Future of Music Summit, New America Foundation (November 13, 2012)

Speakers, Panels:

• Keynote: Sen. Robert Wyden (D-OR) 
• In Conversation: Tim Westergren of Pandora
  • Tim Westergren (Founder & Chief Strategy Officer, Pandora), Greg Kot (Music Critic, Chicago Tribune)
• Expression Obsession: IP Enforcement & Internet Openness
  • Moderator: Michael Bracy (Policy Director, FMC)
  • Erin McKeown (Musician; Writer; Producer), David Sohn (General Counsel & Director, Center for Democracy & Technology’s Project on Copyright and Technology), John Strohm (Senior Counsel, Loeb & Loeb LLP)
• In Conversation: Daniel Raimer of RapidShare
  • Daniel Raimer (Chief Legal Officer, RapidShare), Rob Pegoraro (Journalist)
• Presentations from Artist Growth, CASH Music, HugeFan and Songkick
  • Moderator: Bryan Calhoun (Digital Strategy, The Blueprint Group)
  • Speakers: Chris MacDonald (CEO & Co-Founder, HugeFan), Brooke Parrott (Artist Ambassador, Songkick.com/Loch Lamond), Matt Urmy (Co-Founder & CEO, Artist Growth), Jesse von Doom (Co-Executive Director, CASH Music)
  • Reaction Panel: Chad Clark (Musician; Producer; Engineer), Will Eastman (DJ & Producer, Volta Bureau), Jerald Miller (Founder & CEO, Nu Jazz Entertainment), Emily White (Co-Founder, Whitesmith Entertainment; Readymade Records)
• In Conversation with Thomas Frank, Sascha Meinrath and Rebecca Gates
  • Thomas Frank (Columnist, Harper’s Magazine; Author, Pity the Billionaire and others), Rebecca Gates (Musician-producer; Curator; Activist), Sascha Meinrath (Director, Open Technology Institute, New America Foundation)
• Radio-active: Internet Broadcasting and Artist Compensation
  • David Lowery (University of Georgia/Cracker/Camper Van Beethoven)
• Making Music-Making Work for Working Musicians
  • Moderator: Kristin Thomson (Co-Director of Artist Revenue Streams Project; Consultant, FMC)
  • Jennifer Mondie (National Symphony Orchestra Violinist; Orchestra Committee Chairman, National Symphony Orchestra), Benji Rogers (Founder & CEO, PledgeMusic), Chris Ruen (Author, Freeloading: How our Insatiable Hunger for Free Culture Starves Creativity), Ben Weinman (Guitarist & founding member, The Dillinger Escape Plan), Rodney Whittenberg (Owner, Melodyvision)
• Why Pussy Riot Matters
  • Moderator: Lindsay Zoladz (Freelance Writer; Contributing Editor, Pitchfork)
  • Molly Neuman (VP, Label Relations, eMusic), Mark Yoffe (Curator, International Counterculture Archive, Global Resources Center, GWU Libraries)
• The Intersection of Data, Policy and the Arts Sector
  • Moderator: Jean Cook (Director of Programs, FMC)
  • Ian David Moss (Research Director, Fractured Atlas), Shelley R. Poticha (Director, Office of Sustainable Housing and Communities, U.S. Department of  Housing and Urban Development), Derek Slater (Policy Manager, Google)
• Election Day Aftermath & The Arts
  • Lauren Crenshaw (Legislative Director, Office of Congressman Darrell Issa (R-CA))
• In Conversation: Merrill Garbus, Thao Nguyen and Jordan Kurland
  • Interviewer: Erin Potts (Executive Director, Air Traffic Control)
  • Merrill Garbus (tUnE-yArDs), Jordan Kurland (Musician Manager, Zeitgeist Artist Management), Thao Nguyen (Thao & The Get Down Stay Down)