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Alex Hackford

Sr. Artists & Repertoire/Music Affairs, Sony Interactive Entertainment America

Alex Luke

Global Head of Programming & Content Strategy, Amazon Music

Alex Patsavas

Founder, Chop Shop Music Supervision

Alicen Schneider

SVP, Music Creative, NBCUniversal Television

Amanda Krieg Thomas

Music Supervisor, Neophonic

Andrew Phillips

Creative Content Consultant

Arnold Peter

Founding Partner, Peter Law Group

Aton Ben-Horin

Global Vice President A&R, Warner Music Group

Ben Cooper

Controller, BBC Radio 1, 1Xtra & BBC Asian Network

Benji Rogers

Co-Founder & CEO, Dot Blockchain Media

Bob Roback

CEO, Ingrooves

Bob Shennan

Director, BBC Radio

Bobby Gumm

Vice President, Trailer Park

Chris Price

Head of Music, BBC Radio 1 & 1Xtra

Colin Lester

Founder, JEM Music

Craig Kallman

Chairman & CEO, Atlantic Records Group

Diane Warren

Owner, Realsongs (Grammy, Emmy & Golden Globe Award-Winning Songwriter)

Dom Rodriguez

Manager/Head of US Creative & Business Affairs, EKKO Music Rights US

Eesean Bolden

Sr. VP, A&R, Warner Bros. Records

Emi Horikawa

Director, Creative, BMG

Emmanuel Legrand

U.S. Editor, Music Week

Gary Calamar

President, Go! Music Services

Greg Thompson

President, Maverick

Ian Montone

Founder, Monotone, Inc.

Jake Wisely

Chief Publishing Executive, Concord Music

Janine Scalise Boyd

Vice President, Music, Creative & Business Affairs, Starz

Jay Cooper

Shareholder & Founder, LA Entertainment Practice, Greenberg Traurig LLC

Jeff Pollack

Chairman & CEO, Global Media & Entertainment, Pollack Media Group

Jens-Markus Wegener

Senior Consultant, Meisel Music, Germany

Jeremy Gruber

Head of Digital Marketing & Strategy, Friends At Work

Jon Pleeter

VP, Concerts, ICM Partners

Kathy Spanberger

President & Chief Operating Officer, peermusic

Katy Gavillet

Creative Director,Music, FOX Broadcasting Company

Leron Gubler

President & CEO, Hollywood Chamber of Commerce

Livia Tortella

Founder & CEO, Black Box

Mandar Thakur

Chief Operating Officer, Times Music (India)

Mark Famiglietti

Producer/Director/Actor (Mad Men, CSI, Bones, Terminator 3)

Mark Sutherland

Editor, Music Week

Melinda Newman

West Coast Editor, Billboard

Michael Howells

British Consul General in Los Angeles

Mike Tunnicliffe

Executive Vice President & Head of Universal Music Group & Brands

Neil Warnock

Global Head of Touring, United Talent Agency

Nic Harcourt

DJ KCSN Los Angeles, Broadcast Journalist & Curator

Pete Anderson

Agent, Earth to Peter

Pete Ganbarg

President of A&R, Atlantic Records

Peter Cohen

Sr. Talent Producer, Fremantle Media North America (American Idol, America's Got Talent)

Pieter Viljoen

Assistant Editor, Rock Paper Scissors

Rachel Levy

Sr. Vice President, Film Music, Universal Pictures

Ralph Simon

Founder & CEO, Mobilium Global

Ritch Esra

Publisher, The Music Business Registry

Rudy Chung

Partner, Hit The Ground Running (HTGR) & Founding Partner, Pusher

Sam Taylor

Sr. VP Creative, Kobalt Music

Sanken Sandqvist

Managing Director, BMG Scandinavia

Sarah Bridge

Music Supervisor (Tolkien, The King of Thieves, Guerilla)

Sat Bisla

President & Founder, A&R Worldwide

Savan Kotecha

Songwriter/Producer (The Weeknd, One Direction, Justin Bieber, Katy Perry)

Scott Burnell

Global Lead, Business Development & Partner Management, Ford Motor Co.

Simon Katz

Sr. Director A&R/Staff Producer, Republic Records

Spek

Sr. Vice President Creative/A&R, Reservoir

Steve Schnur

Worldwide Executive of Music & Marketing, EA Games

Sue Drew

GM Creative & Acquisitions, Kobalt Music Publishing

Sunil Perkash

Film Producer (Enchanted, S.A.L.T., Premonition)

Tarsame Mittal

Founder, TM Talent Management

Thaddeus Rudd

Co-President & Co-Owner, Mom+Pop Music

Tim Ingham

Founder & Publisher, Music Business Worldwide

Tom Windish

Senior Executive, Paradigm Talent Agency

Tracey Trench

Owner/Producer, Tracey Trench Productions

Tricia Holloway

Head of Music, FREEFORM

Vincent "Tuff" Morgan

Sr. Director A&R, peermusic

Wendy Goldstein

Executive Vice President, Republic Records

William D. Simon

Global Sector Leader, Media Entertainment/Sr. Client Partner, Korn Ferry

Zach Katz

President, US Repertoire & Marketing, BMG

BEN COOPER

BEN COOPER

Controller, BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 1Xtra, BBC Asian Network

Ben Cooper is responsible for leading BBC Radio 1, entertaining and engaging a broad range of young listeners with a distinctive mix of contemporary music and speech; 1Xtra, playing the best in contemporary black music with a strong emphasis on live music and supporting new UK artists; and Asian Network, whose mission is to engage and entertain young British-Asians with a distinctive range of music, news and comedy. He's in charge of the leadership, controllable spend, editorial content and overall management of Radio 1, 1Xtra and Asian Network, reaching a combined weekly audience of over 12 million, with over 1.65 billion views on YouTube, 38 million views on the Radio 1 iPlayer channel, and a combined 9.2 million audience on social media across Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Ben is responsible for the distinctive mix of new music, high quality news, documentaries and social action campaigns for young UK audiences. He's been acknowledged for bold scheduling changes, rejuvenating Radio 1's audience and renewing its focus towards 15-29 year olds. Ben is also recognized for working with and introducing new talent to the station.