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2011 MIDEM/MidemNet Speakers’ List
Anthony Addis, Manager of Muse & Director, Brontone (UK)
Anthony Addis qualified as an accountant in 1974 and began his own accountancy
practice in 1983. Addis & Co specialised in the music and entertainment sector,
advising many high profile artistes in accounting and international taxation
matters. In 2001 he formed Brontone Limited and began managing artistes,
initially Muse and The Pogues, the latter reuniting the original members. A new
group Pulled Apart By Horses has recently joined the roster. Since then the
management team has developed a strategic plan to enhance the careers of its
artistes throughout the world.
The dedicated personnel possess in-depth
knowledge of UK and international marketing, digital and mobile initiatives,
creative concepts, including videos and artwork, as well as touring and finance.
We believe management must have the skills and expertise to work with record
and publishing companies to maximize an artiste’s potential, because that is the
era that is upon the industry today.
Kevin Arnold, Founder & CEO, IODA (USA)
Founder and CEO of IODA, Kevin guides the growth of one of the largest digital
distributors of independent music in the world. Kevin also directs Noise Pop
Industries, which produces San Francisco's internationally renowned Noise Pop
Festival, which he founded in 1993, as well as the Treasure Island Music Festival
and other Bay Area cultural events. After an early stint at Oracle, Kevin became
the director of Data Services for Listen.com, where he combined his love for
music and technology by guiding the growth and development of Listen's
complex music metadata systems, data integration tools, and music royalty data
warehouse for the Rhapsody digital music subscription service. While the
prospect of creating compelling legal music services was exciting, the realization
that they would be focused overwhelmingly on major label music wasn't. Kevin
founded IODA in 2003 to help independents find their way in the new world of
digital music.
Robert Ashcroft, Chief Excutive, PRS for music (UK)
Robert Ashcroft joined as Chief Executive of PRS for Music in January 2010. A
former Senior Vice President at Sony, Robert headed their network services
division in Europe and mobile products division in the United States. With a range
of experience from global organisations that include both The Walt Disney
Company and Convergys Corporation, and more recently Hudson Morris
Associates, an investment consultancy specialising in digital media, Robert has
worked with the music industry for many years. Launching the Sony Connect
Download service and StreamMan digital streaming service, Robert’s work has
seen him at the forefront of developing new digital music products. Robert now
works on behalf of the UK’s 65,000 songwriter, composer and music publishers
as Chief Executive of PRS for Music, with responsibility for ensuring all members
creative works’ are protected and rewarded whenever used.
Tony Askew, Managing Director, Reed Elsevier Ventures (UK)
Tony was one of the founding partners of Reed Elsevier Ventures in late 2000 and
manages the fund. Tony joined Reed Elsevier Ventures from the SOFTBANK/News
Corporation European joint venture fund, eVentures, after a period in consulting
where he led the Arthur Andersen eBusiness service line in Europe. Before
venture capital, Tony held an executive position at BT Cellnet (now O2). He was
part of the original team that launched the world’s first commercial wireless
internet service provider, ‘Genie’, which grew to more than four million users.
Prior to that, Tony ran the New Media division at Random House UK, where he
launched early brand names in consumer electronic media, such as Knowledge
Adventure. Tony started his career with PriceWaterhouseCoopers in London. Tony
currently serves on the boards of Babylon, First Life Research, Partminer and
Spacecurve. Tony holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Physics, graduating with
honours from the University of London.
Ed Averdieck, Director, Real World (UK)
Ed joined the music business at the eve of the digital age in 1994 and has spent
the majority of his time working with artists and rights-holders on developing
new revenue streams. He is Director of the Music Division at Peter Gabriel's Real
World where he manages the record label and publishing businesses. Prior to
Real World, Ed was part of the management team that started OD2, the digital
distributor, back in 2000 and then became Managing Director of Nokia Music
when Nokia acquired the business in 2006. Ed began his career as marketing
manager for Procter & Gamble. Real World is an independent integrated music
company that consists of Real World Records, Real World Publishing, Womad –
the festival and Real World Studios.
Gilles Babinet, Entrepreneur & Chairman, Eyeka/Mxp4/Awdio (France)
Gilles Babinet successfully created and managed various successful businesses as
CEO. At the age of 24, he set up Absolut, a product design firm that he sold in
2000 to Euro-RSCG. The same year, he founded Musiwave that was eventually
sold to Openwave for $139M in Jan 2006. Since then, Gilles co-founded:
- Eyeka, a Platform that gathers 75,000 video makers, answering to pitch posted
by brands. Eyeka is backed by Ventech Ventures, SFR Ventures and DN Capital.
- Mxp4, a company developing a new interactive music format, backed by
Ventech and Sofinnova.
- DIgicompanion, a company using film and music to organise marketing
operations for the brands, backed by Alven Capital.
- Sawnd, a music publishing company that helps musiciens to increase their
presence over the Internet.
Gilles is also a shareowner at Awdio, which Streams 150 night-clubs, live, from all continents; backed by
Ventech. Gilles is serving as Chairman at Eyeka, Mxp4 and Awdio.
Paavo Bäckman, Prime Minister , Steam Republic (Finland)
Steam Republic, is a Helsinki-based startup founded in 2009 by colourful
veterans originating from the Finnish music industry scene. We are experts on
digital fan-oriented marketing and mobile technology in the field of music. Our
product Mobile Backstage, is a direct-to-fan social app for artists and artist
marketers. Each Mobile Backstage is completely artist-branded and dedicated
towards engaging the artist's most valuable asset - the fans. Through this next
level engagement, we offer our clients an instant marketing and sales channel
directly with the core audience of their artist. To find out more, watch our demo
video or try out our free artist apps directly from iTunes App Store by searching
for "mobile backstage".
Glen Barros, President & CEO, Concord Music Group (USA)
As President and CEO of Los Angeles based Concord Music Group, Glen Barros
leads the overall management and corporate strategy for one of the most
successful and respected independent music companies in the world. Barros has
seen the company’s growth expand more than twenty fold since his tenure began
in 1995, successfully presiding over a number of key strategic partnerships and
acquisitions, and positioning the flourishing music company for further growth
well into the future. Barros has spent his entire professional career within the
music industry including various positions within the music publishing, record
production and record distribution fields. Barros currently serves on the Board of
Directors of the Recording Industry Association of America, as well as the
American Association of Independent Music. He holds a B.S. in Music & Business,
summa cum laude, from New York University.
Virginie Berger, Founder and Music Strategist, Don’t Believe the Hype (France)
Virginie Berger, more than 12 years of experience in the media and music
industry, former marketing and content director of MySpace France, reader for
IMM, Nanterre university, Irma and author, is the founder and music strategist of
"Don't believe the Hype", a website and a full service marketing and promotion
company. Don’t believe the Hype the website (http://virginieberger.com) is
dedicated to musicians, artists, bands and people from the music industry. It
gives them the tools, resources, expertise and guidance to help them take their
music career to the next level. Don’t believe the Hype the agency is a complete
one stop label/artists services agency that implements 360 degree multi-tiered
marketing and promotion campaigns providing strategic plans, music marketing,
social media and website, business development, project management, media
promotion, sync & license all under one roof.
Sat Bisla, Founder & President, A&R Worldwide/MUSEXPO (USA)
After helping expose and/or develop such Platinum-selling artists as Dido,
Keane, Faithless, Fatboy Slim, Ting Tings, Sam Sparro, Coldplay, Missy Higgins,
The Temper Trap and many others for the American and/or worldwide
audiences, Sat Bisla truly started to hit his stride upon starting A&R Network, an
innovative independent artist discovery and development platform that was
acquired by the world’s largest radio broadcaster – Clear Channel Radio and live
entertainment company Live Nation in 2001, where he assumed the worldwide
role of Vice President for A&R Network. Bisla launched the fully independent
Pangaea Entertainment Group in September 2006, which is home to A&R
Worldwide and MUSEXPO global brands. Pangaea is also the parent to Bisla
creation “Passport Approved,” a two-hour weekly import radio show broadcast
on the acclaimed www.indie1031.com in Los Angeles.
Amke Block, CEO, Audiomagnet (Germany)
Audiomagnet is a self-marketing platform for musicians that wish to release,
promote and market their work themselves without having to deal with record
and distribution companies. Audiomagnet offers distribution services for both
digital and physical product. Artists can deliver their CDs and merchandise to
audiomagnet as finished product or order the on-demand production services.
With audiomagnet free profil artists can sell their product through their personal
shop including widgets and apps for social media placement. Plus they can use
audiomagnet to distribute their product to all relevant music download and
streaming services or to sell their CDs through amazon. Audiomagnet is not an
internet wing of a major record label, it is independent and owner Run.The
Company is run by Prof.Dr. Karlheinz Brandenburg, co-inventor of the MP3
format, software development company media transfer AG as well as Amke
Block, an experienced digital music specialist and media expert Timo Senechal.
PJ Bloom, Music Supervisor, Neophonic (USA)
PJ Bloom has created soundtracks for over 50 films and hundreds of episodes of
television. He has worked with major filmmakers like Steven Spielberg, Ryan
Murphy, Michael Mann, Jerry Bruckheimer, Ridley Scott and Mike Nichols. His
recent projects include Glee, CSI: Miami, Eat, Pray, Love, Nip/Tuck, The Shield
and United States of Tara. PJ is a partner in Neophonic, one of the largest Music
Supervision firms in the US. His company has consulted for HBO for over a
decade, overseeing major successes like The Pacific, Boardwalk Empire,
Generation Kill and Temple Grandin. He is a founding member of the Guild of
Music Supervisors, serves on The Hollywood Reporter/Billboard Film & Television
Music Conference Advisory Board and the Academy of Country Music Film &
Television Task Force and is a voting member of The Grammy Awards.
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. 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 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.
James Brown, Managing Director, Hazard Chase Limited (UK)
James Brown was born in Yorkshire, attended the Royal College of Music in
London and spent five years as a violist in the London Philharmonic Orchestra. He
founded the artist management company Hazard Chase in 1990. In October
1997 he was responsible for the acquisition by Hazard Chase of Magenta Music
International. In January 2010 he was appointed Chairman of Orchid Classics, the
record label in which Hazard Chase is a shareholder. He is a member of the
Association Européene des Agents Artistiques and has been a speaker at
numerous international conferences including Midem Classique, the Association of
British Orchestras, the China Shanghai International Arts Festival Forum, the
American Symphony Orchestra League and IAMA. James was Chairman of the
International Artist Managers' Association from 2003-2005. In May 2007 he
became an Honorary Member of the Royal College of Music.
Louis Buchman, Partner, Field Fisher Waterhouse (France/UK)
Field Fisher Waterhouse is a European law firm acting for a wide range of clients
in the music industry and major consumers of music content. Its Media &
Entertainment team of 15 partners and 35 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.
Neil Cartwright, Head of Digital, 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.
Jeff Castelaz, CEO, Dangerbird / The Pablove Foundation (USA)
Jeff Castelaz is making a worldwide impact as CEO and Co-Founder of two
intertwined companies: Dangerbird and The Pablove Foundation. He has
overseen Dangerbird’s successful growth to encompass six divisions: record label,
management,
publishing,
merchandising,
licensing
and
a
recording
studio. Dangerbird shepherds the
careers of more than 30 bands, including Silversun Pickups, Fitz and The
Tantrums, Jon Fratelli, and multi-platinum producer Tony Hoffer. Castelaz and
his wife Jo Ann Thrailkill established The Pablove Foundation to honor their son
Pablo, who was just six years old when he passed away from cancer in 2009.
Pablove has raised nearly $2 million since 2008 and is dedicated to directly
funding pediatric cancer research, educating and empowering families, and
improving the quality of life for children with cancer. Castelaz was featured as
Person of the Week on ABC Nightly News in November 2009, and serves on the President’s Circle board of
Lance Armstrong’s foundation LIVESTRONG.
Mitko Chatalbashev, Director for European Affairs, CISAC/BIEM (Hungary)
Mitko Chatalbashev has been Director of European Affairs for CISAC/BIEM – two
international umbrella organisations for authors’ societies based in Paris, since
October 2003. At the CISAC/BIEM European Office located in Budapest, Mr.
Chatalbashev is mainly responsible for relations with CISAC/BIEM members from
Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia and the implementation of CISAC
policies and assistance programs in this vast region. Mr. Chatalbashev was born
in Sofia (Bulgaria) in 1969. After studying Law at Sofia University he became a
lawyer and member of the Sofia Bar, with special interests in copyright and
human rights law. In 1995 he pursued a Private International Law specialisation
in Spain with emphasis on International Protection of Copyright and Related
Rights. He has been a Lecturer on IP issues at the New Bulgarian University,
Department “Mass communications” (2000 – 2002). From 2001-2003 Mr.
Chatalbashev was Chief Legal Adviser to the Bulgarian society of music authors and publishers “MUSICAUTOR”.
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 #1 chart
debut for a K-Pop album in North America, and rolled out over 250 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.
Ted Cohen, Managing partner, TAG Strategic (USA)
In an industry that’s been slow to embrace change, Cohen is the exception to the
stereotypical music-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. In
his previous role as SVP Digital Development & Distribution for EMI Music, Cohen
led next-generation digital business development worldwide for this "big four"
record company. During that time, EMI led the industry by embracing and
exploiting new technologies and business models such as digital downloads and
online music subscriptions, custom compilations, wireless services, high-definition
audio and Internet radio. Cohen also led two highly successful new media
consulting operations, DMN Consulting and Consulting Adults, attracting clients
such as Amazon.com, Universal Studios and DreamWorks Records. Cohen also
held senior management positions at both Warner Bros. Records and Philips
Media. A 30-year industry veteran, Cohen served as Chairman of the Mobile Entertainment Forum Americas and
currently chairs international music conference MidemNet. Cohen serves on the boards for NARAS, the Neil
Bogart Memorial Fund and co-chairs the new media arm of the T.J. Martell Foundation.
Will Cooper, Deputy Editor, New Media Age (UK)
Will is responsible for news across new media age and nma.co.uk. In addition to
all areas of digital media and marketing he specialises in search, affiliate
marketing and online regulation, as well as writing a weekly column, Cooper on
Search. He joined new media age as a reporter in April 2006, having spent two
years as a retail journalist.
Joe Cuello, SVP, Creative Music Integration, MTV (USA)
Joe Cuello is Senior 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 television.
Cuello is based at MTV’s Santa Monica offices and reports to Amy Doyle, SVP of
MTV Music & Talent. In 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.”)
Axel Dauchez, CEO, Deezer (France)
Trained at Polytechnic school and then at Procter and Gamble’s, Axel Dauchez
quickly focuses on the Media and Internet. As the Director, in 1995, of the
Consumer Marketing Department of the world leader of educational games and
software Ludo PC, he launches the first paid-for on-line services. Appointed in
1998 President of the first French web agency BDDP and Tequila Interactive, he
then becomes in 2002 the Managing Director of Moonscoop, the world leader of
broadcast production of animation. He supervises the implantation of the Group
in the United States and sets up several trans-media platforms. He joins Deezer
at 41 in 2010 as CEO. With 6 million unique viewers in France, 15 million
members worldwide and a 7 million track catalog, Deezer is today the first
European music website, giving a multi-access to all kinds of music from the
most numerous devices anywhere, anytime.
Alan Davis, Executive Director, NACA (USA)
Alan B. Davis has served as Executive Director of the National Association for
Campus Activities (NACA) since 1996. As Executive Director, he is responsible for
working with Association volunteer leaders and members in the implementation
of the Association’s strategic plan, and in managing the NACA Office. Davis
devotes considerable time to the expansion and refinement of NACA’s
relationships with the higher education and entertainment environments.
Established in 1960, NACA is a not-for-profit membership organization and has
evolved into the largest collegiate organization for campus activities in the United
States; there are nearly 1,000 NACA member colleges and universities. Each
year, NACA hosts a four-day National Convention, seven 3-day regional
conferences, and a smaller two-day festival – all of which provide opportunities
for learning and professional development activities for advisers and students, as
well as live entertainment via unopposed artist performance showcases.
Carlos De Otto, CEO, Rockola.fm (Spain)
Rockola.fm, pioneered the online music space in Spain becoming the first
interactive online radio offering.As an online service Rockola.fm has quickly
become the Spanish Pandora.com. Rockola.fm serves millions of songs through
uts website and different mobile applications. Currently its main source of
revenue is advertising under this format.Thanks to its licensed content,
additionally Rockola.fm provides technology and content to brands and mobile
operators that operate in multiple markets who offer music services to their end
users.Recently Rockola.fm has developed Rockola.fm Publishing, the first online
publishing company. It provides artists with a range of solutions from promotion,
digital distribution, sync up collaborative arrangements between authors and
brands
taking
advantage
of
the
growing
audience
it
enjoys.
Rockola.fm is an internet project that allows new ways of communication,
between brands, authors, media and audience.
