
Hu Pengnan is a Postdoctoral Fellow at The Education University of Hong Kong. His research focuses on Chinese and transnational screen industries, platformed cultural production, micro-dramas, and emerging media technologies. His work has appeared in leading journals in film, media, and communication studies. He also works closely with creative-industry partners, and currently leads projects connecting academic research with VR, AI-assisted creative practice, and international artistic exchange.

His representative works include the The family we build series and Reborn at 18 :The Great-Grandma Takes Charge series. Many short drama productions presented by FlickReels(Heard Island) have achieved extremely high popularity across the entire network, setting numerous records with a total view count exceeding 100 billion times.

Neil Choi is the founder and CEO of SpoonLabs, a content platform company operating the short-form drama platform 'Vigloo' and audio platform 'Spoon.' SpoonLabs generates significant overseas growth, with 'Vigloo' emerging as a leading Korean short-form platform in the global market. Recently, the company has been expanding into AI-driven content production while supporting and investing in the global expansion of Korean content and creators.

Jonathan Wong is a multi-faceted artist whose work in music, TV, and film has captivated audiences for over a decade. A Cornell graduate, he develops cross-regional co-productions at Octagon Metatainment. His recent project, Rags 2 Richmond, began as a microdrama—making him the first Hong Kong solo singer on MBC Show! Music Core, winning the Ovasian Impact Award, and evolving from a vertical series into a feature film and unscripted series as a full 360 IP.

Senior Director of Mango Project Studio at Mango TV, overseeing content acquisition, distribution, and short-drama business partnerships. Founder of Mango's 'Thousand-IP Joint Creation Ecosystem Plan'; has introduced multiple hit titles to the platform.