Kevin Arnold

IODA

Founder and CEO
Kevin Arnold founded IODA in 2003 with the goal of empowering the independent content community. Since then, his digital distribution and marketing company has grown to include more than 700,000 tracks and videos from over 3,000 independent labels and producers worldwide. Prior to founding IODA, Arnold guided the development of Listen.com's back-end data and royalty systems that power RealNetworks Rhapsody music service. He also co-produces Noise Pop, San Francisco's seminal indie rock music festival, a week-long, annual event he created in 1993.

Amanda Berman

EMI Music Publishing

New Media Manager, Creative
Amanda Berman was appointed Creative/New Media Manager of EMI Music Publishing in February of 2006.  Before coming to EMI Amanda started interning at Warner Bros. Records in 2001, and was later appointed to A&R Coordinator in February of 2003.   In August of 2006 Amanda signed Young Love to the EMI Roster. Young Love frontman, Dan Keyes, was sought after by Jay-Z and soon after signed to Island Def Jam. Young Love will be releasing their first album Too Young to Fight It Jan. 30 th , 2007.

Jasper Borgman

The Plan Nine Rock Show

Host and Producer
Jasper Borgman - Host and Producer of The Plan Nine Rock Show, Founder of Rebels on Fire. Michigan resident and Detroit music aficionado, noticed a demand for better rock on the podcast airwaves and supplied it with enthusiasm. The Plan Nine Rock Show is a refreshing mix of punk and punk influenced rock and roll. Nominated for The People's Choice Awards' Best Podsafe Music Podcast in 2006.

Tim Bourquin

TNC New Media, Inc.

Founder and CEO 
Tim Bourquin is Founder and CEO of TNC New Media, Inc., an online media company that has developed, launched and grown several advertising-supported podcasting sites. Among the portfolio is EndurancePlanet.com, for triathletes, marathon runners and adventure racers, SmallBusinessPodcast.com with content for entrepreneurs and TraderInterviews.com, a podcast site for online investors. Under Tim's leadership, TNC New Media has also used podcasting and other forms of new media as a promotional tool for everything from corporate events and tradeshows to product launches. Tim started his streaming media company while a police officer with the Los Angeles Police Department. It quickly grew to the point where he needed to make a choice - promote to Detective with the LAPD or become an entrepreneur. He chose the latter and has never looked back.

Scott Boyd

AOL ® Music, the AOL ® Radio Network and Spinner.com

Director of Music Industry Relations
Scott Boyd is a Director of Music Industry Relations for AOL® Music, the AOL® Radio Network and Spinner.com. Mr. Boyd is responsible for developing and managing music programming and production for aolmusic.com, the AOL Music and Radio Networks and Spinner.com. He also oversees programming for AOL Music On Demand, the #1 free video on demand service on Time Warner Cable, and manages AOL Music’s relationship with Apple iTunes. Prior to joining AOL, Mr. Boyd served as an A&R representative for Time Bomb Recordings, and was a manager at Rebel Waltz Management, working with artists including No Doubt, Social Distortion, Chris Cornel and The Offspring. Mr. Boyd graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology from the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Lincoln Brown

Entertainment Media Works

President and Co-founder
Brown's experience in creating and founding successful ventures spans nearly a decade. While attending Wharton School of Business, Brown was the Co-managing Partner of Hartley Brown Venture Partners, an investment fund with annual returns exceeding 40%.  Additionally, HBVP made several seed investments in successful technology companies, most notably providing the initial seed capital for Coremetrics, the online analytics leader in CRM management. Lincoln was also responsible for founding BestHomes Holdings where he was the Vice-Chairman of BestHomes Holdings, an international leader in providing affordable housing solutions in developing countries.  BHS currently has offices in New York and the Ukraine. Brown is also active in helping to provide support in the Republic of Haiti.  He is an avid supporter of the Northwest Haiti Christian Mission ( www.nwhcm.org ). Brown also spent time working at the White House for the National Economic Council and at Bear Stearns working in the Mortgage Backed Securities Group.

Brady O. Bruce

Promptu

Senior Vice President of Telecom Products and Services
Brady O. Bruce leads Promptu's business activities serving mobile carriers, with overall responsibility for business development, product management, sales and marketing. Bruce's career spans more than 20 years in telecommunications, broadband, and consumer technology. Prior to Promptu, Bruce served as vice president of sales and support at PRISMIQ, Inc., a leader in digital media hubs and consumer electronics. Bruce helped to establish the PRISMIQ MediaPlayer as the industry's top-selling product, and to garner top awards such as Product of the Year from PC Magazine and other publications. Prior to joining PRISMIQ, Bruce served as senior vice president of marketing and business development for NightFire Software, a maker of service management and network provisioning applications for communication service providers, expanding the company's business into Europe and Asia. Before NightFire, Bruce served as vice president of marketing at Radius (and its successor Digital Origin), the renowned maker of digital media products, where he led a complete rebranding, created new retail products, and expanded international distribution. Bruce was also successful as an entrepreneur, co-founding Fatbubble, Inc., a pioneering social networking and peer-to-peer marketing firm, and the not-for-profit Texas Telemedicine Project. He also served in senior sales and marketing management positions at VTEL Corporation, a leading video-conferencing technology company. Before entering the private sector, Bruce was an instructor and senior lecturer in economics at the University of Texas at Austin, Texas State University, and Austin Community College. Bruce earned his B.A. and M.A. degrees in economics from the University of Texas at Austin , where he also completed his doctoral coursework in international monetary economics.

