Look What's Happening at Social Music Summit @ the 12th Annual Digital Music Forum East....

The 12th Annual Digital Music Forum in New York City will take place on February 22-23! Digital Music Forum is known worldwide for the news that is made in our auditorium, the deals that get done in our hallways, and the friendships and partnerships that are forged year after year. Why wait by the sidelines, when you can join the event that is helping to drive the industry's future!

Digital Music Forum is attended by senior leaders of top technology and media companies, startups, media outlets, industry associations, law firms and artist management companies. Attendees (past and present) include: All Star Karaoke, Allbritton Communications, Allegro Corporation, Allison & Partners, Alston + Bird LLP, Alternative Distribution Alliance, Amalgam Digital, AmbianceRadio.com, America Online, Inc., American Association of Independent Music (A2IM), AmpliFIND Music Services, AOL, Apple/ iTunes, Applied SB, Aquent, Arbitron, Aria Systems, Arnold & Porter LLP, Arxan, Arxan Technologies, ASCAP, ascertainment, ATG, Atlantic Records, Audible Magic, AWS WeatherBug, Azoff Music Management, B. F. Saul Company, Baeble Music, Barbara R. Baylis, A Professional Law Corporation, Barefoot Proximity, Basecamp Productions, Beatport LLC, BeClose, Berklee College of Music, Berkleemusic, Berman Rosen Global Strategies, Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments, Best Buy, BEST OF BANDS, BFM Digital, BIA Digital Partners, Big Fish Media, Big Foote Music, Big Mama Digital Entertainment, Big Ride Management, Bigeye Direct, Billboard, Bitemark Records, Bitmax, BitTorrent, Inc., Blackboard, Blingnot Media LLC, BlueHaze, BMG Music Publishing NA, Inc., BMI, Bodog Music, Boost Mobile, Bousie Lawyers, BPM (brands+music), BPM Games, BrainMedia, BrainMedia L.L.C., BreakThru Radio, Brickfish, Brickhouse Direct, BridgeCo Inc., BrightRoll, British Consulate-General (UKTI), Brocadiant IP PLLC, BSG, Burning Music Productions Of NYC,INC, Business of Entertainment Association, Buzz Publicity, C3 Presents, Calsoft Labs Inc., Canadian Music Week, Canvasback Music, Casey Digital Media LLC, Catalina Strategies, Inc., Catalyst Mobile, Catch Media Inc., Catch Media, Inc., CBN, CBS Interactive, CEA, CELLMANIA, Celumusica, CentreTEK Solutions, Cernium Corporation, Chardbourne & Parke, LLP, Cherry Lane Music, Cherry Lane Music Group, Cherry Lane Music Publishing, Choice Hotels International, Christopher Newport University, CHUM Ltd, Ciena Corporation, Cirque du Soleil, Cisco, Citadel Media Networks, CITIGROUP, Clash Music Group, ClickandBuy, Cloudtrade LLC, ClubCreate, CNU, Coby Electronics Corp., Codiscos / Tropisounds, Cogitum, Columbia College Chicago, Columbia Records, Columbia University, Kernochan Center for Law, Media & the Arts, Comcast Spotlight, Competitive Sense, LLC, Complete Playlists, comScore, Concert Companion, Concord Music Group, Consulate General of Canada, Consulate General of Sweden, Consumer Electronics Association, ContentNow, Cooley LLP, Core Capital Partners, Core Entertainment Organization, Corporation for Public Boradcasting, CoStar Group, Counterpoint Systems, Covington & Burling LLP, CPX Interactive, Crispin, Porter + Bogusky, CRM Metrix, cross media magazine, C-SPAN, CTVglobemedia, Culpepper Consulting, Cynergy, D&B Marketing, LLC, Dada Entertainment, Danaher Tool Group, Davis Shapiro Lewit & Hayes, Davis Wright Treamine LLP, DBC LLC, DCIA, DCM, Debbie Does PR, Deckplate Films, DEITY GROUP, Deloitte, Deloitte & Touche - Enterprise Risk Services, Deutsche Bank, Digibag.com LLC, Digidesign, Digimarc, Digimarc Corporation, Digital Freedom Campaign, Digital Fulcrum, LLC, Digital Hitz, Digital LA, Digital Media Alliance Florida, Digital Media Association (DiMA), Digital Music Group, Inc., Digital Music Marketing, Digital Music News, Digital One/Pistol, Digital Village, Digitas, Digonex Technologies, DiMA - Digital Music Association, Disc Makers, Discovery Communications, Disney Music Group, Disney Research, Divvycast, LLC, DJCarl.com Entertainment, LLC, DMI Music & Media Networks, doaskdotell.com, Dolby Laboratories, Dollinger, Gonski and Grossman, Doppelganger, Double V3, Droga5, DTAG Musicload, Duff & Phelps, Duke University, Duval Partnership, Dynamic Synergy, E1 Entertainment Distribution, Eagle Hill Consulting, Eagle Rock Entertainment, EarthTones, EBT Mobile China plc, Edison Venture Fund, Education Week/EPE, Eenie Meenie Records, Electronic Arts, Eleven Seven Music, EMI, EMMI, Enliven Entertainment LLC, Enough Project, envio networks inc, Epitaph, Equinox Music & Entertainment, Ericsson, Escape Media Group, ESP3, Ether Media, Etymotic Research, Inc., Eventful, Inc., ExactTarget, Inc, Examiner.com, Fabiani & Co., FaceTime Strategy, Fairfax Video Studio, FASEB, Favored Nations, Fidelity Investments, Fish & Richardson, Flavour of Sound, FlipSide5, Flycell, FlyFi.com (Emergent Music LLC), Foley & Lardner LLP, For MusicKind, Fox Entertainment Group, France Telecom North America, Free State Consulting Group, Freelance, FTI Consulting, FUNTACTIX, Fuse, FUSE Marketing Group Inc., Fuse TV, Fusicology, Future US, GamePla, GamePlan Marketing & Events, Gannett, Gary Group Interactive, Geffen Records, GEM Internet, S.A. de C.V., General Atlantic LLC, General Motors, Genius Effect Media Group, georgetown university, getHYPE Entertainment Network, Glassman Media Consulting, GlobalCollect, GlobalLogic, Globes, GM Ryan