James Diener, CEO/President, A&M/Octone Records (USA)
James Diener is the CEO/President of A&M/Octone Records, a joint-venture with
Interscope/Universal Music Group. A&M/Octone Records is home to worldwide,
multi-platinum pop/rock superstars, Maroon 5 and platinum-selling, modern rock
act, Flyleaf. Previously, Mr. Diener served as President/Founder of independent
label Octone Records, while simultaneously holding the position of Senior Vice
President, A&R/Marketing for The RCA Music Group, a division of SonyBMG
Entertainment, where he signed and developed platinum singer/songwriter, Gavin
DeGraw. Prior to his dual status as label head of Octone and SonyBMG SVP,
Diener was Vice President of A&R/Marketing at Columbia Records/Sony Music.Mr.
Diener began his formal career in 1991 at Columbia Records. Prior to that, he
held various industry positions as a personal management associate and
recording engineer. He is an accredited record producer and voting member of
both NARAS & the Academy of Magical Arts.
Rudy De Waele, Founder, Mobile 2.0 and Mobile Monday Barcelona/Madrid (Spain)
In the last 10 years, Rudy has been a central figure in the development of the
mobile ecosystem as we know it today. Capturing mobile trends with his
influential blog m-trends.org, Rudy also organizes Mobile 2.0 Europe and is part
of the Mobile 2.0 Silicon Valley Organizing Committee. He is the founder
of MobileMonday Barcelona and Madrid, and organizes the yearly Mobile Premier
Awards. In recent times, Rudy shifted his attention to the creation of
dotopen.com - a B2B online platform built around the values of openness. This
year, he curated Mobile Trends 2020, a collaborative outlook including some of
the key industry experts & visionaries on mobile trends for the next 10
years.With dotopen, he also initiated [AppCircus] (http://appcirc.com), a unique
global traveling showcase of the most creative and innovative apps presented by
their creators during some of the most influential international events in
mobile/web.Rudy continues to be a frequent speaker and jury member at conferences such as Under The Radar
– Mobility Conference (Silicon Valley), Vodafone Mobile Clicks Awards (Ámsterdam), the Smaato Advertising
Award and the TechCrunch Europas Awards.
Stéphane Distinguin, Founder and CEO, Faber Novel & Chairman, af83 (France)
Stéphane Distinguin is a French entrepreneur and an activist in the field of new
technology and innovation. In 2003, Stéphane created faberNovel, an innovation
agency specialized in designing new products and services. faberNovel has also
released its own products and promoted a development model based on
“excubation” with companies like af83 - Social Network & Open source
Developments Experts -, digitick, Chugulu Games, C4MProd, DoYouMultimedia,
eXoPlatform, and GoldenHook. In 2007, faberNovel opened an office in San
Francisco then a third one in Ho Chi Minh City in 2009.Stéphane also has
participated in launching new kinds of events in France such as the BarCamps,
MobileMondays, CleanTech Tuesdays, and TEDx Paris. He is the conceptor of the
co-working space La Cantine. Stéphane is Honorary Chairman of the Silicon
Sentier, an association bringing together 150 French SMEs involved with ICT,
which he has presided during 7 years. Stéphane is also Cap Digital’ Vice-President and Comité Richelieu’
Administrator.
Michael Doernberg, CEO, ReverbNation (USA)
Mike is a serial entrepreneur responsible for founding and successfully building
several venture capital backed technology companies focused on helping
organizations use the Internet to more effectively market their products and
services. His past ventures include SmartPath (acquired by DoubleClick, Inc.),
and The Marathon Group (acquired by Merant, PLC). Mike began his career at
Ernst & Young in their Entrepreneurial Services Organization. In February of
2006, Mike founded the Music 2.0 Company ReverbNation.com.Serving over
900,000 artists, labels and managers, ReverbNation provides the innovative
marketing solutions that musicians need to compete, cooperate, and differentiate
in an increasingly noisy online environment. Unlike typical “closed” communities,
artists use ReverbNation as their home base for approaching marketing and
promotion across the Internet as a whole - be it via social networks, blogs, email,
IM, or the artist’s homepage.
Carole Donada, Professor, ESSEC (France)
Carole Donada is Professor at ESSEC Business School. She holds a Ph.D. in
Management Science from HEC Paris. She teaches Strategy and Management in
the MBA, executive and Ph.D programs. Her research interests focus on
competitive and collaborative corporate strategy, supplier-buyer relationships in
the automotive, aerospace and service industries. She has participated in several
books and published articles in various journals. Carole received the “HEC
Foundation Best Thesis of the year (2000)”, the “Douglas C. Mackay Outstanding
Paper Award 2002”, and three Best Paper and Case Awards (Administrative
Science Association of Canada, 2001, 2002, 2006). Carole Donada has been a
visiting scholar at McGill Montreal and Faculty at Essec Singapore Campus. She
also works with firms.
Ann Donahue, Freelance Writer & Editor, Billboard/The Hollywood Reporter (USA)
Ann Donahue is a freelance writer and editor who reports on music in film and
TV; her subjects have ranged from “Glee” to “American Idol” to Miley Cyrus to
the Grammy Awards. She has been on staff at Billboard, Premiere, Variety and
the Los Angeles Business Journal. As a freelancer, her work has appeared in the
Los Angeles Times, USA Today, The Hollywood Reporter, Gawker Media, The
Orange Country Register, AutoWeek and Video Business. She is the author of
“Ugly Betty: The Book,” published by Hyperion and Melcher Media. She blogs at
anndonahue.com and can be followed on Twitter at @anndonahue. A graduate of
Northwestern University, she now lives in Los Angeles.
Amy Doyle, EVP, Music & Talent, MTV (USA)
Amy Doyle is Executive Vice President, Music & Talent, MTV: Music Television. In
this position, Ms. Doyle leads MTV’s overarching music strategy as well as record
label and artist relations, the first woman to hold this instrumental position in the
company’s quarter-century history. Since arriving at MTV in 1999, Doyle has
embraced the multi-platform strategy and has strived to find non-traditional ways
to showcase music and artists. Across the screens of MTV, MTV2, mtvU,
MTV.com, MTV Mobile, MTV HITS, MTVJams and more, Doyle has pioneered
many of MTV’s music initiatives. Most recently Doyle was instrumental in
launching the innovative new series “FNMTV Premieres” and corresponding music
blocks, celebrating both new music videos and music fans in a week-long event.
Anne Driscoll, VP of Business Operations, Ning (USA)
Anne Driscoll is the Vice President of Business Operations at Ning, where she is
responsible for Marketing, Communications, Partner Solutions, Creative Services,
and Human Resources. Since joining Ning in January 2010, Anne has supported
the successful introduction of Ning's new subscription service, the creation of a
thriving developer ecosystem and API launch, as well as the creation of
compelling social experiences for Ning's VIP clients. Anne is responsible for all
aspects of the Ning brand including the development of best practices and
powerful social media strategies in partnership with Ning's most high profile
customers. Prior to joining Ning, Anne led communications and brand initiatives
at Google, creating programs to support culture, establish it as a great place to
work and drive the global talent strategy. Anne led several global brand projects
including the YouTube Symphony Orchestra, Google Code Jam and Innovate or
Die.
Mathieu Drouin, Partner, Crystal Math Management (Canada)
Mathieu Drouin, named among Billboard’s prestigious Top 30 Under 30, is best
known for managing platinum-selling indie band Metric, for whom he
masterminded a plan to self-release their last album Fantasies worldwide. Metric
went on to become the first artist in history to have their first ever Top 20 hit at
US commercial radio without the backing of a label. 300k albums and 1 million
singles later, with placements in leading films and TV shows from Grey’s Anatomy
to Entourage and the theme songs for The Twilight Saga: Eclipse and Scott
Pilgrim, Metric’s career has exploded internationally and Mr. Drouin has earned
himself a reputation as an industry trailblazer. Mr. Drouin began his career in
technology with a B2B company he sold before turning 20 and was also formerly
a partner in/president of one of Canada’s largest independent music groups
(DKD) where he helped found labels Last Gang Records and Arts & Crafts
International.
Jane Dyball, SVP International Legal & Business Affairs, Warner/Chappell Music (UK)
Jane Dyball sits on the Boards of the Mechanical Copyright Protection Society,
Performing Right Society and Music Publishers Association (MPA), the
International Confederation of Music Publishers and the International Music
Publishers Association. Jane Dyball joined Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd, in 1986
as International Co-ordinator, eventually becoming Administration Manager
(International). In recent years Jane has initiated and executed WCM’s Pan
European Digital Licensing initiative and instigated the groundbreaking “one stop
shop” licensing publishing and master rights together for Radiohead’s
phenomenal “In Rainbows” album. Following a stint at printed music company,
International Music Publications, Jane joined Warner/Chappell Music Ltd as Legal
& Business Affairs Manager in 1992, subsequently becoming Head of the Legal
Department for the UK before taking on international responsibilities and moving
to her current position in 2005. She has responsibility for all Warner/Chappell Music’s business affairs
throughout the world ex US & Canada, and is responsible for business strategic issues focussing on areas such
as collective rights management and digital rights.
Fredrik Ekander, Owner, Cosmos Music Group (Sweden)
Fredrik Ekander has a long and colourful music background. Starting out as a
teenage popsinger, DJ, songwriter, manager and club promotor he eventually
landed a job inside the music industry, as songplugger, in the early nineties.
Since then he has worked in both publishing and records, at both indies and at
majors, in roles ranging from A&R via managing director to European vice
president and been based in both Sweden and the UK. Today he is CEO and
owner of the biggest independent in the Nordics - Cosmos Music Group. Its
business includes local A&R, the representation and distribution of over 100
domestic + international labels, worldwide digital distribution and an inhouse
music publishing company. Cosmos Music Group has over 40 employees in six
local offices in four of the biggest Nordic countries. One of its affiliated companies
is Cosmos Studios, the last big legendary Scandinavian recording studio complex
in Stockholm.
Lee Epting, Content Services Director, Vodafone Group (UK)
Lee Epting is the Director of Content Services at Vodafone responsible
for Vodafone's global content services portfolio, including music, portal,
applications shop, games, tv/video and personalization content as well as
developer engagement activities. Lee is an industry executive with over twenty
years experience in the technology sector, was Vice President of Forum Nokia
from 2003-2008, Nokia's global developer support community. In this role, Lee
was responsible for driving the business connections between Nokia and more
than 3.5 million registered Forum Nokia software developers, mobile network
operators, content aggregators, media companies and enterprises. Prior to
joining Nokia in 2003, Lee worked with Palm Inc. and later Handspring in
technology development management, business development, and sales. Lee
served on the Board of Directors of Symbian Ltd. from 2006 through 2007. She
also performs advisory roles with technology companies globally.
Ben Fenton, Chief Media Correspondent, Financial Times (UK)
Ben Fenton has been the Chief Media Correspondent of the FT since 2008,
reporting on merger and acquisitions, corporate news and media policy
developments across Europe. Before that, he was the Senior Reporter and
Washington Correspondent of The Daily Telegraph and has been a newspaper
journalist for more than 20 years, reporting on national and global events from
more than 30 countries.
Ryan Fitch, Music Producer, Saatchi & Saatchi (USA)
As one of Saatchi & Saatchi’s most seasoned and gifted music producers, Ryan
Fitch has spent the last 7 years integrating music into TV, radio and interactive
campaigns for top global brands like Procter & Gamble, JCPenney, Miller, General
Mills and Cadbury among others. During his tenure, Saatchi New York has earned
several distinguished awards, including the prestigious Cannes award for Agency
of the Year. Ryan was also named one of the “Top Music Ad Agency Executives”
by the National Assn. of Record Industry Professionals.
Francesco Fraioli, Founder, Thounds (USA)
Thounds is a new collaborative music platform where users compose and share
original recordings.The integration with the social networks is helping a quick
growth and viral spread of contents.Our business model is based on the value the
creativity carries and brings on within, we are offering an innovative tool to the
music industry, be it for promotion and for scouting new talents.
Bob Frank, Chairman, Merlin (Netherlands/USA)
Bob Frank is the Chairman and Board member of the Merlin organization, a global
rights organization representing the Independent music sector, as well as the
President and Co-founder of the multi-platform digital syndication company,
Qello. Most recently, Bob served (1999-2009) as President of E1 Music Worldwide
(formerly KOCH Records) and E1 Music Publishing (formerly KOCH Music
Publishing). During his tenure at E1, Bob was responsible for the global music
content and publishing operations. Areas under his management included all
Marketing areas, Business Affairs, A&R, Operations, International and the
Digital/Mobile Group. Prior to KOCH, Bob was President of Walter Yetnikoff’s
Velvel Music Group from its inception in 1997 through the sale to KOCH in 1999.
Before launching Velvel, he spent eight years with PolyGram where he was
General Manager/SVP. Bob is involved with the TJ Martell Foundation music
industry charity as well as the UJA Federation - Music for Youth Board.
Motoko Fujii, Executive Producer, Solitary Man Records (Japan)
Solitary Man Records is a label under NTVM which focuses mostly on rock.
Recent success has included PLACEBO, A-HA, SPOON, Dropkick Murphys,
Beatsteaks, Donots. Nippon Television Network Corporation (NTVM) is one of the
best rated Japanese TV stations with one of the biggest networks in Japan.
Nippon Television Music Corporation is a subsidiary of NTV mainly to administer
music aired on NTV, though also the licensing the merchandising of characters of
NTV programs. We mainly publish the theme songs and soundtracks of NTV
programs. As most of the theme songs and soundtracks are renewed quarterly,
we are always looking for good new compositions for TV programming.
Leonardo Ganem, CEO, Som Livre (Brazil)
Before becoming an executive in the music business, Leo Ganem developed a
career as a medical sciences researcher. He received a bachelor's degree in
Biology from Wittenberg University, a Ph.D. from UW-Madison and completed his
postdoctoral work at Harvard Medical School in Boston. In 2001, Leo left the lab
life to join the Rio de Janeiro office of McKinsey & Co as an associate consultant
focused mainly on business strategy. In 2004, Leo joined Som Livre as CFO and
3 years later he became CEO. Under his supervision, Som Livre captured a 30%
share of the Brazilian CD and DVD market, becoming one of the largest
independent labels worldwide. He was also responsible for developing the live
entertainment and digital businesses that today account for nearly 40% of
company revenues.
Eric Garland, CEO, BigChampagne (USA)
Eric Garland is the founder of BigChampagne Media Measurement and
UltimateChart.com. WIRED magazine declares BigChampagne is "the Nielsen
ratings" of online music. The Ultimate Chart is the first and only measure of all
of the ways in which music is popular, everywhere. Partners and sources for the
Ultimate Chart include a comprehensive list of retailers, broadcasters,
subscription services, social networks and other venues where fans demonstrate
their passion for music: Amazon, iTunes, Best Buy, YouTube, VEVO, MySpace,
Facebook, Twitter, MTV, Clear Channel, Yahoo! Music, AOL, Microsoft, We Are
Hunted, LastFM and many more. Eric's advisory board membership includes the
digital initiative of the Recording Academy (The Grammys), where he has served
alongside artists Kelly Clarkson and Kanye West. Eric was formally recognized
for his outstanding contribution to the Recording Academy in 2007.
Nic Garnett, Partner, Holme Roberts & Owen (USA/UK)
Nic Garnett is a London-based digital media lawyer and business consultant. He is
currently acting for a number of clients in the digital content space including
Beyond Oblivion. Nic is currently advising the UK Government’s Technology
Strategy Board in relation to its IC tomorrow digital test bed project. Nic
previously ran his own business consultancy in the digital media space in
Mountain View, California. Nic is a former SVP at InterTrust Technologies in Santa
Clara. He has also worked in China with companies such as Baidu and Tsinghua
Tong Fang. Nic was the Director General and CEO of IFPI from 1992 to 1999 and
before that, IFPI's Regional Director for South East Asia, based in Singapore and
Hong Kong.
Scott Geller, CEO, Zooz (USA)
Zooz is a leader in the fast-growing interactive music market. Our first product
ZOOZbeat™, with 1.5 million downloads was a finalist for Billboard’s Branded
Music App of the Year. Our all-new ZOOZmash product turns anyone into a mash
up artist, legally, using the music they already have on their computer, mobile
device or cloud locker.ZOOZmash pushes the envelope of how consumers
experience and discover music by intelligently analyzing, chopping up and
reconstructing their stereo music files. ZOOZmash is the product of breakthrough
research conducted by Gil Weinberg, Dir., Georgia Tech Center for Music
Technology, and funded in part by the NSF…. It lets anyone enjoy their music
library in a whole new way, without having to learn complex DJ software. And
using our patent pending SongMap™ technology, users share the structure of a
mashup without sharing copyrighted material. Our goals are a fun user
experience and new music sales!
