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From movies and music to publishing, photography, and the fine arts the annual RightsTech Summit in New York City brings together a unique cross-section of artists, engineers, rights owners, entrepreneurs, and investors from all corners of the media industries to discover and discuss the latest innovations in the management and monetization of media rights. From metadata standards and rights registries to the blockchain, content identification, licensing strategies, and machine learning, RightsTech is the commerce of art.
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2018 KEYNOTES & FIRESIDE CHATS INCLUDE
Merck Mercuriadis
CEO, Founder, & Managing Partner,
Hipgnosis Songs Ltd.
Hipgnosis Songs Ltd.
Nile Rodgers
Grammy Award-Winning Producer, Songwriter, Musician, and Singer
2018 SPEAKERS INCLUDE
Adrienne Fields
Director of Legal Affairs,
Artists Rights Society (ARS)
Artists Rights Society (ARS)
Ahmed Elgammal
CEO,
Artrendex
Artrendex
Alex Bulkin
Co-Founder & Chief Alchemist,
CoinFund
CoinFund
Alisa Coleman
Chief Operating Officer,
ABKCO Music & Records, Inc.
ABKCO Music & Records, Inc.
Amelia Wang Binder
Vice President,
Government and Industry Affairs,NMPA
Government and Industry Affairs,NMPA
Ben McEwen
Commercial Director,
ICE (London)
ICE (London)
Cédric Cobban
President & Founder,
PeerTracks Inc.
PeerTracks Inc.
Chauncy Jackson
President,
Siri Music Group
Siri Music Group
Cheryl Potts
Founder & CEO,
Cleerkut
Cleerkut
Christopher Kenneally
Senior Director, Content Marketing,Copyright Clearance Center
Christopher Sprigman
Professor,
New York University School of LawCo-Director,
Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy
New York University School of LawCo-Director,
Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy
D.K. Smith
CMO & Co-Founder,
dxDigital.com
dxDigital.com
Dae Bogan
Head of Third Party Partnerships,
Mechanical Licensing Collective
Mechanical Licensing Collective
Daniel Dewar
Founder,
Paperchain
Paperchain
Daniel Doubrovkine
CTO,
Artsy.net
Artsy.net
Danny Anders
CEO & Founder,
ClearTracks
ClearTracks
Deep Ghumman
Principal,
Advisory ServicesEY
Advisory ServicesEY
Drew Waters
Vice President,
VEVA Sound
VEVA Sound
Edward Klaris
Managing Partner,
KlarisIP
KlarisIP
Eugene Mopsik
CEO,
American Society for Collective Rights Licensing (ASCRL)
American Society for Collective Rights Licensing (ASCRL)
Eve Sussman
Artist
Georgii Speakman
Founder,
OUT.LI.ER
OUT.LI.ER
Jackson Turner
Partner,
Soundchains
Soundchains
Jacob Varghese
Founder & Director,
Noctil
Noctil
Jarrod Dicker
CEO,
Po.et
Po.et
Jesse Grushack
Co-Founder,
Ujo Music
Ujo Music
Jessica Sobhraj
CEO,
Cosynd
Cosynd
JJ Rosen
EVP of Music Strategy & Industry Relations,
Splice
Splice
Jonathan Skogmo
Founder & CEO,
Jukin Media
Jukin Media
Keith Kupferschmid
CEO,
Copyright Alliance
Copyright Alliance
Lillian Ruiz
COO & Co-Founder,
Civil Media Company
Civil Media Company
Mario Pena
Product Manager,
Safe Creative Ltd.
Safe Creative Ltd.
Mark Willis
Co-Founder and Chief Design Officer,
Texel
Texel
Maurice Russell
CEO & Founder,
Media Rights Management
Media Rights Management
Merck Mercuriadis
CEO, Founder, & Managing Partner,
Hipgnosis Songs Ltd.
Hipgnosis Songs Ltd.
Michael Simon
President, Rumblefish;
President & CEO, Harry Fox Agency LLC
President & CEO, Harry Fox Agency LLC
Misha Libman
Co-Founder & Head of Product,
Snark.art
Snark.art
Nile Rodgers
Grammy Award-Winning Producer, Songwriter, Musician, and Singer
Noah Becker
President,
AdRev
AdRev
Pete Mathias
Bertelsmann Entrepreneurs Program,
Bertelsmann
Bertelsmann
Rasty Turek
CEO,
Pex
Pex
Razi Rais
Subject Matter Expert (Blockchain),
Microsoft
Microsoft
Rick Goetz
Marketing Director,
ONErpm
ONErpm
Robert Levine
Author,
Freelance writer
Freelance writer
Robert Norton
CEO & Co-founder,
Verisart
Verisart
Sarah Howes
Director & Counsel, Government & Public Policy,
Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television & Radio Artists
Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television & Radio Artists
Stu Levy
Founder,
TOKYOPOP, POP Comics, POP Crypto
TOKYOPOP, POP Comics, POP Crypto
Sun Jen Yung
Partner,
Head of Digital Media,Nfluence Partners
Head of Digital Media,Nfluence Partners
Taishi Fukuyama
Co-founder, COO,
Amadeus Code
Amadeus Code
Vaughn Mckenzie-Landell
CEO & Co-Founder,
JAAK
JAAK
Virginie Berger
Managing Partner,
DBTHCap Ventures
DBTHCap Ventures
2018 RIGHTS TECH SUMMIT Agenda
Day 1
05 Oct 2018
8:30 am - 9:30 am
REGISTRATION
9:30 am – 9:40 am
EVENTS HALL
OPENING PRESENTATIONS & FIRESIDE CHAT: RIGHTSTECH SUMMIT
PRESENTERS: Pete Mathias, Bertelsmann Entrepreneurs Program, Bertelsmann Vaughn Mckenzie-Landell, CEO & Co-Founder, JAAK Pete Mathias & Vaughn Mckenzie-Landell Topic: Pioneering Music Blockchain Pilot: Learnings & Application For The Wider IP... Read More
Pete Mathias
