Co-founder of Digitalarti – the world’s leading Digital Arts & R&D community (Paris)

Malo is Co-founder of Digital Art International (Digitalarti) – the leading international community and media portal covering digital art & innovation worldwide.    His company, M21 Entertainment also publishes FilmFestivals.com and Fest21 – one of the world’s leading online resources and communities for film professionals and fans. M21...

Senior Researcher, Smart Services Cooperative Research Centre (Melbourne)

Based at Swinburne University of Technology, Mandy is a senior researcher for the Smart Services Cooperative Research Centre. Her specialist interest is online environments and communities, and their potential to impact on service delivery across government, education, business and industry. Prior to this, Mandy worked a journalist, writer and producer in radio, television, newspapers, theatre and documentary film. In 2008-9, Mandy wrote the column Web Watch, for the Age Newspaper,...

"one of the 50 most creative and influential minds of 2009" Creativity Magazine

A Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, nominated by Creativity magazine as "one of the 50 most creative and influential minds of 2009", Manuel Lima is a Senior UX Design Lead at Microsoft and founder of VisualComplexity.com - A visual exploration on mapping complex networks.   Prior to joining Microsoft, Manuel worked as a Senior User Experience Designer at Nokia and Senior Interaction Designer at the leading digital agency R...

Chief Technology Officer, Digital Operations, New York Times (New York)

Marc Frons was named chief technology officer of digital operations for The New York Times Company in June 2006. In this role, Mr. Frons oversees technology and product development at NYTimes.com while continuing to be involved in broader digital strategy initiatives at the company. Under his leadership, NYTimes.com has launched several innovative new products and become a recognized leader among news and information Websites for its creative integration of...

Founder and CEO, Hoppala (Möglingen)

Hoppala is an augmented reality agency, building content and content creation tools for mobile augmented reality applications. Hoppala is the creator of the popular AR Content Management System "Hoppala Augmentation", Germany's first member of the Layar Partner Network and one of the world's leading Layar agencies. Their most popular recent projects include the “Berlin Wall 3D”, the 3D mobile AR marketing campaign for U.S. restaurant...

General Manager of Interactive Content and Advanced Advertising Development, Intel Digital Home Group (Los Angeles)

Marcelino Ford-Livene has a wide range of business, operational and creative experience in the interactive and traditional media industries. He is the General Manager of Interactive Content and Advanced Advertising Development for Intel’s Digital Home Group. In this capacity, he leads a team charged with developing new interactive content and advertising technology on Intel’s connected CE...

Programme Director of Digital Media Design, Victoria University of Wellington (Wellington)

Marcia Lyons is a world-leading and highly awarded Multi Media Artist, and internationally recognized innovation expert in digital media arts and pedagogy. As the Developing Programme Director of Digital Media Design at the Victoria University of Wellington, Marcia is responsible for creating the Digital Media Design Bachelor, Masters and PHD programmes. Formerly, Marcia was the Creator of the Digital Media Fine Arts Program at Cornell University, one of North America...

Founder & CEO MooreLights; Inventor; Author; Educator & Entrepreneur (Sydney)

Mark is an inventor, author, educator, broadcaster and entrepreneur.  In 1991 he founded Ono-Sendai Corporation, the first consumer virtual reality startup, inventing a sensor (US Patent 5526022) for low-cost virtual reality applications, adopted by Sega Corporation for their Virtua VR head-mounted display.    In 1994 Pesce co-invented the Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML), the first standard for 3D graphics on the...

Installation Artist; Run Motherfucker Run (Rotterdam, Beijing)

Marnix de Nijs is a Dutch installation artist. He has been a pioneer in researching the experimental use of media and technologies in art, critically examining their impact on contemporary society and human perception.    Marnix is in Sydney for ISEA 2013 and KR8V. His work Run Motherfucker Run will be part of Running the City at the Galleries UNSW. READ MORE

SXSW Interactive Film & Television Award Winner; Director, Online & Emerging Platforms, SBS Corporation (Sydney)

Marshall directs/produces a wide array of digital media projects and has been the Director of Online & Emerging Platforms at SBS for the last 5 years where he’s been responsible for the overall strategy and execution of SBS’s digital offering.   Marshall is passionate about creating original content projects that utilise technology to tell stories in new and engaging ways whether through innovative uses of content,...

