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Shaping the digital future
MixRadio Music Connects 2014, the Indian music ecosystem's
most denitive annual get together is back. The focus this year is on
the artiste, the musician and how he/she can make a career, while
growing revenue in an industry that is undergoing drastic
transformation. And how all those in the ecosystem can benet
from the creative product that is created–whether it is streaming
services or old-fashioned labels or MCNs or brands or broadcast
channels.
MRMC '14 produced by Hong Kong based Music Matters and
indiantelevision.com group's radioandmusic.com unites
stakeholders across the music ecosystem to drive meaningful
dialogue and facilitate practical solutions to drive the music industry
forward.
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Tuesday, November 4
8:30 am onwards
Registration opens
09:30 am - 09:35 am
Tuesday,
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Anil
Wanvari's
welcome speech
09:35 am - 09:45 am
Jasper Donat's opening introduction
09:45 am - 09:50 am
Welcome to India from the IMI
09:50 am - 10:20 am
Keynote presentation on how the industry stands
today
Sridhar Subramanium, President, India and Middle East, Sony Music
Entertainment India
10:20 am - 11:20 am
Streaming: gathering momentum
Panelists:
Melissa Price
Senior Product Manager, MixRadio
Key Themes: A conversation with the new players in the
streaming ecosystem. What's driving their streaming story in
India? Their plans for labels, for individual artistes, and how they
are sharing revenue. Tips on using their services better, best
practices on placing music and getting into playlists, the
importance of metadata
Moderator:
Mandar Thakur
Chief Operating Ofcer, Times Music
Sylvain Delange
Head of Sales, Asia, Believe Digital
Tarun Malik
Director & Head, Media & Cloud
Services, South West Asia, Samsung
Snehal Shinde
Vice President of Emerging Markets,
RDIO
Claes Loberg
Founder and Director Of Innovation,
Guvera Limited
11:20 am - 11:50 am
Keynote presentation by
Jyrki Rosenberg, Head, MixRadio
11:50 am - 12:05 pm
Tea Break
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12:05 pm - 1:20 pm
The new emerging independent artist
platforms
Key Themes: A handful of digital, broadcast platforms have
emerged to provide an outlet to non-Bollywood musicians,
whether independent Indian rock or pop or Indian classical.
What are they offering? Are they rewarding talent? What are
their business plans? How can musicians and artistes loop into
their ecosystems better?
Panelists:
Chinmayee Tripathi
Director - Marketing, Songdew.com
Rachna Kanwar
SVP & Business Head,
Digital Media & New Business,
Radio City 91.1 FM
Vijay Basrur
Co-Founder, OK Listen
Nikhil Udupa
MTV
Ratish Tagde
Founder & Managing Director, Insync
Devraj Sanyal,
Managing Director,Universal Music
Group South Asia.
EMI Music South Asia
1:20 pm - 2:20 pm
2:20 pm - 2:50 pm
Lunch
The labels and their story
Panelists:
Eros
Sanujeet Bhujbal
Senior Director, Sony Music
Key Themes: Even as the mainline labels or majors continue
to adapt and develop their business models, others are
ramping up and getting on the mainline Bollywood music rights
acquisition trail. Why are they doing so? And what is their end
game?
Sahas Malhotra
Sr VP & Business Head - Music &
Film, Tips industries Limited
Neeraj Kalyan
President, T-Series
Moderator:
Karan Grover
Director Entertainment – IMENA (India, Middle East & North
Africa), MixRadio
2:50 pm-3:05 pm
Tea Break
3:05 pm-3:35 pm
In conversation with Terry Ellis, Founder,
Chrysalis Records
Interviewer: Ralph Simon, Chairman of Mobilium Global
and Chairman Emeritus, Mobile Entertainment Forum Americas
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3:35 pm - 4:20 pm
Building your audience
Key Themes: Best practices for various social media platforms
(YouTube, Dailymotion, Twitter, Facebook, your website). How
to cumulatively use the power of each of these to build yourself
as an artiste amongst your fans.
