2026 CONFERENCE SPEAKERS

Partner, Co-Chair of Music Industry Practice, Covington & Burling LLP

Founder, Groove Guild

General Counsel, BMG

Senior Associate, Jacobs Law Group, P.C.

VP, Creative Development (Americas) at MassiveMusic

CEO, beatBread

President of Global Partnerships, AEG Presents

Principal Counsel and Director for Copyright Policy, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office

CEO, StessCo Consulting Group

Founder & CEO, Artist Legacy Group

SVP Global Creative Services, Warner Chappell Music

Senior Music Producer/WPP Production

Director of Music, Anomaly

Founder & CEO, Softlimit

Partner, Music Foundry

Of Counsel, Ashurst Perkins Coie

Chief Creative Officer, Viral Nation

Co-head of Entertainment Finance, Moore & Van Allen

Senior Writer, Rolling Stone

Partner, Virtu Global Advisors

Managing Director & Portfolio Manager, Barings’ Capital Solutions Group

Partner, Head of Brand Partnerships, Primary Wave Music

Associate, Oppenheim + Zebrak, LLP

Founder and Managing Partner, GoldState Music

SVP/Music, Operations and Marketing, Create Music Group

VP of Partnerships, Beatlibrary

EVP and General Counsel, DIMA

Co-Founder, GigLogic

Founder & CEO, Digital Royalty Distribution

Director, M&A Legal Affairs,
Create Music Group

SVP, Strategy & Ventures, Bravado (Universal Music Group)

Co-Founder, [untitled]

Managing Director North America & Northern Europe, Qobuz

Executive Editor of Business, Billboard

Head of Communications & Creator Insights, BandLab Technologies

Head of Strategy and Partnerships, LANDR Audio

EVP, Strategic Partnerships, Eventim/See Tickets

Associate General Counsel, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc.

Founder, DLH Strategic Marketing

Staff Editor, Fast Company

Music Supervisor, Agoraphone

NIVA, Founding Board President & President & CEO, First Ave Productions

Owner/President, DMG Clearances, Inc.

Director of Marketing & Growth, KOSIGN

Agent, United Talent Agency

Senior Finance Correspondent, Billboard

Head of Music Growth, Duetti

Executive Creative Director, UnitedMasters Sound System

SVP of Global Corporate Development & M&A, Create Music Group

Founder & Chief Music Strategist, Eunique Music

General Manager, North America, IDOL

Songwriter, Producer, Mixer & Owner, Flux Studios

Artist Development/PR, The Bloom Effect

Head of Commerce, UnitedMasters

CEO, A2IM

Founder/Executive Producer, TEMPEST Original Music & Sound

Partner, Pryor Cashman

Recording Artist

Co-CEO, Virgin Music Group

VP of Platform Growth & Brand Strategy, Kobalt, Founding Team, KOSIGN

Marketing Director, Merge Records

National Director of Industry Relations, The Mechanical Licensing Collective

Group BA Manager, Music, Omnicom Production

Founder, Janine Small, PLLC

Senior Vice President, Marketing & Revenue, CD Baby

CEO, Castlight Mgmt & Media Inc

Attorney, Thennisch Law Group

Vice President, Creative Sync, Raedio

CEO & Co-Founder, AudioShake

CEO, Cosynd

SVP, Federal Public Policy, RIAA

Founder & CEO, 444 Sounds

Senior Director of Creative Sync & Licensing, Wise Music

CEO & Founder, Killian & Co.

Music Supervisor

Director Royalty Analytics & Reporting, SoundCloud

Deputy General Counsel, U.S. Copyright Office

Co-Founder, Bread & Butter Entertainment

Agent, United Talent Agency

VP, Head of Sync, Bodega Sync

Owner/Founder, Fine Gold Music

Founder, Music Supervisor, Venn Arts

Director of Artistic Technology Initiatives, BEATL (Berklee Emerging Artistic Technology Lab)

Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Dayglo Presents

Senior Director, BD & Partnerships, SoundCloud

SVP, Artistic Programming, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

Senior Legal Counsel, STIM Swedish Performing Rights Society

Partner, Hecker Fink LLP

Attorney/Professor/Musician, NYU Music Business Program

Music Supervisor, Nightswimming Songs

Founder, Rated Media

Founder, Launchpad Advisors, LLC & Former EVP, BA & General Counsel, Sony Music

Songwriter, Producer, Founder, SonifyMusic

VP, Creative Sync, REPUBLIC Collective (Universal Music Group)

