Keynote Speakers
- Rocco Landesman Chairman, National Endowment for the Arts
- Victoria Espinel US Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator, Office of Management and Budget
Panelists
- Jonny 5 Emcee, Flobots; Board President, Flobots.org
- Chuck D Musician, Activist; Co-founder, Public Enemy
- Ken Abdo Vice President and co-chair of Entertainment Law Department, Lommen Abdo Law Firm
- Mariam Adam Clarinetist, Imani Winds and TransAtlantic Ensemble
- Jonathan Adelstein Administrator, Rural Utility Service, US Department of Agriculture
- Lisa A. Alter Partner, Alter & Rosen, LLP Attorneys at Law, and Author of “Protecting Your Musical Copyrights”
- Marjorie Ames Division Chief, Cultural Programs, US Department of State - Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs
- Charlie Angus Member of Parliament, House of Commons (Timmins, ON); Musician; Broadcaster
- Georgia Sugimura Archer Film Maker, Producer
- Patricia Aufderheide Professor and Director of Center for Social Media, School of Communication, American University
- Jem Bahaijoub Founder, imaginePR
- Eli Ball CEO, Lyric Financial
- Dawn Barger Manager, Post Hoc Management
- David Basskin President & CEO, Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency (CMRRA)
- Jennifer Bendall Executive Director, MusicFIRST Coalition
- Brendan Benzing Chief Product Officer, Rhapsody International
- Greg Beshers Director of Marketing, Independent Online Digital Alliance (IODA)
- Amy Blackman Manager, Amy B MGMT/Cookman
- danah boyd Senior Researcher, Microsoft Research
- Michael Bracy Co-founder and Policy Director, Future of Music Coalition
- Richard James Burgess Smithsonian Folkways Recordings/Burgess World Co.
- T. Bone Burnett Musician, Composer, Producer
- Bryan Calhoun VP of New Media and External Affairs, SoundExchange
- Brendan Canty Musician, Fugazi; Film Maker
- Ann Chaitovitz Owner, Ann Chaitovitz Consulting
- Meredith Chin Manager of Corporate Communications, Facebook
- Candace Clement Outreach Manager, Free Press
- Dana Colarulli Director of the Office of Governmental Affairs, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
- Bernard Cook, Associate Dean and Director of Film and Media Studies at Georgetown College, Georgetown University
- Jean Cook Director of Programs, Future of Music Coalition
- Jay Cooper Vice-Chair, Global Media & Entertainment Practice, Greenberg Traurig
- Ana Marie Cox Washington Correspondent, GQ Magazine
- DeAnne Cuellar Executive Director, Media Justice League
- Peter DiCola Assistant Professor, Northwestern School of Law
- Bertis Downs Advisor, R.E.M.
- Peter Doyle Chief, Audio Division, Media Bureau, Federal Communications Commission
- Kevin Erickson Co-director, All Ages Movement Project
- Harold Feld Legal Director, Public Knowledge
- Craig Finn Musician, The Hold Steady
- Dave Frey Manager, Cheap Trick; Co-owner, HORDE Festival
- Eric Garland Founder/CEO, BigChampagne Media Measurement
- Rebecca Gates Musician, Audio Editor
- Jim Griffin Managing Director, OneHouse
- Ian Hogarth Co-founder and CEO, Songkick
- Dick Huey CEO, Toolshed Inc.
- Maxie Jackson President and CEO, National Federation of Community Broadcasters
- Peter Jenner Manager, Sincere Management
- Marcus Johnson CEO/Founder, Three Keys Music/FLO Brands, LLC
- Justin Karr Director of Technology Programs, Fractured Atlas
- Mark Kates Founder, Fenway Recordings
- Rob Kaye Executive Director, MetaBrainz Foundation
- Greg Kot Music Critic, The Chicago Tribune
- Damian Kulash Musician, OK Go
- Dina LaPolt, Esq. Owner/Attorney, LaPolt Law, P.C.
- Christopher LaRosa Product Manager, YouTube Music
- Svetlana Legetic Editor/Founder, Brightestyoungthings.com
- Joyce Linehan Co-Owner, Ashmont Records, Inc.