International, GoDigital Music, Gold Coast Broadcasting LLC, Goombah / Emergent Music LLC, GPI, Grab Networks, Gracenote, GRAMMY Awards, Grandeur Era, Gray V, GRGDN MUSIC PROD. LTD, Griffin & Company, Inc., Groove Mobile, Grooveshark.com, GroovPix, Grotech Ventures, Grupo Clarin - Prima Brazil, Guitar Center, Guvera, Hadley Partners, Hanley Law Offices, Hard Knock TV, Harry Fox Agency, Harvard Business School, Harvard Business School/Harvard Law School, HDtracks.com, HealthEd, Healthy Boys LLC, Heatwave Interactive, Heller Ehrman Venture Law Group, Hello Music, Herrick, Feinstein LLP, Hewlett Packard - PSG Attach, High Note Partners, High Peaks Venture Partners, Hillcrest Labs, Hiltech Inc., HOB, HostVentures.com, Inc., Hot Topic, Houndini, House of Blues, HP, Hudson Entertainment, Inc., Hudson Gain Corporation, HUM, Hybris Records, i3m3 Solutions, iBiquity Digital, IDA IRELAND, IDT Corporation, Imaginary Music, imeem, inc., IMG Consulting, IMP, InComm, Independent, Index Q, LLC, Indie 103.1 Radio, Infinitive, InGo , InsightExpress, Inspired Sound, Instinctiv, Institute of Production and Recording, In-Style Digital Marketing, intel, Intelligent Decisions, INTELSAT, Interactive Marketing Executive, International Channel Sales & Distribution, InternetAssist, Interscope/Geffen/A&M records, Invest Hong Kong, Invest Québec, Invotex Group, IODA, IP DataSystems, IREX, Island Def Jam Music Group, IT Insights, ix4 LLC, Jaamoo Ventures, LLC, Jam Van Inc., JamBase, Jamglue, Inc., JamNow, Javien Digital Payment Solutions, Jaybird Communications, Jellybean Music Group, Jill Siegel Communications, Inc., Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab, JonStar New Media Ventures, LP, Joyent, JRD Consulting, Junketboy Digital, Just In Time Digital, just say cc, Just-In-Time Digital, Kaplow, Katz 360, KCRW, KCRW & KCRW.com, KCRW and KCRW.com, KCRW.com, Kelley Drye & Warren LLP, Kevlar Entertainment, Kinetic Ventures, LLC, KiwiTech, Knitting Factory, Korn/Ferry International, Kosmic Music, KPMG LLP, Krysalis Solutions Inc., LA Phil/Hollywood Bowl, Lamoureux Consulting Group, Latitunes360 Inc., Law Offices of Dorothy B. Richardson, Law Offices of Edward R Hearn, Law Offices of Katherine Koyanagi, LEK Consulting, Leonard Media Law, Lerman Senter PLLC, Level 3, Level 3 Communications, Leventhal Senter & Lerman PLLC, Levinsohn & Arnay, LLP, Lichelle Music, Lime Wire LLC, LimeWire, LimeWire, LLC, Liquid Digital Media/Anderson, Live Nation, Live on Campus, Live365, Inc., Live365.com, Loeb & Loeb, Loeb & Loeb LLP, LOEN Entertainment, Lone Star Entertainment Ventures, Lonely Planet/Magic Arts Publishing, loopport, Loyola Marymount University, LS Holdings, Inc., Lucidmedia, Luis Lattuff Colina, Luxcore, Ltd., M:Metrics, Mac Media Ent, Macrovision, Madacy Entertainment, Madacy Entertainment LP, MAGIX Entertainment Corp., Major Bob Music and Bob Doyle & Associates, Manatt, Manatt Phelps & Phillips, Manatt Phelps Phillips, Manatt, Phelps, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, MarkAny, Inc, Marshall MBA '08, Mary Beth Regan, Mashery, Masterbeat, MasterCard International, matchmine, Maveron, Maxwell Media, McFadyen Solutions, McGraw-Hill School Solutions Group, MD TEDCO, Media Control GfK International GmbH, MediaDefender, Mediamaster Inc, MEDIAPASS NETWORK, MediaUnbound, MedioStream Inc., MEF, MEF and Iconmobile LLC, Megree, Melodis Corporation, Mercury Communications Group, Merit Entertainment & Rowe International, Merritt Group, Microsoft, Microsoft Game Studios, Midem, MIDEM, MIPTV, MIPCOM, Midway Home Entertainment, Migratory Music, Mike Smith Public Affairs, Millennial Media, Mission Data, MixZing, MixZing, Inc, MMV Financial, Mobile Backstage, Mobile Monday DC (dcMoMo), Mobile Shakers, Mobilians International, MobiTV, Inc., Morrison & Foerster LLP, Motorola, Mozes, MOZES Inc., Mozes, Inc., mPortal Inc., MPTrax.Com, MSG Media, MTV, MTV Networks, MTVN, Music Choice, Music Connection Magazine, Music Intelligence Universe / Polyphonic HMI, Music Mastermind, LLC, Music Reports Inc., Musica, MusicIP, MusicStrat, Muze, Muze Inc., MWS Group, MySpace, MyStrands, Myxer, Myxer Inc., N/A, NAB, Nabbr.com, Napster, NARM, Nat. Endowment for the Arts, National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, Inc., National Geographic, National Wildlife Federation, Navarre Corporation, Navio Systems, Naxos, Naxos of America Inc, Naxos of America, Inc., NBC Universal, NBC-Universal, NCC Media, NEAR EARTH, Netezza, Nettwerk, Nettwerk Music Group, Network LIVE, Neustar, New Atlantic Ventures, New Century Soul Records, New Dimensions in Marketing, New Music Tipsheet, New Reach, New York Law School / Serling Rooks & Ferrara, New York -Tokyo, Newark Public Radio, Inc., Nielsen, Nielsen Entertainment, Nielsen Events Group, Nielsen Mobile, Nielsen Music, NII Holdings, Inc., Nite Breeeze Entertainment Group, Inc., No Problem! Marketing, Noank Media, Nokia, Northern KentuckY University, Northrop Grumman, NovaTunes, NPD Group, NPR - National Public Radio, NRTC, Nu Jazz Entertainment, Oaktree Capital Management, Odessa Mama Music Entertainment, OneHouse LLC, Oona Songs, Open Text Digital Media Group, Openblue Technologies, OpinionEQ, Inc., Optimal Payments, Orange, Orion Nation, ORIX Venture Finance, Orphan Records, OTMG, OurStage, OurStage.com, Palladian Partners, Pandora, Panther Express, par, PAR Capital Management, Paraclete Press, PassAlong Networks, Paste Magazine, Patriots Technology, PaymentOne, PayPal, PBS, peermusic, Penn