In the past two years, more than 14,500 of you have joined us virtually from all over the world for the live webcast of the Future of Music Policy Summit. Join us this year for an even better webcast experience and two full days of free live programming direct from Washington, DC. Direct webcast link: fmc11.onyour.tv; we’ve also got embed code to share on your blog, Facebook page or with your friends.

This year we’re teaming up with web.illish.us to produce a premium free live webcast of the 2011 Future of Music Policy Summit at Georgetown University in Washington, DC from October 3-4, 2011. The live webcast will include all of the portions of the Summit taking place at Lohrfink Auditorium on Monday, Oct. 3 and Tuesday, Oct. 4.

We’ve been hard at work confirming a spectacular list of speakers and panelists to participate in keynotes, presentations, panels, conversations and one-on-one consultations.

Direct webcast link: fmc11.onyour.tv

We’re pleased to announce our distinguished keynote speakers:

Maria A. Pallante, Register of Copyrights and Director, U.S. Copyright Office
FCC Commissioner Michael J. Copps
Congressman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA)
Congressman Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) 
Ulises Bella & Raul Pacheco, members of Ozomatli
Cheap Trick guitarist and songwriter Rick Nielsen and manager Dave Frey

Check out the schedule here and all confirmed speakers here to start planning your adventure.
Need some advice? Read our staff “top picks”: Adam | Hannah | Casey | Danny | Lissa

Those who can’t attend the Summit in person are able to still engage via a high-quality, interactive webcast of the entire event. This “all-access” video stream also features a chatroom where viewers can interact and also offer questions for panelists and speakers. FMC moderators will be on hand to deliver select questions to Summit participants, which meant your voice on the issues will be heard in DC and across the web.

As always, video and audio archives will be made available after the event — sign up for the Future of Music Newsletter for breaking news on post-Summit materials.