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Attend the 3rd Annual
Digital Music Forum West - in the heart of Hollywood - and
hear views and debate on the questions that matter to you!
Register
before Sept. 30 and receive the online registration
discount. For more information, please contact Ellen
Gildersleeve, Director, Marketing & Events at
310-855-0033 ext.5 or by email at ellen@digitalmediawire.com.
Keynote Speakers:
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Cory Ondrejka SVP, Digital Strategy EMI Music Co-Founder, Second Life |
Amit Kapur Chief Operating Officer MySpace |
Jac Holzman Founder, Elektra Records Chairman, Warner Music Group’s Cordless Recordings |
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Don MacKinnon President, (RED) Content Founder, HEAR Music |
Tim Westergren Chief Strategy Officer & Founder, Pandora |
Dave Jaworski CEO Passalong Networks |
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Lawrence Kenswil EVP, Business Strategy Universal Music Group |
David Pakman CEO eMusic |
Ted Mico Head of Digital Interscope Geffen A&M |
Brad Duea President Napster |
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Greg Bettinelli EVP, Business Development & Strategy Live Nation |
Syd Schwartz SVP, Digital Strategy EMI North America |
Ted Cohen Managing Partner TAG Strategic |
Steve Jang CMO & Head of Business Development imeem |
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Aydin Caginalp Partner, Entertainment & Media Group Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP |
Ned Sherman Co-Founder, CEO & Publisher Digital Media Wire |
Celia Hirschman Host KCRW's On the Beat |
John Frankenheimer Chair, Music Group Partner & Co-Chair Loeb & Loeb LLP | |||
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David Marcus SVP, Music Ticketmaster |
Alan Miller Co-Owner/CEO Filter Creative Group Co-Publisher Filter Magazine |
John Rudolph CEO Bug Music Board Member NMPA |
Kelli Richards President & CEO The All Access Group |
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Jonathan Potter Executive Director Digital Media Association |
Massimiliano Pellegrini CEO Dada Entertainment |
Albhy Galuten VP of Digital Media Technology Strategy Sony Corporation of America (SCA) |
Richard Conlon VP, New Media and Strategic Dev. BMI |
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David Oxenford Partner Davis, Wright, Tremaine LLP |
Dimitri Villard Interim CEO ARTISTdirect |
Michael Petricone SVP, Gov't Affairs Consumer Electronics Association |
Mark Ghuneim CEO Wiredset |
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Samantha Murphy Singer / Songwriter & Founder The Highway Girl |
Jeffrey Eglen VP Strategy Digonex Technologies |
Barry Schaffer President Promotional Currency |
Maurice Russell VP, Bus. Affairs & Licensing Harry Fox Agency |
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Dorrian Porter CEO Mozes |
Josh Brooks VP, Marketing & Content MySpace |
Michael Spiegelman Senior Director Music Yahoo! Music |
Mitch Rotter SVP, Content Acquisition & Strategy Thumbplay |
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Douglas Caballero Host / Co-Creator / Producer / Writer, "The Daily Fix", "The Fix Extended Play" Current TV |
Ian Rogers CEO Topspin |
David Leibowitz Managing Partner CH Potomac |
Neil Smith VP, Marketing Rhapsody America |
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Russ Rieger VP, Strategic Initiatives SpiralFrog |
Sonal Gandhi Analyst JupiterResearch |
Les Watkins SVP, Business Affairs & Dev. Music Reports |
Jeremy Riney CEO & Founder Playlist.com |
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Eliot Van Buskirk Editor, Listening Post Wired.com |
Dave Dederer VP, Bus. Dev. Melodeo/ Founding Band Member, The Presidents of the United States of America |
Chris Maxcy Director of Partner Development YouTube |
Aaron Grosky President Control Room |
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Vikramaditya Jain President & COO Musicane.com |
Chris Frankenberg VP Mobile Sales Sony BMG Music Entertainment |
Michael Romero VP, Mobile Retail Business SanDisk |
Patrick Sullivan President & CEO RightsFlow LLC |
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Bob Kohn Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO RoyaltyShare, Inc. |
Gary Greenstein Of Counsel Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati |
Vicki Saunders Director, Music Marketing & Promotions TouchTunes Music |
Frank Johnson VP Macrovision Data Solutions |
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Trevor F. Madigan Americas Manager, Entertainment & Communities NOKIA |
Kevin Arnold Founder / CEO IODA |
Scott Bahneman CEO HDGiants |
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Agenda:
DAY 1 (Thursday, October 2) |
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| 1:00pm–1:30pm | Registration & Networking | |
| 1:30pm–1:45pm |
Welcome & Introductions Ned Sherman, CEO & Publisher, Digital Media Wire Opening Remarks Ted Cohen, Managing Partner, TAG Strategic |
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| 1:45pm–2:45pm |
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 Steve Jang, CMO & Head of Business Development, imeem Ted Mico, Head of Digital, Interscope Geffen A&M David Pakman, CEO, eMusic Ian Rogers, CEO, Topspin Moderator: Ted Cohen, Managing Partner, TAG Strategic |
