Shepherd Laughlin is Director and Futures Lead, AI with Kantar’s Futures Practice, where he draws on his passion for technology, culture, and consumer insight to help clients think strategically about the future and discover new growth opportunities. At Kantar, he led the development of a human-centered framework for the future of generative AI, which has been implemented at more than 20 large organizations representing technology, CPG, healthcare, and other industries. Prior to joining Kantar, Shepherd led research at the agency think tank J. Walter Thompson Intelligence. His past projects have explored the future of food and drink, gender and marketing, and retail innovation. He has spoken at events including SXSW Interactive and Brand Week Istanbul, and has published writing in CNN, Monocle, Creative Review, China Economic Review, and other publications. He holds an MBA from INSEAD, a Master of Science from the London School of Economics, and an AB from Brown University.

Kathy Baxter, Principal Architect of Responsible AI & Tech, Salesforce: As a Principal Architect of Responsible AI & Tech at Salesforce, Kathy develops research-informed best practices to educate Salesforce employees, customers, and the industry on the development of responsible AI. She is a Visiting AI Fellow at NIST, a member of Singapore’s Advisory Council on the Ethical Use of AI and Data and AI Verify Foundation, and on the board of EqualAI. Prior to Salesforce, she worked at Google, eBay, and Oracle in User Experience Research. She is the co-author of two editions of "Understanding Your Users: A Practical Guide to User Research Methodologies." She received her MS in Engineering Psychology/Human Factors Engineering and BS in Applied Psychology from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Albhy Galuten, Senior Fellow, Intertrust Technologies: Founder & CEO, Agora Media/Senior Fellow, Technology Initiatives, Intertrust/Grammy Award Winning Producer-Songwriter/Technology Executive/Inventor/ Fellow, Royal Society of Arts, Albhy Galuten is an American technology executive and futurist, and a Grammy Award-winning record producer, composer, musician, orchestrator, and conductor. He has numerous inventions and has produced 13 number one hits with singles and albums selling over 100,000,000 copies. He has been nominated for seven and won two Grammy Awards, a Dramalogue award and a BMI award and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. His productions include the Bee Gees, Eric Clapton, Kenny Rogers, Dolly Parton, Dionne Warwick, Diana Ross, Barbra Streisand, Rita Coolidge, Jellyfish, and more. As an innovator, Galuten invented the first drum loop for Saturday Night Fever. The technique was shown to Toto who used it for the song Africa. Drum loops are now part of the basic fabric of today’s recorded music. After inventing the Enhanced CD, Galuten went to work as a Vice President at Ion where the technology was refined and brought to major labels for releases by groups as diverse as Alice in Chains, Keb' Mo', No Doubt, and Sarah McLachlan. After working at Ion, Galuten went to Universal Music Group where he established the first technology/business development division at a major record label, eventually growing to a 45-member team. After Universal Music Group, Galuten was an executive for 15 years at Sony Corporation of America and Sony Interactive Entertainment (PlayStation). Galuten has 9 issued patents.

Danielle Van Lier is senior assistant general counsel, contracts and compliance at SAG-AFTRA where she is responsible for managing SAG-AFTRA’s third-party contracts and intellectual property, as well as other efforts aimed at protecting the rights of SAG-AFTRA and its members. Van Lier has written several amicus curiae briefs before the U.S. Supreme Court, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the California Supreme Court rights of publicity, copyright, and other issues impacting the entertainment industry. She is an adjunct professor at Southwestern Law School where she has taught courses on the Entertainment Guilds and Trademark Law and she previously taught Sports Law and Entertainment Law at Western State College of Law. She is a sought-after speaker and has spoken to global audiences on topics such as deepfakes, rights of publicity, copyright, and the entertainment guilds. Van Lier earned her J.D. from Washington University School of Law in St. Louis. She has a B.A. in Japanese Language, Literature and Cultural Studies from UC Santa Barbara. In 2019, she earned an LL.M with merit in innovation, technology and the law through University of Edinburgh. She is currently pursuing an MBA through Oxford Brookes University.

Peter Csathy is a leading expert on the intersection between tech and entertainment/media. He's chairman of Creative Media (https://creativemedia.biz/), a boutique media, entertainment and tech law and business advisory firm. Peter has worn just about every “hat” in his career – studio executive and General Counsel at Universal Studios, serial entrepreneur and CEO of several pioneering tech-forward media companies that achieved successful exits, dealmaker and advisor who has negotiated transactions valued at over $3 billion. He frequently writes and speaks about the intersection of AI and entertainment.

Meeka Bondy, Senior Counsel, Technology Transactions & Privacy Group and Co-Chair, Film and TV Group, Perkins Coie LLP: Meeka Bondy’s practice spans the content lifecycle, from the ways that such innovations as AI, AR, VR, and MR influence content creation and development, through to the impact of emerging platforms, networks, devices and apps on content acquisition, licensing and distribution. Serving as a strategic business partner to clients at the intersection of media and technology, she draws on nearly 20 years of executive experience guiding entrepreneurial ventures and innovative transactions at global media and entertainment companies. With experience on both the buyer and seller side of the table, Meeka is extremely versatile in the windowing strategies, distribution structures, and licensing models explored by movie studios, television networks, streaming services, and digital media companies. Meeka drafts, structures, and negotiates agreements involving distribution by means of theatrical, pay, basic cable, and broadcast television, linear and on demand television, subscription video on demand (SVOD), advertising-based video on demand (AVOD), and transactional video on demand (TVOD). Her knowledge includes electronic sell-through (EST), home video, digital downloads, and multichannel video programming distributors (MVPD). Her deep industry experience extends to transactions involving virtual MVPDs, Over-the-Top (OTT), TV Everywhere (TVE), direct-to-consumer (DTC), stand-alone and bundled streaming services and apps, and video game consoles and platforms. Meeka also has significant experience in international licensing matters, addressing such issues as competition law, regulatory requirements, censorship approvals, and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA.)igitalhollywood.com An active member of her professional community, Meeka is a founding board member of AIM (Asian Americans in Media) and the Future Now Media Foundation and founding chair of WICT NY’s (Women in Cable Telecommunications NY) Mentoring Circle. She is a graduate of the Stanford Business School Advanced Leadership Program for Asian American Executives and the Betsy Magness Leadership Institute (Class XXII).