Partner, Pryor Cashman LLP

Senior Creative Producer, Storefront Music

President, Harlem Globetrotters & Herschend Entertainment Studios

Head of Partnerships, Amuse

Executive Director | Media & Entertainment, Fifth Third Securities, Inc

Entertainment Lawyer

Executive Vice President, Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment

SVP, Business and Legal Affairs, BMG

Music Editor, MPEG Local 700

Music Supervisor

Partner, Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP

CEO & Co-Founder, Duetti

COO, A2IM

Attorney, Wells Kappel LLP

Founder, LGW Creative

Founder, Redefine Music Advisors

Partner, Granderson Des Rochers

Associate, Covington & Burling

Composer, The Alliance for Women Film Composers

Director of Creative Synch, Kobalt Music Publishing

Founder, Sungate Records

VP Research & Gold and Platinum Operations, RIAA

Senior Director of Global Digital Strategy & Operations, Kobalt

Music Supervisor, Paramount

Founder, The Manager's Playbook (TMP)

Founder & CEO, Equal IQ

Founder, Playbook1

Music Supervisor, Groove Garden

Partner, Pinnisi & Anderson

Music Supervisor, Michael Hill Music Supervision

Executive Director, Clio Music

Chair of Music Acquisitions & Financing and Partner, Michelman Robinson

Senior Counsel, Eisner, LLP

Chief Business Officer, Vermillio

Founder, Felt

Senior Music Supervisor, Droga5

Chairman & CEO, Recording Industry Association of America

President, CD Baby

Music Supervisor

Executive Director, National Independent Talent Organization

Founder & CEO, MusicAtlas

Head of US & Canada, TuneCore

Partner, Lewis & Lin, LLC

Counsel, Entertainment & Media, Reed Smith LLP

Artist

Senior Director, A&R, Universal Music Publishing Group

Founder, Workman Group, Fractional CMO + Business & Brand Strategist

President, Recording Academy®

Motown Producer, Arranger and Composer & Principal, LaTrace Music Publishing

Chief Music Officer, Suno

Special Counsel, Music Industry Practice, Covington & Burling LLP

VP, Legal Policy & Copyright Counsel, Copyright Alliance

Senior Director of Creative & Synch Licensing, Kobalt Music

Manager, Fly South Management

Founder & CEO, HumanStandard

Co-Founder, FRSH SONX

Creative Partnerships Director, Marmoset

CEO & Founder, WHO?MAG Multimedia, LLC

Macher, RobCo

Founder & CEO, Flowstage

Founder & Managing Member, Spaulding Enterprises, LLC

Vice President, KMG Distribution

Founder/Sync Licensing Representative, Melody Haunts Reverie

Founder, Aerial Entertainment

Singer-Songwriter, Music Producer, Educator

President, Musiodata

Singer-Songwriter

Music Industry Innovator

Partner, Cowan, DeBaets, Abrahams & Sheppard LLP

Director of Artist & Industry Relations, SoundExchange

Creative Producer, Music, Found Objects

Technical Product Guy, NYMusicTech

Executive Director, Music Managers Forum-US

Co-Founder & CEO, Beatlibrary

Composer, Composers Diversity Collective, The Alliance For Women Film Composers

Head of North America, Music & Podcasts Content Strategy, YouTube

Founder & Executive Creative Producer, Trumpet Records

Former New York Giant & Super Bowl XLVI Champion, Producer & Writer

Manager, Commercial Partnerships, Shopify

Artist, Dinkins Studio

A&R Consultant, Sony Music

Unit Leader, Corporate Legal Unit, SM Entertainment

Executive Producer, Music Supervisor, duotone audio group

Partner, Loeb & Loeb LLP

Co-Founder, ARC

Managing Partner, TAG Strategic

Co-head of Entertainment Finance, Moore & Van Allen

Legislative Director, Congressman Scott Fitzgerald (WI-05)

President, The Sonic Intelligence Academy (SIQA)

Entertainment Attorney & CEO, Tour Tech

SVP Government & Industry Relations, RIAA

CEO, amra

Experiential Audio Producer, Antfood

Congresswoman, U.S. House of Representatives

Founder, CrossBorderWorks

Partner-Entertainment, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips LLP

Intellectual Property Lawyer and Creative Industries Consultant

Music Lawyer