Internet Week New York’s Music:Tech Day – May 15

Next Tuesday, SoundCtrl is presenting Music:Tech day as part of Internet Week New York presenting by Yahoo!. These are the only official music:tech events as part of Internet Week. It all happens on May 15 at 82 Mercer, and the day will be capped by a keynote conversation with Bob Lefsetz.

The full schedule of events is as follows:

Keynote Conversation with The New York Times’ David Carr & Brian Stelter

9:30 AM – 10:30 AM

Join The New York Times’ David Carr & Brian Stelter in a keynote conversation with Chairman of Internet Week NY, David-Michel Davies.

Speakers:

• David Carr
  Columnist, The New York Times
• David-Michel Davies
  Chairman, Internet Week New York
• Brian Stelter
  Journalist, The New York Times

Music Futurists: What’s Next?

11:00 AM – 11:45 AM

This panel brings together some of the top industry thought leaders in the digital music industry to discuss predictions on how music will be marketed, discovered, recommended and consumed digitally in the near and distant future.

Speakers:

• Richie Cruz
  Lifestyle Marketing Specialist, PepsiCo
• David Goodman
  President, CBS Interactive Music Group
• Daniel Petruzzi
  President, OkayPlayer.com
• Neil Vineberg
  CMO, ThingLink

Funding the Future of Music

3:00 PM – 3:45 PM

A roundtable discussion with some of the top incubators, VC and angel investors in the music:tech sphere focusing on identifying the latest trends in digital music startups, the growth of the startup community, and the barriers that still pose an opposition to any new music company.

The Record Label, Remixed

4:00 PM – 4:45 PM

While the traditional “record industry” takes its last breaths, learn how innovative music companies are recreating themselves in an uncertain but truly exciting future. Representatives of various independent labels and brands discuss their stories and debate the burning questions: What does a “record company” actually do in 2012? In the age of artist-as-brand, what does it mean to “sell out?” How does anyone stay focused when the rulebook no longer exists?

Speakers:

• Dean Bein
  Founder, True Panther Sounds
• Courtney Boyd Myers
  Journalist, The Next Web
• Nick Catchdubs
  Co-Founder, Fool’s Gold
• Jesse Israel
  Co-Founder & Director of Technology, Cantora Labs
• Sam Valenti
  Founder, Ghostly International

Keynote Conversation with Bob Lefsetz

5:00 PM – 5:45 PM

Join legendary music blogger, executive, and author Bob Lefsetz, in a keynote address at Internet Week New York’s first-ever Music:Tech Day in partnership with SoundCtrl. Bob Lefsetz, known for his candid and controversial writing style, is the author of the Lefsetz Letter, the widely circulated essays about the state of the music industry. The conversation will be moderated by SoundCtrl co-founder and NUE Agency CEO Jesse Kirshbaum.