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August 9-10, 2005 3rd Annual Digital Music Summit Music Industry in the Digital Age Crowne Plaza - Foster City, CA

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Agenda

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Day I

August 9, 2005

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Columbus Ballroom

8:00-9:00

Registration and Networking Breakfast

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Columbus Ballroom

9:00-10:00

P2P's Supreme Wake-Up Call

The Supreme Court's ruling that file-sharing networks like Grokster and Morpheus are liable for unauthorized copyrighted material traded on their networks is being greeted with dismay in some high-tech camps and delight in Hollywood. What's the impact on the digital music business, file-sharing and piracy?

Feature Presentation: PaymentOne, Joe Lynam, Chief Executive Officer

• Atri Chatterjee, Mercora, Executive Vice President and Co-Founder

• Michael Weiss, StreamCast, Chief Executive Officer
• Dan Weiner, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Vice President, Strategy and New Ventures, Global Digital Business
• Jeremy Welt, Warner Music, Vice President, New Media
• Dave Jaworski, PassAlong Networks, Founder and Chief Executive Officer
• Moderator: Michael Stroud, iHollywood Forum, Founder

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Columbus Ballroom

10:00-10:30

Keynote: Music And The Digital Age

• Thomas Hesse, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, President, Global Digital Business

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Columbus Ballroom

10:30-11:30

Own, Rent or Stream?

Can Apple's celebrated download model survive in an environment where Yahoo sells a million-plus songs for $60 a year?

Feature Presentation: MusicStrands, Derek Reisfield, Chairman

• Syd Schwartz, Virgin Records America, Vice President, Interactive Marketing
• Gary Cohen, MusicNOW, President
• Brad Duea, Napster, President
• David Pakman, eMusic, Chief Operating Officer

• Kris Alexander, Akamai Technologies, Senior Media and Entertainment Service Line Manager

• Ken Hertz, Goldring Hertz & Lichtenstein, LLP, Partner

• Moderator: David Card, Jupiter Research, Senior Analyst and Vice President

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Magellan Foyer

11:30-12:00

Networking Break and Product Showcase

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Columbus Ballroom

12:00-12:50 

The Podcasting Craze

How radio stations, newscasters and do-it-yourself-broadcasters are redefining the nature of portable content.

• David Goodman, Infinity Broadcasting, Marketing President
• Bradley Horowitz, Yahoo!, Director of Media and Desktop Search
• Jeremy Welt, Warner Music, Vice President, New Media

• Scott Boyd, America Online, Inc., Director, Music Industry Relations, AOL® Music and the AOL® Radio Network

• Moderator: Laura Hess, CNET Networks, Technology Editor, MP3.com

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Balboa Ballroom

12:50-2:00

Networking Lunch

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Balboa Ballroom

2:00-2:30

Keynote - The Long Tail

• Chris Anderson, Wired Magazine, Editor-in-Chief
  

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Balboa Ballroom

2:30-3:00

Feature Presentation: The Next Generation of P2P

• Dave Jaworski, PassAlong Networks, Founder and Chief Executive Officer

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Balboa Ballroom

3:20-3:50

Case Study: MusicStrands

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Columbus Ballroom

3:20-3:50

Case Study: PaymentOne

Increase the Returns On Your Consumer Marketing Strategy With These Four Words: "No Credit Card Required"

Join us to learn from multiple success stories and recent consumer trends and data. We'll show you how safer, more convenient 'no credit card required' payment options can meet consumer demands, and drive more revenue for you.

• Don Teague, PaymentOne, Vice President, Sales and Marketing

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Magellan Foyer

3:50-4:20

Networking Break and Product Showcase

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Breakout Sessions

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Balboa Ballroom

4:20-5:20

Hottest and Coolest

Cellphones with hard drives, networked CD players, devices that wirelessly stream music around the house, stereo Bluetooth headsets – we consider the hottest hardware and software around for playing music.

• Sharon Graves, PhatNoise, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
• Mieko Kusano, Sonos, Direct of Product Management

• Robb McDaniels, INGrooves, Chief Executive Officer

• Lane Burns, Oakley, Program Manager, Razrwire/Thump
• Ben Feinman, MobiTV, Director, Product Management
• Moderator: Kurt Hanson, RAIN: Radio and Internet Newsletter, Publisher

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Columbus Ballroom

4:20-5:20

Music @ Home

The state-of-the-art and challenges to wiring (and unwiring) a networked music solution in the home. How do networked audio devices fit into the home entertainment ecosystem, which may include PCs, A/V and DVD receivers, CD players, DVD players, portable MP3 players among other devices, and what do they bring to the party?