Interactive Storyteller and Artist (Laguna)

Marshall Vandruff has worked as a writer, illustrator, voice-over artist and consultant for thirty years. His clients include MAD Magazine, Warner Brothers, Hanna-Barbera, Dark Horse Comics, Nickelodeon, Insomniac Games, Disneyland, LeapFrog, Rockstar, Blizzard Entertainment, AutoDesk, The Gnomon Workshop, ImagineFX, and over forty advertising agencies. Since 1984, He has taught over 200 Drawing, Anatomy, and Storytelling courses at colleges, universities, and corporations in southern California, and is featured in the 10th Edition...

Professor of Design at OCAD University (Toronto)

Martha Ladly is a Professor of Design at OCAD University in Toronto, Canada, where she was the recent Director of the Interdisciplinary Master’s Program, and Chair of the Research Ethics Board.   Martha specializes in interactive media and technology; she is a senior researcher with the Mobile Experience Lab and an investigator with GRAND (Graphics, Animation, New Media and Design) a Canadian National Centre of Excellence. She is...

CEO, Loop

Loop is a mobile social networking services company operating internationally on 3G networks providing both its own branded comminities and white-label services to major media and content brands. Martin joined as CEO in January 2007 and is responsible for the ongoing corporate and strategic development of Loop. During Martin's tenure the company has successfully completed a re-brand of its flagship product to MOKO, launched its white-label service for major media...

Founding Member, The Human League, Heaven 17 and The Illustrious Company (London)

A founding member of both The Human League and Heaven 17, Martyn is one of the leading figures in electronic music. As record producer and artist he has featured on recordings totaling over 60 million sales worldwide during a 27 year career to date, working with Tina Turner, Terence Trent D’Arby, Chaka Khan, Erasure, Marc Almond, Mavis Staples and many more. Martyn founded Illustrious Company with Vince Clarke in 2001 to exploit...

Executive Producer, Pokemon Film and TV Series (Tokyo)

Masakazu Kubo is the marketing genius behind the Pokémon phenomenon and is the executive producer of the immensely popular anime television series and movies. He is also Executive Producer of the Tokyo Anime Center and the director of Shogakukan's Character Business Center and publishing company. Kubo-san is one of the leading industry development policy strategists on the Animatio industries to the Japanese government.

Writer, Doom 3 (Game Critics Award: Best of E3 2005) (New York)

Mat Costello’s best-selling and award winning work across all media has meshed game play, technology and story. He is the writer and creator of groundbreaking TV, novels, nonfiction books, and games in both US and UK. Costello wrote the critically acclaimed classic game The 7th Guest. Since then, he has scripted dozens of best-selling games such as Shellshock-Nam ’67 (Guerrilla Games and Eidos), Bad...

Application Engineer, Media and Entertainment, Autodesk ASEAN (Singapore)

Matt has 15 years experience working in visual effects, animation, and graphics software development companies around the world. His professional experience includes working as a liaison between artists and programmers on the implementation of 3d workflows and production pipelines. While working in production, Matt gained experience developing standard methodologies with Autodesk's Content Creation Software for visual effects and animation. As an Autodesk Certified Instructor and Evaluator, Matt has taught specialized...

Vice President, EMEA & Asia Pacific – Global Digital Operations – Sony Music Entertainment (London)

Matthew Hawn has been working professionally in digital media since for 17 years. He started in San Francisco as one of the founders of Macworld Online, one of the first magazines to go online using bespoke web content management tools that were designed and deployed in almost real-time conditions. From there, he moved onto the editorial board for The Site, an hour-long primetime magazine show that ran every weeknight on MSNBC...

Executive Producer, Spin Master Entertainment (Toronto, Los Angeles)

Matt joined Spin Master more than 10 years ago and was later involved with the creation of Spin Master’s licensing department. Throughout his tenure, he has been an integral member of Spin Master's management team and has helped significantly grow the company's licensing-based revenues. In 2003 Matt worked in Japan helping to build Spin Master's presence in the region, fostering new relationships with partners on some of...

Canadian superstar and CEO and Founder, NIMBLE TV (Toronto, NYC)

As executive producer of the groundbreaking interactive nightly CBC series, ZeD, MMG was the driving creative force behind a revolutionary format that landed 5 Gemini nominations in its inaugural season as well as selection in the prestigious 2003 INPUT TV conference (Denmark) and 2 L As executive producer of the groundbreaking interactive nightly CBC series,ZeD, MMG was the driving creative force behind a revolutionary format that landed 5 Gemini nominations in its inaugural...

