We’re charging full steam ahead with the planning of our Fourth
Annual Policy Summit for May 2 – 3, 2004 at George Washington
University’s Lisner Auditorium in Washington, DC. We continue
to bring the best and brightest people working in music and technology
together to discuss the most critical issues impacting our community
and reframe these complicated questions to benefit musicians and citizens.
Online registration opens today!
https://www.futureofmusic.org/events/summit04/registration.cfm
Key features for 2004:
LOWER REGISTRATION PRICES: Only $149 for a two-day pass
SPECIAL DISCOUNT RATES for STUDENTS: $99 for a two-day pass
OVER 200 MUSICIANS’ SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE
Quick links
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Home page
Online registration
Musician scholarships
Press credentialing
Confirmed panelists
Proposed schedule
Hotel recommendations
About Lisner Auditorium
Keynote Speeches from
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Senator Norm Coleman (R-MN)
FCC Commissioner Michael Copps
Thirty-five panelists already confirmed…including Danny Goldberg
(Chairman and CEO, Artemis Records), Janeane Garofalo (Actor and Comedian),
Mike Dreese (Newbury Comics), Kim Coletta (Desoto Records and band Jawbox),
Gigi Sohn (President, Public Knowledge), Derek Sivers (CD Baby), William
Terry Fisher (Professor of Law, Harvard Law School), Ann Chaitovitz
(Director of Sound Recordings, AFTRA), Thomas Frank (Author and Editor,
The Baffler), Ron Gertz (President and CEO, Music Reports), Seth Hurwitz
(9:30 Club), Dave Meinert (PNW Chapter of Recording Academy, Owner/President
of Blue Team Management), John Nichols (Writer, The Nation), Tim Quirk
(Executive Editor, Music, Real Networks and band Too Much Joy), John
Simson (Executive Director, SoundExchange), Koleman Strumpf (Department
of Economics, UNC), Siva Vaidhyanathan (NYU)…with many more to
be announced!
Sunday’s Musician-Focused Program
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Building on the success of last year’s Summit, half of Sunday’s
schedule will focus on artists’ interests, giving working musicians
an opportunity to learn more about the changing environment. Panel topics
will cover such issues as: treating your band as a business, musicians
organizing for political change, and music distribution in the digital environment.
Monday’s Panels
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One of the best features of every FMC Summit is the ability to anticipate
emerging trends and to build panels that bring forward debates that
soon move from the margins to the center of discussion. Areas of focus
for this year’s panels on Monday will include: the state of the
music/tech industry; digital distribution/digital music stores; the
effect of corporate consolidation in touring, ticketing, major labels,
and media on musicians; alternative compensation systems; the smash-up
revolution; and the policy outlook for the music/tech community.
More detail about the panel topics here:
Scholarships Available for Working Musicians
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One of the unique aspects of the Summit is its determination to involve
artists, both as performers and as active policy participants. Because
of contributions from foundations, corporations and individuals, over
200 artists are able to attend the Summit at no charge. We urge all
the working musicians out there to join us for this event. Go
here to fill out an application.
Become a Sponsor
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Are you interested in becoming an event sponsor? We still have sponsorship
and partnering options available. Talk to us at 202.518.4117 and we
can email you a sponsor packet.
Why two days instead of three?
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In late February FMC chose to condense our Policy Summit from three
days to two. With so much happening the music/technology space that
may seem counter-intuitive, but we got a very special request from George
Washington University. On Tuesday, May 4, they have the opportunity
to have UN Secretary General Kofi Annan speak in Lisner Auditorium.
They asked us nicely to give up one of our reserved dates and we said
“of course”. If only music and technology negotiations could
go so smoothly.
Plan to join us for this unique event. Online registration now open!
https://www.futureofmusic.org/events/summit04/registration.cfm