Digital & Technology / Content & Distribution

Preslava is a project developer and team leader at How Do You Do Moscow. She, together with four other girls, has developed this unique for Russia new media project. 

Prior to her involvement as a founding member at How Do You Do Moscow, she has worked as a journalist, advertising director in international Advertising agencies and as professional corporate fundraiser in UK charities.

Haji Taniguchi was born in Tokyo in 1960. After graduating from Belmont University, Nashville TN, with a BA in Commercial Music, he entered the music business with Sony Music Publishing Japan in 1986. Since joining Avex Group in 1994, he has been responsible for international and intellectual property strategies, among other things. He is currently President of Avex Music Publishing Inc., Chairman of the Music Publishers Association of Japan (MPAJ) and Vice-Chairman of Foundation for Promotion of Music Industry and Culture (PROMIC).

Alexander Shulgin is a famous Russian composer and businessman.

Ed Yen is Co-Founder and Creative Executive Officer of a-Peer Culture & Technology Co., a music/technology company which developed an innovative business model using leading-edge information technologies to serve the music and entertainment industries. a-Peer has offices located in Shanghai,Wisconsin, Taipei and Stockholm. Ed Yen also serves the head of Pop Music Project Office (PMPO) of the Taiwan Government Information Office. PMPO is advising Taiwan government in developing pop music strategies and executing promotion activities for the pop music industry.

International Chief Executive, Shanghai Synergy Culture and Entertainment Group; Co-Founder of a-Peer Holding Group.

Vice President of Shanghai Synergy Culture & Entertainment Group, Chairman of China Recording Industry Committee, Vice President of China Audio-Video Association

RACA is a non-profit making organization uniting more than 170 member advertising and marketing communications companies offering Media Planning, Media Buying, Strategic Planning, Creative, Internet Advertising, Outdoor Advertising, Sales Promotion, Trade Promotion, Consumer Promotion, Branding, Direct Marketing, Sponsorship, Public Relations, Marketing and Advertising Research, Event Marketing, Design, Packaging, In-Store Advertising and other services. Member companies of the RACA account for the lion's share of the country's advertising spend.

Dr. Matthias Röder is the managing director of the Karajan Institute and as such responsible for the overall strategy and worldwide business development of the KARAJAN® brand and its associated products. Dr. Röder joined the Karajan Institute in 2011 from Harvard University, where he was a member of the music faculty and also received a PhD in musicology in 2010. At Harvard he founded the Digital Musicology Study Group (now at MIT) and worked on several music technology and digital learning projects with partners such as the Packard Humanities Institute or the American rock band Incubus. Prior to Harvard University, Matthias studied music at the renowned Mozarteum University in Salzburg.

Over 9 years of experience in telecommunication, e-commerce and digital media.

First business registered in the age of 17 – regional content provider “Mobikon” grown from one-man company to market leader to be later integrated in A1 Group. Founder of Softbox.ru – legal software catalog, sold to RBC holding in 2005. Opened first legal Russian distributor of digital music in 2006 – “Music Online”.From 2007 – R&D chief in Next Media holding (Promo.ru, now part of Ogilvy Group). Founder of UniBill– payment service provider with innovative risk management solution that guaranteefraud protection.

Graduated Finance Academy under the Government of the Russian Federation, Financial Management Faculty, Moscow. Diploma topic – “Investment projects efficiency estimation”.

Former director of business development and licensing at legendary house label King Street Sounds and co-producer of the New York - Tokyo Music Festival, one of the largest music festivals for Japanese artists in the U.S, held at Central Park's Rumsey Playfield in New York. Currently residing in Tokyo, Matsuki is the producer of Hennessy artistry, the 40+ nation global music initiative driven by Hennessy, and as director of Syn's business affairs and legal division, has provided production and consulting services for various brands including LVMH, Starbucks Coffee, Guthy Renker, Konami, Chanel, Grand Hyatt, Shangri-La Hotel, Right-On, and many more. Matsuki is also the lead singer and guitarist of rock group B/W, signed to major label Pony Canyon.

Jessica Kam is a senior TV executive and film producer who has more than 15 years of experience in film, TV, music, news and digital media, with a wealth of media experience that spanned 3 continents.

Started in Music Business in 1981, at PRS (the Performing Right Society), worked his way up to become Membership Representative, the focal business and creative liaison person for PRS for songwriters and publishers and representing the company to the music business in general, and being responsible for major overhauling of PRS's reputation amongst the business.

Konstantin Khankhalaev is a producer and owner of the Gallery Khankhalaev.An avid music lover from his youth, Konstantin organized one of the first recording studios in his native Irkutsk. In the 80-ies he was closely acquainted with musicians from various rock-clubs all across the former USSR. Later on Konstantin worked as a manager of musician AleksandrBarykin, rock-groups “Chaif” and “Nautilus Pompilius” and wasone of the organizers of the Clear Water Rock Festival, during which rock musicians travelled along the Volga River raising awareness of its environmental problems through rock music.

Annelies van den Belt has been the chief executive of SUP Media since 2008. 

Annelies came to SUP Media with an extensive experience in managing commercial online ventures. 

Previously she was the managing director of the broadband division of Britain’s leading commercial broadcaster, ITV. Before that she ran the online divisions of online newspapers, the Times and the Daily Telegraph. 

Prior to these high profile British media positions she worked as the publisher of The Moscow Times and a number of other major Independent Media titles in Russia.

Head of Division for Innovation Infrastructure, Department of Innovation Development and Corporate Governance of Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation