Tuesday, October 20th, 2026 | 5-7PM
Live @ Penske Media Screening Room
11355 W. Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90064
Culture as Capital brings Unexpected Connections LIVE for a conversation about culture, creativity, influence, and what happens when worlds collide.
Tim Chan
Tim Chan is the Vice President of Commerce for Penske Media, overseeing shopping, hospitality and consumer tech coverage for PMC's leading fashion and entertainment brands. In addition to spearheading the editorial and affiliate strategy for each publication, Tim works in tandem with the audience and business development teams on 360-degree projects designed to amplify revenue and reach.
Tim joined Penske in 2016 as the founding editor of Spy.com, the company's first e-commerce platform. He was later appointed as the first-ever Lifestyle Editor at Rolling Stone, before being promoted to the corporate team in 2023.
Prior to joining PMC, Tim worked at Snapchat, where he helped to develop content for the Snapchat Discover platform, and he was the founder of the award-winning independent fashion magazine, Corduroy.
Tim got his start in his native Canada, where he was a producer for the E! Network and MuchMusic. In addition to his media work, Tim has consulted for a number of fashion and lifestyle brands, spanning apparel, accessories and hospitality.
We’re honored to welcome Chris to the conversation at Unexpected Connections: Culture as Capital on 10/20!
As SVP of Music Business at CJ ENM USA, Chris leads US music strategy, IP development and major live entertainment initiatives, including KCON. He’s spent more than 14 years across music, media and live entertainment in the US and Asia, bringing the US and Korean entertainment industries together. CJ ENM has been at the forefront of these cross-cultural connections. This past August, Chris was instrumental in bringing Mexico-based Kpop group Santos Bravos to the KCON LA stage, where Korean, Latin and American audiences came together.
Chris joins Matthew Choy of Intertrend Communications for a conversation moderated by Tim Chan of Penske Media.
Dr. Alison Heney of @molaa is joining Unexpected Connections: Culture as Capital. She’s a researcher, an educator with 15+ years in the field, and a Latina voice on what happens when cultures meet, and why it matters well beyond pop culture.
Matthew Choy
Matthew
What is Unexpected Connections?
For over 17 years as an event series (previously Imprint Culture Lab), Unexpected Connections has brought together inventive people thinking across industries and bringing positive change — all those who are seeing, making, and facilitating unexpected connections.
Through a series of global culture conferences and dinners, Unexpected Connections has built a wide nexus of thinkers, doers, makers of things, poised to initiate cultural vectors and connect the dots between segment, market and industry.
Unexpected Connections is produced by Intertrend Lab and Creative Class Collective
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