Digital Music Forum East Celebrates Innovation

Digital Music Forum East Celebrates Innovation

Top Conference Focuses on Reinvigorated Business of Music

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Digital Media Wire today announced its finalized speaker list, keynotes and agenda for the 11th Annual Digital Music Forum East (DMFE) to be held at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, New York, NY, on February 24, 2011.

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"This edition of DMFE is especially exciting as it features a diverse array of speakers ranging from some of the hottest start-ups from the 'new' music industry to the senior most executives from established entertainment companies and top brands," said Ned Sherman, founder and CEO of Digital Media Wire. "Gary Shaprio will also contribute an invigorating keynote that resonates not only to a once disheveled music business that is reinventing itself, but also to America's core as we innovate our way out into a new era."

The 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 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, music in the cloud, online video, digital innovation, investments, the digital copyright debates, rights management, live music, touring & concerts, social networking and building music community.

Gary Shapiro, President & CEO, Consumer Electronics Association, will keynote at the 2011 event. Coming off the highly successful 2011 International CES and the release of his new book "The Comeback: How Innovation will Restore the American Dream," which has already reached No. 1 on the Barnes & Noble best-seller list and is in the top 10 on Amazon.com, Shapiro will be featured in a fireside chat covering a range of topics focused around his views about how innovation can fuel progress and ultimately save the content and music industries.

Dermot McCormack, EVP of Digital Media, MTV Networks Music & Logo will also join the event, speaking on the topic of "More Than Music Videos: Why today's music fan wants a 360 curated music experience that includes a diversity of music content and digital products".

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.

Confirmed speakers include:

Gary Shapiro, President & CEO, Consumer Electronics
Association, Author, The Comeback: How Innovation
will Restore the American Dream
Dermot McCormack, EVP of Digital Media, MTV Networks
Music & Logo Group
David Bakula, SVP, Analytics, Nielsen/SoundScan
Eric Garland, CEO & Founder, BigChampagne
Russ Crupnick, President, NPD Entertainment, The NPD
Group, Inc.
Ned Sherman, CEO & Publisher, Digital Media Wire
John Boyle, CEO, The BAM Group
Christina Calio, Director, Music Relationships,
Strategy & Biz Dev, Microsoft
Vince Bannon, VP, Entertainment Partnerships &
Development, Getty Images
Julie Lee, EVP, Business Development & Business
Affairs, VEVO
Richard Conlon, SVP, Corporate Strategy,
Communications & New Media, BMI
Ted Cohen, Managing Partner, TAG Strategic
Drew Denbo, our SVP of Business Development, MOG
Eric Klinker, CEO, BitTorrent
Daren Tsui, CEO, Mspot
Vickie Nauman, Vice President, North America, 7digital
Carter Adamson, COO, Rdio
Brian McGarvey, Vice President, Business Development,
Rhapsody
Thomas Meyer, Marketing Director, Earned Media, Sonos
Finbar OHanlon, CEO, Linius
Ty Roberts, CTO, Gracenote
Adam Powers, Senior Director, Technology, Rovi Corp
Aydin Caginalp, Partner, Entertainment & Media, Manatt
Niley Patel, Managing Editor, Engadget
Scott Sellwood, SVP & General Counsel, RightsFlow
Matthew DeFilippis, Vice President, New Media &
Technology, American Society of Composers, Authors &
Publishers (ASCAP)
David Oxenford, Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP
Evan Lowenstein, CEO & Founder, StageIt
Vince Iwinski, Manager, Umphreys McGee
John Rubey, President, AEG Network LIVE
Craig Bruck, Music Agent, International Creative
Management (ICM)
Jenny Connelly, Vice President of E-Commerce, Live
Nation-Ticketmaster
Paul Josephsen, Senior Director of Tour Marketing,
Eventful
Keith Brannan, VP of Marketing & Financial Security
Planning, Country Financial
Andrew Katz, Director of Marketing, Pepsi-Cola North
America
Megan Brown, Talent Negotiations Specialist, Ketchum
Sports & Entertainment
Matt Ostrower, Artist Partnerships & Programming,
Pandora
Matt Ringel, Managing Partner, New Era Media & Mktg,
Red Light Management
Ranj Bath, COO & Co-Founder, Desi Hits!
Mark Ghuneim, CEO, Wiredset
Jon Satterley, SVP, New Media & Global Biz Dev,
Roadrunner Records
Constantine Roussos, Founder and CEO, dotMusic
(.MUSIC)
George White, GM, Digital, Billboard
Konny Zsigo, CEO, Wireless Developer Agency
Jim Lucchese, CEO, The Echo Nest
Jon Vanhala, SVP, Digital & Biz Dev, Island Def Jam
Music Group
Ron Faris, Director of Brand Experiences, Virgin
Mobile USA
Steve Bradbury, Vice President, GoTV
Craig Besnoy, Vice President, Business Development,
Universal Music Group
Nicole Cifani, Interactive Director, Partner
Relations, Yahoo! Music
Allison Schlueter, Vice President, Digital Media,
Island Def Jam Music Group
Gabe Adiv, CEO, TuneUp Media
Larry Kenswil, Of Counsel, Loeb & Loeb LLP

Event sponsors and media partners include Manatt Phelps & Phillips, LLP, Loeb & Loeb LLP, RightsFlow, Rovi, Sonos, Pandora, Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP, SoundExchange, TuneUp, NVPR, Midem, A2IM, Mashable, EMF, Parks Associate, Sobel Media, The Recording Academy, NY-Tokyo, Fusicology, TAG Strategic, Women In Tech International, AFTRA, NARIP, Future of Music Coalition, Eventful, Served Fresh Media, Grooveshark, New Music Seminar, Young Upstarts, Green Buzz Agency, Canadian Music Week, and PR Newswire.

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

Other prominent Digital Media Wire events include the LA Games Conference; NY Games Conference; Future of Television East; Future of Film Summit; Digital Music Forum West; Digital Media Conference East and West; and Digital Media Insider @ CES. Digital Media Wire is also a programming partner for the annual Canadian Music Week.

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