Matthias Glatschke, Founder & CEO, Songpier (Germany)
SONGPIER is a Content&Media Management System for musicians to build,
manage and distribute their universal mobile WebApp easy-as-pie around each
song, running on Smartphones and Web-Tablets out of the box.SONGPIER is an
effective way for artists to promote & share music, photos, news, tour dates,
merchandise and other content with fans on their mobile devices. SONGPIER help
musicians interact with fans in order to convert casual music fans into loyal fans,
and loyal fans into paying customers. Support of standards and the growing use
of HTML5 make the web an incredibly powerful platform for running Apps. That's
where SONGPIER short-circuit awkward AppStore processes, bypassing the store
and getting artists & labels App into the hands of eager users. With SONGPIER
artists & labels establish and maintain the direct link to music lovers - easy as the
web, mobile everywhere and powerful like an App.
Daniel Glass, Founder, President & CEO, Glassnote Entertainment Group (USA)
Daniel Glass is President/CEO of Glassnote Entertainment Group, an independent
music company he founded. Glassnote is the home to artists such as Secondhand
Serenade, Justin Nozuka, Grammy-award winning Phoenix, Mumford & Sons, The
Temper Trap, Kele, Two Door Cinema Club, and Royal Bangs.
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 North
America, founding President of Universal and President of Artemis before starting
Glassnote. He has had success with artists such as Billy Idol, Jon Secada, Blur,
Warren Zevon, Erykah Badu, The Pretenders and Sinead O’Connor.
Christian Goire, Head of Advanced Research Strategy, Gemalto (France)
Christian Goire, Head of Advanced Technology Strategy has more than 20 years
of experience in the field of security and has run marketing and R&D activities
based both in the USA and in France. He presently focuses his research on
strategy subjects, among which are digital content strategies, mobile content,
IPR, copyright. This research is led in the new generation business models
context for the content communication and technology industry. Cloud
Computing and its future evolution in the Music Arena are at the crossroad of this
new paradigm shift he is working on. In a world where the digital revolution is
increasingly transforming our lives, Gemalto’s end-to-end security solutions are
designed to make personal digital secure interactions more convenient, safe and
enjoyable. More than 1 billion people worldwide use its products, services for
telecommunications, multimedia content, DRM and many other applications. He is
also President of the Java Card Forum.
Beni Goldenberg, Product Manager, Terra Networks (Brazil)
Beni Goldenberg is the Product Development Manager at Terra Networks Brasil
and the Sonora store. One of the leading figures in the local digital market, Beni
worked at the ground-breaking Usina do Som, the first online radio service in
South America.
Rich Goldman, Founder & President, RipTide Music (USA)
Rich Goldman is founder and President of RipTide Music, a leading music licensing
and publishing company in Los Angeles. He is also President of Pacifica Music, a
modern genre production music library. He’s a lifelong musician who has
amassed a broad range of industry credits as a producer, composer, sound
designer, and recording studio operator.
Rich oversees RipTide and Pacifica’s representation of the works of hundreds of
composers, Indie-bands and singer-songwriters with solid success in licensing for
TV, trailers, films, games and advertising. He also has the good fortune of
performing music with his wife and two children.
Harvey Goldsmith CBE, Managing Director, Artist Promotion Management (UK)
Harvey Goldsmith is a legendary and visionary producer and promoter of rock
concerts, Charity events and television broadcasts. He has produced, managed
and promoted shows with most of the world’s major artists. Harvey Goldsmith
has received numerous awards in recognition for his contribution to the music
industry including the Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres from the French Minister
of Culture as well as the 15th Music Industry Trust’s Awards (MITS), and has
been bestowed The British Order of Chivalry. Harvey was the instigator and
producer of the Led Zeppelin show in London in December 2007 and in 2008
Harvey took over the management of Jeff Beck. Harvey is Chairman of the
Foundation and Chairman of the Board of The British Music Experience which
opened at the O2 Arena in March 2009. In April 2010 Harvey was honoured with
the International Music Person of The Year for his outstanding contributions to
the Music Industry at the MUSEXPO by the City of West Hollywood.
Maggie Gorse, Director, Gorse Analysts (France)
Maggie Gorse is founder and Director of Gorse Analysts providing over 20 years
of Consulting and Executive Training services with two main areas of expertise:
Her clients include major international corporations such as Vodafone, VivendiUniversal, Deutsche Telekom, Lagardère and a diversity of companies in the
technology field, as well as start-ups. She teaches at ESSEC Business School in
France and is invited to teach at universities around the world. Ms Gorse is a
frequent lecturer in international conferences on how to create value in a network
economy. She lives and works in France.
Alasdair Graham, Creative Director, Ogilvy (UK)
Alasdair Graham is Creative Partner at Ogilvy & Mather in London, where he is
responsible for award-winning work on Coca-Cola, MTV and Comfort. While at
his previous agency, TBWA, he helped originate campaigns for Virgin Bank, Sony
PlayStation and The Labour Party.
Steve Greenberg, CEO, Interlude (USA)
Interlude is a digital media company that designs, develops and markets
interactive video technology, allowing consumers to create, a unique version of a
video that is based on pre-recorded audio/video segments - a one-of-a kind
version of a popular video, created from millions of unique possibilities. The
Interlude technology platform utilizes audio/video footage to create a functional
and customized end-product that can be embedded on any corporate or
designated website. Interlude's customers may either provide the footage and
thus maintain full creative control or utilize Interlude's creative/production
services to generate the footage. Interlude's products can be branded and
skinned and may be integrated with a broad marketing campaign that
encompasses Internet, television, mobile and radio mediums. Interlude's vision is
to bring the next generation of interactive video technology to the web browser
space that empowers consumers while protecting and respecting the original works. Interlude's customers are
companies operating in the media, entertainment, production, advertising, gaming, and consumer goods
industries which ultimately seek creative and innovative ways to enhance their relationships with consumers.
Sean Gross, Vice President, 21C Media Group (USA)
Since joining 21C Media Group in April 2007, Sean Michael Gross has played a
principal role in directing the company’s business strategy and has helped
diversify its services beyond traditional public relations. He spearheaded the
creation of 21C Artists To Watch, an image- and awareness-building program for
artists on the brink of major careers in classical music, and he developed and
oversees 21C’s rapidly expanding digital marketing and new media business. In
addition to his new ventures, Sean handles the publicity for several of classical
music and opera's top artists. He also continues to work on a wide range of
consulting projects and helps to identify and foster strategic partnerships for
21C’s roster of clients. His diverse background in the music industry includes
positions held at artist management companies, record labels and concert
presenters. He graduated magna cum laude from New York University with a
degree in Music Business.
David Guetta, Artist, DJ & Producer (France)
The most in demand DJ/artist/producer on the planet, David Guetta, has taken
electronic music out of the confines of the global underground, where he reigns
as the world’s biggest spinner. Joining forces with some of the biggest names on
the Urban scene, while staying true to his roots, he has taken Dance music to
another level. He has brought together music scenes that co-exist but didn't
often mix - like NERD, Timbaland and Kanye before but from another
perspective. Call it Electro-Hop, Hip House, whatever you want, it's been the
defining sound of 2010. Nominated for 6 Grammys, winner of one and many
other accolades that previously eluded Dance artists. Since he produced 'I Gotta
Feeling' for the Black Eyed Peas and released his 4th studio album 'One Love' in
August 2009, Guetta has sold over 2 million albums and 20 millions singles,
performed over 250 shows, and raised 13 million fans on Facebook.
Jared Gutstadt, CEO & Co-Founder, Jingle Punks (USA)
In the past there were two options when licensing music for media content.
Cheap and poor sounding (music libraries) or expensive and hard to clear (from
the label and pop world). With the advent of cheap and easy to access music
production tools we have seen an explosion in recorded musical content from an
artist base that does not have a means to license or distribute their assets. In
2008 we set out to build a relational technology that focussed on trying to
monetize this large un-claimed music pool to give our clients a wider variety of
musical assets and organized this in a way that is intuitive to content creators.
Through smart tech, tastemaker sensibilities and viral branding that has found us
in the pages of Variety, Billboard, Business Week and CNN we have become one
of the most ubiquitous music resources in the film, advertising and television
marketplace.
Prerna Gupta, CEO, Khush (USA)
Khush develops intelligent music apps. Our first product, LaDiDa, is a Top 10
music
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(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiBVTzQdsUE). It works on animals too
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mk4bmK-acEM). The app is currently priced
at $2.99, and we will be introducing additional revenue streams through in-app
purchases in the near future. Our company is profitable through the sales of
LaDiDa on iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. Our products have created a new form of
musical self-expression, which we believe will become as ubiquitous as social
self-expression is today.
Francis Gurry, Director General, WIPO (Switzerland)
Mr. Francis Gurry was appointed Director General of the World Intellectual
Property Organization (WIPO), and Secretary-General of the International Union
for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) in 2008.
Francis Gurry began his WIPO career in 1985. He was instrumental in
establishing the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center in 1994 and subsequently
in developing the highly successful Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution
Policy. He served on the WIPO senior management team from 1997, initially as
Assistant Director General, then from 2003 as Deputy Director General. Before
joining WIPO, Francis Gurry practiced as an attorney in Australia. He is an
Honorary Professorial Fellow of the University of Melbourne, an Honorary
Professor of Peking University and a member of the European Academy of
Sciences and Arts. He is the author of numerous publications and articles on
intellectual property issues in international journals.
Sol Guy, Manager of K’naan (Canada)
Sol, a native of Canada, started his career as an MC and manager of the
legendary Canadian hip hop group Rascalz. He went on to work for Arista
Records as director of Int’l Artist Development and began charting the
development of Global Hip Hop. In 2002 he turned his focus to two projects a TV
series called 4REAL and an unknown Somali Born artist K'NAAN. As Host and
co-creator of 4REAL his goal was to utilize the power of media to educate,
inspire and empower global youth. Focused on artist development he has helped
build K'NAAN into a genre bending successful Global Brand. Recently
spearheading a groundbreaking deal that paired K'naan, with Coca Cola for the
companies massively successful $300 Million, 150 Country World Cup 2010
campaign. Raising the bar and setting a new standard to which to measure
success as it relates to artist and entertainment branding.
Amelia Hartley, Head of Music, Endemol (UK)
Amelia Hartley has been Music Supervisor for Endemol UK for over 10yrs.
Supervising all music use within the group including commissioning, licensing,
record deals, Endemol’s publishing, artist contracts, overseas clearances and
blanket agreement negotiation. She has overseen the iTunes Festival, Vodafone
Music Live Awards, Big Brother series 1-10, Party in the Park, The Brit Awards,
UK Music Hall of Fame, The Pepsi Chart Show, The Orange British Academy Film
Awards amongst many others. She also music produced Fame Academy I & II,
Comic Relief Does Fame Academy I, II and III and the One and Only for the BBC.
Shelby Harris, Associate Dean of Students, University of Massachusetts Boston (USA)
Shelby Harris is the Associate Dean of Students at the University of
Massachusetts Boston, Boston's only public university serving 15,000 students.
She has worked in Student Affairs in the United States for over twelve years and
has also worked at Merrimack College, Bridgewater State College, Dean College,
the University at Buffalo, and for the Semester at Sea 2002 Summer Voyage. In
her "free time," she is pursuing her doctorate in higher education administration
at and working on the development of an instrument to measure globally
competent student leadership.
Dave Haynes, VP Business Development, SoundCloud (UK)
Dave Haynes is VP Business Development for SoundCloud, a cloud-based music
platform that allows music creators and professionals to easily distribute, share
and stream audio over the web. With over a decade’s experience in the music
industry, Dave currently works at the forefront of the latest trends in digital
music. As well as his work for SoundCloud, he is the organiser of the
OpenMusicMedia and Music Hack Day events that take place across the world.
This year he was listed as one of UK’s Young Music Entrepreneurs 2010 and is
also a frequent speaker at various events from TEDxCardiff to SXSW in Austin.
Imogen Heap, Singer & Songwriter (UK)
Imogen is a British eclectic, eccentric and innovative musician considered by
some the epitome of a digital diva. Her talent spans from the craft of songwriting
to elaborate live multi-instrumental improvisations, building on a unique voice,
classical training and unusual tech-saviness. Self produced, independent,
engaged, she blurs the boundaries between pure art forms and creative
entrepreneurship, and uses her knowledge of the web and social networking to
communicate and collaborate with her loyal following in pioneering ways. Much
more than a studio rat, she is an accomplished performer having toured the
world with 4 albums – iMegaphone, Speak for Yourself, Details (with Guy
Sigsworth - Madonna and Bjork behind the scenes man, in electronica duo they
formed called Frou Frou), and the latest Ellipse earning her a Grammy and Ivor
Novello award. Her graceful tunes such as her signature track “Hide & Seek”
populate movies and TV shows from The O.C. to the Chronicles of Narnia.
Tim Heineke, Co-Founder, Shuffler.fm (Netherlands)
Shuffler is internet radio made by music blogs. With shuffler you can channel surf
the music web without having to weed through thousands of music blogs one by
one. The web is your player, blogger become your dj's.
Georg Hitzenberger, CEO, Play.fm (Austria)
With Play.fm you can listen to DJ mixes wherever you are, whatever you do.
Play.fm DJ mixes are available on www.play.fm, on mobile applications , TV apps
(Boxee) and Wifi radios. No hassle with downloading and copying music files from
your hard drive to your mp3 player anymore. Thousands of fans, DJs, labels,
clubs and promoters from 180 different countries upload their music to Play.fm
everyday. All artist, label, club and festival profiles are wiki-style pages and can
be edited by the community. Embeddable widgets help spreading the music
across the web, on Facebook and other social networks. Play.fm’s innovative,
interactive flash player not only visualizes the DJ mix in a wave form but also
allows the community to ask and identify unknown tracks, skip within the
recordings, choose and edit playlists. With the ‘Price Comparison Engine’ Play.fm
offers another unique service: it searches more than 10 million songs from
affiliate shop partners and compares prices and audio qualities.
Thomas Hesse, President Global Digital Business, US Sales & Corporate Strategy, Sony
Music Entertainment (USA)
Thomas Hesse is President of Global Digital Business, U.S. Sales and Corporate
Strategy for Sony Music Entertainment. In this role, Mr. Hesse leads Sony Music
Entertainment’s digital business activities worldwide and its sales and distribution
division in the U.S. He reports to Rolf Schmidt-Holtz, CEO of Sony Music. He is a
member of Sony Music’s Executive Board and also serves as a board member on
various subsidiaries such as Vevo, MySpaceMusic, IODA, and DEAG Classics, as
well as the RIAA. Mr Hesse previously served as Chief Strategic Officer of BMG
and held various senior executive positions at RTL Television. He began his career
at consulting firm McKinsey & Company.
Bruce Houghton, President, Skyline Music, & Editor, Hypebot.com (USA)
Bruce Houghton is the President of booking agency Skyline Music and blogs daily
about the new music industry 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. Houghton also sits on the Advisory
Board of The New Music Seminar and consults for select clients in the music and
music tech sector including Bandzoogle and fanatic.fm.
Charles Hudson, Co-Author, Inside Virtual Goods (USA)
Charles is the Co-Founder of Bionic Panda Games, a mobile games startup.
Hudson was the VP of Business Development for Serious Business, a leading
producer of social games that was acquired by Zygna in February 2010. Hudson
founded Third Power LLC, a conference and events company that was acquired by
WebMediaBrands (NASDAQ:WEBM) in late 2009. Third Power LLC was the
company behind the Virtual Goods Summit, Social Gaming Summit, and
Smartphone Games Summits. Hudson has also worked at Gaia Online, Google,
IronPort Systems, and In-Q-Tel (venture capital group for the CIA). Hudson holds
a BA and MBA from Stanford University.
Ariel Hyatt, CEO, Cyber PR (USA)
Ariel Hyatt is the founder of Ariel Publicity, a social media PR firm based in New
York. Their Cyber PR® Campaigns place musicians on blogs, podcasts, and
Internet radio stations and coach them to create authentic relationships with
fans. Since 1996, Ariel Publicity has represented over 1,600 independent
musicians. The Cyber PR® software is a web based PR solution that integrates
transparency and education and has effectively helped artists transform their
online marketing and fan base building. Her book ‘Music Success in Nine Weeks’
helps musicians get in control of their online strategies and her ongoing blogging
challenges keep artists accountable through the reading process.
Juha Hynynen, CEO, SongHi Entertainment (Finland)
Juha Hynynen is currently the CEO of the Helsinki-based SongHi Entertainment
Ltd. Company’s SongHi (www.songhi.com) service launched in June, 2010
combines interactive cross-platform consumption of music with social media and
virtual economy functionality. Prior to joining SongHi Entertainment in December
2009 Juha was Executive Vice President of the Sulake Corporation Oy’s
(www.sulake.com , the makers of the Habbo virtual world) Business Support and
Company Development unit and member of the company’s global management
team. Juha has been studying Computer Science and Industrial Economics and
holds a doctoral degree in Artificial Intelligence from Helsinki University of
Technology.
