Chris Castle founded Christian L. Castle, Attorneys in Los Angeles in 2005 and moved the firm to Austin in 2011. Chris divides his time between advising creators in the music industry, representing innovative music tech startups and addressing public policy. He has negotiated a number of industry-wide settlements that helped music users avoid litigation and get licensed. Chris has testified on artist rights issues at the UK Parliament, spoken at Congressional seminars and lectures at law schools and business schools in the US and Canada on music-tech issues and artist rights. Prior to founding the firm he was SVP and General Counsel to SNOCAP in San Francisco, SVP Business Affairs at Sony Music in New York, and VP Business Affairs at A&M Records in Hollywood. Chris is an MBA graduate of the UCLA Anderson School of Management and a JD graduate of the UCLA School of Law where he was a member of the UCLA Law Review and an Olin Fellow in Law and Economics. He is admitted to the bar in California and Texas. Chris writes the MusicTech.Solutions blog for entrepreneurs. He also writes an occasional blog for the Huffington Post, contributes to The Trichordist and edits the MusicTechPolicy blog. He is a native Texan.

Gigi's diverse work rethinks how connected technologies are transforming how we create, learn, and work.

She I is the Inaugural Director of the UCLA Center for Music Innovation -- focusing on the ways that technology is affecting the complex social systems around music and other sectors. She continues to run the 15-year-old Maremel Institute, a California-based Think Tank that blends research and building new experiences and transformative programs in media, music, and education.

She has an EdD from Fielding Graduate University, an MBA from UCLA Anderson, and BA in Cinematic Arts from the University of Southern California.

She most recently has taken on the role of Acting Co-Affiliate Partner for Los Angeles FIRST Tech Challenge, helping more than a hundred teams of 7th-12th graders build, program, and compete with 18-inch robots -- and welcomes questions and interests there as well!