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Friday 20th June

CEO Conference - Invite Only
10.00am – Room 3

ISPs and music – let’s get serious

Digital sales may be rising but not fast enough to plug the gap from falling CD sales. Indeed, recent consumer research from Music Ally found considerable levels of dissatisfaction with the legal digital music scene and the number of regular paying downloader’s actually dropping off slightly. So what needs to be done for digital finally to turn the business around?

• Do the labels need to change their licensing practices and stop demanding punitive up front payments?
• Are the collecting societies holding up the legal business with complex licensing structures?
• Are the digital services really offering consumers the services they actually want and are prepared to pay for?
• If iTunes is not the answer, what is?
• Will subscription ever gain real traction with consumers? If so what needs to change?
• Can ad-funded models make enough money?

In association with Music Ally

How to Avoid Going Round in Circles: The Lawyers View
10.15am – Room 2

At the core of these new contracts and deal terms are the lawyers. Are the legal frameworks in place to make 360º deals possible, painless and (most of all) successful? Do lawyers really understand the long-term implications of these deals and the assigning of rights? Have enough deals been done in this area to provide a roadmap for the future? Or is it still a case of finding their way and choosing to ‘suck it and see’? As lawyers move away from being specialists (i.e. just dealing with music), do their pan-industry generalist skill sets put them in a prime position to lead from the front into this brave new world?

Cliff Fluet, Partner, Lewis Silkin
Jeff Liebenson, Counsel, Herrick, Feinstein LLP
Kirsty Jones, Solicitor, Wiggin LLP
Nigel Jones, Solicitor, Sheridans
Michael Smith, SVP Business Affairs, Sony BMG Music Entertainment UK

In association with Lewis Silkin

We're With the Brand: Brands as Investors in New Music
10.30am – Room 1

As more bankable talen leaves the labels without the capital to invest in new artist development, what role can brands play in the funding of new artists? The major investors discuss their involvement with the early careers of artists and how they can boost revenues rather than just take a cut of them.

Ruther Mortimer, Editor, Brand Strategy
Jack Horner, Co-founder &Creative Director, FRUKT
Sarah Tinsley, Global Marketing Manager, Bacardi
Andrew Connell, Head of Nokia Global Category Management – Music, Games, TV & Video, Communities
Neil Mowat, Strategic Director, Better Days

In association with FRUKT

Making Mobile Music Pay
10.30am – Theatre

Getting your music onto mobile – everything you need to know,what works, what doesn’t, the opportunities, the threats, the challenges, the prize...

Ralph Simon, MEF Americas Founder & Chairman Emeritus
Ray Anderson, CEO & Founder, Bango
Michael Rosso, Co-founder & Director of New Business
Alex Vlassopulos, Head of Business Development, Sony BMG Music Entertainment UK

In association with MEF

Around the World In 360 Degrees - The International View: China
11.30am – Theatre

What are the real prospects which will enable Western acts to make it in China? Can there be a reciprocal relationship where Chinese artists are given opportunities in Western markets too? To discuss sponsorship opportunities, live  pportunities,problems relating to censorship and piracy and business practices in China.

Mr Wang Ju, Administrative Vice President, CAVA
Dan Stephenson, Director, The Syndicate
Simon Wheeler, Director of Digital, Beggars Group
Max Bloom, Founder, Concept Music

In association with UK Trade and Investment

Brands, Content and Rights
11.30am

Mr Wang Ju, Administrative Vice President, CAVA
Cliff Fluet, Partner, Lewis Silkin LLP
Charlie Phillips, Trainee, Lewis Silkin LLP

In association with Lewis Silkin

New Kids on the Block: The Start-up View
11.45am – Room 1

The online music economy is hurtling forward at breakneck speed. Take your eye off the ball for a moment and a fistful of new innovative musical ventures will have sprung up. A seemingly never-ending selection of new business models, trading off the back of free music, is on the rise. Just who are these new players and what can they tell us about the shifting sands of the music industry?

Pim Betist, Co-founder, Sellaband.com
Angel Gambino, Entrepreneur
Ajax Scott, Founder Woodshed Media
Jesus Pindado, Vice President, Strands
Ric Salmon, Managing Director, Harvest Entertainment
Andrew Martyn, CEO, Mubito AB
Jürgen Jaron, President, mufin GmbH

Sponsored by Magix

Signed: The Management
12.30pm – Theatre

Artist managers have always had to think in 360º terms. Now the whole business is coming round to their way of thinking. Will this be a comfortable relationship as labels etc. look to share (and control) the areas that were traditionally the preserve of managers? Is there going to be a bloody power struggle as various parties grapple to seize the reins (and control the flows of money)? Or will this extra muscle from labels etc. put managers in a much stronger negotiating position when dealing with external parties (e.g. agents, merchandise companies, TV/movie companies)?.

