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Digital Music Forum – Feb 27 & 28 – New York


Technology Meets Music at 7th Annual Digital Music Forum East!!
New York City – Feb. 27-28, 2007
2 Days – 75 Speakers – 400 Attendees – Innovative Exhibitors

Join Music Industry Leaders – including executives from the 4 major labels Sony BMG Music, Universal Music, EMI Music, Warner Music – and Technology & Consumer Electronics Leaders – including executives from Microsoft, Motorola, YouTube/Google, RealNetworks, Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) and many more.

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I’ll be at the following panels on February 28th:

11:30am – 12:30pm
PANEL 2: Digital Copyrights: The Wild West All Over Again?
The music industry has been completely turned upside-down by the growth of the Internet and the new digital world. At the same time, copyright laws still stem from the analogue days of sheet music and orchestra performances. Clearly, something needs to change. The industry has tried rear guard actions like lawsuits, but music consumers are still filling up their players with unlicensed music and the RIAA is still battling with technology companies over new innovations. This panel of music and copyright experts will discuss what needs to happen so that artists can live off their creativity, labels and publishers can see a fair return on their investments, technology companies have an incentive to innovate and receive a fair share of the pie and music fans can satisfy their current hunger for and exploration of new and/or alternative music.

2:30pm – 3:20pm
TRACK 1, PANEL 3: Social Music Discovery
Discovery and recommendation services are changing the way we find the music we like. As more music becomes available online and the long tail gets longer, improved search, filters, discovery and recommendation services are going to play a more important role in online commerce. This panel of experts will discuss the latest developments in discovery and recommendation services.
Panelists
Ali Partovi, CEO, iLike Inc.
Rachna Bhasin, VP, Business Development, EMI Music North America
Tim Westergren, Chief Strategy Officer, Pandora
Martin Kay, CEO, Finetune
Zahavah Levine, General Counsel & VP Business Affairs, YouTube, Inc.
(too bad someone from the RIAA won’t be at this one!)

3:50pm – 4:40pm
TRACK 1, PANEL 4: A&R in the Digital Age
A&R is fundamentally changing and the changes are happening fast. There is a growing awareness that labels need to have a digital and mobile strategy that connects with A&R to succeed today. This panel of A&R executives and their digital counterparts discuss the future of A&R. What innovative techniques are being used by creative A&R execs that are changing the A&R landscape? How do new technologies affect the A&R process? Does the Internet and digital technologies give artists a better chance to be heard by A&R executives and music supervisors while simultaneously building a fan base?
Panelists
Maria Egan-Cohen, A&R, Columbia Records
Jason Fiber, President, Cordless Recordings
Noah Dinkin, Co-Founder/Partner, United for Opportunity
Tom Gates, Artist Manager, Nettwerk Music Group
Anders Hjelmtorp, Executive Director, Export Music Sweden

4:40pm – 5:30pm
TRACK 2, PANEL 5: Pros & Cons of P2P for Music Distribution
Peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing technologies represent either enormous new opportunities or an ever-growing threat to the marketplace for licensed music, depending on your point of view. With exponentially more traffic than competing online environments, and users who are actively seeking to discover and acquire new music; bands, singer-songwriters, and other rights holders cannot afford to ignore this steadily growing phenomenon. What is really happening in terms of the development P2P business models for monetizing music?

Panelists
Christopher Levy, CEO, BUYDRM
Gregg Freishtat, Chairman, INTENT MediaWorks
Daniel Harris, CEO, MediaPass Network
Frank Childs, VP, Business Development, PeerApp
Dan Porter, VP, Corporate Development, Virgin USA
Leslie Poole, CEO, Javien Digital Payment Solutions
(too bad someone from the RIAA won’t be at this one either!)



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