Future of Music Coalition Policy Summit, Georgetown University (October 3-4, 2011)

Themes: money from music, artist-fan relationships, live music ticketing, copyright, emerging digital music services, fascinating technology, mobile music, business of songwriting, blanket licensing for digital music, federal infrastructure, digital sampling and remixing, jazz and technology, power of creative communities, bands as business, databases, revenue for freelancers and session musicians

Speakers, Panels:

• Keynotes: Maria A. Pallante, Congressman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), FCC Commissioner Michael J. Copps
• Money from Music
  • Jean Cook (Director of Programs, Future of Music Coalition), Kristin Thomson (Co-Director of Artist Revenue Streams Project and Consultant, Future of Music Coalition)
• Money from Music: The Artist-Fan Relationships Conversation
  • Interviewer: John Jurgensen (Reporter, The Wall Street Journal)
  • Heidy Vaquerano (Entertainment Law Attorney, LaPolt Law, P.C.)
• Get Your Tickets Here
  • Moderator: Greg Kot (Co-host, Sound Opinions; Music Critic, Chicago Tribune)
  • Andrew Dreskin (CEO and Co-Founder, Ticketfly), Seth Hurwitz (Supreme Chief Party Master, I.M.P./930 Club), Peter Jenner (Manager, Sincere Management), Andrew Kaplan (Talent Buyer, JAM Productions), Mike Luba (President Global Music, S2BN Entertainment), Jon Potter (President, Fan Freedom Project)
• In Conversation: Rick Nielsen and Dave Frey
  • Rick Nielsen (Guitarist and Songwriter, Cheap Trick), Dave Frey (Manager, Cheap Trick; Co-owner, HORDE Festival)
• Presentations from Creative Allies, TrackTrack.it, RootMusic and Thinglink
  • Curt Arledge (Content Manager, Creative Allies), Phil McCarty (Founder, TrackTrack.it), J Sider (CEO & Founder, RootMusic), Neil Vineberg (Chief Marketing Officer, Thinglink)
  • Moderator: Kristin Thomson (Co-director of Artist Revenue Streams Project and Consultant, Future of Music Coalition)
  • Reaction Panel: Erin Barra (Singer/Songwriter/Producer/Multi-Instrumentalist/Ableton-Enthusiast), Erin McKeown (Musician; Berkman Fellow), Zach Rogue (Musician, Songwriter), Stu Smith (Manager, Red Light Management), Emily White (Co-Founder/Manager, Whitesmith Entertainment)
• Bluebrain & Music for Landscapes: The Making of Listen to the Light
  • Interviewer: Chris Richards (Pop Music Critic, Washington Post)
  • Chad Clark (Musician/Producer), Ryan Holladay (Musician, Bluebrain)
• New Frontiers in Mobile & Music
  • Moderator: Cecilia Kang (Reporter, Washington Post)
  • Brendan Benzing (Chief Product Officer, Rhapsody), Amalia Deloney (Grassroots Policy Director, The Center for Media Justice), Gigi B. Sohn (President, Public Knowledge), Jeff Toig (General Manager, Muve Music)
• Money from Music: The Songwriter Conversation 
  • Interviewer: John Simson (Attorney, Lommen Abdo)
  • Ivan Barias (Songwriter/Producer, Karma Productions)
• Getting Cozy with Blanket Licenses
  • Moderator: Casey Rae-Hunter (Deputy Director, Future of Music Coalition)
  • Gary Greenstein (Of Counsel, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati), Jeff Price (Founder, CEO, President, Tunecore), David Touve (Assistant Professor of Business, Washington and Lee University), Colin Rushing (Senior Counsel, Licensing and Enforcement, SoundExchange)
• Federal Infrastructure Extravaganza
  • Moderator: Michael Bracy (Policy Director, Future of Music Coalition)
  • Dan Lurie (Senior Advisor to the Chairman/ Director of Strategic Partnerships, National Endowment for the Arts)
