Al Wadey is Global Head of Technology & Innovation at ICP, where he leads the Technical Services, AI and Automation teams helping enterprise clients build and scale their content operations. A familiar face across the DAM community, Al has spent his career at the intersection of technology and transformation, working with some of the world's most complex organisations to turn ambitious digital strategies into measurable reality. 

Andy Hammond helps lead Bannerflow's US business. Over the past two decades, his career has spanned publishing, programmatic advertising, connected TV and creative automation, helping advertisers adapt to some of the most significant changes in how brands reach and engage consumers.

Gary Goldsmith has spent 7+ years as a Design Program Manager at Meta, where he leads Design Operations for Instagram's Trust & Safety organization. His work focuses on building operational systems for youth safety and regulatory compliance—navigating the kind of ambiguity and pace of change that no template can fully account for.

David is a creative operations and technology leader whose career has been shaped by a simple belief: that the right infrastructure, built thoughtfully, makes creative people free to do their best work.

His path into DAM began in the early 2000s at The Marketing Store, one of the world's largest promotional marketing agencies, where he first encountered the challenges of managing digital assets at enterprise scale. That experience planted a deep technical fluency that has only grown with time.

Caroline McKay drives the execution of creative operations initiatives across a portfolio of iconic retail brands including JCPenney, Brooks Brothers, Lucky Brand, Nautica, and Aeropostale. She manages the Digital Asset Management, Print Production, and Post Production teams while driving the transformation of the technology ecosystem, workflows, and processes that power content delivery at speed and scale.
 

Sharon is a global brand and growth leader with 20+ years of experience shaping outcomes at the intersection of creative, media, culture and AI innovation. From New York to London, Hong Kong to Singapore, she's led teams to unlock brand and business growth in the new communications economy. Sharon brings a unique blend of strategic rigor and activation know-how — shaped by leadership roles in both management consultancies and global advertising agencies.

Steven Wakabayashi (he/him) is an award-winning designer and founder in New York City.