ABout us
Infinity Festival Hollywood is an annual, multi-day event that celebrates “STORY ENABLED BY TECHNOLOGY.” Since 2018, Infinity Festival has grown to become the premiere, and only event that unites the talent behind Hollywood storytelling with the power of Silicon Valley technology. IF hosts keynotes, panels, presentations, showcases, demonstrations and screenings of exclusive content being created by and for the latest tech. Infinity Festival features the latest in: Metaverse, Web3, AI, XR, OTT, Film, TV, Audio, Animation, Music, 5G, Gaming, NFTs, fine art and more with the leading talent from each of these industries.
IF creates targeted exposure by reaching a desired audience through various forms of media. The below infographic contains a breakdown of IF stats, showing steady audience growth since 2018. Infinity Festival has been commended by the City of Los Angeles for its exceptional contribution to the people, helping to make the city a better place to work, live and thrive.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Mark Lieber
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Infinity Festival
Hanno Basse
Chairman, Infinity Festival and Chief Technology Officer, Digital Domain
Lori H. Schwartz
Chief Curator and Chief Strategy Officer, Infinity Festival
Adam Newman
Chief Creative Officer, Infinity Festival
Jay Williams
Chief Operating Officer, Infinity Festival Hollywood
Lisa Jordan
Fine Art Curator, Infinity Festival
Alex Barder
Beast Media Group - Immersive Gaming and Entertainment
Elijah Allan-Blitz
Director
Jeff Bender
Equinix - Datacenter
David Bowd
Salt Hotels - The Aster Club - Hospitality
Garth Burkhard
Sony Pictures Animation - Theatrical and Streaming Content
John Canning
AMD – Monolith Creative and Technology Awards
Rick Champagne
NVIDIA – AI
Patrick Costello
Qualcomm – XR and 5G
Elie Dekel
Dekel Brands - Branding
Vicki Dobbs Beck
ILMxLAB – Immersive
Svetlana Dvoretsky
Lighthouse Immersive, Inc. – Immersive Exhibitions
Chris Edwards
The Third Floor – Visualization
Guy Finley
MESA
Jeff Fishman
JSF Financial
Ron Geller
Dolby - Audio
David Goodman
Producer
Rick Hack
Intel – Studio of the Future
Jonas Hudson
GFT Exchange - Blockchain
Liz Huszarik
Infinity Festival Hollywood – Head of Consumer and Media Strategy
Marc Johnson
Monolith Creative Awards
Maile Kaiser
CoreSite
Kevin Knocke
ReKT Global – Esports
Chris Lang
SmithGeiger -Research
Richard Lee
Salisian Lee – Legal
Ron Litvak
RSL and Company
John MacInnes
MacInnes Studios – Real Time Production
Dina Marovich
Infinity Festival Hollywood – Marketing
Barbara Marshall
HP – Remote Collaboration
Russell Naftal
Beast Media Group - Immersive Gaming and Entertainment
Tony Parisi
Metaverse
Toby Past
Razorfish – Advertising
Demetri Portelli
Stereographer/
Cinematographer – 3D
Yael Prough
IGN – Gaming
Erin Reilly
University of Texas at Austin - IF Student Lab
Judith Regan
Regan Arts – Storytelling
Dan Reines
SmithGeiger - Research
Rena Ronson
United Talent Agency (UTA) – Theatrical and Streaming Content
Corey Ross
Lighthouse Immersive, Inc. – Immersive Exhibitions
Anshel Sag
Moor Insights and Strategy – Analyst
Susan Sandler
PopUpSummer! – Retail Innovation
Samuel Sekine
Infinity Festival Hollywood – Chief Financial Officer
Ted Schilowitz
Paramount Pictures – Futurist
Charles Shumaker
Shumaker Mallory LLP - Legal
Brad Sive
ReKT Global – ESports
Kathleen Schröter
ootiboo GmbH – Wellness and Tech
Jodi Senese
OUTFRONT Media – Media
Sue Shakespeare
Creative Capers/ASIFA – Animation
Dave Smith
SmithGeiger - Research
Danilo Moura Silva
Simulated Reality – Immersive Production
Joel Sloss
Microsoft Azure – Content Creation and Security
Dane Smith
The Third Floor, Inc – Visualization
Stephen Steelman
Brigantine Films – Content Creation
Shelby Stone
Narrative Film Group – Inclusivity
Christina Lee Storm
Netflix – Women In Technology
Alice Taylor
The Walt Disney Studios - Technology
Nigel Tierney
Yahoo Ryot Lab – Innovation
Ravi Velhal
Intel – Immersive Cinema
Brian Vogelsang
Qualcomm – XR and 5G
Stephen Walter
Verizon – 5G
