Talk Schedule

Saturday 15th May

India, why?@The Dome Founders Room Presented by UKTI Trade And Investment
Time	Description	Speakers
10:30 AM They tell us you can’t make any money, there are very few full time venues and beer can be expensive, so why should we bother even looking at India as a viable market? This panel will introduce you to some of the changes taking place in India that is encouraging some to take that first step! Martin Elbourne - Co-Founder, The Great Escape Vijay Nair - Winner, International Young Music Entrepreneur of the Year Award Phil Patterson - International Business Specialist - Music, UK Trade & Investment

"The English don't really like music, but they simply adore the noise it makes." Sir Thomas Beecham@Pavilion Theatre
Time	Description	Speakers
11:30 AM With music noise / nuisance complainants from local residents on the increase, and many a venue like The Point in Cardiff, suffering at the hands of a noise abatement notice. It seems the cocktail of legislation is making it so difficult for pubs and venues to put live music on safely, with licensing laws that are so unclear and subjective many may simply turn off the amps and pack away the drum kits. We ask the question- where do we go from here? Dominique Czopor - we:LIVE Lisa Lavia - Noise Abatement Society Lisa Matthews - Manager, Welsh Music Foundation Alex Murray - Freebutt, Brighton James Wonka - Arcadia Stage, Glastonbury

Making your band your business@The Dome Founders Room Presented by ACM
Time	Description	Speakers
11:45 AM An insight into new steps savvy artists and Managers can build a business structure around their work and source investment from non traditional sources. The session aims to deliver the message that maintaining ownership over rights and assets in the short term and building into major companies rather than relying on them for start up capital is a healthy, tangible option. Building a business rather than shopping it is essential in the new music industry. Pete Hall - Partisan PR Mike McNally - McNally Consulting Neil Simpson - ACM

The importance of exclusivity to the festival industry@Pavilion Theatre Presented by we:LIVE
Time	Description	Speakers
12:30 PM We:LIVE are pleased to be able to collaborate with the Association of Independent Festivals to discuss current issues facing the festival market including such favourites as The importance of exclusivity in today’s festival market? Dominique Czopor - we:LIVE Lee Denny - Leefest Jim Mawdsley - Generator Hugh Phillimore - Sound Advice Fiona Stewart - Green Man

Music Supported Here: The MU, FAC and MMF working together@The Dome Founders Room
Time	Description	Speakers
12:45 PM The Music Supported Here campaign pioneered by the MU highlights the simple but important principle that musicians should not be ripped off in the digital world. Chaired by the MU’s Horace Trubridge, the panel of artists and their representatives will discuss the fact that there is no "one size fits all" for musicians when it comes to free versus paid-for music, and how Music Supported Here can help artists and fans work together in finding fair-for-all solutions. In addition, the panellists will talk about the ground-breaking new coalition between the MU, FAC and MMF which aims to give artists and musicians a more powerful voice within the industry. www.musicsupportedhere.com Matthew Brown - Featured Artists Coalition Helen Parker-Jayne Isibor - Artist, The Venus Bushfires Peter Jenner - MMF Rob Lee - Musicians' Union Lucy Pullin - Fire Escapes, Artist Ben Stewardson - Manager, The Music Projects Horace Trubridge - Musicians' Union

The Next Stage – New Approaches To Promoting@Pavilion Theatre Presented by we:LIVE
Time	Description	Speakers
1:45 PM It is now an accepted fact that for the majority the live sector is now the main area for both promotion and revenue. In order to make the most of what the sector has to offer, as ever, new and innovative approaches are necessary in an increasingly competitive market. This session examines the cooperation between promoters, artists, managers, agents and others, essential to the development and success of vital new business models. Dominique Czopor - we:LIVE Steve Machin - MD - Stormcrowd Allan McGowan - Associate Editor, IQ Magazine & VIP News/ Agenda Consultant, ILMC Callum Negus Fancey - Lets Go Crazy Dave Newton - WeGotTickets Russ Tannen - Vice Magazine

CMU's Chris Cooke meets CEO of AIM Alison Wenham@The Dome Founders Room Presented by ACM
Time	Description	Speakers
2:30 PM CMU Business Editor Chris Cooke will be talking to Alison about the issues that most concern indie labels in 2010, and about the role the independent community in particular can play with regards big issues, like the fight against piracy. And, in an age where some predict the demise of the record label, what the future holds for the all important independent record companies. Chris Cooke - UnLimited Media Alison Wenham - AIM

Who Puts the Fun in Funding?@Pavilion Theatre Presented by we:LIVE
Time	Description	Speakers
2:45 PM For the most part bands have always tried to get by on day jobs, loans, meagre gig payments, hope and determination, until they either find a manager with deep pockets or sign that dream deal with an advance – unfortunately both are now as hard, maybe harder, to find as ever. But are there other funding sources? This panel investigates what is available and how to access financial support for aspiring talent. Chris Carey - Economist, PRS for Music Lord Tim Clement-Jones - Partner & International Business Relations, DLA Piper UK Gary McClarnan - Sparkle Street Allan McGowan - Associate Editor, IQ Magazine & VIP News/ Agenda Consultant, ILMC Benji Rogers - Pledge Music Laura Whitticase - PRS For Music Applications Co-ordinator

Martin Goldschmidt and Martin Elbourne@The Dome Founders Room
Time	Description	Speakers
3:15 PM Great Escape and Glastonbury's Martin Elbourne interviews Cooking Vinyl's Martin Goldschmidt about his career and the future of Independent record labels. Martin Elbourne - Co-Founder, The Great Escape Martin Goldschmidt - Cooking Vinyl / Essential Music

Nick Kent Key Note@Pavilion Theatre Presented by Brighton Festival
Time	Description	Speakers
4:00 PM Pitched somewhere between Almost Famous and Withnail and I, Nick Kent's new memoir Apathy for the Devil revisits the era that made his name - the 1970s. As a young novice writer, Nick's first four interviews were with MC5, Captain Beefheart, The Grateful Dead and Lou Reed. As apprentice to Lester Bangs, boyfriend of Chrissie Hynde, confidant of Iggy Pop and trusted scribe of the Rolling Stones, he was witness to both the beautiful and the damned. Get the inside track on rock's most turbulent decade with its most brilliant and provocative chronicler. Nick Kent Garry Mulholland - Writer/ Observer Music Monthly

The Legal Panel@The Dome Founders Room Presented by Northbrook College
Time	Description	Speakers
4:00 PM Top Music and Entertainment lawyers, chaired by Helen Searle (Michael Jackson, Jamiroquai) discuss and answer questions on the hot current legal issues for the Music Industry. For this Northbrook College sponsored panel we have assembled an array of legal talent and brains to answer your questions about copyright, contracts, licensing etc, and possibly in the future to save you millions of dollars and an ulcer. www.musicatnorthbrook.com Ben Challis - 3A Ents / Music South West Trevor Gale - SESAC Dean Marsh - Creative Law & Business Saranne Reid - Acumen Business Law

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