Digital Music Forum East February 25-26, 2009
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2009 Speakers Exclusive Keynotes Dalton Caldwell, Founder/CEO, imeem Music-focused online social network imeem has raised over $50 million in funding from investors including Sequoia Capital and Warner Music Group, according to reports. The company, which counts 30 million registered users, has licenses from all four major labels and many independents to offer free, ad-supported streaming music. While many see social networks as a crucial component in helping indie musicians and record labels win fans and launch careers in the Web 2.0 era, some are skeptical about the company's future. In this rare opportunity to meet imeem's 28-year-old founder, recently featured in BusinessWeek.com's up-and- comers under 30 story, you will get a view of the current inner workings of the digital music industry and what role he would like imeem and other social networks and streaming services to play in the music eco-system of the future. Jim Griffin, Warner Music Advisor/President, Choruss For the past year, Jim Griffin has advised Warner Music Group on digital distribution and licensing models with the goal of bringing an end to the litigation that has put a wedge between the major labels and their customers and replacing it with a regular flow of income for right holders. The project known as Choruss, which is being incubated at Warner and is planned to be rolled out as a non-profit with Griffin at the helm, proposes to build a small music-royalty fee into university tuition payments received from students, and, if successful, could be expanded to make ISPs the collector of the fees. In this keynote presentation and Q&A, Griffin will give attendees an exclusive look under the hood of Choruss, an initiative that just could save the music industry. Don't miss the opportunity to hear from and meet the man who CNN Money calls "one of the sharpest minds in digital music." ` 1 From www.digitalmusicforum.com/east/index.shtml#agenda 6 March 2009 Celia Hirschman, Host of KCRW's On The Beat Each week, industry veteran Celia Hirschman hosts KCRW's popular talk show On the Beat, covering the changes and trends happening in the music business. An independent consultant for the music business, Hirschman founded the marketing consulting company Downtown Marketing and also runs the UK-based record label One Little Indian in North America. She works with artists such as Bjork, The Twilight Singers, Lloyd Cole, Daniel Agust, Polly Paulusma, and many others, and has served in senior management at Palm Pictures, Mercury Records and A&M Records. In her presentation, Hirschman will examine the music industry from the perspective of "Artist Development in the Digital Age." This is a special presentation that you will not want to miss. George Searle, CEO, LimeWire With LimeWire continuing to be a lightning rod for controversy among major music interests, CEO George Searle is determined to find a way to monetize the enormous traffic that this leading brand of file-sharing services generates. Can LimeWire be made acceptable – or even attractive – to the music industry? Don’t miss this no-holds-barred Q&A with the man at the helm of the most radioactive property in the digital music space. Prior to joining LimeWire, George Searle led a number of innovative new media ventures that created substantial value for music rights- holders, including Mediaguide, a joint venture with ASCAP, where he developed an automated tracking system to monitor, collect, and disburse payments to rights-holders, while simultaneously expanding their royalty base. He also co-founded ConneXus, a revolutionary service that let consumers identify and purchase music they hear on ordinary radio using their mobile phones. Panelists, Presenters and Moderators Pete Watson Rob Lewis Head of Business Development CEO & Co-Founder Research in Motion (RIM)/BlackBerry Omnifone ` 2 From www.digitalmusicforum.com/east/index.shtml#agenda 6 March 2009 Mark Eisenberg Alexander Ljung EVP & Head of Business & Founder & CEO Legal Affairs, Global Digital Business SoundCloud Sony BMG Music Entertainment David Goodman Dan Hoffman President, Digital Media EVP, Business & Legal Affairs & Integrated Marketing Razor & Tie Direct CBS Radio Adam Farrell Anthony Batt Head of Marketing President & Founder The Beggars Group Buzznet Inc. & Matador Records Christian Jorg Syd Schwartz SVP, New Media & Commerce SVP, Digital Strategy Island Def Jam Music Group EMI North America Universal Music Group ` 3 From www.digitalmusicforum.com/east/index.shtml#agenda 6 March 2009 Zahavah Levine Tim Westergren VP, Business Development Chief Strategy Officer & General Counsel & Founder YouTube Pandora John Fleckenstein Ziv Navoth SVP of International SVP, Marketing & Business Development Bebo / RCA/Jive Label