Marc Jacobson, Owner, Marc Jacobson P.C. (USA)
Jacobson is an attorney in New York City with broad experience in the
Entertainment, Internet and Media industries. He offers clients guidance in the
creation, development, financing, distribution, and exploitation of film, television,
music, publishing, and theatrical properties through traditional means as well as
new media. Jacobson represents a wide range of clients including The New York
Philharmonic; GoomRadio.com, a French based US internet radio station; Jimmy
Webb; Brian and Ed Holland, members of Holland-Dozier-Holland; Omega
Entertainment, producer of “Conviction” starring Hilary Swank and Sam Rockwell
and numerous music publishers. He was listed as a leading Entertainment Lawyer
in New York according to Chambers & Partners USA Guide, an annual listing of
the leading business lawyers and law firms in the world in the 2005-2010
editions, and selected by Super Lawyers magazine in their 2008-2010 editions.
Jacobson is licensed to practice law in New York, California and Florida.
Andrew Jenkins, EVP International, Universal Music Publishing Group (UK)
Andrew Jenkins is Executive Vice President International for Universal Music
Publishing Group. He is responsible for UMPG’s activities in Asia, Australasia,
Africa and the Middle East as well as society and industry matters for the
company around the world. Prior to the acquisition of BMG Music Publishing by
UMPG, he served as President of International for BMG and was responsible for
signings such as the Bee Gees, Alanis Morissette, Pete Townshend, Pete
Waterman, The Cure, Iron Maiden, Boz Scaggs and Tom Waits amongst others.
He started his music business career in the record business, spending almost 12
years at Polygram, most notably at Polydor Records where he was General
Manager and worked with artists like The Bee Gees, The Cure, The Who, Freddie
Mercury, Level 42, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Paul Weller, Lloyd Cole and the
Commotions, Shakatak, The Wonderstuff, Cathy Dennis, Andrew Lloyd Webber
and Van Morrison.
Neville Johnson, Founding Partner, Johnson & Johnson (USA)
Neville L. Johnson is a partner at the Beverly Hills firm of Johnson & Johnson
LLP, which specializes in business, media and entertainment litigation and
transactions and class actions involving consumers, the right of privacy,
defamation, and royalties in the entertainment industries. For the last three
years the Hollywood Reporter named him one of the Top 100 Power Lawyers in
the United States. He is Senior Chair of the Entertainment Law Section of the
Beverly Hills Bar Association, on the Board of Governors of the Consumer
Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, and a member of the invitation only
American Board of Trial Advocates. He is also the co-owner of book publisher
Cool Titles, and the recording artist Trevor McShane signed to Bug Records.
Keith Jopling, Music & Digital Business Consultant (UK)
Keith is a business strategy and innovation professional consulting in the
entertainment, information and digital media sectors. He is passionate about
bringing customer insight, innovation and new business models to life. He is
currently running several development projects in the music industry for both the
BPI and ERA. He has done major digital development or strategy projects for
EMI, Live Nation, Nokia, Sony-AIM and others including most recently Daily Mail
Group. He has also done music service development for high-end audio brands
like Bowers & Wilkins and Bang & Olufsen and has done numerous projects for
trade bodies in music. He was Research Director and IFPI 2000-2006 and blogs
sometimes on music at http://juggernautbrew.blogspot.com/. He is a Business
Management graduate from Aston Business School in the UK and prior to music &
media he worked in management consulting, healthcare policy and
pharmaceuticals.
Kari Karjalainen, Partner, Juridicus Attorneys at Law (Finland)
Attorney at Law Kari Karjalainen has been an entertainment lawyer for 16 years
and he is a member of the Finnish Bar Association and International Bar
Association (the latter honoured him 2009 as International Fellow) and he is a
board member in Music Managers Forum Finland. Karjalainen has been
representing Finland in the International Music Managers Forum since 2002 and
he is now the internal auditor and chairman of IMMF’s IPR Committee. He is a
partner and legal counsel in Blue Buddha Management which has been managing
Finnish bands for more than a decade (Apocalyptica, 22-Pisteprikko, Naked etc).
As a lawyer he has been dealing with most Finnish export successes (The
Rasmus, Children of Bodom, Stratovarius, Waltari, Amorphis, Lordi, Nightwish,
Tarja Turunen, Hevisaurus etc) and he has been negotiating contracts in all
major territories with publishers and all major labels. He represents artists,
agents, independent labels and publishers.
Antonis Karydis, Director, MATIvision (Greece)
MATIvision©™ will change the way we all watch events on the Internet, mobile
devices and Internet-TV by adding the ONE missing EXTRA ingredient: FULL
VIEWER INTERACTIVITY. ATIvision©™ turns any live or recorded event into a
unique on-line interactive experience. In addition, it enables the Music Industry
to offer unique and innovative interactive services to fans harnessing the real
power of the Internet: Embed sponsor and advertising content, hotspots/breakout points to e-ticketing and Virtual-Concerts, e-purchases of
merchandise, re-direction
to band/artist/event web-sites, e-commerce
sites, hyper-texts. The possibilities for totally new revenue generation are
limitless. Mativision Ltd aims to exploit the MATIvision©™ technology by
capturing and producing fully interactive viewing experiences for as many highprofile events as possible. At the same time, the company is a launching
mativision.tv, the first Internet based channel offering exclusively interactive audiovisual content, thus
providing a platform for on-line publishing and distribution of this novel content format.
Philippe Kassenbeck, CEO, Vox Gramophone & Lecturer, ESSEC (France)
Philippe Kassenbeck has a cumulative 20 years experience of both the Music
business and the consulting processes. His expertise in the digital industries
towards music lies with its own carrier of building new web-businesses as well as
writing and producing hitsongs, which has been his major activity for the last 4
years. After 15 years in Major companies, and major consulting companies, he
created his own company in 2006 with the ambition of putting creativity and
digital strategies in the very heart of his concerns. In 2009 he launched a young
french artist through an original webstrategy and signed a major deal with
Warner France. His digital project "Moodzik", a contextual Music Player to be
launched in 2011, was designated "best start up idea of the year" by the Media
and Entertainment Programme of the Essec Business School in 2010. Philippe
Kassenbeck regularly lectures at Essec Business School in training programs
relating to Digital and Content.
James Kendrick, Managing Partner, Kendrick Law (USA)
Trained as an oboist at the Manhattan and Juilliard music schools, Jim Kendrick
began his music publishing career in 1977 before studying law. Following
graduation from Rutgers Law School, he has specialized in intellectual property
matters with a particular emphasis on the music and audio-visual industries. In
addition to practicing law, Jim has also served as Acting President of Schott
Music/European American Music since March 2002. Jim became a director of
ASCAP in 2007 and was named Treasurer in 2008. Jim is also a director of
several music foundations including The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, The
Amphion Foundation, The Koussevitzky Music Foundation and The Charles Ives
Society, Inc. He is a member of the Executive Committee of The International
Association of Entertainment Lawyers and counsel to the Music Publishers
Association of the United States. He is a frequent speaker on copyright and music
industry business practices.
Catherine Kerr-Vignale, Deputy Director, SACEM (France)
Catherine Kerr-Vignale is a board member of SACEM in charge of customer
relations. As such, she is responsible for all rights collections from the media
(radios, televisions), music and video producers, as well as regarding private
copy, the Internet or any public diffusion (concerts etc.). In addition to this role,
she is Secretary General of the SDRM and Managing Director of SESAM. She
joined SACEM in 1986 after having been Royalties/Copyright Manager at
Phonogram (now Universal) then Secretary General of a television production
company and Legal Director of Parafrance. She is a graduate of the Institut
d'Etudes Politiques de Paris, holds a Bachelor in Public Law and a Masters Degree
of Political Science.
Mike King, Course Author & Instructor, Berkleemusic.com (USA)
Mike King is an online course author, instructor, and Director of Marketing at
Berkleemusic.com, the online extension school for Berklee College of Music. Prior
to working at Berklee, he was the Marketing/Product Manager at Rykodisc, where
he oversaw marketing efforts for label artists including Mickey Hart, Jeb Loy
Nichols, Morphine, Jess Klein, Voices On The Verge, Bill Hicks, The Slip, Kelly Joe
Phelps, and Frank Zappa’s estate. Mike was the Director of Marketing and
Managing
Editor
of
Herb
Alpert’s
online
musician’s
resource,
www.artistshousemusic.org, for three years. Mike’s book, Music Marketing: Press,
Promotion, Distribution, and Retail, was published by Berklee Press in the fall of
2009. Mike has written for Making Music magazine, International Musician,
Hypebot, and American Songwriter, and has been quoted in The Boston Globe,
Wired, CNN, The Boston Phoenix, The Chicago Tribune, Music Connection, and
Muso.
Jamie Kitman, Manager of OK Go & President, The Hornblow Group (USA)
Founded by attorney and prize-winning automotive journalist Jamie Lincoln
Kitman, The Hornblow Group USA’s roster includes Grammy Award winners OK
Go and They Might Be Giants. Current and past clients also include The Violent
Femmes, The La’s, Pere Ubu, Mike Viola, Yo La Tengo, Mike Doughty, Eric Drew
Feldman, The Beautiful South, Trashcan Sinatras, and Edwin Collins.
Natasha Kizzie, Head of Entertainment, Arnold KLP (UK)
Natasha’s path to musical enlightenment started with... a law degree from Essex
University in the early Nineties. After 4 years including a stint in Paris under the
expert tuition of Laurent Garnier’s ‘Wake Up Paris’, Natasha learnt that you’ve got
to know the rules to the break the rules. A useful modus operandi, she surmised
upon graduation that law wasn’t for her and spent 5 years at L’Oreal where
she developed
her
skills
in
experiential
marketing
and
PR.
After
trying (unsuccessfully) to sell in a float at Notting Hill Carnival as a
launch platform for a new product, the time was right to spread her
creative wings. In 1999, Natasha joined the pioneering KLP Entertainment. In the
new world of branded music entertainment, innovation, ideas and perseverance
are the tricks of her trade. Natasha’s awards include Music Week, Marketing
Society, MCCA, PRCA, Cannes Lions and Media & Marketing Global Awards.
Daniel Klaus, Managing Partner, AppFund (USA)
Mr. Klaus is the Managing Partner and Co-Founder of AppFund. Appfund was
formed in 2010 to fund the development of mobile apps taking advantage of
tablet and touch devices. To date he has lead a number of investments including
Fluent Mobile, Mojo, FingerPrintPlay, Traxx and Quest.Me. Previously, Mr. Klaus
was CEO and co-founder of Music Nation and Original Signal. In 2009 the
company formed a venture with UMG to distribute and market its recorded music
product. Since 2001, Mr. Klaus has been the CEO of Fabric Group, an advisory
firm with such clients as Goldman Sachs, Cheyne Capital, Institutional Venture
Partners, Bertelsmann, Comverse, Yahoo! Inc., Music Match and Sony Pictures.
Fabric assists media companies launch technology services and work with content
and rights holders such as record labels, music publishers and film studios. The
firm has also assisted in a number of financial transactions including Yahoo’s
purchase of MusicMatch. Mr. Klaus was named as one of the top 100 Internet executives in New York by Silicon
Alley Insider.
Saul Klein, Partner, Index Ventures (UK/Israel)
Saul joined the London office Index as a Partner in February 2007. He currently
sits on the boards of Alertme, Chartbeat, Erply, GlassesDirect, Lovefilm, MOO,
MyHeritage and Songkick. Saul brings over 15 years of experience successfully
building and exiting companies in both the US and Europe as an entrepreneur,
operator and seed investor. Most recently he was the co-founder and original
CEO at what is now Lovefilm International and part of the original executive team
at Skype (eBay). Saul loves working with seed and early stage companies and is
a passionate believer that Europe is only scratching the surface in terms of its
potential for entrepreneurs to create great startups. To support this vision, since
1999 he has been a Founding Partner of The Accelerator Group (TAG) and in
2007 he also started Seedcamp and OpenCoffee Club, which is now active in over
90 cities around the world.
Rami Korhonen, Partner & Co-Founder, Playmysong (Finland)
Playmysong solves the problem of boring background music in bars, clubs and
any public spaces. Our service allows people visiting Playmysong powered venues
to select and play their favorite songs from the venue's music collection with their
mobile phones - for free. IPod Touch owners can instantly start their own
Playmysong location with the free Playmysong App. Playmysong users can see in
real time what music is being played where, when and by whom. Cities light up
with music in Google Maps and techies can hunt their favorite music through
augmented reality. Public venues pay 299 EUR per year to use Playmysong and
get premium visibility and auto-play feature. Our goal is to have Playmysong in
thousands of bars around the world. When that happens we will know exactly
what music is requested and liked by people in the world in real time.Changing
the way we hear music.
Damian Kulash, Musician, OK Go (USA)
In the year since OK Go issued their acclaimed third album, Of the Blue Colour of
the Sky, the Los Angeles quartet has gone from being a rare young light on a
major label to arguably the world's most bleeding edge independent outfit.
They've left the major label world and gone independent, sold-out tours across
the US, racked up over one hundred million views on their award winning music
videos, penned op-eds for The New York Times and Washington Post, walked the
streets with fans handing out burritos to the homeless, raised money to help buy
a house for soul legend Al Johnson after Hurricane Katrina, invented new ways
for a band to connect with their fans, and generally changed the way people think
about music and the internet.
Dave Kusek, VP for Berklee Media, Berklee College of Music (USA)
David Kusek is a digital music pioneer, author, businessman and entrepreneur.
David is Vice President at Berklee College of Music and CEO of Berkleemusic, the
world’s largest online music school. Kusek helped develop the Musical Instrument
Digital Interface (MIDI), was co-inventor of the first electronic drums “Synare”,
and founder of Passport Designs, the first music software company. In 2005 he
co-authored the best selling music business book “The Future of Music: Manifesto
for the Digital Music Revolution”. Kusek has consulted for AOL, BMG Music, EMI,
A&M Records, Boston Acoustics, Roland, Yamaha, Intel, IBM, Island Music, Liquid
Audio, Nettwerk, Kaman Music, Ovation Guitars, Pepsi, Nokia and others. Kusek
has been featured in Forbes, Billboard, New York Times, Wired, Boston Globe,
Christian Science Monitor, Associated Press, MTV, CNBC and the Financial Times,
is a frequent speaker at MacWorld, Comdex, NAMM, AES, IEBA, NBC-TV, the
Nightly Business Report, NPR, and the BBC.
Paul Lamere, Director of Developer Platform, The Echo Nest (USA)
Paul is the Director of Developer Platform at The Echo Nest, a research-oriented
music intelligence company located in Boston MA. Paul builds music-oriented APIs
that can be used by developers to build the next generation of music
applications. Paul is particularly interested in using deep music data to help
enable music exploration and discovery.
Christoph Lange, Managing Director, Simfy (Germany)
Christoph Lange is co-founder and managing director of simfy. He studied at the
University of Mannheim, where he majored in marketing, information systems,
and English studies.
In the course of his studies, Christoph interned at PricewaterhouseCoopers and
Montblanc. In 2006, he was awarded the DAAD GoEast scholarship to spend part
of his studies at the renowned Corvinus University in Budapest. While studying
business administration, he co-founded simfy in 2006. One year later, he was
awarded the Karl-Steinbuch scholarship for an innovative blog opinion and
sentiment analysis tool. Since 2009, Christoph has also been working as a
lecturer at the University of Popular Music and Music Business in Mannheim.
Toby Langley, Founder, Transgressive & Rockfeedback / Creative Director, LoveLive (UK)
Originally from a writing background, Toby created Rockfeedback when aged 15 a world-renowned music website (www.rockfeedback.com), which features
dozens of contributors, and has years of live events promotion and television
production under its belt. Toby has presented/co-directed four seasons of its
spin-off documentary show 'Rockfeedback Presents' on Channel 4 / MTV, and was
until recently a freelance presenter on the latter channel. Alongside business
partner
Tim
Dellow,
Toby
co-founded
the
Transgressive
label/management/publishing group (www.transgressive.co.uk), responsible for
signing the likes of Regina Spektor, The Shins, Graham Coxon, Noisettes, Two
Door Cinema Club and Foals. Toby's latest venture is LoveLive (www.lovelive.tv):
a digital content/syndication business which has framework deals in place with
majors and indies, producing and distributing music content for the likes of
Universal, BlackBerry, Coca Cola, Xbox. LoveLive possesses one of the UK's largest cleared catalogues of
1,000+ live performances and artist interviews available for licensing worldwide.
Rynda Laurel, COO, af83 (USA/France)
Rynda Laurel is currently the COO of af83inc, the international/US division of
af83/af83media (France). Combining her background in the music business,
digital marketing, social media and business development, she creates synergy
between companies, partners and clients. Because of her expertise in these
area’s you will often find Rynda speaking at conferences, mediating panels, and
organizing events. As part of her belief and passion for giving back, she founded
Vertigal (a socially conscious marketing company) and CauseWeRock.org.
