MONDAY, JANUARY 6

9:00 AM

Welcome by David W. Lightfoot Dean, Georgetown University Graduate School of Arts & Sciences

9:05 - 9:15 AM

Welcome by Jenny Toomey Executive Director, Future of Music Coalition

Music by Lester Chambers with FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein
Video Clip

9:15 - 9:45 AM

Keynote Speaker 1: FCC Commissioner Jonathan Adelstein

9:45 - 10:45 AM

Panel 1: State of the Union
2002 saw the launch of Musicnet and Pressplay, while legal and PR efforts to counteract the effects of P2P continued. But there are bigger issues on the table including the rise of artists’ voices through the organizations like FMC, RAC, and AEC about major label practices, the constitutionality of copyright extension, privacy issues, and a sinking music economy. What does 2003 hold in store for musicians, consumers, and the music community?

Rick Karr Cultural Trends Correspondent, NPR News [moderator]
Eric Bazilian Musician and Songwriter
Yochai Benkler Professor, NYU School of Law
L. Londell McMillan Attorney, L. Londell McMillan PC
Vernon Reid Musician and Songwriter
Robert Santelli Director and CEO, Experience Music Project
Cary Sherman President and General Counsel, RIAA
JennyToomey Executive Director, Future of Music Coalition

10:45 - 11:00 AM

Music by Randye Jones [Art of the Negro Spiritual]
Video Clip

11:00 - 12:00 PM

Panel 2: The Tangled Web of Webcasting
We’ve had legislation, negotiation, arbitration, litigation…and now, more legislation in the effort to develop a usable framework to collect and distribute royalties for digital performance of recorded works. What is the status of this issue? Where is it heading in 2003? And why has this been so difficult to resolve? This panel brings together some of the most influential voices in the debate to talk about the future of webcasting.

Dawn Chmielewski Staff Writer, San Jose Mercury News [moderator]
Cassandra Cummings Business Development Manager, Microsoft
Marshall Eubanks CEO, Multicast Technologies
William Terry Fisher Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
Bill Goldsmith Partner, Radioparadise.com
Kurt Hanson Publisher, Radio and Internet Newsletter
Marybeth Peters Register, US Copyright Office
John Simson Executive Director, SoundExchange

12:00 - 12:30 PM

Roundtable Discussion on the Public Performance Royalty

Peter Jenner Chairman, AURA and Chairman, IMMF [moderator]
Ken Kaufman Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
Steven Metalitz Senior Vice President, International Intellectual Property Alliance
Richard Owens Head, Copyright E-Commerce, Technology and Management Division, World Intellectual Property Organization
Perry Resnick RZO/Music Managers Forum - US
Eamon Shackleton Head of Legal Affairs, Irish Music Rights Organization

2:00 - 3:00 PM

Panel 3: Illegal Imagination
Who benefits from recent trends in copyright aggregation and extension and how do these functioning models compare with international copyright law and the vision of the founders? Do these changes have an impact on innovation, imagination, and competition, and if so is the impact a positive or a negative one?

Ira Glass Host, This American Life [moderator]
Alfonzo Blackwell Saxophonist/Recording Artist and Songwriter
Glenn Otis Brown Executive Director, Creative Commons
Doug E Fresh Musician
Gigi Sohn President, Public Knowledge
Siva Vaidhyanathan Assistant Professor, Department of Culture and Communication, New York University

3:15 - 4:15 PM

Panel 4: Retail in the 21st Century
Three years ago it looked like digital distribution and P2P networks would lead to grave consequences for traditional retail. With the industry showing its lowest sales numbers in years we want to look at the impact of technology on retail. What’s the future of retail – both online and offline? How can terrestrial retail and distribution use the web to attract music fans and survive in this new era?

Kristin Thomson Organizer, FMC [moderator]
Mike Dreese CEO and Co-Founder, Newbury Comics
John Flansburgh Musician, They Might Be Giants
Michael Hausman President, SuperEgo Records/United Musicians
Pam Horovitz President, NARM
Patrick Monaghan President, CTD Limited
Tim Quirk Director of Editorial/Music Programming, Listen.com

4:15 - 4:30 PM

Music by From Quagmire
Video Clip

4:30 - 5:30 PM

Panel 5: Major Labels: Can they Innovate?
Major labels rely on time-tested techniques when signing and dealing with artists. Many of these structures are increasingly criticized as leading to inequitable partnerships. In response, some labels are taking bold steps, signing bands to unique deals, offering health insurance, sharing profits. Are these labels setting new precedents, or just finding ways to attract musicians in a competitive marketplace? Major label representatives and top-level artist managers discuss ways that the major labels can – and should – innovate.

