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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

MICHAEL HOWELLS

MICHAEL HOWELLS

British Consul General

Michael Howells is a British diplomat and Consul General in Los Angeles. He is the senior representative of the UK government in Southern California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah and Hawaii. In this role, he promotes trade and investment, scientific cooperation, creative and media collaborations and educational partnerships between the UK and the southwestern United States. He also oversees delivery of essential consular services to a 600,000-strong British resident community and British visitors numbering over a million per year. Prior to government service, Michael worked as a human rights lawyer and in the UK tech sector, supporting clients in the British entertainment industry.

For the past 11 years Michael has held a series of national security roles in the British Foreign Office, covering Counter-Terrorism, EU Security and Defense policy and the Middle East. From 2013-2015 Michael oversaw British foreign policy towards Iran, including the re-opening of Embassies in London and Tehran. From 2015 to 2017 he was Head of Near Eastern Affairs at the British Foreign Office, responsible for UK policy towards Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Israel, the OPTs and the Middle East Peace Process.