- Keynote speaker Stephen Galloway, Executive Features Editor of The Hollywood Reporter, 

- Directors Jorge Gutierrez and Trisha Gum, 

- David Levine of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory,

- Producers including Monica Lago-Kaytis, Latifa Ouaou and Jasmine Jaisinghani,

- WGA award-winning writer Sameer A. Gardezi, 

- Closing speaker Karen Horne, SVP of Programming Talent Development and Inclusion for NBCUniversal. 

Other speakers include: 

- Cal State Long Beach Director of the School of Art Aubry Mintz, 

- Free the Bid’s Executive Director Emma Reeves, 

- Executive Producer of Illumination Maggie Malone,

- SVP of Creative for Illumination Zaid Al-Asady, 

- EVP of Development for Sony Animation Karen Toliver, 

- Abrams Artists Agency literary agent Karen Kirkland, 

- Head of Animation for Cal Arts Maija Burnett, 

- Journalist and host Michaela Pereira, 

- Matt Waynee of USC Media Arts & Engineering.

BRIC stands for ‘Break, Reinvent, Impact and Change,’ and seeks to support and nurture emerging talent as it pertains to women and underrepresented groups who have an interest in being creative leaders.