New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ Digital Media Wire) Digital Media Wire today announced the agenda and speakers for the DMW
Music Conference (https://www.dmw-music.com), aka
Digital Music Forum, to be held at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City on Wednesday, February 20 - Thursday, February 21.
The two-day event features a new cutting-edge format with 6 panels, 8 "In the Pit" Un-conference sessions, keynotes, research presentations, fireside chat, as well as the inaugural DMW
Music Leadership Awards Dinner, and Music-tech Crawl.
Panel, sessions, and presentations will discuss:
View From the Top - The
State of the
Music Industry
The Latest Research & Trends in the
Music Industry
The
Music Label of the Future
The
Battle to Control Entertainment in the Cloud
Developing Non-Popular
Music & Catalog Content for the 21st Century
The YouTube Sessions (Artist/Manager Session, Label Session, Publisher Session)
Digital Copyrights - Broken Systems?
Beyond the Ticket: Innovation in the Concert Industry
Madison Avenue & the
Music Industry
The Latest Research & Trends in the
Music Industry Part 2
Monetizing Social: Turning Fans into Customers
The
Battle for
Digital Entertainment in the Car
SoundCtrl Session
Making Better Apps for the
Music Industry
Financings and M&A in the
Music Industry
Digital & Social Marketing Strategies
Social
Music Discovery: Is Being Discovered the Biggest Challenge in the New
Music Ecosystem?
Music-tech crawl locations include:
iHeartRadio
Pandora
Spotify
YouTube/Google
Attendees are key decision-makers from all over the music industry: digital start-ups, distributors, providers, networks, technology companies, law firms, rights organizations, radio stations, content creators, copyright companies, studios, label services, application developers, records, and journalists.
The list of confirmed speakers for this year's event includes:
Yinka Adegoke, Deputy Editor, Billboard
Matt Adler, Partner, New Universal Entertainment Agency
Sandra Aistars, Executive Director, Copyright Alliance
Paul Anthony, Founder & CEO, Rumblefish
David Bakula, SVP, Analytics &
Client Relations, The Nielsen Company
Darryl Ballantyne, CEO & Founder, LyricFind
RJ Bentler, VP, Video Programming, Pitchfork.com
Rachna Bhasin, SVP, Corporate Strategy & Business Development, SiriusXM Radio
James Blades, Artist Manager, McGhee Entertainment
Hale Boggs, Partner, Manatt
Mike Brown, CEO, Cyber-NY
Liv Buli, Data Journalist, Next Big Sound, Inc
Abe Burns,
Digital Operations, Guy Oseary
Aaron Burton, Founder and CEO, Fizzkicks.com, SpinnApp Mobil
Aydin Caginalp, Partner, Entertainment & Media Advertising, Marketing Media Capital Markets, Manatt
Bryan Calhoun,
Digital Strategy, The Blueprint Group
Rio Caraeff, President & CEO, VEVO
Dan Chen, Managing Director, Siemer & Associates
Ted Cohen, Managing Partner, TAG Strategic
Russ Crupnick, President, NPD Entertainment, The NPD Group
Hisham Dahud,
Digital Strategy & Social Media Director, Fame House
Eric Davich, Chief Content Officer and Co-Founder, Songza Media, Inc.
