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Confirmed Panelists and Speakers

as of April 27, 2004. Subject to change


Keynote Speakers


Senator Norm Coleman (R-MN)
FCC Commissioner Michael Copps
Real Networks CEO Rob Glaser

Panelists
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Chris Amenita
Senior Vice President, ASCAP Enterprises Group
Kevin Arnold
Founder, IODA (Independent Online Distribution Alliance)
Michael Bracy Government Relations, Future of Music Coalition
Lee Carosi Majority Counsel, Senate Commerce Committee
David Carson
General Counsel, US Copyright Office
Christian Castle Senior Counsel, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Ann Chaitovitz National Director of Sound Recordings, AFTRA
Charlie Chan musician
Kim Coletta Desoto Records and band Jawbox
Representative Jim Cooper (D-TN)
Wayne Crews
Vice President, Regulatory Policy, Competitive Enterprise Institute
Mike Dreese
CEO and Co-Founder, Newbury Comics
Adam Eisgrau
Executive Director, P2P United
William Terry Fisher
Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
John Flansburgh Musician, They Might be Giants
Thomas Frank
Author and Editor, The Baffler
Chris Frantz Talking Heads/Tom Tom Club
Dave Frey Manager, Silent Partner Management
Daryl Friedman
Senior Executive Director, Washington DC Operations, The Recording Academy
Ron Gertz President and CEO, Music Reports
Neil Glazer
Director of Business Development and General Counsel, Madison House/SCI Ticketing
Danny Goldberg
Chairman and CEO, Artemis Records
Joseph Gratz
Law Student, University of Minnesota
John Gray Political Director, Free Press
Jim Griffin CEO, Cherry Lane Digital/Pho
Thomas Hazlett Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research
Barton Herbison Executive Director, Nashville Songwriters Association International
Seth Hurwitz
Owner, IMP/9:30 Club
Pat Irwin
member of B-52's, film/TV music composer
Peter Jenner Sincere Management and Chairman, AURA and Chairman, IMMF
Marcus Johnson
Jazz Musician and CEO, Three Keys Music
Robert Kasunic
Principal Legal Advisor, US Copyright Office
Vidya Krishnamurthy
Legislative Coordinator, Free Press
Cheryl Leanza
Deputy Director, Media Access Project
Stan Liebowitz
Professor of Economics, UT Dallas
Jessica Litman
Professor of Law, Wayne State University
Mary Madden Research Specialist, Pew Internet & American Life Project
Alex Maiolo Co-owner, Lee Moore Insurance
Walter McDonough General Counsel, Future of Music Coalition
Alexis McGill Political Director, Hip Hop Summit Action Network
Paul Metsa musician/organizer, Black Raven Records
Walter Mossberg Personal Technology Reporter, Wall Street Journal
Michael Muniz Director of Latin Organizing, AFM
Chris Murray
Internet and Telecommunications Counsel, Consumers Union
Neil Netanel
Professor of Law, UCLA and University of Texas
Sandy Pearlman Vice President, Media Development, Multicast Technologies
Chellie Pingree President and CEO, Common Cause
Hal Ponder
Director of Government Relations, American Federation of Musicians (AFM)
Tim Quirk Executive Editor, Music, Real Networks and band Too Much Joy
Jay Rosenthal Attorney, Recording Artists' Coalition, Berliner Corcoran & Rowe, LLP
Neeta Ragoowansi SoundExchange
Gary Shapiro President and CEO, Consumer Electronics Association
Cary Sherman President, Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)
John Simson
Executive Director, SoundExchange
Derek Sivers President and programmer, CD Baby
Gigi Sohn President, Public Knowledge
Koleman Strumpf Associate Professor, Department of Economics, UNC Chapel Hill
Pat Thetic Anti-Flag/A-F Records/Punkvoter.com
Bill Thomas
Fitch Thomas Management
Kristin Thomson
Organizer, Future of Music Coalition
Pete Tridish
Prometheus Radio Project
Jenny Toomey
Executive Director, Future of Music Coalition
Siva Vaidhyanathan Assistant Professor, Department of Culture and Communication, New York University
Suzanne Vega ASCAP songwriter and performer
Rachel Welch Democratic Counsel, Senate Commerce Committee
Tina Weymouth
Talking Heads/Tom Tom Club
Brian Austin Whitney Founder, Just Plain Folks
Holmes Wilson Co-founder, Downhill Battle
Jim Winston Executive Director, National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters
Shoshana Samole Zisk
Attorney and Business Affairs, George Clinton Enterprises
Brian Zisk Technologies Director, Future of Music Coalition



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