Group AOL's People Networks Anthony Volodkin Matt Schwartz Founder Manager Music Programming The Hype Machine & Business Development Verizon Communications Mark Lam Rich Bengloff Chairman & CEO President Live365.com A2IM ` 4 From www.digitalmusicforum.com/east/index.shtml#agenda 6 March 2009 Jim Merlis Richard Gottehrer President Founder & Chief Creative Officer Big Hassle Media The Orchard Lawrence Kenswil Ted Cohen Of Counsel Managing Partner Loeb & Loeb LLP TAG Strategic Brad Duea Michael Spiegelman President Head of Music Napster Yahoo! Cecily Mak Frank Johnson Senior Counsel & VP, Data Solutions Director of Music Licensing Macrovision RealNetworks ` 5 From www.digitalmusicforum.com/east/index.shtml#agenda 6 March 2009 Massimiliano Pellegrini Aydin Caginalp CEO Partner, Entertainment & Media Group Dada Entertainment Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP Eliot Van Buskirk Ned Sherman Staff Writer CEO & Publisher Wired.com Epicenter Digital Media Wire Kelli Richards Maurice Russell President & CEO VP, Licensing, Collections The All Access Group & Business Affairs Harry Fox Agency Andrew Fisher Michael Petricone CEO SVP of Gov't Affairs Shazam Consumer Electronics Association Tom Erskine Jay Rosenthal Director of Global SVP & General Counsel Sales, Music Division National Music Nokia Publishers Associations ` 6 From www.digitalmusicforum.com/east/index.shtml#agenda 6 March 2009 Jon Potter Matthew Perpetua Executive Director Founder Digital Media Association Fluxblog.org Dinesh Mathew David Card Senior Director, Consumer Insight Vice President & Principal Analyst MTV Networks Forrester Research Jim Cooperman Mike Tunnicliffe COO Partner Wind-Up Records Tuna Music LLC / The Sheppard LLC Mark Fischer Joakim 'Jay' Baage Attorney VP, Content Fish & Richardson P.C. Digital Media Wire ` 7 From www.digitalmusicforum.com/east/index.shtml#agenda 6 March 2009 David Oxenford Chris Phenner Partner EVP, Business Development Davis, Wright, Tremaine LLP Thumbplay Amaechi Uzoigwe Patrick Sullivan Co-Founder President & CEO Definitive Jux RightsFlow LLC David Leibowitz Ann Sweeney EVP, Business & Legal Affairs EVP Gotuit Media Warner/Chappell Music Jeremy Welt Robb McDaniels SVP, New Media Founder, President & CEO Warner Brothers Records INgrooves Tony van Veen George Searle CEO & President CEO Audio and Video Labs, Inc. LimeWire (Disc Makers / CD Baby) ` 8 From www.digitalmusicforum.com/east/index.shtml#agenda 6 March 2009 Ellen McGirt Marty Lafferty Senior Writer CEO Fast Company DCIA Matthew J. DeFilippis Mark Ghuneim VP, New Media & Technology CEO ASCAP Wiredset Martin Heath Maria Egan-Cohen Chief Executive A&R Lizard King Records Columbia Records Russ Crupnick Don Kimenker VP & Senior Industry Analyst Founder & CEO The NPD Group earBuzz.com Alex Meshkin Michael Hausman ` 9 From www.digitalmusicforum.com/east/index.shtml#agenda 6 March 2009 CEO Artist Manager, Co-founder Bopaboo SuperEgo Records/United Musicians Matt Laszuk Anders Hjelmtorp CEO and Co-Founder Executive Director IRIS Distribution Export Music Sweden Ron Berry Frank Rose e-Commerce Advisor Contributing Editor Isle of Man Wired Magazine ` 10 From www.digitalmusicforum.com/east/index.shtml#agenda 6 March 2009 Agenda DAY 1 – Wednesday, February 25 12:30pm – 1:15pm Registration 1:15pm – 1:30pm Welcome, Introductions & Opening Remarks Ned Sherman, CEO & Publisher, Digital Media Wire Ted Cohen, Managing Partner, TAG Strategic 1:30pm – 2:15pm RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS: Top Digital Music Trends Three leading analysts kick-off the day’s discussions with an overview of the latest research that reflects and illustrates the current state of digital music and the directions in which the industry is heading, including: consumer behavior & attitudes; adoption & penetration rates of key technology channels & platforms; and business & economic performance numbers. Presenters David Card, Vice President & Principal Analyst, Forrester Research Russ Crupnick, Vice President & Senior Industry Analyst, The NPD Group Dinesh Mathew, Senior Director, Consumer Insight, MTV Networks Moderator: Ned Sherman, CEO & Publisher, Digital Media Wire 2:20pm – 3:05pm PANEL 1: The State of the Digital Union This panel of industry experts will discuss the hot button issues of day, including the debate over digital music pricing, online and mobile music product offerings and business models, new channels of digital revenue, subscriptions, MP3 stores, ad-supported models and next generation devices. What innovations and business models will fuel growth in the digital marketplace? What is the current state of the online and mobile music markets and where is the industry heading? Panelists Brad Duea, President, Napster/BestBuy Ziv Navoth, SVP, Marketing & Bus. Dev., Bebo/AOL's People Networks Richard Gottehrer, Founder & Chief Creative