ANOUNCEMENTS
(10.4.11)
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the
conversation
on
Twitter
at
#DMFW!
(10.1.11)
Event
5
days
away!!
--
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miss
online
registration
rate.
(9.26.11)
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Flowd on your Android or iPhone and check-in to the event “Digital Music Forum” for a chance to win prizes!
One
draw
will
happen
during
each
of
the
breaks
at
the
event.
Prizes
include:
-
Portable
Speaker
sponsored
by WOWee
-
iStreamer
sponsored
by
HRT
- Wristrbands to
Culture
Collide
Festival,
Filter
Magazine
- New Music Tipsheet's
Crystal
Ball
- Pass to
Digital
Music
Forum
East
2012
(9.26.11)
For those of you who want an early start on Oct 7th before Digital Music Forum West kicks-off -- Kelli Richards, President of The All Access Group will host a bonus breakfast and roundtable discussion. Contact
sandy@allaccessgroup.com for more info and
to RSVP.
(9.19.11)
Larry
Linietsky
SVP,
Product
&
Operations,
Clear
Channel
Radio
joins
THE
FUTURE
panel.
(9.16.11)
Omar
Johnson,
SVP,
Beats
By
Dr.
Dre
joins
THE
FAN
panel!
(9.14.11)
Jakprints
to
be
Official
Print
Media
Sponsor!
(9.8.11)
boinc's
CEO
Adam Kidron,
eMusic
CTO
Richard Caccappolo
and
Kevin
Browning,
Engineer
&
Producer,
Umphrey's
McGee
join
the
conference.
(9.2.11)
Pandora's VP of Engineering, Chris Martin joins the conference and will present on the timely topic of
"Engineering Better Advertising".
(8.27.11)
Register
Now
and
You'll
be
Entered
for
the
Chance
to
Win
the
Sonos
S5
and
ZoneBridge
($499
value).
Bundle
includes
one
S5
Zone
Player
and
one
BR100
Zone
Bridge;
Room-filling,
ear-impressing
sound
with
5
speakers
powered
by 5
dedicated
digital
amplifiers;
Internet
connected
for
unlimited
music;
Control
with
your
iPhone
or
iPod
touch
with
a
free
App
Store
download.
(8.25.11)
More
tech
startups
join
event
including
Root
Music,
Flowd, VibeDeck,
StageIT,
ThingLink,
SoundCloud
(8.21.11)
Panel
to
discuss
"YouTube
and
the
Artist"
featuring
Mike
Kaminsky,
Artist
Manager/Owner,
KMGMT
Artist
Management
(3OH3!),
Eric
Tobin,
Director,
Artist
Development,
Hopeless
Records,
Vivien
Lewit,
Director,
Strategic
P'ships
&
Head
of
Label/Artist
Relations,
YouTube,
and
Ryan
Chisholm,
Artist
Manager,
Bill
Silva
Management
(Christina
Perri)
(8.15.11)
Jeff
Price,
CEO,
Tunecore
to
present
on
"Follow
The
Money:
The
Past
and
Future
of
the
Music
Business"
(8.10.11)
Bring
your
Entourage
and
Party
behind
the
Red
Rope,
at
the
Roosevelt's
famed
poolside
Tropicana
Bar!
(8.5.11)
Panel
on
"Digital
Distribution
Models:
How
Technology
is
Changing
the
Way
We
Interact
with
and
Consume
Music"
featuring
Jeff Bronikowski, Head of Corporate
Dev.
&
Strategy,
The Echo Nest,
Stephen Collins, Product Manager,
Live Streaming & Content ,
BitTorrent,
Michael Hobson, CEO, High Resolution Technologies
(8.1.11)
Registration
includes
access
to
all
speaking
and
networking
sessions
on
Oct.
6
and
7,
including
invitation
for
Oct.
6
VIP
Reception,
Oct.
7
Luncheon
and
Oct.
7
VIP
Reception
(open
bar
in
roped
off
area
at
Tropicana
Bar).
Until
August
31,
we
are
offering
a
very
special
summer
rate,
at
which
point
the
rate
will
increase.
For
special
discount
rates
for
Working
Artists,
Start-ups,
Self-employed,
Non-Profit,
Academic,
Analyst
and
Gov't
employees,
please
contact
us.
