Rich Merrett is an innovative Conversational AI expert, having spent the early half of his career having conversations in an education setting, he moved over to work with Voice Technology and AI with the advent of Voice Assistants, co-founding Veni Loqui a Voice Design Agency with a specific focus on finding solutions for the ageing population, loneliness and degenerative brain disorders, trying to use technology to give people the best end of life care. Rich is recognised as a Subject Matter Expert, and influencer after forming the EchoDad YouTube channel and developing the Cambridge Alexa Developers community group. Rich has also worked with Vixen Labs as a Creative Strategist, not only developing strategies for voice technology integrations for brands including McDonald's, Sony, Amazon and TuneIn but also developing strategies and coming up with creative direction for AI solutions. It was here Rich wrote his first book: "It's Good to be Bad" written with AI using his skills in persona development.

Rich is well known on the conference circuit for his engaging presentations and ability to explain even the most boring concepts in a fun and engaging way.

Lane Kinkade is a seasoned designer holding an MFA in UX Design from SCAD. Over the past 15 years, Lane has skillfully woven expertise into the fabric of renowned companies such as Intel, Veeva, Ubiquiti, and Jaguar-Land Rover. At Jaguar Landrover, he focused on introducing tech like autonomous driving and self-parking to an older demographic uncomfortable with novel technology. He is a freelance designer and a full-time professor at SCAD.

Incorporating AI seamlessly into the UX process, he leverages its power to enhance user interactions, optimize experiences, and craft innovative storyboarding that adds a new dimension to design narratives.

Dedicated to fostering the next generation of UX designers, Lane actively engages in lectures, talks, discussions, and debates. Embracing a deeply empathetic approach to UX, he prioritizes user needs and advocates for accessibility from the project's inception. Lane firmly believes that an accessible product is not merely a checkbox but an ever-evolving goal and a dynamic target to continually aspire towards.

Kai specializes in the intersection of legal operations and generative AI. With over 10 years of experience in legal operations, communications, project management, and AI implementation, he is adept at delivering generative AI solutions that are accessible and effective.

Kai has been instrumental in pioneering AI innovation for a leading nonprofit insurer, where he developed enterprise guidelines for the responsible use of generative AI. He led a cross-functional team to explore AI use cases and trained senior leadership and multiple departments on prompt engineering and safe AI usage.

Kai's deep understanding of legal operations has led to significant efficiency gains. He successfully migrated core legal services to new platforms, achieving a 44% time-saving for attorneys through streamlined workflows and automations. He's leveraged his prompt engineering skills to assist in legal tasks, such as customer legal questions and regulatory analysis. This has helped "right-size" workloads among teams. Additionally, Kai has been a key contributor to cross-functional initiatives that led to business restructuring, investment proposals, and new state legislation.

Kai is committed to the ethical and responsible use of AI, advocating for a future where technology serves humanity in a manner that is both responsible and aligned with global values. As an advisor, he brings a wealth of knowledge and a proven track record in leveraging AI to solve complex legal challenges.

Yakup Özkardes-Cheung worked for different media companies before he became a content manager and started leveraging his own time with AI tools. The idea of Content AI Tools was born when he realized that there is no other publication that focuses on this niche.

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He is an international keynote speaker, author of the book Content AI, Host of the Live Show Content AI Tools, where he interviews experts around the world within the tech space. His main mission: to make sure that marketing departments leverage their time and money with AI technology.

At 16, Yakup decided to become a journalist and worked for newspapers, TV stations, online platforms, and magazines. He also wanted to create digital products and digital revenue, so he started to work as a Content Marketing Manager in magazines and agencies. In 2020, he decided to start his own business and help entrepreneurs, CEOs, and CMOs to build effective content through the power of AI.

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Principal and Design Lead at Viva Design Inc. Ulrike provides brand design, storyboards, animations, and content creation to global clients such as Disney, BBC, TEDx and Viacom. She is located in Berlin, Germany, where she engages in AI research and building web3 applications. She is a creator of metaverses, Ai art, mapping future scenarios and ultimately helping organizations to future-proof themselves. Her crafts: Branding, Graphic- and Motion Design, Generative AI prompting, Animation, Film, Campaigns, and above all, effective Storytelling.

She is a passionate designer by heart, a public speaker, an innovator, highly accomplished and well-versed in tools and techniques.