Ken Bunt

Hollywood Records

Senior Vice President, Marketing
Ken is one of the first heads of "new media" to make the transition to oversee marketing at a major label. Ken originally joined Hollywood Records and the Buena Vista Music Group in 1998, helping to lead the company's digital strategy. Ken was tapped as the Sr. VP of Marketing in 2005 where he has worked with such successful acts as Breaking Benjamin, Hilary Duff, Jesse McCartney, Aly & AJ, Sparta , and Vanessa Hudgens. Ken began his career at Rick Rubin's Def American Recordings.

Atakan Cetinsoy

MyStrands

VP, Business Products
Atakan has more than 10 years of customer and product marketing experience with some of the most admired global brands in the computer hardware and software, and Internet/e-Commerce industries. Most recently Atakan served 5 years with Apple Computer, where he led the effort to model customer value as driven by the adoption of digital media services offered through the market leading iTunes Music Store platform covering both desktop and mobile use cases. His ability to recognize emerging consumer trends in this fast growing segment of the media market led to the first fully personalized application of music recommendations on the iTunes platform serving millions of users in 21 countries. Prior to iTunes Music Store, Atakan spent 3 years developing the global enterprise marketing infrastructure and processes for Apple's US$1 billion plus online direct sales channel. Atakan holds a B.S. degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Bogazici University in Istanbul and an M.B.A. from The University of Georgia as a fully sponsored Internation Student scholar of the Terry College of Business.

Gary Churgin

Harry Fox

President and CEO
Gary L. Churgin was appointed the President and CEO of the Harry Fox Agency, Inc. (HFA) in January 2001. His main focus has been to transition the 80-year-old company to take advantage of new technologies and business practices to provide the best quality music licensing services to its affiliate publishers and music distribution clients in the changing music marketplace. Since Churgin joined the company, HFA has expanded its offerings, adding licensing for online subscription services, lyrics, ringtones, digital background music, Express Live, and more to its primary business of mechanical licensing. HFA's critical role in the digital music arena was recognized by the music industry trade magazine Billboard in their 2006 "Digital Music Power Players" list - HFA was the only publishing-related entity to be included. Over the past several years, through a collaborative effort with publishers and licensees, HFA has transformed its technology systems and business processes, adding new online applications for publishers and licensees through a new registered user area of www.harryfox.com. Along with his senior management team, Churgin has led the drive to create organic, ground-up change in the organization, making it more client-focused, improving the interaction and communication with HFA's over 30,000 publishers and tens of thousands of licensees, to better accommodate the needs of everyone from small, home-based businesses to multi-national corporations.

Richard Conlon

BMI

Vice President, New Media and Strategic Development
Richard Conlon heads up BMI's New Media and Strategic Development Group. The team manages the development of revenue streams for BMI in the digital world across all new media applications. The group spearheads analysis, planning and strategic development for BMI's future directions in the media and entertainment worlds. Conlon is responsible for managing BMI's digital interests in the U.S. and around the world. Under his direction, BMI's New Media group has created agreements for a wide variety of leading digital media properties including Yahoo, MSN, AOL, MP3.com, Napster, Rhapsody and others. In addition, the team has negotiated royalty agreements with leading mobile entertainment providers ranging from carriers to aggregators for ringtones and other entertainment and information services delivered to cell phones. Conlon's team also created the first music industry online licensing utility, the Digital Licensing Center , offering totally electronic click-through copyright licensing agreements

Matt Crowley

Palm, Inc.

Senior Product Manager, Multimedia
Matt is responsible for the multimedia strategy for all Palm products. This includes camera, photo-sharing, music and video experiences on Palm's Treo smartphones, Palm handhelds and Palm mobile managers. Previously, Matt served as senior product marketing manager at Philips Consumer Electronics. He managed the industry's first wireless (802.11) FlatTV with Internet streaming content and ubiquitous access to personal photos, music, and video media within and away from the home.

Bruce Davis

Digimarc

CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors

Gonzalo De la Vega

Musiwave

Vice President
Gonzalo has been with Musiwave since the first days, and responsible for all sales operations in North America as well as overseeing Musiwave growth and development into new territories. Until recently, he was responsible for all sales operations in Europe, Middle East and Africa . Before that, he was head of Musiwave Spain and Portugal in charge of creating and developing our local affiliates. Prior to joining Musiwave, Gonzalo was Director of New Media and e-Marketing for Sony Music, Spain, where he acquired his knowledge of the digital music business, working closely with Telcos, ISPs and Media groups in the development of digital music services like live webcasts, music downloads and artist marketing in Spain where he has also cofounded a number of successful companies. Gonzalo holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Kent.