State University, Pepperdine University, Pharus Advisors, LLC, Philadelphia University, Philanthro Capital LLC, Phonezoo, Pierce Capital Partners, LLC, Pillsbury, Pilot Group, Plantronics - Advanced Initiatives, Playtime, PLB Entertainment, Plus Four Six AB, PMP WorldWide Inc/Bad Boy Records, Pocket Songs, Podcast.com, Powderhouse, Precision Digial Media Solutions, Premium Issue LLC, Primary Wave Music Publishing, Private Label Radio, Private Label Radio / DMI, PRN Media Health, Project Opus Technologies Inc., Promotional Currency, LLC, Provident Music Group, Puretracks, Puretracks Inc, Puretracks Inc., PushButtonMusic, PushButtonMusic.com, Q Prime, Qtrax / Columbia Business School, Qualcomm Ventures, Quibus Media, R&R, Rackspace, Radiate Music & Entertainment, Radio And Records, RAWRIP.com, Razor & Tie, Real Music, REAL Software Systems, Reavis Parent Lehrer LLP, Rebel Digital, Rebel Soul Records, Recording Industry Association of America, Red Light Management/ATO/Side One Records, RedEngine Digital, Redeye Distribution, Redwood Capital Group, Rendezvous Entertainment, RESONATE NETWORKS, ReverbNation.com, REZNICK GROUP, Ricall Ltd., right size law pllc, Right Start Consulting, Inc., RightsAssist, LLC, RightsFlow, Inc., Riker Hill Records, RIPL Corp., Robert Urband & Associates, Inc., Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated, RoboTech Center, Rocket Science, Rockingale Records, Rockwell Group, Rogers Wireless, Rook Interactive, Rovi, Rugby Ralph Lauren, Rumblefish, Rush River Media, Russell Johns Associated, LLC, RykoDisc, Sallie Mae, SanDisk, SAP, Saregama Plc, Sasso Records, Savvis, SAVVIS Inc, SayNow, Schaefer & Co. Communications, Screen Capital International, self, SESAC, Inc., Sessions, Shaker Media & Music, LLC, ShockHound.com, Short Hills Media Group, Shout! Factory, Siemer & Associates, Signal Hill, Silicon Valley Bank, Silverwood Partners, Simple Star, Sing Tao Daily, Singing Serpent, Sirius Satellite Radio, Sirius XM, Six Degrees Capital Management, SLG / 429 Records, Smartlaunch Systems A/S, SNOCAP, Inc., SNVC, LC, Social Genius Inc. , SomaFM, SonicScoop.com, Sony BMG, Sony Music Entertainment, Sony Music Japan, Sony Music Label Group, SoNYC Media, LLC, SoundExchange, Inc, Soundflavor, Spacial Audio Solutions, SpeakerBox Communications, Sperry Media, SPR, Sprint, St. Ledger-Roty Neuman & Olson, Stardoll, Stirling Bridge, Inc, Stonerose , StoryRiver Media, StreamCast Networks / Morpheus, StreamSage/Comcast, STREAMTHEWORLD, StubHub, Student, Sublime Slime LLC, Sulake Inc., SundaySky, Suretone Records, Target Corporation, TargetSpot, TechWeb, TELUS, Temple US Records, Tenth Street Entertainment, Text 100 Public Relations , The Alive Drive, The BAM (Boyle Artist Management) Group, The British Embassy, Washington DC, The Carlyle Group, The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Digital Entertainment Alliance, The Digital Invasion, The Dixon Group, The Echo Nest, The Embark Group, The Entertainment Law Office, The Harry Fox Agency, The Highway Girl, The Kissner Group LLC, The LA Report, The MITRE Corp, The North of England, The NPD Group, The Orchard, The Radiate Group, The Recording Academy, The Unicorn Group, LLC, The Urban Progressive Foundation, The Vanguard Group, The Washington Post, theBizmo, THEMUSIC.COM, thinkgasm, Thor Interactive Consulting, ThoughtWorks, Three Pillar Global, Thumbplay, Thunder Road Records, Ticketmaster, Time Warner Cable, TM Capital, Top Spin Media, TouchTunes Music Corp., Tourdesign Creative, Townsend and Townsend and Crew, Tribeca, Tribeca Media, Trident Capital, Trigger, Triton Media, Triumph Media Holdings, Inc., Trusted Brain Productions, Tuf Guy Records, Tune Rooms Inc., TuneUp Media, TUTM Entertainment, Tuvel, Twin Sisters Productions, Txttunes, txttunes inc, U. Baltimore School of Law, U.S. Cellular, ubuket, UCSD - Rady School of Management, UK Trade & Investment, Ultra Records & NYU Stern, UltraStar Entertainment, LLC, United for Opportunity, Univ of Md Univ College, Universal Music Enterprises, Universal Music Group, University of Colorado-Denver, University of Connecticut, University of Missouri-Columbia School of Law, University of Southern California, Univision Music Group, Univision Online, Updata Partners, USA TODAY, Valhalla Partners, Valley Forge Technology Group, Vanderbilt, Vanderbilt University, Vanguard, Variety, Vasco Music Guides, Velocity Sports & Entertainment, Velsor Digital Consulting, Venemusic Int'l, Verizon Communications, VerveLife, Vindicia, Inc., Virgin Mobile USA, Virgin Records / EMI, Vista India Digital Media Inc., Vivendi, VoiceOver LA, VP Records, Walk The Talk Media, Walsh Degital Services, Warner Bros Records, Warner Elektra Atlantic, Warner Music Group, Warp Records, Washington Post Media, Water Music Records, WAYNE SHOW, WEA/Warner Music Group, WeatherBug, Webs.com, WEC, Welk Music Group, White and Partners, WhiteBlox, WiderThan, will peppo, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Winslett Studnicky McCormick & Bomser, Wireless Matrix, WIYY-FM Baltimore/98 Rock, WME Entertainment, Wolfgang's Vault, Women In Music, Words Verbs Rhthymn Intertainment Music Publishing, WSA Partners, LLC, WSGR, WTOP, WTW Associates, Inc., Xpointo Media, XTRAXX, Xtropia Partners, Yahoo!, YaSabe, Inc., YBuymusic, Yellow Brick Road Entertainment, YouCastCorp, Youphonics, Zemoga, Zielinski Financial Advisors, LLC, ZING, ZING/Dell, Znak Inc, Zomba Label Group/Sony BMG, Zune, , and many more...

