RightsTech Summit Online 2021

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.

Join us on September 14-15!

2021 Speakers Include:

Allen Bargfrede

Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer,
Verifi Media

Bret Heiman

VP Global Partnerships,
AEG Presents

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

Helienne Lindvall

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

Jake Beaumont-Nesbitt

International Music Managers Forum, Copyright Committee

Jo Keymoore

Senior Director of Global Content Acquisitions,
FilmRise

Mark Isherwood

Secretariat,
Digital Data Exchange, LLC (DDEX)

Martin Cernosek

Chief Investment Officer and Managing Director,
BMC Management Corp

Michele Cobb

Executive Director,
Audio Publishers Association

Patrick Russo

Partner,
Shamrock Capital Advisors, LLC

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)

Stefan Schulz

CEO and Co-Founder,
Bitfury Surround

2021 Agenda

Day 1

14 Sep 2021

10:00 am - 10:45 am

Peter Rafelson
Bret Heiman
Jo Keymoore
Michele Cobb
Paul Sweeting

View from the Top: Deals and Dealmaking for the New Normal

The Great Covid Lockdown of 2020 sparked or accelerated adoption of new monetization strategies and new licensing models, from live-streamed concerts and virtual events, to direct-to-digital movie releases and dynamic...
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Peter Rafelson

Bret Heiman

Jo Keymoore

Michele Cobb

Paul Sweeting

11:00 am - 11:45 am

Wout van Wijk
Danielle Coffey
Sandra Chastanet
Roy Kaufman
Christopher Kenneally

Paying for News: Who Should Get Paid, and How?

From Australia to Europe to the U.S., lawmakers and regulators are taking steps to encourage or require technology platforms to negotiate license and payment terms with news publishers for the...
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Wout van Wijk

Danielle Coffey

Sandra Chastanet

Roy Kaufman

Christopher Kenneally

12:00 pm - 12:45 pm

Michael Pitoglou
Drew Delis

Featured Presentation: Liberating the True Value of Content

Liberating the True Value of Content Join Drew Delis and Michael Pitoglou of Orfium as they discuss the current state of digital rights exploitation, the technical challenges both rights holders...
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Michael Pitoglou

Drew Delis

1:00 pm - 1:45 pm

Martin Cernosek
Patrick Russo
Matt Lutz
Alison Wenham
Jake Beaumont-Nesbitt

Turning Copyrights into Cash: Trends in Rights-based Finance

Investors continue to pour money into music publishing catalogs and other rights-based assets, but is selling out the only way for authors and artists to turn their copyrights into cash?...
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Martin Cernosek

Patrick Russo

Matt Lutz

Alison Wenham

Jake Beaumont-Nesbitt

Day 2

15 Sep 2021

10:00 am - 10:45 am

Mathieu Desoubeaux
Cristina Perpiñá-Robert Navarro
Kelly Sumner
Mark Isherwood
Jim Griffin

Content Identification, Filtering and Article 17: A Status Report

Article 17 of the European Union’s Copyright Directive is now in effect, requiring UGC platforms to identify, attribute, and in some cases, block copyrighted content uploaded by their users. How...
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Mathieu Desoubeaux

Cristina Perpiñá-Robert Navarro

Kelly Sumner

Mark Isherwood

Jim Griffin

11:00 am - 11:45 am

Helienne Lindvall
Rory Bernard
Mike Hurst
David Marlin
Paul Sweeting

Building a Better Payment Pipeline for Royalties and Residuals

The path from a user clicking ‘play’ to a rights owner, creator or investor getting paid can be long and winding, and often difficult to retrace. How new tools and...
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Helienne Lindvall

Rory Bernard

Mike Hurst

David Marlin

Paul Sweeting

12:00 pm - 12:45 pm

Seth Shapiro
Stefan Schulz
Bruno Guez
Allen Bargfrede
Jordi Puy

Blockchain 2.0: Will This Time be Different?

From NFTs, to real-world rights-management and payment platforms, the blockchain buzz is back. What’s different this time? What lessons have been learned? Will the reality match the hype? Panelists: Jordi...
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Seth Shapiro

Stefan Schulz

Bruno Guez

Allen Bargfrede

Jordi Puy

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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