Lisa Sun is a successful entrepreneur and investor, having worked and built relationships internationally in tentpole industries related to film, investment and blockchain specifically within Chinese and Canadian markets.

Lisa has been investing in both script-level independent films and blockchain technologies since 2015 and saw a gap in the marketplace as an investor to bridge the antiquated world of film financing with blockchain technology. Lisa’s tacit knowledge and ability to identify marketplace trends is what allowed her, as an investor, to identify early stage blockchain projects such as Cardano and Ethereum as generational opportunities.

Lisa brings her experience, network, team building skills, and market knowledge of blockchain and film as the Founder and President of Mogul Productions.

Paul Sparkes is an accomplished business leader and entrepreneur with over twenty five years of experience in media, finance, capital markets and Canada’s political arena. Paul spent a decade as a leader in the broadcast and media industry as CTVglobemedia’s Executive Vice President, Corporate Affairs. He also held senior positions in public service, including with the Government of Canada as Director of Operations to Prime Minister, Jean Chretien, and as a senior aide to two Premiers of Newfoundland and Labrador. 

Paul was a Co-Founder and executive vice chairman at Difference Capital Financial and serves on a number of private and public boards. He is currently President of Otterbury Holdings Inc., and is an advisor and deal maker for growth companies in the private and public markets.

Gorav has worked for 15 years in corporate finance and investment banking at leading independent investment dealers based in Toronto. During his career, Gorav has worked on over $4b of transactions, successfully advising corporate clients on transactions ranging from M&A and restructuring to IPOs, RTOs and financings. Prior to his career in capital markets, Gorav spent over a decade working in the film and television industry as entertainment manager and financier.

Tifanie J. Acosta is the Founder and the Managing Partner at Entertainment Law Partners, PC, where she specializes in representing entertainment, corporate, entrepreneur clients as well as individual actors, performers, writers, authors, directors, executive producers, musicians, agents, PR agencies, managers, and producers in all aspects of the corporate, business, and entertainment industry.

She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Colorado, Boulder and her J.D. from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles.

Tifanie is a voting member of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, a certified mediator, past columnist for InsideFilm. She has lectured at NXTComm, Hollywood Black Film Festival, Film Break, the Slamdance Film Festival, Southern Law School, Film-Com (Nashville) and Louisiana State University and has served on several panels discussing various issues in the entertainment industry. She is a contributing writer for HOLLYWOOD AND VINE magazine under a column entitled "Showbiz, Esq.". She also serves on the board of directors for the Romance in a Can Film Festival. And, in 2011, Tifanie was named a "VivMagnificent Woman" by Viv Magazine.

James Pratt is an award winning actor, director and celebrity favorite within international luxury auctioneering. With a strong background in acting, James started his career studying acting at the prestigious NIDA school in Sydney Australia, before landing a guest role on the hit TV show Home & Away. Since then James has gone on to work alongside some of the best in Hollywood including Q'orianka Kilcher, Sam Worthington and Erica Christensen.

In addition to acting and directing, James is regarded as one of the most successful and youngest real estate auctioneers in the world for luxury homes. Having won almost every top award within Australiasia for auctioneering, James has gained International recognition in the United States for setting several of the record highest real estate auction prices. Most recently in 2018, he signed a deal with reality show heavyweight Charlie Ebersol / Ebersol Lanigan and the Theco.com for his own show selling celebrity houses within Los Angeles. In 2019 James was named Australia's Top 5 Under 35 in Entertainment, he also made history by winning back to back, the Australian Auctioneer Of The Year Award in 2019 and again 2020.

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David Cormican is an Emmy-nominated producer, member of the PGA and both President & Co-Founder of DCTV. DCTV projects include the Emmy-nominated Tokyo Trial for NHK & Netflix, the Primetime Emmy-nominated The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe for Lifetime, ShadowHunters for Freeform, as well as the first Canadian Original Netflix series, Between.

Recently selected by Playback Magazine as one of the 2015 New Establishment and by the Hollywood Reporter as Next Generation Canada: Class of 2014, Cormican was also previously recognized by Playback Magazine in 2012 as one of the Top 10 to Watch and received the National Screen Institute’s Producer Drama Prize in 2010 and is an alumnus (and instructor) of the Trans-Atlantic Partners programme (TAP). In 2016, Cormican received the Distinguished Alumnus Award, MacEwan University’s highest honour, where he was recognized by his Alma Mater for his outstanding achievements in the areas of business, arts and culture, lifelong learning and community service and delivered the inspirational commencement address to the graduating class.

Cindy Cowan is an Emmy Winning Oscar nominated producer who co-founded Initial Entertainment Group (IEG) in 1995. From its conception to its sale in 2000, IEG became a leading film production and foreign sales company. IEG had many successes including an Emmy nom for Rent-A-Kid; Emmy, Golden Globe and People’s Choice noms for If These Walls Could Talk; the coveted United Nations Award for Savior; and four Oscar wins for Traffic.

Since forming Cindy Cowan Entertainment (CCE), Cowan has produced films with various A-list talent, including Woody Harrelson, Robert DeNiro, Sir Ben Kingsley, Sigourney Weaver and Cillian Murphy. She recently won an Emmy with her documentary Miracle on 42nd street. Next up is the horror film, True Haunting with Screen Gems, followed by the N Sync untitled bio-pic for Tri Star and a big action movie for Millennium films. Cindy was recently named Women of the Year award by the WIN , as well as Humanitarian of the Year by the Hollywood film festival

After graduating college with high honors, Lyriq Bent originally began his career as a Computer Graphic Technician. Bent's plans, however, were short-lived as he decided to take up acting on a dare. Since then, his career has gained considerable momentum with numerous film and television appearances already under his belt. Bent's eclectic mix of roles and rising popularity has earned kudos in both his native Canada and the U.S.

In addition to landing a co-starring role on Lifetime's drama series "Angela's Eyes" from the producers of Crash, Bent guest starred on the CBS series "CSI: Miami" opposite David Caruso, the UPN series "Kevin Hill" opposite Taye Diggs and USA Network's "Kojak" opposite Ving Rhames. Additionally, the versatile actor has had recurring roles on the CBS/Zoetrope series "Platinum", the ESPN/Disney series "Playmakers" and the hit E1/ABC series "Rookie Blue". Bent also appeared in Robert Townsend's multi-award winning television movie "10,000 Black Men Named George" and the CBC mini-series "Guns", winner of five Geminis, alongside Elisha Cuthbert and Colm Feore.

Rob Prior has been called one of his generation’s preeminent content generators. He’s worked with some of the biggest names in movies, comics, and the arts.

Rob is a fixture on the convention circuit and live paints for audiences numbering more than 250,000 a year. Peak behind the creative process behind Rob’s art and movies and you’ll find both the madness and sublime that drives his creativity.