Keith Lee, Co-Founder & CEO, Booyah Games (USA)
Booyah is defining an exploding new market called Real-World Gaming -blending new forms of interactive entertainment by bringing together elements of
the real world and the digital world. As featured by the New York Times and
played by over 3.5 million people, MyTown is the most popular mobile locationbased social game. In addition, Nightclub City is the fastest growing, cuttingedge music social experience on Facebook. Played by over 15 million people in
197 countries, Nightclub City is the #1 promotional marketing tool for artists to
directly connect with their fans. Keith is a veteran of the interactive
entertainment industry with a proven track record of helping create best-selling
video games with deeply engaging user experiences. Prior to founding Booyah,
Keith was the Lead Producer for Blizzard Entertainment's Diablo III franchise
(creator of World of Warcraft). The Diablo series has sold over 20 million copies
worldwide. Keith graduated from Stanford University.
Emmanuel Legrand, Journalist & Media Consultant (UK)
Emmanuel Legrand is a London-based freelance journalist and a media
consultant, specialising in the entertainment business and on cultural trends.
Over the years, he has interviewed artists such as Peter Gabriel, Billy Bragg,
Charles Aznavour, David Gilmour, Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois, Feargal Sharkey,
Salif Keita, Manu Chao, among others, as well as industry leaders, and a handful
of politicians. He is the conference coordinator for the World Copyright Summit,
organised by CISAC (the International Confederation of Societies of Authors and
Composers). The next event will take place in Brussels June 7-8, 2011. From
2007 to 2009, he was the editor of Impact, a quarterly magazine for the music
publishing community. He was until March 2006 global editor of US trade
publication Billboard. From January 1997 to July 2003 he was editor in chief of
Billboard’s sister publication Music & Media. He reflects on business issues on his
blog http://legrandnetwork.blogspot.com.
Laurence Le Ny, Head of Music Content, Orange (France)
Laurence Le Ny has been Director of Music and Live Performances at Orange’s
Content Division since 2005. She joined the group as Music Consultant in 2004.
Previously, Laurence Le Ny was Managing Director of Warner Music France and
chaired the association of the Victoires de la Musique in 1999. Before, she held
the position of Managing Director at Sony Music’s Epic label during seven years,
after having been Head of Promotion at BMG. Laurence Le Ny began her career
at Polygram and CBS Disques where she was respectively Television Promotion
Manager and Press Officer.
Gerd Leonhard, CEO, The Futures Agency (Switzerland)
The WSJ calls Gerd ‘one of the leading Media Futurists in the World’. He is the
Co-Author of the influential book ‘The Future of Music’ (Berklee Press, 2005), as
well as the Author of 'The End of Control’ (2007), ‘Music 2.0’ (2008), and 'Friction
is Fiction' (2009, Lulu Publishing). Gerd's background is in the music business; in
1985 he won Berklee College’s Quincy Jones Award and subsequently worked 12
years as a professional guitar player, composer and producer. He then spend a
decade as digital media entrepreneur and start-up Internet CEO, based in San
Francisco. In 2001, Gerd returned to Europe and started to his career as a
Futurist and Strategic Advisor. He now travels around the globe and speaks at
major conferences and business events, company retreats and think-tanks on the
Future of Business, Media, Content and Entertainment, Technology, Marketing,
Advertising & Branding, Telecommunications, and Culture. Gerd is a fellow of the
Royal Society for the Arts (London), a member of the World Future Society and a visiting professor at the
Fundacao Dom Cabral in Brazil.
Colin Lester, CEO, Twenty First Artists (UK)
Colin Lester began his career as a musician in the late 70’s before making the
move into artist management. In 1994 he launched Wildlife Entertainment,
which represented such artists as The Brand New Heavies, Travis and the Arctic
Monkeys before launching a label, Wildstar Records, which released Craig David’s
debut album ‘Born to Do It’ and achieved sales in excess of 13m copies. In
October 2008 Colin launched a hugely successful new company, CLM
Entertainment and in 2010 he became CEO of Twenty First Artists, the globally
renowned artist management company. In recognition of his achievements Colin
has been awarded The Peter Grant Award for Outstanding Achievement from the
MMF (Music Managers Forum) and is also a recipient of the prestigious Gold
Badge Award by BASCA (The British Academy of Songwriters and Composers
Association). He is also Fellow of Southampton Solent University, where he
lectures on Music Management.
Jean-Bernard Lévy, CEO, Vivendi (France)
Jean-Bernard Lévy (born in 1955) is a graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique and
the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Telecommunications, France. Jean-Bernard
Lévy was appointed Chairman of the Management Board of Vivendi on April 28,
2005. Previously, he served as Chief Operating Officer of Vivendi from August
2002. From 1998 to 2002, Mr. Lévy was Managing Partner, Corporate Finance at
Oddo & Cie. He was appointed Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Matra
Communication from 1995 to 1998. From 1993 to 1994, Mr. Lévy was Chief of
Staff to Mr. Gérard Longuet, the French Minister for Industry, Postal Services,
Telecommunications and Foreign Trade. Prior to that, from 1988 to 1993, he was
General Manager, Communication Satellites of Matra Marconi Space. From 1986
to 1988, Mr. Lévy acted as Technical Adviser to Mr. Gérard Longuet, then French
Minister for Postal and Telecommunications Services and from 1978 to 1986. He
started his career as an engineer with France Télécom.
Greg Lloyd, Co-Founder, Mixlr (UK)
Greg is the Co-Founder of Mixlr, an audio broadcasting platform. Mixlr redefines
the way audio is broadcast online, making it easy for anyone to broadcast live
audio to the web, and receive instant feedback from listeners, all at the click of a
button.Greg is particularly interested in the social impact of live performance on
the web, user interaction and the value of community, and holds a BSC in Music
Informatics from the University of Sussex.
Stephen Lumsden, Managing Director, Intermusica (UK)
Born in 1956 in Nottingham, England, Stephen Lumsden grew up in Oxford where
he won a scholarship as a chorister to Oxford’s famous New College. He later
won a place at one of London’s leading conservatoires, the Guildhall School of
Music, where his first study was the bassoon under the tutelage of Roger
Birnstingl. His foray into Artist Management began with a chance meeting with
the head of a major London artists’ agency which led to his engagement as a
management assistant. He quickly rose to be Head of the Artist Management
Department at Basil Douglas Ltd. and in 1981, at the age of 25, he founded his
own agency, Intermusica. Over 25 years later, Intermusica is one of the leading
international agencies in the field of classical music, representing some of the
foremost conductors, instrumentalists, singers and stage directors as well as
composers and orchestras from around the globe.
Arnold Mabunda, Music Publisher, Gallo Music Publishers (South Africa)
Arnold Mabunda is Gallo Music Publisher MD. Starting out in the music industry
as a junior sales representative in the early 80s, and soon moving on to become
the Director for International Black music repertoire for Warner Brothers in South
Africa, Mabunda’s passion for music and thirst for knowledge have seen his
career soar. In Mabunda’s years in the record business, he took on everything
from A&R to marketing and promotion, eventually securing the position of Gallo’s
local division head. Out of that base, 2002 saw Mabunda move into the
publishing field, initially starting as Publishing Executive: Marketing and A&R at
Joburg-based Gallo Music Publishers and more recently moving into the role of
Publisher/ Executive General Manager at this leading SA music publishing
company. His portfolio includes looking after several key local and international
catalogues including Warner/Chappell. Mabunda is the current chairman of
publisher’s trade body, the National Organisation for Reproduction Rights in Music in South Africa (NORM), and
was previously chairman of Moshito Music Conference and Exhibition, which facilitates conferences and
exhibitions for the music industry in South Africa.
Martin Macmillan, CEO, Bounce Mobile (UK)
Bounce Mobile is a London-based digital music start-up with a focus on providing
mobile applications that allow users to interact with digital music in new
ways.Bounce’s first product offering is Fireplayer, an app which allows users to
download and remix songs in a simple and intuitive way, then share their mixes
via social networks. Available across a variety of mobile platforms and positioned
as a platform application, users are able to purchase additional content into the
app from multiple providers across a wide variety of music genres. The app
generates incremental revenues for content partners and offers strong
promotional benefits without cannibalizing traditional download revenue
streams.Bounce has content deals in place with a range of both major and
independent record labels, and is always seeking to grow its international
network of partners both on content and distribution channels. We also work with
a range of artists, brand and media partners to bring white label solutions to market.
Harry Maloney, CEO, Catch Media (UK)
Harry Maloney has been a senior Record Executive during a 30 year career in the
Music Industry. As an artist manager, music publisher, record producer, owner of
recording studios, and director of a major record company, he has gained vast
experience across the board of the whole Music Industry. Maloney was an early
adopter of the new digital industry harnessing the contacts and experience
gained through his career he soon was immersed in new developments. He is
currently a Director of Catch Media UK Ltd a technology software company and
runs his own digital record company TIRC ( The Independent Record Company);
He also advises a number of businesses in the music industry in digital, strategy
and finance areas; and is a Director and Council Member of BPI, the UK Music
Industry trade association.
Rachel Masters, Partner & Co-Founder, Red Magnet Media (USA)
Rachel Masters is a Partner & Co-Founder of Red Magnet Media, which helps
Artists, media companies and artisanal brands build effective digital strategies
and communities. Red Magnet Media’s clients include Linkin Park, the Hearst
Corporation and The Node, a collaboration network for creative nerds co-founded
with the comedian Chris Hardwick. Before co-founding Red Magnet, Rachel was
the 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.
Hartwig Masuch, CEO, BMG Rights Management (Germany)
Hartwig Masuch is a music publisher with more than 30 years of industry
experience. After running his own music publishing company for several years, he
joined Warner Music Publishing (Germany) as General Manager Repertoire in
1985 and was promoted to General Manager & VP Creative Affairs in 1987. In
1991, Masuch joined BMG Music Publishing as Managing Director & SVP
Germany, Switzerland and Austria, a position he held until 2007. Subsequently,
he advised Bertelsmann, BMG`s parent company, in selling Bertelsmann`s 50
percent share in Sony BMG Music Entertainment. In 2008, Masuch was appointed
CEO of BMG. BMG, the Joint Venture of Bertelsmann and Kohlberg, Kravis &
Roberts, covers the entire range of music rights management and places the
needs of songwriters and artists at the core of its business model. Having
completed a number of major acquisitions, it now represents the rights to more
than 200,000 songs.
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.
François Mazoudier, Partner, LD&A (UK)
Francois Mazoudier is the UK Partner at LD&A, the pan-European investment
bank, where is responsible for the UK Practice and the Scandinavian market.
Francois has 20 years experience in TMT (Technology, Media and Telecom) and
early stage Venture Capital, where he gained extensive knowledge of networked
technologies, networked media and Private Equity. Francois grew several high
growth technology companies. He held senior management roles at RealNetworks
Europe (from founding team member to IPO), Firefox (Networking technology),
The Cloud (WiFi operator network) and PictureTel (Videoconferencing). He was
the co-founder of Speed Ventures, a pan-European seed stage Venture Capital
firm backed by Soros Partners and Permira. Francois speaks French, English,
German and some Spanish; he holds a BA in Sales & Marketing from the
University of Paris.
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.
David McKinney, CEO, Jammbox (Australia)
Jammbox is the world’s first personalized music magazine.Jammbox is led by
David McKinney (former UK Top 40 musician and entrepreneur) and Phil Morle
(former Kazaa CTO for 5 years). The team has deep music industry experience,
and has previously built large consumer services at scale. Jammbox is venture
backed. The pain that Jammbox solves: There’s so much musical content in the
world right now. How do you find the content that you like? The solution is highly
personalized content that is delivered directly to you. Jammbox does this by
creating individual magazines for each user, based on what they like. Musical
content including audio, video, images, and text are collected from across the
web and from industry APIs, and integrated into a rich, immersive experience for
iPad. Jammbox is subscription based. The business model includes a free
component to drive demand creation, and premium branded content advertising.
Katrina McMullan, Senior Counsel Music & Entertainment, Mattel (USA)
Katrina McMullan, Senior Counsel, Music and Entertainment, is responsible for the
acquisition and negotiation of all music rights to be used in various Mattel,
Fisher-Price, American Girl and Radica products, worldwide, including toys, digital
music initiatives, television commercials, live stage productions, worldwide home
video and television agreements, music recordings, synch and master licensing,
music publishing agreements, songwriter and producer agreements as well as all
promotional and industrial music uses. Katrina is further responsible for
development and implementation of Mattel music initiatives, strategies,
procedures and protocols. Katrina was formerly a business affairs executive at
Virgin Records America and head of business affairs at Walt Disney Records.
Wade Metzler, Head of Music Affairs, TuneWiki (USA)
Wade Metzler possess 20 years of creative / business development experience in
many facets of the Music / Entertainment Industry ranging from major music
publishers, independent record labels, performance royalties and innovative
endeavors. Mr. Metzler has spent the past 6+ years directly focused on mobile
and digital content licensing, marketing and new media business development
Worldwide creating value at the intersection of the music industry with the
technology, mobile, gaming and digital industries. Mr. Metzler is currently the
Head of Music Affairs at TuneWiki, the creator of an award-winning social media
player and the best selling music game app Lyric Legend.
Daniel Miller, Founder, Mute (UK)
Daniel Miller is the founder and chairman of Mute, one of the world’s most
innovative record labels and publishing companies, with a long history of Number
1 chart successes in the UK, US and Europe. Since its launch in 1978, Mute has
grown from Miller’s one-man operation into an international company with an
artist roster that includes Depeche Mode, Grinderman, Nick Cave & The Bad
Seeds, Goldfrapp, Maps, Richard Hawley, Erasure and recent signings Josh T.
Pearson, S.C.U.M and A Place To Bury Strangers and offices in London, New York
and Berlin. Miller remains heavily focussed on Mute’s creative output. He also
hosts a monthly show on Radio Eins in Berlin, and occasionally plays minimal
techno sets as a club DJ. More than three decades after he founded the label,
Mute remains true to Miller’s original vision of adventure, experimentation and
artistic freedom.
Jeff Mitchell, Managing director, MusicHy.pe (New Zealand)
MusicHype rewards music fans for loyalty to their favourite bands, and increases
revenue opportunities for bands through ticket sales, merchandise, and other
derivative products of their music. After less than one year of operations, we've
gained traction with some of NZ's top acts, major labels, indie bands, and NGO's
with excellent conversion rates and spend per member, and have started to work
with US-based bands.
Chris Moisan, Product Director, Musicity (UK)
Chris has worked with some of the world’s leading digital brands and innovators
in senior Product and Commercial Development roles. Prior to setting up Musicity
(a new mobile project exploring the intersection of music and location) he spent
over three years at the mobile social search and news aggregator Taptu,
developing award winning apps and services for iOS and Android. Prior to this he
was at Napster responsible for service development and subscriber growth in
Europe, during 1998-2004 Head of Planning & Development at Guardian.co.uk
and a founding member of the highly respected digital agency Ogilvy Interactive
in London. In between these major roles Chris has founded two start-ups of his
own and worked as a digital consultant for the likes of Mind Candy (Moshi
Monsters /Perplex City), BT and P&G. He is also an adviser to the Featured Artists
Coalition, Lady Geek and The World Film Collective.
Rob Moffat, Associate, Balderton Capital (UK)
Rob is an Associate at Balderton Capital, where his principal role is to identify &
evaluate potential new investments. Balderton Capital is one of the leading
venture funds in Europe, managing ~$2B of assets, investing early stage in
companies with $B potential. The firm has made ~100 investments over the last
10 years, including MySQL, Betfair, Lovefilm, Yoox, Bebo & MOG. Rob joined
Balderton in 2009. Prior to this he worked for Google in London, as a Manager in
their EMEA strategy team. This role included developing growth strategies for a
number of Google’s new businesses – reviewing potential acquisition targets as
well as organic growth options. Before google Rob spent five years at Bain & Co,
the business consultancy. Rob holds an MBA with distinction from INSEAD, and
an MA in Mathematics from Cambridge.
Kenth Muldin, Chair of CISAC Board of Directors & CEO, STIM (Sweden)
Kenth Muldin joined STIM (Swedish Performing Rights Society) in 1996 as a chief
legal officer and was appointed Chief Executive Officer in 2003. Since then he has
been strongly involved with international copyright issues through CISAC (the
International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers). Mr Muldin
was elected Chair of CISAC Board of Directors in June 2010 after chairing CISAC
European Committee since 2007. According to Mr Muldin, "CISAC puts a lot of
effort into helping and supporting newborn societies around the world. CISAC
also defends and develops copyright everywhere, a work that must go on." Kenth
Muldin was born in 1962. After graduating from the University of Stockholm he
worked as a lawyer specialising in Copyright law and teaching university courses
about copyright, competition and private law. At the beginning of the 1990s he
was Managing Director of the Swedish Book Publishers’ Association until joining
STIM in 1996.
