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Members Meeting - New York 2019

  • MEET on Chrystie 195 Chrystie St #200 New York, NY 10002 United States (map)

Don't miss this Open Music Member Meeting in New York, featuring critical decisions on the Bylaws and Governance structures, a demo of Berklee and MIT’s joint technical project, and updates on Berklee’s latest education efforts.

Agenda

9:30 am - Registration & Coffee

10:00 am - Welcome

  • Susan Whitehead, Board Chair, Berklee / Life Member, MIT Corporation

  • Panos A. Panay, SVP of Global Strategy and Innovation at Berklee

  • Alex “Sandy” Pentland, Toshiba Professor of Media, Arts and Sciences and Director of MIT Connection Science

  • Nicole d’Avis, Senior Director, Open Music / Berklee Institute for Creative Entrepreneurship

10:30 am - U.S. Copyright Office: Notice of Inquiry for public comment regarding implementation of the Music Modernization Act

  • John R. Riley, Assistant General Counsel, U.S. Copyright Office

10:45 am - Panel Discussion: Humans & Metadata in the Studio and Beyond

  • Carlotta De Ninni, CEO, Creative Passport

  • Jessica Sobhraj, CEO & Founder, Cosynd

  • Daniel Dewar, CEO & Founder, Paperchain

11:30 am - Berklee / MIT Prototype Demo featuring Berklee student music (More details here.)

  • George Howard, Lead Researcher, Open Music / Professor, Berklee College

  • Thomas Hardjono, CTO, MIT Connection Science

  • Meghan Gaudet, Graduate Fellow, Berklee / Programmer, Open Music

  • Lesley University Feedback

    • Amy Deines, Dean, College of Art + Design, Lesley University

    • Matthew Nash, Chair, Digital Filmmaking, Lesley University

    • Heather Shaw, Chair, Graphic, Interactive and User Experience Design, Lesley University

  • Chandler Vaughn, Technical Advisor, Open Music

  • Justin Anderson, Senior Software Engineer, MIT Connection Science

1:00 pm - Lunch

1:30 pm - Discussion and Decisions on Open Music Governance (More details here.)

  • Nicole d’Avis

  • Mike McGrath, Associate, Ropes & Gray

3:00 pm - Next Steps

3:30 pm - Networking & Social Hour

4:30 pm - Adjourn

Agenda subject to change.

**Review the most recent Open Music Bylaws and Governance Documents here.

Register here to reserve your place for the November New York Meeting.

All members and friends of Open Music are encouraged to join us, and contribute to the discussion. The meeting is free for Open Music members, artists and students. Other industry stakeholders are asked to pay a cost-neutral registration fee of $50.