Keynote speakers, musicians and music industry experts are being confirmed every day. The following is a list of confirmed participants.
Keynotes & Conversations
- John Abodeely Deputy Director, President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities
- The Honorable Mignon Clyburn Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission
- Damian Kulash Musician, OK Go
- Harry Shearer Actor, Musician and Host, Le Show
Panelists, Musicians & Music Industry Experts:
- Marty Ashby VP and Executive Producer, MCG Jazz
- Ceci Bastida Musician
- Jill Berliner Partner, King, Holmes, Paterno & Berliner LLP
- Jeffrey Boxer IED/GC, Content Creators Coalition
- Michael Bracy Co-founder and Board Member, Future of Music Coalition
- Ben Brannen Co-founder and President, AtVenu
- Bryan Calhoun Digital Strategy, The Blueprint Group; Founder, Label Management Systems and Music Business Toolbox; Board Member, Future of Music Coalition
- Anna Celenza Thomas E. Caestecker Professor of Music, Georgetown University
- Ann Chaitovitz Attorney-Advisor, US Patent & Trademark Office, Office of Policy & International Affairs
- Sonny Charles Musician, Checkmates and the Steve Miller Band
- Felix Contreras Co-host, Alt.Latino, NPR
- Tanya Marie Curcio Associate, Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP
- Michelle Davis Senior Articles Editor, Journal of Intellectual Property, University of Georgia School of Law
- Waleed Diab Senior Counsel, Google
- Peter DiCola Associate Professor of Law, Northwestern University; Board Chair, Future of Music Coalition
- Dennis Dreith AFM & SAG-AFTRA Intellectual Property Rights Distribution Fund
- Michael Drexler Executive Director, Business Development, BMI
- Jami Duffy Executive Director, Youth on Record
- Jesse Elliott Founder, Music Made of Earth LLC
- Bruce Fife Guitar; International Vice President, AFM; President, Local 99 Portland, Fair Trade Music
- KC Fox Category Marketing Manager, Music, Eventbrite
- Thomas Frank Columnist, Salon.com; Author, Pity the Billionaire and others
- David Freedman WWOZ-FM New Orleans
- Scott Freiman Co-founder and CEO, Qwire
- Kiran Gandhi Drummer/Percussionist; MBA candidate, Harvard Business School; Georgetown University Class of 2011
- Rebecca Gates Musician, Artist, Curator and Activist
- Lisa Gedgaudas Program Administrator, Create Denver
- Peter Gordon President/Co-founder, Thirsty Ear Recordings and Jazz Forward Coalition
- Dani Grant Founder, SpokesBUZZ; Owner, Mishawaka Amphitheater
- Katie Alice Greer Musician, Priests
- Jim Griffin Managing Director, Onehouse
- Jodie Griffin Senior Staff Attorney, Public Knowledge
- Ismael Guerrero Executive Director, Denver Housing Authority
- Dave Herlihy Attorney, The Law Office of David Herlihy; Professor, Northeastern University
- Sean Hickey VP of Sales and Business Development, Naxos USA
- Ben Hogan Agent, Circle Talent Agency
- Margaret Hunt Director, Colorado Creative Industries
- Peter Jenner Manager, Sincere Management
- Pete Kalamoutsos Owner, Glow and Echostage
- Chhaya Kapadia Director of Operations, Open Techology Institute, New America Foundation
- Michelle Katz Attorney, Law Offices of Kurosh Nasseri PLLC
- Ashlye Keaton Attorney, Entertainment Law Legal Assistance (ELLA) Project; Adjunct Professor, Tulane University School of Law and University of New Orleans
- Shawn King Musician, DeVotchKa
- Greg Kot Music Critic, The Chicago Tribune
- Andrea Kremer Founder, Shake & Howdy
- Paul LiCalsi Partner, Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi LLP
- Barry Lynn Director, Open Markets Program, New America Foundation
- Tracy Maddux CEO, CD Baby
- Brandon Martinez Co-founder and CEO, INDMUSIC
- Walter McDonough Co-founder and General Counsel, Future of Music Coalition
- Jeff Meyer CEO, This Is Red Agency
- Adrian Molina Lead Instructor, Youth on Record; Musician, Molina Speaks
- Sarah Morris Senior Policy Counsel, Open Technology Institute, New America Foundation
- Carla Murphy Reporter, Colorlines.com
- Chris Naoum Co-founder, Listen Local First
- Kurosh Nasseri Attorney, The Law Offices of Kurosh Nasseri PLLC
- Randy Nichols CEO, Force Media Management
- Martín Perna Musician, Antibalas and Ocote Soul Sounds
- Mike Petillo Studio Manager, Airshow
- Dave Pomeroy Bass, Emmylou Harris, Willie Nelson, Alison Krauss; President of the Nashville Musicians Association; voted Nashville “Studio Musician of the Year”
- Casey Rae VP for Policy and Education, Future of Music Coalition
- Marc Ribot Guitar, Elvis Costello, Tom Waits; President, Content Creators Coalition; Recording artist, Cubanos Postizos
- Jonathan Sallet General Counsel, Federal Communications Commission
- Andy Schwartz Guitar; Executive Board, Local 802 AFM; Board of Directors, Recording Musicians Association NY Chapter
- Brett Sechrest Co-founder and CEO, SoundScry
- Tom Silverman Executive Director, New Music Seminar
- Janine Small Principal, Janine Small PLLC
- Ellen Stanley Executive Director, Minnesota Music Coalition
- Fox Stevenson Singer, Songwriter and Producer
- Craig Swann Founder, looplabs
- Astra Taylor Documentary Filmmaker, Musician and Author, The People’s Platform
- Kristin Thomson Co-director, Artist Revenue Streams Project, Future of Music Coalition; Board Member, Future of Music Coalition
- Joe Torres Senior External Affairs Director, Free Press
- Darius Van Arman Co-founder, Secretly Group
- Emily White Co-founder, Whitesmith Entertainment, Readymade Records and Dreamfuel.me; Board Member, Future of Music Coalition
- Bill Wilson Entertainment Metadata Consultant
- Karin Wolf Arts Program Administrator, City of Madison
- Chris Yorks Director of Repertoire Management, SoundExchange
- Brian Zisk Executive Producer, SF MusicTech Summit and the Future of Money & Technology Summit; Co-founder and Board Member, Future of Music Coalition
All information subject to change.