Paul Williams, Editor, Music Week
Richard Hannan, Director, RDM Ltd
James Sandom, SuperVision Management Group
Charles Law, Partner, WGS Solicitors
Peter Jenner, Managing Director, Sincere Management
Mike Smith, Managing Director, Columbia Records, Sony BMG Music Entertainment UK

The Record Business (Keynote Session)
1.00pm – Room 1

Geoff Taylor, CEO, BPI

Off the Virtual Shelf: The Digital Retail View
1.30pm – Theatre

With the CD market continuing to nosedive, the recording industry
has been forced to wave a sad goodbye to the glory days of selling shiny bits of plastic. As the digital realm becomes the new bricks and mortar store of choice, just where how can a previously tangible retail business model succeed amidst the oversaturated shopping mall that is the Internet?

Paul Resnikoff, Editor, Digital Music News
Gideon Lask, eCommerce Director, HMV UK
Ronnie Traynor, COO, TuneTribe
Steve Purdham, CEO & Founder Investor, We7
Madeleine Milne, Managing Director, Europe, eMusic.com
Shelley Taylor, CEO, all dig down
Patrick Sullivan, CEO, RightsFlow

Sponsored by London Connect

Skills to Pay the Bills: The Skills Set
2.00pm – Room 2

As labels re-brand as 'entertainment companies' and place 360º as core to what they do, there are new organisational and professional hurdles: i.e. do labels REALLY have the skills in-house to fully deliver for the artists they sign to 360º deals? Will they overreach themselves or is the recruitment drive today covering all the possibilities sufficiently?

Jon Webster, CEO, MMF
Paul Gilbert, Co-founder/Managing Director, ESP3 BV
Nick Godwin, Music Manager/Consultant, 19 Management
Richard Connell, VP, Creative Group, Sony BMG Music Entertainment UK
Tim Parry, MD & Co-Founder, Big Life Management
Steve Corn, CEO, BFM Digital
Bill Kimber, Managing Director, Pebble Beech Music

Sponsored by Pebble Beach Music

Major U Turn: The Label View
2.30pm - Room 1

Labels have had a turbulent decade: sales are down and acts are often not delivering and building on their mainstream breakthrough moment. By necessity they have had to look to 360º deals to pull them out of the hole. What can they bring to the  able in these deals? What can, say, EMI offer that Live Nation cannot? Are they taking a tough approach and forcing acts to sign these deals? And how is this affecting the A&R process? Will acts only get signed if they can work across all media areas and internationally? What will the long-term affect be on the types and quality of artists that are now being considered for deals?

Eamonn Forde, Editor, Five Eight
Peter Quicke, Managing Director, Ninja Tune
Ruth Barlow, Head of Live, The Beggars Group (UK)
Fred Bolza, Digital Director Development, Sony BMG Music Entertainment UK
Audu Maikori, CEO/President Chocolate City Entertainment

In association with Digital Music News

The A&R Debate: Are Publishers the Only Real Talent Scouts Left?
2.30pm – Theatre

With record labels scaling down their operations, A&R departments are also hit by the downturn in music sales. So who will take over the mantle of signing nurturing and developing
new acts? Will labels still fulfil that function or will it be – as it was a few decades ago – the role of music publishers? Are publishers artists’ best friends?

Emmanuel Legrand, Editor, Impact Magazine
Felix Howard, Vice President of A&R, EMI Music Publishing UK
Ben Bodie, Head of A& R, Chrysalis Music PLC
Ian Ramage, Head of European A& R, Sony ATV
Nick Raphael Managing Director, Epic Records UK
Dave Stark, Editor, Songlink

In association with Impact

AIM for America US: Indie Summit
3.15pm – Room 2

Offering a real insight into cracking the US market and is not to be missed!

Richard Bengloff, President, A2IM
Molly Neuman, Co-owner of Lookout Records
Scott Campbell, Executive Vice President, MyAwol
Adam Lewis, Director, The Planetary Group
Craig Hyman, Numinous Music

In association with AIM

Cash from Chaos
3.30pm – Room 1

Is 2008 finally the year when ISPs and the music industry will stop fighting and learn to love each other? This special panel asks whether it is time for a new approach and for some visionary
new thinking about how the music and ISP industries can work as commercial partners instead of adversaries, leading to a revival of recorded music instead of its destruction. We discuss...

Paul Hitchman, Co-founder & CEO, Playlouder
Eric Garland, Co-founder & CEO, BigChampagne Media Measurement
Vance Ikezoye, CEO, Audible Magic
Feargal Sharkey, CEO, British Music Rights

In association with Play Louder

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