Charles Melcher is the founder and director of the Future of StoryTelling (FoST), which gathers a passionate community of people from the worlds of media, technology, and communications who are exploring how storytelling is changing in the digital age. FoST produces the annual invitation-only FoST Summit in New York as well as exhibitions, an annual series of short films, salons, workshops, a blog, and other social media content aimed at its network of over half a million followers. This year they debuted Future of StoryTelling Festival (FoST FEST), the world’s first immersive storytelling expo open to the public, in New York City from October 7–9. Melcher is also the founder and CEO of Melcher Media, Inc., an award-winning book producer, app developer, video maker, and branded content company whose clients include major international brands such as Microsoft, PepsiCo, Lexus, Adobe, and Ubisoft. Melcher Media has won numerous design awards and has produced 25 New York Times best sellers, including the recent #1 best seller Hamilton: The Revolution, the official companion to the smash-hit Broadway musical.