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.

Chloe Lula is a Berlin-based DJ, producer and journalist. She is the senior producer at Resident Advisor, where she hosts weekly video interviews on the RA Exchange and curates panels, talks and workshops for festivals like Dekmantel, ADE, Nuits Sonores, Rewire, Unsound and many more.

Lula received her master’s degree from Columbia Journalism School in 2020, which was shortly followed by a fellowship with the Pulitzer Center in 2021. Her writing has appeared in the Washington Post, the New York Times, Politico, The Quietus, Esquire and The Wire, where she writes a regular column on dance music.

In addition to her career as a multimedia music journalist, she is also a touring DJ and a resident and releasing artist on Tresor, Blueprint, and Falling Ethics. Her debut full-length instrumental album will be out in November 2024.

Whittle joined the military straight from school and after 6 years service joined Staffordshire Fire & rescue service as a full time Firefighter. After 10 years service Whittle had to leave due to eye problems and from there fell into the world of electronic music and events.

Having worked for the biggest brands of the day, Renaissance, Ministry of sound and Homelands festivals including the millennium show on Bondi Beach Whittle was invited to join Pacha Ibiza as full programmer of the venue and Brand Director. It was during the 13 years programming Pacha that along with the other partners of IMS that the IMS concept was born. Now into its 17th year with new partners Beatport the event goes from strength to strength.

Whittle is also full programmer of Club Chinois Ibiza and also manages several up coming DJs

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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.

Grace Ladoja is the co-founder and CEO of London-based creative agency Metallic Inc., founder of Lagos-based festival and creative platform Homecoming, and manager to pioneering Afrobeats producer, Sarz.

Throughout her career, Grace has consistently driven game-changing partnerships between brands and talent at the crossroads of fashion, music, and entertainment, with a strong mandate to foster collaborative and community-centred cultural growth. A tireless champion of Black ownership in the creative industry, Grace co-founded the Metallic Fund in 2020, a not-for-profit organisation which offers grants, workshops, and mentorship programs to support and elevate Black creatives in the UK.

In 2018 Grace was awarded an MBE for services to the music industry, acknowledging her longstanding role as Skepta’s manager, which took Grime to new global heights.

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.

Katie has held the position of General Manager of International Music Summit for 7 years, collaborating closely with its founding partners and the IMS board to define and deliver its global summit strategy. An elected member of the Executive Board of AFEM: Association for Electronic Music, Katie is a passionate advocate for making the electronic music industry a better place for all.

Before joining IMS, Katie led teams at London agencies in the strategic planning and production of integrated marketing campaigns, specialising in music and live events.

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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.

Sophia Kearney is the co-founder of the event series, label and fashion house HE.SHE.THEY. With over ten years working in the music industry as a manager, Sophia holds a wealth of knowledge in all things music and the arts. She is also the co-CEO of The Weird & The Wonderful, where she manages artists including SYREETA, Emily Nash & Wax Wings and previously Maya Jane Coles, Magda & Dense & Pika to name a few.

Alongside co-founder Steven Braines, her work for HE.SHE.THEY spans cultivating brave spaces and ideas to live in a world without prejudice. The platform has hosted festival stages at Glastonbury, (UK) Coachella, (USA) Kappa FUTUR, (IT) Creamfields (CHL), Lost Village (UK) and many more, not to mention club nights around the world, counting fabric, KOKO, Motion, Sub Club and NX in the UK and a residency at Amnesia in Ibiza amongst countless other spots. Sophia has seen it all in music — the highs, the lows and the chaos of the music business.

Nominated for LGBTQ leader award at the UK diversity awards, Steven Braines is a co-founder of the international event series/record label HE.SHE.THEY. With Sophia Kearney which promotes diversity and inclusion in electronic music with a global record label and stage takeovers from Coachella to Glastonbury and a residency at amnesia. Steven also runs talent management company The Weird & The Wonderful, managing artists to various awards and accolades such as Maya Jane Coles, Tale of Us, Tricky, Magda, Mercury Nominated Nadine Shah, Grammy-nominated artists Engine-Eatz and Catz ’n Dogz, even managing his then flatmate KDA to number 1! Steven is a board member of the NTIA and formerly of the MMF and AFEM boards, which has led to making various global pride lists.  Steven has spoken about diversity, inclusion and safer spaces around the world, from Miami WMC to Amsterdam Dance Event. Interviews include DJ Mag, Billboard & GQ. In other lives, Steven has also been a qualified psychologist, music journalist, and drag queen, the infamous Sandra Spitz, as well as working for companies such as Kiss and Ministry.

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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