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| 2:45pm-3:15pm | Networking Break | |
| 3:15pm–4:00pm |
Panel 2: Global Music Marketing in the Digital Age The Internet and mobile technologies have improved communication and created new opportunities for artists and labels to market their music and promote and sell music and tours. Successful worldwide interactive marketing efforts now require a deep understanding of web site analytics, email and mobile marketing, social networks, virtual worlds and other online communities, e-commerce, search engine marketing and web site optimization. This panel will discuss global music marketing in the digital age with a focus on how to utilize digital tools to better connect with fans and promote, produce and create new revenue opportunities for artists and labels. PANELISTS Prashant Bahadur, Director of Retail Marketing, The Orchard Dorrian Porter, CEO, Mozes Mark Ghuneim, CEO, Wiredset Vikramaditya Jain, President & COO, Musicane.com Frank Johnson, VP, Macrovision Data Solutions Vicki Saunders, Dir, Music Mkting & Promo, TouchTunes Music Moderator: Alan Miller, Co-Owner/CEO, Filter Creative Group/Co-Publisher, Filter Magazine |
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Panel 3: Beyond the Download: Rethinking Digital with Alternative Business Models According to figures released by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) earlier this year, global digital music sales increased 40% in 2007, to $2.9 billion, but declining CD sales pushed the overall market down 10% for the year, marking the seventh straight year that overall music sales have fallen. Paid downloads, once heralded by Steve Jobs and others as “the Solution” for the ailing industry, are increasing, but they aren’t rising nearly fast enough, and probably never will, to make up for the loss in revenue from falling CD sales. If the iTunes model isn’t the industry’s answer, and business can’t go on as usual, then what is the solution? This panel will discuss alternative business models being tested by artists, digital innovators, and major and Indie record labels, including treating downloads as a loss leader, designed to promote artists and drive sales of other products, such as concert tickets and merchandise; the Radiohead “pay what you want” model; variable pricing models, where pricing may be determined by a songs popularity; subscription services like Real’s Rhapsody; ad-supported models; and the idea of a music surcharge, where customers of ISPs and wireless carriers are charged a flat fee as part of their data service plan, in exchange for the right to download and share music over an ISP’s network. PANELISTS Jeffrey Eglen, VP, Strategy, Digonex Technologies Albhy Galuten, VP, Digital Media, Sony Corporation of America Jeff Karnes, VP of Marketing and Products, VoloMedia Neil Smith, VP, Marketing, Rhapsody America, LLC Michael Spiegelman, Senior Director, Music, Yahoo! Scott Bahneman, CEO, HDGiants Moderator: Sonal Gandhi, Analyst, JupiterResearch |
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| 5:00pm–5:30pm |
KEYNOTE INTERVIEW Don MacKinnon, Pres., (RED) Content / Founder, HEAR Music Dave Jaworski, CEO, Passalong Networks Interviewed by: Celia Hirschman, Host, KCRW's On the Beat |
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| 5:30pm–6:00pm |
KEYNOTE Cory Ondrejka, SVP, Digital Strategy, EMI Music Co-Founder, Second Life |
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| 6:00pm–7:00pm |
Cocktail Reception *Poolside at the Tropicana Bar* |
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DAY 2 (Friday, October 3) |
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| 8:00am–9:00am | Registration & Breakfast | |
| 9:00am–9:15am |
Welcome & Introductions Ned Sherman, CEO & Publisher, Digital Media Wire |
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| 9:15am–9:45am |
KEYNOTE INTERVIEW Tim Westergren, Chief Strategy Officer & Founder, Pandora Interviewed by: Eliot Van Buskirk, Editor, Listening Post, Wired.com |
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| 9:45am–10:30am |
Panel 1: Social Networks & Music Discovery & Recommendation Services Social networks and online music discovery services are becoming more and more popular with younger fans often replacing traditional radio as the means to find and share new music. How is the popularity of social networking and music discovery and recommendation services affecting the music industry? What is the impact on traditional radio? What are the legal challenges facing online services that stream music, allow sharing and the creation of playlists, offer music videos and other social music applications? Are social networking and online music discovery a revolution with lasting effects on the music industry or a passing fad? These experts will consider what role social networking and music discovery services will play in the future of the music business. PANELISTS Josh Brooks, VP, Marketing & Content, MySpace Douglas Caballero, Host, “The Daily Fix”, Current TV Chris Maxcy, Director of Partner Development, YouTube Syd Schwartz, SVP, Digital Strategy, EMI North America Dimitri Villard, Interim CEO, ARTISTdirect Moderator: David Leibowitz, Managing Partner, CH Potomac |