- Margaret Low Smith Vice President of Programming, NPR
- Joe Mach Musician, Hotspur
- Alex Maiolo HINT Program Coordinator, Future of Music Coalition
- Renata Marinaro Manager, Health Services Education and Outreach, The Actors Fund
- Steve Marks Executive Vice President and General Counsel, RIAA
- Lee Martin Experimental Development, SoundCloud
- Walter McDonough Co-founder and General Counsel, Future of Music Coalition
- Charles McEnerney Director of Marketing, OurStage.com
- Erin McKeown Musician
- Brian McTear Founder/Executive Director, Weathervane Music
- Joseph Miller Deputy Director and Senior Policy Director, Media and Technology Institute, The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies
- Brenden Mulligan Vice President of Strategic Development, Sonicbids
- Christopher Naoum Policy Counsel, Future of Music Coalition
- Vickie Nauman VP North America, 7digital
- Oddisee Emcee and hip-hop entrepreneur
- Marie Ortiz Program Director for Healthcare, Fractured Atlas
- Harold Owens Senior Director, MusiCares Foundation
- David Oxenford Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
- Maura Pally Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Professional and Cultural Exchanges, US Department of State - Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs
- Rob Pegoraro Consumer Technology Columnist, The Washington Post
- Zach Pentel Owner, 808 Management
- Marybeth Peters Register of US Copyrights, US Copyright Office
- Michael Petricone Senior Vice President, Government Affairs, Consumer Electronics Association
- Spott Philpott Label Manager, Merge Records
- Edward Pierson, Esq. Attorney, Inside Passage Music
- Skip Pizzi Technology Editor, Radio Ink Magazine
- Hal Ponder Director of Government Relations, American Federation of Musicians
- Tim Quirk Musician; Recovering online music executive
- Casey Rae-Hunter Communications Director & Policy Strategist, Future of Music Coalition
- Paul Rapp Attorney, Musician, Community Radio Leader and Writer; Adjunct Professor of Law, Albany Law School
- Marcy Rauer Wagman Attorney; Associate Professor, Drexel University; CEO, MAD Dragon
- Perry Resnick Senior Manager, RZO, LLC
- Benji Rogers Founder & CEO of Pledge Music
- Ian Rogers CEO, TopSpin Media
- Patrick Ross Executive Director, Copyright Alliance
- Colin Rushing Senior Counsel, Licensing and Enforcement, SoundExchange
- Joel Schoenfeld Partner, Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP
- Andrew Schwartz Musician; Member, Executive Board, Local 802 AFM
- Eddie Schwartz President, Songwriters Association of Canada
- Allison Shaw VP of Marketing, .music
- Hank Shocklee President, Shocklee Entertainment; Producer & DJ
- Tom Silverman CEO/Founder, Tommy Boy
- Ron Sims Deputy Secretary, US Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Janine Small Partner, Carroll, Guido & Groffman
- Jill Sobule Musician and Entrepreneur
- Aparna Sridhar Policy Counsel, Free Press
- Lara St. John Concert Violinist; Owner, Ancalagon Records
- Benjamin Staub Professional Staff, U.S. House Judiciary Committee
- Peter Strand Partner, Leavens, Strand & Glover, LLC
- John Strohm Attorney, Johnston Barton Proctor & Rose LLP
- Patrick Sullivan President and CEO, RightsFlow, Inc.
- Kara Swisher Columnist, The Wall Street Journal; Co-producer, D: All Things Digital Conference
- Kristin Thomson Education Director, Future of Music Coalition
- Jini Thornton CEO, Envision Business Management Group, Inc.
- David Touve Assistant Professor of Management, Washington and Lee University
- Pete Tridish Director of Electromagnetism, Prometheus Radio Project
- Neda Ulaby Arts and Culture Reporter, NPR
- Amaechi Uzoigwe Partner, Definitive Jux/Official.fm
- Jesse von Doom Executive Director, CASH Music
- Fred von Lohmann Senior Copyright Counsel, Google
- Heidi Wachs Director of IT Policy & Privacy Officer, Georgetown University
- Eric Weinberg President, Nielsen Entertainment
- Tim Westergren Founder and Chief Strategy Officer, Pandora
- Donna Westmoreland C.O.O., I.M.P./9:30 Club
- Alex White Co-founder & CEO, Next Big Sound Inc.
- Emily White Co-founder, Whitesmith Entertainment; Board Member, CASH Music
- Steve Worona Director of Policy and Networking Programs, EDUCAUSE
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