Head of Social Media Development, Guardian News & Media (London)

Meg Pickard is the Head of Social Media Development for Guardian News & Media, responsible for developing and supporting existing and new social web strategy and interactive experiences. She comes from a background in social anthropology and in the mid-nineties conducted ethnographic fieldwork into community participation and cultural identity first in Bolivia and subsequently online. Since then, she has worked in...

Moving Pictures Group Lead, Pixar Animation Studios (San Francisco)

Dr. Michael B. Johnson leads the Moving Pictures Group at Pixar Animation Studios. His group is responsible for the design, implementation and support of the pre-production pipeline for Pixar features and shorts. This includes Story, Editorial, Art and the review process. His team works directly with the directors, editors, producers, production designers, art directors, artists and production folks who help begin the process of bringing Pixar stories to the screen. ...

World authority on Media Arts and R&D; Original design team for MIT Media Laboratory; Founding Member of the Atari Research Lab, the Apple Multimedia Lab and Lucasfilm Interactive (Boston)

  Michael is one of the world’s leading authorities on media arts and research and development. He was on the original design team for the MIT Media Laboratory, and was a founding member of the Atari Research Lab, the Apple Multimedia Lab, and Lucasfilm Interactive (now LucasArts).   Michael Naimark is a media artist and researcher who often explores ...

Principal, Corporate Development, Google (Mountain View)

Michael joined the Corporate Development Group at Google in 2005 and is a senior member of the team responsible for all the company's acquisitions and minority investments. Prior to Google, Michael held positions at the private equity group McCown De Leeuw & Co, focusing in earlyMic stage companies.  Previously he worked in investment banking with Goldman Sachs in both New York and London. Michael holds undergraduate degrees in Economics...

Founder and CEO, Second Interest (Berlin)

Michael Schumann belongs to a small group of innovators who have opened up the market for virtual worlds in Germany. For the last seven years, Schumann worked as an entrepreneur and CEO of a renowned marketing and communication agency in Berlin. Schumann initiated and manages “Second Commerce”, Europe’s premium virtual worlds network, providing a communication platform for more than 800 registered companies, and serves on the board...

Board Member, Park Road Post (Wellington)

ichael Stephens is a leading New Zealand Film and Entertainment Lawyer and Board Member of the Wellington NZ Film Production Studios and Digital Post Facilities for the Wingnut Group of Companies: the producers and VFX creators of the Academy Award winning “Lord of the Rings” film series. Michael has a great professional interest in the future of East/West co-productions and funding for film and other digital media...

Deputy CEO, Media Development Authority (Singapore)

Michael Yap is Deputy CEO at Media Development Authority (MDA), and Executive Director of the Interactive Digital Media (IDM) Programme Office responsible for driving the national IDM R&D agenda. Prior to that, he was MD for Oracle Corporation Singapore, and VP Business Development for Oracle Asia Pacific. Before Oracle, Michael was the Founder and CEO of Commerce Exchange (Comex), a software product company, with a strong regional presence...

Director of Innovation and New Media, Netherlands Public Broadcasting (NPB) (Amsterdam)

Michel is responsible for the leading innovation of the broadcasters, including “future proofings”, its TV, radio and digital activities. Michel, previously with McKinsey&Company, Director of Grey Interactive, and formerly a private entrepreneur, joined Netherlands Public Broadcasting in 2001. He is responsible for developing and implementing its online strategy, including the country's prime content portal Omroep.nl and its largest VOD service Uitzendinggemist.nl, serving 9 million video...

Digital Producer & amp; Systems Architect for Visual Storytelling (Sydney)

Michela is a digital producer and a systems architect for visual storytelling. With over 16 years experience in the digital media sector she has been at the forefront of cutting edge developments. She created NSWs first website in 1993 and led technical development of the BBC's first online community system in 1998. She won the 2001 SIGGRAPH Web3D Art Prize and in 2004 won a UK Invention award for 'remixable films' with which...

Founder, Politico (Washington)

Mike Allen is one of the four founders of Politico, and their chief political correspondent. He was previously at Time magazine where he was their White House correspondent. Prior to that, Allen spent six years at The Washington Post, where he covered President Bush'...