DJ Warrior

Hiphopwest.com

Co-Founder
DJ WARRIOR is considered the West Coast's most influential, hip-hop DJ. Ten years ago, he began his career deejaying at house parties and clubs.  He is now internationally known as the official mixtape DJ for some of hip-hop's most popular artists including, The Game, Talib Kweili, Dog Pound with Daz and Kurupt, Lil' Eazy E, DJ Muggs (Cypress Hill), Angeles Records and Blackground/Universal Records.  DJ Warrior has released more than 100 mixtape CDs, and has become a household name among celebrities as one of the top DJs in the game.  DJ Warrior is currently working on his inaugural, full-length album under, Legendary DJ/Producer, DJ Muggs (Cypress Hill/Soul Assasins) entitled, Cali Untouchable Radio.  The anticipated album is due for release in Summer 2007.  The Cali Untouchable Radio Show is currently on Sirius Radio: Hip Hop Nation-channel 40, with a listening audience over 1.7 million strong every week.  DJ Warrior has won multiple honors including, but not limited to, Best West Coast Mixtape DJ at Justo's Mixtape Awards, Top Ten Mixtape DJ from Rolling Stone, and MTV's Top 10 Most Influential DJs.  He has been featured in countless mediums including VIBE, XXL, LA Times, The Jay Leno Show and MTV.

Dr. Matthew Dunn

MusicIP

CEO and President
Dr. Matthew Dunn, CEO and President of MusicIP, brings a diverse and distinguished background to the company.  His background in technology includes nine years at Microsoft Corporation in a wide range of technical and business roles, four years as Senior Vice President and CIO for Intrawest Corporation, and founding board member and Executive Director of Hotel Technology-Next Generation. He holds a PhD in Digital Media from the University of Washington , a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Texas , and a Bachelor of Arts from Colorado State University .  He has published numerous papers and articles, holds 8 US Patents in a range of fields, and is a frequent speaker on technology and social trends.

Jan Eglen

Digonex

CEO
Jan Alan Eglen, Ph.D., is CEO and co founder of Digonex Technologies, Inc. Along with the DTI team he has helped develop the patented dynamic pricing platform that is being adapted by leading DSP's as a pricing methodology for music and other digital media. Jan has participated as a speaker and has been on several panels the last few years at iHollywood and Digital Media Forums. He is the author of "A Fogging of Basic Values - a behavioral analysis of online downloading" published in September, 2004. Dr. Eglen attended Indiana State University and graduated with an A.B. degree in Pre-Medicine, M.S. in Psychology, M.S. in Life Sciences, and a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology. He completed an APA Approved Internship at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Danville, Illinois and continues to hold a license as a Health Service Professional Provider (Psychologist)*in Indiana.

Fernando Espuelas

Voy Music

Founder and CEO
Fernando Espuelas is a recognized advocate of empowering and connecting Latinos throughout the world. As the Founder and CEO of VOY, Espuelas has created a culturally relevant community that entertains and empowers today's new generation of Latinos and those discovering Latin culture. VOY, a digital media company, has established a unique content-creation, discovery and distribution platform that is rapidly becoming the place to find, share and enjoy the best of Latin entertainment and culture. Espuelas previously founded and was Chairman and CEO of StarMedia Network, a pioneering multi-platform media company for Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking audiences worldwide. At StarMedia, he built the first online network to transcend national barriers, becoming the most recognized and first pan-Latin new media brand in Latin America and the United States , eventually serving 25 million people worldwide. Initially using only his personal credit card to start the company, Espuelas went on to raise $500 million dollars for StarMedia in a combination of private and public offerings, including raising the first dollar of venture funding and the first IPO for a Latin Internet company. StarMedia's market capitalization reached $3.8 billion dollars.

Jay Faires

Lionsgate

President, Music and Publishing
In his first year heading up Lionsgate music, Faires brought new music to film & tv from John Legend, Elvis Costello, Anthony Hamilton, Death Cab, Snoop and Regina Spektor among others.  Cementing new foreign collection deals with Fintage House, a soundtrack deal with RED and digital deal with The Orchard, he's doubled LG's NPS this year with continued growth for 2007.  Prior to Lionsgate, Faires had Mammoth Records, airing 150 records, taking bands to gold and platinum as he sold 100 million in recorded music.  He sold Mammoth for 64 times its initial investment.  Faires currently serves on the board of the AIMP.

Scott Fedewa

Live Nation

Executive Vice President and Executive Producer
Scott Fedewa is Executive Vice President and Executive Producer for Live Nation, the world's largest concert promoter/venue operator. Scott runs the company's Digital Products group, where he is responsible for creative development, strategy, design, and front-end production of the company's web sites, including LiveNation.com and HOB.com, as well as other new media initiatives and products. A pioneer in interactive entertainment, Scott has been building innovative online entertainment businesses since 1995. He founded the pioneering online music community, Musicosm.com, worked with a variety of venture capital-backed dot-coms during the boom, and helped build interactive businesses for top television clients including Bill O'Reilly, Larry King, Glenn Beck, and DIC's Trollz.com. He is also a former investment banker and record label executive. Scott's book on e-commerce entrepreneurship, "Internet Riches", was recently published by the American Management Association. He also wrote the first scholarly legal article predicting the impact of the Internet on the music business in 1994. Scott is a member of both the Recording Academy and the Television Academy , where he serves as a Judge for the Emmy Awards in Interactive Television. He received his B.A. from the University of Michigan and his J.D. from Stanford Law School.

