Join us at Open Music’s first Annual Summit, featuring updates and discussion on the Music Modernization Act and announcements on Open Music’s next steps.
All members and friends of Open Music are encouraged to join us, and contribute to the discussion. The Summit is free for Open Music members, artists and students. Other industry stakeholders are asked to pay a cost-neutral registration fee of $50.
Agenda (Subject to Change):
DAY 1
9:30 - Registration & Coffee
10:00 - Welcomes and Agenda Overview
Panos Panay, VP of Innovation and Strategy, Berklee / Open Music Co-Founder
Dan Harple, CEO, Context Labs / Open Music Co-Founder
Stephen Buckley, Executive Director, MIT Connection Science
Grainne McNamara, Principal, PwC Digital
David Post, Managing Director, IBM Blockchain Ventures
Kris Kersey, Director, Emerging Technologies and New Services, PwC
11:00 - Keynote
Desmond Child, Grammy Winning Songwriter-Producer
Interviewed by Panos Panay
11:30 - Panel: Music Modernization Act Impact & Industry Considerations
Hank Shocklee, Music Producer / President, Shocklee Entertainment
Chris Harrison, CEO, DiMA
Erich Carey, VP and Senior Counsel, NMPA
David Hughes, CTO, RIAA
Moderator: Vickie Nauman, Founder, CrossBorderWorks / Advisor, Open Music
12:15 - Lunch
1:00 - Presentation: Open Standards and Innovation
Stephen Buckley, Executive Director, MIT Connection Science
1:30 - Sabre Case Study: Industry Expansion via Interoperability
Irving Wladawsky-Berger, Research Affiliate, MIT Connection Science
George Howard, Lead Researcher, Berklee / Open Music
2:00 - Current Use Case: URights
Caroline Champarnaud, Director of International Development, SACEM
Martin Guillaume, VP of Cognitive Process Services, Telecom and Media, IBM
2:45 - Break
3:00 - Big Data & Metadata: IBM Watson
Noah Beltran, Global Lead, Cognitive Solutions for Media & Entertainment,IBM
3:30 - Future Use Case Demos
IDEO: Visualizing Personal Music Preferences, Ari Adler, Senior Portfolio Director
Gusto: Will Wang, Founder
Cre8tor.app / TokenTunes: Erik Mendelson, CEO and Co-Founder
TribeXR: Tom Impallomeni, CEO and Co-Founder
Q&A
4:30 - Discussion & Social
5:30 - Adjourn
DAY 2
9:30 - Coffee
10:00 - Welcome
Panos Panay
10:15 - Keynote:
Imogen Heap, Musician and Tech Innovator, Mycelia
Interviewed by Brian Dubb, CEO & Founder, MPRO MUSIC
10:45 - Blockchain & Future of Music Rights ID
IBM: Peter Guglielmino, CTO of Media and Entertainment, IBM
11:15 - Break
11:30 - Current Use Case Demos
MIT Connection Science, Data Visualization: Michiel Bakker, Research Assistant
Blokur: Phil Barry, Founder
MTonomy: Arjun Mendhi, CEO
Q&A
12:15 - Governance, Participation & Membership
Kris Kersey, Director, Emerging Technologies and New Services, PwC
Thomas Hardjono, Technical Director, MIT Internet Trust Consortium
Anne Phillips Ogilby, Partner, Ropes & Gray
12:45 - Governance Discussion
1:00 - Lunch & Working Group Breakout Sessions
Kris Kersey, Director, Emerging Technologies and New Services, PwC
Ari Adler, Senior Portfolio Director, IDEO
Board / Governance
Panos Panay, Berklee / Open Music Co-Founder
Grainne McNamara, PwC
Vickie Nauman, CrossBorderWorks / Open Music
Peter Guglielmino, IBM
Tech / Protocol
Tom Foth, Senior Director, Emerging Technology Labs, PwC
Stephen Buckley, Executive Director, MIT Connection Science
Commercialization / Adoption
Kris Kersey, PwC
David Post, IBM
Ari Adler, IDEO
Education / Advocacy
George Howard, Berklee / Open Music
Nicole d’Avis, Berklee / Open Music
Marcus Welles, Manager, Entertainment, Media and Communications Consulting, PwC
2:00 - Paths Forward and Next Steps
2:30 - Close
** Need a place to stay? Use code BERKLEE for 15% of at Ace Hotel.