Jodi Michelle-Cutler

Jodi Michelle-Cutler is a film producer (Rally Caps, 2022), an author, an activist, and a mother. A Baltimore native, she lived in Tuscany, Italy, for over 20 years, where she had two children (one of whom has a cochlear implant). Jodi is a founding member of the Global Coalition of Parents of Children who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing and an online forum that supports over 15000 families of children with hearing loss. She was also instrumental in promoting and instigating newborn hearing screening in Italy.

Marshall Chasin

As director of research and chief audiologist of the Musicians' Clinics of Canada, Dr. Marshall Chasin is a highly sought-after and award-winning expert in helping audiologists select and choose hearing aids so that music sounds fantastic to individuals with hearing loss. He lectures worldwide and is the author of five books on hearing, hearing loss prevention, and hearing aids. He will be sharing tips on how to help children with hearing loss get the best out of music with hearing technology.

Julie Sparkes