Panelists:
Manan Singhi
Head of Music Partnerships,
YouTube (India & South Asia)
Pratik Gupta
Founder & Director for New Business
& Innovation, Foxy Moron
Rajiv Dhingra
CEO, WatConsult
Rob McDermott
Owner, To11 Media Inc.
Digitally Inspired Media
4:20 pm – 4:50 pm
In conversation with Alan Ridgeway, President
International & Emerging Markets, Live Nation
Entertainment
Interviewer: Vijay Nair, Director, Only Much Louder
4:50 pm - 6:05 pm
The east west connect
Key Themes: What does it take for Indian musicians,
composers, and publishers to nd success abroad and how
are their western counterparts breaking into the Indian market?
Moderator:
Andrew Mackay, Composer / Producer
Panelists:
Brandon Bakshi
Executive Director - Writer, Publisher
Relations Europe & Asia, BMI
Tuomas Kantelinen, Composer
Natalie di Luccio, Singer
Frank Liwall
President, The Royalty Network, Inc.
Jatanil Banerjee
Membership Development Manager
Asia, PRS for Music
6:05 pm - 6:15 pm
6:15 pm
Music from SongHubs: A collaboration between
Australian & Indian musicians and writers
Wrap up
Andrew Mackay,
Composer/Producer
Glenn Dickie
Export Music Producer,
Sounds Australia
Simultaneous mentoring and
workshops can happen during the day
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Wednesday, November 5
9:30 am - 10:15 am
Crystal ball-gazing: the biggies give their
view
Key Themes: How much have the biggies delivered in the
evolving digital ecosystem? Have their business models
worked? Do we see new ones emerging in the coming year?
What challenges do they see and how much change is needed?
Panelists:
Pawan Agarwal
VP & Business Head, Gaana.com
Damien King
Chief Technology Ofver, Guvera
Adarsh Gupta
Head Music Business, HMV
Saregama India Ltd
Anand Chandrasekaran
Chief Product Ofcer,
Bharti Airtel Ltd.
Neeraj Vyas
Senior Executive Vice President &
Business Head,
Sony MAX & Sony MIX
10:15 pm - 10:30 pm
In conversation with Seymour Stein,
Co-Founder and Chairman, Sire Records
10:30 am - 11:15 am
The brand story
Key Themes: Brands have an important role to play in the
music ecosystem. Fans love music and by putting their money
behind music, brands can make fans their consumers. Who
are the ones who are doing so? What are they doing? Why?
What are they looking for? And what is needed for musicians to
get synced with their plans? Best practices.
11:15 am - 12:00 noon
The Indian MCNs
Key Themes: A look at the players who are creating content
online
Moderator:
Jasper Donat, Co-Founder & CEO, Branded Ltd
Panelists:
Priya Nair
Executive Director for Home Care,
Hindustan Unilever Limited
Aditya Swami
EVP Viacom18 Media and Business
Head - MTV & MTV Indies
Representatives from Bacardi – Award
Panelists:
All India Bakchod (AIB)
Samir Bangara
Co-Founder & Managing Director,
Qyuki Digital Media
Rajeshree Naik
Co-founder & Director,
Ping Network
Parmeet Lamba
Business Head- Entertainment,
Digital Quotient (HT Media)
Satyanarayan Raghavan
YouTube
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Wednesday, November 5
12:00 noon -12:15 pm
Tea Break
12:15 pm - 12:45 pm
Keynote interview
12:45 pm - 1:30 pm
Of all things finance
Key Themes: How do those who put their money behind
music initiatives view the ecosystem as an investment? What
areas are seeing value and money creations, hence appearing
attractive? What kind of ROI expectations do they have? And
has their prot horizon shifted?
1:30 pm- 2:30 pm
2:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Panelists:
Rishi Negi/ Vivek Raichur
CA Media Ventures
Rajesh Sawhney
Founder, GSF
Pearl Uppal
5ideas Startup Superfuel
Lunch
Maati Baani interview & performance
Interviewer: Manan Singhi, Head of Music Partnerships,
YouTube (India & South Asia)
3:45 pm - 4:00 pm
Closing remarks
Please Note: Speakers/Panelists mentioned above are tentative and subject to changes
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