Mark Mulligan, VP & Research Director, Forrester Research (UK)
At Forrester Research, Mark serves Consumer Product Strategy professionals. He
is a leading expert on music and digital media. Mark came to Forrester through
its acquisition of JupiterResearch, where he ran Jupiter's European research and
data teams. Prior to joining JupiterResearch, Mulligan spent five years working in
media consultancy and market research, managing projects and delivering
international projects. Forrester Research, Inc. (Nasdaq: FORR) is an
independent research company that provides pragmatic and forward-thinking
advice to global leaders in business and technology. Forrester works with
professionals in 20 key roles at major companies providing proprietary research,
customer insight, consulting, events, and peer-to-peer executive programs. For
more than 26 years, Forrester has been making IT, marketing, and technology
industry leaders successful every day.
Stephen Murray, Vice President, Mix Me In (USA)
Mix Me In is a premier interactive music technology enterprise offering a host of
leading edge solutions for artists to connect with fans through desktop, mobile
and gaming applications. MMI’s mainstay offerings allow music-goers to
personalize the vocals and individual instrument parts of their favorite songs to
create countless new versions or mixes. Not only did the release of MMI’s mobile
album with mega pop artist Taylor Swift (Mix Me In2 Taylor Swift) earn the
company an immediate Billboard nomination, the launch of the app introduced a
new and robust business model of multiple revenue-sharing opportunities for the
artist, recording label and publisher, along with the individual sale of each
downloaded app. To enhance MMI’s community-based user-experience, all fancreated mixes are available in MMI’s patent-pending, audio compression format.
By creating the first “multi-track” cloud-based streaming technology, MMI
enables artists to release music directly to fans through its dedicated interactive music store and social web.
Takeshi Natsuno, Professor, Keio University (Japan)
Takeshi Natsuno, Professor of KEIO University, former Senior Vice President of
NTT DoCoMo, developed the business strategy of all of NTT DoCoMo’s
multimedia-related services, including i-mode strategic alliances with global
application/content providers and key Internet players. Widely regarded as a
leading expert on the Internet and multimedia, he was named one of the world’s
25 most influential e-business leaders by Business Week in 2001. He graduated
from Waseda University in Japan with a bachelor’s degree in political science and
economics in 1988 and received a master’s degree in business administration
from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1995.
Jens Neubert, Author and Director / CEO, Syquali Multimedia (Switzerland)
Jens Neubert lives in Basel and works as an author and director for opera,
theatre and film. He studied music and psychology in Dresden, and
operadirection in Berlin. Besides his work as director, he gives lectures and
functions as a trustee for a private art collection in Zürich. He was a project
manager for the DVD special edition of seven Walter-Felsenstein-films and
curator for the Richard-Wagner-Lectures of the Landesmuseum Zurich. In 2008
he founded together with Peter Stueber the filmproduction-company Syquali
Multimedia AG in Zurich. The Syquali-filmproduction "Hunter's Bride - Der
Freischütz" has been nominated for the Montreal Film Festival and the Sao Paulo
Film Festival in 2010.
Michel Nicolau, International Relations, BM&A (Brazil)
Michel Nicolau is a sociologist, PhD student at the University of Campinas, in
Brazil and music industry researcher. He was manager of BM&A between 2003
and 2006 and since then is a consultant of the institution.
Julie Nollet, International Communications Manager, Hennessy (France)
Julie Nollet started her career in the music industry in France in 1998, joining EMI
as project manager, continuing as head of marketing for the labels RCA at Sony
BMG and then Columbia at Sony Music. From head of marketing France for
Columbia, Julie changed industry in 2009, moving from artists to spirits and
joining the prestigious LVMH group, as international communications manager for
the Hennessy Maison, overseeing in particular the musical ‘Hennessy artistry’
platform for the international markets. Founded in 1765 by Richard Hennessy,
Hennessy is the second oldest House within LVMH, first luxury group in the world.
From its creation, Hennessy became a leading international brand and is today
the uncontested leader within the Cognac category, selling more than 50 million
bottles a year in over 130 countries. The Hennessy Maison offers a large range of
blends that are both benchmarks of excellence and icons of refinement and
luxury.
Tim O’Brien, Vice President of Business Development, Tapulous/Disney Mobile (USA)
Tim O'Brien is Vice President of Business Development for Disney Mobile, a
division of the Disney Interactive Media Group (DIMG). Tim oversees all business
development and sales deals with carriers, device manufacturers, and other
partners. Tim manages worldwide content and licensing partnerships for Disney
Mobile, including partnerships with the biggest music brands in the world (Lady
Gaga, Katy Perry, Linkin Park, Metallica etc) and plays an integral role in bringing
Disney's characters and stories to the iPhone and other mobile devices. As a
founding member of the executive team at Tapulous, acquired by DIMG in July
2010, Tim was both the lead strategist and executor behind all music licensing
and business deals, making key marketing and product decisions and delivering
substantial music content to Tap Tap Revenge, which quickly became the #1
iPhone game. Prior to Tapulous, Tim held business development roles at Gydget,
building the innovative social media app company. Tim also founded his own artist management company,
negotiating multi-million dollar deals and overseeing marketing, promotions and PR.
Umut Özaydinli, Chief of Possibilities, Deviant Ventures (USA)
Seasoned entertainment marketing expert Ozaydinli aka ‘the wild Turk’ according
to Fast Company worked for The Coca-Cola Company internationally for 10 years,
he was heading music partnerships globally for Worldwide sports and
entertainment before leaving the beverage giant to start Deviant Ventures, a
boutique entertainment marketing company with the ambition to help brands
deviate from the norm using music, art and technology. Current clients include
The Coca-Cola Company, MTV and various communication agencies as solutions
partners. Deviant Ventures led the music activation for Coca-Cola’s 2010 FIFA
World Cup campaign featuring Wavin’ Flag by K’naan, the biggest campaign in
Coke’s history, reaching over 150 countries. The single became the biggest driver
of the campaign while peaking at #1 in 19 countries. Most recently, Deviant
Ventures curated the music for Coke’s Christmas campaign featuring Grammy
winning rock band Train targeting 90 countries and orchestrated first truly global partnership between MTV and
Coca-Cola in 2010.
Panos Panay, CEO and Founder, Sonicbids (USA)
Panos is the founder and CEO of Sonicbids, the leading matchmaking site for
bands and music promoters, which he started in 2001. Before that, he was a
talent agent for seven years, working as VP of the International Division at a
boutique Boston-based agency that represents over 55 world-renowned
musicians. Panos was born and raised on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus and
graduated from Berklee College of Music in 1994 with a degree in Music Business.
Panos has been recognized by several industry awards, including Fast Company’s
"Fast 50" entrepreneurs, Berklee’s Distinguished Alumni Award, Boston Business
Journal’s 40 Under 40 list and the Internet category winner for Mass High Tech’s
All-Star Award.
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, m-commerce,
mobile Internet, mobile marketing and advertising, and mobile social networking.
Shailendra has been covering the mobile telecoms sector for over six years. He
has been quoted on numerous occasions in both the mainstream and trade press
for his opinion and insights on a range of mobile wireless topics including mobile
content and services market, and mobile operator and handset vendor strategy.
Informa Telecoms & Media is the leading provider of business intelligence to
global telecoms and media markets. Our team of analysts and researchers
produce over 300 annual events and intelligence services and our customers
include major blue-chip vendors, operators, and regulators in addition to key
players from the financial and content communities.
Pär-Jörgen Pärson, Partner, Northzone Ventures (Sweden)
Pär-Jörgen has been active in Venture Capital and Private Equity since 1994,
backing companies such as Falcon Breweries, subsequently sold to Carlsberg, and
Candelia which was sold to Cloetta Fazer. He also built Cell Ventures, an early
stage technology venture capital company to one of the hot European Internet
investors with portfolio companies such as Pricerunner, DX3 and Kobalt Music. At
Northzone since 2003, Pär-Jörgen has been instrumental in building a strong
internet and cloud computing portfolio. He serves on the Board of Directors of
Spotify (UK) Avito (Russia) Videoplaza and Xcerion (Sweden), Fox Technolgies
and Jasper Design Automation. (California)
Jason Pascal, VP & Senior Counsel, The Orchard Enterprises (USA)
Jason Pascal is currently Vice President & Senior Counsel at The Orchard, a
physical and digital distributor of independent music and video. The Orchard has
been in business for 13 years, and distributes recordings by 12,000 labels via
600+ retail outlets worldwide, with offices in 25 countries. Jason’s prior
experience included his own film/music/telecommunications law practice from
2002-2005, running the music division at the 1st ad-supported, digital
distribution model, called PlayJ, from 1999-2001, and Legal and Business Affairs
at BMG International from 1996-1999. Jason has expertise in content licensing,
music publishing, and digital distribution. Jason attended the University of
Michigan and Brooklyn Law School.
Franz Patay, Secretary General, IMZ (Austria)
Franz A. Patay is Secretary General of the IMZ, the International Music & Media
Centre Vienna. The IMZ is a Vienna-based organisation whose membership is
composed of heads of music and culture department of some of the world´s most
important public broadcasting networks, distributors, as well as record company
executives and directors of major opera houses, ballet companies, music
publishers, music academies and symphony orchestras. While identifying,
developing and promoting new ways of presenting music and dance creations in
the media, the IMZ also applies itself to the solution of legal and technical
problems involved in inter-media cooperation.
Xavier Pavie, Researcher and Executive Director of the Institute for Service Innovation &
Strategy, ESSEC (France)
Researcher and Lecturer in innovation management and strategic marketing at
ESSEC Business School, Xavier Pavie is the Executive Director of the Institute for
Service Innovation & Strategy. A master graduate in business science as well as
master in philosophy, Mr. Pavie has successfully held executive position in
leading companies such as Unilever and Nestlé for fifteen years. After several
years as a Marketing Director at Club Med in Paris especially focusing on service
innovation, he has decided to join academia to strengthen the team of ESSEC in
innovation management. Mr. Pavie's publications and public appearances
emphasize philosophical approaches of organisations and human resource
development, on the one hand, and innovation management as a true
motivational instrument for the management of change, on the other. He
published few books in philosophy (L’Apprentissage de soi, Eyrolles 2009.
La méditation philosophique, Eyrolles 2010) and also in service innovation (Management stratégique des
services et innovation: nécessité et complexité L’Harmattan 2010).
Juan Paz, Director of Special Projects, Music Ally (UK)
Juan is Director of Special Projects at the London-based consultancy Music Ally,
specializing in emergent music markets, new digital business models, social
media and digital music marketing. He is also the Editor of Aliado Digital, the
leading spanish-speaking blog about music industry news and 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.
Anne-Marie Pecoraro, Partner, Aklea (France)
A French renowned intellectual property lawyers, Anne-Marie Pecoraro assists
numerous clients in the music business. She acts in the domains of competition,
distribution and commercial contracts, as well as in the intellectual property,
new technologies and entertainment law department. 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, and advises her clients
and defends their rights in the case of litigation (notably, in the case of
counterfeiting). Some of the clients whom Anne-Marie Pecoraro advises belong
to the industrial and institutional sectors, other come from creative fields such as
producers, editors, authors, celebrities, artists’ agencies, museum employees,
etc. Every year, she has been actively involved in the main international trade
shows, notably in the Midem, where for several consecutive years, she has co-chaired the legal digital
workshop.
Joonas Pekkanen, Co-Founder, GigsWiz (Finland)
GigsWiz is the artist-friendly ticketing service. GigsWiz empowers artists to help
promoters sell more concert tickets faster and more efficiently online.
The biggest problem promoter’s face in online ticketing is getting artists to sell
and promote their gig tickets online. At the same time bands and fans are
increasingly connected online through services like Facebook, Twitter and
MySpace. Promoters lack ways of motivating the artists to sell tickets and, as a
result, can not efficiently use social media in gig promotion. Fans are more
receptive to information about upcoming gigs, when the message comes from the
band and not a third party.GigsWiz offers easy-to-use tools with an attractive
revenue share model for artists that take part in promoting the gigs online. This
unique relationship with artists helps promoters sell more tickets, faster.
Mary Megan Peer, VP Business Development, peermusic (USA)
Mary Megan Peer joined peermusic in 2009 as Vice President of Business
Development, leading acquisition activity and new business ventures for the firm
on a global basis. Prior to joining peermusic, Mary Megan spent five years on Wall
Street working on mergers & acquisitions in the media sector, most recently as a
Vice President at Piper Jaffray. She has also worked at Jefferies & Co., JP Morgan,
Bertelsman Music Group and eMusic. Mary Megan received her BA with honors
from Stanford in International Relations and her MBA from Columbia Business
School.
Costa Pilavachi, Senior Vice-President, Classical artists & Repertoire, Universal Music
Group International (UK)
Costa Pilavachi has served as worldwide President of Philips Classics, Decca Music
Group and EMI Classics. He started his career in Canada as an artist manager
and subsequently headed the concert series at Toronto’s St. Lawrence Centre for
the Arts. He has also been Director of the Music Department at Canada’s
National Arts Centre and the Artistic Administrator of the Boston Symphony
Orchestra. He recently returned to Universal Music Group International, the
parent company of Decca and Deutsche Grammophon, as Senior Vice-President,
Classical Artist and Repertoire, based at the company’s headquarters in London.
James Pitt, Director of Promotions, Your Army Management (UK)
Your Army Promotions was founded in 2007 by James Pitt. James has worked
with the best and biggest selling dance acts in the world; from Fatboy Slim, Daft
Punk, Leftfield, The Prodigy and the Chemical Brothers through to Underworld,
LCD Soundsystem, Portishead, DJ Shadow, Kraftwerk and Massive Attack. Recent
promotions success include Robyn, Katy B, Duck Sauce and La Roux.Your Army
Management is a new and motivated company and we hope to bring the best in
credible music to a wider audience. A strategically adept team that has nearly 15
years experience working with the most important labels and acts in the business
we now have strong relationships with labels, live agents, in publishing, brand,
sync and retail. Your Army label management represent Cheap Thrills Records,
Fake Blood’s new Blood Music label and Kris Menace’s Work It Baby and
Compuphonic labels.
Ilya Plavunov, CEO, Amidio (Russia)
Amidio is an independent full-cycle mobile software development company, based
in Moscow, Russia, considered to be one of the leading iOS music application
developer. We have been developing for the iOS since early 2008. Our goal is to
create compelling, breathtaking sound-producing apps, that provide maximum
amuzement and pleasure to the end user.Amidio is mainly run by two partners,
Ilya Plavunov (CEO/designer/artist) and Vladimir Conan (top-class DSP C++
programmer). We have created more than 10 music applications (Touch DJ,
Noise.io, Hexatone, Seline, iHolophone, etc.) and are received as one of the
leading developers of music apps targeted at prosumer and professional
segments. All our apps have been featured and highlighted by Apple as “Hot”,
“New & Note-worthy”, “Staff Pick” multiple times.Every our application has
become a best-seller and received excellent reviews, thanks to the innovative
design, unique features and outstanding quality.
Adrian Pope, Director of Digital & Business Development, [PIAS] Entertainment Group
(UK/Belgium)
A senior business innovator and strategist, Adrian is experienced in all aspects of
business development, marketing and communication with over 15 years working
across global digital media related sectors. A director and board member at
[PIAS], Adrian specialises in driving revenue opportunities and services
associated with entertainment content across multiple platforms and media.
[PIAS] Entertainment Group offers specialist services for licensing, distribution,
sales and marketing of music, film and comedy repertoire on an international
basis. [PIAS] is dedicated to providing repertoire creators and owners with
tailored, premium level solutions that enable them to develop and maximise the
value associated with their artists, products and brands. Adrian’s focus at [PIAS]
includes initialising, leading and managing the execution of transformational
strategies and service developments across multi-territory business units. His
remit includes digital distribution, digital and social media marketing, e-commerce solutions, mobile initiatives,
consumer data management, corporate communications, [PIAS] brand and media partnerships.
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.
Josh 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 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.
Aaron Ray, Partner, The Collective (USA)
Aaron Ray is a Partner at The Collective, one of the leading talent management
companies in Los Angeles. His experience includes the representation of film,
television and music talent, Executive Producing, multi-media licensing,
international media development, financing and sales, Producing, creation and
exploitation of film franchises and intellectual property management. Aaron has
successfully implemented all of his experience and knowledge into the digital
space and leads The Collective‘s New Media efforts. Ray oversees some of the
largest and most powerful digital assets in the world including those of clients
Linkin Park, Enrique Iglesias, Avenged Sevenfold, Eddie Izzard, Slash, Big Boi,
Plain White T’s and Staind. Not limited to existing communities or technologies,
he is constantly developing new agendas in other areas of media consumption.
