Ben Turner co-founded the International Music Summit and leads its overall direction. In 2013, he co-founded AFEM (the Association for Electronic Music), a global not-for-profit trade body designed to preserve, protect and promote electronic music culture. In 2017, he also co-founded The Art of Areté, a wellness platform which is deeply integrated into IMS Ibiza.

Turner is the owner of Graphite Music, a music management and brand services company which specialises in electronic music.

Turner made his name as co-founder of the award-winning electronic magazine Muzik, created the Muzik Awards, and was creative director on DanceStar USA: The American Dance Music Awards. He began his career at the Melody Maker, and has gone on to produce TV shows, books, and documentaries about dance music culture and is a regular in the Billboard Dance Power Player list.

Blaise DeAngelo is a former DJ and label executive who left his post in 2017 after being named to Billboard’s Dance Power Players for his leadership of Skrillex’s OWSLA to embark on a personal quest for well-being and self-realization.

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In 2017, he co-founded The Art of Areté, in partnership with IMS, to support the well-being of the arts and entertainment industry through training and education in meditation, yoga, nutrition, sleep, exercise, and more.

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He’s since trained extensively as a teacher of Vedic Meditation under meditation master and neuroscientist Maharishi Vyasanand Sarasvati, successor to Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the world-famous Indian guru known for teaching The Beatles and inspiring their White Album. In addition to teaching, he remains active in the industry as a creative consultant.

Farah Nanji, known by her artist alias, N1NJA, is a British DJ, producer, TEDx speaker, and podcaster.

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N1NJA paints her canvas through a fusion of ethnic instruments hypnotically looped into ethereal techno, releasing on prestigious imprints such as Mobilee and Sol Selectas, and performances at iconic venues like Destino Pacha.

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She is currently the host of the no.1 podcast series, Mission Makers, featuring thought-provoking interviews with leaders like Deepak Chopra and Carl Cox. Nanji’s speaking impact is amplified by her acclaimed TEDx talk on the transformative potential of neurodiversity. As a frequent moderator at Davos and ambassador at UNESCO, she passionately advocates transformative conversations on a global scale. Nanji is the Curation Manager at IMS.

Jaguar is a DJ, Broadcaster, Curator, and Journalist amongst the new guard of multi-hyphenate talents steering UK dance music towards brighter waters. She’s a next-gen tastemaker instigating change through UTOPIA, The Jaguar Foundation, and her BBC Introducing on Radio 1 Dance Show.

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The 28-year-old hails from Alderney in The Channel Islands but is based in East London via Leeds. Adored and admired by her industry, Jaguar was voted DJ Mag’s Underground Hero at the 2023 Best of British DJ Awards and was dubbed “UK radio’s next-gen champion”, after winning Best Radio show in 2021, as well as being Mixmag’s Broadcaster of 2021, and BBC Radio 1’s Dance Impact Award winner in 2022.

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Jaguar is booked to DJ all over the world from Glastonbury, Tomorrowland São Paulo, CRSSD San Diego, to fabric, Amnesia, Hideout Festival, Snowbombing, Movement Detroit, and Pikes Ibiza.

Pete Tong is one of the most renowned figures in dance music with a career spanning over 4 decades. Tong has been the voice of dance music, hosting BBC Radio 1's Essential Mix every Friday for over 30 years giving global exposure of dance music to various generations. As a DJ, he has played and toured all over the world headlining shows in almost every corner of the world.

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Next year will mark the 10th year anniversary of his Ibiza Classics project with whom has headlined prestigious arenas in the UK, sold out The O2 multiple times and played for the Kings Coronation to name a few.

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As a global ambassador for dance music, Tong co-founded the International Music Summit. More recently, true to his mission as an ambassador for the youth and dance music, he founded the Pete Tong DJ Academy where the future stars of dance music are nurturing their skills by the hand of Tong and an all-star cast of tutors including Carl Cox, Jamie Jones, Sama' Abdulhadi, TSHA, Nicole Moudaber and Adam Beyer.

Sofia Ilyas joined Beatport in 2023 as Chief Community Officer, introducing a new community/diversity department to highlight the company's commitment to positive change. Before joining Beatport, Ilyas worked in the music industry, co-managing the record label Erased Tapes for five years and helping kickstart the careers of artists like Nils Frahm and Kiasmos.

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In 2015, Ilyas founded FLOAT, a boutique PR and marketing agency. Through FLOAT, she championed the music of both emerging and well-known electronic artists, organising events such as Sasha at The Barbican.Since 2016, Ilyas has been hosting annual Piano Day events in London (UK) and Melbourne (Australia) under FLOAT. She's known for creating innovative concert experiences. In 2024, her piano event will return to the National Gallery in London.

Tracie Storey, aka Tensuhi, Vibrational Sound Practitioner, Qigong Teacher, sound designer, speaker and co-curator of The Art of Areté (part of IMS).

Her full spectrum approach to sound, explores the transformational therapeutic properties of bio resonance and vibrational sound. As a practitioner her sessions are instinctively tuned to the individual client, as a lecturer and workshop lead she hosts immersive group sound harmonisations. Notably hosting the first ‘Power of Sound’ panel at BMC in 2018 and ADE in 2019 to present on this fascinating field.

Founder of Elemental Resonance a platform for restorative vibrational sound therapy established 2012. Her workshops have been held in Bali, Peru, Mexico, Mallorca, Canada, Australia & London. Her ‘Elemental Resonance’ album, released on Basement Jaxx's Celestial Being Records, includes a series of non-electronic, natural acoustic recordings, deeply inspired by nature.

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