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2 0 1 0 M ide m / M ide m N e t Spe a k e r s List
As of January 22nd
Jay Abraham, COO, NASCAR Media Group (USA)
Jay Abraham is COO of NASCAR Media Group and VP of Content and New Media
for NASCAR. He manages NASCAR s television production, broadcast services,
broadcast and ancillary media rights, new media business development and
content creation. Abraham has over 25 years of experience in marketing, sales
and business development along with a strong background in the NASCAR
industry. In 1994, he negotiated Food Lion s position as the official grocery store
of NASCAR. In 2000, as Vice President of Business Development for the HJ Heinz
Company, he negotiated the worldwide grocery rights for the Boston Market
brand. Abraham was named one of the top 25 Marketers in 1993 by Food
Business and received the Best Promotion of the Year Award and New Products
Company of the year in 1992. Jay holds a BA in English & American Literature
from Brown University and a MBA from The Wharton School.
Robert W Allan, Partner, Michael Simkins LLP (UK)
Robert is a partner in the firm's Commercial Group. He specialises in the music
industry and has many years' experience in advising artists, publishers, record
companies, banks and entrepreneurs on a range of issues and, in particular, the
acquisition of rights catalogues and music publishing and recorded music
companies, as well as the funding of such transactions. Robert's clients include
EMI who he has represented on a number of transactions, including the
acquisition of Chrysalis Records, Filmtrax, Virgin Records and Virgin Music
Publishing, and Intercord.Other major transactions on which he has advised
include: the sale of Windswept Pacific's back catalogue to EMI Music; the
acquisition by Windswept Holdings of the Trio Music and Quartet Music from
Messrs Leiber and Stoller; the sale of Ryko Music to Evergreen; the acquisition of
the Right Said Fred catalogue for Babcock & Brown IP Management Pty Limited;
and the sale of Windswept Holdings to Bug Music.
Tom Allen, Digital Manager, Essential Music & Marketing (UK)
Essential Music and Marketing are one of the UKs leading distribution companies,
working with a roster of artists that includes The Prodigy, Groove Armada, Ou Est
Le Swimming Pool, Ash, Drive-By Truckers, Foreign Beggars, Steve Earle, Noisia,
and many more. Essential provide a one stop shop for labels, management and
artists to get their product to market and to create modern, forward thinking
marketing campaigns.Tom came across to Essential from One Little Indian in
2009 to strengthen their digital team, working closely with labels and artists on
creating digital retail campaigns.
Oliver Barnes, CEO & Founder, GoMix (UK)
GoMix empowers music fans by letting them create personalised mixes of major
artist's songs. Reaching enormous global audiences through Social Media sites
(MySpace, imeem, Bebo, Facebook), music websites (NME.com, artists official
sites) and digital album bundles (CMX), GoMix represents a wealth of new
promotion and revenue streams for labels and artists, through brand
sponsorship, advertising and new digital retail products. Since launching in 2009,
GoMix has been adopted by many major artists, (Flo Rida, Metro Station,
Placebo, La Roux etc), and has completed international sponsorship campaigns
with Dr Pepper and Vodafone. 2010 will see significant evolution, including a new
virtual goods style product line, a mobile platform and true next generation
User Generated Content environment. Olly Barnes founded GoMix, having
previously founded its precursor, U-MYX, the first ever interactive music format in
2004.With a background in record production and other creative technology, Olly is committed to making
interactive music an element of every applicable record release, made available in every relevant music
environment online.
Eric Baptiste, Director General, CISAC (France)
Since 1999, Eric Baptiste has served as Director General of the International
Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers. Bringing together 225
authors societies in 118 countries and 2.5 million creators and publishers, CISAC
is an international organisation promoting creators rights. Under Baptiste s
leadership, CISAC has become a proactive organisation dedicated to serving
copyright societies and creators worldwide as well as developing innovative
solutions to facilitate the digital use of creators works. Beyond his CISAC role,
Baptiste is deeply involved in broadcast media, cultural policy and new talent in
music. He is General Secretary of the board of Francophonie diffusion, and
Chairman of Radio NEO, a non-commercial FM radio network exclusively devoted
to new musical talent. Baptiste is also Chairman of ISAN-IA, the ISO- appointed
agency managing the audiovisual works identification standard ISAN. He
previously served as General Manager of French public international radio RFI, and CEO of commercial FM radio
95.2 Paris.
Yves Baudechon, Co- Founder & CMO, Radionomy (Belgium/France)
With Radionomy, everyone can create its webradio for his community. It s easy,
free and fun. It s easy because we provide a free software to create and manage
the radio. Vast music, jingles and content libraries. And the Radio Creator can
integrate his own music, creations & audio content. It s free. Radionomy covers
Streaming and Rights. Radionomy inserts 4 minutes of advertising in the radio to
cover its costs. I am a co-Founder of the Company. Title : CMO (Chief Marketing
Officer) Radionomy sa Belgium/France Prior to the launch of Radionomy, I was
CEO of DDB Belgium, a Communication Group part of the DDB network for 15
years. With 2 other co-founders of Radionomy, we founded a web start-up in
2000 (JustForYou.be), funded by a local VC and successfully taken over by
Belgian national Telco operator (Belgacom) in 2002.
Jake Beaumont- Nesbitt, Executive Director, IMMF (UK)
IMMF Executive Director Jake Beaumont Nesbitt is CEO of market leading sound
recording performance royalties specialists International Royalties Rescue.
Following a career in financial services (including time on the London
International Financial Futures Exchange trading committee), he entered the
music industry as an artist manager, and signed deals in Europe and the USA. In
2003 he was bought in to neighbouring rights collective AURA to oversee its
restructuring, concluding with its successful merger with UK society PPL.
International Royalties Rescue is 10 years old and represents featured
performers, maximising their royalties with a focus on neighbouring rights, it has
offices in America, Europe, and Australia.
Jonathan Benassaya, CEO, Deezer (France)
A 29 year old, corporate finance graduate from Essec and a graduate from ESAM,
Jonathan Benassaya started his career in business in an investment bank. Weary
of mergers and acquisitions, he founded Connect in Advertising in 2005, an online
video game advertising agency, which became Magic Party in 2006. To this end,
he left France for Beijing and Shanghai to develop his business, which he
eventually decided to sell. On his return, he meet his future associate Daniel
Marhely. Together they developed the online music website Blogmusik.net. At
that time, the music market was in deep crisis, unsettled by illegal downloading
and falling record sales. In April 2007, the two young entrepreneurs thus decided
to put Blogmusik on hold to legalise their project and negotiate with Sacem and
Sesam, before relaunching the site under the name of Deezer.com. Jonathan was
voted one of the top ten personalities of 2007 by Musique Info Hebdo. It is
therefore no coincidence that this ambitious, enthusiastic young man was named Marketing Man of 2008 by
Marketing Magazine.
Edgar Berger, CEO, Sony Music Entertainment GSA (Germany)
Edgar Berger graduated as an engineer after studying mechanical engineering,
business & economics and philosophy in Braunschweig, Berlin and Paris. He was
initially a corporate consultant with Roland Berger & Partner, then worked as a TV
journalist and political correspondent for RTL in Bonn and Berlin. From 2000 he
began to develop Bertelsmann AG's synergy management and from 2003 he was
in charge of the company's worldwide development. Edgar Berger has been
Managing Director of SONY BMG Music Entertainment Germany since 2005 and
since 2009 he holds the position of CEO, overseeing the business of Sony Music
Entertainment in Germany, Switzerland and Austria.
Andrew Bergman, EVP & General Counsel, Downtown Music (USA)
Andrew Bergman is the Executive Vice President and General Counsel for
Downtown Music, LLC. In his capacity at Downtown, Mr. Bergman oversees and
is responsible for the negotiation, drafting and administration of all transactional
matters for the company and its various affiliates including Downtown Records,
Downtown Publishing, Downtown Music Services and rcrdlbl.com. As a member
of Downtown s executive team, Mr. Bergman is also involved in the Company s
strategic planning and business development. Previously, Mr. Bergman was a
partner of Roberts & Ritholz LLP. His practice was focused on serving clients in
the entertainment and new media industries, with a focus on music. Prior to
joining Roberts & Ritholz, Mr. Bergman was a partner at Davis Shapiro Lewit &
Hayes, where he represented a variety of gold, platinum and multi-platinum
recording artists and producers with respect to all of their activities in the
entertainment industries. Prior to that, Mr. Bergman was the director of Business Affairs for Island Records,
where he worked with numerous developing and established recording artists.
Mr. Bergman received his B.A. from Tufts University in 1990 and his J.D. from Brooklyn Law School in 1994.
Ron Berry, e- business Inward Investment Advisor (Isle of Man)
Gina Bianchini, CEO, Ning (USA)
Gina Bianchini is the co-founder and CEO of Ning, Inc. (www.ning.com), the
social platform for the world s passions and interests. Ning enables people to join
and create new social networks for their interests and passions and make new
friends around the things they care about most in life. With more than 1.4 million
social networks created and 32 million registered members, millions of people
everyday are coming together across Ning Networks to explore and express their
interests, discover new passions, and meet new people around shared pursuits.
Prior to founding Ning, Bianchini was co-founder and president of Harmonic
Communications, an early advertising tracking, measurement, and optimization
software company, which was ultimately acquired by Dentsu. She has also held
positions focusing on acquisitions, IPOs and corporate development at CKS Group
and Goldman Sachs & Co. Gina has a B.A. from Stanford University and an
M.B.A from Stanford Business School. Ning is the social platform for the world s interests and passions online.
Based in Palo Alto, Calif., Ning offers an easy-to-use service that allows people to join and create Ning
Networks. With more than 1.4 million Ning social networks created and over 32 million registered users,
millions of people every day are coming together across Ning to explore and express their interests, discover
new passions, and meet new people around shared pursuits. Founded in October 2004 by Gina Bianchini and
Marc Andreessen. The company is privately held. For more information visit www.ning.com.
Garry Blackburn, Managing Director, Anglo Management/Southern Fried Records (UK)
Garry Backburn began as a radio plugger with island records. he built
independent radio promotion company angloplugging during 90's, promoting the
housemartins, the la's, oasis, primal scream, portishead, paul weller, chemical
brothers, leftfield and fatboy slim from promotion roots evolved a management
company, record label and publishing company. anglo management looks after
fatboy sim, madness, pete tong, stereo mcs, jaymo and andy george southern
fried records has become one of the uks last bastions of electic dance music:
armand van helden, elton john, cagedbaby, the black ghosts, black noise,
crookers, the 2 bears, riva star, dusty kid, a1 baseline and the whip asongs
publishes cagedbaby, deadly avenger, dr rubberfunk, trabant, the unisex, carlo
dall anese, house to house, and the anomolies
Hervé Boissière, Managing director, Medici.TV (France)
Hervé Boissière est un professionnel reconnu dans le domaine de la musique
classique depuis 20 ans. Né en 1966, il a étudié les Sciences Politiques et
l Histoire de l Art. Il débute sa carrière en 1986 à l Opéra de Lyon, puis est
engagé chez Warner Music France comme Directeur des labels Classique,
Musique du monde et Jazz, jusqu en 1998. Il rejoint Naïve l année suivante où il
crée et développe un label de musique classique (1999
2005) avant d être
nommé Directeur Général de Naïve. Depuis 2007, il occupe différentes fonctions
de management au sein du groupe Medici Arts. Il est le concepteur et le directeur
de medici.tv et supervise toutes les activités de la plateforme depuis son
ouverture. Hervé Boissière a produit et diffusé plus de 400 disques, dvd et
concerts sur internet qui ont remporté plusieurs grands prix internationaux.
Todd Brabec, Former Executive Vice- President, ASCAP (US)
Paul Brindley, Managing Director, Music Ally (UK)
Paul Brindley is the co-founder and managing director of Music Ally, the leading
London-based digital music research and strategy company. With a background
as a musician he played bass guitar with The Sundays from 1988 to 1998. As a
freelance writer and research consultant, he wrote New Musical Entrepreneurs, a
report into the impact of new technology on the UK music industry, for the
prestigious Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) think-tank in March 2000.
During the same period he was invited onto a Government committee to produce
the Consumers Call The Tune report; and in 2003 he co-authored Make or Break,
a report looking at the case for setting up a UK music export office in New York.
Music Ally is Europe s leading digital music research and strategy company.
Founded in 2000, the company has developed an unrivalled understanding of the
digital space supported by its extensive network of contacts across the industry.
There are six core components to Music Ally s business: strategy advice, business and consumer research,
digital marketing, training, publications and events. The team of analysts has a long-standing and direct
experience of working within the music industry, covering all fields of insight from social networking to p2p, to
licensing issues, to mobile music and online marketing.
Myke Brown, Manager of Tata Young, Tata Young Management (Thailand)
Myke Brown's multi faceted avant-garde career has spanned over many years
from being a music video director for rock legend Jimi Hendrix to Jermane
Dupree, concert producer for the B-52s to WWE Smackdown and Tour manager
for Asia's Pop icon Jerry Yan (F4). Currently he is the manager and mentor for
some the top acts in Asia. Brown's unique blend of east meets west has allowed
him to help bridge the gaps for major and indie artist and concert promoters on
both sides of the globe. Managing expectation of what artist, labels, promoters
need before doing any business in Asia is an important fact. Brown's belief is that
the cultural barriers and social indifferences that have separated east and west
can begin to balance out with understanding so that we can experience the true
'World Music Market' where global content can be shared and exchanged. Brown
lives in Thailand and has been in Asia for 11 years and is always on the hunt for
new talent. He is the manager for Asia's Queen of Pop, Tata Young.
Paul Brown, SVP Strategic Partnerships, Spotify (Sweden/UK)
Paul is an experienced music and digital media business executive and media
lawyer with over 12 years spent working in music and digital media,
entertainment and commercial law, corporate finance and venture capital.As SVP,
Strategic Partnerships, Paul oversees all relationships with Spotify s content
owner partners and strategic media partners including record labels,
artists/management and third party media companies across its launch markets.
He also directs Spotify s ecommerce strategy including digital downloads,
ticketing and merchandise. Paul also has responsibility for content operations and
content marketing and promotional activities
Stephen Bryan, SVP, Digital Business Development, Warner Music Group (USA)
Stephen Bryan is Senior Vice President, Digital Strategy & Business Development,
Warner Music Group. Based in New York, Stephen s responsibilities include
working with senior management to create and implement WMG s digital
strategy, develop new business models and digital products, negotiate and
execute key deals, and build global relationships with strategic partners, including
digital retailers, wireless carriers, handset manufacturers, ISPs and social media
networks.
Warner Music Group became the only stand-alone music company to be publicly
traded in the United States in May 2005. With its broad roster of new stars and
legendary artists, Warner Music Group is home to a collection of the best-known
record labels in the music industry including Asylum, Atlantic, Cordless, East
West, Elektra, Nonesuch, Reprise, Rhino, Roadrunner, Rykodisc, Sire, Warner
Bros. and Word. Warner Music International, a leading company in national and international repertoire,
operates through numerous international affiliates and licensees in more than 50 countries.
Eivind Brydoy, Chaiman, MMF (Norway)
Eivind Brydoy is an artistmanager from Norway. He started booking artists to the
University where he studied. After his studies he went on to work for Stageway
and later started the booking agency Artistpartner. He sold his shares in
Artistpartner to focus on management in 1999. Since then he has worked with
several of Norway´s best known artists. His companys current roster includes
Kaizers Orchestra, Noora Noor, Yohanna, The Grand and Sissy Wish. Brydoy has
been active in IMMF and was one of the founders of MMF Norway. He also does
work for Artspages, one of the main digital aggregators in the Nordic Territory.
Louis Buchman, Partner, Field Fisher Waterhouse (France)
Field Fisher Waterhouse is a European law firm with offices in London, Paris,
Brussels and Hamburg acting for a wide range of clients in the music industry,
including collecting societies, industry bodies, music publishers, record companies
and artists. FFW also acts for major consumers of music content, including
television broadcasters and film and TV production companies. Its Media &
Entertainment team of 13 partners and 30 associates has experience of drafting
and negotiating a broad cross-section of music-related commercial agreements.
Among those partners, Louis B. Buchman is Paris-based and a French national.
He was admitted to the Paris Bar in 1974 and to the New York Bar in 1989. Louis
advises on a wide range of intellectual property matters, including IP rights
licensing and also handles litigation, arbitration and mediation relating to IP
rights. A past president of the International Association of Entertainment
Lawyers, he is the author of several publications on court procedures in France,
copyright, ADR and corporate issues. FFW s litigators have represented many artists and music-related
businesses in contractual disputes and in the protection of music copyrights.
Su sa n Bu t le r , Ex e cu t ive Edit or , M u sic Con fide n t ia l a n d Ow n e r , Bu t le r Bu sin e ss & M e dia
(USA)
Susan Butler writes and publishes Music Confidential, a weekly international
business analysis report for executives in entertainment. The report focuses on
business models, licensing issues, legal challenges and government action that
impact all sectors of the industry. Launched in 2008, the report now has paid
subscribers in 23 countries including investors and top government officials. Prior
to launching her media company, Susan practiced law in the entertainment
industry (1983-2004) and the technology/new media field (1995-2004). She also
wrote for top tech magazines (1995-2002), becoming a ZDNet columnist (19972001), published author (2000) and expert on Internet business. She also wrote
for a music trade publication (2004-2008).
Gary Calamar, President, Go Music (USA)
Calamar is a Grammy-nominated producer and music supervisor for his work on
HBO's Six Feet Under. He is currently overseeing the music on some of the
most acclaimed and popular shows on television: True Blood (HBO), House
(Fox), and "Dexter" (Showtime). Gary has also chosen the songs for the films
Varsity Blues, for which he received a gold record, Slums Of Beverly Hills and
the forthcoming release I Love You Philip Morris . Gary hosts a hit radio show
every Sunday night on public radio powerhouse KCRW in Santa Monica. Gary s
unique brand of adventurous pop music both timely and timeless has been a
favorite of listeners for over a decade. Through the years Gary has hosted live
performances and interviews with musical greats ranging from Brian Wilson and
Elmer Bernstein to Wilco, Lucinda Williams, and The Flaming Lips. Gary has
written a book, The Record Store Days, about the rise and fall of the American
record store to be released in April 2010.
Cheryl Calegari, Senior Marketing Director, Converse (UK)
Cheryl Calegari is the Senior Director of Marketing, UK for Converse based in
London. Calegari recently transitioned from her former role as Senior Marketing
Director in Asia Pacific based in Shanghai (2006
2008) where she oversaw
regional brand marketing functions including advertising,
marketing,
communications, retail marketing and digital. Calegari joined Converse in 2005
where she was based in New York City overseeing the global communications
including PR strategy, corporate communications, entertainment marketing, and
events aligning the brand and marketing strategies in music, art, sport and
fashion. Calegari has over 16 years of international and domestic marketing and
public relations experience. Before joining Converse, Calegari spent over six
years at Tommy Hilfiger as Vice President Public Relations & Marketing and four
years at Kenneth Cole. She has also been engaged in consulting roles by a
number of renowned fashion and consumer brands as well as high-profile personalities. Calegari also writes
and performs stand-up comedy and is part of a long-running comedic project, Mortified
(www.getmortified.com).
Ashley Capps, Co- Founder of Bonnaroo Festival & President, AC Entertainment (USA)
A passion for music and performance led Ashley Capps to begin promoting
concerts independently in the late 1970s, while still a student at the University of
Tennessee. Now recognized as one of the foremost independent promoters in the
United States, Mr. Capps and his company, AC Entertainment, which he founded
in 1991, create, produce, book, and present hundreds of concerts and events
every year from coast to coast.
Since 1995, Capps and his team have managed and programmed The Historic
Tennessee Theatre, the official State Theatre of Tennessee, and were
instrumental in the $25 million renovation of the facility in 2004. A second
historic venue, the Bijou Theatre, was renovated and re-opened in 2006 under
his leadership.
In 2002, Capps founded the acclaimed Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in
Manchester, TN, cited by Rolling Stone as one of the 50 Moments That Changed the History of Rock & Roll.
In addition to his role in booking and overseeing festival operations, Capps spearheaded Bonnaroo s innovative
internet-based marketing strategies that have characterized the festival since its inception.
In 2008, Capps launched the groundbreaking Big Ears Festival with the goal of exploring synergies and
collaborations crossing musical genres as well as interfacing with the visual arts. Other new festival and event
concepts are in the planning stages for 2010 and 2011.
As an artist manager, Capps works with a select group of young musicians
including Abigail Washburn and
Julia Nunes who are also characterized by their expansive world view and visionary strategies.
Chris Carella, Chief Creative Officer, Streamjam/The Electric Sheep Company (USA)
Chris Carella is the Chief Creative Officer at The Electric Sheep Company. He has
received a Technical Emmy Award for his work on the L Word in Second Life
project and was a producer on the Emmy Award winning Virtual Laguna Beach.
Chris has a design role on all of The Electric Sheep Company projects including
over 150 live virtual events.The Electric Sheep Company creates virtual worlds
for media & entertainment franchises, major brands, and other organizations.
ESC offers strategy, design, production, and operations management as well as
technology products. ESC employs many virtual world technologies including its
own platform, Webflock, that is specifically designed for easy-to-use, public
virtual spaces, games, and experiences within websites. Webflock powers webbased 3D virtual worlds ranging from one-time events to full-scale MMOs. ESC's
latest product, StreamJam, is a free application specifically for putting live events
online, using virtual environments to enhance audience participation.
