The Smartest People In The Room^®

Wayne Forte and Nelly Neben

Wayne Forte is the owner of Entourage Talent Associates in NYC. He has spent his entire 40+ year career working with many of the industry's most well known A-list talent- from David Bowie, The Clash, Hall & Oats to Tedeschi Truck band and dozens of others. He is also a founding member of NITO and is currently the board chair.

Nelly Neben is the owner of Axis Artist Management in LA. Like Wayne, she has also spent her entire 40+ years in this industry booking and managing the careers of such artists as The Beach Boys, Earth, Wind & Fire, Rita Coolidge and Frank Zappa among many others. She also serves on NITO's board and is currently the treasurer of the organzation.

The Smartest People In The Room^® is a series of one-on-one conversations between music industry executives and personalities hosted by Tom Truitt, Managing Director of the Music & Live Entertainment practice. These hour long conversations draw an audience of hundreds and feature every type of global music industry executive, including agents, managers, attorneys, business managers, promoters, publishers, working musicians, songwriters. The audience is global, with strong concentration in music business centers like New York City, Los Angeles, Nashville, London, Toronto, San Francisco, Austin and more.