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Spotify's "Content and Distribution Guru" Sachin Doshi to present during MONETIZATION segment.
Reporting to the global Chief Content Officer, Sachin wears many hats at Spotify, working across business development, licensing, and artist and label relations. One of Sachin’s main areas of focus is to help educate artists and labels around Spotify’s business model and its impact on the wider recorded music business. As part of his wide-reaching role, Sachin is responsible for securing the rights necessary to operate and evolve the service from content partners. He works on technology partnerships designed to both enhance the Spotify user experience and grow distribution channels. Sachin also monitors and evaluates the growing impact of Spotify on the partners that make the business of music possible. Sachin was previously a Director of Business Development at Universal Music Group, where he worked on evaluating new digital music business models and negotiating digital distribution deals with some of the most innovative companies in the space.

Legendary record label executive and "NEA Jazz Master" George Avakian to join discussion on "Developing Non-Popular Music & Catalog Content for the 21st Century."
Considered one of the most influential people in the history of the recording industry without whom the history of jazz would likely not be the same, Avakian started in the music business, while still at Yale University in the late 1930's. He was responsible for the first reissues Columbia put out around 1940, discovering some unissued Louis Armstrong masters from his Hot Five and Hot Seven period in the process. His long tenure at Columbia Records culminated in his becoming responsible for the Popular Music and International divisions. During that time, Avakian introduced the LP record format created by Columbia engineers and produced the industry's first 100 long-playing discs of popular music and jazz. He also produced the first live LP-Benny Goodman's 1938 Carnegie Hall concert. While at Columbia, Avakian signed and produced Dave Brubeck, Miles Davis, Louis Armstrong, Johnny Mathis, Rita Reys, and Erroll Garner to the label, among others. In 1959 he was hired as one of the founding A&R managers for the newly-established Warner Bros. Records and also worked as a producer for RCA Victor. Additionally, he signed Bob Newhart, producing the first comedy album to win a Best Album Grammy Award. While retiring from the record business in the mid 70's George Avakian has been recognized with a The Trustees Lifetime Achievement Award (Grammy) from the National Association of Recording Arts and Sciences for contributions to the music industry worldwide and by the National Endowment of the Arts as a NEA Jazz Master, among many other accolades.

