Tina Aufiero
Tina Aufiero, former Director of BFA Design & Technology Program at Parsons School of Design, is currently a visual artist and teacher, with a background in product design. Her own artistic interests have led her into the field of technology via an obsession with migrating whooper and trumpeter swans. Current works and research interests incorporate aspects of physical computing coordinated with sculptural and multimedia technologies. Aufiero has taught at Parsons School of Design for 15 years, in Design & Technology, Foundation and Product Design. She is committed to developing undergraduate curriculum that embraces the 21st century. Other teaching includes Iceland Academy of Art, RISD, Tyler, Cooper Union, UrbanGlass and Pilchuck Glass School. Her awards include Fulbright Research Grant 2002, TIFF Fund NSU 2000, ATT Foundation 1995, Pollack - Krasner Foundation 1990 and NEA 1989. Aufiero has exhibited nationally and internationally. Her studies have included BFA Sculpture/Glass- RISD 1981, Master Studies NYU - Feminist Theory/ Performance 1991-93, MFA from Parsons DT Department in 2004.

John Cosley
John Cosley is currently the Director of Digital Marketing at Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment where he oversees global online and mobile marketing strategies for the Studio’s DVD & Blu-Ray releases. He has overseen the digital marketing efforts and online media planning on some of the studio’s most successful films ranging from Ice Age: The Meltdown to Devil Wears Prada and Borat. Prior to his role at Fox, John was the Director of Interactive Marketing at Warner Bros. Home Video where he oversaw global B2B activities, co-managed e-commerce strategy and managed SEM. John has his MBA from Pepperdine University and a BS in Management Information Systems from CSU, Chico.

Felix Middleton
Felix is the Operations Director of FEREF Digital, the leading communications agency for the entertainment industry.

With over 10 years of experience Felix began his career at Hamilton and Red Hot Chilli, where he spent 3 years developing and understanding his craft. In 2001 Felix brought his talents to FEREF and has worked in close partnership with brands such as Paramount, Disney, Universal, 20th Century Fox, Capcom, Ubisoft, BBC and Setanta.

Steve Rappaport
Steve Rappaport is Director of Knowledge Solutions at the ARF and principal author of the Online Advertising Playbook (Wiley 2007), the industry’s first research-based guide to using digital media to achieve the full spectrum of marketing objectives, from lead generation to loyalty. Mr. Rappaport lead global research and strategy groups focused on digital media and their applications for marketing, advertising and the brand-consumer relationship for Interpublic, McCann Worldwide, BBDO, and DMB&B. On the client side, Steve headed up marketing and product development for ILS, a software and services firm, which made extensive use of the internet as part of its communications and product delivery strategy.

Emily Riley
Emily Riley is an advertising analyst in the New York City office of JupiterResearch. She covers advertiser and publisher trends and technologies including social marketing, brand and direct response marketing, targeting, measurement, and response. Emily has been quoted widely in the media, including by The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and The Financial Times. She has also made numerous television appearances on CNBC, Bloomberg and on the BBC World News.

Emily's insights draw on many years of experience in Internet advertising. Before Jupiter she worked at Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc. where she helped re-launch their web site as an advertising-based content site. Before that, she was at Advertising.com for five years as a delivery analyst. There she was responsible for the delivery and analysis of advertising campaigns across their network of over 2,500 sites.

Ashley Ringrose
In 2002 Ashley co-founded Soap Creative, an interactove agency based in deepest darkest Sydney, after serving a tour of duty in Euro RSCG and Hyro respectively.

Soap have built a reputation for great work for clients such as 20th Century Fox, EMI, Tourism Western Australia, Foxtel, Unilever and Hutchison 3. All while keeping the B.S. to an average of 17%. (Well below the industry norm.)

Ash is also the creator of BannerBlog (www.bannerblog.com.au) which currently archives over 850 examples of the best examples of online advertising from 207 different agencies, across 23 different countries, showcasing over 200 different brands.