Future of Music Policy Summit, George Washington University (September 17-18, 2007)

Speakers, Panels:

• Keynotes: Sen. Byron Dorgan, Sen. Ron Wyden
• State of the Union
  • Moderator: Jim Griffin (CEO, Onehouse)
  • David Bither (Senior Vice President, Nonesuch Records), Rosemary Carroll, Esq. (Carroll, Guido & Groffman, LLP), Mac McCaughan (Musician; Co-owner, Merge Records), Bob Mould (Musician)
• The Hill Was Alive with the Sound of Music: A Policymaker Roundtable
  • Moderator: Michael Bracy (Policy Director, FMC)
  • Rudy Brioche (Legal Advisor, FCC), Aaron Cooper (Counsel, Senate Judiciary Committee), Kenneth DeGraff (Senior Policy Advisor, Vice-Chairman Mike Doyle (D-PA)), Jessica Rosenworcel (Senior Communications Counsel, Senate Commerce Committee), J. Michael Schmidt (Legislative Assistant, Office of Sen. Feingold)
• Performance Right: Who Gets Paid When Songs Are Played on the Radio?
  • Moderator: Walter McDonough (General Counsel, FMC)
  • John P. Kellogg, Esq. (Asst. Chair Music Business/Management, Berklee College of Music), Sean Murphy (Treasurer, Princeton Broadcasting Service/WPRB-FM), Patrica Polach (Associate General Counsel, AFM/Bredhoff & Kaiser, PLLC), John Simson (Executive Director, SoundExchange), Gigi Sohn (President, Public Knowledge)
• Leveling the Playing Field: How Does Broadband Affect Musicians?
  • Charles Bissell (Musician, The Wrens), Scott Cleland (Chairman, NetCompetition.org), Peter Gordon (President, Thirsty Ear), Jason Oxman (Vice President, Communications, Consumer Electronics Association), Ben Scott (Policy Director, Free Press), Tim Wu (Professor, Columbia Law School)
• Creative License: How Does the Sample License Clearance Process Work?
  • Moderator: Kembrew McLeod (Asst. Professor, University of Iowa)
  • Whitney Broussard (Owner, Whitney Broussard Consulting), E. Michael Harrington (Professor of Entertainment & Music Business, Belmont University), Peter Jaszi (Professor of Law/Faculty Director, Glushko-Samuelson IP Clinic, American University), Lady Miss Kier (Singer/Songwriter/Producer, Dee-Lish Publishing/Deee-lite)
• Change that Tune: Will the FCC Settlement Mean Radio Airplay for Independent Labels’ Artists?
  • Moderator: Michael Bracy (Policy Director, FMC)
  • Richard Bengloff (President, American Association of Independent Music), Peter Gordon (President, Thirsty Ear), Portia Sabin (President, Kill Rock Stars)
• Music License One Stop Shopping: Impossible Dream or Emerging Reality?
  • Moderator: David Basskin (President, Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency)
  • Eric Baptiste (Director General, CISAC), Sarah Faulder (Public Affairs Director, MCPS-PRS Alliance), Johnathan Potter (Executive Director, Digital Media Association), Tim Quirk (Executive Editor, Music, RealNetworks)
• The New Deal: Major Label Contracts Revisited
  • Moderator: Bryan Calhoun (Label Management Systems)
  • Wayne Halper (Attorney, Law Office of Wayne Halper), John P. Kellogg, Esq. (Asst. Chair of Music Business/Management, Berklee College of Music), Marcy Rauer Wagman (CEO, MAD Dragon UNLTD, Drexel University)
• Let’s Get Physical: The State of Retail In the Digital Age
  • Moderator: Tim Quirk (Executive Editor, Music, RealNetworks)
  • Mike Dreese (Co-founder/CEO, Newbury Comics Inc.), Josh Madell (Co-owner, Other Music), Franz Nicolay (Musician, The Hold Steady, Anti-Social Music), Sean O’Connell (President, MusicAllies), Michael Selverne (Managing Partner, Selverne Mandelbaum & Mitz, LLP)
• Exploding Niches: How Is Technology Increasing Niche Music Discovery?
  • Moderator: Anastasia Tscoulcas (Music journalist, Billboard/Cafe Aman)
  • Henry Harris (President, Spirit Enterprise Inc./Spiritco1.com), Ariel Hyatt (President, Ariel Publicity & Cyber PR), Rachel Segal (Artist Relations/Marketing Manager, MusicIP), Molly Sheridan (Managing Editor, NewMusicBox.org; Producer, Counterstreamradio.org), Billy Zero (Program Director, XMU, XM Satellite Radio)
• Disintermediation 2.0: How Technologies Are Flipping the Music Business on Its Head
  • Moderator: Brian Zisk (Technologies Director, FMC)
  • Paul Anthony (CEO, Rumblefish), Brian Dear (Founder & Chairman, Eventful, Inc.), David Harrell (Musician/blogger, The Layaways; Digital Audio Insider), Mark Montgomery (CEO, Echomusic), Tim Westergren (Founder, Pandora)
• Wireless Media and Super Portability: What Will Ubiquitous Wifi Mean for the Music Industry
  • Moderator: Jim Griffin (CEO, Onehouse)
  • Whitney Broussard (Owner, Whitney Broussard Consulting), Bryan Calhoun (Label Management Systems), Skip Pizzi (Manager, Technical Policy, Microsoft Corp.), Ralph Simon (Chairman Emeritus & Founder, Mobile Entertainment Forum Americas, Mobilium Group & The MEF)
• Music Meets Media: Social Networking & Blogging
  • Moderator: Brian Zisk (Technologies Director, FMC)
  • Corey Denis (President, reapandsow.com), Rachel Masters (Director of Strategic Relationships, Ning), Charlie McEnerney (Host/Producer, Well-Rounded Radio), Lou Plaia (Co-founder/VP Artist Development, ReverbNation.com)
• Music Meets Media: DIY Licensing
  • Moderator: Dick Huey (CEP, Toolshed, Inc.)
  • Johnathan Eaton, Nick Krill (Spinto Band), Michael Hausman (President, Michael Hausman Artist Management Inc.), Richard Jankovich (Director of A&R and Licensing, Rumblefish)
• Finding Music: Dealing with Out of Print or Orphan Works
  • Moderator: Walter McDonough (General Counsel, FMC)
  • Mario Bouchard (General Counsel, Copyright Board Canada), Peter Gutmann (Member, Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC), Oliver Metzger (Policy Planning Advisory, U.S. Copyright Office), Michael Taft (Head of the Archive, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress)
• Finding Music: Discovering, Cataloging and Increasing Access to Culture
  • Moderator: Jon Kertzer (Senior Music Producer, Zune/Microsoft)
  • David Beal (President, National Geographic Music & Radio), David Freedman (General Manager, WWOZ Jazz & Heritage Station), Robert Kaye (Mayhem & Chaos Coordinator, MusicBrainz), Atesh Sonneborn (Associate Director, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings)