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Sunday, Sept 11

Monday, Sept 12

Tuesday, Sept 13

Subject to change. Last revised Sept 20, 2005

Friday, September 9

6:00 PM

Jon Langford/Executioner's Last Songs show
FREE SHOW at Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
2700 F Street NW, Washington, DC 202.467.4600
Kennedy Center | About Jon | About Executioner's Last Song's project

10:00 PM

 

Last Train Home, The Hackensaw Boys, Mike Holden
9:30 Club, 815 V Street NW, Washington, DC 202.393.0930
Buy tickets via 9:30 Club | About Last Train Home

Last Train Home includes panelist Eric Brace
Mike Holden is also a panelist

10:00 PM

The Wrens, The Nein, Andy Zipf
Black Cat, 1811 14th Street NW, Washington, DC 202.667.7960
Tickets at door or via Ticketmaster | About The Wrens

The Wrens includes panelist Charles Bissell


Saturday, September 10

7:00 – 9:00 PM

Pho Dinner at Nam Viet
1127 N. Hudson St. (at Wilson Blvd.) Arlington, VA 703.522.7110
Details and directions | RSVP

10:00 PM

Jon Langford/Executioner's Last Songs show
IOTA 2832 Wilson Blvd. Arlington, VA 703.522.8340
IOTA's website | About Jon | About Executioner's Last Song's project

Sunday, September 11

12:00 noon – 1:00 PM

Check-in at Lisner Auditorium, 21st and H Streets NW

1:00 PM


Welcome by Jenny Toomey
Executive Director, Future of Music Coalition

1:15 – 2:30 PM


Panel 01: Guiding Artists Through Tremendous Change
Eric Brace Last Train Home and The Washington Post (moderator)
Charles Bissell
The Wrens
Bertis Downs
Advisor, R.E.M.
Michael Hausman President, Michael Hausman Artist Management
Peter Jenner Manager, Sincere Management/Secretary General, IMMF
Clyde Valentin Director, Hip Hop Theater Festival
Shoshana Zisk Management, George Clinton Enterprises

2:30 – 2:45 PM



Music by Charles Bissell from The Wrens

2:45 – 4:00 PM

 

Panel 02: New Label/No Label Models
Kristin Thomson Organizer, Future of Music Coalition (moderator)
John Buckman
Founder/CEO, Magnatune
Brian Camelio
Owner, ArtistShare
Melissa Ferrick
Artist/CEO, Right On Records
Jerry Harrison Multi-platinum producer, Chairman & co-founder, GarageBand.com, member of Talking Heads
Joe Henry
ASCAP artist and songwriter/producer
Sam Jennings Director, NPG Music Group Club (Prince)

4:00 – 4:30 PM

Special Interview with FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein

4:30 – 5:45 PM


Panel 03: Music Policy 101
Michael Bracy Policy Director, Future of Music Coalition (moderator)
Fred Cannon Senior VP, Government Relations, BMI
Mike Godwin
Legal Director, Public Knowledge
Rebecca Greenberg National Director, Recording Artists' Coalition
Mike Mills Bass player, R.E.M.
Hal Ponder Director of Government Relations, AFM
Johanna Shelton Democratic Counsel, US House Energy and Commerce Committee

Monday, September 12

7:30 – 9:00 AM

Check-in at Lisner Auditorium, 21st and H Streets NW

9:15 – 10:30 AM

Panel 04: State of the Union
Jim Griffin
CEO, Cherry Lane Digital (moderator)
Mitch Bainwol Chairman and CEO, RIAA
Shawn Fanning
Founder and Chief Strategy Officer, Snocap
Joe Henry ASCAP artist and songwriter/producer
Andrew Moss Senior Director, Technical Policy, Microsoft
Marybeth Peters Register, US Copyright Office
Gary Shapiro President and CEO, Consumer Electronics Association

10:30 – 10:45 AM

 

Music by Brian Franklin

10:45 AM – 12:00 PM

Panel 05: Is Digital Distribution a Good Deal for Artists?
Walter McDonough General Counsel, Future of Music Coalition (moderator)
Kevin Arnold Founder/CEO, IODA
Slim Moon Owner, Kill Rock Stars
David Pakman Managing Director, eMusic/Dimensional Associates
David Printis President/CEO, DE-Urecords.com
Tim Quirk
GM, Music Content and Programming, RealNetworks