Development Manager, Screen Australia (Melbourne)

Mike has been a Development Manager with Screen Australia (formerly Australian Film Commission) since 2005, with responsibilities across animation, digital media, feature film, television series, and documentary. Projects funded and managed have included comedy series Wilfred andBogan Pride, feature film Black Water, documentary features Words from the City and Bastardy, cross-platform projects First Australians Onlineand Girl Friday, and many others. He has managed...

Mobile Strategist for Manchester United Mumobile business (Manchester)

Mike has an almost unrivalled  experience  in mobile content.  He managed the MUmobile business for Manchester United between 2004 and 2009 delivering many firsts and record breaking services in mobile, servicing fans whilst supporting the club’s wider commercial strategy.    This included: Direct to  Consumer   services,   operator   portal   services,   subscription   services, mobile games...

Digital Media Pioneer, and now Managing Partner, Big Fuel (New York)

Mike McGraw has been at the forefront of emerging content development for most of his career and has always maintained a priority to deliver content to the most relevant audiences through the most relevant channels. Mike currently oversees all digital strategy, content distribution and operations for Big Fuel, a digital ad agency based in New York . At Big Fuel Mike uses his experience with on-air, online and mobile platforms to...

Editor-in-Chief, Fairfax Digital (Melbourne)

Mike van Niekerk began his career 30 years ago editing the local newspaper in a small South African mining town - a publication produced using 19th century hot metal technology for a hyper-local audience. Later, he specialised in in arts and technology journalism, winning several awards for his writing. Since 2001 he has been Fairfax Digital Editor-in-Chief, overseeing the editorial development of the websites of The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald,...

Emmy Award Winning Digital Media Strategist and CEO of The1stMovement (Los Angeles, Denver)

As Founder and CEO of The1stMovement, Ming understands digital media technology in a way rarely seen in the Advertising industry today.    Named as one of the "Top 10 Asian Entrepreneurs"by Inc. Magazine, Ming has led the agency to numerous accolades including 2-time Inc. 500 fastest growing companies in America, 2-time Best Places to work in LA, Top 20 agencies in LA & Denver, Digital Media Firm of the Year,...

Head of New Media, Al Jazeera (Doha)

Moeed has been with Al Jazeera since 2005 and is currently heading the New Media team. His primary responsibility is to develop Al Jazeera’s New Media strategy focusing on distribution, contribution and audience engagement. Moeed graduated from the University of Toronto in 2003. He is a proponent of Open Source technologies and takes a keen interest in evangelizing for initiatives such as Creative Commons which enable knowledge and media sharing.

Advisory Board Member at Qatar Univesity and Head of Online at Al Jazeera English (Qatar)

Mohamed Nanabhay is the Head of Online at Al Jazeera English (AJE) based in Doha, Qatar. He joined Al Jazeera in 2004 and is currently leading AJE's online operations and serves as the website Editor-in-Chief. Previously Mohamed founded the Al Jazeera Network's New Media department, where he led a cross-disciplinary team that focused on engaging audiences through online communities and emerging technologies. His work online has won him awards...

Head of Online, Al Jazeera English (Doha)

Mohamed Nanabhay is the Head of Online at Al Jazeera English (AJE) based in Doha, Qatar. He joined Al Jazeera in 2004 and is currently leading AJE's online operations and serves as the website Editor-in-Chief. Previously Mohamed founded the Al Jazeera Network's New Media department, where he led a cross-disciplinary team that focused on engaging audiences through online communities and emerging technologies. His work online has won him awards...

Founder and CEO, Radiance Digital Entertainment (Shanghai)

The founder and CEO of Shanghai’s Radiance Digital Entertainment, Montgomery Singman is one of China’s most preeminent digital media professionals. Monte founded Radiance Digital Entertainment in 2005, and it has since become synonymous with high quality online games. In 2000 Monte founded Zona Inc, which was acquired by Shanda Entertainment in 2003 prior to Shanda’s IPO. Following this Monte was the Director of Shanda’s R...

One of Australias leading game developers (Brisbane)

Morgan has developed a number of critically and commercially successful games over his decade in the industry.  He has shipped millions of units across every major platform with games that run the gamut from the casual to hardcore markets. Morgan began his career in Australia, working with Irrational Games (now 2K Marin) before moving to North America to work with major studios such as Relic and Ubisoft before returning...