Michael Drexler, Executive Director, Bus Dev, New Media & Strategic Development, BMI
Rory Felton, VP, Business Development - Music, Chirpify
Roger Gold, SVP, Office of the Chairman & CEO, Worldwide Recorded Music, Warner
Music Group
Gary Greenstein, Partner-Elect, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Margaret Gregory, Content Partner Associate, YouTube
Jim Griffin, Managing Partner, OneHouse
Owen Grover, SVP, Content Partnerships, Clear Channel Entertainment Enterprises
Cortney Harding, Partnerships, Soundrop
Matt Harmon, President, Beggars Group USA
Ken Hertz, Senior Partner, Hertz & Lichtenstein, LLP
Yi Ping Ho, Senior
Director of Strategy & Business Development, Warner
Music Group
Dorothy Hui, VP,
Digital Marketing, Roc Nation
Michael Huppe, President, SoundExchange
Jesse Israel, Co-Founder, Cantora
David Israelite, President & CEO,
National Music Publishers' Association
Soo Been Kim, Strategist, Partner Operations & Acquisitions, YouTube
Andrew Kippen, VP, Boxee
Jesse Kirshbaum, Co-Founder, SoundCtrl
JP Lespinasse, Director, Social Media, BET Networks
Nick Lippman, VP & Manager, Lippman Entertainment
George Lynch, VP Automotive BD, Pandora
Andrew Mager, Developer Community Manager, Spotify
Anjali Malhotra, Manager,
Music Content Partnerships, YouTube
David Marcus, SVP, Worldwide Artist Services, Warner
Music Group
Brandon Martinez, Co-Founder & CEO, INDMUSIC
Eddie Meehan, VP/COO, Ground Ctrl
Jerald Miller, President/CEO, Nu Jazz Entertainment
David Moricca, Founder & CEO, Mixify
Joseph Patel, VP, Content + Creative, The New Myspace
Dan Pelson, EVP, Direct to Consumer, Sony
Music Entertainment
Michael Petricone, SVP, Government Affairs, Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)
Chris Potter, Manager,
Music Partnerships, YouTube
John Quain, Technology Contributor, The New York Times / CBS News Up to the Minute
Matt Ringel, Managing Partner, New Era Media & Marketing /Red Light Management
Jeff Roberto, Director, Consumer Marketing, Shazam Entertainment
Karl Rogers, CEO & Co-Founder, IROCKE.COM
Jay Rosenthal, General Counsel,
National Music Publishers' Association
John Rosso, President of Market Development, Triton Digital
John Rudolph, Senior Advisor, Siemer & Associates
Jamie Sampson, Marketing & Partnerships Manager, Schematic Labs
Harvey Schwartz, VP of Talent, WhoSay
Ned Sherman, CEO & Publisher,
Digital Media Wire
J Sider, Founder & CEO, BandPage
Jake Sigal, Founder & CEO, Livio
Michael Simon, President & CEO, Harry Fox Agency, Inc.
Howie Singer, SVP and Chief Strategic Technologist, Warner
Music Group
Dan Stuart, Entertainment Counsel, Manatt
Dave Swartz, CCO & Co-Founder, MEDL Mobile
Kristin Thomson, Co-Director, Artist Revenue Streams Project,
Future of
Music Coalition
Matthew Tomaszewicz, Co-Founder, Head of Business Development & Product Marketing, Thrillcall
Eliot Van Buskirk, Editor in Chief, Evolver.fm, The Echo Nest
Jon Vanhala, Head of
Digital & New Business, Island Def Jam & Republic Records, Universal
Music Group
Elliott Walker, Content Partnerships Manager for Music, YouTube
Jake Ward, Senior Vice President, Application Developers Alliance
Les Watkins, SVP Business Affairs & Business Development,
Music Reports
Bill Wilson, VP,
Digital Strategy and Business Development, NARM
Geno Yoham, Executive Director/General Manager, Winamp & SHOUTcast
Event sponsors and media partners include: Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP; CEA; Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI); Harry Fox Agency; Davis Wright Tremaine; Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati; Loeb & Loeb LLP;
Music Reports; LyricFind; Siemer & Associates LLC; TargetSpot; Thrillcall; SoundExchange; Chirpify; Application Developers Alliance; TAG Strategic; A2IM; Digitalmusic.org; The Recording Academy; MusicDish China; NARIP, Soundctrl; Social Media Week;
National Association of
Mobile Entertainers; SAG-AFTRA; The Daily Swarm;
Future of
Music Coalition; IAEL; New
Music Seminar; Entertainment Consumers Association (ECA); Mary-Margaret Networks; Parks Associates; Social Radius; New York - Tokyo; Film Anthropology; ProductionHUB; Fusicology; and The Next Web.
https://www.dmw-music.com