12:45 – 1:45 PM

Three Breakout Sessions
Marvin Center

Room 301: HOWTO Promote and Sell Your Music Online
Derek Sivers President and Programmer, CD Baby

Room 302: Developer's Roundtable
Robert Kaye Executive Director, Metabrainz Foundation

Room 307: License to Cover: Section 115
Ken Kaufman
Partner, Skadden Arps
David Jones Counsel, Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Senate Judiciary Committee
Jonathan Potter Executive Director, DiMA
Josh Wattles Entertainment and Technology Attorney

2:00 – 3:00 PM

Three Breakout Sessions
Marvin Center

Room 301: HOWTO work with PROs
Marcy Rauer Wagman Director, Music Industry Program, Drexel University (moderator)
Samantha Cox Senior Director, Writer/Publisher Relations, BMI
Marc Hutner Associate Director of Membership Group/Creative Affairs, ASCAP
Gregory Riggle Director of Broadcast Licensing, SESAC

Room 302: O, Canada
Walter McDonough
General Counsel, Future of Music Coalition (moderator)
David Basskin
President, Canadian Music Reproduction Rights Agency
Hon. Sarmite D. Bulte, PC
Member of Parliament, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Canadian Heritage
Michael Geist
Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law, University of Ottawa
Graham Henderson President, CRIA

Room 307: Ethics of Contract Negotiation
Duff Berschback
Entertainment Attorney (moderator)
Barbie Baylis
Attorney, LaPolt Law
Bob Kohn
Chairman and CEO, RoyaltyShare, Inc. and Author, Kohn on Music Licensing
John Strohm
Attorney, Bradley Arant Rose and White, formerly member of Blake Babies

3:15 – 4:30 PM

Panel 06: I Am The DJ: Podcasting, Webcasting and Blogs
Jon Kertzer Business Development Manager, MSN Music, KEXP-Seattle host/producer (moderator)
Atri Chatterjee
Co-founder and VP Marketing, Mercora
Candace Corrigan
songwriter and creator, "The Nashville Nobody Knows" podcast
Lucas Gonze
Creator, Webjay
Chris MacDonald Co-founder, Indiefeed/Director of Legal Affairs and Compliance, Association of Music Podcasters
Steve Nelson Program Director, The Current
Ali Partovi
CEO, Garageband.com

4:30 – 5:00 PM

Special Interview with legendary funk artist George Clinton and Hank Shocklee Music Industry Producer, Founder of Public Enemy, President of Shocklee Entertainment
Hosted by Rick Karr

5:00 – 6:15 PM

 

Panel 07: Sampling and Shared Art
Rick Karr
former NPR cultural correspondent/Technopop (moderator)
Jeff Chang Author, Can't Stop Won't Stop
Shannon Emamali Exec Director, DC Chapter, The Recording Academy
Bob Kohn Chairman and CEO, RoyaltyShare, Inc.
Hank Shocklee Music Industry Producer, Founder of Public Enemy, President of Shocklee Entertainment
Siva Vaidhyanathan Assistant Professor of Culture and Communication, NYU

6:30 – 8:00 PM

Cocktail Party Hosted by ASCAP
Continental Ballroom in GWU's Marvin Center

Tuesday, September 13

7:30 – 9:00 AM

Check-in at Lisner Auditorium, 21st and H Streets NW

9:00 – 9:20 AM

Featured Speaker: Representative Rick Boucher (D-VA)

9:30 – 10:45 AM

Panel 08: IP in a post-Grokster World
Preeta Bansal Partner, Skadden Arps (moderator)
Chris Amenita
Senior Vice President, ASCAP Enterprises Group
Mia Garlick
General Counsel, Creative Commons
Cary Sherman President, RIAA
Siva Vaidhyanathan
Assistant Professor of Culture and Communication, NYU
Don Verrilli
Partner, Jenner & Block
Fred von Lohmann
Senior Intellectual Property Attorney, EFF

10:45 AM – 12:00 PM

 

Panel 09: The Changing Face of Distribution
Brian Zisk Technologies Director, Future of Music Coalition
Jim Donio
President, NARM          
Derek Sivers President and Programmer, CD Baby
Jim Urie President, Universal Music & Video Distribution
Don VanCleave President, Coalition of Independent Music Stores