• Colleen Andersen, MSN/Microsoft Corp., Senior Business Development Group Manager

• Tim Bratton, RealNetworks, Inc., General Manager, Music and Wireless Delivery

• Bob Wolff, Digital 5, Inc., Director, Technology

• Jeremy Rosenberg, MusicChoice, Senior Vice President
• Joe Lynam, PaymentOne, Chief Executive Officer
• Moderator: Susan Kevorkian, IDC, Senior Research Analyst, Consumer Markets

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Balboa Ballroom

5:30-6:30

Rolling Your Own

A growing number of artists and micro-labels are seeking to bypass Hollywood entirely. We explore how they're doing and their unconventional marketing tactics.

• Tim Mitchell, Independent Online Distribution Alliance, Vice President, Business and Product Development
• Steve Hartford, Reboot Music, President
• Tony McCall, M-Audio, Director, Consumer Division
• Martin Luther, Recording Artist
• Moderator: Ben Bajarin, Creative Strategies, Analyst

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Columbus Ballroom

5:30-6:30

Reinventing Radio

Satellite, streaming, Internet radio, podcasting, visual radio -- plain vanilla FM radio broadcasting is no longer a workable business model. A look at radio's cutting edge and near future.

• Evan Harrison, Clear Channel Online Music & Radio, Executive Vice President
• David Porter, Live365, Director, Business Development
• J. Scott Hamilton, VoodooVox, President and Chief Executive Officer
• Jack Isquith, America Online Inc., Executive Director, Music Industry Relations, AOL Music and the AOL Radio Network
• Daren Tsui, MSpot, Founder and Chief Executive Officer
• Sunjay Guleria, 411-SONG, Chief Executive Officer
• Moderator: Brida Connolly, Radio & Records Newspaper, Technology Editor and Associate Managing Editor

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Magellan Ballroom

6:30-7:30

Networking Reception and Product Showcase sponsored by INgrooves

Join us for acoustic evening with Martin Luther of The Roots

Independent artist Martin Luther is a composer, musician and producer for The Roots, a pioneering hip-hop band. Martin plays rhythm guitar and does the lead vocals for The Roots. Under his own name, his current sophomore release is Rebel Soul Music http://www.rebelsoulmusic.com

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Drake Ballroom

7:30-9:00

Dealmakers Dinner

for Deluxe Ticket Holders

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Day II

August 10, 2005

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Columbus Ballroom

8:30-9:30 Networking Breakfast

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Columbus Ballroom

9:30-10:15

Keynote

Copyright and Innovation in the Post-Grokster World
What will the Supreme Court's MGM v. Grokster mean for the digital music industry? We still have iPods, file sharing, authorized music services, copy protection, and lots of music fans eager to enjoy all of them. This keynote will explore how legal developments will influence the mix.

• Fred von Lohmann, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Senior Intellectual Property Attorney

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Columbus Ballroom

10:15-11:10

Mobile Music Outlook

Sprint offers Music Choice and streaming music. European carriers offer full-track downloads. Will consumers buy those models when they can simply synch their MP3-player-equipped phones with their computers?

• Jonas Gerber, Moderati Inc., Vice President, Business Development
• Bill Valenti, Melodeo, President

• Andreas Weigend, MusicStrands, Chief Strategist

• Daniel House, GoTV Networks, Director, Marketing
• Moderator: Michael Stroud, iHollywood Forum, Founder

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Columbus Ballroom

11:10-11:40

Keynote: Can Digital Save the Music Industry?

• David Card, Jupiter Research, Senior Analyst and Vice President

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Magellan Foyer
11:40-12:00

Networking Break and Product Showcase

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Balboa Ballroom

12:00 - 12:50

DRM That Works

The ideal digital rights management strategy for music combines maximum usability with maximum security. How close are we to that ideal?

• John Beezer, Shared Media Licensing, Inc., President
• Bruce Gitlin, ContentGuard, Interim Co-CEO
• George Borkowski, Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp, LLP, Partner
• Dave Jaworski, PassAlong Networks, Founder and Chief Executive Officer
• Moderator: Mike McGuire, GartnerG2, Research Director

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Columbus Ballroom

12:00-12:50

Download on Downloads

With profit margins thin or non-existent, how can digital music retailers make a buck? A panel of experts considers the problems and opportunities.

• Linda Young, Loudeye, Executive Vice President, Global Strategies

• Morgan Harris, Audio Lunchbox, Co-Founder and President

• Scott Cohen, The Orchard, Founder and Vice President International
• Eric Garland, BigChampagne, Chief Executive Officer
• Moderator: Jason Lopez, National Public Radio and NewsFactor.com, Freelance Journalist

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Balboa Ballroom

12:50-2:50

Networking Lunch followed by Focus Group Discussion

• Moderator: Eric Garland, BigChampagne, Chief Executive Officer

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Columbus Ballroom

3:00-3:45

Roadmap for the Future: Analyst Views of Market Trends and Predictions with Audience Participation

• Mike McGuire, GartnerG2, Research Director
• Ben Bajarin, Creative Strategies, Analyst
• Susan Kevorkian, IDC, Senior Research Analyst, Consumer Markets
• Eric Garland, BigChampagne, Chief Executive Officer

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Foyer

3:45-4:30

Closing Reception

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