Mark Fleming

GlobalCollect

Business Development Manager, Digital Downloads and

Content
Mark has held various marketing and Business Development positions with some of the top names in electronics, network infrastructure and international e-Commerce. Mark’s business experience with previous positions and current position with GlobalCollect have provided him with a solid knowledge base of global e-Commerce and payment cultures throughout the world.

Bob French

Mix & Burn

President
As President of Mix & Burn, Bob is helping retailers nationwide put the digital music market in brick-and-mortar stores using an innovative kiosk that allows consumers to mix and burn music CDs and download digital songs on demand. Mix & Burn pioneered the music-on-demand industry by being the first to offer the complete digital catalogs of all major record labels in retail stores for CD burning. Now, Mix & Burn is pioneering the next generation of media-on-demand kiosks by offering direct downloads of major-label music to portable players. Bob has led several technology start-ups over the past 15 years and has a substantial e-commerce Web catalog and direct marketing background.

Albhy Galuten

Sony Corporation of America

Vice President, Digital Media Technology Strategy
Albhy is a Grammy award-winning record producer, songwriter and arranger. He joined SCA in March 2005, and is responsible for the Media Technology Group. The Media Technology Group assists with technology strategy and due diligence, research & development, relationships with the content industry and the development of standards. Before coming to Sony, Mr. Galuten was Senior Vice President, Advanced Technology, Universal Music Group. Under Mr. Galuten, eLabs and Universal's Advanced Technology group provided: strategic advice to senior management in the technology space, performed technical due diligence of software, hardware and business systems, invented technology and filed patents. The group also managed standards participation, negotiated technology licenses and provided technical support for lobbying efforts and trade organizations.

Eric Garland

Big Champagne

CEO
Eric is recognized as one of the industry's leading authorities on the global file sharing phenomenon. His report to the California State Senate was the basis of the Associated Press story "Analyst: Internet file-sharing bigger than record business." Most recently, Mr. Garland contributed data and analysis to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development flagship publication "IT Outlook 2004" and Forrester's research report "From Discs to Downloads." His commentary appears in the media frequently, and his remarks can be found often in the pages of The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and USA Today.

Reid Genauer

eMusic

Director of Brand Marketing
As Director of Brand Marketing for eMusic, Reid Genauer brings a unique combination of experience as a brand manager and professional musician to his role. Genauer oversaw the recent re-positioning of the eMusic brand as the #1 Site For Independent Music via a 10-week campaign including national cable television and print advertising, wild posting and grass roots marketing efforts. His duties include managing eMusic's advertising agency, strategic and creative development, and media placement. Prior to joining eMusic, Genauer worked as a Brand Manager at Snapple and Timberland. He has also been a professional musician for over a decade. Genauer started his career in the music industry as lead singer and songwriter for the popular cult band Strangefolk and currently fronts Assembly of Dust, with whom he recently performed at Carnegie Hall. He holds an MBA from Cornell's Johnson Graduate School of Management.

Michael W. Geoghegan

GigaVox Media

Co-Founder and CEO
Michael W. Geoghegan is co-founder and CEO of GigaVox Media, a company that develops and produces exclusive technology-related audio content, which includes the IT Conversations Network. Michael also founded Willnick Productions, creator of some of the first corporate podcasts, including the official podcast of the Disneyland Resort. Michael's other podcasting endeavors include Reel Reviews: Films Worth Watching, Grape Radio, and PrivaCast, an enterprise-level solution for secure RSS currently used by Duke University . He is also co-author of "Podcast Solutions: The Complete Guide to Podcasting." Michael speaks frequently on podcasting's impact on new media and its corporate applications and is often quoted by the media including in The New York Times, USA Today, CNN and Wired Magazine.

Eric German

Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp, LLP

Partner

Jay Gilbert

Universal Music

Vice President, Media and Online Marketing
Jay Gilbert , Vice President of New Media and Online Marketing for Universal Music Enterprises [UMe], is responsible for actively seeking out, evaluating and executing business opportunities for UMe in the New Media field as well as coordinating and executing online marketing plans. Gilbert is instrumental in making Universal's vast catalog available and marketed online. A well-respected leader in both the music and new media fields, Gilbert serves as both a representative and key decision maker for UMe 's new media efforts. Gilbert launched UMe Digital , a revolutionary new label available exclusively via commercial download services. Gilbert has worked for Universal for 17 years, most recently the Senior Director of Affiliate Development for Universal's business development group, eLabs and Senior Director of Logistics for Universal Music Logistics [UML]. Prior to that, he was Senior Director of Sales for Universal Music & Video Distribution [UMVD].

Dave Goldberg

Yahoo! Inc.

Vice President & General Manager , Music
Dave Goldberg joined Yahoo! in August 2001 with the company's acquisition of LAUNCH Media, Inc. Before joining the Yahoo! team, Goldberg was the co-founder and chief executive officer of LAUNCH Media, Inc. In his role at Yahoo!, he is responsible for the growth and continued development of Yahoo! Music as a compelling, global music destination for consumers, marketers and record labels. Under his leadership, has lead the transition of LAUNCH to Yahoo! Music to become the web's #1 music site, giving consumers the ability to watch, listen to and control their digital music experience directly on Yahoo!. He has also helped forged unique relationships with Yahoo! Music and major brands such as Pepsi, Saturn and the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences.

