertical series produced with the support of generative AI. She oversees the full content lifecycle — from IP creation and story development to production and audience distribution — helping build scalable entertainment experiences for mobile-first audiences.

E.J. Kavounas, Partner, Iota Capital, E.J. Kavounas is an executive with over two decades of experience in entertainment finance, investment banking, and film production. Over the course of his career, he has closed more than $10 billion in transactions. He is currently a Partner at Iota Capital, a Los Angeles-based financier of film and media projects, and a Co-Founder of Distortion Field Studio, a talent management and production company representing AI-enabled filmmakers. Previously, E.J. served as a Managing Director at Credit Suisse in Los Angeles, where he led the private placement group. His clients have included major entertainment companies such as Disney, Universal, and RealD. He has financed feature films including Empire State (starring Dwayne Johnson) and Escape Plan (starring Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger), and produced Hero Mode, starring Academy Award winner Mira Sorvino and Sean Astin. He holds an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a BA from Middlebury College. In addition to his professional work, he serves as an advisor to Caltech Connection, supporting community college students through mentorship opportunities with Caltech graduate students.