Jean- Charles Carré, Business Manager of David Guetta & CEO, Gumprod (France)
Jean Charles CARRE began his career as director for Canal + ( French TV) in
1990 where he directed the Famous French musical program « Rapido »
presented by Antoine de Caunes. In 1992, Jean Charles CARRE set up SQUARE
PROD, a broadcasting production company with Joachim Garraud. In 2001 : Jean
Charles CARRE and Joachim GARRAUD built 2 new companies with David GUETTA
: Square Rivoli Publishing ( Music Publishing company) and Gum Prod a record
Label producing all of David Guetta's Albums and F***me I'm Famous'
Compilations. GUM PROD has produced a lot of hits : « Love I s Gone » (David
Guetta feat Chris Willis) It was THE Title of the year 2008 : n°1 on the Clubs
Chart , n°2 on Charts in France and UK. « When Lov e Takes Over » (David
Guetta feat Kelly Rowland) In 2009 is n°1 In Europe (club charts,radio and
sales). «Sexy Bitch» (feat Akon) Third n°1 hit last summer in Europe and in the
Top 5 in USA at the moment. « I Gotta Feeling » (The Black Eyed Peas)
composed by David Guetta and Fred Riesterer for The Black Eyed Peas. It was n°1 for 14 weeks in USA. It
broke the record of the decade as the longest running n°1 spot in the US charts (+ 4 million copies).These
positions are unprecedented in the history of French Music in the world. David Guetta's album , «One
Love» sold more than one million copies.All of David Guetta's Albums ( 4 in total ) are platinum records. Finally,
David Guetta is Nominated in 5 categories at The Grammy awards 2010 !
Neil Cartwright, Managing Director, Media Junction (UK)
Neil was Head of New Media at Sony Music UK for nine years. He was responsible
for all artist websites and negotiating the company s first entry into digital
downloads at a time when most people had never heard of an iPod.
His company, Media Junction, are one of the UK s leading marketing agencies in
arts & entertainment. Digital services include websites, publicity, social media,
advertising, mobile and e-commerce. Clients include artists, venues and
promoters such as Jamiroquai, ATC Management, Mama Group and Global
Gathering. He also sits on the board of directors of the music charity, Community
Music, who help aspiring musicians and producers from inner cities get into the
music business.
Bernie Cho, President, DFSB Kollective (Korea)
Bernie Cho is the President of DFSB Kollective, a Seoul-based creative agency
that specializes in providing innovative digital media, marketing, and distribution
solutions to Korean Pop ( K-Pop ) music artists. As more and more K-Pop acts
aspire to go independent and international, Bernie and his team collaborate with
them to devise customized music 2.0 strategies that directly connect them to
their local and global fans. Since Spring 2009, his agency has successfully
launched the first sold-out K-Pop tour in the USA, secured the first top 10 chart
debut for a K-Pop album in North America, and rolled out over 100 K-Pop artists
into digital music stores and sites worldwide. Prior to founding DFSB Kollective,
Bernie served as the Head of MTV Korea s Digital Media Production and worked
for over a decade in the Korean music TV industry as a Creative Planner, Program
Producer, and Video Jockey.
Valérie Chollet, Founder, The Matching Room (France)
Valerie CHOLLET founded THE MATCHING ROOM
Music & Brands Marketing
Agency - early 2007. She is the expert marketing missing link between brands
and the whole music business partners. She provides brands and media agencies
with an expert 360° approach to set up the best music marketing strategies able
to benefit equally to brands & artists expectations (global marketing strategies /
co-branding campaigns for brands with artists or musical concepts / market
survey tools to measure music & brands partnerships). A 15 years skilled
experience in the marketing music business as head of International Marketing at
EMI MUSIC as well as Music Marketing at FNAC retail chain, gave Valerie the
opportunity to handle marketing strategies for: RADIOHEAD, COLDPLAY,
BLUR,TINA TURNER, THE BEATLES and has dealt on a daily basis with their
managers. She acquired also a proven knowledge of main brand issues as head
of worldwide marketing partnership at CLUB MEDITERRANEE with brands like Coca Cola, Hertz, Danone. The
agency initiated the worldwide co-branding partnership between SWAROVSKI and RIHANNA. THE MATCHING
ROOM undertook the first market survey ever dedicated in France to consumers perception about music &
brands campaigns: Music & Brands marketing partnerships: the consumer s point of view (2008).
Jon Cohen, Co- CEO, Cornerstone (USA)
A recognized expert on all things pop culture, Jon Cohen has the innate ability
to subtly but effectively make clients messaging a part of the everyday
vernacular. Utilizing unconventional immersion marketing techniques, Cohen
knows how to create buzz from the inside out that successfully elevate brands
to cult status. In 1997, Cohen partnered with high school friend and music
promotions whiz Rob Stone at Cornerstone. Together they successfully apply
their collective music marketing savvy and knowledge of what s hot now to
launch emerging brands and re-energize high profile consumer brands such as
Nike, Microsoft, Levi s and Disney. In 1998 Cohen and Stone launched the
FADER, an ahead of the curve culture magazine. The magazine, which The New
York Tim es has labeled a music and fashion bible, has been credited with
launching the careers of A-list artists like Eminem, The Strokes, The White
Stripes and Kanye West. In the spring of 2003, Cohen and Stone launched FADER Films, an artist-friendly
production division that has released critically acclaimed motion pictures including Hooked: The Legend of
Demetrius Hook Mitchell and On The Outs. Prior to Cornerstone, Cohen served as Vice President of
Columbia Records alternative music department. While there, he was savvy enough to sense a shift in musical
tastes and championed such alternative artists as Alice in Chains and Jeff Buckley and was instrumental in
shaping their commercial success. Cohen graduated from Syracuse University s Newhouse School of
Communication with a dual Bachelor s degree in Television, Radio & Film and Marketing.
Ted Cohen, Managing partner, TAG Strategic (USA)
Utilizing his widespread digital authority in music, mobile, IPTV and product &
service development, Ted Cohen is the Managing Partner of TAG Strategic, a
digital media consultancy offering services like strategic planning, business
development, content acquisition, product development, project workflow and
infrastructure. In an industry that's been slow to embrace change, Cohen is the
exception to the stereotypical entertainment industry exec rule. Of course, when
you start a career on the road with The Sex Pistols and Van Halen, you're more
primed for the unexpected! Known throughout the technology and entertainment
industries as "part ambassador and part evangelist," Cohen was instrumental in
crafting the licensing agreements upon which the Rhapsody subscription service
and the iTunes Music Store were built. As SVP of Digital Development &
Distribution for EMI Music, he led next-generation digital business development
worldwide & served as both a strategist and key decision-maker for EMI's global digital and anti-piracy efforts.
He served as Chairman of the Mobile Entertainment Forum Americas board, and currently chairs MidemNet, an
international music/technology conference convened in Cannes each year. He also serves on the NARAS
(Grammy) Los Angeles chapter Board of Governors
Michelle Constant, CEO, Business and Arts South Africa (South Africa)
Michelle Constant is a South African journalist, radio DJ, television presenter,
producer, entrepreneur and actress best known for hosting radio shows on 5FM,
Radio 2000, Jacaranda 94.2 and SAFM. Michelle has also presented various TV
shows for both the SABC and e.tv as well as hostingg live events, including the
South African Music Awards. Although she resigned from Radio 2000 in March
2008, after two years at the station, Constant continues to have a presence on
radio through the long-running BASA sponsored news feature Create, on SAFM
Midday Live. She is a columnist for numerous magazines and other publications,
including GQ, Wanted and Empire magazines. In 2002 Constant was appointed to
the music advisory panel for the National Arts Council. She has served as a judge
for the South African Music Awards for over a decade.
Jonathan Cooke, Director, JC Management (UK)
Fr a n k Coope r I I I , SVP Ch ie f Con sum e r En ga ge m e n t Office r , Pe psiCo Am e r ica s Be ve r a ge s
(USA)
As Senior Vice President, Chief Consumer Engagement Officer of PepsiCo
Americas Beverages, Frank Cooper III is charged with leading the development of
a new consumer engagement model for PAB and creating breakthrough
marketing programs across the PAB portfolio. In addition, he has direct oversight
of key operational areas across PAB that determine consumer engagement,
including Digital, Media, Sports, Multicultural and Entertainment. Prior to his
current position, Cooper served as Chief Marketing Officer, Sparkling Beverages
for Pepsi-Cola North America (PCNA), where he played a critical role in
transforming the company s soft drink portfolio. Before joining Pepsi, Cooper
worked in other entertainment and technology businesses for some of the world s
most iconic brands including Senior Executive at Motown, Tommy Boy & Def Jam
Records; co-founded UBO.com; and Vice President of Interactive Marketing at
AOL. Cooper holds a Juris Doctorate degree from the Harvard Law School, where he served as the Supreme
Court Editor of the Harvar d Law Rev iew and currently serves as Chairman of the American Advertising
Federation (a leading advertising trade association with over 40,000 members) and is a member of the Board of
Directors for Business for Diplomatic Action.
Joe Cuello, VP of Creative Music Integration, MTV (USA)
Joe Cuello is Vice President of Creative Music Integration for MTV. In this role,
Mr. Cuello oversees the integration of music within MTV s long form
programming, working closely with both established and independent artists
expanding the connections and opportunities between music and televisionIn his
current role Cuello has launched several key music initiatives across MTV s on-air
lineup including MTV s Guest Music Supervisor role, regularly welcoming
established artists to score some of the network s marquee shows (Dashboard
Confessional, Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker in Laguna Beach and Pete Wentz
in The Hills ). Joe Cuello has also created featured album tie-ins within specific
programming (Rogue Wave for Life of Ryan and Santogold in the upcoming
series Exiled. ) Prior to this role, Joe Cuello was music supervisor on numerous
projects across MTV and VH1. Just some of the shows Cuello served as music
supervisor include MTV s Pimp My Ride , Making the Band , and Newlyweds , and VH1 s Bands Reunited
working with both signed and unsigned artists and musicians.In addition to his work at MTV, Cuello music
supervised films including Pharmhouse Productions Special Ed and Ambulance Entertainment s The Last
Word .
Patrick Curley, Founding Partner & VP Legal Affairs, Third Side Music (Canada)
Patrick Curley is an entertainment lawyer and the president of Third Side Music, a
music publishing company based in Montreal, Canada. After graduating from law
school at McGill University and becoming a member of the Quebec bar in 1997,
he formed his own private law practice, dedicated to serving the needs of the
creative community. Clients include artists, record companies, artist managers,
writers, composers, music publishers, film and television production companies,
technology companies and advertising firms. Patrick Curley is also a musician,
writer and composer, is a member of the rock group The Whereabouts, which has
had dozens of film and TV placements over the years. Patrick Curley grew up in
Jonquière, Québec and now lives in Montréal
Matthew Daniel, VP, R2G/Wa3.cn (China)
Mathew has been a key driver in launching China s largest online independent
music store, Wawawa (wa3.cn). At R2G, he is also deeply involved in product
development strategies and also plays a leading role in shaping business models
for the monetization of mobile and full-length music, and also in the acquisition of
content. He brings to market the skills to bridge the huge divide in Western and
Chinese approaches to intellectual property whilst balancing it with the
practicalities of customer relevance and social practices. R2G is the leading music
distribution service provider in China with licensing deals across more than 200
Service Providers combined with rights from more than 50 Content Providers as it
strives to build a legitimate music ecosystem
Paul DeGooyer, SVP of Electronic Games & Music, MTV (USA)
Paul DeGooyer is the award-winning marketing executive and music supervisor
responsible for shepherding the best-selling Rock Band
music video-game
platform. Most recently, he served as executive producer of The Beat les: Rock
Band, and led the global marketing effort that resulted in that game being named
one of the "Top Brands of the Year" by Ad Age. Rock Band and Rock Band 2
have garnered more than 50 industry awards, including Entertainment Weekly s
Entertainers of the Year 2008. Prior to his joining MTV Games, DeGooyer
served in a variety of senior creative, artist development, marketing and
management roles for Rhino Entertainment, Palm Pictures, Real World Records
and Sony Music. Projects brought to market by DeGooyer reflect his core belief
that creative and commercial successes are not mutually exclusive. They include
the Grammy-winning Concert For George, and the acclaimed Direct ors Label
series of DVD anthologies he executive produced with Spike Jonze, Michel Gondry and Chris Cunningham,
among many others.
Christophe Depreter, General Manager, SABAM (Belgium)
As Sabam s General Manager since 1st of July 2009, Christophe is in charge of the
improvement of the efficiency and the review of the strategy of the Belgian
Collective Management Society. After a stay of several years in Brazil and a Law
Degree in Belgium, he started his career in a society for protection of the authors
rights of painters and photographers, before joining Sabam in 1997 where his
love for music, his interest for copyright and his specialization in competition
issues make him feel like a fish in cool water. He s particularly happy to work on
the crossroad between Culture, Law and Economy in an internationalized context.
Drummer in his family band, he loves travelling, especially to China and Japan of
whom he admires the culture.
Jasper Donat, Co- Founder, Branded / President, Music Matters (Hong Kong/China)
Jasper began his career in Media & Advertising at Chris Ingram Associates (now
Mediaedge:CIA) before joining Eurosport. He moved to Asia in 1995 to work for
STAR TV s Star Sports & co-founded Branded in 2001 with Michael Denmark.
Providing brand marketing solutions to the media and entertainment industries,
BRANDED specialises in all aspects of branded content and partnership marketing
for leading entertainment brands and advertisers such as Coke, Motorola, Cathay
Pacific, Mercedes, the Black Eye d Peas, James Blunt. BRANDED also produces
Music Matters
the Asia Pacific Music Forum, Asia s only regional music
conference. Now in its fifth year, Music Matters has played a significant role in
connecting people and new ideas, whose goal is to facilitate the distribution of
music and an artists' creative work, across a diversity of music platforms and
cultures, and also develop links and relationships that can open up new markets
for local & international music and artists in this fast developing area of the world. Music Matters 2010 will take
place in Hong Kong in May 2010.
Edsel Dope, Artist & Composer (USA)
Edsel is a multi-talented, singer, songwriter, musician and producer, based in
Chicago IL. USA His' first taste of success in the music business came in 1997
when his band Dope inked a multi album world-wide deal with Epic Records.
For the last 10 years, Edsel has toured the world and sold more than a million
albums. He has written and produced custom music for video games (including
Hot Wheels Beat That , Tony Hawk s Pro Skater, Wakeboarding Unleashed and
Guitar Hero,) TV franchises such as MTV, VH-1, ESPN, WWE and various motion
pictures including The Fast and the Furious , Scream 3 and the American
Psycho. Edsel recently accepted an Executive Producer position with the fast
rising, US based company Banshee Music and is currently wrapping up a
project for the world famous Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League.
Daniel Ek, CEO, Spotify (Sweden/UK)
Daniel Ek is the founder and CEO of Spotify. Daniel is a serial entrepreneur who's
passionate about technology and especially search, online advertising and p2p.
Spotify is an innovative digital music service offering on-demand streaming of
music and aim to be a better alternative to music piracy by offering a superior
user experience, while monetising licensed content with both an ad-supported,
free-to-the-user model and a premium, paid model.
Enric Enrich, Partner, Enrich Advocats (Spain)
ENRIC ENRICH has been a practising lawyer in Barcelona since 1980, currently in his
own firm ENRICH ADVOCATS ( www.copyrait.com ), focused on general business
practice and entertainment law. Enric is specialized in private international law,
copyright and image rights, on which matters he lectures and writes. Currently
responsible of the Audiovisual program at the postgraduate studies in EDASE
Business School (www.esade.edu ). He represents clients in different sectors of the
entertainment and cultural industries: film and television, music, publishing, sports
and media. Former Chairman of the Copyright and Image Rights Committee of the
Barcelona Bar Association, and of the Committee of Copyright and Entertainment
Law of the International Bar Association (IBA). Arbitrator of the World Intellectual
Property Organization (WIPO) and the Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA
ex AFMA). Member of the International Association of Entertainment Lawyers (IAEL)
and Association Litteraire et Artistique Internationale (ALAI).
Louise Ernmark, Senior Counsel, Sony Ericsson (Sweden)
Louise Ernmark is an Entertainment law specialist and oversees Sony Ericsson s
operations within the Entertainment field from a legal and contractual perspective
on a world-wide basis. This includes brand association and content deals whereby
Sony Ericsson has successfully partnered with over 30 international and national
celebrities, the launch of PlayNow (Sony Ericsson s a la carte service offering
digital content to consumers) and other music online services in more than 30
countries and PlayNow plus (Sony Ericsson s unlimited music service) in nine
countries. Louise has extensive experience in negotiating and partnering with
record companies, music publishers, collecting societies, artist management and
service and billing providers throughout the world. The vision of Sony Ericsson is
to become THE communication entertainment brand. We inspire people to do
more than just communicate. We enable everyone to create and participate in
entertainment experiences. Experiences that blur the lines between communication and entertainment.
Sebastien Evrard, Associate, Jones Day (Belgium)
Sébastien Evrard has more than 10 years experience advising clients in
competition law and intellectual property matters, with a particular emphasis on
the media, entertainment, and telecommunications industries. Sébastien has
successfully represented Apple Inc. before the European Commission, the French
Competition Council, the Dutch Competition Council, the UK Office of Fair
Trading, the Norwegian Consumer Ombudsman, and German and French courts
in regards to allegations that its iTunes online content service violated various
provisions of competition law, copyright, and/or consumer law. He also has
significant experience representing clients before Belgian courts and before the
European Commission, including in cartel and merger control cases.
Representative clients include Adobe, Abbott, American Airlines, Apple, Dell,
Entreprise des Postes et Télécommunications, ICANN, KPN Group, Procter &
Gamble, SanDisk, SES ASTRA, and Viacom/MTV. Prior to joining Jones Day, Sébastien practiced law in Brussels
and New York, handling all aspects of intellectual property (copyright, trademarks, patents, databases) and
information technology (computer law, privacy, computer crime, e-commerce). Sébastien has published several
articles related to intellectual property and information technology, is a frequent speaker at international
conferences, and has served on the board of the Brussels Young Bar Association.
Jeremy Fabinyi, Acting CEO, PRS for Music (UK)
Jeremy Fabinyi joined MCPS in April 2005 from Paris where he was working on
international authors' rights for BIEM and CISAC. Previously, Jeremy was the CEO
of AMCOS, the Australasian mechanical rights collecting society and has served as
a board member of the Australian audiovisual collecting society, Screenrights,
and the Australian Copyright Council. He was also formerly Managing Director of
Festival Mushroom Records. As Executive Director of MCPS, Jeremy was
responsible for the day to day operations, including the licensing of audio product,
audio-visual product and for new business development. Jeremy was made
acting Chief Executive of PRS for Music (incorporating MCPS and PRS) in July
2009.
Denzyl Feigelson, Consultant, advisor to brands such as iTunes & Coca- Cola and Founder
& CEO, AWAL (UK)
A lifelong musician, trained music-therapist & hailing from South Africa, Denzyl
has guided the careers of some of the African continents' most successful artists
(Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Johnny Clegg). He was instrumental in the worldwide
success of Paul Simon's album "Graceland" and co-produced the first grand-scale
multi-racial Concert in the Park in South Africa (1982). Denzyl has been a
strategic consultant to Apple since 2001, in digital, music licensing, creative,
retail and live-events. Since 2003, Denzyl has been an integral part of the iTunes
success (over 8 billion tracks sold!). He has been responsible for the editorial
direction and programming of all genres of music. Denzyl is currently working on
global live projects for iTunes, and since 2007, has been producing the 31-day
annual iTunes Festival in London. Denzyl is the founder and CEO of AWAL.COM
(Artists Without A Label), a pure-play digital music company representing over
4,000 artists. AWAL has been instrumental in the discovery and digital-incubation
of unsigned talent (Arctic Monkeys, Editors, Klaxons, Tina Dico, Priscilla Ahn to name a few). Denzyl is also a
strategic music consultant and licensing expert for brands such as Coca-Cola, Fanta, Sprite, Nike, Ralph Lauren,
Coach, Western Union...
Andrew Fisher, CEO, Shazam (UK)
Andrew was appointed CEO of Shazam in March 2005. He has been responsible
for determining the company s strategic focus and leading its accelerated growth
to become the world s leading mobile music discovery application. Under his
leadership the company has recruited more than 35 million unique users and
launched services across 75 carriers in over 60 countries throughout the world.
Prior to joining Shazam, Andrew was European Managing Director of InfoSpace
Inc. At InfoSpace Andrew led the company's significant European growth focusing
on music and entertainment services for mobile operators and portal solutions for
many leading online service providers. Over the past 14 years, Andrew has led
the successful growth of a number of technology focused enterprises. He founded
and was Managing Director of TDLI.com which was acquired by InfoSpace Inc
with an enterprise value of $400m and was General Manager of Thomson
Directories Business Ventures.
Duncan Freeman, Founder and President, Band Metrics (USA)
Duncan Freeman is a technology professional and entrepreneur with substantial
experience building, managing and marketing a variety of technologies with an
emphasis on Internet based products and services since 1994. As a former
member and manager of two Southeastern based independent bands, Duncan
decided to start his third startup, Band Metrics, a data analytics and decision
support system for the music industry, as there were no market
research/analytical tools available for artists. He is also the founder and editor of
IndieMusicTech.com, a blog about the technologies enabling the music industry.