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Panel 2: The Digital Copyright Debate Is the System Broken? If So, How Do We Fix It? This panel of music and copyright experts will discuss the top legal and policy issues facing the music industry today. Why do so many in the industry feel that the current copyright system does not fairly protect their interests? 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? PANELISTS Larry Kenswil, EVP, Business Strategy, Universal Music John Rudolph, CEO, Bug Music / Board Member, NMPA Jonathan Potter, Executive Director, Digital Media Association Michael Petricone, SVP, Gov't Affairs, CEA Moderator: Gary Greenstein, Of Counsel, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati |
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Panel 3: The Future of Mobile Music This panel of mobile insiders will discuss the latest developments in the mobile music market, including mobile marketing initiatives, portable devices and other mobile-related innovations and revenue-generating opportunities such as music videos, full-track streaming of music, ring tones and “ringbacks.” What mobile innovations are having the greatest impact on the way consumers discover, purchase and listen to music, network with fans and artists, learn about concert information and release dates from their favorite artists and interact during the concert experience? What are the developments that will shape the industry in the years to come? PANELISTS Trevor Madigan, Americas Manager, Ent. & Communities, NOKIA Massimiliano Pellegrini, CEO, Dada Entertainment Mitch Rotter, SVP, Content Acquisition & Strategy, Thumbplay Michael Romero, VP, Mobile Retail Business, SanDisk Dave Dederer, VP, Bus. Dev., Melodeo/ Founding Band Member, The Presidents of United States of America Moderator: Aydin Caginalp, Partner, Entertainment & Media Group, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP |
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Lunch Reception Sponsored By: 
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| 1:30pm–2:00pm |
KEYNOTE Amit Kapur, Chief Operating Officer, MySpace Interviewed by: Josh Glazer, URB Magazine |
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Panel 4: A Briefing on New Technologies & Business Trends Impacting the Future of
the Music Industry In the this session, each panelist will have seven minutes to provide a snapshot of a new or evolving technology or business trend impacting the future of the music industry. Following a short Q&A, the audience will vote by mobile phone to determine which technology or trend is likely to have the greatest impact on the future of the business. PANELISTS Scott Cave, CEO, Rook Interactive Samantha Murphy, Founder, The Highway Girl Jeremy Riney, CEO & Founder, Playlist.com Barry Schaffer, President, Promotional Currency Moderator: Ned Sherman, CEO, Digital Media Wire |
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| 3:00pm–3:30pm | Networking Break | |
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Panel 5: Digital Rights and Clearances for Music Far too often digital music deals get done only to be held up by complicated and time-consuming rights clearance processes. This panel of experts will discuss rights clearance issues for digital music licenses. What are some of the common problems and how can they be avoided? PANELISTS Kevin Arnold, CEO, IODA Richard Conlon, VP, New Media & Strategic Development, BMI Maurice Russell, VP, Bus. & Licensing, Harry Fox Agency Patrick Sullivan, President & CEO, RightsFlow LLC Les Watkins, SVP, Business Affairs, Music Reports Bob Kohn, Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO, RoyaltyShare, Inc. Moderator: David Oxenford, Partner, Davis, Wright Tremaine |
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KEYNOTE INTERVIEW Jac Holzman Founder, Elektra Records / Chairman, Warner Music Group’s Cordless Recordings Interviewed by: John Frankenheimer, Chair, Music Group/ Partner & Co-Chair, Loeb & Loeb LLP |
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Panel 6: The Evolution of the Live Music Business As artists increasingly struggle to make a living selling their music, live tours and other associated products, such as concert tickets and merchandise, have taken on a new importance, and savvy concert promoters like LiveNation are taking a larger role by acquiring additional artists' rights beyond the concert tour, including unified rights deals with select artists. What is the future for participants in the live music industry and what is the role of digital technologies in creating new opportunities and experiences for artists, performers, promoters, vendors and fans? What are the issues surrounding online ticketing? How are mobile technologies and online video being used to enhance the live music experience? This panel will discuss the evolution of the live music business with a focus on how to use of digital technologies to promote, produce and create new revenue opportunities around live events. PANELISTS Greg Bettinelli, EVP, Business Dev. & Strategy, Live Nation David Marcus, SVP, Music, Ticketmaster Naveen Jain, CEO, Sparkart Chris Guggenheim, CEO, ALL Access Today Moderator: Kelli Richards, CEO, The All Access Group |
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