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On
October
6
and
7,
DMW
hosts
the
7th
Annual
Digital
Music
Forum
West,
where
300+
of
the
most
influential
music
and
digital
media
leaders
gather
in
the
heart
of
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Greg "Grouchy" Watkins CEO & Co-Founder AllHipHop.com |
Chris Martin VP of Engineering Pandora Media |
Paul Geller SVP of Business Development & Public Policy Grooveshark.com |
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David Marcus SVP, Worldwide Artist Services Warner Music Group |
Ian Rogers CEO Topspin |
Ryan Chisholm Artist Manager Bill Silva Entertainment (Jason Mraz, Christina Perri) |
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Kevin King CEO MusicHype |
Evan Lowenstein CEO & Founder StageIt |
Jeff
Price CEO, Founder & President TuneCore |
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Erin Dwyer VP, Digital Strategy & Integration The Marketing Arm/Davie Brown Entertainment |
Lior Shamir CEO VibeDeck |
Alex White CEO Next Big Sound |
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Eric Tobin Director of Sales & Artist Development Hopeless Records |
James 'J' Sider CEO & Founder RootMusic |
Mike Kaminsky Artist Manager/Owner KMGMT Artist Management (3OH3!) |
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Jeff Jampol Manager/Owner, Jampol Artist Management (The Doors, Janis Joplin Estate, Michael Jackson Estate, etc.) |
Michael Schneider CEO Mobile Roadie |
Bruce Flohr Manager, Red Light Management A&R, ATO Records |
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Jack
Isquith SVP, Strategic Dev. Slacker Radio |
Eric Garland CEO & Co-Founder BigChampagne |
Vickie Nauman VP, North America 7digital |
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Jeff Bronikowski Head of Corporate Dev. & Strategy The Echo Nest |
Stephen Collins Product Manager, Live Streaming & Content BitTorrent |
Syd Schwartz Founder & CEO Linchpin Digital |
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Jim Griffin Managing Director One House LLC |
Ted
Cohen Managing Partner TAG Strategic |
Jay
Frank SVP, Music Strategy CMT (MTV Networks) |
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David Oxenford Partner Davis, Wright, Tremaine |
Michael Hobson CEO High Resolution Technologies (HRT) |
Neil Vineberg CMO Thinglink |
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Luke Kallis VP, Sales VEVO |
Jordan
Glazier CEO Eventful |
Anu Kirk VP, Mobile Product MOG |
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Patrick Sullivan President & CEO RightsFlow |
Jon Potter President Fan Freedom Project |
Richard Bullwinkle Chief Evangelist Rovi Corporation |
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Rachel Scarpati Account Executive, Business Development The Harry Fox Agency |
Adam Parness Senior Director of Music Licensing Rhapsody International Inc. |
Ned
Sherman CEO & Publisher Digital Media Wire |
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Lisa Tiver SVP, Business Development RightsFlow |
Antony Bruno Exec. Dir. Content & Programming, Digital/Mobile Billboard |
Wilhelm Taht Marketing Director Flowd |
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Dave Haynes VP Business Development SoundCloud |
Michael Robertson CEO MP3Tunes |
Vivien Lewit Director, Strategic Partnerships & Head of Label/Artist Relations YouTube |
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Larry
Linietsk SVP, Product & Operations Clear Channel Radio |
Adam Kidron CEO boinc |
Kevin Browning Engineer & Producer Umphrey's McGee |
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Richard Caccappolo CTO eMusic |
Les Watkins SVP of Business Affairs Music Reports |
Jeff Pollack Chairman & CEO Pollack Media Group |
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James Lively COO DIY Media |
Gabe Adiv Founder & CEO TuneUp Media |
Allison Shaw Director of B2B Marketing Jakprints |
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Mike Carson Chief Marketing Officer Myxer |
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MORE TO COME... |
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This