Band Metrics is a data analytics and decision support system that provides
comprehensive quantitative and qualitative analytics for the music industry with
in-depth geographical reporting and fan segmentation. Musicians, bands, labels,
managers, music supervisors, and other music industry professionals can identify
fans and fan correlations, measure social engagement, find hot markets, track broadcast and online radio plays,
discover sales trends, and gauge attitudes among other online metrics. The company has developed several
innovative tools that have never been developed before, including the artists mapping platform
(http://is.gd/4PgQl), as well as a free, open XML-based format for exchanging social data relative to artists
called the Music Data Exchange Format (http://is.gd/2OmsG).
Sello Galane, Maestro Musician, Academic & Entrepreneur, Senior Education Specialist at
National Department of Education, KAMR (South Africa)
Galane is a Maestro Musician, Academic and Entrepreneur. He is CEO of Kgapana
African Music Records. Galane is currently reading towards a Doctorate in Music.
He sits on Unisa Examinations Board on behalf of Department of Education. His
band performs in South Africa and internationally. He plays: drums - Ngoma,
Conga & Jembe - assorted percussions; toys and voice. He is accompanied by a
band of multi-talented musicians drawn from various parts of the African
continent and the band fuses both acoustic and electric instrument sounds such
as bass and lead guitars; keyboards and saxophone.
Peter Gelb, General Manager, the Metropolitan Opera (USA)
Since taking over as General Manager of the Metropolitan Opera in 2006, Peter
Gelb has launched a host of initiatives to revitalize opera and connect it to a
wider audience. Under his leadership the company has recruited increased
numbers of the world s great theater directors, secured more performances from
top singers, and launched the Peabody Award-winning series The Met: Live in HD,
which presents live performance transmissions in movie theaters around the
world. Other initiatives launched by Mr. Gelb include a round-the-clock satellite
Met radio channel; free open houses for the public; a $20 rush-ticket program;
and a new contemporary art space in the Met lobby.
Manfred Gillig- Degrave, Editor in Chief, Musik Woche (Germany)
Studied biology, worked for newspapers and magazines, writing about music,
movies, books, pop culture. Became music editor for hi-fi magazines
Stereoplay and then Audio and in 1985 was co-founder of HiFiVision . In
1988 senior editor with Musikexpress/Sounds , two years later he launched the
music magazine Zounds . In 1993 he conceived MusikWoche, published by
Entertainment Media, a new b2b magazine for the German music industry. From
July 2000 to December 2001 he took some time off to publish books about
music and artists with Hannibal Verlag, only to return to his duty as editor-inchief of MusikWoche. Along the way he founded the label Blue Vision which
focussed on Caribbean pop music, co-invented the music game Premiere ,
published a manual for draft resisters, translated the story Ghost Of Chance by
William Burroughs, and wrote fan books about Depeche Mode, Roxette and a-ha.
Daniel Glass, President & CEO, Glassnote Entertainment Group (USA)
Daniel Glass is President/CEO of Glassnote Entertainment Group, a full service
independent music company he founded. Glassnote is home to platinum selling
Secondhand Serenade, Justin Nozuka, Grammy nominated Phoenix, The Temper
Trap, Mumford & Sons, Jonas Sees In Color, and Two Door Cinema Club. Daniel s
career began at SAM Records and continued at Chrysalis, then SBK Records. He
went on to become President/CEO of EMI Records Group N.A., founding President
of Universal , and President of independent Artemis Records before starting
Glassnote. He has had success with artists such at Sinead O Connor, Billy Idol,
Blur, Jon Secada, Warren Zevon, ErykahBadu, Paula Abdul, Baha Men and The
Pretenders.
Harvey Goldsmith CBE, Managing Director, Artiste Management Productions (UK)
Harvey Goldsmith is one of the UK s best known music industry impresarios,
having since the 1960s produced and promoted shows with leading artists such
as The Rolling Stones, The Who, Bruce Springsteen, The Eagles, Led Zeppelin and
Sting. He formed Artiste Management Productions in 1973 to produce and
manage music Artists and Harvey Goldsmith Entertainment Limited in 1976,
which became the UK s leading promoter of concerts and events. In 2005 Harvey
became Chairman of ignition, an experiential marketing company. Harvey s most
recent projects include producing a Tribute concert to Pavarotti in Petra,
producing The Tower Festival at the Tower of London, Andrea Bocelli s UK Tour as
well as the UK Tour of Last Night of The Poms featuring Dame Edna Everage.
Harvey is manager to Jeff Beck and is managing all of Yusuf Islam s live work.
Rich Goldman, Founder & President, RipTide Music (USA)
Rich Goldman is the founder and President of RipTide Music, a leading music
licensing and publishing company in Los Angeles, California. In addition to guiding
the activities and growth of Riptide, he is a lifelong musician who has amassed a
broad range of industry credits as a composer, producer, engineer and recording
studio operator. Rich serves on the Advisory Board of Game Audio Network
Guild/G.A.N.G.,(Board member for 7 years) dedicated to the advancement of
interactive audio and is also a member of California Copyright Conference, AIMP
and The Recording Academy. RipTide Music is a creative, forward thinking Los
Angeles based licensing and publishing company. Riptide represents the work of
over 200 accomplished composers, Indie-bands, artists and singer-songwriters
for one-stop licensing in television, movie trailers, films, video games and
advertising. We also represent a growing roster of celebrity talent, historical
masters and inspired recordings of cover songs.
Martin Gormsen, Deputy Managing Director, KODA (Denmark)
Martin Gormsen
Deputy Managing Director at KODA since 1999. Martin
Gormsen is KODA s key negotiator as regards new and ground-breaking deals for
music in the digital field. Among these are TDC Play, Danish Broadcasting
Corporation s online archive and many other online music services with broadcast
content several of them receiving international publicity
Richard Gottehrer, Founder & Chif Creative Officer, The Orchard (USA)
Richard Gottehrer is Co-Founder & Chief Creative Officer of The Orchard. He
began his career in the music industry as a songwriter, penning classics such as
"My Boyfriend's Back" and "I Want Candy," and was an artist in the 1960s pop
group, The Strangeloves. In 1996, he co-founded leading independent record
label Sire Records with fellow luminary Seymour Stein. Sire was later sold to the
Time Warner Corporation, and Mr. Gottehrer went on to make a name as a multiplatinum producer for well-known music acts, including Blondie, The Go-Go's, The
Raveonettes and Joan Armatrading before co-founding The Orchard in 1997.
Paddy Grafton Green, Partner, Michael Simkins LLP (UK)
Paddy is a partner in the Music Group, advising Media Companies, artistes and
high net worth individuals (in particular in the music business) on corporate,
commercial, employment and taxation (both domestic and international) issues in
relation in particular to recording, publishing, public appearance, management,
sponsorship, merchandising, production and distribution arrangements.
M ich a e l Gu din sk i, Fou n de r & Ch a ir m a n , M u sh r oom Gr ou p of Com pa n ie s ( Au st r a lia / New
Zealand)
Michael Gudinski is considered by many to have been fundamental in shaping the
Australian music industry. As the founder of Mushroom Records he was
instrumental in launching the careers of some of Australia s most iconic artists.
His touring company The Frontier Touring Company is consistently Australia and
New Zealand s number one concert promoter in Pollstar and Billboard rankings
touring acts such as Justin Timberlake, Kylie Minogue, Madonna and Billy Joel,
while his publishing company Mushroom Music and merchandising company
Australian Tour Merchandising are considered leaders in their areas. He also has
boutique
record
labels Liberation,
Liberator
Records, Illusive
and
Ivy
League. Notably Michael owned recording, touring, publishing, merchandising and
television and film companies long before the 360 model became the catchphrase
of the late 00s.
Antonio Guisasola, President, Promusicae (Spain)
Antonio Guisasola has worked in the intellectual property rights sector for the
whole of his career. He has a degree in Law from the Universidad Autonoma of
Madrid and belongs to the upper body of the State Civil Administrators in Public
Administration. In 2000 was appointed Sub Director of the Intellectual Property
(Ministry of Culture, Spain) where he worked until he joined Promusicae in 2002.
Since April 2003 he has held the position of President at Promusicae (
Productores de Musica de España). Promusicae, is the Spanish body of IFPI, it
has 86 members representing more than 95 per cent of the national recording
music industry s activities, including all major labels as well as independent music
companies, representing all music genres. Over the last years he has witnessed
the transformation of the music industry as it has become increasingly influenced
by the internet as a way of distributing contents. Guisasola has become a key
figure in the defence of the rights of music artists and the fight against music piracy (physical and digital) which
has become one of the biggest problems facing the Spanish music industry.
Ken Gullic, General Manager, Rocket Science (USA)
As a 20 year vet within the independent music sector, Ken Gullic served 15 of
those years within the Sony RED Relativity system, including a 3 year stint as
senior VP of Loud Records. He later became a cofounding executive for Fontana,
Universal Music s indie division, where he presided over KISS 20x platinum
Kissology series during his four year tenure as SVP. Most recently Gullic oversaw
operations and acquisitions for MTV program enterprises, which included the
launch of the Carter Twins and Just Kait, as well as the resurrection of the Anvil
recording career. In his new post, Ken runs the day to day operations of Rocket
Science, and interacts with all clients, labels and artists.
Rocket Science Inc is a premier label services engine that provides
comprehensive record label departmental needs under one roof. Rocket Science
Ventures expands on this concept by adding a release funding and Sony/ RED
distribution option while still providing artists and management the ability maintain ownership rights and
control. Coupled with the extensive and accountable in-house services, Rocket Science Ventures offers a
turnkey solution with a focus on execution. www.myrocketscience.com <http://www.myrocketscience.com/>
Jennifer Haslam- James, Lead Consultant, Digiclef/Release Consulting (UK)
DigiClef is a brand new way of retailing sheet music via smartphones. Our mobile
apps display legal professional quality tabs with touch-sensitive controls that
allow Musicians to adjust the tempo of the music easily. DigiClef unlocks the
value held in sheet musical arrangements, packages it in state-of-the-art
technology, and then delivers it directly to musicians on their iPhones. Jennifer
Haslam-James heads up Release Consulting Ltd s mobile application development
team, reporting to Will Lovegrove, Managing Director. Release Mobile
(www.releasemobile.com) was launched in September 2008 with the aim of
producing mobile applications for Media and Entertainment companies on a range
of platforms including iPhone/iPod Touch, Blackberry and Windows Mobile. Prior
to joining Release Consulting, Ms Haslam-James built up her expertise in
producing and managing international media projects by working at the BBC,
Endemol,
Discovery
Channel
and
Delaney
Lund
Knox
Warren.
Release
Consulting
(www.releaseconsulting.co.uk) is a specialist IT consultancy formed by senior members of Universal Music
Groups IT Digital Initiative team in February 2008. It designs, builds and constructs business applications for
International Media and Entertainment companies.
Jeffrey Hayzlett, Chief Marketing Officer, Eastman Kodak Company (USA)
Jeffrey Hayzlett serves as the Chief Marketing Officer and Vice President,
Eastman Kodak Company, As CMO, Mr. Hayzlett is responsible for the company's
worldwide marketing operations including the design and implementation of all
marketing strategies, investments, policies, and processes.
He leads the
company's efforts for Strategy and Planning, Marketing Programs, Marketing
Operations, Brand Development, Business Development, and Corporate
Sponsorships. He is also responsible for the company's Corporate
Communications, PR and Public Affairs organizations. Mr. Hayzlett speaks
frequently around the world on business growth, communications, and
marketing, including keynotes at events such as The Economist Marketing
Summit, THE Conference on Marketing, the 140 Character Twitter Conference,
CMO Summits, Mobile Marketing Forum, Digital Life Design Conference, Photo
Marketing Association Conference, Direct Marketing Leadership Forum, and National Postal Forum. He is cited
as a leading marketing expert in numerous books, magazines, and newspapers, and is a frequent television
guest, having appeared on shows including CNBC s The Big I dea wit h Donny Deut sch, Fox Business News, and
NBC s Celebrity Apprentice with Donald Trump.
Brian Heatherman, Vice Chair Americas, IMMF (Canada)
Brian Heatherman managed such notable Yonge Street Toronto record stores as
Sunrise and BackTracks. In 1988 became marketing rep for Duke Street
Records. In 1990, moved to MCA Records (later Universal Music). His first
position there was as a Retail Marketing and Sales Rep, which was followed by a
few years as a Radio Promotion and Marketing Rep. These roles involved
promoting such artists as Peter Gabriel, Guns n Roses, Elton John as well as
overseeing artist promotional trips. In 1995, Brian became the youngest Director
of A&R at MCA Records and head of MCA Music Publishing Canada signing
Canadian artists including Souldecision, Holly McNarland, Age of Electric, Jason
McCoy, and Johnny Favourite Swing Orchestra all of whom went Gold or multi
Platinum. Over the years, the musically-eclectic roster of artists he has
represented through the two companies include Holly McNarland, Wide Mouth
Mason, Suzie McNeil, Turn Off The Stars, Derek Miller, Grand PM, and The Dunes, rising young country star
Lindsay Broughton and Toronto singer/songwriter Peter Katz. For the last five years, he has been the President
of the Music Managers Forum (MMF) in Canada, and he is on the Board of the International Music Managers
Forum (IMMF). He also serves as Executive Director of the Americas for the IMMF. Brian also sits on the Board
of Directors for FACTOR (Foundation to Assist Canadian Talent on Recording) and on the steering committee for
the OMDC (Ontario Media Development Corporation) and serves as a consultant to Canadian Music Week.
Guy Henderson, SVP, Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK)
As Senior VP, International for Sony/ATV Music Publishing, Guy is responsible for
Sony s ATV s businesses in Europe, Asia, Australia, Middle East and South Africa.
He is a Board member of the International Confederation of Music Publishers
(ICMP) and the International Music Publisher s Association (IMPA). Guy moved to
Sony/ATV s international office in 2001 as European VP. He was previously
Managing Director of Sony Music South Africa, starting the record company in
1995 and setting up the publishing company in 1998. During this time he signed
and worked with the likes of Hugh Masekela, Sibongile Khumalo, Jonas Gwangwa,
Mdu, Bongo Maffin and Joyous Celebration. He began his career at Gallo Record
Company and was appointed Managing Director in 1993, working with the likes of
Lucky Dube, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Stimela and Sipho Mabusa and
Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens. As a director of Gallo Music International, Guy was also responsible for
licensing South African acts worldwide. He wrote an authorised biography of Lucky Dube called Crazy World ,
which was published in 1995 and re-published after Lucky s untimely death in 2007.
Lee Henshaw, Managing Director, Silence Media (UK)
Silence Media is a cost per engagement (CPE) advertising network for banner
advertising. Its clients only pay when people engage with their banner ads by
rolling over them. Silence works with Europe's and America's leading
entertainment websites and was responsible for them working with the CPE
model for the first time. Its clients include Sony, Universal, EMI, Beggars and
PIAS. Lee Henshaw has worked in online marketing since the mid-90's when he
broadcast the world s first online concert, in Manchester for the music
entrepreneur Tony Wilson. He founded the online PR company Way to Blue in
1999, building it into one of Europe's leading entertainment PR companies. Lee
sold his stake in Way to Blue to launch Silence, a performance based advertising
network offering the cost per engagement (CPE) model to record labels. Silence s
clients, including Sony, Universal and EMI in Europe and America, only pay when
people engage with their banner ads by rolling over them. Lee has worked as a national newspaper journalist,
and his first novel, Queer Fish in God Waiting Room, was published in 2008. His news stories and features
appeared in The Guardian, The Observer, The Times, The Daily Telegraph and The Independent. He is also the
author of a best-selling Oasis biography.
Ian Hogarth, CEO & Co- founder, Songkick.com (UK)
Songkick is the home for live music online. Fans can track their favorite artists
and we email them tour alerts with links to buy tickets. After the gig, they can
see and share photos, videos, posters, and setlists. Songkick is the largest
database of concert information in the world with over 1.2 million concerts from
1960 to the present day. Ian graduated from Cambridge University in 2005 with
a first class degree in Engineering, specialising in Machine Learning. He then
worked for Bain & Company in Asia and Silicon Valley specialising in technology
strategy, before co-founding Songkick. Songkick is the home for live music
online. Fans can track their favorite artists and Songkick emails them tour alerts
with links to buy tickets. After the gig, fans can see and share photos, videos,
posters, and setlists. Songkick is the largest database of concert information in
the world, with over 1.2 million concerts from 1960 to the present day. Songkick
is backed by Index Ventures (investors in Skype, MySQL, Last.fm) as well as angels from the technology and
music industry. Ian was recently listed in Billboards 30 under 30 list for 2009. His first gig was Mogwai and Arab
Strap at the Astoria in 1998.
Rob Hooijer, Director for Africa Affairs , CISAC (South Africa)
Former Chief Executive of Southern African Music Rights Organisation, was
appointed as Director for African Affairs for Confederation Internationale des
Societes d Auteurs et Compositeurs (CISAC) in 2007. Hooijer is based in
Johannesburg, marking the first time that CISAC has had a presence on the
African Continent. Under his leadership as Chief Executive of SAMRO, a position
held from 1997 until 2006, SAMRO saw appreciable transformation in keeping
with what is evidenced in the wider South African Society. Revenues and
distribution grew significantly. It was in 2006 that Hooijer decided it was time to
hand over the a new generation of leaders at SAMRO. Hooijer has also served as
a member of Board of Directors of CISAC, a member of CISAC s Board Finance
Committee and also a member of CISAC s African Committee since 1996
holding chairmanship of this Board for two terms. An accounting and corporate
governance graduate, Hooijer is amongst other things a Profesional Accountant, A fellow of the Institute of
Charted Secretaries and Administrators, a member of the Institute of Directors in Southern Africa and a number
of other professional bodies
Bruce Houghton, President, Skyline Music, & Editor, Hypebot.com (USA)
Bruce Houghton is the President of booking agency Skyline Music and blogs daily
on music and technology at Hypebot.com. He founded the full service booking
agency Skyline Music in 1984 and began blogging about upheaval in the music
industry in 2005. Skyline represents a unique middle ground between the major
agencies and the smaller boutiques. Its team of 11 offers aggressive and
personalized services to a diverse roster of select artists including Arturo
Sandoval, Paula Cole, Poco, Roger McGuinn, and just 35 others. As part of the
agency s mission to help clients navigate the shifting music industry landscape,
Houghton began chronicling these changes on his blog Hypebot.com. His daily
updates and commentaries have grown to become the premier source of news
and commentary at the intersection music and technology. Houghton also sits on
the MidemNet Visionary Chair Committee as well as the advisory boards of Band
Metrics and The New Music Seminar.
Todd Interland, Manager of Lily Allen & James Blunt, Twenty- First Artists (UK)
A 20 year music veteran, Todd began his career at London Records USA before
becoming the Head of A&R at Rocket Records in the mid Nineties. He joined
Twenty-First Artists in 1999 and within his first year provided creative,
management and A & R support for Elton John. By 2002, Todd became a
Management Executive and signed James Blunt, who went on to become the
most successful British artist of the decade. His debut LP Back To Bedlam sold
12 million copies worldwide, and was the best-selling LP of the new millennium in
the UK while 2007 s All the Lost Souls reached Number 1 in fourteen countries
and sold 3 million units in the first six weeks of it s release. In 2007, Todd took
on the management for UK artist Lily Allen, and oversaw the worldwide campaign
for Lily s sophomore release It s Not Me, It s You , which has become the best
selling British album in the UK for 2009, in addition to other worldwide accolades.
Todd also manages international acts Just Jack, Pnau and various others
Marc Jacobson, Partner, Greenberg Traurig (USA)
Greenberg Traurig offers clients a preeminent, wide-ranging Media
and Entertainment Practice, with more than 100 attorneys focusing on music,
motion pictures, digital media, television, mobile content delivery, sports,
Internet, publishing and theater. We have critical access to key players in the
entertainment industry and provide clients with the pragmatic, time sensitive and
dedicated counsel needed to thrive in today s multi-disciplined, multimedia
entertainment marketplace. Greenberg Traurig, LLP is an international,
multidisciplinary law firm with approximately 1750 attorneys serving clients from
more than 30 offices in the U.S., Europe and Asia. In the U.S., the firm has more
offices than any other among the Top 20 on The Nat ional Law Jour nal s 2009
NLJ250. In the U.K., the firm operates as Greenberg Traurig Maher LLP.
Additionally, Greenberg Traurig has strategic alliances with the following
independent law firms: Studio Santa Maria in Milan and Rome, TA Lawyers GKJ in Tokyo and Weber Law Office
in Zurich. For additional information, please visit www.gtlaw.com.
Peter Jenner, Emeritus President, IMMF (UK)
Peter Jenner is legendary in the music business. One time manager to Pink Floyd,
The Clash, Ian Dury & Michael Franti (amongst others) he currently manages
Billy Bragg. He is at the forefront of the debates surrounding the digital use of
music and is President Emeritus of the IMMF, a director of the UK MMF and is on
the advisory board of the FAC. His overriding interest is in securing artists rights
and fair payment. In 2006, he courted controversy with his seminal paper and
conference Beyond the Soundbytes in which he proposed an Access to Music
Charge which would remunerate musicians appropriately for the use of their
works, within a digital environment. He continues to be one of the most sought
after and respected speakers in media today.
For more details, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Jenner
David Jones, Global CEO, Havas Worldwide, & Global CEO, Euro RSCG Worldwide (USA)
David Jones is global CEO of Havas Worldwide running all creative, marketing
and design companies throughout the network of more than 300 offices. Major
clients include Charles Schwab, Heineken, Kraft, Nestle, IBM and Jaguar.