12:00 – 12:30 PM

 

Keynote: Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA)

12:45 – 1:45 PM

Four Breakout Sessions
Marvin Center

Room 301: HOWTO Podcast and Music Blog
Eric Olsen Publisher/Editor, Blogcritics.org
Kyle Gustafson
Information Leafblower Blog
Mike Holden Musician and Arlingtonmusicscene.com
Glenn Peoples Publisher/Editor, Coolfer.com

Room 302: Reclaiming the Media
Lauren Coletta Director of Campaigns, Common Cause
Russ Newman
Campaign Director, Free Press
Anthony Riddle Executive Director, Alliance for Community Media
Pete Tridish Prometheus Radio Project

Room 308: Ethics of Innovation
Jim Burger Member, Dow Lohnes & Albertson
Jonathan Band Attorney, Jonathan Band PLLC
Chris Castle General Counsel, Snocap
Marty Lafferty CEO, Distributed Computing Industry Association (DCIA)

Room 310: Our AAIM is True
Don Rose Acting President, A2IM
Lesley Bleakley
CEO, The Beggars Group         
Glenn Morrow Owner, Bar-None Records
Molly Neuman
Co-owner, Lookout! Records/Manager, Indivision Management

2:00 – 3:00 PM

Four Breakout Sessions
Marvin Center

Room 301: Get the HINT. Musicians and Health Insurance
Alex Maiolo Co-owner, Lee-Moore Insurance

Room 302: Remix, Reuse, Repercussions: Transformative Use
Whitney Broussard Partner, Selverne, Mandelbaum & Mintz
Lawrence Ferrara
Professor and Chair, NYU Music and Performing Arts
Wayne Marshall UW-Madison, Harvard Extension School, Mashit Records
Kembrew McLeod Assistant Professor, Department of Communication Studies, Univ. of Iowa

Room 308: Music, Indecency and Censorship
Michael Carroll
Associate Professor of Law, Villanova Law School (moderator)
John Crigler
Attorney, Garvey Schubert Barer
Ken Freedman Station Manager, WFMU
Erik Huey Partner, Venable LLC
Kathryn Montgomery Professor, School of Communication, American University
Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) Member, Congressional Arts Caucus

Room 310: Recommendation Engines and the 5 Cent Solution
Brian Zisk
Technologies Director, Future of Music Coalition (moderator)
Robert Kaye
Executive Director, Metabrainz Foundation
Daniel Levitin
Bell Chair in the Psychology of Information Science, McGill University
Mike McGuire
Research Director, Media, Gartner Inc.

Sandy Pearlman Visiting Scholar McGill University, Montreal: Producer Blue Oyster Cult, Clash; a Founder of EMusic
Derek Slater Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard University 

3:15 – 3:25 PM

 

Remarks by Terryl Brown Clemons Assistant Deputy Attorney General, Division of Public Advocacy, NYS Attorney General's Office on Payola Investigation

3:25 – 4:30 PM

 

Panel 10: Radio, Radio: a Discussion on Payola
Neda Ulaby Reporter, National Public Radio (moderator)
Jared Ball
Educator and Journalist, FreeMix Radio: The Original Mixtape Radio Show
Thomas Hazlett
Professor of Law and Economics, George Mason University
Jeff McClusky President/CEO, Jeff McClusky & Associates
Don Rose Acting President, A2IM
Andy Schwartzman President and CEO, Media Access Project
Jacob Slichter author/drummer, Semisonic

4:30 – 4:40 PM



Featured Speaker: Representative Louise Slaughter (D-NY)

4:40 – 4:45 PM


Music by avant-garde jazz piano player Matthew Shipp

4:45 – 6:00 PM

Panel 11: The "Unheard" Music
Kristin Thomson Organizer, Future of Music Coalition (moderator)
Elliott Adams
Founder/Editor, DJDIY.com
Heather Hitchens President, Meet the Composer
Suzan Jenkins President, Jazz Alliance International, IAJE
Matthew Shipp ASCAP artist/avant-garde jazz piano player
D.A. Sonneborn Ph.D. Assistant Director, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Brian Austin Whitney Founder, Just Plain Folks
Billy Zero Program Director, Unsigned, XM Satellite Radio

 



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