Best Practices in Sports Investing
- Thomas W. Hulick, CEO, Managing Partner, Strategy Asset Managers
- Baird Fogel, Head of Global Sports Practice, Partner, Eversheds-Sutherland
- Noah Francis, Banker, J.P. Morgan Private Bank
- David Carter, Principal, The Sports Business Group
Entertainment in the AI Era: Music, Games and Film
- ElizBeth Jones, Founder and CEO, Atomic Venus Media
- Willonius Hatcher, Co-Founder, AI and the Culture
- Jason Alejandre, President, Founder and Creative Director, Game Mechanic Studios (GMS)
- Steve Griffith, CEO, E8 Entertainment
- Evan Hainey, Partner, Untitled Entertainment
- Daphna Edwards Ziman, Co-Chairman, Project Rise Partners
Venture Capital and PE: A California Perspective on Governance
- Ryan Keating, Partner, Industry Leader, Venture Services, EisnerAmper
- Brent Granado, Partner, Sweetwater Private Equity
- Thomas Courtney, Jr., President and CEO, The Courtney Group
- Jarrett Banks, Editor-at-Large, CorpGov (Moderator)
Capital Markets Assessment and IPO Readiness
- Nicole Brady, Managing Director, Protiviti
- Joseph Fish, CEP, Managing Director, Stock Operations, Infinite Equity
- Justin Krystopher, Managing Director, Protiviti
- Ramey Layne, Partner, Capital Markets and Mergers & Acquisitions, Vinson & Elkins
- Josh Waldron, Interim CFO, Scale AI
Shareholder Activism: An Early Look Ahead to 2027
- Sagar Gupta, Portfolio Manager, Anson Funds
- Jon Feldman, Partner and Business Law Group Head, Goodmans LLP
- Pete Michelsen, Leader, Activism and Shareholder Advisory Practice, Qatalyst
- John Jannarone, Editor-in-Chief, CorpGov (Moderator)
Keynote Fireside: Business and Governance in LA
- Paul Haaga, Former Chairman, Capital Research and Management Company; Chair of the Board, The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation; Board Director, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
- Dick Drobnick, Former USC Vice Provost for Globalization and IBEAR MBA Program Director, Asia Society Southern California Chairman Emeritus