Confirmed Panelists and Keynote Speakers

as of September 15, 2005

Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA)
Representative Rick Boucher (D-VA)
Representative Louise Slaughter (D-NY)
FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein

Elliott Adams Founder/Editor, DJ DIY.com
Chris Amenita Senior Vice President, ASCAP Enterprises Group
Kevin Arnold Founder/CEO, IODA (Independent Online Distribution Alliance)
Mitch Bainwol Chairman And CEO, RIAA
Jared Ball Educator and Journalist, FreeMix Radio: The Original Mixtape Radio Show
Jonathan Band Attorney, Jonathan Band PLLC
Preeta Bansal Partner, Skadden Arps
David Basskin President, Canadian Music Reproduction Rights Agency
Barbie Baylis Attorney, LaPolt Law
Duff Berschback Entertainment Attorney
Charles Bissell The Wrens
Lesley Bleakley CEO, The Beggars Group
Eric Brace Last Train Home and The Washington Post
Michael Bracy Policy Director, Future of Music Coalition
Whitney Broussard Partner, Selverne, Mandelbaum & Mintz
John Buckman Founder/CEO, Magnatune
Hon. Sarmite D. Bulte, PC, Member of Parliament, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Canadian Heritage
Jim Burger Member, Dow, Lohnes & Albertson
Brian Camelio Owner, ArtistShare
Fred Cannon Senior VP for Government Relations, BMI
Michael Carroll Associate Professor of Law, Villanova Law School
Chris Castle General Counsel, Snocap
Jeff Chang Master of Kung Fu and Author, Can't Stop, Won't Stop
Atri Chatterjee Co-founder and VP Marketing, Mercora
Terryl Brown Clemons Assistant Deputy Attorney General, Division of Public Advocacy, NYS Office of the Attorney General
George Clinton Artist, Parliament Funkadelic
Lauren Coletta Director of Campaigns, Common Cause
Candace Corrigan Songwriter and creator, "The Nashville Nobody Knows" podcast
Samantha Cox Senior Director, Writer/Publisher Relations, BMI
John Crigler Attorney, Garvey Schubert Barer
Peter DiCola Research Director, Future of Music Coalition
Jim Donio President, National Association of Recording Merchandisers (NARM)
Bertis Downs Advisor, R.E.M.
Shannon Emamali Executive Director, DC Chapter, The Recording Academy
Shawn Fanning Founder and Chief Strategy Officer, Snocap
Lawrence Ferrara Professor and Chair, NYU Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions
Melissa Ferrick Artist/CEO, Right on Records
Ken Freedman Station Manager, WFMU-FM
Mia Garlick General Counsel, Creative Commons
Michael Geist Canada Research Chair in Internet & E-commerce Law, University of Ottawa
Sandra Gibson President, Association of Performing Arts Presenters
Mike Godwin Legal Director, Public Knowledge
Lucas Gonze Creator, Webjay
Rebecca Greenberg National Director, Recording Artists' Coalition
Jim Griffin CEO, Cherry Lane Digital
Kyle Gustafson Information Leafblower Blog
Jerry Harrison Multi-platinum producer, Chairman & co-founder, GarageBand.com, member of Talking Heads
Michael Hausman President, Michael Hausman Artist Management
Thomas Hazlett Professor of Law and Economics, George Mason University
Graham Henderson President, Canadian Recording Industry Association
Joe Henry ASCAP artist and songwriter/producer
Heather Hitchens President, Meet the Composer
Mike Holden Musician and Arlingtonmusicscene.com
Erik Huey Partner, Venable, LLC
Marc Hutner Associate Director of Membership Group/Creative Affairs, ASCAP
Suzan Jenkins President, Jazz Alliance International, IAJE
Peter Jenner Manager, Sincere Management/Secretary General, IMMF
Sam Jennings Director, NPG Music Club (Prince)
David Jones Counsel, Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Senate Judiciary Committee
Rick Karr former NPR Cultural Correspondent/Technopop
Ken Kaufman Partner, Skadden Arps