Appointed to the post in 2005 aged 38, he has overseen a period of impressive
growth. David is co-founder of One Young World, a non-profit organization that
gives under-25s a voice on critical global issues. He led Kofi Annan s tck tck tck
campaign on Climate Justice and works with David Cameron and the
Conservative party in the UK.
Andrew Keen, Author of Cult of the Amateur (UK)
Andrew Keen is a Silicon Valley based author, entrepreneur and broadcaster. He
is the author of the international hit CULT OF THE AMATEUR: How the Internet is
killing our culture. Acclaimed by The New York Times Michiko Kakutani as having
been written with acuity and passion and by A.N. Wilson in the Daily Mail as
staggering , Cult of the Amateur has been published in fifteen different language
editions and was short-listed for the 2008 Higham s Business Technology Book of
the Year award. Andrew is currently writing a second book entitled DIGITAL
VERTIGO: Anxiety, Loneliness and Inequality in the Social Media Age which will
be published by St Martins Press.
John Kelly, Partner, Schillings (UK)
John advises high profile companies and individuals, principally in relation to
reputation management issues regarding defamation, privacy and breach of
confidence. John leads the firm s music division and has recently obtained an
injunction for Madonna against the Mail on Sunday following the unlawful
publication of her wedding photographs in breach of copyright and privacy. He
has extensive music industry expertise, working as the legal and business affairs
manager for Mushroom Records in the late 1990s with artists such as Justin
Timberlake, Kylie Minogue, Peter Andre, NSync, Depeche Mode and Britney
Spears. He has also provided advice to well-known bands on contractual and
intellectual property matters, including the recovery of unpaid royalties. John
also advises British television companies on broadcast regulatory matters. His
work with high-profile individuals includes obtaining an apology for Ozzy
Osbourne from the Daily Star and acting for Sharon Osbourne in her successful defamation case against the
Sun newspaper. John is ranked in Best of t he UK for Reputation Management/Defamation by Chambers and
Partners Directory and is noted as being always on the ball, wonderfully resourceful and supportive.
James Kendrick, Managing Partner, Kendrick Law (USA)
John Kieser, General Manager, San Francisco Symphony (USA)
The San Francisco Symphony, one of America's most forward-looking arts
organizations, presents over 250 concerts each year, creates leading-edge media
initiatives, and serves its community with one of the most extensive education,
community and online programs of any orchestra in the country. Led by its
innovative Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas, the SFS continues to set the
highest possible standard for excellence in orchestral performance.
General Manager John Kieser has been with the SFS since 1984. His
responsibilities include the planning and management of the SFS concerts and
presentations, SFS Media including the Keeping Score project, touring, retail,
eBusiness activities, and the relationship with partner unions. He directs
electronic media activities including the management of over one-hundred local,
national and international radio broadcasts, and the Orchestra s self produced
and released Grammy©-winning recordings of the complete Mahler Symphonies and works for voice, chorus
and orchestra
Natasha Kizzie, Head of Entertainment, Euro RSCG KLP (UK)
Natasha Kizzie has been involved in the world of brands and music for over 10 years. In her time at KLP she
has spearheaded music strategy for brands such as Hennessy, Orange and Bacardi. In that time consumers
have grown used to brands and music and the bar is raised in terms of their expectations. The music industry is
embracing change and the brand partnerships that are successful are quite simply a mutual understanding and
appreciation of each others objectives. Having worked both client (L Oreal) and agency side, Natasha knows
that experience and understanding are key in uniting the worlds of marketing and music to create truly
distinctive campaigns.
Stephen Knill, President, Banshee Music (USA)
Stephen Knill is President of Banshee Music, a next generation music marketing
and publishing enterprise with a principle business of sound branding
development for Corporate clients and sports entities such as the Dallas
Cowboys, Green Bay Packers, Kentucky Derby and various college sports teams.
He is also President, Music and Entertainment for The Radiate Group, a global
network comprised of 15 independently branded, best-in-class marketing services
agencies. Radiate is part of Omnicom Group, Inc. (NYSE: OMC), the world s
largest advertising conglomerate. Knill develops new projects in the music and
entertainment space working with Radiate Group agencies and their 600+brand
clients. He joined lead Radiate Group agency, GMR Marketing, in 1989 to develop
marketing with music programming. He has negotiated and managed numerous
music alliances for clients such as Miller Brewing Company, Kraft Foods, Airwalk
Shoes, Chrysler Group and Mercedes-Benz among others. Prior to joining GMR, Knill worked at various
management firms and record labels. He started his career as a recording and touring musician.
Jonathan Klein, Co- Founder & CEO, Getty Images (USA)
Jonathan Klein co-founded Getty Images, Inc. in March 1995 and has served as
its chief executive officer since the company s inception. Getty Images is a broadbased global digital media company with operations throughout the world.
Jonathan has led Getty Images strategic direction, creating and extending the
company s global leadership position across all aspects of the imagery industry
into the digital age. The innovations he introduced, and his foresight into
accessing the tremendous value of the Internet in its earliest days, transformed
Getty Images into one of the most successful companies in the digital media
arena and expanded opportunities for customers, employees, photographers,
filmmakers and musicians. After 12 years of trading publicly, Jonathan
successfully took Getty Images private, in partnership with Hellman & Friedman,
in a $2.4 billion transaction in 2008. A native of South Africa, Jonathan spent
much of his life in England and currently lives with his wife and three sons in New York City.
Roland Kluger, CEO, KP/SLF (Belgium)
Roland Kluger is an entrepreneur, with an experience of 40 years in the world of
entertainment and ecommerce. His background is music publishing and TV &
Online business. Fascinated by the digital revolution and its impact. In the
sectors of media, technology, entertainment, licensing and marketing.
As
business Facilitator I can provide such services acting in one or in a mix of 4
possible positions: Consultant & expert- business developer- manager by interimboard member. And taking full advantage of my French and international network
of experts
Bob Kohn, Co- founder, Chairman and CEO, Royalty Share (US)
Tapio Korjus, Member, MMF (Finland)
Tapio Korjus started a management and booking agency in Finland in 1971. His
first artist that had some international success was Wigwam in the 70's.
Rockadillo split into two companies: Rockadillo Production and Rockadillo
Records, when the label was found in 1982. In 1992 a third sister company called
Zen Master Records & Publishing Oy was started. It handled immaterial rights
like publishing and master rights. Rockadillo was an early pioneer of the 360
degrees business model.Rockadillo has booked and promoted hundreds
international artists from more than 40 countries in Finland. In addition the
artists managed by Rockadillo have toured in as many countries. In recent years
Rockadillo has specialized in Jazz and World Music and its artist clients include
Trio Töykeät, Iiro Rantala New Trio, RinneRadio and Wimme.Apart f rom running
his own companies, Tapio Korjus is currently the chairman of Finnish indie labels
association Indieco as well as a board member in Impala and other Finnish and international organizations.
Kagenobu Kuwahata, President, Nichion (Japan)
Kagenobu Kuwahata is President of Nichion, Inc. Nichion, which is owned by the
TBS television network, is one of Japan s largest and most successful music
publishing companies. Mr. Kuwhata s career began in 1980 when he joined the
Programming Division at TBS. Following service at TBS New York office, Mr.
Kuwahata moved into the Production Division where he served as the producer
and director of numerous documentaries and television dramas. In 1999, Mr.
Kuwahata joined Nichion, Inc., where he carried over his television experience by
creating numerous hit television program and drama themes as well as earning
several prestigious JASRAC Song Of The Year awards. In 2003 Mr. Kuwahata
was elevated to Managing Director of Nichion, a position he held until 2005 when
was named President and Representative Director of Nichion, Inc.
Jason Legg, Live Manager, HMV (UK)
hmv is the UK & Ireland s leading music, film and games specialist offering the
widest selection of titles across all genres and formats through 270 hmv shops
nationwide, Fopp stores and online via hmv.com.
The business has implemented a number of key initiatives as part of an ongoing
strategic plan, including a next generation store concept, which brings together
physical and digital content in an engaging retail environment; the review of
the hmv brand and introduction of the get closer identity; and ongoing
investment in hmv s online and mp3 downloads offer via hmv.com.
In January 2009 hmv made a significant entry into live music by partnering with
MAMA Group through a joint venture to acquire eleven concert venues, including
the renamed hmv Hammersmith Apollo and hmv Forum. This complemented
hmv s move into the primary ticket market with the launch of hmvtickets.com
and subsequently a partnership with Seatwave into the secondary ticket market. In September 2009 hmv
acquitted a 50% stake in digital services provider 7Digital.
Emmanuel Legrand, Media Consultant (UK)
Emmanuel Legrand is a London-based freelance journalist covering the global
entertainment and broadcasting businesses and a media consultant. Until the end
of 2009, he was the editor of Impact, a quarterly magazine for the music
publishing community, which has been suspended after two years in operation.
He is the conference coordinator for CISAC s World Copyright Summit, due to be
held in Brussels in June 2011. He was until March 2006 global editor of US trade
publication Billboard and London bureau chief for the Billboard Information
Group. From January 1997 to July 2003 he was editor in chief of Billboard's sister
publication Music & Media, the leading weekly pan-European trade magazine
covering the music, radio and new media industries. Prior to moving to London in
1997, he was the Paris-based French correspondent for several international
trade publications. He holds a master degree in political science from the
university of Paris-V Sorbonne.
Loic Le Meur, Founder & CEO, Seesmic (France/USA)
Loic is the founder and CEO of Seesmic, a software company that makes one of
the most popular Twitter and Facebook social software clients. Seesmic got more
than two million downloads and its website, Seesmic.com, has about a million
unique visitors a month even though it was just launched.Loic also founded and
hosts the #1 tech event in Europe, LeWeb.net, with his wife Geraldine. LeWeb
gathers together 2000 entrepreneurs from 40 countries in December every
year.Prior to Seesmic and LeWeb, Loic started several other businesses such as
Six Apart Europe, RapidSite, a web hosting service (acquired by France Telecom
in 1999) as well as B2L, an interactive agency in 1999 (acquired by BBDO).
Recently, Business Week Magazine named Loic one of The 25 Most Influential
People on the Web. Loic was also named Young Global Leader by the World
Economic Forum. He advises the World Economic Forum as well as covers the
Annual Summit every year in Davos. Originally from the South of France, Loic lives in San Francisco, California
and has three boys.
Gerd Leonhard, CEO, Media Futurist (Switzerland)
Gerd is the Co-Author of the influential book The Future of Music (2005, Berklee
Press), as well as the Author of Music2.0 (January 2008, free download at
www.music20thebook.com), and The End of Control (to be published in late
2009). Gerd's background is in Music (he won the Quincy Jones Award in 1986
and is a graduate of Boston's Berklee College of Music) as well as in Technology,
Internet and Media. His work focuses on the Future of Media, Content,
Technology,
Business,
Marketing
&
Advertising,
Branding,
Telecom,
Communications and Culture. Gerd is considered a leading expert on a wide
range of topics such as social media, web/media 2.0, mobility, innovation, UGC
and peer production, social networking, education, copyright and IPR issues,
digital content commerce models, convergence, entrepreneurship, innovation in
advertising and branding, future planning, digital content strategies and the
development of next-generation business models in the content, communications & technology industries. With
over 100 engagements in 21 countries during the past 4 years Gerd has addressed over 10.000 executives and
professionals, and is considered a key influencer. His diverse client list includes Nokia, Google, Sony-BMG,
Telkom Indonesia, Siemens, Kuoni, RTL, ITV, the BBC, France Telecom / Orange, Deutsche Telekom, The
Financial Times, TribalDDB, DDB, Omnicom, the European Commission, Nokia Siemens Networks and many
others.
Marek Lieberberg, Founder & CEO, Marek Lieberberg Konzertagentur (Germany)
Marek Lieberberg Concert Agency is one of the leaders in the international music
industry. For four decades, Marek Lieberberg has presented popular art to
millions, without state subsidies and at his own personal risk. His operations
have earned him a prime role in the touring business. On the average, three
million concert fans annually attend the approximately 700 events promoted by
MLK. The MLK activities are highlighted by concert tours of international stars,
together with entertainment events, artist management and the production of
shows. Open air festivals continue to be the focal point. Europe s most popular
festivals, Rock am Ring and Rock im Park, have achieved cult status in 25 years.
Marek Lieberberg is rated as a pioneer of pop and rock music in the German
speaking countries. His first concert, in 1970, featured the most spectacular band
of the time, The Who.
Alexander Ljung, CEO & Founder, SoundCloud (Germany/UK)
Alexander is CEO and founder of SoundCloud, the Berlin based internet start-up
that moves music. Prior to SoundCloud he has worked with sound design for
feature films, co-authored a book on online sociology, co-founded a consultancy
network and kept the dream of one day writing the perfect song alive. He has a
M.Sc. degree from The Royal Institute of Technology and plenty of unfinished
courses from other universities. He was born in the UK, grew up in Sweden and
the Middle East and can now be found in Berlin, Mitte.
Didier Lord, Worldwide Music Director, Ubisoft Entertainment (France)
For over 15 years, Didier Lord has refined his skills in music production,
interactive audio, management, strategy, and music business. His career has
taken him all over the world, and his passion for technology, games, and the
performing arts has helped him to lead and advocate for advancement in the
interactive entertainment industry. Didier has honored a lot of videogames, and
founded Ubisoft Music - a company in the Ubisoft Group managing all music for
games - to converge his love of music and interactive entertainment. He has
worked with a dazzling array of AAA-list games like Rayman, Rainbow 6, Ghost
Recon, Myst, Splinter Cell, Prince of Persia, Assassins Creed.. and big artists like
Peter
Gabriel,
Korn,
The
Pixies,
Lalo
Shifrin,
Amon
Tobin..
Petri Lunden, Chairman, IMMF (Sweden)
IMMF Chairman Petri H. Lundén is a 25+year musicindustryveteran in the Nordic
region, managing acts such as The Cardigans, Europe, Anette Olzon (vocalist
Nightwish) and more. He started off playing in a local punkband and quickly
learnt that the problem in getting shows for his band was not because of lousy
agents but rather that is was a crappy band. Next step was promoting
international acts in Sweden with names such as Nirvana, Björk, Beastie Boys,
Oasis, Blur, Robbie Williams you name it and also being the talent buyer for
Hultsfred festival for over 10 years (Swedens biggest festival). Founder and MD
of promotingcompany Motor with offices in all 3 capitols of Scandinavia, a
company which he sold to SFX in 1998. As a serial entrepreneur he has started,
developed
and
sold
multiple
companies
throughout
the
years
to
SFX/ClearChannel, AEG Live and to local companies. He is currently executive
chairman of his management and media company Hagenburg and also until recently CEO of Kentaro a TV
sportrights media agency and also an active investor in feature films. Furthermore he is co-founder of TixDaq
live ticket search engine, KlickTrack media download technologies and musical consultant for the Swedish
Football federation.
Jakob Lusensky, CEO, Heartbeats International (Sweden)
Jakob Lusensky is the founder and CEO of brand communication agency
Heartbeats International. In this role he consults and develops music strategies
for leading brands such as Absolut Vodka, Heineken and Design Hotels. Jakob is
also a popular speaker at international branding, marketing and music fairs
across the globe. Currently he is working on the first book on music branding
entitled, 'Sounds like branding' to be released early 2010.
Philipp Maiburg, Head of Carhartt Music, Carhartt (Germany)
Philipp Maiburg (* 22 March 1972 in Rheydt, Germany) lives in Düsseldorf where
he works as marketing manager, curator, festival director, lecturer, DJ, and
producer.In his work Maiburg focuses on the overlapping aspects of music,
fashion, and art. Maiburg deals with identifying and shaping the common
elements shared by them. From the interaction of these different influences he
creates new aesthetic energies which he utilises both artistically as well as for his
marketing concepts. In 2000, Maiburg founded the music label Combination
Records for Carhartt Europe, which has been part of the successful brand
strategy of the fashion label ever since, marking his first steps into cross
marketing. Since the beginning of 2008, Maiburg has been the head of the
international music marketing department at Carhartt, where he defines musical
trends, heads the online editorial office and takes care of all musical topics.
Among other things, he has been curating Carhartt Radio , a project he conceived himself. Within the scope of
Carhartt s international music sponsoring activities he is responsible for signing new artists and maintaining the
company s brand strategy. Maiburg has been a lecturer in fashion marketing at different departments of the
Academy for Fashion and Design (Akademie Mode Design) in Düsseldorf since the summer term of 2009.
Steven Masur, Esq., Managing Director, MasurLaw (USA)
Steven Masur is a Senior Partner at MasurLaw, a venture, technology and
entertainment law firm with clients worldwide. Steve s practice focuses on
business and legal strategy, content and technology contracts, corporate finance,
M&A, and general counsel services. Steve s passion for new ideas in business and
entertainment has driven MasurLaw s involvement in some of the most gamechanging new concepts in digital media. At MasurLaw, Steve helps clients define
and build out creative new business models and licensing schemes in music, film,
video games, mobile, advertising, software, hardware, fashion and accessories.
Steve s daily work includes helping clients manage contract negotiations, work
out complex legal and business problems and pursue strategic opportunities.
Steve s insights gleaned from many years working in new developing markets
give our clients a competitive edge in their daily operations and most critical
business decisions.
Rachel Masters, Partner & Co- Founder, Red Magnet Media (USA)
Rachel Masters is a Partner & Co-Founder of Red Magnet Media, which helps
Artists and media companies build effective digital strategies and communities.
Previously former Vice President of Strategic Relationships at Ning and managed
over 300 branded social networks with partners including as 50 Cent, Red Light
Management and The Collective. Prior to Ning she was the Associate Director of
Strategic Relationship and Business Development at Warner Music Group. In this
role, she launched new relationships with innovative digital media companies
such as YouTube. Prior to Warner Music Group, she was an Associate at StarVest
Partner, L.P. a New York-based venture capital fund. Rachel was also a television
producer at Cablevision, Fox and MTV Networks. She holds a B.A. from Brandies
University, where she was named a University Scholar and graduated cum laude
and with High Honors. Rachel also received a MBA from New York University s
Stern School of Business.
Joan Matabosch, Teatro del Liceu (Spain)
Artistic Director of the Gran Teatre del Liceu (Barcelona) after its reopening in
1999. President of Opera Europa. He has published books and articles in national
and international magazines and newspapers, and has also curated exhibitions
about music, theatre, dance and opera. President of the jury of the Concurs
Internacional de Cant Francesc Viñas and he s also member of the jury for
other international competitions such as Operalia, Belvedere (Wien) and
Toulouse. He has opened the repertoire of the Liceu to new XXth Century operas
and has brought to the stage some of the most relevant Spanish and
International singers and directors. The Barcelona Opera House has published
more than thirty five DVDs over the last years, apart from broadcasting
internationally many of their performances and developing an educational
programme of broadcasted opera through more than forty universities.
Christian May, General Manager, Melos Konzerte (Austria)
Volker May, Vice Chair Europe, IMMF (Germany)
Since 1982 managing director and co-owner of Energie Music ltd. core business
from the beginning is booking and management. Exclusive booker of famaous
acts like Die Fantastischen Vier for nearly nine years. In total I booked more then
1.000 shows throughout Europe. 1995
1997 in addition to the daily business
managing director of a joint venture with CLT group, Havas S.A. and Radio
Contacts S.A.. The task was to found, develop and establish a commercial radio
network in Poland. 2002 manager of the trash comedy act Mundstuhl who sold
more then 600.000 cd´s. 2004 one of the founders of MMF Germany. 2005 Vice
Chairmnann IMMF Europe. 2008 elected as a member of the management board
of IMUC, assosciation of Managers and Consultants in Germany. 2009. Head of
Booking and Events in Dortmund for the brand new venue fzw
Steve Mayall, Managing Director, Music Ally (UK)
Steve Mayall is co-founder and managing director of Music Ally, Europe s leading
digital music information and strategy company. He has worked as a senior
analyst for the Informa Telecoms and Media group where he spent three years
focusing on the developing mobile media market. Prior to that he worked in
business development for the large UK independent production company
Somethin Else, focusing on digital and wireless media, and was involved in
developing Europe s first ever music service over early WAP phones. He also did a
stint at the MCPS PRS collecting society examining the impact of digital media on
the music publishing business at the end of the 90s.
Ian McAndrew, Co- Manager of Arctic Monkeys & Managing D irector, Wildlife
Entertainment (UK)
Wildlife Entertainment is one of the leading artist management companies in the
UK.
Ian McAndrew joined the Company in 1989 and acquired the business the same
year following the departure of founder, Greg Rogers. The first artist McAndrew
signed to the Company was UK singer Tasmin Archer who scored an international
#1 hit with her debut release, Sleeping Satellite . Acclaimed producer and artist
Tim Simenon then joined the roster and enjoyed success as Bomb The Bass and
as a producer with Depeche Mode, Sinead O Connor and Bjork among others. In
1994 Colin Lester joined Wildlife Entertainment and together McAndrew & Lester
enjoyed immediate success with Brand New Heavies before later signing Scottish
four piece Travis who enjoyed one of the biggest selling albums of the 90 s when
in 1999 they released The Man Who . In 2004 Wildlife was joined by Sheffield
manager Geoff Barradale who introduced Arctic Monkeys to the Company. The groups debut album, Whatever
People Say I am That s What I m Not became the fastest selling debut album in the UK. Today the Wildlife
continues to represent Arctic Monkeys, The Last Shadow Puppets, Travis, Stephen Fretwell, Miles Kane and
Detroit Social Club.
