Hannah Wilson is one of the leading voices in the creator economy, helping shape how creators, brands, and technology work together. She has partnered with some of the biggest brands in the world, including Meta, Adobe, and ManyChat, and shared stages with leaders from Forbes, Microsoft, Reddit, and CNN, as well as at Paris Creator Week.

Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri has publicly called her a “must-follow,” Teen Vogue named her a “Creator of Tomorrow,”

Through her agency Cultish, she helps brands build cult-level loyalty by pairing sharp positioning with strong storytelling. Hannah built her own career from a smartphone and now empowers other creators and companies to do the same: with clarity, creativity, and cultural fluency.

Claire Uhar is the founder and CEO of OBSCURE, a strategic advisory firm at the intersection of media, technology, and capital. She has spent her career at inflection points — part of the founding team at a startup acquired within its first year, then building creator platforms at San Francisco product studio Swipe Labs at the dawn of the $350B+ creator economy. She joined EVERFI, leading some of its largest partnerships ahead of their acquisition by Blackbaud, before joining Protocol (part of Politico Media Group) as part of the launch team ahead of Axel Springer's acquisition. 

In 2022 she launched OBSCURE, working with a tight roster of clients: venture capital firms, media organizations, entertainment executives, and growth-stage companies, at moments of launch, scale, or repositioning. Her network spans leading execs, investors, creative and talent agencies, and brand partners globally.

Mark Horvath is an activist, filmmaker and pioneering force in narrative change, revolutionizing how we perceive and address homelessness. With a background in leadership, marketing, and multimedia production, he brings a unique perspective to the issue. As the founder of Invisible People, a nonprofit utilizing video storytelling and journalism, Mark sheds light on homelessness, reaching 20M+ people monthly. His authentic approach humanizes the stories of those experiencing homelessness, challenging societal perceptions and inspiring empathy. Through his work as an activist, filmmaker, and social media explorer, Mark turns his own experience with homelessness into a catalyst for social good, sparking a collective call to action for meaningful change.

Paige McCormick is the Senior Manager of Social & Influencers at Glow Brands, where she leads social media and influencer strategy across a portfolio of consumer brands, including Sun Tan City and Wellness City. In her role, she oversees national social strategy, creator partnerships, influencer programming, content development, and community engagement, with a focus on building brand awareness and meaningful connections with consumers.

In addition to her work on the brand side, Paige is an active content creator, giving her a unique perspective on influencer marketing from both sides of the partnership. Her firsthand experience building her own platform and working with brands allows her to better understand what resonates with creators, audiences, and brand partners alike.

A former Division I student-athlete and team captain at the University of Louisville, Paige brings a background that spans athletics, marketing, NIL, and the creator economy. She holds both a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Sport Administration from the University of Louisville.

Bill Davaris is Co-Chief Executive Officer of Malka, the adaptive content studio within Gen Digital's media business, which joined Gen through its 2025 acquisition of MoneyLion. Alongside co-CEO Chris Apostle, Davaris leads a studio built to combine the strategic insights of a creative agency with the dynamic efficiency of a full-service production company, producing work spanning feature documentaries, immersive podcasts, rebranding, and advertising campaigns for global brands including L'Oréal, Deloitte, CitiBank, Amazon Music and MoneyLion.

Davaris is a rare hybrid of brand-side and agency-side leadership. He was named co-CEO of Malka in May 2024, arriving from SharkNinja, where he served as Chief Marketing and Brand Officer. Before that, he was CMO at MoneyLion, the role he held when the company acquired Malka in 2021, giving him firsthand experience on both sides of the studio's operating model: as the client who bought its capabilities and now as the executive who runs them.

Ruth Mortimer is global president for Advertising Week and SVP, Forge. She oversees the Advertising Week, Prosper and B2BMX brands globally. They operate across the world, with events and content in the US, Europe, Latin America, Asia and Africa. Advertising Week has more than 2000 speakers each year on its stages and more than 200 partners worldwide including Netflix, Amazon and Disney.

Previously, Ruth held a large number of roles managing content businesses and overseeing both live and digital product development. She led the award-winning digital marketing training business Econsultancy as Managing Partner, which provided training for brands such as General Mills, UPS and IKEA. She ran the Festival of Marketing in the UK, overseeing all areas of the business, which at the time comprised the largest gathering of brands in Europe. She was also formerly content director for Centaur Marketing, which comprised 10 media brands with several million users including Marketing Week, Creative Review, Design Week, Influencer Intelligence, Fashion/Beauty Monitor, Year Ahead and Foresight News.

Ruth was editor of Marketing Week magazine and an award-winning business columnist, writing five books about marketing. In her freelance career, she worked on identifying new entertainment talent for TV stations as well as building subscription products for a variety of media companies. She also held a role early in her career as an archaeologist, working mainly in the Middle East.

Ant McCormack has spent over a decade building in the creator economy, helping creators build media companies, not just audiences.

He's worked with creators across 50 countries, run 25+ accelerator programs, and built industry-first partnerships with YouTube, Google, and TikTok, including the world's first YouTube Creator Accelerator.

Ant’s bet: An audience isn't an asset you own. The next generation of creators will build businesses that are.

Jonny Paterson is an LA-based producer and VP of Business and Creative Development at digital studio Wall of Entertainment. He previously founded JP International Productions and served as VP of Television and Head of Development at Confluential Films, following early career roles at ICM, Lionsgate, and Chestnut Ridge Productions.

In 2016, Paterson produced his debut feature "Halfway," which premiered at the AFI Dallas International Film Festival and was nominated for a British Independent Film Award. At Confluential Films, he built and managed a slate of features, TV, and premium documentaries alongside partners like Netflix, HBO Docs, Hulu, and Sony before transitioning to a first-look producing deal in 2023.

Joining Wall of Entertainment in 2025 to open its Los Angeles office, Paterson executive produced the studio's first two US originals, "Substitute Teacher" and "House Rules." Wall of Entertainment is the studio behind hit YouTube series like "Does The Shoe Fit" and "Shiro's Story."

A BAFTA Los Angeles Newcomer Award recipient and former Paley Center Media Council member, Paterson holds degrees from the University of Leeds and Carnegie Mellon University. He also served over a decade on the board of UK charity Football Aid.

Lindsay Bennett is a strategic storyteller and communications leader, leading Global Communications and Content at market research platform, Ideally. At Ideally, she's shaping how the brand shows up in the world as the company reinvents research for modern marketing.

Previously, as VP of Corporate Communications at GALE in New York, Lindsay led Communications, Marketing, and New Business. In her first year, she helped transform GALE into one of the most awarded agencies in the US, contributing to recognitions such as Ad Age A List and Adweek Breakthrough Media Agency of the Year, and supporting the conversion of more than $20m in new business in the first 12 months.

Earlier, at DDB Australia and then DDB Worldwide, she drove growth and recognition across 149 offices from the New York headquarters. She developed PR strategies for brands such as McDonald's and Volkswagen and helped deliver DDB's first global repositioning.

Lindsay started her career as a journalist in Australia, discovering her passion for storytelling, a skill she brings to every role.

Andrew Roth, 27, is the Co-Founder and CEO of Offline, the ad network for the real world. Named to Forbes 30 under 30 in 2025 for his last company, dcdx, Andrew is one of the world's leading experts on Gen Z, and is now building the railways to help bring ad dollars offline, and reach consumers where they are in the real world.