Sharzede Salleh Askor has accumulated over 30 years of working experience with her early years in the government agency and hospitality industry while the remaining 22 years, she spent her career in the corporate world as part of the Senior Management team. She has a Master’s Degree in Business Administration and currently pursuing her Doctorate in the same field majoring in Tourism. Considering herself as a specialist in Branding & Communications, she helms the position of the Chief Executive Officer at the Sarawak Tourism Board when the Sarawak State Government is currently pursuing its Visit Sarawak Campaign, an international marketing program to rebrand and reposition Sarawak as a Malaysia’s prime destination for Culture, Adventure, Nature, Food and Festival. She has been known as one that is determined, enthusiastic, passionate, a no nonsense, and inspiring leader and strongly believes in the importance of good leadership which has greatly influence in her doctoral research pursuit in, specifically transformational leadership.

Furat Qaddouri is one of the most well-known Qanoun player in the world specialized in Iraqi maqam and world music. The love Furat carries for pop and jazz, encouraged him to present the Qanoon in a different and unique way. Due to his participation in several international festivals, which enabled him to mix and incorporate rhythms of various cultures specifically with Jazz & Latin tunes. Furat’s musical compositions extend beyond being strictly a commercial approach, his music rather takes a deeper and more expressive style to continually enhance and develop the Iraqi Maqam (a 400 year old genre of Arabic Music found in Iraq). In 2012 Furat Qaddouri founded a Music Center aimed at teaching music instruments, ballet and arts to children, young adults and adults who are enthusiastic about learning a new instrument. He then founded Sharjah World Music Festival two years after the opening of the music academy, a leading music festival in the UAE. Jazz at the Island Festival then followed in 2018. A music festival dedicated to all genres of jazz music. Finally Furat founded Real music – Dubai. a foundation and organization aimed at developing the local musical scene, through cross-cultural and cross-genre exchange, by booking talents to introduce in the Middle East, mainly in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Also, creating and organizing sensational concerts, and establishing awareness about the different genres and cultures in music industries worldwide. Mainly done by organizing international Music Festivals and networking exhibitions, in which musicians and singers can present themselves to organizers and agents in the market.

Sawoong Hong has been a staff of KAMS(Korea Arts Management Service) since 2008. KAMS(founded in 2006) is the public agency for the Arts Management in Korea.

It provides the services of research, educational programs, fundraising-resources, consulting, international exchange(marketing) and brand new supporting programs(such as a hack-a-thon for arts start-ups & 4IR).

Now(from 2020) is-he a director, performing arts division, KAMS; PAMS, SPAF, Journey To Korean Music, Center Stage Korea(International Exchange Brands) and statistics-research platform(KOPIS; KOrea Performing arts box office Information System). 

“We, the division of Performing Arts in KAMS, are a pace maker(as a marathon race)” especially, said-he. “Painless, We make an ACE(for performing arts companies) at last.  

Mr. Samil Yang is well-known as a Latin American Cultural Promotor. In 1997, he founded Asia-Iberoamerica Cultural Foundation in Bogota, Colombia and has dedicated to foster the cultural exchange between Asia and Latin America. In 2003, for the first time in the field he introduced Korean Performing Arts in Cuba, invited by the Ministry of Culture of Cuba. During 20 years, he has lead Korean Wave in Colombia promoting the prominent artists of Korea including National Ballet of Korea, Universal Ballet, Soprano Sumi Jo, Samulnori Kim Duk Su, Poet Shin Kyung Lim, Novelist Hyun Ki Young and etc. In 2016, he received the 35th Sejong Cultural Award by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Korea and in 2018 the Merit of the Superior Education by National Police of Colombia.

 Alan Holt is International Manager for the New Zealand Music Commission. The New Zealand Commission is a Government-funded agency committed to supporting NZ music businesses. The New Zealand Music Commission international office undertakes projects and partnerships aimed at exporting NZ music and assisting music businesses in working internationally. Prior to joining the New Zealand Music Commission, Alan was the General Manager and buyer for Global Routes Distribution, owner of two clothing stores – Bunny Boutique and the New Zealand branch of the Beastie Boys affiliated street-wear label X-Large – and for most of the 90’s worked at New Zealand independent label Flying Nun Records. In his spare time Alan is writing a book about the history of Flying Nun Records and performs/records as one half of experimental music group White Saucer.

Isabel Soffer has been at the forefront of global cultural programming in the USA for more than twenty-five years. She is co-founder and co-director of globalFEST, Inc, a non-profit organization serving the world music community since 2003. gF moves world music into the center of the performing arts field in the Unites States through its annual groundbreaking festival each January, a touring fund, an award ceremony, a national tour, and stage curation. She is also founder of Live Sounds, a company that produces, creates and curates concerts and festivals of diverse music and dance traditions from around the world in New York and across the country. Her innovative programming aims to encourage and cultivate ancient traditions, as well as to highlight musical styles at the intersection of old and new.

Sungtae Kim is a Team Manager of City Festival Promotion Department of Ulsan Arts and Culture Foundation. He was a Secretary-General at The Federation of Ulsan Cultural Center and The Federation of Artistic and Cultural Organization of Ulsan. Kim also worked as a DJ at a music program and built the careers for many years. He contributed to Arts in Ulsan by hosting various festivals and directing in the fields of musical and performing art.