Terry McBride: CEO, Nettwerk Music Group (Canada)
Terry McBride is the CEO and one of three founders of the Nettwerk Music Group,
which includes Nettwerk Productions (Canada's largest independent record label),
Nettwerk Management (artist and producer management), Nettwerk One
(publishing), and Artwerks (graphic and fashion design). Founded in McBride s
apartment in 1984, Nettwerk has corporate offices in Vancouver, Los Angeles,
Nashville, New York, Boston, Hamburg and London. Over the years Nettwerk
Management has helped develop the careers of Avril Lavigne, Barenaked Ladies,
Coldplay, Dido, Jars of Clay, Jamiroquai, Katherine Jenkins, Sarah McLachlan,
Stereophonics and Sum 41 among many others. Since its inception, Nettwerk has
released over 500 different albums that have sold over 150 million albums
worldwide. McBride was also a founding member of the successful Lilith Fair tour,
which was the world s most successful traveling festival during its run from 1997 to 1999. Lilith Fair will return
to North America, Europe and Asia again in 2010.
Rob M cD e r m ot t , M a n a ge r of Lin k in Pa r k & Pr e side n t of M u sic D ivision , Th e Colle ct ive
(USA)
In 2008, Rob McDermott became one of the founding partners of The Collective
Music Group, a newly formed division of The Collective. In a career spanning
almost 20 years, Rob has worked with multi-platinum artists such as Rob Zombie
and Pantera. Most notably, Rob is the manager for the global mega-group, Linkin
Park. Since 2000, his collaborative efforts have led Linkin Park to sell over 50
million albums worldwide and achieve multi-platinum status in 34 countries,
while garnering among others 2 Grammy® Awards, 4 MTV Video Music Awards.
Rob s understanding of the online, mobile and technological platforms has also
helped Linkin Park reach the unique status of maintaining over 3 million unique
visitors a month during their album cycles. Known as an artist-friendly manager,
Rob has been a major force in coordinating and marketing such groundbreaking
projects as Collision Course, the mash-up record with Linkin Park and Jay-Z, as
well as the subsequent 2006 Grammy performance between Linkin Park, Jay-Z and Sir Paul McCartney.
Currently, and throughout the years, Rob has lead or been part of the teams that build strategic and online
marketing for All American Rejects, Slash, The Dixie Chicks, Staind, Korn, Enrique Iglesias, Limp Bizkit and
Snoop Dogg, among others.
Steve McClure, Executive Editor, McClure's Asia Music News (Japan)
Steve McClure is a Tokyo-based freelance journalist and broadcaster. Until 2008
he was Billboard magazine's Asia Bureau Chief. In May 2009 he launched
McClure s Asia Music News, an e-mail newsletter and website covering the
Japanese and Asian music industries. McClure is a native of Vancouver, Canada,
and has lived in Japan since 1985. In 1998 he published Nippon Pop, the first
book in English on Japanese pop music, and in 2005 he helped establish
nippop.com, the Internet's leading source of information about Japanese music.
McClure writes about music, the music industry and Japanese culture and society
for a wide variety of publications, as well as working as in TV and radio.
Michael McMartin, Vice Chair Asia/Africa, IMMF (Australia)
Angel Mendoza, Music Supervisor, AV Squad (USA)
Ten years of working at the some of the most-respected trailer houses in Los
Angeles was never Angel Mendoza s goal, but rather the result of discovering a
career through his favorite hobby. Angel s work was inspired by his love for
music; from working an independent fanzine, by photographing bands, and by
discovering new artists for his record label Great Minds. His talent for matching
the right music with the right emotion has brought success in motion picture
marketing with some of the following campaigns: X Men 1&2, Training Day,
Collat eral, No Count ry For Old Men, Tr opic Thunder, Blindness, I nglorious
Basterds. Angel is currently the music supervisor for AV Squad, a motion picture
marketing firm in Los Angeles. He has also been the music supervisor at Buddha
Jones and Cimarron.
James Miao, Co- Founder, thesixtyone (USA)
thesixtyone is a fun way to explore new music: artists submit their work, but
rather than allowing a boardroom to decide what's cool, the listeners do. We'll
help you discover new artists and let you earn reputation and unlock
achievements for recommending songs that other may enjoy. On thesixtyone,
experiencing new music becomes spontaneous, engaging, and trackable. James
Miao is a co-founder of thesixtyone, a service that harnesses social game design
to encourage people to explore new music. He previously attended the
University of Southern California and spent a couple years in game development
at Electronic Arts, Activision, and Atari.
Ted Mico, EVP, Interscope / Geffen / A&M (USA)
Ted Mico serves as the Executive Vice President of Digital for the
Interscope/Geffen/A&M label group, overseeing business development of the
group s new ventures, digital strategy and operations of all IGA initiatives.
Previously, Mico was Senior VP of Strategic Marketing at Capitol Records where
he contributed in branding and positioning of all Capitol artists. Mico also served
as Senior Vice President of Programming and Marketing for LAUNCH/Yahoo Music,
overseeing all the marketing and content development for the brand. Mico
founded and served as CEO of Mixed Media Works marketing company based in
LA and NYC whose clients included Peter Gabriel, David Bowie, and The Rolling
Stones. He has authored three books and was features editor for Melody Maker.
John Minch, CEO, Imagem (UK)
John Minch is Chief Executive of Imagem UK and Director Development and
Digital of Imagem International. In 2008, Imagem Music, which was created by
ABP, one of the world s biggest pension funds and Independent Publisher Media
Company CP Masters acquired Boosey & Hawkes, the world s leading Classical
Publisher as well as music publishing rights in a number of catalogs sold by
Universal Publishing as a requirement of its acquisition of BMG Publishing Zomba UK, Rondor UK, 19 Music and 19 Songs, plus the greater part of the BBC
Music catalogue and European rights to the Zomba US catalogue
In 2009, the Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization was acquired by Imagem
Music. In October 2009, Imagem Music entered into a long term exclusive
administration agreement with the members of Genesis, Tony Banks, Phil Collins
and Mike Rutherford including Mike and The Mechanics. In addition to the above
and in a separate deal with Philip Collins Limited, Imagem Music has also bought a 50% share of the copyrights
in the entire Phil Collins catalogue. Imagem has offices in London, Berlin, New York and The Netherlands.
Adam Mirabella, Head of Music Services, Nokia (Finland)
Adam Mirabella is the Head of Music Services for Nokia. In this role he manages
music retail sales and operations worldwide, including the Nokia Music Stores
and Comes With Music service. Prior to his appointment at Nokia, Adam was the
Senior Vice President and General Manager of US Digital sales for Global Digital
Business unit of SonyBMG. He oversaw all of the account relationships for
SonyBMG s digital, video and wireless retail partners, focusing on marketing and
sales opportunities. Adam has been at the forefront of online music retail since
1997, when he was the Vice President of Online retail Development for Atlantic
Recording Corp. (a division of the Warner Music Group). Prior to Warner Music
Group, Adam spent six years at The Coca-Cola Company in various roles. Nokia
is a pioneer in mobile telecommunications and the world's leading maker of
mobile devices. Today, we are connecting people in new and different ways fusing advanced mobile technology with personalized services to enable people to stay close to what matters
to them. We also provide comprehensive digital map information through NAVTEQ; and equipment, solutions
and services for communications networks through Nokia Siemens Networks.
Christian Mix- Linzer, CEO, Tracks & Fields (Germany)
Tracks and Fields is the web service that connects musicians, producers and the
music industry to work on new projects. Artists from all over the world find the
right people to write, produce or remix music and collaborate through dedicated
tools. Companies post briefings for remixes, film, game scores or production jobs,
receive custom-made pitches and hire professionals with a few clicks.
Tracksandfields.com has been in beta through 2009 and officially launches on the
MIDEM 2010. Christian Mix-Linzer started his first record label at the age of
sixteen. Today he is the founder and CEO of Berlin-based Tracks &Fields GmbH/
Tracksandfields.com, the online music production network that connects
musicians and producers for mutual projects from all over to world. Prior to this
he started several companies in the music and entertainment industry. He is an
IE Business School MBA graduate (12/2009) and holds a bachelor in media
studies.
Bernard Miyet, CEO of the Management Board, SACEM (France)
Bernard Miyet is a former alumni of the prestigious ENA. He joined the French
Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1976 and served in the United Nations Department
in Geneva. In 1981, he was appointed Chief of Staff to the French Minister of
Communication and became Chairman and CEO of Sofirad (State Owned holding
controlling media and TV production companies in France and overseas). In 1985,
he has been charged to launch La Cinq the first commercial television network.
From 1986 to 1989, he was French Consul General in Los Angeles. Appointed in
1991 Ambassador, Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations in
Geneva, and then Ambassador at large responsible for the audiovisual affairs
during the GATT negotiations. In 1994, he was appointed Ambassador,
Permanent Representative of France to the OSCE before taking over from Kofi
Annan's position as Under-Secretary General of the United Nations in charge of
peacekeeping operations. Since 2001, he is the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the management board
of SACEM and President of GESAC (European grouping of societies of authors and composers) since 2005.
Masao Morita, Representative Director, Chairman, Sony Music Entertainment (Japan)
Born September 4, 1954 in Tokyo, Japan. Graduates from Georgetown
University, School of Business Administration and joins Morgan Guarantee Trust
Company of New York (now a banking division of J.P. Morgan & Company Inc.) in
1978. After joining Sony Corporation in 1981, holds various positions at
numerous group companies and departments including Media Information
Products & Systems Group, Corporate Strategy Group, Audio Components Group,
Mobile Electronics Company before heading Personal & Mobile Communications
Company as President in 1996. Joins Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc. in
1998 as Executive Vice President, and becomes Member of Board of Sony Music
Entertainment Inc. in 2002. CEO and Representative Director of Sony Music
Entertainment (Japan) Inc. in 2003, and of Frontage Inc. in 2004. Currently,
Chairman and Representative Director of Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc.,
Representative Director of Sony Pictures Entertainment (Japan) Inc., Director of Frontage Inc., and Group
Executive of Sony Corporation.
Ch r is M or r ison , M a n a ge r of Blu r , Gor illa z , M or ch e e ba & Ch a ir m a n , CM O M a n a ge m e n t
International (UK)
CMO Management and Chris Morrison have been in the music management
business for over thirty years. In 2001 Chris was awarded The Lifetime
Achievement Award (Peter Grant Award) at the annual MMF Awards and inducted
into the MMF British Music Roll of Honour. Since the beginning CMO have always
had major artistic and commercial success in each decade representing the best
in cutting edge music at that time whether with Thin Lizzy and John Cale in the
1970 s or with Ultravox and Visage at the vanguard of the new wave/new
romantic movement in the early 1980 s. By the late 1980 s CMO were managing
Dead or Alive, The Jesus and Mary Chain and The Beloved. Through the 1990 s it
has been Blur, Elastica, Gorillaz, Morcheeba and Turin Brakes. We have had gold
and or platinum success in the States with Thin Lizzy, Dead or Alive, the Jesus
and Mary Chain, Elastica, Blur and Gorillaz. Chris became a founding Band Aid
Trustee in 1984 together with Midge Ure, Harvey Goldsmith, John Kennedy, Bob
Geldof and Michael Grade. His work as a Trustee continues to this day and Chris and CMO co-ordinated the
Band Aid 20 single in 2004 which sold over 1.1 million copies in the UK. Other bands on CMO s current roster
also include: Grace Jones, Pete & The Pirates, and Goldfrapp.
Esther Nguyen, CEO & President, Pops Worldwide (Vietnam)
Esther has founded a number of successful startups. She was founder/CEO of
Pure Skin, a beauty and health e-commerce website, which was later acquired.
Esther first started working in Vietnam in 2004, with her first touch down in
Vietnam in 1994. Esther founded Evizi, a software outsourcing company based in
Silicon Valley and Hanoi, Vietnam, which she also sold. In 2007, Esther founded
POPS.vn and legitimized the music industry of Vietnam. She earned her bachelors
degree from the University of Southern California and her Juris Doctorate from
Golden Gate University School of Law. Esther is a member of the California State
Bar
POPS develops, aggregates, and distributes media content, delivering it through
cross-media platforms in Vietnam. We offer digital music to mobile users through
a range of WVAS platforms over mobile networks and the Internet. POPS markets
its services online and offline through telecom operators, as well as through non-operator channels, such as
online stores, handset vendor partnerships and mobile retail chains. POPS launched the first digital music kiosk
throughout Vietnam.
FX Nuttall, Technology Intelligence Senior Consultant, CISAC (France)
FX Nuttall is an independent expert in the field of Digital Copyright. He is
currently acting as a senior consultant to CISAC (International Confederation of
Societies of Authors and Composers) providing insight to copyright societies on
the evolution of the new Digital environment. Bringing together 225 authors
societies in 118 countries and representing 2.5 million creators and publishers
from all creative repertoires (music, audiovisual, visual arts, photography,
literature and drama), CISAC is an international organisation promoting creators
rights worldwide. With strong expertise in technical international standards, FX is
a frequent speaker at industry conferences. Throughout his career, FX Nuttall has
contributed to many publications and acted as editor of various ISO Standards.
He is now the Chairman of the new ISO TC46/SC9 ISNI Standard. Prior to his
work for CISAC, FX Nuttall was founder and CEO of AudioSoft, a US based
company that pioneered Digital Copyright on the Internet. FX holds degrees in physics and mathematics and
wrote various patents in the field of digital audio.
Tim O'Brien, Head of Business Development, Tapulous (USA)
As Head of Business Development at Tapulous, Tim O'Brien integrates music into
all of Tapulous' iPhone games, including Tap Tap Revenge, the most popular
game on the App Store with more than 20 million downloads. He has negotiated
and facilitated partnerships with various artists to increase Tapulous' variety of
music-gaming applications including special releases with Metallica, Lady Gaga,
Nine Inch Nails, Dave Matthews Band and Coldplay. Tim builds and sustains
relationships with record labels, publishers and artists around the world to secure
the best music in the mobile music-gaming market. With more than 14 years of
experience in the music and technology industries, Tim was part of the founding
executive team at Gydget, playing a key role in building the Web 2.0 start-up
from ground zero. As Head of Music Business Development at Stubhub, he
initiated a partnership with major artist INXS to create the first dynamic, marketdriven concert auction generating positive world-wide media coverage. Tim also
founded his own artist management company negotiating multi-million dollar deals and overseeing tour
management, marketing, promotions, and PR.
Layli Odamura, UK Office Representative, Creativeman Productions (UK/Japan)
Creativeman Productions is one of the world s leading concert & festival
promoters from Japan, annually booking over 100 solo tours of various artists
including world class major acts to indie bands. Creativeman is also best known
for its annual summer festival SUMMER SONIC attracting 300,000 fans in two
cities over 3 day period last year for the festival s 10th anniversary. This year
Creativeman will celebrate its 20th anniversary (2010). Layli has worked as a
promoter over several companies in the last 13 years, dedicating herself in the
field of artist liaison. She has been the head of international relations
department at Creativeman, handling any aspects in direct relation to the artists
from contracts to tour managing. Currently she is based in London, UK, as the
representative of Creativeman Productions UK.
Aya Oh i, H e a d of I n t e r n a t ion a l Ope r a t ion s for I n t e r na t ion a l Re pe r t oir e & Bu sin e ss
Affairs, JVC Victor Entertainment (Japan)
Aya Ohi is a long-time executive at Victor Entertainment, Inc. a/k/a "JVC", a
leading Tokyo-based independent record and entertainment company. Since
joining the firm in 1987, her focus has mainly been on finding repertoire sources,
approaching rights owners, and negotiating deals for its International Repertoire
Department which is responsible for signing "international" artists, acquiring
master rights, and developing and marketing them primarily for the Japanese
market in various genres of music. As Head of International Operations and
Deputy General Manager of the department, she and her team work closely with
its A&R personnel in actively seeking out the right business partners. Holding a
dual position as Head of International Business Affairs, Aya also has the ability to
make policy-shaping decisions on all international dealings for the company. As a
regular attendee of MIDEM since 1992, she was recognized by the Billboard
magazine as one of the ten MIDEM Masters of 2008. Aya is a graduate of the
International Christian University in Tokyo with a bachelor s degree in liberal arts.
Roland Ott, Managing Director, Opus Arte (UK)
Roland Ott studied music in Dresden and dramatic arts in Berlin, and began his
career in 1990 as an opera singer at the Berlin State Opera. During further studies
of arts management in Hamburg and business administration in Berlin, he worked
as a freelance concert singer in Germany. In 1995 Ott moved into music
management, first as an agent for singers and as manager of a singing
competition, then in various marketing positions in Frankfurt with Sony Classical
and in Hamburg with PolyGram/Universal Music for the labels Decca, Philips,
Deutsche Grammophon and ECM. In 1999 he went to Deutsche Grammophon s
International Repertoire Centre in Hamburg, serving first as Project Manager, then
as Executive Producer. In the latter capacity, he was the producer for numerous
artists and in charge of DG s DVD department. In 2008 Roland Ott was appointed
Managing Director of the renowned Lucerne Festival Strings in Switzerland. Since
2009 he has been Managing Director of Opus Arte, the media company owned by the Royal Opera House,
Covent Garden, and partner of many of the world s leading broadcasting, opera and ballet companies.
Will Padley, CEO, BandCentral (UK)
BandCentral is revolutionising band management for a new music industry by
helping bands to manage themselves online. BandCentral gives bands their very
own online Band HUB with all the tools they need to communicate with each
other, store files, manage gigs, merch, music, money, fans, contacts and
everything else associated with their band in one central, secure and instantly
accessible place. Wil Padley is a Digital Creative with 12 years experience
working in digital media. He is also a professional musician who plays Bass in the
London-based Indie Rock band The Domino State . With the music industry in a
state of turmoil, Wil saw a need for an online communication and organisational
tool for bands and launched BandCentral in 2009. Heralded as Basecamp for
bands by Mashable, BandCentral s innovative software has evolved into a fullyfledged online band management tool with a fast growing global user base of
independent artists, managers and record labels.Making it in the music industry has always involved a lot of
hard work, but never more so than today. BandCentral fills a vital role in the new DIY paradigm, helping bands
to harness the very best of existing and emerging web technology and giving them all the tools they need to
streamline the self-management process and join the music revolution.
Amanda Palmer, Singer & Songwriter, The Dresden Dolls (USA)
Amanda Palmer can t remember a time when she didn t imagine being an artist,
performer, and provocateur. Being a musician or rock star seemed like the most
obvious 'real' job that would line up with that dream, she muses. I think that s
why I turned to music. The rock stars I was idolizing on MTV seemed to have the
most leverage when it came to art-party-throwing. But as anyone who s ever
seen or heard Palmer whether raising eyebrows and attracting onlookers as The
Eight Foot Bride living statue in Cambridge s Harvard Square, delivering
dramatically direct, wildly theatrical performances as one half of the cabaret-punk
duo The Dresden Dolls, or, most recently, as a solo artist whose uncompromising
vision has frequently made her a flashpoint for both admiration and controversy
will attest to the fact that being a musician and rock star is not merely a job, and
never has been.
In the last year, along with touring, blogging and becoming a twitter sensation, Amanda has released a CD,
DVD, and a book, all titled « Who Killed Amanda Palmer. »
Panos Panay, Founder & CEO, Sonicbids (USA)
Founded by Panos Panay in 2000, Sonicbids is the website that helps bands
connect with people who book or license music. Sonicbids community includes
more than 220,000 bands and 19,000 promoters and licensors worldwide. In
2009 alone, 60,000 gigs were booked on Sonicbids. Panos hails from Cyprus and
is a self-described "voracious" reader, usually traveling with more magazines
than clothes. He graduated from Berklee College of Music in 1994 with a degree
in Music Business. Prior to Sonicbids, Panos worked as V.P. of the International
Division at a boutique Boston-based talent agency. In 2005 Panos was named
one of Fast Company Magazine's "Fast 50" entrepreneurs. He is currently serving
on a number of non-profit boards including Boston Young Entrepreneurs (which
he co-founded); Berklee College of Music's Presidential Advisory Council; and
Boston World Partnerships, chaired by Boston Mayor Thomas Menino.
He is also a diehard supporter of English football club Arsenal.
Shailendra Pandey, Senior Analyst, Informa Telecoms & Media (UK)
Shailendra works as a senior analyst covering Mobile Content & Applications at
Informa Telecoms & Media. He focuses on providing in-depth analysis and
forecasts on topics including mobile music, games, TV/video, mobile Internet,
mobile marketing and advertising, social networking, user generated content,
and mobile payments and transactions.
Shailendra has been covering the mobile communications sector for over five
years. He has written reports on a range of mobile wireless topics including
mobile operator and handset vendor strategy. Shailendra has been quoted on
numerous occasions in both print and online media including The Wall Street
Journal, New York Post, The Independent, and Financial Times.
Michael Paull, EVP, Global Digital Business, Sony Music Entertainment (USA)
Michael D. Paull is Executive Vice President of Global Digital Business for Sony
Music Entertainment. In this role, Mr. Paull oversees the development of the
company's digital business worldwide. He is responsible for working with the
senior executive team in designing and implementing Sony Music's global digital
strategy, and is tasked with identifying and developing new and innovative
business initiatives and models with existing and new business partners.Prior to
joining Sony Music in 2008, Mr. Paull served as Senior Vice President of
Corporate Development and Strategy for the Fox Mobile Entertainment and
Jamba divisions of Fox Entertainment Group. From 2003 to 2007 Mr. Paull
worked as a business development executive for Sony Pictures Entertainment,
rising to Senior Vice President, Digital Services and Distribution.Prior to that Mr.
