Colin Petrie-Norris, Founder & CEO of Fairground Entertainment, is a pioneer in streaming TV. His new AI studio and global platform unite creators and technology to redefine entertainment.

Previously, he built and sold Xumo to Comcast, expanding it with Charter into a global FAST ecosystem. Earlier, he helped grow Advertising.com, later acquired by AOL.

Meredith Levine is a Fanthropologist, studying fans and fandom and doing strategic audience development research and strategy work at the intersection of Hollywood and the Creator Economy. She is also the VP of Audience Development at SuperBam, helping media companies adapt their back catalog and currently airing content for social digital video distribution.

Prior to SuperBam and her consultancy, Meredith worked in strategy at Theorist Media and in fandom research at Troika and ZEFR. Meredith has her M.A. in Critical Media Studies with an emphasis in Fan Studies from UCLA, and has spent time as a professor and guest lecturer of Fan Studies at USC, Emerson, UCLA, and the University of Colorado, Boulder.

Glenn Ginsburg is the President of QYOU Media, a media and entertainment company powered by the creator economy. QYOU specializes in developing, creating, and distributing creator-centric campaigns that help brands connect with audiences and make a cultural impact across social and digital platforms.

With more than 25 years of experience across the creator economy and wider entertainment and media industry, Ginsburg has been instrumental in building and optimizing the QYOU team since he joined 2015 and currently oversees brand partnerships, strategy, creative content development and distribution with a client portfolio that includes Hulu (Paradise), Paramount Pictures (A Quiet Place: Day One and Smile 2), Kraft Heinz (Buffalo Wild Wings x Mustard), Warner Brothers (Wonka), 20th Century Fox, Sony Pictures, DreamWorks, and other leading entertainment companies, as well as Ubisoft, Hyundai, Kraft Heinz, MGA Entertainment and more.

A proud California girl, Louisa Frahm was born and raised in San Diego. She received her undergraduate degree in journalism from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 2012. Throughout the past decade, she's built a booming career in the news SEO world, conducting search efforts at E! Online, Yahoo!, TMZ, People Magazine, Entertainment Weekly, the Los Angeles Times, and ESPN. She also served as a Trends Curator on the Google Trends team.

To bolster her communications skill set, she acquired a master's degree in communication management from the University of Southern California in 2021. Leadership development and mentoring are two of her biggest professional passions. When Louisa isn't busy with work, she loves enjoying any and all things pop culture with her family and friends. Her Funko Pop collection is over 100 figurines strong. Ask her about Prince, Freddie Mercury, and David Bowie.

Jenn Herman is a social media consultant, speaker, and globally recognized Instagram expert. She is a sought-after and international speaker providing tips, resources, and training for organizations of all sizes that need to structure their social media strategies.

Her business background includes Administration, Sales, Human Resources, and Marketing and she enjoys bringing all these skills together to help you grow your business. Jenn has been featured in Inc., Fox News, BBC News, Yahoo Finance, Entrepreneur, HuffPost, The Verge, CBS Radio LA, and numerous other podcasts and publications. She is the author of “Instagram for Dummies”, “Instagram for Business for Dummies”, and “The Ultimate Guide to Social Media Marketing”.

Rachel Simon is a journalist and author whose work has appeared in The New York Times, The Cut, Glamour, Vice, and many more outlets. A former editor at Bustle and Mic, her debut book, Pickleball for All: Everything But the "Kitchen" Sink was published by HarperCollins in 2022.

She also teaches writing with Redbud Writing Project and Gotham Writers Workshop, and constructs crossword puzzles through her business Clue & Brew. A New York native, she earned a B.A from Boston's Emerson College and now lives in Raleigh, NC.

Jeff Tousignant is Head of Marketing at Air, where he leads brand and go-to-market strategy for the company’s creative operations platform. Based in New York, he brings experience from leading technology and consumer brands including Figma and Duolingo, with a focus on helping teams scale high-quality creative work in an increasingly AI-driven content landscape.

Luke Smith is the co-founder and Global CEO of Croud, a leading independent digital agency he founded in 2011. Under Luke's leadership, Croud has become a full-service global business, delivering innovative marketing solutions to top brands like Amazon Prime Video, Nespresso, and Ford.

Luke has grown the Croud team to over 600 employees across offices in the UK, US, and MENA, with a global network of on-demand digital experts known as "Croudies" providing coverage in 118 markets and 86 languages. Through strategic acquisitions like Born Social and Vert Digital, Luke has further expanded Croud's capabilities.

Beyond impressive growth and award-winning client work, Luke is passionate about fostering a positive work environment, as demonstrated by Croud's inclusion in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work list for two years running.

Outside of leading Croud's global business, Luke enjoys spending time with his family, taking on various sporting pursuits, collecting wine and supporting the below average Championship club Preston North End.