July 26-27, 2004 • Crowne Plaza Times Square • New York, New York
Event Hours:
Conference Hours:
July 26: 9am-4:30pm
July 27: 9am-4:45pm Expo Hall Hours:
July 26: 10am-6:30pm
July 27: 10am-2pm Registration Hours:
July 26: 8am-6:30pm
July 27: 8am-4pm
Billboard Roundtable: A View from the Top
The music industry is finally embracing new channels and new strategies for digital distribution. To understand how music executives view near- and long-term business opportunities, Billboard hosts a panel of industry leaders to share their vision of the music marketplace and the digital future.
Moderator: Brian Garrity, Senior Business Writer, Billboard Magazine Speakers: Jeff Bronikowski, Vice President, Business Development, Universal Music Group David B. Goldberg, Vice President & General Manager, Music, Yahoo! Inc. Syd Schwartz, VP of New Media, Virgin Records America Ron Shapiro, Ron Shapiro Management & Consulting, LLC Scott Young, Vice President Business Development – Entertainment Services, Best Buy
11:30am-11:45am
Morning Break
11:45am-12:45pm
Going Mobile: Music Devices & MP3 Players MP3 players are hot – but that’s one of the problems. They’re still mostly playing ripped music. Even when they’re not, they’re often hard-wired to a particular digital jukebox or online store. Will these closed loops continue? What features, functions and pricing will really make this market explode? When will devices outship Walkmen? What’s the outlook for protected portability? Will Apple’s iPod continue to set the standard, or will the industry rally behind Microsoft technology? And where does Sony fit?
Moderator: Joe Wilcox, Senior Analyst, JupiterResearch Speakers: Gary Cohen, President, MusicNow LLC Craig Palmer, President and CEO, Gracenote, Inc. Todd Schrader, VP Portable Audio Products, Sony Electronics Adam Sexton, Vice President of Marketing (Music), Entertainment Technology Group, Macrovision Corporation
12:45pm-2:00pm
Lunch Break
2:00pm-2:45pm
Digital Kids: An Onstage Teen Focus Group
Plug.IN’s most popular session: an onstage panel of real live teenagers talk about file-sharing, ripping, burning and how much they hate/love ClearChannel and MTV. These are your customers. Be very afraid. Just kidding – listen and learn.
Moderator: David Card, Vice President & Senior Analyst, JupiterResearch
Feature Presentation: Conversation With EMI's Ted Cohen In this session, David Card, Vice President & Senior Analyst, JupiterResearch talks with Ted Cohen, Senior Vice President, EMI Music about the future of record labels, "super distribution," and the impact of digital markets on the music industry.
Speaker: Ted Cohen, Senior Vice President, Digital Development & Distribution, EMI Music
4:00pm-4:45pm
Technology Futures: What’s Down the Road?
MP3, writable optical drives, file-sharing networks, college broadband access, miniature hard drives – these are the technologies that transformed music in the late 20th century. What are the new technologies for the early 21st? What’s on the near-term horizon that will re-mix the industry next? Will they be disruptive or create new revenues or both? Who is best positioned to take advantage of the next big thing?
Moderator: Joe Laszlo, Senior Analyst, JupiterResearch Speakers: David Frerichs, Vice President and US General Manager, Coding Technologies Mark Ghuneim, Senior Vice President, Online Services, Sony Music Entertainment Inc. Jon Kirchner, President and CEO, Digital Theater Systems Andrew Moss, Director of Technical Policy, Windows Division, Microsoft Corporation Chris Schairbaum, Worldwide Business Manager, Portable Audio & Infotainment Business Unit, Texas Instruments
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