Jim Griffin CEO, Cherry Lane Digital/Pho [moderator]
David Benjamin Senior Vice President, Anti-Piracy, Universal Music Group
Jim Cooperman Vice President of Legal and Business Affairs, BMG
Peter Jenner Chairman, AURA and Chairman, IMMF
Sandy Pearlman Vice President, Media Development, Multicast Technologies

6:00 PM

TUESDAY, JANUARY 7

9:00 AM

Welcome by James O'Donnell Provost, Georgetown University

9:05 - 9:15 AM

Welcome by Michael Bracy Director of Government Relations, Future of Music Coalition

9:15 - 9:45 AM

Keynote Speaker 2: Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI)

9:45 - 10:00 AM

Coffee Break

10:00 - 10:30 AM

Keynote Speaker 3: Representative Howard Berman (D-CA)

10:30 - 11:30 AM

Panel 6: Complete Control
In an environment where digital copying and distribution threaten existing business models, the entertainment industry is pushing for legislative and technological solutions to protect its content. Consumer groups and telecommunications companies reply that the entertainment industries are going too far. What does this fight mean for artists and the public? What about the balance with privacy issues? And where does the digital rights management debate go in 2003?

Brian Zisk Technologies Director, Future of Music Coalition [moderator]
Mark Cooper Director of Research, Consumer Federation of America
Sarah Deutsch Vice President & Associate General Counsel, Verizon Communications
Jane Ginsburg Morton L. Janklow Professor of Literary and Artistic Property, Columbia University Law School
Joe Kraus Co-Founder, Digitalconsumer.org
Bruce Lehman President, International Intellectual Property Institute
Andy Moss Director of Technical Policy, Microsoft

11:45 - 12:45 PM

Panel 7: Musicians and Health Insurance
Not a week goes by that you don’t hear about a benefit being organized to help a musician with no health insurance cover medical bills. Some musicians work extra jobs just to afford or obtain coverage, requiring them to juggle a music career with a full-time job to maintain benefits. Others give up, brushing off this necessity as a “luxury.” Why are musicians far less likely to be covered by basic health insurance? Is the problem economics, structures, or access to information? What can we do to improve musicians’ ability to secure affordable health insurance?

Tim Quirk Director of Editorial/Music Programming, Listen.com [moderator]
Jim Brown Director, Artists' Health Insurance Resource Center
Ann Chaitovitz Director of Sound Recordings, AFTRA
Alex Maiolo Co-owner, Lee-Moore Insurance
Linda Phillips President, Nuçi Phillips Memorial Foundation
Dr. Susan Raeburn Licensed Clinical Psychologist
David Sterling President, MusicPro Insurance
Peyton Wimmer Director, Doug Sahm Musicians' Health Clinic

2:00 - 3:00 PM

Panel 8: Radio: Consolidate or Regulate?
Corporate consolidation is not unique to the entertainment industry, but it’s certainly having a profound effect on musicians. In November 2002, the FMC released a study of the impact of radio consolidation on artists and citizens. This panel uses the study as a starting point to discuss radio consolidation – is it a plus or minus for artists, music fans and citizens? Is the deregulation of radio a blueprint for other media, a cautionary tale, or both? And can radio be reformed, or will new technologies simply step in to replace it?

John Nichols Writer, The Nation [moderator]
Lee Abrams Chief Programming Officer, XM Satellite Radio
Pat Aufderheide Professor and Director, Center for Social Media, American University
Peter DiCola Director of Economic Analysis, Future of Music Coalition
Adam Thierer Director of Telecommunications Studies, Cato Institute
George Williams Senior Economist, Federal Communications Commission

3:15 - 4:15 PM

Panel 9: 2003 Policy Agenda
2003 will be a critical year as a wide range of issues of concern to musicians and music fans are debated in Congress, the Administration and at the FCC. In addition, some state legislatures are weighing in on issues like major label accounting and California’s seven-year statue. Where are these issues heading? How does this impact the various interests in the music community? How can musicians impact these policy decisions?

Bill Holland Washington Bureau Chief, Billboard Magazine [moderator]
Kevin Murray California State Senator. Chair, Select Committee on Entertainment Industry
Michael Remington Attorney, Drinker Biddle & Reath
Debra Rose Counsel, Subcommittee on the Courts, Internet and Intellectual Property
Andy Schwartzman President and CEO, Media Access Project 

 

4:30 - 5:30 PM

Panel 10: The Search for A Legitimate Digital Marketplace
A full 30 months after “Napster Summer”, the music industry is slowly coming forward with legitimately licensed subscription services to compete with unlicensed peer-to-peer networks. Is the industry doing enough to respond to demand? If so, can they “compete with free?” If not, is it time to explore compulsory licenses for certain digital transmissions? How would these licenses work and who would they most serve?

Walter McDonough General Counsel, FMC [moderator]
Chris Amenita Senior Vice President, Enterprises Group, ASCAP
Richard Conlon VP of Marketing and Business Development, BMI
Chris Israel Assistant Deputy Secretary for Technology Policy, Department of Commerce
Vincent Peppe Legal Counsel, Licensing, SESAC
David Post Professor of Law, Temple University