• Killer Apps, Conflicting Law
  • Moderator: Peter DiCola (Assistant Professor, Northwestern School of Law; Co-Author, Creative License: The Law and Culture of Digital Sampling)
  • Dean Garfield (CEO and President, Information Technology and Industry Council (ITI), Christopher LaRosa (Product Manager, Music, YouTube), Jessica Litman (John F. Nickoll Professor of Law and Professor of Information, University of Michigan), Larisa Mann (Ph.D candidate, Jurisprudence & Social Policy, UC Berkeley Law / Dj Ripley), Omid McDonald (Co-founder and CEO, Legitmix)
• Money from Music: The Jazz Conversation
  • Interviewer: Patrick Jarenwattananon (Editor, A Blog Supreme)
  • Karen Kennedy (24 Seven Artist Management), Michael Reed (Drummer, Composer, Presenter)
• Local Matters: Music Scenes and Community Building 
  • Moderator: Yolanda Hippensteele (Consultant, Arts & Democracy Project)
  • Shannon Daut (Deputy Director, Western States Arts Federation), Bruce Fife (President, AFM, Local 99; International Vice President, AFM), Craig Havighurst (Associate Producer and Writer, Music City Roots: Live From The Loveless Café), Ashlye Keaton (Professor, Tulane Law School)
• The Band as a Business
  • Paul Rapp (Attorney, Musician, Community Radio Leader and Writer; Adjunct Professor of Law, Albany Law School), Marcy Rauer Wagman (Managing Partner, WH&D/Assoc. Professor, Wagman Hurwitz & Dickman/Drexel University)
• Data Without Borders
  • Moderator: Walter McDonough (Co-founder and General Counsel, Future of Music Coalition)
  • Eric Baptiste (CEO, SOCAN), Jonathan Bender (COO, SoundExchange), Ben Cockerham (Chief Strategy Officer and CFO, Rightsflow), Jim Griffin (Managing Director, OneHouse), Mark Isherwood (Director, Rightscom Limited)
• Honoring FCC Commissioner Michael J. Copps
  • Craig Aaron (President & CEO, Free Press), Amalia Deloney (Grassroots Policy Director, The Center for Media Justice), Andrew Jay Schwartzman (Senior Vice President and Policy Director, Media Access Project), Gigi B. Sohn (President, Public Knowledge)
• Money From Music: The Session Musician Conversation
  • Interviewer: Jean Cook (Director of Programs, Future of Music Coalition), Gail Kruvand (Bassist, Freelance/NY City Opera), Dave Pomeroy (Bassist-Producer-President AFM Local 257, Nashville Songwriters Association International)
• In Conversation: Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva, Ulises Bella, Raul Pacheco
  • Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Arizona), Ulises Bella (Saxophone, Requinto Jarocho, Keys, Clarinet, Ozomatli), Raul Pacheco (Guitar, Tres and Lead Vocals, Ozomatli)
• Coda
  • Moderator: Michael Bracy (Policy Director, Future of Music Coalition)
  • Amy Blackman (Manager, Amy B MGMT/Cookman (Ozomatli, Money Mark, MIS, Tom Tom Club)), Bryan Calhoun (VP of New Media and External Affairs, SoundExchange), Anna Celenza (Thomas E. Caestecker Professor of Music, Georgetown University), Rebecca Gates (Musician, Audio Editor), Peter Gordon (President, Co-Founder, Thirsty Ear Recordings/Jazz Forward Coalition)

Sponsors: Google, SoundExchange, Georgetown University Department of Performing Arts, Consumer Electronics Association, Thinglink, FreePress, American Federation of Musicians, GoLive.TV, Gibson, Sonos, Public Knowledge, RightsFlow, Muve Music, Chuck Levin’s Washington Music Center, Local 99 (Portland), Local 802 (New York), Local 10-208 (Chicago), Local 6 (San Francisco), Local 47 (Los Angeles), Sound Recording and Special Payments Fund