10:10 am - 10:50 am
EVENTS HALL
VIEW FROM THE TOP: CRYPTO, CODE AND COPYRIGHTS: THE FUTURE OF MEDIA RIGHTS MANAGEMENT
Media and technology industry leaders offer a big-picture view of the current state of media rights management and licensing for rights owners and users, how technology is changing the way... Read More
Deep Ghumman
Lillian Ruiz
Jarrod Dicker
Jesse Grushack
Christopher Kenneally
PRESENTATION: EVE SUSSMAN
Eve Sussman, Artist Eve Sussman Artist Spotlight Eve Sussman is a Brooklyn-based artist working in film, video, and installation. Sussman will present a preview of 89 seconds Atomized, a re-invention of her... Read More
Eve Sussman
11:15 am – 11:45 am
MORNING BREAK
11:45 am - 12:15 pm
EVENTS HALL
The Enumerated Manuscript: Unique IDs, Metadata and Registries
Machine-to-machine rights management requires machine-readable rights data. A look at how different media industries are tackling the challenge of assigning standardized, machine-readable identifiers and metadata to creative works, how those... Read More
Jacob Varghese
Daniel Doubrovkine
Michael Simon
Mario Pena
Maurice Russell
Staking a Claim: Authorship, Attribution, and Authentication
From photographs and paintings, to musical work sand poetry, the value of many types of creative works lies in their attribution and provenance. But the lack of reliable records of... Read More
Jessica Sobhraj
Robert Norton
Jackson Turner
Drew Waters
D.K. Smith
One of a Kind: Engineering Digital Scarcity with Blockchain
Digital technology did away with scarcity, upending many media industry business models. But the economics of scarcity may be poised for a comeback thanks to blockchain. This panel will explore... Read More
Stu Levy
Misha Libman
Mark Willis
Alex Bulkin
12:45 pm - 2:00 pm
VIP LUNCH (INVITE-ONLY)
View From the Top: Copyright Reform in the U.S. and Europe
Copyright legislation in the U.S. and Europe is poised to bring the most sweeping changes in decades to how media content is distributed, licensed, and used. Industry leaders, policymakers and... Read More
Sarah Howes
Ben McEwen
Alisa Coleman
Keith Kupferschmid
Adrienne Fields
Fireside Chat with Merck Mercuridias and Nile Rodgers of Hipgnosis
Fireside Chat with Merck Mercuridias and Nile Rodgers of Hipgnosis Merck Mercuridias, CEO, Founder, & Managing Partner, Hipgnosis Songs Ltd Nile Rodgers, Grammy Award-Winning Producer, Songwriter, Musician, and Singer INTERVIEWER: Robert... Read More
Merck Mercuriadis
Nile Rodgers
Robert Levine
What’s it Worth? Investing in Rights and Royalties
Leaders from the worlds of finance, startups, and venture capital provide an overview of the M&A and investment climate for rights management companies, and discuss the valuation of rights and... Read More
Daniel Dewar
Pete Mathias
Virginie Berger
Sun Jen Yung
Mixes, Mashups and UGC
Many users of copyrighted works in mixes, mashups and user-generated content go uncounted and uncompensated. Others never happen because they can’t be licensed. This panel will explore how entrepreneurs and... Read More
JJ Rosen
Jonathan Skogmo
Rasty Turek
Chauncy Jackson
3:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Classrooms A/B
DIY Tools and Financing for Artists
Artists and entrepreneurs discuss how technology is enabling creators to manage and finance their own careers and retain control of their work. PANELISTS: G. Thomas Esmay, Director of Business Development,... Read More
Rick Goetz
Cheryl Potts
Dae Bogan
Georgii Speakman
Show Me the Money: Bringing Transparency to Residuals and Royalty Payments
The music business has its notorious “black box” money problem, but creators and licensors in many rights-based industries lack effective tools to track the money their works generate as it... Read More
Danny Anders
Razi Rais
Cédric Cobban
Eugene Mopsik
Christopher Kenneally
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm
AFTERNOON BREAK
A.I.: What to Make of Machine-Made Art?
Courts say monkeys can’t own copyrights, but what about machines? As artificial intelligence systems increasingly are used to create music, photographs, news articles, and artworks, who or what owns the... Read More
Christopher Sprigman
Taishi Fukuyama
Ahmed Elgammal
Edward Klaris
TICKETS
NYME Registration
799.00 USD
INCLUDES:
Access to all 4 conferences:
Digital Music Forum
Future of Television
NY Games Conference
RightsTech Summit
Access to the Opening party, closing cocktail receptions, and tech crawl.
NYME VIP Registration
1,599.00 USD
INCLUDES:
Access to All Speaker Sessions
for all 4 conferences:
Digital Music Forum
Future of Television
NY Games Conference
RightsTech Summit
Access to VIP Dinner and lunches, opening party, closing cocktail receptions, and tech crawls.
OUR VENUE
MUSEUM OF JEWISH HERITAGE
36 Battery Place, New York, NY 10280
RIGHTSTECH SUPPORTING PARTNERS INCLUDES
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