2012 SPEAKERS

Jon Vanhala SVP Digital & Business Development Island Def Jam Music Group	Jim Cady CEO Slacker	William Patry Senior Copyright Counsel Google Inc.
Jenn Miller President, COO & Co-Founder Audiosocket	Greg "Grouchy" Watkins CEO & Co-Founder AllHipHop.com	Matt Ringel Managing Partner, New Era Media & Marketing Red Light Management
Vincent Borel Co-Founder Webdoc	Mike Perrone COO & Co-Founder SocialFlow	Chris Wiltsee Director, Bus. Dev. RootMusic
George Avakian Record Label Executive & NEA Jazz Master	Jason Herskowitz Chief Product Officer Official.fm	Cortney Harding Music/Entertainment Evangelista ThingLink
John Frankenheimer Partner & Chair, Music Industry Practice Group Loeb & Loeb LLP	Ted Cohen Managing Partner TAG Strategic	Garth Holsinger Vice President, Strategic Partnerships & Sales Klout
Ned Sherman CEO & Publisher Digital Media Wire	Jesse Israel Co-Founder, Technology & Creative Director Cantora Records + Labs	Evan Lowenstein CEO & Founder StageIt
Brenda Walker CEO & Co-Founder Act Local Media	Brian Lakamp President Clear Channel Digital	Jeff Bronikowski Head of Corporate Dev. & Strategy The Echo Nest
Finbar O'Hanlon CEO Linius	Aydin Caginalp Partner, Entertainment & Media Manatt	Sean O’Connell Founder & CEO Creative Alies Music Allies
Jeff Price CEO & Founder TuneCore	Mike More CEO & Co-Founder Headliner.fm	Yinka Adegoke Correspondent Thomson Reuters
Cecily ak VP & General Counsel Rhapsody	Jason Herskowitz Chief Product Officer Official.fm	Michael Petricone SVP of Gov't Affairs Consumer Electronics Association
Maurice Russell SVP, Licensing, Collections & Business Affairs The Harry Fox Agency	Aimee Higgins VP Strategy and Planning Pandora	Vince Bannon VP, Entertainment P'ships & Development Getty Images
Dan Kantor CEO ex.fm	Michael Drexler Executive Director, Business Development BMI New Media & Strategic Development	David Kohl EVP Sales and Customer Operations VEVO
Jonathan Leone Co-Founder, Head of Strategy & Finance Thrillcall.com	Jerald Miller President/CEO Nu Jazz Entertainment	Barry Slotnick Partner & Chair, Intellectual Property and Entertainment Litigation Practice Group Loeb & Loeb LLP
James Lively COO DIY Media	Kristin Thomson Co-Director, Artist Revenue Streams Future of Music Coalition	Tom Brophy Founder & CEO Raditaz
Marc Ruxin Founder and CEO TastemakerX	Aaron Burton Founder & CEO Fizzkicks.com & SpinApp Mobile	Eric Klinker CEO BitTorrent
David Oxenford Partner Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP	Howard Han VP and General Manager, Reverb Live ReverbNation	Michael Corcoran CEO MusicSubmit.com
Chris Swain CEO and Product Lead Cred.fm	Brenna Ehrlich Senior Editor MTV O Music Awards MTV/Viacom	Jake Sigal Founder and CEO Livio Radio
Alexis Rodich Director, Artist Services Bandsintown	Kevin King CEO MusicHype	Les Watkins SVP, Bus. Affairs & Dev. Music Reports
Jim Griffin Managing Director OneHouse LLC	Myk Willis Founder Myxer	Mike Brown CEO Cyber-NY
Brian Bacchus President SoulFeast Music Former Head of A&R, Blue Note Records, RCA/Novus, Island /Antilles	Brian Silver COO & Co-Founder RockCityClub.com / Rockrena, Inc.	Julie Samuels Staff Attorney Electronic Frontier Foundation
Kurt Hanson Publisher "RAIN: Radio and Internet Newsletter" CEO, AccuRadio	Jonathan Axelrod Partner ER Accelerator Entrepreneur, Founder/CEO, MusicGremlin (SanDisk), Founder/President, Music123 (Guitar Center)	Gabe Spierer Director of Media Beggars Group
Paul Campbell Founder & CEO Amazing Media	Kevin Straley  Vice President, Programming TuneIn	Kelli Richards President & CEO The All Access Group
Julien Mitelberg CEO Bandsintown	Philippe Perreaux CEO Restorm	Casey Rae-Hunter Deputy Director Future of Music Coalition
Sachin Doshi Content & Distribution Guru Spotify	Eyal Goldwerger CEO TargetSpot