Aaron is also the Chief Operating Officer of the world’s largest Horror destination,
www.BloodyDisgusting.com – purchased as part of an ongoing acquisition strategy and is growing rapidly.
Vincent Reinders, CEO & Co-Founder, 22 Tracks (The Netherlands)
A jukebox consisting of 22 playlists of different genres, each playlist filled with
22 tracks, selected by specialized DJs from Amsterdam. 22tracks provides a
quick overview of the latest music promotes new artists and lets you discover
new genres. No registration, no hassle. New music, the easy way.
Bernard Resnick, Attorney at Law, Bernard M. Resnick, Esq. (USA)
Bernard Resnick is the founder of the law firm Bernard M. Resnick, Esq., P.C.,
based in Philadelphia, PA, US. He has worked in the entertainment industry for
25 years. The firm’s clientele ranges across recording artists, songwriters, record
producers, agents, managers, filmmakers, financiers, Internet website designers
and operators, record labels, music publishers, international entertainment
businesses and publicly-traded companies.
He has taught courses at the
university and graduate level for over a decade, and his writings have previously
been published in newspapers, magazines, textbooks, law reviews, and bar
association publications.
Paul Resnikoff, Founder & Publisher, Digital Music News (USA)
Paul Resnikoff is the founder and publisher of Digital Music News
(digitalmusicnews.com), a premier industry source for news, information, and
analysis. Digital Music News has quickly grown from its humble roots as a small,
executive news service to the most widely read information source in the field.
Resnikoff's interest in digital music comes from his passion for playing and
listening to music. He grew up playing French horn under the tutelage of Howard
University professor Bill Penn. Paul's father, a consumer protection attorney, is a
huge aficionado of the lower brass. Growing up just outside of Washington, DC,
that meant lots of live performances by the National Symphony Orchestra,
military bands, and live jazz ensembles, before access was granted to places like
the 9:30 Club. Paul also plays bass guitar and dabbles in music composition.
Paul Resnikoff earned his degree in Economics and Music from Stanford
University.
Martin Rigby, CEO, Psonar (UK)
Psonar is an internet music service combining convenience and pleasure for
music fans in compelling and new ways. Psonar enables users to save their music
in the Cloud and access it from anywhere, at any time on any type of device.
They can download their music to their computer, phone or mp3 player or stream
it to any browser. Users can create playlists and charts and share those, using
either Psonar's own social features or mainstream social networks. Psonar lets
users discover new music and sample it or buy it (including by Pay-Per-Play).
Psonar has developed a new way to listen to music legally: Psonar Pay-Per-Play where a user can listen to a track once for a micro-payment charged to their
mobile phone bill.The ultimate vision is for Psonar is to become a global music
community with thousands of artists engaging directly with millions of fans.
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 Guitar 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, Metallica, Soundgarden, Jimi Hendrix and
countless others to Activision’s games, as well as award-winning composers such
as Graeme Revelle, Steve Jablonsky and Joel Goldsmith. 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. Formerly, Mr. Riley held A&R
positions at some of the industry’s top record labels including Jive, Giant/Revolution, Warner Bros., and Geffen.
Dave Roberts, Head of Entertainment, M&C Saatchi Sport & Entertainment (UK)
Dave heads up the entertainment division of UK based creative communications
agency M&C Saatchi Sport & Entertainment. His career has spanned the media,
advertising and sponsorship industries, with time spent at Mediacom, Capital
Radio, drum PHD and Bartle Bogle Hegarty. Dave first became involved in
bringing music and brands together when working on mobile operator O2’s music
strategy – which included The O2 Wireless Festival and O2 Undiscovered. His
team now look after the music interests of Orange (music PR) and Tuborg lager,
as well as working on 2 major new live music projects due to launch later this
year. M&C Saatchi Sport & Entertainment was launched in 2004 as part of the
M&C Saatchi group of companies. A creative communications agency specialising
in two distinct areas of business, the agency uses a mix of PR, partnerships and
events to make brands famous by aligning them with consumer passions.
Victor Rodriguez, Music Director, THQ (USA)
Victor Rodriguez is the Music Director of THQ, one of the world's largest video
game publishers. The newest hub in the company’s expanding studio system,
THQ Montreal, will serve to strengthen its internal expertise and further its
commitment to develop new intellectual properties. A former management
executive at several music publishers and labels including Sony/BMG, he has
worked extensively with the industry's top artists to provide music for hundreds
of games, films and television programs. He is also a published author and has
spent time in many different countries, but always manages to find his way back
to Los Angeles, where he currently lives.
Ian Rogers, CEO, Topspin (USA)
Ian Rogers, Topspin's CEO, is a music and technology 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, Partner, 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.
Thibaut Rouffineau, Director, Wireless Industry Partnership (UK)
WIP is the connector in the mobile industry, supporting the overall ecosystem by
encouraging discussions, co-creation and exchange. Making the path easier for
mobile developers/ISVs, to reduce cycle times and increase innovation in the
mobile ecosystem Thibaut has been active in the mobile, telecom, software
world for the past 10 years Over the past few years has been heavily engaged in
the migration of the mobile industry towards a more open and community led
approach to development and innovation, especially active in developing the
Eclipse and Symbian communities but also supporting operators and OEMs
devise their developers program. Thibaut’s latest projects focus on application
store placement and strategies for success.
Armine Saidi, President & Founder, Viinyl (Canada)
Showcase your music: 1 Song. 1 Site. 1 URL. The viinyl platform enables anyone
to create an interactive and visually appealing song-site within minutes. It’s the
ideal format for branding a song, promoting it and ultimately enticing fans to
drive sales.Each song-site displays lyrics, artwork, videos, as well as a variety
of user-friendly download options.Viinyl is designed to increase a song's visibility
by showcasing it on social community sites and engaging potentially millions of
fans thereby increasing the fan-base as well as sales.Each song-site offers
intuitive marketing and tracking tools that enable the user to conduct targeted
campaigns across multiple channels. Viinyl’s business model is based on the
freemium model. Basic and limited features are free and a premium version is
available via recurring subscription charges.Viinyl: our vision of how songs should
be branded, consumed, experienced and distributed, given today's technology
and digital savvy consumers
Jessica Sandin, Director, Digital Strategy, Innovation & Consumer Research (UK)
Jessica currently works as an independent consultant. She´s got a unique
combination of expertise spanning research/ analysis-based strategy as well as
innovation based on more creative methods and qualitative research. To get the
best results, a project most often needs a bit of all of it! Jessica established
herself as an authority on mobile content and applications when working as an
analyst, editor and journalist covering the field for Informa Telecoms & Media,
where she was head of portfolio for mobile content and applications. She moved
on to work as a senior consultant at digital strategy firm Fathom Partners,
followed by a senior inventor role at innovation company What If. Most recently,
she was Associate Partner at Thinktank, a qualitative research firm focusing
primarily on international advertising and branding research.
Joan Sardà Masia, New Projects Director, Mahou San Miguel Group (Spain)
Joan Sardà is the Spanish beer group Mahou San Miguel head for brand
activation through live and digital experiences since 2005. San Miguel has been
related to music through different initiatives along its history. In 2009, it created
a Brand activity called San Miguel Uniques involving integrated marketing
efforts. In its first edition, Keane was the group whose fans lived an exclusive
experience. In 2010, Franz Ferdinand’s explosive live performance was brought
to venues never before used for that purpose in three Spanish cities and on/off
interaction was enabled during a Facebook streaming session. On the more
prospective side, San Miguel Primavera Sound has become the independent
music reference for European festivalgoers. San Miguel plans to tie itself to the
development of creative and innovative ways to enjoy music both live and
online.
Steve Savoca, Head of Digital, Domino Recording Co (UK/USA)
Steve Savoca is the global head of digital for the Domino Recording Co, a leading
UK-based independent record label, which is home to an acclaimed roster of
artists (Arctic Monkeys, Animal Collective, Pavement, The Kills). He has worked in
the music industry for over 15 years, having previously held senior digital posts
at Sire Records and Jive Records. At Jive, Savoca managed the digital marketing
& ecommerce campaigns for many multi-platinum artists including Justin
Timberlake and Britney Spears. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of
Merlin Network and is a frequent speaker at international music industry
conferences. Its Founder Laurence Bell formed Domino Recording Co in a
bedroom over seventeen years ago. The label is home to some of the world’s
most culturally important and commercially successful recording artists.
Alicen Schneider, VP Music Creative Services, NBC Universal Television (USA)
Alicen Schneider is the head of the creative music division for NBC Universal
Television.
Current projects include“Warehouse 13”, “Eureka”, “Caprica” and
“Being Human” for Syfy, “Royal Pains” for USA, “The Event”, “Minute to Win It”
and NFL on Sunday Night for NBC and “Against The Wall” for Lifetime.
Alicen supervises select NBC Agency promotional campaigns, including all
Summer and Winter Olympic Games. She regularly assists with strategic music
partnerships, resulting in multi-platform marketing of NBC Universal television
shows. Additionally, she operates as a music liaison for stunt casting and oncamera performance opportunities for Network and Studio creative executives.
Alicen not only recommends composers for primetime series, but also regularly
solicits the creation of original compositions and recordings for both promotional
campaigns and episodic series. Before joining NBC, Alicen was an A&R assistant
in the Film and Television division of Warner Special Products and was also a college DJ for KXLU-FM, Los
Angeles.
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, 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.
Wolf Schoepe, Partner, Schoepe Fette Pennartz Reinke (Germany)
Wolf-D. Schoepe, Founder of the law firm Schoepe Fette Pennartz Reinke in
Munich, was admittet as lawyer in 1986 and works in the music and
entertainment business since 1987. His experience covers music, live
entertainment, theatre, film and TV. He is not only an expert in all legal issues,
but he has also a huge experience in the business aspects of his clients. He
represents promoters, theatres and producers as well as artists, labels and
publishers. In 2009, the Munich bar appointed him as certified copyright and
media lawyer. Since 2006 Wolf-D. Schoepe shares his experience by teaching at
the Academy “Deutsche Pop” in Munich.
Alexander Schönburg, General Manager, Agency 4e7 (Austria)
Partner-founder of TBWA\Brazil, Cayenne and AG407 one of the most
sophisticated creative hotshops in Brazil. Has managed clients and brands as
Toyota, Nintendo, Apple, Absolut and Bank Boston, Adidas, Motorola, Vogue,
One, Rayban, Google among others.
Christoph Scobel, Head of Music Cooperation, New Yorker (Germany)
New Yorker has more than 840 stores in 30 countries, making it one of Europe's
largest fashion businesses. Each year, the company is increasing their number of
stores by more than 100. The mainstay of the range is Young Fashion, jeans,
sportswear and streetwear fashions for a young, trend-conscious target group. In
addition to fashion, music also plays a prominent role in the young generation;
here the company is able to present itself in an environment seen as “authentic”
and, thanks to its intensive activities in this area over the years, New Yorker has
a unique edge on its competitors here. New Yorker Music & Media is a business
unit which coordinates these cooperation activities.
Pierre Scokaert, Co-Founder, Airbuzz (France)
Airbuzz is the first mobile Direct-to-Fan platform. On one hand, it
helps Independant Artists create their mobile web presence, using the mobile
phone to create a strong link between bands and their fans (per Artist iPhone
Apps, SMS info push, messaging, etc). On the other hand, it is a Location-BasedMusic service that helps music enthusiasts discover upcoming talents in their
region, find out about gigs and events close to them, meet people with similar
music tastes, etc. Airbuzz provides an upscale ad-free environment through
which bands can promote, and fans can enjoy great music. Bands discover the
service for free, using the Airbuzz Light subscription. Then, they switch to Airbuzz
Premium, for a flat monthly fee, to benefit from our full range of mobile
marketing tools, and if they wish, to generate revenue through the sale of their
music, concert tickets, merchandising, etc.
Naveen Selvadurai, Co-Founder, Foursquare (USA)
Naveen is Co-founder of foursquare. Prior to founding foursquare, he was Lead
Architect at Socialight and was a Senior Software Architect with the Global Digital
Business group at Sony Music Entertainment. In this role, he oversaw and
developed various applications that dealt with content management and
distribution of mobile products and was the lead developer of Sony's Music Box
mobile application. Before Sony, he consulted for New York-based Run Tones and
enjoyed software engineering stints at Sun Microsystems and Lucent
Technologies. Naveen holds a master's degree in computer science from
Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
Albin Serviant, CEO, MXP4 (France)
Digital media entrepreneur Albin Serviant joined innovative interactive & music
gaming technology developer MXP4 as CEO in 2009. Under Serviant’s leadership,
more than 150 major recording artists including David Guetta, Michael Jackson,
Pink, Pet Shop Boys, have used MXP4-powered Web and iPhone interactive music
apps to build fan engagement, encourage viral distribution through popular social
networking platforms and ultimately drive sales. MXP4’s solutions have also been
integrated into offerings from major media properties like Last.fm and Spotify.
Serviant brings a strong history of leadership and innovation in entertainment
and multimedia services. Prior to joining MXP4, Serviant served as Executive Vice
President & General Manager at Vivendi Mobile Entertainment. Previously, he held
leadership positions in start-ups including Musiwave (sold to Microsoft) and
iBazar (sold to eBay) as well as large corporations including PepsiCo and Sony
Music. He is a graduate of the prestigious ESSEC Business School in Paris, France.
Emmanuel Seuge, Group Director, Worldwide Sports & Entertainment Marketing, The
Coca-Cola Company (USA)
Emmanuel Seuge feels lucky to have earned a dream role in the sports and
entertainment marketing world working for what is arguably one the most active
player in this area: the Coca-Cola Company.
In this role, Seuge leverages consumer passion from all around the world as a
way to better communicate with the brand’s target audience and with the
objective to answer business needs. As Seuge mentions “the job of our team is
not about music, it’s not about football… it’s about trying to build brand love and
brand value by leveraging passions that excite consumer all around the world….
And we are lucky to be doing it for some of the greatest brands in the world”.
Tim Schaaff, President, Sony Network Entertainment (USA)
Timothy Schaaff joined Sony Corporation of America in 2005 as SVP, Software
Development. In 2007 he was appointed President, Sony Media Software and
Services, and in 2010 he assumed the role of President, Sony Network
Entertainment. Sony Network Entertainment exists to drive vision, strategy and
execution for network services across the entire Sony Group, with a goal of
offering consumers compelling, connected entertainment experiences across a
variety of Sony devices. Mr. Schaaff is responsible for Sony's digital services
businesses and infrastructure, including strategy and business development
related to network services, alignment of Sony-wide network services activities,
and delivery of network services to all relevant Sony product platforms. Prior to
joining Sony, Mr. Schaaff spent more than 14 years with Apple Computer where
he was responsible for development of a broad range of Apple’s media
technologies, and led development of Apple’s QuickTime platform. Mr. Schaaff is a graduate of Dartmouth
College.
J Sider, CEO, RootMusic (USA)
Our goal is to help bands represent themselves where their fans are: Facebook.
To date, there hasn’t been an affordable, professional way for bands to do that,
which is why we created BandPage. We offer a product that gives musicians,
managers and labels the liberty to efficiently and effectively reach out to their
audience on the largest social network in the world. We use a subscription based
model that is tiered for every segment of the market, from local bands that just
had their first practice to big name artists embarking on another world tour.
Todd Siegel, CEO, Merchluv (USA)
Merchluv is establishing a music merchandise marketplace that opens the
creative and manufacturing process of merch to fan designers - to go beyond the
T-shirt into the universe of functional art found at craft shows. We have created a
self-serve intellectual property (IP) licensing experience. Bands can upload their
logos, lyrics, photos & original art - and easily define licensing settings for an
open field of designers to create unique, branded physical artifacts. Approved
merch items can be sold directly by the designer to the fans. Bands buy exclusive
wholesale runs of merch that resonates - to sell on tour or online. Talented
designers may already be within a bands own fanbase, ready to collaborate.
Enable them! Presently, there are pilot designers and acts coming together
through Merchluv, making and approving merch samples, and placing wholesale
orders. Hit new merch has been discovered. Merchluv can be applied to any
brand with an impassioned fanbase.
Ralph Simon, CEO, The Mobilium Advisory Group/Chairman Emeritus & Founder, Mobile
Entertainment Forum – Americas (USA)
Ralph Simon predicted in 1997 that mobile phones would become the
indispensable voice/social networking and music companion for consumers and
their increasingly mobile lifestyles. A founder of the global mobile entertainment
industry, he introduced ring tones into the Americas, Europe, UK, Australasia and
Africa and became known as 'the Father of the Ring Tone'. Today, he advises
companies, artists, telcos and individuals worldwide seeking to innovate using
mobile as a platform for entertainment, music, social networking, health,
education and mobile payments. He has received international recognition for his
expertise and far-sighted contributions to the mobile industry since 2005, and is
widely acknowledged as one of the leading cross platform executives in the
industry. Originally a record and publishing guy, he co-founded the Zomba music
group and Jive Record label in the 70s. He is based in London & is a Fellow of
the Royal Society of Arts in the UK.
