Alexie Glass-Kantor is a curator, cultural producer and advocate for the arts. She is currently the Executive Director of Artspace, Sydney, supporting the commissioning of contemporary art, publishing initiatives, and research residencies for artists and curators. Since 1999 she has been active as a curator across independent spaces, collecting institutions, museums, biennials, art fairs, and festivals, working with artists across generations to commission and develop collaborative projects nationally and internationally.

Glass-Kantor is the Chair of the Contemporary Art Organisations of Australia and is currently serving on boards including: Board Director, Museum of Contemporary Art & Design, De La Salle College of Saint Benilde, Manila; Academic Board, National Art School, Sydney; Jury Member, Advance Global Awards; and Council Member, Sydney Culture Network.

Jack Colwell is a musician and composer based in Sydney.

I have always loved and studied music, attending the Conservatorium of Music High School where I studied principal classical double bass, piano and composition. I also completed all my formal studies in Guitar and Bass Guitar. As an adult, I have taught music to children for 13 years, following a classical / AMEB teaching style. I have participated in the tuition, running and organising of school band camps for Harbord Primary and Allambie Primary for many years, and recently was appointed the head of strings at Marrickville Primary School. I have lectured at AIM, Collarts and Sydney Uni in both classical and contemporary music. Away from my teaching work, I play and perform as a soloist and session player. I take my teaching work very seriously, and am very interested in teaching young musicians classical principals, but I also look for ways to engage them in modern and contemporary music.

Charis Orchard is a director, producer, writer and editor of independent feature films, documentaries, short films, music and marketing clips. Having grown- up in Mackay, Queensland, Charis moved to Paris, France at the age of 23 and lived there for 13 years, then moved to LA and London before relocating back to Sydney in 2016. In 2017 Charis was a board member of WIFT NSW for 18 months while it transitioned into WIFT Australia. In 2019 Charis participated in Dame Changer’s Screen Tank mentorship and is currently a member of Dame Changer and WIFT Australia. Charis has worked for Exodus Film Group (US), Optomen Television (UK), Legendary Entertainment (UK), the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) and the ACMA (Australian Communications and Media Authority; a legislative authority for the broadcast and media industry).

Highly experienced and qualified music professional, with a demonstrated history of working across many sectors in the Music Industry. Skilled in Music Production, Songwriting, Composition, Artist Development, Artist Management, A&R, Business Development, Live Performance and Events.

David has mentored and guided many young artists early in their career including Michael Clifford (5 Seconds of Summer), Georgia Denton aka Gia Vorne (Singer, Songwriter, X-Factor finalist), Emma Mylott (Vocalist, All Together Now Grand Finalist, X-Factor Team Kelly) and Carley Austin aka SIILA (Singer, Songwriter, DJ and Producer with over 3M streams on Spotify).

In a career spanning 40 years, Mark Pope has traversed all 360 degrees of the Australian music industry as a tour manager, promoter, event producer, artist manager, record company executive and innovator.

Pope began his career as tour manager and in-house promoter for two of Australia’s two biggest bands, The Angels and Cold Chisel, touring with both in Australia, US and Europe. Pope with INXS manager CM Murphy, conceived, produced and promoted Australian Made, a series of 6 one day outdoor festivals featuring the cream of Australian contemporary music that proved to be not just a box office success but also a historic game changer in how local artists were perceived in Australia.

If this music industry is indeed one of 360 degrees, Mark Pope is one of few that can say he’s worked it all across his 40-year career.

Max Doyle is an accomplished Australian photographer, whose name is synonymous with striking fashion imagery and delicate portraiture.

In his long-established career, Max has worked between London, New York and Australia, and has captured the faces of many well known performers, including Billie Eilish, Emily Ratajkowski, Travis Scott, Keith Urban and Margot Robbie.

Max draws from a vast range of creative inspirations, and he is able to produce expertly tailored campaigns for any client, as seen in his broad portfolio which includes commercial campaigns for Country Road, Cotton On, Alice McCall, Wrangler, Calvin Klein, Lee Jeans, Pandora and Supre.

As well as being a consistent contributor to Vogue, Marie Claire, Elle Magazine, Bazaar Man and Oyster, among others, Max is the founder and editor-in-chief of Doingbird Magazine, an independent art and photography magazine, loved and respected for its unguarded approach to culture, fashion, and celebration of freedom.

Neal Hunt has worked in the music industry in an independent context and with the Sureshaker company for 20+ years. Starting as a musician, writing and playing (guitar and sax) in bands, then segued into a kind of not-for-profit consultancy, helping artists in areas where it might be that they needed work, e.g. publicist or agent.

He first managed The Beautiful Girls - shortly after the band formed (before their first release), through their development from 2000 until Aug 2009 - this in turn evolved into the Sureshaker company. Neal has held down a number of other positions including freelance music writing (On The Street, Revolver and the early days of Brag and other sites/mags) music industry consultancy (a number of artists) and teaching (AIM and Tafe).

Under the banner of Sureshaker, Neal currently works with: Sticky Fingers (12 years), Laura Hyde, The Moving Stills, Apricot Ink and Gold Member in variety of capacities. Among them artist management, touring (both domestic and international), merchandise, publicity, publishing and distribution. He continues to work on the development of new acts including: Brandon Jack, Bonsaii and Sugar Soap.

Tony has been involved in the music industry for 30+ years wearing various hats from guitar player all the way to Music Production in which he holds a Masters in Recording Arts degree from Macquarie University.

As a guitarist he studied with Lou Cash (Johnny O’Keefe) and Ike Isaacs Stephane Grapelli. Has had the honour of teaching stand out guitar players such as Serg Dimitrijevic (Earth Wind & Fire) and Chris Kamzelas many artists in the Australian Music Scene.

As a songwriter, producer and mix engineer, he has achieved gold status in record sales exceeding 35,000+ copies and has accrued both top 10 and top 20 chart hits for a variety of recording artists and record labels such as Sony Music, Universal Music and Warner Music. He has had the opportunity to work with various household names such as Delta Goodrem, Tiffani Wood, Rebecca Cartwright, Robyn Loau, Erana Clarke, Sophie Monk, Kaylan and many more.

An entertainment industry professional with over 20 years’ experience, Nigel specialises in Artist Management for developing & established recording artists. He has personally managed the careers of numerous recording artists from ‘superstar’ DJ’s & 10 piece funk bands to pop, commercial & indie-alternate rock acts.

Nigel has planned, organised, managed many National & International tours, including to Japan, SEA, Europe & Eastern Europe. Artists managed have performed at all major local festivals. Some career highlights include: - No.1 on US Billboard Dance Chart, No. 1 National Charts, Top 5 in Japan, Gold Records, numerous ARIA nominations & international support tours including supporting Prince, Moby, Roy Ayres and Jarvis Cocker. Nigel currently consults as Business Affairs to establishing entertainment businesses, record labels & venues.