The Black Jacket Symphony offers a unique concert experience through recreating classic albums in a live performance setting, while providing patrons an unparalleled audio/visual experience. A selected album is performed in its entirety by a group of handpicked musicians specifically selected for each album, with no sonic detail being overlooked—the musicians do whatever it takes to musically reproduce the album... read full bio
Robin Lord Taylor has been on both sides of the camera as a film and television actor and director. Some of his most well known work is in the movies Accepted, Would You Rather, and Another Earth. He also stars as Oswald Cobblepot in the TV drama series entitled Gotham. Originally from Shueyville, Iowa, Robin earned his Bachelor of Science... read full bio
Todd Stashwick is a writer and author with loads of experience, having worked on a massive number of films and television shows. He is especially known for his work on the show 12 Monkeys. Born in Chicago, Stashwick attended Illinois State University and after graduating, he landed some small gigs at local improvisational theaters. The Second City quickly hired Todd... read full bio
As an actor, dancer, and voice actor, Dante Basco certainly proves himself to be a versatile performer. Born and rasied in California, Dante’s career started off strong. Early on he was part of the breakdancing crew called Streat Freaks. Once he started to dabble in acting, he landed a few small television roles. His first more notable performance was as... read full bio
Cam is a country music singer-songwriter signed to Sony's country division, Arista Nashville. She is best known for My Mistake"" and the Grammy-nominated ""Burning House"", the singles from her first EP Welcome to Cam Country. ""Burning House"" became the best-selling female country song of the year, racking up over 500,000 in U.S. sales. Cam's first studio album, Untamed, appeared at... read full bio
Kayliox is a musical duo from from Quebec that has worked hard to make a name for themselves in the electronic music industry. Considered one of the most promising up and coming EDM acts, Kayliox is known for their hard-hitting bass lines and their dark tones.Their remixes on SoundCloud have earned the duo placed as the top of the... read full bio
Euge Groove is a smooth jazz saxophonist with a strong mainstream presence. A rather late-bloomer in the genre, Grove did not record his first solo album until 2000. Prior to that, he had replaced Richard Elliot in the Tower of Power when Elliot decided to pursue a solo career, and he also did session work with various pop artists, most... read full bio
Since the release of their debut album in 2010, the New York City-based indie pop group The Drums has developed a devoted fan base. The self-titled "The Drums" album reached at number 17 on the Billboard Heatseekers chart and charted in eight other nations, including number 16 in the UK. It received a Silver certification in the UK. They have... read full bio
Maggie Lindemann is a talented singer-songwriter who creates haunting indie-pop music similar to greats like BANKS and Lana Del Rey. After quickly building her online fan base, she gained even more popularity with the release of her debut single “Knocking on Your Heart”. The song rose to the iTunes Alternative Chart Top 20 within just 24 hours of its release.... read full bio
The S.O.S. Band is an iconic ’80s funk group, whose greatest hits include “Take Your Time (Do It Right)”, “Just Be Good to Me”, “Tell Me If You Still Care”, and “The Finest”. Their first hit single, “Take Your Time (Do It Right)”, was certified Platinum with more than 2 million in sales. The band’s debut album, S.O.S., achieved Gold... read full bio
Highly Suspect is a Grammy-nominated rock group, made up of twin brothers Rick and Ryan Meyer and their best friend Johnny Stevens. Their debut album, Mister Asylum, earned them their first Grammy Award nomination for Best Rock Album. It spawned the singles Lydia, which was also nominated for a Grammy, and Bloodfeather. Highly Suspect followed up with the album The... read full bio
Ry Cuming is best known by his stage name RY X. Ry is from Australia and he was the first artist signed to Dumont Dumont Records. Ry takes his biggest musical inspiration from Jeff Buckley and Pearl Jam. He started writing music at the age of 16, and he was originally inspired to start writing by Jeff Buckley’s album Grace.... read full bio
Jessica Mah is the Founder and CEO of inDinero, passionately helping entrepreneurs run better businesses. She established inDinero with the goal of assisting entrepreneurs with all of their accounting and tax needs, after experiencing similar challenges with her own business. Jessica has built inDinero from zero to multi-million dollar revenues with more than 150 full-time employees. It has raised over... read full bio
Mikko Hypponen is the Chief Research Officer for F-Secure. Hypponen has assisted law enforcement in the United States, Europe and Asia on cybercrime cases and advises governments on cyber crime. His team has been responsible for taking down the Sobig.F botnet. Hypponen has keynoted or spoken at various conferences around the world, including, Black Hat, DEF CON, DLD, Hack In... read full bio
Dr. Daniel Kraft is the Faculty Chair for Medicine & Neuroscience at Singularity University, as well as Founder and Chair of Exponential Medicine, which studies convergent, rapidly developing technologies and their future in biomedicine and healthcare. A Stanford and Harvard trained physician-scientist, inventor and entrepreneur; Dr. Kraft has more than 25 years under his belt working in clinical practice, biomedical... read full bio
Steve Sammartino is the co-host of #techtopia, and one of Australias most renowned futurists and business technologists. He has a remarkable talent for deciphering how new technologies affect different industries. Steve has established numerous technology startups, including the creation of one of the first Sharing Economy startups Rentoid.com, before Uber or Airbnb. A connoisseur of extreme projects, Steve is an... read full bio
Keren Elazari is a former hacker turned cyber security expert, sought-after speaker, industry analyst with GIGAOM Research and author on the topics of cyber security and privacy. Her popular TED talk, seen by millions and translated into 25 languages, helped form the discussion of hackers and their significant role in society. It was also named among TED’s Most Powerful Ideas... read full bio
Peter Hinssen is a serial entrepreneur, adviser and keynote speaker on the topics of radical innovation, leadership and the impact of all things digital on society and business. He highlights the consumer adoption of technology, the impact of the networked digital society, and the connection between business and IT. He has delivered several keynotes across the globe, including for Google... read full bio
Gerd Leonhard is one of the worlds leading futurists, amassing more than 1500 speaking engagements in over fifty countries and a collective audience of over 1 million. Gerd is an expert on near-future, nowist observations and actionable foresights in the areas of humanity, society, business and commerce, media, technology and communications. He has been hailed by The Wall Street Journal... read full bio
Kevin Warwick is a renowned scientist and Deputy Vice Chancellor at Coventry University. His areas of expertise include artificial intelligence, control, robotics, and biomedical engineering. A Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of The Institution of Engineering & Technology, Warwick is the youngest person ever to become a Fellow of the City & Guilds of London Institute. He has authored or... read full bio