Robert Singerman, Representative, Brasil Music Exchange (USA)
Robert has 30+ years as a booking agency owner, manager, label exec,
consultant, producer, venue programmer, music supervisor and representative of
French, European and now Brazilian music export offices in North America. He's
spoken at conferences and panels worldwide, from Brazil to Australia.
Costi Snellman, Founder, Geisha Music (Finland)
Geisha Music (www.geishamusic.com) offers a new browser based playground for
electronic music lovers. The current Soundlab features synthesizer, a sampler
with multisample support, some fun to use effects and samples and a minisequencer. The future versions will enable real time composing between users
and fresh approaches to remixing and business models. The word geisha consists
of two “kanji” – gei meaning art and sha meaning doer. Named after “artist”
Geisha Music is a sincere tribute to self expression and collaboration. It is all
about developing a creative atmosphere that will encourage new musical hybrids
to be born. We would like to thank Midem, Music Export Finland, our investors;
Foundation for Finnish Innovations, Tekes, Avek and Runar Bäckström
Foundation. In the future we would like to hook up with well-connected angel
investors with industry experience and executive knowledge to enhance our
possibilities for organic growth.
Christophe Soulard, Business Manager, Mexican Stand Off (France)
Former head of strategic planning and legal affairs for a high profile computer
technology services company, Christophe Soulard thereafter spent 10 years
within Universal Music France as Head of Business affairs for Mercury label, until
he moved to an independent Business Affairs and Business Management position
under his own company Mexican Stand Off since 2000. Christophe Soulard
developed expertise in contractual negotiation in every field of the music
industry, and particularly in the digital music business. He joined Music Manager
Forum France (MMF France) in 2001 where he is in charge of institutional
relations, dealing with the definition of the new managers status and collective
management of digital rights, among various subjects. He is presently VicePresident of MMF France.
Evan Stein, President, Decibel (UK)
Intelligence is the most important digital asset in every business. Decibel works
with labels, publishers, retailers and distributors to create product intelligence
that improves sales and creates new revenue streams. Decibel makes your
metadata make you money.Born from Intelligence-gathering agencies, Decibel’s
AI machine learning technologies correct, normalize, enhance, and inter-relate all
the available knowledge on each track, album, venue, rights-holder, performer,
geography and instrument to create a 3D matrix of data. This asset of accurate,
complete and 3D data is provided (via a cloud-based API toolkit) to the labels,
collection agencies, retailers and digital service providers to create innovative
products, improve processes, deliver enhanced consumer experiences, and
generate more sales.Through the creation, organization and understanding of
data, Decibel creates the intelligence and provides the technologies to increase
revenues across the industry.“
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 (IAMA) – the only worldwide association for classical music artist
managements – 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.
Stefano Taboga, Global Head of Digital Marketing, Diesel (Italy)
Born in 1975, Stefano Taboga is the Digital Manager of Diesel since 2008. Diesel
is a truly worldwide organisation. From its Headquarters in Breganze, it directly
manages around 20 subsidiaries across Europe, Asia and the Americas. It is now
present in more than 80 countries with 5,000 points of sale and more than 500
Diesel mono-brand stores. Diesel is part of the holding Only the Brave, which also
incorporates 55DSL, Maison Martin Margiela, Viktor & Rolf, and Staff
International. In 2008, the holding’s revenues amounted to more than 1.300
billion euro.
Yvan Taïeb, Co-Founder, Roy Music (France)
Roy Music, since 2005. The 2.0 Indie Label. Parisian label outrageously
launched during the music industry crisis. 250 000 albums sold. Now distributed
by Universal Music. Roy Music has also developed international careers: Jil is
Lucky, well known for the worldwide Kenzo Flower ad’s music; Make The Girl
Dance, electro duet, famous in 24h, 15 millions videos views with Baby. Both
released in 15 countries. Roy Music multiplied synchronisations deals : Victoria's
Secret, Guitar Hero, MTV. To follow : the new Mademoiselle K’s album, the only
French rock muse ; Hangar, French pop revelation, Universal priority; The rock
comet Vismets, #1 in Belgium ; The Toxic Avenger, the new French Touch
superhero... Roy Music is at the forefront of music community management with
250 000 subscribers (special marketing, subscriptions, cross brand, CRM…) and
consolidates its credits thanks to its show production company and its 20
rehearsal studios.
John Telfer, President, Basement Brazil (Brazil)
John worked at Albion with the Stranglers, 999, Hazel O’Connor and many
others in the heydays of punk and new wave. He opened his own publishing and
management company, Basement Music, in 1978. He managed Joe Jackson,
Everything but the Girl, Hal Willner, Sweet Honey in the Rock, The Proclaimers
and many others. He still manages Television and Tom Verlaine. He was the
International Director at Rykodisc/Palm Pictures/Manga for 5 years before
moving to Brazil, and helped to set up a network of licencees and distributors
around the world. Basement Brazil is his publishing company representing
mainly international catalogues such as Blue Mountain, Bucks, Chrysalis, Music
Sales, as well as a number of Brazilian writers and groupslike Mawaca.
Laura Tesoriero, CEO, Epsa Music & Regional Manager South America, The Orchard
(Argentina)
Laura Tesoriero is the CEO of EPSA Music, Argentinian record company
specializied in tango and folk music. She began her career running a CD and
audiotape manufacturing plant. She later became involved in the content side of
the music business, Four years ago Laura entered the music publishing business
as well. Three hundred Argentinian authors and composers have already signed
with EPSA PUBLISHING, with their compositions including almost five thousand
pieces of Argentinian typical music, folklore and tango music. Laura has also been
active in the field of online distribution. She started the website ZAPMUSICA, a
digital media service that is a pioneer in Argentina. She has been the
southamerican representative of THE ORCHARD since 2003. Laura is currently a
director of CAPIF (the national association of Argentinian record producers).
Laura has been a speaker at numerous international conferences on topics such
as how to administer an independent record company and the importance of intellectual property in developing
countries (WIPO).
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.
Daren Tsui, CEO & Co-Founder, mSpot (USA)
Daren Tsui is the CEO and co-founder of mSpot, Inc. Tsui founded the company
in 2004. Tsui led mSpot's charge to be the first mobile music service in North
America to stream a "full format" radio service including news, sports, finance,
talk and music channels as well as the first to stream full-length feature films to
mobile phones. Today with more than 6 million paying subscribers, mSpot has
launched services ranging from radio, music and movies to sports. A veteran of
four start-ups, Daren was most recently president and co-founder of SkyGo, a
global mobile marketing technology company providing integrated brand and
direct marketing services sold to Enpocket in 2003. mSpot Inc., delivers music,
movie and radio content instantly- bringing effortless, Internet-based syncing
across all connected devices. mSpot® - the flagship music service, enables music
lovers to upload their music collections to the cloud and listen wherever they are.
Paul Tweed, Senior Partner, Johnsons Solicitors (UK)
Paul Tweed is Senior Partner with Johnsons Solicitors, with offices in Belfast,
London and Dublin. Paul heads up the media and dispute resolution departments
and practices in the jurisdictions of Northern Ireland, England and Wales, and the
Republic of Ireland. He is also registered as a Foreign Legal Consultant by the
State Bar of California. He is acknowledged in Chambers Directory as one of the
leading Media lawyers in the UK and Ireland, acting for high profile International
Claimant and Defendant clients. Paul also has extensive experience in
Commercial Litigation and Intellectual Property law, acting for international
clients in the music, film and sports industries, in both transactional and nontransactional matters.
Matthieu Valk, Marketing Communications Manager Europe, TDK Life on Record
(Netherlands)
With more than 14 years of experience in a wide range of European marketing
and design roles for A-brands targeted at European B2C and B2B markets,
Matthieu has led and worked in international marketing communications, brand
management and design teams in the European Cosmetics, Electronics and
Storage industries. Matthieu currently holds the position of Marketing
Communications Manager, heading up the Imation Europe marketing services
team for Imation, Memorex, and TDK Life on Record brands.
Heidy Vaquerano, Associate Attorney, LaPolt Law P.C. (USA)
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. LaPolt Law is a boutique transactional entertainment law firm that
specializes in representing clients in the music, film, television, merchandising
and book publishing industries. The firm's clientele include recording artists,
songwriters, producers, music publishers, managers, independent record
companies, merchandise and apparel companies, film production companies,
directors, writers, authors, and actors.
Roxanne Varza, Editor, Techcrunch & Co-Founder, Girls in Tech Paris (France)
Roxanne became the Editor of TechCrunch France, the French version of one of
the leading US tech blogs, in March 2010. TechCrunch France had been inactive
for a period of 8 months but had over 1 million subscribers at the height of its
popularity. In May 2010, Roxanne also co-founded Girls in Tech Paris, the French
branch of a Silicon Valley-based networking group for women in technology.
Today, Girls in Tech counts over 7,500 worldwide members. Roxanne's interest in
hi-tech and innovation comes from her experience with the French government’s
foreign direct investment agency, where she worked primarily with fast-growing
Silicon Valley startups to develop their activities in France. In addition to
TechCrunch and Girls in Tech, she is also pursuing a joint-graduate degree at
Sciences Po Paris and the London School of Economics. She also holds an
undergraduate degree from UCLA.
Bruno Walther, Co-Founder, Captain Dash (France)
In the past :
- President / CEO OgilvyOne & OgilvyInteractive [2007 – 2009]
- General Manager of FCBI then President / CEO of DraftFCB [2005 – 2007]
- Founder, Offshore Interactive [2002 – 2005]
- Founder, Co-President. l’Enchanteur des Nouveaux Médias [1998 – 2005]
- Chief of staff, Génération Ecologie [1993 – 1997]
- Founder, President: Evolution Banlieue [1989 – 1993]
CaptainDash is an on-demand « communications & marketing » department
solution provider that enables companies to optimize their global communications
expenses. CaptainDash allows marketers to integrate all their given data to a
single platform then visualize and correlate them.With CaptainDash, for the first
time marketers have a tool that allows them to visualize and analyze all their
data in one place.
David Waechter, Executive Consultant in Media & Entertainment, NearVerse (USA)
NearVerse is an in-location, rich media interactivity platform. Using our mobile
app LoKast, users broadcast collections of music, photos, videos, contacts, and
web links to other nearby users within 300 meters of them – proximity group
sharing on steroids. Equally, music artists, promoters, and venues use LoKast to
set up "digital stages" and release exclusive music and video content and
promotions to music fans, as they perform live at shows. NearVerse launched
LoKast at SXSW 2010, and has since been downloaded over 200,000 times, used
by various leading bands, and covered by NY Times, Billboard, and Mobile
Entertainment.
NearVerse’s proprietary technology platform is used to
significantly speed up content delivery, refine location ID, and enable other key
proximity functionality, within LoKast and within a soon-to-be-released API that
will power third-party provider apps' in-location offerings.”
Jeremy Welt, SVP New Media, Warner Bros Records (USA)
Jeremy Welt, SVP, New Media for Warner Bros Records, has more than a decade
of experience in new media, music and entertainment. In his role at Warner Bros,
Jeremy uses new media to monetize, market, and develop careers for Warner
Bros roster of artists, including, Metallica, Eric Clapton, Michael Buble, Linkin
Park, Josh Groban, My Chemical Romance and many more. Prior to Warner Bros,
Jeremy was head of New Media for Maverick Records, and launched dozens of
groundbreaking new media campaigns, including the first sale of digital music for
the Warner Music Group with Alanis Morissette, and early wireless innovation
with the first WMG voice ringer and premium SMS ringtones for several Maverick
artists. Early in his career, Jeremy worked at Rick Rubin’s American Recordings,
one of the first labels to use new media, and streaming audio technology.
Bill Werde, Editor in Chief, Billboard (USA)
Bill Werde leads the editorial strategy and vision for the Billboard brand, which
includes the weekly print publication, websites 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 and 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. Billboard also reaches music fans via Billboard.com, the consumer-faced, internet arm of Billboard
magazine.
Alex White, Co-Founder & CEO, Next Big Sound (USA)
Next Big Sound provides online music analytics and insights. We measure the
growth and popularity of hundreds of thousands of artists across all the major
web properties such as MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Wikipedia, and
many more. Music industry professionals pay a monthly subscription for access to
our Premier platform which gives context and recommendations around the basic
data we provide and also presents them with a centralized dashboard for viewing
all the data relevant to their artists (they can sync up sales and radio
information, P2P data, .com information, etc.).
Emily White, Co- Founder, Whitesmith Entertainment (USA)
Emily White is the co-founder of Whitesmith Entertainment, a Los Angeles and
New York-based music and comedy management firm. Current Whitesmith artists
include Brendan Benson (The Raconteurs), Margaret Cho, Sydney Wayser, Family
of the Year, GOLD MOTEL, Urge Overkill, and W. Kamau Bell, amongst others.
White has built her reputation on launching artists using models focused on
internet marketing, fan engagement, and tour development spawning various
revenue streams and setting the foundation for long-term careers. Recently,
Whitesmith strategized the release of Margaret Cho’s debut musical comedy
album, Cho Dependent, with guests Andrew Bird, Tegan and Sara, Fiona Apple,
and more. In her early career, White was integral in developing The Dresden
Dolls' worldwide success. Live Nation Artists, MTVUK, Madison House, and
worldwide touring set the base for White’s background, working directly with
Imogen Heap, Secret Machines, Paolo Nutini, Angelique Kidjo and Zac Brown Band.
Mark Wood, Manager of Imogen Heap, Radius Music (UK)
Radius music is the London based management company run by Mark Wood.
Mark has looked after Grammy and Ivor Novello award winning artist Imogen
Heap for over 15 years. He also Manages three songwriter/producers: Warner
Chappell signed pairing Jim Irvin and Julian Emery (Lissie, David Cook, McFly,
Michelle Branch, Simple Plan, David Cook, Alex Hepburn) and Perfect Songs'
signed Jerry Abbott (Olly Murs, Ed Drewett, Julian Velard). Three new bands
Rogue States, The Bonfires & Long Lost Sun complete the Roster.
Stuart Worthington, Music Consultant (UK)
Stuart Worthington is a professional music & media industry consultant, working
with artist and music managers since 1987. For twenty years Stuart has regularly
designed and developed Music Management Professional Development & Business
Support Programmes, delivered across Europe, North America & in the Russian
Federation. Clients include a range of Music Export Offices and trade associations.
From 1995 to 2007 Stuart was Head of Training & Education for the Music
Managers Forum. Since 2004 Stuart has worked alongside the Music Publishers
Association to deliver an annual Professional Development Programme in Music
Publishing, whilst continuing to work with the IMMF and its international chapters.
Stephen Wright, Chairman and Head of Artist Management, ICA (UK)
Having left Cambridge University where Stephen studied law and modern
languages, he co-founded the Oxford and Cambridge Shakespeare Company.
Stephen then set up and ran the European office of an American concert
management agency, Shawconcerts Ltd, after which he joined Harold Holt Ltd,
later becoming Managing Director. Among the artists he managed were Mariss
Jansons, Neville Marriner, John Eliot Gardiner and Seiji Ozawa. Stephen left
Harold Holt with his division to set up IMG Artists Europe in 1991 where he
became MD with responsibility for developing the business internationally.
Stephen also established an audiovisual department at IMG Artists, setting up the
BBC Legends CD label and producing a number of television and DVD
programmes. In September 2008 Stephen Wright acquired Van Walsum
Management and set out to create a twenty-first century management agency
that goes beyond the ‘booking agent’ of past decades to encompass total career planning.
Nicole Yershon, Director, Innovative Solutions, Ogilvy Group (UK)
Beginning 23 years ago, Nicole’s career in advertising took her to two of London’s
most renowned and creative agencies; Simons Palmer and GGT. In 2000, Nicole
joined Ogilvy London where she now works as the Director of Innovative
Solutions. Nicole’s first four years with Ogilvy saw her overhaul the agency’s
broadcast and video-editing capabilities; taking them from analogue to digital,
with the creation of RedWorks Broadcast. Ogilvy London now leads the agency’s
global network in the management and broadcast of digital assets. In 2005,
Nicole’s drive for innovation grew to encompass the agency’s new media projects
and campaigns; encouraging Adventure Ecology to flood Second Life to raise
awareness of global warming, Fanta to develop a mosquito-sound mobile
application for kids and IBM to be one of the first to advertise on digital escalator
panels. Consolidated in 2007 into the Ogilvy Digital Innovation Lab, the agency’s
innovation activities have seen Nicole build partnerships between industries and across media channels to fuel
unprecedented creative campaigns, and educate both within the agency and beyond, speaking at global
conferences and building clients Labs of their own.