Fred Goldring  

Goldring Hertz & Lichtenstein, LLP

Senior Partner
Fred Goldring is a Senior Partner in the Beverly Hills entertainment law firm, Goldring, Hertz & Lichtenstein, LLP which he co-founded with Ken Hertz in 1989. The firm's clients include superstars such as Will Smith, Beyoncé Knowles, Gwen Stefani, Herbie Hancock, The Black Eyed Peas, will.i.am and Guns 'N Roses, among others. He is a member of the New York and California bars, received his AB degree from Duke University and his JD degree cum laude from the University of Miami School of Law where he founded The Entertainment and Sports Law Society. Fred is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Rock The Vote, is an Executive Committee Member of The Recording Academy Entertainment Law Initiative and is Co-Founder of the Racquet Rumble, the annual charity tennis tournament benefiting the Bogart Pediatric Cancer Research Program. Fred is also a co-founder, along with partners, Ken Hertz and Seth Lichtenstein, of Membrain, a strategic marketing consulting firm whose clients include Hasbro, McDonald's Corp., Miller Brewing Company, and Hallmark, as well as on-line media market research firm, Big Champagne, of which they are also founders. Fred is a frequent lecturer, panelist and commentator on music industry issues. As an adjunct professor, he and his partner, Ken Hertz, have taught a graduate course at UCLA's Anderson School of Management on "Management Issues in The Music Industry." In December 2002, Fred and Ken received the "Bill of Rights" Award from the ACLU for their extraordinary commitment to social justice.

Aaron Grosky

Control Room

Executive Vice President, Music Programming and   

Production
Aaron plays an integral role in developing and executing Control Room's long-term music programming strategy, spearheading all music content acquisitions and serving as primary liaison with artist management and talent relations. Most recently, he served as the head of Artist & Label Relations and Programming for Virgin Digital, where he helped define a programming voice, secured artist and label relationships, and implemented systems for the digital music service. As Head of Music for iFUSE, he was responsible for the creation of the record label and music sites, for which he managed A&R, business development, and marketing efforts. Prior to, Aaron founded Shift, Inc, a media encoding and entertainment networking services company, and held senior positions at RioPort where he oversaw client acquisitions, and Almo Sounds where he managed digital initiatives. Grosky began his career as a regional sales and marketing Rep for Geffen Records in Boston.

Tricia Halloran

HUM Music

Director of A&R and Host of "Brave New World" KCRW
Tricia Halloran, radio personality, D.J. and host of "Brave New World" on public radio station 89.9 KCRW/ Santa Monica , joined HUM as Creative Director in June, 2002. The Santa Monica-based shop was founded in 1996 by owner/composer Jeff Koz.  Halloran serves HUM's advertising agency clients by bringing in emerging recording artists and established stars to create original music for commercials. The company also researches, remixes or licenses existing recorded material, matching the right track with the right spot. As Director of A&R, Halloran oversees all music research and projects involving recording artists and bands. Koz described Halloran as being "amazingly well connected with all kinds of talent, signed and unsigned. She knows how to work with them; she knows how to read a client's needs; she has tremendous project management experience." Since joining HUM, Halloran has worked with some of the top advertising agencies in the industry, including Saatchi Pacific, Rubin-Postaer, Goodby Silverstein & Partners, and TBWA Chiat Day.

Howard Handler

Virgin Mobile USA

Chief Marketing Officer
Howard joined Virgin Mobile in January 2003, leading overall company strategy, business development, key alliances, branding and publicity. In three years time, Howard and his team have built the first US mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) and youth dedicated service with 4 million subscribers, a trendsetting brand, robust national distribution, industry leading customer satisfaction and retention rates, and revenues over $1 Billion. Howard brings 20 years of experience as a recognized brand builder and marketing leader across a range of world class brands, including The National Football League, MTV: Music Television, Saturday Night Live and The Quaker Oats Company. Before Virgin Mobile, Howard served as president and chief executive officer of Burly Bear Network, a start-up cable network and youth marketing company, where he more than tripled revenues in two years before selling the business to National Lampoon. Before this, Howard was head of marketing and fan development for The National Football League where he led the creation of the league's first imaging campaign, "Feel The Power," and developed the NFL's integrated youth initiative, "Play Football." Earlier, Howard served as head of marketing for MTV: Music Television where he played a central role in the launch of "Beavis & Butt-head", "The Jon Stewart Show," "The Real World," and the Emmy & Peabody Award-winning "Choose or Lose" voter awareness campaign. Prior to MTV, Howard was vice president of marketing for Broadway Video Entertainment, producers of "Saturday Night Live." He launched his career in brand management at The Quaker Oats Company in Chicago . Originally from Detroit , Howard holds a bachelor's degree and an M.B.A. from the University of Michigan.

