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Billboard’s Digital Music Live! offers insight from industry insiders on the digital transformation of the music business including new music services, social media, ad-supported free streaming revenue models, digital DIY artist services and more. The one-day event — the exclusive digital music track of CES — features compelling keynote interviews and panel discussions with managers, record label executives, artists, investors and their technology partners. Only Billboard can bring together such a diverse collection of experts and topics! Space is limited, register today.
Schedule of Events (subject to change)
All sessions will be taking place in the North Hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center in room N255-257, unless otherwise noted.
Opening Remarks
9:00 - 9:10 a.m.
Bill Werde, Editorial Director, Billboard
and
Antony Bruno, Executive Director of Content and Programming for Digital/Mobile, Billboard
Keynote with Douglas Merrill
9:15 - 9:45 a.m.
Few digital music executives have such a unique background as EMI’s Douglas Merrill. With virtually no music industry experience to speak of, he left his role as CIO of Internet bellwether Google to tackle the enormous challenge of monetizing digital music. Finding new and unusual ways to solve hard problems was a staple of his role at Google, and in this keynote presentation and interview Merrill will share what new ideas and innovations he plans to bring to EMI to do the same.
Douglas Merrill, President, Digital Business, EMI Music Group
Interviewed by:
Antony Bruno, Executive Director of Content and Programming for Digital/Mobile, Billboard
Panel: Music 2.0
9:50 - 10:35 a.m.
Perhaps no online trend holds more interest to the music industry than social networking. This panel focuses on the key services labels have their eye on today, what they’re doing to help promote and monetize music, and what can be done to evolve the space further.
Moderator:
Tim Chang, Principal, Norwest Venture Partners
Panelists:
Tamara Conniff, President of Music Services, Front Line Management
Steve Jang, CMO, imeem
Ian Rogers, CEO, Topspin
Chris Stephenson, General Manager of Global Marketing, Zune
Livia Tortella, SVP Marketing, Atlantic Records
Networking Break
10:35 - 10:50 a.m.
LVCC, North Hall N254–256
Keynote with Soulja Boy Tell’Em
10:55 - 11:25 a.m.
Starting with posting his songs on SoundClick, to MySpace and ultimately YouTube, Soulja Boy Tell‘Em has used the Internet to plot out one of the fastest rises to stardom in recent memory. Whether it’s recording dis tracks on YouTube or ranking in ringtone sales, Soulja Boy Tell’Em has his finger firmly placed on the pulse of today’s digital world, and will discuss his strategies with his manager and producer in this revealing keynote interview.
Internet Sensation Soulja Boy Tell‘Em
With
Bill Werde, Editorial Director, Billboard
Special Presentation: New Tech Platforms that Brands are Eyeing in 2009
11:25 – 11:30 a.m.
A quick overview on the hot digital platforms that brands are using to extend and enhance their message including AstoundStereo, ReverbNation and Brickfish.
Presented by:
Marcus Peterzell, Managing Director, Business Development, GMR Entertainment
Panel: Content is King
11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
The rate of innovation in the online entertainment space is outpacing content companies’ ability to process it, creating tension between record labels and technology enablers over how new services should license content. Viewpoints from all sides will be heard both on and off the stage.
Moderator:
Fred Davis, Partner, Davis Shapiro
Panelists:
Peter Brodsky, Executive Vice President for Business Affairs, Sony/ATV Music Publishing
David Goldberg, Entrepreneur in Residence, Benchmark Capital
David Israelite, President/CEO, NMPA
Bill Nguyen, Founder/Chairman, Lala
Jonathan Potter, Executive Director, DiMa
Lunch
12:15 - 1:15 p.m.
Keynote with Alex Rigopulos and Paul DeGooyer
1:20 - 1:50 p.m.
Music-based games like “Rock Band” have added a whole new dimension to not only the music industry’s bottom line, but also the casual gaming market. “Rock Band” has not only become a critical element in any new music release, it’s also a unique peg in an ongoing release windowing strategy that continues to find new applications. And it’s pretty fun too. “Rock Band” developer Alex Rigopulos and publisher Paul DeGooyer in this intimate keynote interview will discuss where “Rock Band” is going in the new year, as well as discuss the future of other music-based games, including the in-development project with The Beatles.
Alex Rigopulos, CEO and Co-Founder, Harmonix
and
Paul DeGooyer, SVP of Electronic Games & Music, MTV
Interviewed by:
Antony Bruno, Executive Director of Content and Programming for Digital/Mobile, Billboard
Panel: On The Road
1:55 - 2:40 p.m.
Many point to live events as the future cash cow of the music market. There are many ways that new digital technologies can not only help increase ticket sales, but also create new revenue channels that monetize the live event in ways still not yet imagined.
Moderator:
Elliot Groffman, Partner, Carroll Guido & Groffman Firm
Panelists:
Holly Anderson, VP of Marketing and Artist Relations, Eventful
Rob Bennett, GM Entertainment Video and Sports, MSN
Andy Gadiel, Founder, Jambase
Dan Kruchkow, Head of Digital Strategy, Crush Management
Mark Montgomery, CEO, Echo
Scott Richman, SVP/GM, Madison Square Garden Interactive
Networking Break
2:40 - 2:55 p.m.
LVCC, North Hall N254–256
Keynote: A Conversation with Akon and Rio Caraeff
3:00 - 3:30 p.m.
Just as some of the best music is created as a result of a collaboration, so are the best ways to promote the resulting work. Label executives and artists often work together behind the scenes to map out a logical digital strategy for new releases from the very beginning, something rarely discussed or examined. In this keynote, the digital guru at the worlds largest record label will sit with one of the company’s biggest recording stars to outline how art meets commerce in the digital age.
Rio Caraeff, EVP, Universal Music Group’s eLabs
with
International Recording Superstar Akon
Moderated by
Bill Werde, Editorial Director, Billboard
Special Presentation
3:30 - 3:35 p.m
Scott Cave, CEO, Rook Interactive/Red Velvet
Meet the Press
3:35 - 4:20 p.m.
A roundtable of the leading journalists and analysts covering digital music today discussing their thoughts on where the industry is, where it needs to go, and possibly sharing a few scoops in the process.
Moderator:
Ted Cohen, Managing Partner, TAG Strategic
Panelists:
Antony Bruno, Executive Director of Content and Programming for Digital/Mobile, Billboard
Peter Kafka, Senior Editor, All Things Digital
Greg Sandoval, Senior Writer, CNET
Eliot van Burskik, Contributor, Wired
Closing Remarks
4:20– 4:30 p.m.
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