MySpace Music CEO and Award-winning DJ Garth Trinidad to Speak at Digital Music Forum West in Los Angeles

MySpace Music CEO and Award-winning DJ Garth Trinidad to Speak at Digital Music Forum West in Los Angeles

Over 300 Top Music and Digital Industry Leaders to Gather in Hollywood for Prestigious Annual Event, Oct. 7-8

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Digital Media Wire today announced the speakers and agenda for the highly-anticipated Digital Music Forum West (www.digitalmusicforum.com/west), to be held at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles on Wednesday, October 7 and Thursday, October 8, 2009.

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The two-day event is the industry's only comprehensive digital music conference focused on the evolution and future of digital music. The conference agenda, which includes senior participants from all the major labels, leading indie labels, social networks, online music retailers, mobile companies, artists and association heads, includes top keynotes, discussions and panels on topics including mobile apps, the state of the digital union, the future of Internet radio, online video, digital innovation, investments, the digital copyright debates, social networking, music blogs and games and music.

Attendees are over 300 senior decision-makers from record labels, music publishers, producers and distributors, technology companies, wireless companies, rights organizations, industry bodies, radio, advertising, attorneys, artists, investors and venture capitalists.

Speakers include:
Courtney Holt, President, MySpace Music
Dalton Caldwell, Founder & CEO, imeem
Garth Trinidad, Award-Winning DJ & Host, KCRW
Francis Ten, Founding Band Member, West Indian Girl
Alex Hackford, Head of A&R, Sony Computer Entertainment America
Ali Partovi, CEO & Co-Founder, iLike
Ted Mico, Head of Digital, Interscope Geffen A&M
Ned Sherman, CEO & Publisher, Digital Media Wire
Ted Cohen, Managing Partner, TAG Strategic
Russ Crupnick, Senior Industry Analyst, NPD Group
James Lamberti, VP of Marketing & Artists Services, Topspin
Eric Garland, CEO, BigChampagne
John Moakley, EVP, Data Services, Rovi Corporation
Tim Quirk, VP, Programming & Creative, Rhapsody America
Ted Cohen, Managing Partner, TAG Strategic
Mike Canaddy, Chief Strategy Officer & CFO, Scratch DJ Academy
Jordan Glazier, CEO, Eventful
David Leibowitz, Chairman, Sir Groovy
Aydin Caginalp, Partner, Entertainment & Media, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips,
LLP
Christian Jorg, Head of Digital, Island Def Jam Music Group / UMG
Massimiliano Pellegrini, CEO, Dada Entertainment
Dave Dederer, VP, Melodeo / The Presidents of the United States of America
Michael Spiegelman, Head of Music, Yahoo!
Dave Conway, Founder, Little Radio
David Oxenford, Partner, Davis, Wright, Tremaine LLP
Jim Griffin, Founder, Choruss / Advisor, Warner Music Group
John Rudolph, CEO, Bug Music / Board Member, NMPA
Jonathan Potter, Executive Director, Digital Media Association
Michael Petricone, SVP, Gov't Affairs, CEA
Rose Slanic, GM, Roadrunner Records Canada
Alexander Ljung, Founder & CEO, SoundCloud
Daren Tsui, CEO & Co-Founder, mSpot
Jeff Marshall, Executive Producer, Rock Band Network
Jeannie Lee Novak, Lead Author & Series Editor, Game Development
Essentials
Kelli Richards, President & CEO, The All Access Group
Justin Gage, Founder, Aquarium Drunkard / Autumn Tone Records
Lina Lecaro, Columnist, LA Weekly
Heidi Richman, Founder, HRMP Lifestyle Marketing & Promotion
Nic Adler, Owner, The Roxy
Josh Brooks, Vice President, Project Playlist
Barry Layne, COO, ARTISTdirect Internet Group
Cecily Mak, Senior Counsel, RealNetworks
Maurice Russell, VP, Licensing, Collections & Bus. Affairs, Harry Fox
Agency
Patrick Sullivan, President & CEO, RightsFlow LLC

Event sponsors and media partners include Loeb & Loeb, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, Rovi Corporation, Cisco, Dada Entertainment, Davis Wright Tremaine, Digital Media Association, Filter Magazine, KCRW, A2IM, UCLA Anderson School of Management, Hypebot.com, Aquarium Drunkard, Music Connection, Parks Associates, New Music Tipsheet, PR Newswire, MultiVu, EMF and NVPR.

For complete agenda, registration and event details please visit: http://www.digitalmusicforum.com/west.

Other prominent Digital Media Wire events include the LA Games Conference; NY Games Conference; Future of Television East; Future of Television West; Digital Music Forum East, and Digital Media Conference, which it produces in tandem with Potomac Tech Wire.

About Digital Media Wire, Inc.:

Digital Media Wire is an events, news, and publishing company serving the digital entertainment & media industry since May 2000. Digital Media Wire produces executive forums featuring the leading executives in digital media and entertainment. Digital Media Wire also publishes an authoritative daily email newsletter and industry directory. For more information, please visit www.dmwmedia.com.

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