RightsTech Summit Online 2022

Join us on September 21-22!

The RightsTech Summit brings together a unique mix of creators, media rights owners, technology developers, investors, legal professionals and entrepreneurs from all corners of the media & entertainment world to see, hear and discuss the latest innovations in media rights management and licensing.

2022 Agenda

All times are listed in PT.

Day 1

21 Sep 2022

10:00 am - 10:45 am

NFTs, Rights and Royalties

There is more to NFTs than bored apes and digital collectibles. Artists, musicians and other creators are turning to crypto tokens to fund new projects, sell fractional rights ownership and...

11:00 am - 11:45 am

Keynote Conversation

Keynote will be announced soon!

12:00 pm - 12:45 pm

Michele Cobb

Podcasts and Audio Originals: The New IP Incubators

TV schedules and streaming libraries are filling up with series based on podcasts. Hollywood stars and hitmaking music artists are signing deals to create original audio productions with an eye...

Michele Cobb

1:00 pm - 1:45 pm

Deborah Mannis-Gardner

Web3, VR, and the Metaverse: Rights and Licensing for Immersive Applications

From virtual concerts to virtual reality, new technologies are enabling new, immersive experiences, and creating new use cases for music, video and other intellectual property. But will new use cases...

Deborah Mannis-Gardner

Day 2

22 Sep 2022

10:00 am - 10:45 am

Bringing New Life to Old Catalog

From new search and discovery tools to synthetic voice production and sonic analysis, discover how artificial intelligence and other new technologies are helping rights owners capture untapped value from their...

11:00 am - 11:45 am

Featured Presentation

Speakers to be announced soon!

12:00 pm - 12:45 pm

Metadata: Right, from the Start

From music to movies to books and podcasts, metadata makes the digital world go ‘round. But bad or missing data can quickly knock it off kilter, leading to missed licensing...

1:00 pm - 1:45 pm

The Price of Rights: Will the Deals Keep Coming?

The pandemic-driven streaming surge, coupled with record low interest rates and fiscal stimulus helped fuel a half decade of explosive growth in rights-based asset trading, catalog M&A and content licensing...

Alison Wenham

Advisor,
Music Credit Fund

Allen Bargfrede

Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer,
Verifi Media

Bret Heiman

VP Global Partnerships,
AEG Presents

Bruno Guez

CEO,
Revelator

Christopher Kenneally

Senior Director, Content Marketing,
Copyright Clearance Center

Cristina Perpiñá-Robert Navarro

Director of Legal Affairs,
CISAC

Danielle Coffey

Executive Vice President and General Counsel,
News Media Alliance

David Marlin

President and Co-Founder,
MetaComet Systems

Drew Delis

COO,
Orfium

Helienne Lindvall

Chair of the Songwriter Committee & Board Director,
The Ivors Academy of Music Creators

Jake Beaumont-Nesbitt

International Music Managers Forum, Copyright Committee

Jim Griffin

VP Licensing,
Pex

Jo Keymoore

Senior Director of Global Content Acquisitions,
FilmRise

Jordi Puy

CEO,
Unison

Kelly Sumner

Chairman,
SonicData

Mark Isherwood

Secretariat,
Digital Data Exchange, LLC (DDEX)

Martin Cernosek

Chief Investment Officer and Managing Director,
BMC Management Corp

Mathieu Desoubeaux

CEO,
IMATAG

Matt Lutz

Founder and CEO,
Music Benefactors

Michael Pitoglou

Director of Product,
Orfium

Michele Cobb

Executive Director,
Audio Publishers Association

Mike Hurst

CEO & Co-Founder,
Exactuals

Patrick Russo

Partner,
Shamrock Capital Advisors, LLC

Peter Rafelson

Co-Founder,
ElectraCast

Phil Ranta

CEO,
Wormhole Labs

Rory Bernard

CEO,
Synchtank

Roy Kaufman

Managing Director, Business Development and Government Relations,
Copyright Clearance Center

Sandra Chastanet

Rightsholders & International Director,
The Centre Français d’exploitation du droit de Copies (CFC)

Seth Shapiro

CEO,
Artaku NFT

Stefan Schulz

CEO and Co-Founder,
Bitfury Surround

Wout van Wijk

CEO,
News Media Europe

Past Speakers Include:
Adi Sideman
Founder and CEO,
YouNow
Adrienne Fields
Director of Legal Affairs,
Artists Rights Society (ARS)
Alisa Coleman
Chief Operating Officer,
ABKCO Music & Records, Inc.
Amelia Wang Binder
Vice President,
Government and Industry Affairs,
NMPA
Ben McEwen
Commercial Director,
ICE (London)
Bill Colitre
Vice President & General Counsel,
Music Reports
D.K. Smith
CMO & Co-Founder,
dxDigital.com
Dae Bogan
Head of Third Party Partnerships,
Mechanical Licensing Collective
Daniel Dewar
Founder,
Paperchain
Daniel Doubrovkine
CTO,
Artsy.net
Deep Ghumman
Principal,
Advisory Services
EY
Elgin Thompson
Managing Director,
Digital Capital Advisors
Heather Reid
Dean of Library & Learning Resources, Berklee College of Music
Jake Beaumont-Nesbitt
International Music Managers Forum, Copyright Committee
Jesse Grushack
Co-Founder,
Ujo Music
Jessica Sobhraj
CEO,
Cosynd
Jim McKelvey
Co-Founder,
Square
Jonathan Skogmo
Founder & CEO,
Jukin Media
Keith Kupferschmid
CEO,
Copyright Alliance
Lee Greer
Founder & President,
NPREX
Lui Simpson
Executive Director, International Enforcement and Trade Policy Association of American Publishers
Maurice Russell
CEO & Founder,
Media Rights Management
Merck Mercuriadis
CEO, Founder, & Managing Partner,
Hipgnosis Songs Ltd.
Michael Shanley
Vice President, IT Business Development, Music Reports
Michael Simon
President, Rumblefish;
President & CEO, Harry Fox Agency LLC
Neeta Ragoowansi
SVP, Biz Dev & Legal Affairs/Co-Founder,
NPREX
Nile Rodgers
Grammy Award-Winning Producer, Songwriter, Musician, and Singer
Panos Panay
Vice President, Innovation and Strategy, Berklee College of Music; Managing Director, Berklee: Institute for Creative Entrepreneurship
Pete Mathias
Bertelsmann Entrepreneurs Program,
Bertelsmann
Rasty Turek
CEO,
PEX
Robert Kasunic
Robert Kasunic, Associate Register of Copyrights and Director of Registration Policy and Practice, United States Copyright Office
Robert Norton
CEO & Co-founder,
Verisart
Rodney Edler
VP Commercial Operations,
Virtusales Publishing Solutions
Stu Levy
Founder,
TOKYOPOP, POP Comics, POP Crypto
Sun Jen Yung
Partner,
Head of Digital Media,
Nfluence Partners
Susan Allen
Attorney Advisor (Copyright), United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
Taishi Fukuyama
Co-founder, COO,
Amadeus Code
Tatiana Moroz
Founder & CEO, Crypto Media Hub
Ted Cohen
Managing Partner, TAG Strategic
Tim DuBois
Award-Winning Songwriter, former VP, ASCAP and President, Arista Records

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