many more to come...

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SOCIAL MUSIC SUMMIT
@ DIGITAL MUSIC FORUM EAST
Monetizing the Social Web...

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DAY 1 – Wednesday, February 22

1:00pm – 1:45pm Speaker Registration, Badge Pick-Up and Networking Performance in the foyer by Sylvester Onyejiaka Trio 1:45pm – 2:00pm Welcome & Introduction to Event Ned Sherman, CEO/Publisher, Digital Media Wire Ted Cohen, Managing Partner, TAG Strategic 2:00pm–3:00pm PANEL: MUSIC AND THE SOCIAL WEB Our kick-off panel focuses on the increasing socialization of the music experience online. Which companies and innovations are leading the charge in this space? How can artists, labels and digital music companies best leverage the Social Web? Panelists Jon Vanhala, SVP Digital & Business Development, Island Def Jam Music Group Jason Herskowitz, Chief Product Officer, Official.fm Mike More, CEO & Co-Founder, Headliner.fm Chris Wiltsee, Director, Business Development, RootMusic Dan Kantor, CEO, ex.fm Moderator:  Ted Cohen, Managing Partner, TAG Strategic 3:00pm – 3:45pm PANEL: MUSIC, MONEY & INNOVATION 2011 was a good year for digital music with the sector seeing a significant increase in financings. We’ve also seen an emergence of new incubation models for app development and other digital music products and services – all in all a good sign for the business as a whole. This panel will discuss funding and incubation models for music-tech start-ups with a focus on innovation and where the money will flow in the years to come. Panelists Jeff Bronikowski, Head of Corporate Dev. & Strategy, The Echo Nest Jesse Israel, Co-Founder, Technology & Creative Director, Cantora Records + Labs Jonathan Axelrod, Partner, ER Accelerator, Entrepreneur, Founder/CEO, MusicGremlin (SanDisk), Founder/President, Music123 (Guitar Center) Howard Han, VP and General Manager of Reverb Live, ReverbNation Moderator: John Frankenheimer, Chairman, Music Practice, Loeb & Loeb LLP 3:45pm – 4:15pm NETWORKING BREAK Performance in the foyer by Jennifer Logue