Gregory W. Harper

Trans World Entertainment

Senior Strategic Advisor

Jim Hollingsworth

Gracenote

Senior Vice President of Sales & Marketing
Bringing over 25 years of experience in the consumer electronics industry, Hollingsworth leads Gracenote's global marketing throughout the Americas , Asia and Europe. Joining Gracenote in 2004, Hollingsworth was previously President of ReplayTV a subsidiary of Denon and Marantz Holdings. Prior to D&M's acquisition of ReplayTV, Hollingsworth was Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Marketing, where he oversaw four major product lines (RIO Digital Audio, GoVideo, ReplayTV and Diamond Multimedia). Previously, Hollingsworth was Vice President of Marketing, Computer Products at Sony Corp., and was integral in the launch of the VAIO line of PCs and Peripherals. Prior to that, he spent two years at StarSight Telecast (now Gemstar, Inc.), where he was responsible for licensing StarSight's technologies to the consumer electronics industry. He began his career with nine years at Sony Consumer Electronics and an additional three years at Panasonic, where he held roles in sales and marketing. Hollingsworth has extensive experience in speaking at high profile industry events, including the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Comdex and Electronic Home Expo; and also appeared on CBS Marketwatch, Bloomberg TV, CNN and Tech TV.

Jef Holove

Logitech

Vice President of Product Marketing, Audio Business
Jef Holove, a marketer in the technology industry for more than 15 years, is the vice president of product marketing for Logitech's audio product lines. After leading the efforts to extend Logitech's brand in PC and console gaming, Mr. Holove now oversees Logitech's entire audio business, including mobile phone accessories, PC and notebook speakers, iPod and MP3 speakers and headphones, and the new line of products for wireless streaming of digital music. For the past nine years, Mr. Holove has focused exclusively on the personal peripherals market, first with Labtec and then with Logitech after the merger of the two companies. He spent several years managing marketing and communications for all of Logitech's product lines in both the Americas and European regions. Prior to his work at Logitech, Mr. Holove worked at Hewlett-Packard where he was part of the launch team for the HP Pavilion home PC and for a marketing agency serving clients including Nintendo of America, Toshiba and HP.

Michael Horne

Virtual Venues Network

CEO and Co-Founder
As CEO and co-founder of the Virtual Venues Network and ClubLync Inc., Michael is turning heads in the digital concert space, delivering high- def simulcasts, life-size onto nightclub stages and college campuses everywhere. The Virtual Venues Network provides new revenue and market penetration directly to artists, labels and all intellectual property holders.Michael brings thirty years of hands-on music industry experience to this latest endeavor.As a concert promoter and nightclub owner, Michael has presented over three thousand artists in multiple venues and markets. Prior to concert promotion, Michael owned record shops in the 80's, ran an indie label in the 90's and produced the award winning documentary "Calypso Dreams" last year.

Dave Jaworski

PassAlong Networks

Founder and CEO
As founder and CEO of PassAlong Networks, Dave Jaworski is responsible for ensuring the company offers the best possible experience to the consumer and the richest media platform to its business customers. This involves setting the technical and strategic vision for the company while leading the day-to-day operations. Jaworski spent the last 20 years in various management positions for technology companies ranging from start-ups to multibillion-dollar corporations. Early in his career, Jaworski put his computer science degree to good use at a pre-public Microsoft where he spent eight years, receiving the first Bill Gates Chairman's Award for Excellence. At Microsoft, Jaworski was responsible for 80 percent of the U.S. retail sales budget as well as heading up U.S. sales operations and Microsoft University. He also ran technical teams, including all U.S. systems engineer training and development, and developed international experience while running national sales at Microsoft Canada.

Mike Johns

UrbanWorld Wireless

CEO
Mike Johns is the founder and CEO of UrbanWorld Wireless, the Los Angeles based company that bridges wireless technology and hip-hop culture. UrbanWorld is a vision Johns had early in his career while working as Marketing Director for Rap Page Magazine . In 2001, he turned his dream into the business whose name has become a worldwide industry leader -- and earned praise from executives at ABC Radio, Capitol Records, Vibe Magazine , and an endless list of clients. Mr. Johns holds degrees in sociology and marketing from Western Illinois University and the University of Nevada , Las Vegas . Prior to branching out and building his own powerhouse wireless company, he has also worked in account management and marketing at several Fortune 500 companies.

David Katznelson

SpotDJ

Music Director
David has an extensive and varied background in the music industry that has lasted for over 20 years, including 10+ years at Warner Brothers records where he was a VP and signed bands like the Flaming Lips. He now runs his own record label (Birdman Records), and because of his insight into the future of music (or Music 2.0, as you call it), he also serves on the board and consults with leading edge digital music companies like IODA (a conference participant) and GoodStorm, as well as serving as SpotDJ's Music Director."

Larry Kenswil

Universal Music Group eLabs

President
Larry Kenswil is President of Universal eLabs, a division of Vivendi's Universal Music Group. eLabs is dedicated to developing global business and new technology strategies to expand the role of music in consumers' lives. eLabs develops and implements new digital music distribution and programming initiatives across all emerging technology and convergence platforms, including Internet, mobile, home network, and set-top box systems. Mr. Kenswil has headed eLabs from its founding in January 1999. Previously, he was UMG's Executive Vice President, Business and Legal Affairs. Mr. Kenswil sits on the Board of Directors of the Recording Industry Association of America and, previously, the Board of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. He is active in government affairs on behalf of the music industry, having testified before both congressional and administration committees. Mr. Kenswil holds a B.A., Cornell University , an M.S., Boston University , and a J.D.

