To see the speakers and schedule for SF MusicTech Live! on Friday, May 29, 2020 please visit www.sfmusictechlive.com
Below is the schedule from the last in-person SF MusicTech Summit in 2017.
SF MusicTech Summit – October 17, 2017
| Sakura Room | Spring Room | Osaka Room | |
| 8:30a – 9:00a | Registration & Breakfast Live Music by: Shambhu & Kai Eckhardt |
Breakfast | Breakfast |
| 8:50 – 9:00a | Opening Remarks Brian Zisk, SF MusicTech Summit |
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| 9:00 – 9:20a | Break | Break | Break |
| 9:20 -10:20a | From Stanford to Smule: The Journey of a Music Tech Startup Dr. Jeffrey C. Smith Creating New Revenue For Artists We Shall Overcome Bad Copyright Decisions |
Elevator Pitch Session Brian Zisk, SF MusicTech Summit DJ John Acquaviva, Plus8 Equity |
Getting Attention in a Short Attention Span World Host: Eddie Meehan, Wonderful Union Kevin Breuner, CD Baby Michael Fiebach, Fame House |
| 10:20 – 10:50a | 30 minute Coffee & Tea Break | Open Music Initiative (OMI) / Blockchain Meetup in Spring Foyer | |
| 10:50 – 11:50a | Licensing Deals: Getting the Music Rights You Need Host: Darryl Ballantyne, LyricFind Adrian Perry, Covington Jim Mahoney, Merlin Stephen White, Dubset Michael McCarty, SOCAN Lauren Apolito, Rumblefish |
This Business of DATA Host: Cherie Hu, Forbes / Billboard Scott Ryan, Gracenote Michael Jeffrey, TiVo Dae Bogan, Tune Registry Kristin Westcott Grant, Westcott Multimedia |
Women’s Meetup Shoshana Zisk, SF MusicTech Summit Cindy Charles, Amazon |
| 11:40 – 1:00p | Lunch Break | ||
| 1:00 – 2:00p | Presentations & Demos: Part 1 Host: Larry Marcus, Walden VC Maxine Marcus, The Ambassadors Company Katie McMahon, SoundHound Carolina Castilla, Massive Act Vanessa Ferrer, Merch Cat Joao Fiadeiro, YouTube G. Marq Roswelll,TunesMap Kyle Smetanka, TiVo |
Hot Topics in Music Tech Law Gary Greenstein, WSGR (Moderator) David Ring, David Ring Media William Hochberg, Greenberg Glusker Bill Colitre, Music Reports |
Performance, Networking and the Singularity
Keith McMillen, Keith McMillen Instruments |
| 2:00 – 2:30p | Fireside Chat with Deezer Host: Ted Cohen Jorge Rincon, Deezer Technologies for Music Production Software: MPE and JUCE |
Hackathon Winners Showcase Winners will be selected at www.sfmusictechhackathon.com Host: Travis Laurendine, Outlier Group |
(Starts at 2:15p) Virtual Reality Dave Haynes, TheWaveVR Brian Furano, Vicarious VR |
| 2:30 – 2:40p | Adaptive Music Lars Rasmussen, Weav.io |
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| 2:40 – 3:40p | Creative Culture, Tech & Events Host: Zack O’Malley Greenburg, Forbes Antony Randall, Creating Equilibrium John Boyle, Insomniac Biasha Mitchell, Eventbrite Dave Allen, North |
Revolution or Evolution? The Future of Record Labels Host: Jacqueline Sabec, KHPS LLP Poo Bear, Producer/Songwriter Max Weinberg, Geffen Philip Kaplan, DistroKid Ryan Walsh, Floodgate |
Presentations & Demos: Part 2 HOST:Josh Constine, TechCrunch Eli Ball, Lyric Financial Edwin Joassart, Playground Bill Wilson, Indie.Ninja Dave Park, Recombinant Jason Fiber, THX Winner of Future Music Forum 2017, Barcelona |
| 3:40 – 4:10p | Afternoon Snack Break | SXSW Meetup in Foyer Melissa O’Brien, SXSW Bobby Nall, SXSW |
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| 4:10 – 5:40 | Blockchain, ICOs, Cryptocurrencies + Music MC: Brian Zisk, SF MusicTech Summit Erik Mendelsohn, RecordGram Vaughn McKenzie, JAAK Chris McMurtry, .dotblockchain / Exactuals Shelita Burke, Pop Star / Data Scientist Jason Robert, HelloSugoi |
Startup Winners Showcase Host: Patti Silverman, SF MusicTech Shilpa Prasad, YouNoodle Tony Blank, SendGrid Judges: Dallas Kashuba, Dreamhost Angel Investor Patrick Anding, WSGR David Lowry, Hyrdic Media Todd Tate, SF MusicTech Michael Drexler, Warner Music Group |
Pop UP! Podcast Hosts: Renee Richardson & Irish Greg McQuaid Carlos Cabrera, Patreon Julia Nunes, Singer Mike Baker, Radio Nowhere |
Summit Cocktail Party
Tuesday, October 17, 2017
5:40pm – 8:00pm
Hotel Kabuki, 1625 Post Street
Registered SF MusicTech Summit attendees only.
Sponsored by:
LyricFind, SXSW, Lagunitas, WSGR
Happening the Week of the Summit
Check out SF MusicTech Week for interesting things to do the week before & after the Summit.