Buckingham, Jane President and Founder, The Intelligence Group Jane Buckingham is the president and founder of the country’s leading research and trend forecasting company, The Intelligence Group, a division of Creative Artists Agency. Jane has been studying and interpreting America's youth for more than a decade. The Intelligence Group publishes The Cassandra Report®, among other reports and services, and issues trendcentral®, a daily e-mail covering fashion, beauty, lifestyle, technology, and entertainment. Additionally, Buckingham is a best-selling author of The Modern Girl series of books, a contributing editor to Cosmopolitan Magazine and regularly appears on nationally broadcast shows such as Good Morning America and The View.

Catapano, Matt Senior Director, Research and Planning, MTV Matt Catapano is the Senior Director for Research and Planning Department at MTV. In his position he is responsible for managing the qualitative and quantitative attitudinal research for all on-air program development, by creating and enacting an overall brand strategy through acute understanding of the needs, concerns and motivations of MTV’s audience. Matt serves as key liaison between MTV Research and MTV Programming and Entertainment, MTV Pro-social, MTV Films and MTV Talent. Prior to his position at MTV, Matt worked in the White House in the Clinton Administration for the Economic Advisor as well as the President’s political advisor and pollster. He was also an Associate Producer for NBC news where he was responsible for planning NBC news and MSNBC’s coverage of the Millennium and Decision 2000. Matt has been with MTV for seven years.

Clique Girls Paris Monroe, Destinee Monroe, and Ariel Moore Working with some of the top-name producers/songwriters in the business, Clique Girlz Paris Monroe, 12, Destinee Monroe, 14 and Ariel Moore, 13, have stunned industry observers with a professionalism that still doesn’t get in the way of fun. In person, the Clique Girlz finish each other’s sentences as they enthusiastically describe the journey that has taken them from their native Atlantic City, NJ, to Hollywood, where Jimmy Iovine himself signed them to his Interscope label. One listen and you realize this is no manufactured, teenybopper, bubble-gum group, but a group whose music can appeal to all ages. The three met at school five years ago and became inseparable friends, driven by their love of music and dance to form a group.

Garland, Frank COO, HighSchoolSports.net Frank Garland has over 25 years of experience successfully building and managing advertising sales and marketing groups focused on Fortune 1000 level advertisers. Frank Garland's experience includes 18 years with Landmark Communications. While with Landmark, Frank Garland served as SVP of Sales for the Weather Channel and was responsible for the launch of Sales and Marketing for The Travel Channel and weather.com. Most recently, Frank Garland was SVP of Sales and Marketing for the launch of The Tennis Channel, one of the few successful independent cable network launches in the last five years. Frank Garland's entrepreneurial skill set is evident from his having been a major contributor to the success of five start-up/early stage media companies. Frank Garland has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration from The University of Kentucky.

Lee, Sharon Co-President and Co-Founder, Look-Look, Inc.Co-Publisher, Look-Look Magazine Sharon Lee, leading youth culture expert and Co- Founder of the marketing company Look-Look, Inc. has been at the forefront of youth culture and trend research for over twelve years. After graduating with honors from Claremont McKenna College, Lee began her advertising career with Ketchum Advertising in Los Angeles, where she gained valuable experience working on a leading automotive brand (Acura). Lee joined ad agency Lambesis as head of strategic branding for youth culture clients -- At Lambesis, Lee and her partner DeeDee Gordon b developed the first national market research report focusing on trendsetters and trend diffusion among youth – the L Report. Lee’s positioning in the marketplace led clients such as Airwalk to a 400% growth. Other clients included bebe women’s clothing, Levis, SKYY Vodka, Mattel Sports, Baby Guess and Guess Home Collection. Look-Look is a one-of-a-kind research and marketing company that helps businesses stay connected with the ever-changing youth market. Today Look-Look has the largest global network of 14-35 year old correspondents, respondents, and photojournalists who report on their own culture. Look-Look’s proprietary panel and database technology allow them to maintain a constant 2-way dialogue with trendsetting and mainstream young people from around the world.