Jonathan Kehl

Peermusic

Vice President, Business Development

Jonathan is Vice President of Business Development for peermusic publishing.In addition to being responsible for the company's song catalog acquisition efforts, he is Co-chair of peermusic's Online Licensing department, which negotiates and manages the company's worldwide new media, mobile and Internet entertainment licenses. Jonathan also oversees peermusic's global Internet operations, including digitalpressure.com, peermusic's digital music aggregation and Internet marketing division. Prior to peermusic, Jonathan was Vice-President of sales for Public Affairs Technologies, acquired by Vocus Inc. (VOCS), and before this as a music supervisor at Cinema Music Group, where he was part of the team that produced the soundtracks to movies such as Die Hard III, Judge Dredd and StreetFighter. Jonathan holds a Bachelor's degree from Dartmouth College and a Masters of Business Administration from University of Southern California's Marshall School of Business. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife Sarah and identical twin boys, Nicholas and Robinson.

Mark Kirstein

iSuppli

Vice President, Multimedia Content and Services
Mark Kirstein is Vice President, Multimedia Content and Services for iSuppli. He is responsible for the production of research following digital audio and video delivered over wireless and wired broadband networks. Mark has worked with numerous technology firms in consulting and advisory roles, contributing to their decision-making process and their success. Previously, Mark was Vice President and General Manager of In-Stat, a market research firm following advanced communications and semiconductors. In this role, he managed business strategy, sales, operations, and business development in Asia . In addition, Mark managed the analyst team in the research, analysis and creation of several hundred research reports, annually. In prior roles, Mark was Director and Principal A nalyst for Multimedia research. Mark is widely regarded as an authority on broadband, consumer electronics, and semiconductors. In early 2000, Mark authored a ground-breaking whitepaper, entitled "Entering the Broadband Era". This research predicted the dramatic impact of broadband and the resulting opportunities and consequences in the content/media & consumer electronics industries. His insights foresaw many of the developments that have since become reality.

Matt Kleinschmitt

Ipsos Insight

Vice President
Matt is a Vice President with Ipsos Insight, one of the fastest growing full service research firms in North America, and a part of the global Ipsos Group of research companies.   Mr. Kleinschmit specializes in managing custom consultative research partnerships with leaders in the Digital Music and Entertainment sectors, including the methodological design, execution, and analysis of quantitative primary consumer research initiatives.  Over the course of his research career, Matt has gained a reputation for designing and implementing unique hybrid methodological approaches that best meet the market research objectives of his clients, as well as employing cutting edge advanced statistical techniques to better understand the data collected.   In addition, Mr. Kleinschmit has the unique perspective of having designed and developed the groundbreaking quantitative research initiative “TEMPO:  Keeping Pace with Digital Music Behaviors”, which has measured and tracked global consumer digital music behavior since 1999, with sponsors from the retail, consumer electronics, computer hardware and music recording industries. A frequent writer and commentator on developments involving digital music and youth behaviors, Matt is able to speak about both consumer and industry trends from the perspective of the primary data he has collected and analyzed throughout his research career.

Gary Krantz

Westwood One, Inc.

Chief Digital Media Officer
Currently overseeing all digital initiatives for the largest content provider/radio network in the United States . In his current role Krantz is responsible for content, strategic partnerships and acquisitions, distribution, licensing, and advertising sales for the company. Westwood One , the country's leading provider of audio content and programming, provides over 150 news, sports, music, talk, entertainment programs, features and live events. Through its subsidiaries, Metro Networks/Shadow Broadcast Services, Westwood One provides local content to the radio and TV industries including news, sports, weather, traffic, video news services and other information, reaching over 190 Million listeners per week. SmartRoute Systems manages traffic information centers for state and local departments of transportation, and markets traffic and travel content to wireless, Internet, in-vehicle navigation systems and voice portal customers. Westwood One serves more than 5,000 radio stations, TV stations, and Newspapers worldwide.

Brent Locke

Universal Music Enterprises

Director of Premium Sales and New Media

Joe Lynam,

PaymentOne

CEO
Joe Lynam has spent the last two decades as one of the leading pioneers of digital payment. He created the vision and developed innovative, patented digital payment solutions including the industry's fastest-growing Bill-To-Phone™ service at PaymentOne. Lynam's early work in online payment methods, authentication tools, and comprehensive fraud control techniques now are emerging as industry-wide standards. Lynam is an Inc. 500 winner, accomplished entrepreneur and executive with proven ability to lead companies through profitable double and triple digit growth. Under his leadership, PaymentOne has more than doubled its revenues for four consecutive years, culminating in two Deloitte Fast 50 Awards, most recently noted as the 11th fastest growing technology company in Silicon Valley, Inc 500 winner and 33rd fastest growing company in North America.
Previously, Lynam founded and led a telecommunications billing and payments company, VRS Billing Systems, which was successfully acquired by AT&T. Within three years, Lynam took that organization from startup to annual retail billings of more than $300 million. He also spent time at AT&T earlier in his career, where he served as National Billing Director responsible for managing over 100 employees that implemented and managed advanced nationwide billing and customer service systems. Lynam holds a Bachelor of Science in Marketing from Santa Clara University.