Mr. Andeed Ma is an AI cloud business and risk management leader for more than 15 years. He has contributed to major technology companies such as ServiceNow, Ivanti, ByteDance, and CyberArk. He leads a non-profit enterprise risk management association known as RIMAS (Risk and Insurance Management Association of Singapore) as their President. He lectures, speaks and mentors at the Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS) on Hyperautomation, Introduction to AI; and at the Singapore Management University (SMU) on the Essentials of Cloud Computing, Regulatory Technology (RegTech) and Sustainable AI. He also sits in various councils and think tanks as a contributor such as ForHumanity in UK, ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42 Artificial intelligence, IEC SEG 15 - Metaverse, Global Fintech Institute (GFI), Artificial Intelligence International Institute (AIII), Institute of Blockchain Singapore (IBS), and Blockchain Security Alliance.

Phil Ranta, a 2021 LinkedIn Top Voice in Innovation & Technology, is the COO of the talent management and creator services company We Are Verified, managing a department focused on creator entrepreneurship, premium production, and web3 opportunities. He was previously the Chief Executive Officer at Wormhole Labs, a technology company that built a platform for user-generated metaverses for brands. As the former Head of Gaming Creators, North America at Facebook, Phil achieved over 5x departmental growth in his first year, signing exclusive streaming contracts with DisguisedToast, Corinna Kopf, and UFC / WWE superstar Ronda Rousey. Phil also built two of the largest creator networks in the world as COO at Studio71 and VP, Networks at Fullscreen, both successfully exited (to ProSieben and Otter Media, a joint venture between AT&T and Peter Chernin, respectively). Other roles include Head of Creators at Mobcrush, a live streaming technology with hundreds of thousands of authenticated users, Executive Producer at Viva! Vision, producing content delivered to over 250 million mobile phones worldwide, and content creator who produced videos and podcasts that have achieved hundreds of millions of views and downloads. He was formerly one of Variety's New Hollywood Leaders - Digital.

Andreas Adamec began his design career as a Graphic Designer and Art Director for Los Angeles Ad Agencies and Record Labels. In 1999 he founded Adamec Design, offering LA clients web and print design services.

In 2007 he chose full-time employment and created a User Experience Design Department at Warner Bros. Entertainment, designing web, mobile, and B2B experiences for WB’s most prominent entertainment franchises. From there, Andreas worked for Kaleo Software, an enterprise SaaS tech startup, and NantHealth, a healthcare tech firm with multiple enterprise web and mobile applications. Most recently, he led a team of Product Designers as Director of User Experience for a blockchain-based Web3 tech startup, designing game-changing experiences in the creator and influencer engagement space.

Having served his clients freelance during his full-time employment, Andreas is now dedicating all his attention to Adamec Design again, helping businesses thrive by optimizing the knowledge of their user/customer base.

Orion created the Phoenix System to help teams build their capacity to navigate the unknown, embrace change, and create space for innovation to emerge at the intersection of their differences. He helps teams bring awareness to unconscious patterns, practice tools to shift them, and remove infighting, silos, and overwhelm. In the space created emerges the team's untapped talent, innovation, impact, and profits. He has 10 years of experience working with leaders and their teams across industries.

A creative and entrepreneurial marketing executive with over 25 years of experience leading an established entertainment company. Successful ventures include all facets of Movie/TV production and Digital/Mobile Marketing.

His teams have produced versatile award-winning promotional campaigns across multiple platforms for all six major studios, streaming services and many TV networks including CBS, Disney, FX, FXX, HBO, NBC, PBS, TBS, TNT, truTV and Cartoon Network.

As President/CEO, he has created innovative AI platforms that both maximize efficiencies and present opportunities for entertainment studios and networks to generate new revenue with their content.

He has developed proprietary and patented content management systems TVPro CMS™ and MoviePro CMS™ which power short form premium content platforms TV Bites™ and Movie Bites™.

DGE recently launched the FX Legacy CMS which takes full advantage of AI features that streamline the search process for the entire catalog of the network’s original programming

DGE’s capabilities include complete media marketing for movies, TV, content creation, content management, graphic design, video/audio post production, podcasts, SAG/AFTRA signatory contracts and complete voice over solutions for the entertainment industry.