Paull held executive positions at Time Warner and Artisan Entertainment. He
spent his early career as a consultant at Boston Consulting Group and Price Waterhouse. Mr. Paull holds a
master's degree in business administration
from the Harvard Business School.
Adam Payne, Artist (USA)
Adam Payne resides in Boston, and has booked over 200 gigs with Sonicbids.
There is no mistaking his sultry sounds, and he has entertained full crowds with
his fusion of Funk, R&B, Folk, and Acoustic music across the nation. Payne has
shared the stage with artists ranging from the Avett Brothers to The Pharcyde
and members of the Wu-Tang Clan. He has collaborated with Artists all over the
globe, and lends his writing, production and vocal talents to projects including
producing music for a documentary film about the Rwandan Genocide entitled
'Reconciliation's Reach.'Adam is also active in the community, and is the founder
of the Benefit for Jane, a cause which raises funds and awareness of Kidney
Cancer in honor of his late mother and is sponsored by the Kidney Cancer
Association. Payne s day job involves working as a college administrator at
Bentley University.
Juan Paz, Director of Special Projects, Music Ally (UK)
Juan is Director, Special Projects and Research at the London-based consultancy
Music Ally, specializing in emergent music markets, new digital business
models and digital music marketing and is a regular commentator about He is
also the Editor of Aliado Digital, the leading spanish-speaking blog about music
industry news and is the manager of the Latin Grammy nominated band
"Superlitio". Juan has a Business Administration degree and moved to London to
pursue a Master in Music Business Management from the University of
Westminster. Prior to moving to London, he worked for over eight years as a
management and technology consultant in Colombia. His interest in music is not
just professional as he is an experienced guitar player and used to be lead guitar
for several bands in his beloved city of Cali. Music Ally is Europe s leading digital
music research, strategy, training, events and publications company. Founded in
2001 and located in London, the company has developed an unrivalled
understanding of the music market focused on the digital space supported by an outstanding network of
contacts across the industry. It has been providing business intelligence and consulting to the music and
technology industries since the early days of digital, working with and for companies such as Universal Music
Group, BBC, Orange, EMI, The Association of Independent Music (AIM), Tesco and Roadrunner Records.
Anne- Marie Pecoraro, Partner, Aklea (France)
Anne-Marie Pecoraro acts in the domains of intellectual property, new
technologies and entertainment law. She specialises in advertising, literary and
artistic property and trademarks law. She has also a sound legal knowledge
regarding designs and models and disloyal competition. She has an expertise in
contract drafting and negotiation, advises her clients and defends their rights in
the case of litigation at national and international level. Some of her clients
belong to the industrial and institutional sectors, other come from creative fields
such as producers, editors, authors, celebrities, artists agencies, museums, etc.
After having started her career as a jurist for production agencies and several
companies in the movie and music sector, Anne-Marie Pecoraro co-founded a
niche law firm in the IP field, before joining another law firm and creating at the
beginning of 2009 Aklea with 16 other partners. The mission of this new legal
practice of 100 persons spread out over 3 French locations and one Chinese office is to advise its clients within
the framework of their development.
Jeremy Phillips, COO and Co- Founder, StrategyEye (UK)
Jeremy began his career as a strategy consultant with Accenture, advising on the
effective adoption of new communications and distribution technologies. He then
moved to The Boots Company plc in a corporate development role, co-founding
new direct financial services and Internet business units.
Jeremy next became COO and Finance Director of First Property Group plc, an
AIM-listed provider of market intelligence and financial solutions to the
commercial property sector, building the company up over three years from
startup to sustainable profitability with multi-£m turnover, before co-founding
StrategyEye in 1993.
Jeremy holds an MA in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University.
Aymeric Pichevin, Founder, M.A.N. Media (France)
French consultancy M.A.N Media is dedicated to changes in music economics. We
provide in-depth economic studies, strategic advice on business models and help
design and start new businesses. Amongst our clients are marketing agencies,
investment funds, Telcos, digital startups, collecting societies, publishers and
record companies, both in France and abroad. M.A.N Media was founded by
Aymeric Pichevin, a former director of digital company MakeMusic (NASDAQ
code: MMUS). Holding two master s degrees in economics and in musicology,
Aymeric has carried research for the French ministry of Culture and for the
French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS); he is a Senior Lecturer at
Paris Sorbonne University. Latest report (based on over 35 interviews of music
executives and digital experts): Behind deals: The real digital music value chain.
Are there sustainable models for record labels, artists, songwriters, music
services and Telcos? See www.manmedia.fr to learn more.
Costa Pilavachi, Executive Vice- Chairman, Van Walsum Management (UK)
Costa Pilavachi was recently appointed Executive Vice Chairman of London-based
Van Walsum Management, a leading artist management firm. He started his
career in 1976 in Canada as an artist manager, then led the music departments
of Toronto s St. Lawrence of the Arts and the National Arts Centre in Ottawa until
1985. After serving four years as the Artistic Administrator of the Boston
Symphony Orchestra, he moved to The Netherlands to become Vice-President,
Artist and Repertoire of Philips Classics and, in 1997, was named President of the
label. In 1999 he also became President of the Decca Music Group. Costa also
served as President of EMI Classics from 2006-08. In 2009 he joined the Board of
Van Walsum Management. He is also serving as artistic adviser to Maestro Seiji
Ozawa and is Managing Director of City Road Entertainment, a new, independent
crossover label.
Sergio Pimentel, International Music & Licensing Manager, Activision/Blizzard (UK)
Combining his knowledge of music, licensing experience, and industry contacts
with his account management background, Sergio has been synching music to
games for nearly 10 years. At Activision Blizzard, Sergio manages the newly
established European Music group which is responsible for keeping abreast of the
European music scene, forging and managing relationships with labels, music
publishers, artists and management. Working on Guitar Hero amongst other
brands, Sergio works closely and supports the US Music Group based in Santa
Monica.
Leslie Poston, Co- Au t h or of
Tw it t e r for D u m m ie s & Fou n de r , Uptown Uncorked (USA)
Leslie Poston, co-author of Twitter for Dummies, is a speaker and leading
authority in social networking, new media, brand and business development with
a concentration in food, wine, spirits, off-beat brands, music and film. She is the
Founder and CEO of Uptown Uncorked social media and business development
consultancy and the founder of Social Mic. She is also the Co-Founder of Film
Pop!, a digital and new media services development agency for independent film.
A firm believer in translating online relationships and successes into the offline
world, she has also founded Social Media Breakfast New Hampshire, PodCamp NH
and the nationwide Strong Women in Tech initiative.
Dominic Pride, Managing Director, The Sound Horizon (UK)
Dominic is Managing Director and founder of The Sound Horizon, a specialist
consultancy focusing on digital strategy, innovation management and service
development. Foundation clients include City Showcase and Nokia, where the
company has created apps for Rihanna, Noisettes and Above & Beyond. Prior to
The Sound Horizon, Dominic was Product Marketing Director for Shazam, where
he spearheaded the company s expansion into branded, application-based
services on iPhone, Android, Blackberry, Windows and Nokia platforms. At
Orange/ France Telecom Group, he drove the market development of music
services across the company s international footprint, and played a key role in the
transition to DRM-free music. With specialist digital agency Frukt Music and as
an independent consultant, he has worked with Sony Music, Orange, BMG,
Ministry of Sound and UK industry associations AIM, BPI and PPL. The Sound
Horizon helps clients generate and maintain digital strategies, successfully manage innovation and create
concepts for new services.
Steve Purdham, CEO & Founder Investor, We7 (UK)
Steve is CEO and founder investor in We7, the new ad funded Music
phenomenon. He has a passion for music, but apart from early days as a DJ, his
real success to date has been in the computer industry, an industry he has been
in since age 14 (when PC s were science fiction). Prior to We7, Steve was CoFounder and CEO of SurfControl, where he developed the company s vision and
architecture. He took the company public on AIM, EASDAQ and the London Main
market from which he generated hyper-growth creating a successful global
operation with profitable revenues exceeding $100m. SurfControl was sold for
almost $450m in 2007. Steve has been recognised by many prestigious business
awards including IOD director of the Year.
Alan Queen, VP of Audio Applications, Aviary (USA)
Alan Queen has been active in both Music and Technology for over 20 years. He
has worked as a musician and recording engineer, and is a member of NARAS. In
technology, Alan has worked for companies such as IBM and Shockwave.com. He
is now responsible for developing audio creation and collaboration tools at Aviary
Inc. - http://aviary.com
Myna, the new audio editor by Aviary, is a free online artists tool. This creative
suite allows users to create, arrange and remix music tracks and audio clips,
composed from Aviary's library of 3,000 loops and beats and/or user-recorded
tracks. They are currently working with artists, like Major Lazer, to run remix
contests, allowing musicians to engage with their fans on a creative level.
Joshua Rabinowitz, SVP Director of Music, Grey Worldwide (USA)
Josh Rabinowitz, SVP/Director of Music for Grey Group, has produced 1000+
tracks for commercials internationally. These include some of the most high
profile initiatives to integrate compelling music with advertising, with such artists
as Black Eyed Peas, Run DMC (their last known recording together), LL Cool J,
Smokey Robinson, Anastacia, Natasha Bedingfield, Rihanna, amongst others.
He s been called a New Music Mogul by Fast Company, Beethoven s Greatest
Fan by NPR, and is a recognized voice in the music-branding scene. He s been an
adjunct at NYU and the New School, a columnist for Billboard, and a bandleader
and trombonist in NYC. Grey New York is the flagship and largest office of Grey, a
unit of Grey Group. Grey Group ranks among the largest global communications
companies. Its parent company is WPP . Grey Group's total offer includes G2,
activation marketing; Grey Healthcare Group, healthcare communications;
MediaCom, media planning and buying and GCI Group, public relations. Grey New York's blue-chip client roster
includes many of the world's best known companies: Procter & Gamble, GlaxoSmithKline, BAT, Diageo, Darden
Restaurants, Wyeth, Canon, 3M, Eli Lilly, Dairy Queen and E*Trade.
Shamal Ranasinghe, Co- Founder, Topspin (USA)
Shamal Ranasinghe is a Co-Founder of Topspin. Previously he was involved in
data mining efforts at Yahoo! Music and headed up product management at
Musicmatch before starting Topspin in 2007. Topspin is a technology platform for
artists to create their own retail channels, effectively promote their music and
connect directly with their fans. Topspin gives artists the tools to generate
demand for their music, manage their catalog and their fans, and gather insights
to improve performance. Since coming out of stealth mode in June 2008, a
number of artists have chosen the Topspin platform to market music directly to
their fans, including Paul McCartney, Beastie Boys, David Byrne & Brian Eno,
Arcade
Fire,
Eminem,
Carly
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Fanfarlo.
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Bernard Resnick, Attorney at Law, Bernard M. Resnick, Esq. (USA)
Bernard M. Resnick, Esq., P.C. is a full service entertainment law firm
headquartered in Philadelphia, PA, USA. The firm s clientele ranges across many
styles and genres of talent, encompassing recording artists, songwriters, record
producers, agents, managers, filmmakers, financiers, internet website designers
and operators, professional athletes, etc. Clients of the firm vary from baby
bands and neophyte filmmakers to gold and platinum-selling recording artists,
producers & songwriters, Grammy award winners, members of the Rock n Roll
Hall of Fame, record labels, international entertainment businesses and publiclytraded companies. The firm regularly places client music in television programs,
movies, and video games. Bernard M. Resnick, Esq. is an entertainment attorney
practicing in Philadelphia, PA, USA. He has worked in the entertainment industry
for over twenty years. His firm, Bernard M. Resnick, Esq., P.C. has earned over
65 gold, platinum, multi-platinum, Billboard #1, Eurovision and/or BDS Certified Spin awards for deals the firm
has negotiated and drafted on behalf of the firm s clients, representing sales of over 75,000,000 records. Mr.
Resnick has appeared as a speaker at MIDEM/MidemNet, Les Rencontres, Cutting Edge, New Noise Santa
Barbara, and many other industry events. His writings on the subject of Entertainment Law have published
internationally.
David Renzer, Chairman & CEO, Universal Music Publishing Group (USA)
At the helm of the music industry s leading global music publishing operation,
David Renzer, Chairman & CEO, Universal Music Publishing Group, is responsible
for overseeing the activities of over 50 offices in 43 territories worldwide. Since
Renzer joined the company (then called MCA Music Publishing) in 1996, UMPG
has grown exponentially through both direct signings and catalogue acquisitions,
which include most notably the BMG Music Publishing, Zomba, Polygram, and
Rondor catalogues. UMPG is also a global leader in the areas of Production Music,
Christian and Classical Music. In 2008, UMPG became the first major publisher to
offer
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RoyaltyWindow.com.Recent accolades under Renzer s leadership include: No. 1
Global Market Leader by Informa; Publisher of the Year, Songwriter of the Year,
Producer of the Year, and Song of the Year at the BMI Urban Music Awards;
Publisher of the Year and Songwriter of the Year at the BMI Pop Awards; Publisher of the Year and Songwriter
of the Year at the SESAC awards; Songwriter of the Year at the ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Awards; Publisher of the
Year and Songwriter of the Year at the BMI Christian Music Awards; Music Week s Albums Publisher of the Year;
and a publishing interest in 27 GRAMMY awards in 2009. Renzer sits on the Boards of ASCAP, NMPA, the
International Music Publishers Association, and the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding. He also serves as
Chairman of the Music and Entertainment Division of the City of Hope, and founded the Songs of Hope events
which have raised over $1,000,000 for the City of Hope.
Tim Riley, VP, Music Affairs, Activision/Blizzard (USA)
As Vice President of Music Affairs at Activision Publishing, Inc., Tim Riley directs
all activities concerning the integration of music into the company s leading
franchises such as Guit ar Hero, DJ Hero, Tony Hawk, Spider - Man and Call of
Duty, and aggressively seeks opportunities to expand Activision s alliances with
record labels, publishers and artists around the world. With more than 19 years
of experience in the music industry, including over 7 years at Activision, and an
extensive background in A&R, music supervision and music licensing, Riley has
brought established acts such The Rolling Stones, AC/DC, Eminem, Green Day,
Michael Jackson, JAY-Z, Taylor Swift, No Doubt, Jimi Hendrix and countless
others to Activision s games. During his tenure, Activision has earned several
distinguished awards, including the MTV Music Award for "Best Soundtrack for a
Video Game" for Tony Hawk s Underground.
Hal Ritson, Artist, The Young Punx & Musical Director, Dizzee Rascal Live (UK)
Hal Ritson is a multi-instrumentalist musician, record producer and DJ based
in central London. He has performed or produced on over 200 dance or urban
records over the past few years, including numerous chart hits, with credits as
diverse as singing the "Jimmy Somerville" lead vocals on "Tell Me Why" by
Supermode, playing the keyboards on "Call on me" by Eric Prydz and playing
violin on "No Can Do" by Sugababes and "Something Good '08" by the Utah
Saints. His recent credits also include working with David Guetta, the Black Eyed
Peas, Lethal Bizzle, Estelle, Laidback Luke, Steve Angello, Taio Cruz, Tinchy
Strider and many more.Hal's main personal project is as leader of the Londonbased electronic mashup collective The Young Punx, a diverse group of electronic
producers, musicians, DJs and vocalists who specialize in breaking down the
boundaries between different genres of music, in particular between dance music,
live music and popular culture. Members of The Young Punx perform on 4 tracks on the new Dizzee Rascal
album "Tongue N Cheek" and form the core band for Dizzee's BBC Electric Proms Live show. The Young Punx
live band performs worldwide, most recently to 25,000 fans at Yokohama Arena in Japan. DJing with The Young
Punx Hal Ritson has had Ibiza residencies at Tiesto's night at the world's largest club Privilege (2008) and
Subliminal at Pacha (2009) Based out of the London Bridge studio which was formerly Pete Waterman's "Hit
Factory" in the 1980s, Hal is owner of dance record label "MofoHifi" home to such Radio One dance show
favourites as Phonat and Goshi Goshi. Together with artists such as Ed O'Brien (Radiohead), Dave
Rowntree (Blur), Billy Bragg, Nick Mason (Pink Floyd) and others, Ritson is also a board director of the Featured
Artists Coalition, an industry body set up to represent the rights of recording artists as the music business
changes in the digital age.
James Robinson, Managing Director, Alliance Marketing Partners (USA)
In a career spanning over 20 Years, Jamie has been intimately involved in
virtually every aspect of the broadly defined Sports Marketing World. Launching
his career as a certified NFL agent, Jamie has negotiated sports merchandising,
licensing, and sponsorship agreements totaling in excess of $150,000,000. Jamie
has worked on behalf of a number of the nation s leading marketers and brands
including; Hallmark Cards, McDonalds, Coca Cola, Dunkin Donuts, Burger King,
Wawa, Pepsi and many others. As the co-founder of AMP, Jamie created the term
Entrepreneurial Marketing , which is defined as thinking like an entrepreneur
and spending like an accountant in achieving a client s marketing goals.
Entrepreneurial Marketing employs a broad range of tactics including; marketing
partnerships, licensing, merchandising, sponsorships, events, new media, and
more in delivering a quantifiable ROI on every program. In his spare time,
Robinson enjoys collecting outsider folk art. Jamie is a board member of the Police Athletic League and Ashley s
Angels and sits on the steering committee of the National Sports Marketing Network.
Ian Rogers, CEO, Topspin (USA)
Ian Rogers, Topspin's CEO, is an industry veteran with roots in defining the way
artists and consumers promote and experience digital media online. Rogers has
been building digital media applications since 1992.
Prior to joining Topspin, Rogers was General Manager at Yahoo! Music,
overseeing the development of the world s #1 Music Web site, Music.Yahoo.com.
Before joining Yahoo!, Rogers was founder, president and CTO of both Mediacode
and rVision, and he was part of Nullsoft, makers of Winamp, SHOUTcast, and
Gnutella. Rogers was also the President of New Media for the Beastie Boys
record label and lifestyle brand Grand Royal.
Alexander Ross, Wiggin (UK)
Alexander is a partner at specialist UK media firm Wiggin, and is a well-known
media and entertainment lawyer in the UK recognised in particular for his
expertise in the licensing of music and other media in the online and mobile
environment. He also advises on specialist copyright issues, music in film and TV,
technology and e-commerce, brand leverage, investment in media, book
publishing, promotions and photography. His clients include record labels,
publishers, music distribution companies, technology companies and media
funders. Alexander is a regular panellist and moderator at Midem and other music
industry events, and his articles on copyright have appeared in European
Intellectual Property Review, Entertainment Law Review and International Media
Law. He sits on the Executive Committee of the International Association of
Entertainment Lawyers and is a member of the British Literary and Artistic
Copyright Association.
John Rubey, President, AEG Network Live (USA)
John Rubey, President of AEG Network LIVE, has been a pioneer in bringing
digital and electronic media to the forefront of entertainment marketing for more
than 25 years. Rubey has created an innovative approach to the production,
promotion and distribution of live niche events around the world, with a
successful track record that has consistently and creatively expanded the
marketing potential of live events. As President of AEG Network LIVE, Rubey
initiates and oversees powerfully integrated promotional campaigns that target
specific audiences across numerous media platforms. At AEG Network Live,
Rubey has worked with clients in the production and promotion of live concert
events including Live 8, Operation MySpace, Celine Dion, Bon Jovi, Beyoncé, John
Mayer, The Beatles & Cirque du Soleil, Destiny's Child, Linkin Park. Tom Petty
and the Heartbreakers and Prince. Rubey has also been the top provider of music
events in cinemas, with more than 75 events since 2000. In addition, he has worked in the world of sports with
marketing of "3D Cinema" events that include the BCS Bowl and NBA All Star Cinema Event. He was also
involved in the first endeavors to bring Pay-Per-View to the professional boxing arena with the likes of
Mohammad Ali, George Foreman, Roberto Duran, Sugar Ray Leonard and Oscar De La Hoya.
Bill Sagan, CEO, W olfga n g s Va u lt (USA)
William Sagan is the founder and CEO of Wolfgang s Vault, the ground-breaking
online music company that has restored, and archived a dozen rare concert
recording collections, and gained worldwide recognition as the place Where Live
Music Lives. Sagan is a graduate of Northwestern University in Illinois where he
remains on the Board of Trustees. He earned an M.B.A. at the University of
Chicago. With key roles at IBM, BRAE, EBP, Trewit, Inc., and Benesight, he has
repeated success in starting and leading companies to unprecedented multimillion dollar profitability. He launched Wolfgang s Vault in 2002 with the
acquisition of the personal archives of concert promoter Bill Graham, born
Wolfgang Grajonca. Since the archiving and curation of that collection, Sagan
has self-funded Wolfgang s Vault and added a dozen other archives, with an eye
toward making the most influential performers of the past fifty years accessible
and available to music students and fans of today and the future, in the latest
digital formats
Ofei Sakyi, Senior Music Producer, Freestyle Games (UK)
Born just outside the East end of London Ofei Sakyi started producing music
when he was 17. By the time he was 19 he had set-up a production company and
was producing for local talents. Whilst doing so he joined a live Hip Hop band
(MORDe) to further his instrumentation and knowledge of the stage. Whilst doing
this (as-well having his production played on BBC radio 1) he met Ronnie Wilson
(Eternal, M-people) who gave him the opportunity to work with some great
artists and musicians from xfactor finalists to high grossing urban acts such as
Wiley and Tinchy Strider. Whilst promoting some of his material he met with
members of FreestyleGames who had a few music concepts they were working
on. After hitting off with the guy s Ofei Sakyi and Daniel Neil (business partner
and concept provider) went on to set-up a music company in London to support
FreestyleGames in their musical ventures. One of their concepts went on to
become DJ Hero, the sequel to Guitar Hero.