Robert Kaye Executive Director, Metabrainz Foundation
Jon Kertzer Business Development Manager, MSN Music/KEXP-Seattle host/producer
Bob Kohn Chairman and CEO, RoyaltyShare, Inc. and Author, Kohn on Music Licensing
Marty Lafferty CEO, Distributed Computing Industry Association (DCIA)
Daniel Levitin Bell Chair in the Psychology of Information Science, McGill University
Chris MacDonald Co-founder, Indiefeed/Director of Legal Affairs and Compliance, Association of Music Podcasters
Alex Maiolo Co-owner, Lee-Moore Insurance
Wayne Marshall Scholar/producer, UW-Madison, Harvard Extension School, Mashit Records
Kembrew McLeod Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Studies, Univ. of Iowa
Jeff McClusky President/CEO, Jeff McClusky & Associates
Walter McDonough General Counsel, Future of Music Coalition
Mike McGuire Research Director, Media, Gartner Inc.
Mike Mills Bass player, R.E.M.
Kathryn Montgomery Professor, School of Communication, American University
Slim Moon Owner, Kill Rock Stars
Glenn Morrow Owner, Bar/None Records
Andrew Moss Senior Director, Technical Policy, Microsoft
Steve Nelson Program Director, The Current
Molly Neuman Co-owner, Lookout! Records/Manager, Indivision Management
Russell Newman Campaign Director, Free Press
Eric Olsen Publisher/Editor, Blogcritics.org
David Pakman Managing Director, eMusic/Dimensional Associates
Ali Partovi CEO, Garageband.com
Sandy Pearlman Visiting Scholar McGill University, Montreal: Producer Blue Oyster Cult, Clash; a Founder of EMusic
Glenn Peoples Publisher/Editor, Coolfer.com
Marybeth Peters Register, US Copyright Office
Hal Ponder Director of Government Relations, AFM
Jonathan Potter Executive Director, Digital Media Association (DiMA)
David Printis President/CEO, DE-Urecords.com
Tim Quirk GM, Music Content and Programming, RealNetworks
Anthony Riddle Executive Director, Alliance for Community Media
Gregory Riggle Director of Broadcast Licensing, SESAC
Don Rose Acting President, American Association of Independent Music (A2IM)
Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) Member, Congressional Arts Caucus
Andy Schwartzman President and CEO, Media Access Project
Gary Shapiro President and CEO, Consumer Electronics Association
Johanna Shelton Democratic Counsel, US House Energy and Commerce Committee
Cary Sherman President, RIAA
Matthew Shipp ASCAP artist/avant-garde jazz piano player
Hank Shocklee Music Industry Producer, Founder of Public Enemy, President of Shocklee Entertainment
Derek Sivers President and Programmer, CD Baby
Derek Slater Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard University
Jacob Slichter author/drummer, Semisonic
D.A. Sonneborn, Ph.D. Assistant Director, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
John Strohm Attorney, Bradley Arant Rose and White, formerly member of Blake Babies
Kristin Thomson Organizer, Future of Music Coalition
Jenny Toomey Executive Director, Future of Music Coalition
Pete Tridish Prometheus Radio Project
Neda Ulaby Reporter, National Public Radio
Jim Urie President, Universal Music & Video Distribution
Siva Vaidhyanathan Assistant Professor of Culture and Communication, NYU
Clyde Valentin Director, Hip Hop Theater Festival
Don VanCleave President, Coalition of Independent Music Stores
Don Verrilli Partner, Jenner & Block
Fred von Lohmann Senior Staff Attorney, Electronic Frontier Foundation
Marcy Rauer Wagman Director, Music Industry Program, Drexel University
Josh Wattles Entertainment and Technology Attorney
Brian Austin Whitney Founder, Just Plain Folks
Billy Zero Program Director, Unsigned, XM Satellite Radio
Brian Zisk Technologies Director, Future of Music Coalition
Shoshana Zisk Management, George Clinton Enterprises