Digital Music Forum East Celebrates Innovation

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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