Roshmond "Sum” Patten: Creative, hip-hop artist, activist, and decorated writer, Sum Patten is known for trailblazing spaces years before they enter mainstream conversations. In fact, Sum began shouting from the rooftops about the power of AI back in 2016. Currently, Sum is a full-time creative director at the award-winning digital and creative agency, GLOW, working with top entertainment brands such as Roku and Netflix. Prior to this role, Sum has worked with tech companies such as Microsoft, FOX, and Disney in research and community management, and in music streaming.  As a musician, he is a two-time Independent Music Award nominee whose work has been featured in Saints Row videogame franchise and dozens of TV shows including Breaking Bad and Sons of Anarchy. As a Clio Award-winning copywriter and creative director, his work is visible on the national stage with projects like Donald Glover’s Atlanta, Jordan Peele’s The Last O.G., Hulu’s Wu-Tang: An American Saga, as well as projects for Amazon Music. As an activist, he has served as Creative Director in Residence for the Stop LAPD Spying Coalition (LACAN) since 2020, helping to mainstream awareness around the ever-expanding police surveillance state and explore the potential harms of artificial intelligence in predictive policing. This work received Resist Foundation grants to sustain and was nominated for a Mozilla Foundation Creative Leadership Award in 2021.

Monica Landers is founder and CEO of StoryFit, a rapid-growth technology company which provides AI analytics for the media and entertainment industry. With two media technology patents, Monica’s deep experience in media extends from producing for ABC News and Good Morning America to executive leadership at multiple content companies. Monica has deep roots in Austin's startup community and is an advisor to Techstars and Comcast accelerators, University of Texas and Texas State universities, and organizations such as SXSW and Women@Austin.

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.

Schuyler M. Moore ("Sky") is a partner in the corporate entertainment department of Greenberg Glusker, practicing entertainment, corporate, and tax law. Sky holds his undergraduate degree from UCLA (Phi Beta Kappa, Summa Cum Laude) and his law degree also from UCLA (first in class). He has been practicing in the entertainment industry since 1981, and he represents a broad spectrum of clients throughout the entertainment industry, including producers, sales agents, foreign distributors, and financiers. Sky has handled some of the largest financing transactions in Hollywood, including Reliance’s investment in DreamWorks, the Ratpac-Dune slate financing for Warner Brothers, the Hemisphere slate financing for Sony and Paramount, and the Hunan Group slate financing for Lionsgate. He is the author of several books, including The Biz: The Basic Business, Legal, and Financial Aspects of the Film Industry, a popular book in its 5th edition, Taxation of the Entertainment Industry, the leading treatise on that topic, and What They Don’t Teach You in Law School. He was an adjunct professor at the UCLA School of Law and Business School and an adjunct professor at the USC School of Law, and he is a frequent speaker and writer on a wide variety of entertainment topics. Sky has been named a "Power Lawyer" by the Hollywood Reporter; included in Variety's "Dealmakers Impact Report" and "Legal Impact Report" and named a leading lawyer in the area of Entertainment and Media: Transactional, recognized as one of the top 100 lawyers in California by the Daily Journal, and named one of the top three "Most Influential Lawyers" in media by the National Law Journal. In 2019, he was named a lifetime “Legal Legend” by The Hollywood Reporter.

Catherine Clinch’s produced writing credits include: HUNTER, JAKE & THE FATMAN, KNIGHT RIDER, LOVE BOAT, HART TO HART, FOUL PLAY, TRUE CONFESSIONS and, most recently, RESCUE BOTS. She has served for nearly two decades as an Adjunct Assistant Professor, teaching Advanced Video Production, Screenwriting, Communication Theory and Social Media Strategy & Content Marketing at California State University Dominguez Hills. She has written, produced and presented more than 250 hours of LIVE interactive broadcast. She was Associate Publisher of Creative Screenwriting Magazine and was a key organizer of the first five years of Screenwriting Expo. In addition, she has written for Cultural Weekly, Studio System News, Film News Briefs and The Huffington Post. Catherine serves as a media strategy and content advisor to companies through her consultancy Clinch Digital Media. She has moderated panels and / or spoken at numerous conferences in Los Angeles, Nashville and Orlando. Catherine has also been awarded three US Patents for inventing a mobile platform and a new form of mobile entertainment. Catherine is currently writing and developing a project with new IP for Stan Lee’s POW Entertainment.