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.

Charlie Fink, Metaverse Consultant, Forbes Columnist, Author, Adjunct: Charlie Fink writes the weekly Forbes column “This Week in XR" and co-hosts its eponymous companion podcast. He is the author of the upcoming Dissecting the Metaverse (Fall 2022), Remote Collaboration and the Future of Work (2020), and the critically acclaimed AR-enabled books Charlie Fink’s Metaverse (2017), and Convergence, How The World Will Be Painted With Data (2019). He teaches XR at Chapman University Film School in Orange, CA. Fink's forty year career at the convergence of popular culture and technology began at Walt Disney Feature Animation in 1987 where he famously came up with the idea for “The Lion King" and became the studio’s youngest creative Vice-President. Fink's work in technology began in 1992 when he joined Tim Disney’s pioneering location-based VR company, Virtual World Entertainment, as its COO. In 1995, AOL recruited him to be Senior Vice President & Chief Creative Officer of AOL Studios (1995-1999). Fink was President of American Greetings Interactive and Blue Mountain (2000-2004). His other experience includes exits from several startups and running the New York Musical Festival. Fink's consulting clients include both tech giants and start ups trying to find their place in the rapidly evolving metaverse ecosystem.

Marie Kelly, National Executive Director and Chief Negotiator, ACTRA (Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists): As ACTRA’s National Executive Director and Chief Negotiator, Marie Kelly demands fairness, respect, and the safety of ACTRA’s 30,000 members across Canada. Marie’s mission is to improve the working lives of performers by setting high standards for collective bargaining. She strategically leads the charge for public policies that ensure Canada’s screen industry continues to flourish and deliver world-class screen entertainment. Her role as Vice-President of the International Federation of Actors (FIA) Executive Committee brings ACTRA’s voice to the world stage. A dedicated advocate for equity, inclusion and social justice, Marie is a veteran lawyer with a long history of advocating for workers’ rights within Canada’s labour movement. She joined ACTRA in 2019 after leading the Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA) as its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Administrative Officer. Prior to ONA, Marie worked for the United Steelworkers where over the course of 22 years she served in various capacities starting out as legal counsel, and becoming the first woman in North America to be appointed to the position of Assistant Director.

Chris Regina is Chief Content Officer for TCL North America. Since joining the company in February, 2023, his focus is on building the company’s AIGC initiative, IDEO interactive, strategy, acquisitions, UI/UX and original development for TCLtv+ FAST/AVOD treaming service. Prior to joining TCL, Chris worked at Netflix, where he spent nearly five years overseeing strategy and production on their scripted development team and built genre focused studio GnT Inc. which yielded hit horror titles including Resident Evil, Black Summer, Keep Breathing and Warrior Nun. He joined Netflix after a nearly 20 year career at NBCUniversal in a variety of senior development and programming roles across the cable division, including Senior Vice President, Programming - Syfy & Chiller and Senior Vice President, Original Co-Productions – Syfy, USA, & Chiller. During his time with the cable group he oversaw original series and films, strategy, scheduling and acquisitions and a VOD day/date theatrical division at Syfy Channel and Chiller. While at Syfy, he produced over 350 films including the iconic Sharknado franchise and engineered original co-productions including Van Helsing, Wynonna Earp, Dark Matter and Z Nation. He began his career as a Program Director at WGTW TV48 in Philadelphia. Chris graduated Rowan University with a degree in Communications, Radio/TV/Film specialization.

Caleb Ward is the CEO of Curious Refuge, an online platform pioneering the use of AI in film. He is deeply dedicated to democratizing the creative process by unlocking the inner storyteller inside everyone. His AI training empowers artists at every end of the creative spectrum, from training Academy Award Winners to aspiring artists looking to learn storytelling for the first time. He has trained thousands of artists worldwide and in every major studio. He believes AI is dramatically changing the creative landscape and elevating the creative potential of artists around the world.