Edmond Lau is a cultural strategist focusing on internet aesthetics, trends, and taste. His viral essay "The Dark Mode Shift" drew mainstream attention, with top publications citing the piece. His work sits between brand consulting and internet anthropology, making sense of consumer trends and cultural capital one meme at a time.

Emily Segal is a cultural forecaster, strategist and writer. She founded Nemesis Global, K-HOLE and Deluge Books. She is the author of the novel Mercury Retrograde (Deluge, 2020).

Eugene Angelo is a designer from London, working internationally across music, fashion and contemporary culture. He is the co-founder of Lychee, a consumer electronics company reshaping DJing and cultural infrastructure.

Helen Chen is a strategist, researcher, and artist based in New York City. Her artistic practice focuses on exploring possible futures in food systems, material ecologies, and interspecies relations. Her work on fungi research has been internationally exhibited and received design awards such as Core77.

James Tunningley is Co-Founder of Architect Systems. A former Protocol Labs exec and UK diplomat, he advises sovereigns and ecosystems on technology, innovation, and economic strategy. An Oxford-educated sinologist and Royal Asiatic Society Fellow, he co-founded Argentina’s Crecimiento Movement and served on the World Wide Web Foundation’s Future Leaders Council. Also: kitesurfer.

Makayla Capps is a writer, curator and money doula based in NYC. In addition to serving as the Co-Executive Director of Rhizome at the New Museum from 2022-2024, Capps has held curatorial positions at MoMA and The Studio Museum in Harlem, where she co-organized the institution's first digital exhibition, titled “Hearts in Isolation.”

Maya Man is an artist exploring identity culture online, with a focus on femininity, authenticity, and self-performance. She has exhibited globally at prestigious venues including the Whitney Museum, bitforms, SOOT, Verse, HEK, and Feral File. Man runs a curatorial project called HEART (formerly based in her SoHo studio) and maintains an online presence at mayaontheinter.net.

Nick Susi is a writer and strategy executive, exploring the forces - technological, societal and psychological - that shape our identity, perception and culture. He has led strategy for dotdotdash, Complex, The Fader and Jay Z’s former media brand Life+Times. His research and writing can be found in Business Of Fashion, Boys Club, Joshua Citarella’s Do Not Research, Future Commerce, and more.

Other Internet is a nonprofit applied research organization. We investigate the psychological, political, and economic effects of digitalization, and we advance pro-social applications of new media technologies.

Parker Ito (b. 1986, Ventura, CA) is a Yonsei/Gosei Japanese American artist, à la mode, living in San Francisco and working in Los Angeles associated with Post Internet or Zombie Formalism, depending on who you ask. In the years gone by he has exhibited his oeuvre in galleries, museums, and coffee shops on 4 continents and will continue to exhibit his work in the future (hopefully).

Ruby Justice Thelot is a designer, cyberethnographer and artist based in New York. He is an adjunct professor of Design and Media Theory at New York University. He is the founder of the award-winning creative research and design studio 13101401 inc.

Tess Pollok is a writer, critic, and the editor of Animal Blood Magazine. She is based in Los Angeles and New York City.

Tigris is an Artist and Creative Technologist reimagining technology as a catalyst for emotional human connection. Co-founder of Lychee, a consumer electronics company reshaping DJing and cultural infrastructure, she also creates installations, electronic hardware, and sensory experiences that evoke curiosity, co-creation, and play. Her work includes collaborations with Converse, Arduino, & Visa.

Tony Wang is the founder of the Office of Applied Strategy (OAS), a consulting firm, think tank, and investment fund that partners with major luxury, consumer, tech, and entertainment brands. OAS focuses on enabling growth through disruptive, anti-disciplinary thinking. Wang previously served as Director of Brand & Content at SSENSE and has worked at McKinsey, IDEO, and Google.

Zane Kind, a Stanford graduate who studied 1960s counterculture's influence on tech, is CEO and cofounder of Silk, a microblogging platform for media curation. Based in New York, he aims to reshape internet infrastructure for taste and creativity. He met his cofounder Greg Wolff at Fest during its first year and has attended annually since.

I’m Zoë, a Multidimensional Guide, Sacred Space Holder, Ceremonialist, Yoga Teacher, Sound and Breathwork Practitioner. I serve as a bridge for your journey of self-discovery. Through sacred spaces, I invite you to awaken your multidimensional Self.