Mika Salmi, Chairman, Sulake/Habbo (Finland)
Mika Salmi is a Finish-born American entrepreneur and pioneer in new media.
Most recently Mika was President of Global Digital Media for MTV
Networks/Viacom, where he oversaw more than 1500 employees in 60 countries
and worked across MTVN s many brands, including Comedy Central, Nickelodeon,
MTV, and 30 others. Prior to MTV, Mika was CEO and Founder of Atom
Entertainment, which sold to Viacom for $200 million in 2006. Mika has also led
business development for the media and entertainment industries at Real
Networks; and has worked for Sony Music, EMI Music, and TVT Records where he
discovered bands such as Nine Inch Nails, Presidents of the United States of
America, and others.Mika has worked in several foreign countries, and serves on
Boards of Directors for start-up companies in the US, Europe, and Japan. He was
born in Finland and speaks Finnish, French and English fluently, with proficiency
in Spanish. He graduated with honors from the University of Wisconsin, Madison and earned his MBA from
INSEAD in Fountainebleau, France.
Amnon Sarig, President, TuneWiki (USA)
TuneWiki is the internationally award-winning social media music player with the
largest legally-licensed lyrics database in the world. TuneWiki is revolutionizing
the mobile music experience by combining subtitled lyrics with music and music
videos, lyrics translations into over 40 languages, real-time mapping,
geographical charting and social networking. Our lyrics centric mobile games
create new music monetization opportunities to music owners. Amnon Sarig is a
serial hi tech entrepreneur, now serving as the president and co-founder of
TuneWiki, a breakthrough award winning social media player. Mr. Sarig brings
more than a decade of music licensing and technology experience from his prior
role as the CEO and founder of mSoft, a company that for the first time brought
internet technology and massive database of music and sound effects into
production suites worldwide, clients like CBS, ABC, HBO, MTV, BBC and Fox. Mr.
Sarig earned an MBA from Pepperdine, holds degrees in Mathematics and
Computer Science, and owns several granted and pending patents in music technology. Mr Sarig and Mr Rani
Cohen founded TuneWiki Ltd in an effort to contribute to the digital re-monetization of music, with users in 210
countries, with partners and mobile technology companies like AT&T, Teliasonera, Nokia, Motorola, BlackBerry,
Apple, Samsung and Google helping distribute TuneWiki worldwide.
Nobuhiro Sato, President, Label Gate (Japan)
In year 2000, Label Gate Co., Ltd. was established from investments by 17
record companies and has since been the backbone for the Japanese digital music
distribution market. Label Gate has established their No.1 status in the lineup of
domestic tracks by having contracts with over 60 record companies, including the
4 major record companies. Additionally, Label Gate operates a site for music
download on mobile and also a music orientated SNS site. Nobuhiro Sato was
one of the starting members of the first secure digital music download service
operated by Sony Music Entertainment Japan (bitmusic). He had also played a
key role in the startup of Chaku-Uta (ringtone) business in the Japan market.
In 2006, he had come into management of Label Gate and is currently President
of the company since 2008.
Elizabeth Schimel, VP, Music, Nokia (Finland)
Elizabeth Schimel is a digital entertainment and mobile industry veteran, with
over 15 years of experience, and is currently the head of Nokia s music
activities. She is responsible for the Nokia Music Stores as well as Nokia Comes
with Music, a revolutionary way for consumers to enjoy a year of music when
they purchase a Nokia device. Before joining Nokia, Elizabeth held senior roles
at Comcast, most recently as Senior Vice President of Entertainment at Comcast
Interactive Media, responsible for content development for Comcast.net, among
other online properties. Previously, she was Vice President, Consumer Business
Development at AT&T Wireless, responsible for content strategy and running the
mobile ring tone and downloadable content business. While at AT&T, Elizabeth
helped to drive widespread adoption of text messaging in the US market by
launching the first American Idol text messaging campaign. She was also an
early pioneer in digital music and spent six years at BMG leading their gaming and internet initiatives Elizabeth
earned MBA and MA degrees in Finance, Strategic Management, and Asian Studies from the Wharton School,
University of Pennsylvania.
Michael Schneider, CEO, Mobile Roadie (USA)
Michael is the CEO of Mobile Roadie (mobileroadie.com), the leading platform for
quick and inexpensive deployment of mobile apps. In just a few minutes, anyone
can quickly deploy an iPhone, Android, or Blackberry app and sell music, tickets
to shows, merch, and connect intimately with their fans. Customers include
Warner, Universal, Sony, EMI, Live Nation, Random House, and Harper Collins.
Partners include Topspin Media, Ustream, Six Apart, Brightcove, Fan Bridge, and
Artistdata.Mobile apps are quickly becoming a required part of any marketing
campaign and direct-to-fan relationship, and Mobile Roadie is poised to become
the worldwide standard. Michael attended USC's Marshall School of Business and
the Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies. He's been the recipient of
numerous awards including the SBA's "Young Entrepreneur of the Year," Business
Week's "Best Entrepreneurs under 25," and "Top 20 in their 20s" by the Los
Angeles Business Journal.
Gerrit Schumann, CEO & Co- Founder, Music Networx (Germany)
Gerrit Schumann is co-founder and managing director of Music Networx. He was
previously a private investor holding various direct investments in technology,
financial and media companies. He was an early Internet pioneer who co-founded
global e-commerce company element 5 and served as chairman of element 5's
executive board from 1998 to 2005. The company was acquired by Digital River,
Inc. (NASDAQ: DRIV) in 2004. Up to 2005, Gerrit was a member of Digital River's
supervisory board. Before his time at element 5, he was a co-founder of share-it!
in 1996, a Web-based service for selling software.
Eddie Schwartz, President, Songwriters Association of Canada (Canada)
Eddie Schwartz is best known for writing the classic hit song as "Hit Me With Your
Best Shot" recorded by Pat Benatar. As a songwriter, he has had some two
hundred songs recorded and performed by artists such as the Doobie Brothers,
Joe Cocker, Carly Simon, Peter Frampton, Robert Palmer, Donna Summer, Rita
Coolidge, and Rascal Flatts, among others. His worldwide sales are currently in
excess of 30 million recordings. A native of Toronto, Eddie has won numerous
music industry awards including multiple Junos, BMI awards and SOCAN awards,
and SOCAN's prestigious William Harold Moon award. He is also an artist in his
own right and has released four albums that have garnered international acclaim
and top 30 singles in the United States. Eddie is the President of the Songwriters
Association of Canada and on the Board of the Canadian Songwriters Hall of
Fame.
Ajax Scott, Founder, Woodshed Media (UK)
Ajax Scott is the founder of Woodshed Media, a new London-based consultancy
specializing in the music and media businesses. In a music industry career
spanning more than 15 years, Ajax has developed extensive experience on both
sides of the Atlantic as an award-winning editor, publisher and media
commentator. After starting his career as a journalist covering the media and
film industries, he joined Music Week as News Editor in the 1992, subsequently
rising up to become Editor-In-Chief. Promoted to the role of publisher at the
start of 2005, he developed a portfolio spanning print and online publishing,
award shows and conferences, before leaving to found Woodshed. He also
regularly appears as a moderator or speaker at conferences around the world,
and has often contributed as a commentator to international broadcast outlets
such as the BBC, CNN and CNBC. Woodshed Media is a London-based
consultancy firm specializing in the music and media businesses. Set up by Ajax
Scott, former publisher of UK trade magazine Music Week, its focus is providing strategic services to companies
active in the UK music and media sectors with a particular focus on digital. Woodshed was closely involved in
the successful recent European launch of the Musexpo Conference brand.
Albin Serviant, CEO, MXP4 (France)
Graduate from ESSEC business school former EVP and GM at Vivendi Mobile
Entertainment Albin Serviant brings forth strong leadership expertise in
developing emerging new tech & content driven projects. Focussing primarily on
sales, marketing, and leading business development positions in successful
European start-ups and major corporations such as Musiwave (Sold to
Openwave, 2007 and Microsoft, 2008), iBazar (Sold to eBay, 2002), LibertySurf
(sold to Tiscali in 2006), PepsiCo, and Sony Music, Albin is now working as CEO
at MXP4 - a new interactive music start up.
Em m a n u e l Se u ge , Gr ou p D ir e ct or , W or ldw ide Spor t s a nd En t e r t a in m e n t M a r k e t in g, The
Coca- Cola Company (USA)
Emmanuel Seuge leads a role in the sports and entertainment marketing world
that many would consider a dream position
directing the global marketing on
all sports and entertainment programs for what is arguably the world s biggest
brand
Coca-Cola. In 2009 / 2010 the main programs that the team will be
leading are the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa, the Vancouver 2010 Olympic
Winter Games, Global music initiatives, the film partnership with AVATAR as well
as several innovation ideas in the gaming and fashion world. But as Seuge
mentions the job of our team is not about music nor it is about football... It s
about how we can build programs that leverage those consumer passions in order
to better connect with our target. Our role is to try to build brand love and brand
value by leveraging passions that excite consumer all around the world . Doing it
for some of the greatest brands in the world...
Justin Shukat, General Manager & Partner, Primary Wave Publishing (USA)
Justin Shukat is a founding partner and General Manager at Primary Wave Music
Publishing.
Justin oversees all areas of Primary Wave s synch exploitation, its
licensing platform, www.thinkmusic.net and the company s website. He is
responsible for new writer signings and content acquisitions and works closely
with the current writer roster to facilitate recordings within the industry.
Focusing on new marketing initiatives, Justin is currently developing a series of
entertainment properties that leverage Primary Waves copyrights. His music
career began at The Montreux Jazz Festival and was followed by various positions
at Walter Yetnikoff s Velvel Records. Justin then moved on to senior marketing
positions at both Arista and Epic Records. During that time Mr. Shukat worked
with top-selling artists including Avril Lavigne, Carlos Santana, Toni Braxton, Run
D.M.C, Judas Priest, Tori Amos and Outkast.
Jan Sikorski, COO, The Agency Group (UK/USA)
The Agency Group is a leading live music agency , with offices in New York, Los
Angeles, Toronto, Malmo and London. With over 60 agents, representing in
excess of 1300 artists including such names as Nickelback, Dolly Pardon, Art
Garfunkel, Alice Cooper, Muse, Motorhead, David Gilmour, the Agency Group
provides a truly global booking service to its clients. Jan Sikorski is Chief
Operating Officer of the Agency Group. He joined the company as a graduate in
1975 and is responsible for managing the Group s operations. Has been a
member of a number of Live Music Industry lobby groups in representations with
the UK and German governments on matters concerning artiste tax, social
security and employment law as well as having lectured on touring to industry
professionals. He was recently made a Knight Commander of the Order of St.
Gregory the Great by Pope Benedict XV1 in recognition of his work for Polish
Charities in Great Britain.
Jeremy Silver, CEO, Mediaclarity (UK)
Jeremy Silver is a digital media thought-leader who has focussed on the music
industry for the last fifteen years. He is currently providing advisory services to
the UK Technology Strategy Board on its work with the creative industries and
its Digital Britain Test Beds project. He is also acting-CEO of the newly created
Featured Artists Coalition. Previously he was CEO of Sibelius Software (a music
notation software company) which he led for five years and sold to Avid
Technology in 2006. He then also took on responsibility for Avid s global
education strategy across its audio and video divisions. Previously, Silver was
worldwide Vice President of New Media for EMI Music Group in London and
relocated to Los Angeles. Silver went on to run the ground-breaking,
playlistsharing music service, Uplister Inc, based in San Francisco. Previously,
Silver was Director of Media Affairs at Virgin Records where he worked closely
with many artists including Genesis, Meat Loaf, Brian Eno, Massive Attack and
the Future Sound of London. Silver serves as Deputy Chairman of Futurelab
an education technology thinktank chaired by Lord David Puttnam. Silver has presented talks and chaired panels on music and digital media
at many conferences and seminars around the world including at Midem, Thinking Digital, and In The City.
Silver has a PhD in English Literature. His blog appears at www.mediaclarity.com
Ra lph Sim on , CEO, Th e M obiliu m Advisor y Gr ou p/ Ch a ir m a n Em e r it u s & Fou n de r , M obile
Entertainment Forum Americas (USA)
Ralph Simon is regarded as one of the founders of the modern mobile
entertainment industry. He was one of the first trailblazers for mobile music
globally, evangelizing artists, managers, record labels, media & entertainment
companies, brands and tech companies how to link to artists and their music via
mobile phones. After co-founding and building Zomba & Jive Records into highly
successful companies, he founded EMI s New Media division. Simon correctly
predicted that mobile phones would become the indispensable voice-and-music
companion for music and online consumers, and was responsible for co-founding
Yourmobile/Moviso in 1999, the first multiple countries ring tone company. He
founded the Mobile Entertainment Forum-Americas, the global mobile industry
trade group of which he is Chairman Emeritus today. Simon served as the
mobile producer of the Live 8 global concerts in July 2005, of the successful Live
Earth global environmental music events with Al Gore, on 070707, and of the
Pangea Day Project produced by the TED Conference in May 2008. Simon is CEO of The Mobilium Advisory
Group which works with media, mobile, entertainment and technology companies around the world helping
expand their business, commercial opportunities, and strategic significance. Simon represents U2 for mobile
and recently arranged their groundbreaking deal with Blackberry to tie in with their world tour.
John Simson, Executive Director, Sound Exchange (US)
Siph o Sit h ole , Managemen t Ex e cu t ive , M u sic Pr odu ce r & H e a d of Gr ou p St r a t e gy, SABC
(South Africa)
Sithole is currently Head of Group Strategy and Risk Management at SABC and is
a member of the Advisory Committee for Department of Arts and Culture. Former
CEO of his successful company Native Rhythm Records which has produced SA
top artists such as Thandiswa Mazwai, Siphokazi, Camagwini, Zuluboy and more.
While still CEO of Native Rhythms, he was quoted on MIO saying: A CEO needs
to possess an understanding of the music business and music administration as
well as have adept insight and understanding of artists needs, potential and the
ability to develop that potential. My position requires me to network with music
industry role players, such as retail, media, promoters, producers, song writers,
and technical experts and ensure that artists, the company and business partners
[retail and joint venture partners] are rewarded with profits. It is ultimately about
discovering good artists to deliver a successful product to the market, both locally
and abroad. Sithole is a former Deputy CEO at Gallo Records (South Africa) and he possesses a wealth of
knowledge and experience in music in South Africa, Africa and Internationally levels. Sipho is currently
registered for a PhD at the University of the Witwatersrand and his topic is "The Triangular Relationships
between Commerce, Politics, and Hip-Hop and the role of hip-hop in influencing contemporary society"
Hussain Spek Yoosuf, Managing Director, Fairwood Music (Arabia)
Hussain, Spek Yoosuf is Managing Director and partner at Fairwood Music
(Arabia), the leading music publisher in the Middle East & North Africa.
Prior to his current role, Spek was UK & European Representative for Ole Media
Management. Based out of London, he sourced acquisitions and developed new
business opportunities for the Canadian music publisher with over $100 million in
initial financing.
He began his career as a successful songwriter, recording artist and producer in
his native home of Canada working with artists including Dream Warriors, Us3
and with Nitin Sawhney on his Mercury nominated album Beyond Skin .
Spek is a regular lecturer and speaker at international events on music
publishing, a proactive advocate and expert on music rights in the Middle East,
and an active player in the regional music industry.
Eric Steuer, Creative Director, Creative Commons (USA)
Eric Steuer manages Creative Commons relationships with artists, media
companies, and cultural institutions. He produces creative projects and events
that emphasize the use of CC licenses, and also directs the organization s media
strategy. Before joining Creative Commons, Eric was as an editor for Wired
Magazine, which he continues to write for. He is on the board of CASH Music, is
the co-founder of Sneakmove Recordings, and is in a hip hop group called
Meanest Man Contest.
Creative Commons is a nonprofit corporation dedicated to making it easier for
people to share and build upon the work of others, consistent with the rules of
copyright.We provide free licenses and other legal tools to mark creative work
with the freedom the creator wants it to carry, so others can share, remix, use
commercially, or any combination thereof.
Rob Stone, Co- CEO, Cornerstone (USA)
A renowned cultural navigator, Stone and the Cornerstone team consistently
deliver big results. Rob Stone created a new style of marketing by utilizing skills
honed in the music business. He devised a method of breaking brands the same
way he had been breaking music acts. While experimental at the time, today
nearly every brand has adopted this method. That s why when companies like
Microsoft, Nike, XBox, Mountain Dew and Diageo need a highly targeted, effective
marketing campaign, they look no further than Rob Stone and Cornerstone. In
addition, Stone, along with Co-CEO Jon Cohen, ventured into publishing in 1998
by launching The FADER, an ahead-of-the-curve music and lifestyle magazine,
followed closely by FADER Films, and FADER Media, a network of credible music
and lifestyle-focused properties that speak to a combined audience of influential
young adults . Stone holds a degree in marketing and finance from the University
of Albany.
Yancey Strickler, Co- Founder, Kickstarter (USA)
Yancey Strickler is the cofounder of the Brooklyn-based Kickstarter, a new way to
fund creative projects and ambitious ideas that launched in April 2009. Yancey
previously served as Editor in Chief at eMusic, where he created a record label
and television series, and built the site's voice and community. His writing has
appeared in Pitchfork, Spin, and the Village Voice, among other publications
Kickstarter is a new way to fund creative projects and ambitious endeavors that's
radically different from traditional funding channels. Kickstarter is not about
investment or philanthropy. Instead, people get rewards and share experiences
that are unique to each project. Kickstarter launched in April 2009 and is based in
Brooklyn, NY.
Vittorio Strigari, Founder, Awdio (France)
Awdio is the first internet platform enabling you to listen to clubs and venues in
real-time from all around the world. With more than 5000 Events broadcasted per
Month from more than 150 TOP clubs and venues worldwide, Awdio aim to
become an alternative to music piracy by offering a real-time music experience,
with both an ad-supported model, and a premium-paid model. Vitto funded
Awdio in 2007, along with the Designer Ora-ïto, with the dream to connect the
best clubs and concert venues worldwide and to revolutionize the way we are
listening to Music. Awdio released officially its first website in 2008, displaying
more than 4000 Events per Month 100% Live, broadcasted from more than 150
clubs and venues worldwide. Vitto is now travelling all over the world with his
team, and a crew of « 15 Music Angels », scouting the best bars, venues and
clubs, and in search of the coolest Music to broadcast. In 2010 Awdio aim to
become an alternative to music piracy by offering a real-time user experience, through a monetised licensed
content with both an ad-supported model, and a premium-paid model.
Michael Sukin, Founder, Sukin Law Group (USA)
Chambers U.S.A. Guide to America s Leading Lawyers of Business notes that:
the gifted Michael Sukin is rated as a lawyer of rare experience in music
issues.
Chambers further notes that Sukin is rated as a lawyer who
understands the music industry backwards, inside out, and upside down.
Chambers has consistently rated Michael Sukin amongst the top practitioners in
media entertainment in New York.The Chambers U.S.A. Guide to America s
Leading Lawyers of Business, which is a widely respected peer compendium of
American lawyers, has listed Sukin Law Group between Sherman & Sterling and
Weil Gotshal (two of the largest and most prestige law firms in the world) in the
media and entertainment area.
Mark Sutherland, International Bureau Chief, Billboard (UK)
Mark Sutherland is Billboard s Global Editor and London Bureau Chief, with
responsibility for all of the legendary U.S. trade publication s international
coverage. Prior to joining Billboard in August 2006, he was one of the launch
team for the award-winning digital music network BBC 6 Music, where he ran the
station s music news coverage, presented the weekly magazine show The Music
Week and made regular appearances on the BBC s other radio and television
networks. He spent the Nineties as a stalwart of the U.K. s music press
a
former editor of Melody Maker, he was also one of the main documenters of the
Britpop movement during his time on NME. A regular pundit on U.K. radio and
TV, he has also contributed to a huge range of publications, from Smash Hits to
FHM to The Times.
Atholl Swainston- Harrison, Chief Executive, IAMA (UK)
Atholl Swainston-Harrison was born and educated in South Africa. He trained as a
violinist reading Music and Education for five years after matriculating and
completing his military training. From 1990, he was appointed general manager
of the Pro Music Orchestra in Johannesburg and subsequently became Assistant
Director of the Roodepoort City Theatre and Opera whose resident companies are
among the longest running and respected opera, chorus and orchestras in South
Africa. After moving to Britain in 1998, he undertook further study at City
University and became Chief Executive at the International Artist Managers
Association in 2000. In addition to his work, he is director of two London medical
trusts, a university trust, a Jersey development trust and guest lecturer/mentor
at City University and Cork School of Music. The International Artist Managers'
Association (IAMA) - is the only worldwide association for classical music artist
managements. It is dedicated to serving all its members' needs including affiliate and group members who wish
to be associated with the professional network. It strives to raise professional standards in the business of
music and presents the only conference hosted by the classical artist management community in the world
every April It manages the publication and database, Classical Music Artists.com Who Represents Whom and
provides a range of services to its members in over 25 countries.