Greg Mand

PodShow

Senior Director, Business Development
Greg is responsible for all business development opportunities for PodShow focusing primarily on connecting advertisers with their target audiences via the world's leading network of compelling and engaging independently-created content. The PodShow Podcast Network is the premier network in podcasting, assembling the leading communities in podcasting, as well as a host of the most popular personalities and shows in podcasting. PodShow also offers professional production and directory services to major media companies and traditional businesses. PodShow's Podsafe Music Network is the home of the most exciting and influential new and famous artists who are connecting with podcasters and their fans - the Music Network highlights the best unsigned, indie and mainstream artists in Podsafe music and gives you the chance to use their songs to create your own music show. PodShow makes podcasts more accessible to a growing legion of listeners, provides resources for podcast producers, and enables marketers to take part in the podcast explosion. The company has greatly simplified the podcasting experience for artists, producers and listeners alike. PodShow is a privately-held company, backed by leading venture capital firms Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Sequoia Capital and Sherpalo Ventures. For more, visit: http://www.podshow.com.

David Marcus

Ticketmaster

Vice President, Music
David Marcus is Vice President, Music at Ticketmaster, the world's leading ticketing company.  Mr. Marcus is responsible for developing and deploying unique platforms and partnerships that help its concert clients sell more tickets, capture market value and connect artists with their fans. Prior to joining Ticketmaster in 2005, Mr. Marcus served as Founder and Managing Director for Treble Music Marketing, a consultancy that provided business and marketing development services to clients including Yahoo! Music, Musicmatch, AOL/MusicNow and Jeff McClusky & Associates, among others.  Prior to that, he held the post of Vice President of Business Development and Legal Affairs for RadioWave, a Motorola venture that provided interactive technologies to broadcast radio and new media companies.  Mr. Marcus' legal experience includes his practice with the Entertainment & Intellectual Property Group in Chicago, and the law firm of Melveny & Myers in Los Angeles, California. Mr. Marcus earned a JD from Boalt Hall School of Law at the University of California at Berkeley, and a BS in Finance from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.  He is a past Chair of the Chicago Bar Association's Entertainment Committee, past Council Member for Arts 4 Learning, a not-for-profit organization that connects Chicago Public Schools teachers with exemplary arts-in-education programs, and a Governor on Steppenwolf Theater's Auxiliary Council. David Marcus is based in Ticketmaster's West Hollywood, California corporate headquarters.

Terry McBride

Nettwerk Productions

Founder & CEO
Terry McBride is one of the three founding owners of Canada's Largest Independent Record Label, Nettwerk Productions. Started in Terry's small apartment in 1984, with partners Mark Jowett and Ric Arboit, Nettwerk Productions has grown rapidly and today has major corporate offices in Vancouver, New York, London and Los Angeles. Terry McBride is the CEO of Nettwerk Productions which includes Nettwerk Records (Record Label), Nettwerk Management (Artist, DJ and Producer management), Music Publishing, Nettmedia (Web and DVD design), Artwerks (Graphic and Fashion design). In 1996, Terry McBride with partners Sarah McLachlan, Dan Fraser and Marty Diamond founded one of the most prolific and eclectic concert tours of the 1990's "Lilith Fair". The concept of an all female headline traveling concert tour was unheard of, but from 1997 to 1999 "Lilith Fair" changed the music business forever. Not only was "Lilith Fair" the dominant tour of its time, it changed the radio business, launched musical careers and in the process "Lilith Fair" raised over 10 million dollars for various woman's charities. Lilith Fair was a 3 year plan from the start and true to its original concept wrapped up in 1999, but its verdana is still being felt today. Nettwerk Management exclusive clients include such multi-million selling artists as, Avril Lavigne, Barenaked Ladies, Dido, Sarah McLachlan and Sum 41. In the year 2000,  Nettwerk Management expanded it's roster to include Producers/Mixers and DJS and now has a client list of over 40 world renowned professionals including Howard Benson (POD), Cliff Magnus (Avril Lavigne), Randy Staub (Nickelback, Metallica) and Mark Trombino (Blink 182, Jimmy Eat World).

Ted Mico

Capitol Records

Senior Vice President of Strategic Marketing
Ted Mico joined Capitol Records in 2002 as Vice President of New Media.  In 2005, Ted was promoted by Andrew Slater and Mark DiDia to Senior VP of Strategic Marketing.  In his new role at Capitol Records, Mico is responsible for generating new non-traditional revenue sources. He and his department oversee all digital, mobile and merchandising initiatives, plus corporate alliances.  Mico also assists in the branding and positioning of all Capitol artists. Prior to joining Capitol Records, Ted Mico was the Senior Vice President, Programming and Marketing for LAUNCH, Mico oversaw all the content, marketing and promotional efforts for the LAUNCH brand. This included all content development and execution for Launch.com, Launch TV and Launch Radio Networks, record label and artist relations, plus media planning and buying, street and online marketing for Launch Media, Inc. Mico was Executive Producer at Virgin Records from 1997-1999 where he worked on campaigns for artists such as Lenny Kravitz, Janet Jackson, and The Smashing Pumpkins. Mico was also founder and CEO of Shattered, a mixed media marketing company based in NYC whose clients included Lollapalooza, Peter Gabriel, The Rolling Stones, and David Bowie.  Before moving to the U.S., Mico was Features Editor for Melody Maker. A native of the UK, Mico still follows his passion for cricket by working with Mick Jagger on Jagged Internetworks- a venture dedicated to promoting the game on the internet through an alliance with Cricket.org.

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