year's
event
is
focused
around
six
topic
series:
•
The
Artist
•
The
Fan
•
Rights
•
Distribution
•
Monetization
•
The
Future
Digital Music Forum is attended by senior leaders of top technology and media companies, startups, media outlets, industry associations, law firms and artist management companies. Attendees (past and present) include: |
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1:00pm – 1:45pm Registration & Pre-Event Networking 1:45pm – 2:00pm Welcome & Introduction to Event Ned Sherman, CEO/Publisher, Digital Media Wire Ted Cohen, Managing Partner, TAG Strategic |
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2:00pm – 3:45pm
SERIES 1: TECHNOLOGY & THE ARTIST "What turns me on about the digital age...is that you have closed the gap between dreaming and doing. You see, it used to be that if you wanted to make a record of a song, you needed a studio and a producer. Now, you need a laptop." —Bono It all starts with the Artist: the Music, the Concerts, the Fans, the Business. Our first series of presentations focus on the intersection of technology and the artist. 1st Presentation 2:00pm – 2:15pm "The Race To Be Trusted" Ian Rogers, CEO, Topspin 2nd Presentation 2:15pm – 2:30pm "Music Analytics and Insights" Alex White, Co-Founder & CEO, Next Big Sound 3rd Presentation "The Evolution of my Drinking Habits" 2:30pm – 2:45pm Bruce Flohr, Artist Manager, Red Light Management / A&R, ATO Records 2:45pm – 3:15pm PANEL: YouTube and the Artist Panelists Mike Kaminsky, Artist Manager/Owner, KMGMT Artist Management (3OH3!) Eric Tobin, Director, Artist Development, Hopeless Records Vivien Lewit, Director, Strategic P'ships & Head of Label/Artist Relations, YouTube Ryan Chisholm, Artist Manager, Bill Silva Management (Jason Mraz, Christina Perri, etc.) 3:15pm – 3:45pm PANEL: New Technologies for the Artist Panelists Michael Schneider, CEO, Mobile Roadie James Lively, COO, DIY Media James 'J' Sider, CEO/Founder, RootMusic Kevin Browning, Engineer & Producer, Umphrey's McGee Moderator: Syd Schwartz, CEO, Linchpin Digital |
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3:45pm – 4:30pm NETWORKING BREAK |
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4:30pm – 6:15pm
SERIES 2: THE FAN "What good are fans? You can't eat applause for breakfast. You can't sleep with it."—Bob Dylan Our second series of presentations examine how technology and data are changing and the fan experience, the way the business evaluates and values fan interaction and perhaps what it even means to be a fan. 1st Presentation 4:30pm – 4:45pm "Fans Then and Now" Kevin King, CEO, MusicHype 2nd Presentation 4:45pm – 5:00pm "We the Fans" Jon Potter, President, Fan Freedom Project 3rd Presentation 5:00pm – 5:15pm Nic Adler, Owner, The Roxy 4th Presentation 5:15pm – 5:30pm "Defining the Fan" Richard Caccappolo, CTO, eMusic 5:30pm – 6:15pm PANEL: New Technologies for the Fan Panelists Jordan Glazier, CEO, Eventful Evan Lowenstein, CEO & Founder, StageIt Neil Vineberg, CMO, ThingLink Wilhelm Taht, Marketing Director, Flowd Moderator: Jeff Pollack, Chairman & CEO, Pollack Media Group |
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6:30pm – 7:30pm COCKTAIL RECEPTION Join us behind the Red Rope, Poolside at the Tropicana Bar! |
DAY 2 – Friday, October 7
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9:00am – 9:15am
Day 1 Reflections & Observations and Introduction to Day 2 |
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9:15am – 11:00am
SERIES 3: RIGHTS "Technology is dominated by two types of people: those who understand what they do not manage, and those who manage what they do not understand." —Putt's Law This series of presentations focuses on the struggle for law and policy to keep pace with technological advancement. 1st Presentation 9:15am – 9:30am "Rights Unenumerated Are Rights Disrespected" Jim Griffin, Managing Director, OneHouse 2nd Presentation 9:30am – 9:45am "Follow The Money: The Past and Future of the Music Business" Jeff Price, CEO, Tunecore 3rd Presentation 9:45am – 10:00am “From the Bronx to the Boardroom: Smart Tips for Launching Your Million Dollar Music Business Today” Patrick Sullivan, President & CEO, RightsFlow 4th Presentation 10:00am – 10:15am Michael Robertson, CEO, MP3Tunes 10:15am – 11:00am PANEL: The Debate over Rights, Royalties and the Law Panelists Adam Parness, Senior Director, Music Licensing, Rhapsody Int'l Les Watkins, SVP, Business Affairs, Music Reports Rachel Scarpati, Account Executive, Bus. Dev., The Harry Fox Agency Jeff Price, CEO, Tunecore Lisa Tiver, SVP, Business Development, RightsFlow Moderator: David Oxenford, Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine |
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11:00am – 11:30am NETWORKING BREAK |
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11:30am – 1:00pm
SERIES 4: DISTRIBUTION "I know that the internet has helped a new world audience find me." —Wynonna Judd This series of presentations examines digital distribution models for recorded music. 1st Presentation 11:30am – 11:45pm Anu Kirk, Product Manager, Mobile Products , MOG 2nd Presentation 11:45am – 12:00pm "The Connected Devices Game of Chess" Vickie Nauman, VP, North America, 7digital 3rd Presentation 12:00pm – 12:15pm Adam Kidron, CEO, boinc 12:15pm – 1:00pm PANEL: Digital Distribution Models: How Technology is Changing the Way We Interact with and Consume Music Panelists Jeff Bronikowski, Head of Corporate Dev. & Strategy, The Echo Nest Stephen Collins, Product Manager Live and Content, BitTorrent Michael Hobson, CEO, High Resolution Technologies (HRT) Moderator: Antony Bruno, Executive Director, Digital/Mobile, Billboard |
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1:00pm – 2:00pm LUNCHEON |
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2:00pm – 3:45pm
SERIES 5: MONETIZATION “I’m not a businessman, I’m a business… man.” —Jay-Z This series of presentations focuses on how to monetize the music experience in the digital age. 1st Presentation 2:00pm – 2:15pm Ted Cohen, Managing Partner, TAG Strategic 2nd Presentation 2:15pm – 2:30pm “Redefining Monetization in the Digital Age” Erin Dwyer, VP, Digital Strategy & Integration, The Marketing Arm/Davie Brown Entertainment 3rd Presentation 2:30pm – 3:00pm Jeff Jampol, Manager/Owner, Jampol Artist Management (The Doors, Janis Joplin Estate, Michael Jackson Estate, etc.) David Marcus, SVP, Worldwide Artist Services, Warner Music Group 3:00pm – 3:45pm PANEL: Monetizing the Music Experience: It's Not Just About Selling Music Anymore Panelists Gabe Adiv, CEO, TuneUp Media Lior Shamir, CEO, VibeDeck Allison Shaw, Director of B2B Marketing, Jakprints Luke Kallis, VP, Sales, VEVO Mike Carson, Chief Marketing Officer, Myxer Moderator: Ted Cohen, Managing Partner, TAG Strategic |
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3:45pm – 4:00pm NETWORKING BREAK |
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4:00pm – 5:45pm
SERIES 6: THE FUTURE "You can't just ask customers what they want and then try to give that to them. By the time you get it built, they'll want something new." —Steve Jobs Our final series of presentations focuses on what the future holds for the artist, music, technology and the business as a whole. 1st Presentation 4:00pm – 4:15pm "Engineering Better Advertising" Chris Martin, VP of Engineering, Pandora Media 2nd Presentation 4:15pm – 4:30pm Dave Haynes, VP of Business Development, SoundCloud 3rd Presentation 4:30pm – 4:45pm “What Has Data Ever Done for You?” Paul Geller, SVP of Business Development & Public Policy, Grooveshark.com 4th Presentation 4:45pm – 5:00pm "The Label of the Future" Jay Frank, SVP, Music Strategy, CMT (MTV Networks) Eric Garland, CEO, BigChampagne 5:00pm – 5:45pm PANEL: Predictions & Provocations about the Future of Technology and the Music Biz Panelists Jack Isquith, SVP, Strategic Development, Slacker Radio Greg "Grouchy" Watkins, CEO & Co-Founder, AllHipHop.com Richard Bullwinkle, Chief Evangelist, Rovi Corporation Larry Linietsky, SVP, Product & Operations, Clear Channel Radio Moderator: Ned Sherman, CEO & Publisher, Digital Media Wire |
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6:00pm – 7:00pm COCKTAILS Join Us Poolside at the Tropicana Bar! |
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