H a j i Ta n igu ch i, D ir e ct or & M e m be r of t h e Boa r d, I n t e r na t ion a l St r a t e gy & I P St r a t e gy,
Avex Group Holdings (Japan)
Haji Taniguchi graduated from Belmont College, Nashville, TN, USA with Bachelor
of Music in 1986, and joined Sony Music Publishing Japan same year. He joined
Avex as General Manager of International Affairs in 1994.Currently he is
Managing Director of International Strategy & IP Strategy at Avex Group Holdings
Inc., and also holds roles as Vice-Chairman of Music Publishers Association of
Japan (MPAJ) and Director of Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers
and Publishers (JASRAC).
Geoff Taylor, Chief Executive, BPI (UK)
Geoff Taylor is Chief Executive of the BPI, the association representing British
major and independent record labels. He is a director of the Official UK Charts
Company and BRIT Awards Limited (which stages the annual BRIT Awards show),
a Governor of the BRIT School for the Performing Arts & Technology in Croydon,
and a Trustee of the UK music business' charity, The BRIT Trust. Prior to joining
the BPI in February 2007 Geoff was General Counsel and Executive VicePresident at the international recording industry association, IFPI, overseeing all
litigation, licensing, internet anti-piracy and regulatory matters for IFPI
worldwide. Prior to joining IFPI, Geoff practised EU and competition law at the US
law firm Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering. He has an honours degree in Law & French
from Sussex University and a postgraduate diploma in EU law from the College of
Europe in Bruges. In his spare time Geoff enjoys playing tennis, piano and
watching cricket
Massimo Travostino, Lawyer, Studio Legale Pecoraro- Travostino (Italy)
Born June 24, 1968. Lawyer admitted to the Turin Bar Association in 1996. He is
specialised in commercial and contract law, with a focus on intellectual property.
He carries out the main part of his activity in the IT/IP and telecommunication
sectors, negotiating and drafting IP/IT agreements and advising public and
private entities in special projects as well as in judicial proceedings. He carries
out regular teaching activity at Masters and specialization courses and writes for
national and international journals. He is member of Turin Bar Association
Commissione Informatica, International Association for Entertainment Lawyers
Executive Commettee,
Centro Studi di Informatica Giuridica
Scientific
Committee and fellow of Nexa Center. STUDIO LEGALE PECORARO-TRAVOSTINO is
based in Torino with a secondary office in Milan. Established in 2002, the firm
developed significant experience in the M&A, Intellectual Property
Information
Technology, public procurement and Public Private Partnership sectors. The main fields of activity are assistance
in commercial contracts and company deals (such as shares and quotas sale and purchase agreements,
company joint ventures, IP/IT agreements), competition law, IP rights deals, judicial and arbitration assistance,
EU Public Private Partnership projects, e-public procurement projects, harmonization of national legislation with
EU Directives in States candidate to join EU.
Je ffr e y D . Va n de r ve e n, M a n a gin g D ir e ct or , Un ive r sa l M u sic Cla ssica l M a n a ge m e n t &
Productions (UK/USA)
Jeffrey Vanderveen graduated from Oberlin College and Conservatory of Music
(USA) with degrees in English Literature and Music. He received a Master s
Degree for advanced study in Music from Binghamton University (USA). He spent
five years working on Wall Street as a financial analyst in the fields of Mergers &
Acquisitions and Corporate Finance including two years in Paris. He began his
career in arts management in 1994. He spent ten years with Columbia Artists
Management as the head of a division representing vocalists including Anna
Netrebko, Elina Garanca, Frederica von Stade, Samuel Ramey, Rolando Villazon,
among others. In 2003 he became Director of the Vocal Department for IMG
Artists in Europe and transferred to the company s London office. While at IMG,
he led a team that managed the careers of over 150 artists and created groundbreaking new projects including the recent movie of La boheme, starring Anna
Netrebko and Rolando Villazon. In 2008, he was invited by Universal Music Group to begin a new company that
applied a 360-degree approach to arts management. Now, as Managing Director of Universal Music Classical
Management & Productions, he leads a team of managers and producers who create new projects for artists
from management to production/promotion to media and recordings. His recent work includes the production of
Sting s new classical DVD and television special, If on a Winter s Night, as well as the promotion of tours, liveevents, television specials, and recordings for Cecilia Bartoli, Anna Netrebko, Rolando Villazon, Thomas
Hampson, Bryn Terfel, and many others.
Paul van Dyk, Artist, DJ & Producer, Paul van Dyk GmbH / VANDIT Records (Germany)
Paul van Dyk is one of the most internationally successful German musicians and
is known worldwide as the superstar of electronic music. The musician, DJ and
producer has sold over 3.5 million albums, has twice been voted No. 1 DJ in the
World , was nominated for a Grammy and has received the Order of Merit from
the state of Berlin. His latest release the best-of album VOLUME documents the
highlights of his 15 year career, during which time Paul van Dyk has worked
together with such musicians and bands as Madonna, Justin Timberlake, U2 and
Depeche Mode. Paul van Dyks DJ-sets attract massive crowds throughout the
world. Every year hundreds of thousands of fans make a pilgrimage to his live
performances on every continent. Not only does he fill the best and most known
clubs in the world, but every year changes the New York Central Park to a unique
open-air festival. For the New Year celebrations in Rio de Janeiro 2008/2009 Paul
van Dyk made a solo performance in front of an ecstatic audience of over 1 million people! Paul van Dyk grew
up in East Berlin in the former GDR and experienced at first hand the divided city and the historical events of
the fall of the Berlin wall and re-unification. Paul van Dyk is not only an established youth figure but on his
numerous travels he has also become a musical ambassador for a re-united Germany and often discusses
issues with national politicians. His involvement in the anniversary celebrations of the fall of the Berlin Wall is
therefore an absolute personal highlight for Paul van Dyk
Wally van Middendorp, SVP International, Roadrunner Records (The Netherlands)
Known for his dry sense of humour and a reputation of saying 'no' to any
reasonable request Dutch born Wally van Middendorp has carved his path within
the international music industry. From the mailroom up to the boardroom his
journey has included positions at a number of independent labels such as
promotion manager at Boudisque distribution, label manager at Megadisc Records
and General Manager of Play it again Sam Benelux. In 1998 Wally jumped from
indie land to major company Sony Music to look after the international artist
labels Epic and Columbia. Joined CNR Records in 2002 as International A&R
manager to bring urban repertoire to the company and switched in 2004 from
CNR Records to Dutch based Roadrunner Records, one of the world s leading rock
and metal labels representing artists such as Nickelback, Slipknot, Trivium and
Black Stone Cherry, where Wally is currently employed as Sr VP International.
Roadrunner Records, one of the world s leading rock and metal labels, owns a rich catalogue of rock and metal
repertoire including multi-platinum artists Nickelback and Slipknot. The label continues to seek out and break
cutting-edge talent (Trivium, Airbourne and Black Stone Cherry) and also has licensing deals with artists such
as Down and Porcupine Tree. In December 2006 Warner Music acquired a majority stake in the Roadrunner
Music Group. Worldwide marketing and promotion is handled through the Roadrunner offices in America, Japan,
Australia, UK, France, Germany and Canada and a network of distributors and Warner Music affiliates in Asia
and South & Latin America
Owen Van Natta, CEO, MySpace (USA)
Owen Van Natta is the Chief Executive Officer of MySpace where he is
responsible for all aspects of the company s strategic vision and the execution of
its global business initiatives. Owen joined the MySpace team after serving as the
Chief Executive Officer of Project Playlist, a music sharing website allowing users
to search for music, create custom playlists, and share the content with friends.
Prior to Project Playlist, Van Natta was formerly the Chief Revenue Officer and VP
of Operations at Facebook, where he focused on revenue operations, business
development, and strategic partnerships. Earlier in his career, Owen was Vice
President of Worldwide Business and Corporate Development at Amazon.com,
where he managed global marketing programs and strategic partnerships. He
was part of the founding team of A9.com, the Amazon.com search company, and
was responsible for site operations and sponsored-link advertising. Owen holds a
bachelor s degree from the University of California at Santa Cruz.
Cees van Rij, Director of Legal Affairs, Buma/Stemra (Netherlands)
Heidy Vaquerano, Associate, LaPolt Law (US)
Heidy Vaquerano, an attorney at LaPolt Law, P.C., has developed extensive
experience representing independent artists with licensing their works to online
music services such as InGrooves, Pump Audio and Grooveshark in addition to
assisting them in obtaining and clearing all necessary rights for various online
uses www.LaPoltLaw.com
Gilles Vercken, Partner, Cabinet Gilles Vercken (France)
Anthony Volodkin, Founder & CEO, Hype Machine (USA)
Anthony Volodkin created The Hype Machine over four years ago in his dorm
room and has been unable to stop thinking about how people discover music ever
since. In that time, a small, passionate team has been assembled around the
product and the Hype Machine now reaches over 1.5 million people each month.
Prior to that he spent six years doing IT consulting while constantly carving out
evenings to see live music. Anthony was born in Moscow, Russia and has been
living in Brooklyn, New York since he was 12.
Johan Vosmeijer, CEO, SellaBand (The Netherlands)
Johan Vosmeijer (46) has been working in the music industry since 1988. He is
the co-founder and CEO of SellaBand, the world's lesding platform for fan funded
music. Prior to launching SellaBand in 2006, Johan was a VP at SonyBMG and
served as GM for Sony Music Benelux since 2001. Johan also worked as a Radio
producer and Magazine Editor. He started his career in the late eighties as a
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Patrick Walker, Director, Video Partnerships EMEA, YouTube (UK)
Patrick Walker leads the development of content strategy and partnerships for
YouTube in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He has over 15 years of
experience in the television, radio and online media industry, including his tenure
as General Manager of International Video Services for RealNetworks, where he
was instrumental in launching Real's first premium audio and video services in
Europe, Asia and Latin America. While at Real, Patrick was also responsible for
developing direct-to-consumer broadband video products with partners such as
UEFA, BBC Worldwide and Channel 4. Patrick began his career in international
media and technology as a TV producer for Japan's public broadcaster, NHK.
While in Tokyo, he produced and directed award-winning educational and
documentary TV programmes and participated in the launch of the world's first
HDTV channel.He later joined BBC News as a Senior Broadcast Journalist in Japan
and South East Asia. Returning to London in 2000, Patrick accepted a role with TWI's management team to
launch one of the earliest 'converged' web and TV services Patrick holds a Master's degree in International
Administration, Planning and Social Policy from Harvard and a Bachelor's degree in Journalism from the
University of Southern California. He also studied at Keio University in Tokyo and the University of Paris.
Ralph Watson, Digital Marketing Consultant, Music Ally (UK)
Ralph Watson has worked for Music Ally for the past five years alongside a
separate career as an independent recording artist and consultant. Having
studied at The London Institute Ralph was later invited back to lecture. He also
operates LDNstudio, an independent studio for emerging talent. Ralph is an
experienced digital marketeer having worked with a wide range of brands and
artists as well as putting his theories into practise in promoting his own career.
Iain Watt, Co- Manager of Mika & Managing Director, Machine Management (UK)
Iain Watt started his career 18 years ago working for renowned media, PR and
marketing agencies Lynne Franks PR, Freud Communications and KLP Euro RSCG
for a variety of music, media and brand clients including: Radio 1, Sky TV, Steve
Coogan, Coca Cola, Ballantine s Whiskey etc. After a spell as head of press for
Epic Records at the end of the 90 s working with Macy Gray, Rage Against the
Machine etc he started his own management company Machine Management
which has grown from one client into a roster of nine artists including: MIKA,
Friendly Fires, Alphabeat etc and a staff of seven. In 2009, we started a
publishing division called Machine Music Publishing focusing on signing
interesting, new and exciting artists to compliment their management roster.
From time to time we have undertaken specialist media and marketing
consultancy work for various clients including: Grolsch, Carhartt, Metropolis,
Umbro, Rough Trade, Universal etc.
Machine Management Roster: MIKA, Friendly Fires, Alphabeat, Alex Gardner, Jonathan Jeremiah, Sons &
Lovers, Alice Mclaughlin, Kurren and the Wolfnotes, Moonrunners
Isabelle Wekstein, Partner, WAN Avocats (France)
WAN AVOCATS was established in 1997 by Isabelle WEKSTEIN-STEG and Raphaël
NACCACH. Francis PUDLOWSKI joined the firm recently.
The three partners work with a 20-member team of associates and attorneys of
counsel. Based in the center of Paris, WAN AVOCATS is part of an international
network with members in 11 countries and serves as its French representative.
Thanks to members of the firm who are fluent in English, Spanish, Italian and
Chinese, WAN AVOCATS works with both French and international clients and
handles both litigation and advising. Areas of expertise : Business law (litigation,
mergers and acquisitions and competition law), labor law, media and
communications law, trademark law, copyright and neighbouring rights. « Droits
voisins du droit d auteur et numérique, » Editions Litec, 2001
Pete Wentz, Musician/Entrepreneur/Activist (USA)
Pete Wentz is the bassist and lyricist of the Grammy-nominated band Fall Out
Boy, which over the past few years have released four critically acclaimed
albums, an EP, live album and a current collection of greatest hits which
collectively have sold more than 8 million copies worldwide. An accomplished
writer, Wentz released the book The Boy With A Thorn In His Side, which has sold
more than 10,000 copies to date and served as the inspiration for his clothing
line, Clandestine Industries. Wentz also founded the record label Decaydence and
discovered and signed influential artists Panic at the Disco, Gym Class Heroes and
Cobra Starship, among others. Wentz is at the helm of his own one-man DJ
company, has an independent production company, and is the co-owner of
Angels & Kings, a brand of popular bar and nightlife destinations in New York
City, Chicago and Barcelona, Spain. He is currently the host of a weekly radio
show on Sirius/XM Pete Wentz s Hits and Misses, previously was a host and co-producer of the MTV show F N
MTV which played classic and contemporary music videos and has helmed or moderated a myriad of high
profile events. He is an avid supporter of, and activist for, Invisible Children, an organization dedicated to
eradicating the 24-year old civil war in northern Uganda. Wentz also produces mixed media, graffiti-inspired
collaborative art with Travis McCoy of Gym Class Heroes.
Bill Werde, Editor in chief, Billboard (USA)
As Billboard s Editorial Director, Bill Werde leads the editorial strategy and vision
for the brand, which includes the weekly print publication, websites
(Billboard.com and Billboard.biz) and other digital content offerings, as well as
industry-leading conferences and events. Werde joined Billboard in July 2005 as
Senior News Editor and has steadily climbed the ranks, having been promoted to
Deputy Editor and later Executive Editor of the brand. Prior to Billboard, Werde
was an editor for Rolling Stone. Before that he worked as a freelance journalist
for a number of publications including the New York Times, Washington Post,
Village Voice and Wired Magazine on matters of culture, politics and technology.
Billboard magazine has served the information needs of the entertainment
business since 1894. Today, that means a core focus on the music business,
providing charts, data, analysis, profiles, news and trend reporting for everyone
from aspiring artists to the CEOs of major music companies. In the past few years, Billboard has committed to
providing information and insight for the new industries that have sought opportunities in music, such as
advertising, film, television, digital and mobile. Billboard also reaches music fans via Billboard.com, the
consumer-faced, internet arm of Billboard magazine. The 5 million unique monthly users increasingly depend
on Billboard for music news, videos, charts and interactive, community-oriented features.
Ludvig Werner, Chairman, IFPI (Sweden)
Ludvig Werner joined the Board of IFPI Sweden in 2002 and was elected
Chairman of the Board in 2005. Mr Werner has been working for Air Chrysalis
Scandinavia, MCA, Universal Music and Bonnier Amigo Music Group. He is
currently heading the company Snowfish.com, an online service with a revenue
share business model for creators of all kinds - create, post, get paid. IFPI
(International Federation of the Phonographic Industry) represents the recording
industry worldwide with some 1400 members in 72 countries and affiliated
industry associations in 44 countries. IFPI's international Secretariat is based in
London and is linked to regional offices in Brussels, Hong Kong, Miami and
Moscow. IFPI Sweden represents approximately 95 % of the Swedish music
market through its members.
Simon Wheeler, Director of Digital, Beggars Group (UK)
Director of digital, Beggars Group. Previously a musician, remixer, engineer,
producer and promoter, Simon has been with The Beggars Group since
1990.Starting work with online distribution in 1997 - licensing the entire groups
catalogue for individual download and delivering the first territorially restricted
download in 1998 - Simon has since worked with almost every significant entity
in digital media.He is chairman of AIM's New Media Committee in the UK, has
spoken at most music conferences around the world on digital music and media,
made statements to the UK parliament on DRM and has testified at the USA's
CRB webcasting proceedings, but the most important role is keeping the Beggars
Group of labels at the forefront of all new technologies to deliver its award
winning roster of artists to the widest possible audience.The Beggars Group
represents the following labels: 4AD, Matador, Rough Trade, XL Recordings
Gordon Williams, Partner, Lee & Thompson (UK)
Gordon Williams is Head of Litigation and Brand Protection at the leading UK
media and entertainment law firm Lee & Thompson. He has specialised in the
litigation and resolution of entertainment industry disputes throughout his 20
year career to date and has unique experience of dealing with disputes for high
profile entertainers from musicians and sports personalities to actors and
celebrities. He had a very busy 2009 acting in various matters ranging from
securing a $9.3 million judgment for Sir Tom Jones in a dispute over unauthorised
recordings drawn from a television series, through continuing to run David
Beckham s worldwide brand protection programme, to handling reputation
management work for Peter Andre so as to help him win the post-divorce tabloid
war of words with his ex-wife Katie Price.
Pharrell Williams, Artist & Producer (USA)
Grammy Award winning singer/songwriter/producer Pharrell Williams has made
history for being one of the most successful and prolific entertainers to emerge
during the last decade. In addition to Pharrell s solo success with the album In My
Mind, Pharrell is part of the beat-making duo The Neptunes with Chad Hugo and
the alternative rock trio N.E.R.D. with Chad and childhood friend Shae Haley.
Together they have had multiple critically acclaimed platinum albums, Grammy
nominations and wins, and a fan base that stretches the globe. Additionally,
Pharrell has scored a number of business ventures with clothing lines including
Bionic Yarn, Billionaire Boys Club, and Ice Cream, jewelry lines with Louis
Vuitton, and most recently scoring the film Despicable Me. Pharrell is humbled by
his accomplishments, and hopes that through his music and other ventures, fans
will see his vision.
Mark Wood, Manager of Imogen Heap, Radius Music (UK)
Radius Music is the London based management company for Mark Wood. Mark
looks after four times Grammy nominated Imogen Heap, who he has successfully
managed for the last fifteen years. He also manages Polydor signed Jack
McManus, buzz indie band Rogue States and four writer/producers Jim Irvin,
Julian Emery, Jerry Abbott and Jon Green.
Brandon Young, Senior Manager, Music Affairs, Activision/Blizzard (USA)
Since joining Activision Publishing, Inc. s Music Department, Director of Music
Affairs, Brandon Young, has been an integral part of each brands music direction
and integration for the company for nearly 8 years, and has spent a great deal of
time managing relationships with top industry artists ranging from Aerosmith,
Van Halen, and Metallica, to pop-country superstar Taylor Swift, to Jay-Z and
Eminem among many others. Activision Publishing, Inc. is currently the leading
video game publisher in the world with franchises spanning its vast portfolio such
as Guit ar Hero, DJ Hero, Tony Hawk, Spider- Man, World of Warcraft , and Call of
Duty, which just broke entertainment industry records in 2009 with its release of
Modern Warfar e 2. Before joining Activision, Young spent several years with MTV
where he handled music supervision for some of their hit reality television shows,
and shared time with Westies Music on licensing and music direction for various
action sports films and video games. Prior to that, he spent many years in the advertising field working for
some of the largest agencies in the world and lending his expertise to music direction for such brands as Apple,
Mitsibushi, Nissan, Levis, and Bicardi to name a few.
Patrick Zelnik, CEO, Naïve, & Co- President, IMPALA (France/Belgium)
Patrick Zelnik is a French music publisher born in 1946 who hold a master s in
Economics and graduated from Sciences Po and Dauphine university. He started
his career in the music industry at Polydor (1973-1980) as international
Marketing director. In 1977, he met Richards Branson with whom he created the
first european branch of Virgin Records : Virgin France. In 1988, he became
president of Virgin s retail branch. In 1997, he set-up his own production,
distribution and publishing company for cultural products, Naïve. Naïve, a
multicultural and multimedia company diversified itself creating Naïve Livres in
2004, Naïve Vision in 2005 (DVD production) and naive.fr. At the same time
Patrick Zelnik had and has different roles in professional organisations such as
president of the SNEP (The National Guild of Phonographic Publishing) (1990-92
and 1994-97), and of the UPFI (French Independant Phonographic Producers
Association) from 2000 to 2004. He has been at the head of Impala (European Guild of Independant
Phonographic Companies) since 2006 and member of the watch counsel of Actes Sud. Patrick Zelnik has been
president of the Gaité Lyrique since 2008. La Gaité will open in 2010. On September 3rd, 2009, French
president Nicolas Sarkozy and Frederic Mitterrand, Minister of Culture and Communication, put Patrick Zelnik,
along with Jacques Toubon and Guillaume Cerutti, in charge of a project on the legal offer of cultural content on
the internet and on the payment of designers and the financing of cultural industries.