4:15pm – 6:00pm SERIES 1: MUSIC-TECH DEMOS & PRESENTATIONS This series of demos and presentations highlight some of the new and emerging music-tech trends around technologies for the artist or interactive fan experience. 4:15pm – 4:30pm 1st Presentation "The Power of Passionate People: Engaging the New Influencer" Garth Holsinger, Vice President, Strategic Partnerships & Sales, Klout 4:30pm – 4:45pm 2nd Presentation "Fleeting Assets: The Real Social Opportunity for the Music Industry" Mike Perrone, COO & Co-Founder, SocialFlow 4:45pm – 5:00pm 3rd Presentation/Demo "Rock City Club" Brian Silver, COO & Co-Founder, RockCityClub.com / Rockrena, Inc. 5:00pm - 5:15pm 4th Presentation/Demo "Can Music Discovery Be A Game?" Chris Swain, CEO, cred.fm 5:15pm – 6:00PM PANEL: NEW TECHNOLOGIES -- Connecting Artists and Fans This panel focuses on new technologies that are aiding artists in getting discovered, promoting shows, selling merch and music and connecting with fans and helping fans discover new music and connect with the bands and music they love. Panelists Sean O’Connell, Founder & CEO Creative Alies, Music Allies Aimee Higgins, VP Strategy and Planning, Pandora James Lively, COO, DIY Media Brenna Ehrlich, Senior Editor MTV O Music Awards , MTV Networks/Viacom Brenda Walker, CEO & Co-Founder, Act Local Media Jonathan Leone, Co-Founder, Head of Strategy and Finance, Thrillcall Moderator: Cortney Harding, Music/Entertainment Evangelista, ThingLink

6:00pm – 7:00pm RECEPTION in the Museum's Beautiful Events Hall Co-sponsored by: Join us for Music, Beer/Wine, Networking, and is that the Statue of Liberty? -- Featuring the Sounds of DJ Keiichiro Nakajima

DAY 2 – Thursday, February 23

8:00am – 9:00am Registration & Pre-Event Networking 9:00am – 9:10am Day 2 Welcome & Introductions Ted Cohen, Managing Partner, TAG Strategic Ned Sherman, CEO & Publisher, Digital Media Wire

9:15am – 10:45am SERIES 2: RIGHTS This series of presentations and panels focuses on the struggle for law and policy to keep pace with technological advancement. 9:10am – 9:25am PRESENTATION "Bypassing Societies: The Direct Licensing of Music Catalogs" Les Watkins, SVP, Bus. Affairs & Dev., Music Reports Casey Rae-Hunter, Deputy Director, Future of Music Coalition In today's difficult music business environment, both rightsholders and music users are seeking to maximize revenue by licensing music directly, instead of through music rights societies. One effect of this trend will be to further fragment the "balkanized" music rights landscape, thereby giving rise to independent rights administrators, who will increasingly perform the functions of traditional music rights societies. Direct licensing may offer the most cost-effective way for music users to obtain all of the rights that they need from the one party who can grant all of those rights-the rightsholder-even as it diminishes the role played by traditional music rights societies, to the benefit of all, including artists and composers. 9:25am - 9:30am SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT "Launch of righclearing" Philippe Perreaux, CEO, Restorm 9:30am – 10:15am PANEL: RIGHTS & LICENSING: If I wanted to reform music copyright law, I would... A common complaint of entrepreneurs attempting to license music for digital music-based services is that the current laws governing music licensing are too complex and unfavorable to digital music start-ups. In this panel, we will hear from experts in the field as they discuss what's working and what's not under the current licensing laws? What the arguments for and against reform? In an ideal, what changes should be made or not? Panelists Michael Drexler, Executive Director, Business Development, BMI New Media Cecily Mak, Vice President & General Counsel, Rhapsody Michael Petricone, SVP, Government Affairs, Consumer Electronics Association Jeff Price, CEO & Founder, TuneCore Julie Samuels, Staff Attorney, Electronic Frontier Foundation Maurice Russell, SVP, Licensing & Bus. Affairs, The Harry Fox Agency Moderator: Barry Slotnick, Partner/Chair, IP & Entertainment Lit., Loeb & Loeb LLP 10:15am - 10:45am Fireside Chat "How to Fix Copyright" William Patry, Senior Copyright Counsel, Google Inc. Jim Griffin, Managing Director, OneHouse LLC

10:45am – 11:15am NETWORKING BREAK Performance in the Events Hall (2nd Floor) by Ebony Tay

11:30am – 1:00pm SERIES 3: DISTRIBUTION This series of presentations and panels examines digital distribution models for recorded music. 11:15am – 11:30am PRESENTATION "Ethical, social, curated - and profitable? That's amazing" Paul Campbell, Founder & CEO, Amazing Media 11:30am – 11:45am PRESENTATION "A crash waiting to happen. Detroit vs. Apps" Jake Sigal, Founder and CEO, Livio Radio 11:45am – 12:15pm FIRESIDE CHAT Finbar O'Hanlon is the CEO of Linius and the inventor of a patented technology that addresses the major issues confronting the content ecosystem in the workflow and management of digital content due to the absence of standards. As an enabling technology, it adapts and repackages content "on the fly" to simultaneously reduce cost and time in content distribution and provide new monetization strategies. Finbar O'Hanlon, CEO, Linius Aydin Caginalp, Partner, Entertainment & Media, Manatt 12:15pm – 1:00pm PANEL: WHAT’S NEXT IN DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION MODELS? This panel focuses on digital distribution models for recorded music. How are business models progressing? What more needs to be done to improve and legitimize new digital and mobile distribution channels? What new social features are being introduced? What kinds of marketing and promotional strategies show the most promise for profitably exploiting digital and mobile distribution channels? Panelists Jim Cady, CEO, Slacker Tom Brophy, CEO, Raditaz Brian Lakamp, President, Clear Channel Digital Myk Willis, Founder, Myxer Kevin Straley, Vice President, Programming, TuneIn Eyal Goldwerger, CEO, TargetSpot Moderator: David Oxenford, Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP

1:00pm – 2:00pm LUNCH -- 2nd Floor Events Hall

2:00pm – 4:00pm SERIES 4: MONETIZATION This series focuses on how to monetize the music experience in the digital age. 2:00pm – 2:45pm Developing Non-Popular Music & Catalog Content For The 21st Century   This panel will discuss how to bring new life into non-popular genres of music via digital release and how to re-vitalize catalog and deep catalog content in the digital medium. Whether it's Classical or Jazz, Opera or Old School Hip-Hop, Classic Rock or early Punk-Rock the ideas we discuss will be applicable to all. With this panel we'll discuss and provide relevant information on how you can go about opening up those treasure troves of untold riches that you may posses in non-popular and catalog recordings, so that a new era of music lover can truly enjoy their experience. Panelists Brian Bacchus, President, SoulFeast Music, Former Head of A&R, Blue Note Records, RCA/Novus, Island /Antilles Mike Brown, CEO, Cyber-NY Aaron Burton, CEO, Fizzkicks & SpinApp Mobile Michael Corcoran, CEO, MusicSubmit.com George Avakian, NEA Jazz Master; Former Head of Columbia Records, Warner Brother Records & Founding Officer of National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences  Moderator: Jerald Miller, CEO, Nu Jazz Entertainment 2:45pm – 3:00pm PRESENTATION "Spotify and the New Artist Revenue" Sachin Doshi, Content & Distribution Guru, Spotify 3:00pm – 3:15pm FIRESIDE CHAT "Gamifying Music and Culture" Marc Ruxin, Founder and CEO, TastemakerX  Matt Ringel, Managing Partner, New Era Media & Marketing, Red Light Management 3:15pm – 4:00pm PANEL: MONETIZING THE MUSIC EXPERIENCE: It's Not Just About Selling Music Anymore Panelists Evan Lowenstein, CEO & Founder, StageIt Jenn Miller, CEO, Audiosocket Vince Bannon, VP, Entertainment P'ships & Development, Getty Images David Kohl, EVP Sales and Customer Operations, VEVO Darryl Ballantyne, CEO, LyricFind Moderator: Yinka Adegoke, Senior Media Correspondent, Reuters

4:00pm – 4:15pm NETWORKING BREAK Performance in the Events Hall by Slam Donahue

4:15pm – 6:00pm SERIES 5: THE FUTURE Our final series of presentations focuses on what the future holds for the artist, music, technology and the business as a whole. 4:15pm – 4:30pm PRESENTATION "Re-writing Rules of Engagement" Vincent Borel, Co-Founder, Webdoc 4:30pm – 4:45pm  PRESENTATION "The Future of Internet Radio" Kurt Hanson, Publisher, RAIN: Radio And Internet Newsletter, CEO, AccuRadio.com and SlipstreamRadio.com 4:45pm – 5:00pm PRESENTATION "Emerging Models of Online Music Distribution: A BitTorrent-Pretty Lights Case Study" Eric Klinker, CEO, BitTorrent 5:00pm – 5:15pm FIRESIDE CHAT "Concerts of the Future" Julien Mitelberg, CEO, Bandsintown Aharon Weiner, CEO & Co-Founder, FanKix Moderator: Kelli Richards, CEO, All Access Group 5:15pm – 6:00pm PANEL: PREDICTIONS & PROVOCATIONS: The Future of Technology & the Music Biz Panelists Greg "Grouchy" Watkins, CEO & Co-Founder, AllHipHop.com Kristin Thomson, Co-Director, Artist Revenue Streams, Future of Music Coalition Kevin King, CEO, MusicHype Gabe Spierer, Director of Media, Beggars Group Aviad Arviv, COO, Watchitoo Moderator: Ned Sherman, CEO & Publisher, Digital Media Wire

7:30pm – 9:30pm AFTER-PARTY - Guest list required for entrance Co-sponsored by:       Trinity Place Restaurant & Bar 115 Broadway  New York, NY 10006 (Entrance on Cedar Street)  Enter the vault at Trinity Place -- "Think hidden speakeasies are chic? This spot goes a step further" -- TimeOut New York Featuring Music from DJ Ted Gushue Known for his dapper digs and a distinguished choice in music, Ted Gushue has cemented his name to some of the DJ lineups of lower Manhattan's most sought-after revelries. Open Bar from 7:30pm to 9:30pm Guest list required for entrance

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