President & CEO, APM Music
former COO, Fox Entertainment
Sr. Director A&R, Artist Partner Group (APG)
Executive VP, Creative Music Strategy, Paramount
GM / VP Marketing at Element1 Music
Aton Ben Horin
Executive VP, Global A&R, Atlantic Records Group
Sr. VP A&R, Columbia Records & President, Unrestricted
Host, Big Boy's Neighborhood (Premiere Networks)
Head of A&R & Publishing, Tileyard Music (UK)
Vice President A&R, Red Bull Records
Entrepreneur, Investor, DJ, Producer, Songwriter (
Lady Gaga, Beyonce, Rick Ross, Pitbull, Ludacris, Big Sean, 2 Chainz)
Craig Kallman
Chairman & CEO, Atlantic Records Group
Sr. Music Supervisor, Electronic Arts
Head of Third-Party Partnerships The MLC
Senior Director of Creative Music Strategy, Paramount Global
CEO, Playlister Club
GM of Artist Services, Sofar Sounds
Vice President, Artist & Business Development, Live Nation
Sr. Director, Synchronization & Music Licensing, Angry Mob Music
Vice President A&R, Position Music
CEO, iGroove AG
Ellen K
Host Ellen K Radio Show, KOST 103.5 FM Los Angeles &
Ellen K Weekend Show (iHeartMedia)
Sr. VP A&R, Warner Records & Founder, TheBasement Series
Founder & CEO, Seeker Music
Director of Talent, VEVO
Garrett Capone
Vice President & General Manager, Crush Music / Crush Ventures
former Head of A&R, JioSaavn
Founder & Attorney, Counsel Plus, Co.
Vice President Creative, Reservoir
Vice President Music, Bally Sport
Founder & CEO, Trevanna Tracks
CEO & Founder, WARM
VP, Brand & Content, WTMX Mix 101.9/WSHE 100.3 Chicago
President & Founder, All Access Music Group
Founder & Music Supervisor, Clearly Music
Kairo
Head of Production, Offstream Music Group
Vice President, Creative Music, FOX Entertainment
Songwriter, Producer, Entrepreneur
Managing Director, Warner Music (Thailand)
Vice President of Operations, Downtown Music Services
Ken Blaustein
Vice President, A&R, Universal Music Enterprises
Head of Music Curation & Creative Licensing at Snap Inc.
Sr. VP/Head of A&R, Red Bull Records
President, Stem Distribution
Executive VP, The Engine360
Vice President Rock & Alternative Program Director ALT 98.7 - LA's New Alternative, iHeartMedia National Programming Group
Music Supervisor, Dreamboat Music
Executive Vice President & Head of FOX Entertainment Music
Co-founder & CEO, Beatoven.ai
Vice President / Head of A&R, Position Music
Contributing Writer, Music Business Worldwide
Founder & Managing Partner, FLUX FM
President, Songrunner Entertainment (Music Supervisor)
Host "New & Approved" KLOS, Los Angeles / Westwood One & Benztown Radio Networks Syndicated Host
VP of Creative, MNRK Music Group
Head of Creator Services, DistroKid
Vice President Music & Head of A&R, UnitedMasters
Music Supervisor, Walton Isaacson
Founder & Managing Director, Phase1 Events & Entertainment Pvt Ltd (India)
A&R Manager, Atlantic Records
President of A&R, Atlantic Records & President ATCO Records
President & Chairman, The Hello Group
Executive Vice President, Motion Picture Music Universal Pictures
Founder & Chairman, Mobilium Global
Founder / CEO, Silva Screen Group
President & Founder, Riptide Music Group
CEO, Driift & Director ATC Management
Publisher, The Music Registry
Sr. Vice President, Creative Music Strategy, Paramount
A&R Executive, producer, songwriter, composer & former Chairman, Geffen Records/President, A&M Records & CCO/Executive VP, Virgin Records
Music Creative & Production, Original Film, Netflix
Director, Creative Music, FOX Entertainment
Head of Music, Millennium Media
Senior Vice President, Creative Music Strategy, Paramount
Sr. VP, Head of Marketing & Services, ADA
Chief Creative Office, SESAC
Director Creative Music Strategy, Paramount
President & Founder, A&R Worldwide
Founder, Alchemic Sonic Environment
Partner & CEO, TM Ventures
Sr. Vice President Creative & Music Supervision, The Wilders
CEO, The Hello Group
Vice President A&R, Universal Music Publishing Group
Founder & CEO, Reel Muzik Werks, LLC
Co-Owner, Mom+Pop
Producer / Composer, Paramount Global, Creative Music Strategy
Director of Creative Music Strategy, Paramount
Global Music Executive, Walt Disney Imagineering
Vice President Creative & Sr. Music Supervisor, Format Entertainment
President & CEO, Position Music
Managing Director, Saregama
Ralph Simon
Founder & Chairman, Mobilium Global
Ralph Simon has consistently been at the forefront of mobile music innovation, mobile media, social media ideation and the development of Mobile Artificial Intelligence, VR & Immersion Technologies for the music industry, consistently working with global mobile business leaders and innovators across cultures, in all major global telco markets and developing emerging markets, where mobile innovation is a vital industry.
He has enjoyed a 30+ year career in a variety of prominent mobile, telco fields and major indie record label, music publishing, live music and artist management, mobile smartphone technologies, media content and mobile entertainment, mobile health and exponential mobile personalized medicine platforms, mobile education, and new uses of enhanced mobile artificial intelligence and the world's first "3D Mobile Metaverse." Ralph foresaw from very early on, the development of mobile music technologies, content and the growth of mobile transformation in the music industry worldwide.
Respected internationally, he is recognised as a distinguished interviewer and moderator, a regular on the keynote stage of the Mobile World Congress, and appears at major music and innovation conferences around the world. He is one of the founders of the global mobile entertainment and mobile social media industry, a visionary and consistent innovator, and popularly known as "the father of the ring tone." His relentless search for the world's smartest innovation in fragmented media, mobile music, AI, VR, AR and Immersive Mobile and what grows consumer engagement in multi-cultural communities is his full-on focus. He relentlessly searches the world for latest innovations in AI, VR, XR & "Immersive mobile experiences" and what grows subscriber and mobile user engagement in multi-cultural communities worldwide.
Ralph serves on the Executive Board of the U.N.'s World Summit Awards, selecting the world's latest best mobile tech, apps and platforms that drive the U.N.'s sustainable development goals. He is a special advisor to the GSM Association, curating the annual Mobile World Congress stages in Barcelona and Las Vegas, and also curates the world's most important start-up and future tech gatherings world-wide. He is currently working with a new generation of great global music talent and developing a TV Series known as "The Virtuosos".
An investor in the eSports and the video game industry, he is Founder and Chairman of Mobilium Global based in London, Mumbai, Helsinki and Los Angeles. He's also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA) and Member of the Grammy Recording Academy in the US.