9:00am

Doors, Check-In & Light Breakfast

Break Presented by HUB Entertainment Insurance

10:25am

Opening Remarks

Rachel Baron (Dayglo Ventures)

10:35-11:35am

Panel: TO CLICK OR NOT TO CLICK: NAVIGATING THE EVER-CHANGING WORLD OF SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING

Presented by Blockparty

Social media marketing remains essential to driving event and content awareness. With ever changing algorithms, policies and tools, what are the latest, most effective ways artists, venues and promoters can maximize engagement and revenue?

Moderator
Jonathan Healey (Dayglo Ventures)

Speakers
Myles Grosovsky (Q Prime), Gogi Gupta (Gupta Media), Erica Hernandez (Brooklyn Bowl) Dino Kuckovic (Falcon.io), Ali Shakeri (ToneDen), Christina Ventura (Live Nation)

11:40am-12:40pm

Panel: BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG STAGE

Presented by ROBE

Some of the leading light designers in live entertainment production discuss their inspirations and intentions as well as the challenges associated with transforming visual design objectives onto the concert stage.

Moderator
Abigail Holmes (NYXdesign)

Speakers
Robert Bloom (RBB Designs, LLC), Marc Janowitz (E26 Design), Christopher Ragan (BML-Blackbird / Raygun Designs), Jefferson Waful (Umphrey’s McGee)

12:40-1:40pm

Lunch

Break Presented by HUB Entertainment Insurance

1:40-2:40pm

Panel: AMPLIFYING AWARENESS AND ACTION

Presented by G4D Productions

Music stirs passion, curiosity and interest. Now, more than ever, it’s being used to catalyze social, political and environmental change. Across a broad spectrum, artists and organizations have harnessed the power of music to deliver critical messages while trying to be conscious to not alienate fans. How does a fan who simply came to listen to music become a fan that takes action for a cause?

Moderator
Ari Fink (SiriusXM)

Speakers
Mollie Farrell (HeadCount), Jennifer Glickman (CannaCraft), Cameron Sears (Rex Foundation), Kris “Red” Tanner (Activist Artists Management), Tanner Watt (REVERB)

2:45-3:45pm

A LONG, STRANGE TRIP WITH ROGER MCNAMEE
and Relix’s Dean Budnick

Roger McNamee has balanced a career as a venture capitalist in Silicon Valley as co-founder of Elevation Partners who helped oversee $1.9 billion in assets, with the life of a musician, touring nationally in Moonalice and Doobie Decibel System. In his new book, Zucked, McNamee shares his journey from tech true believer and early Facebook advisor to someone who has come to question the cultural and political impact of the company’s business model.

Roger McNamee (Zucked)

3:50-4:50pm

Panel: MEET ME IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM

Presented by Mr. B’s Festival Needs General Store

Music-based entrepreneurs must draw on varied tool kits as they launch new businesses and then labor to ensure that these enterprises survive and thrive. This panel draws together accomplished individuals with experiences at various stages of the process to reflect on their trials and tribulations along a well-trod road of blood, sweat and tears.

Moderator
Shirley Halperin (Variety)

Speakers
Nabil Ayers (4AD), Daniel Glass (Glassnote Music), Jennifer Justice (The Justice Dept), Marilyn Laverty (Shore Fire Media), Steve Martocci (Splice)

4:50-5:20pm

Networking Break

Break Presented by HUB Entertainment Insurance

5:20-6:20pm

Panel: I WAS A TEENAGE GUSTER REP

Presented by ​C. F. Martin & Co. ®

Guster’s initial success was facilitated by its rep program through which fans helped to promote the band in exchange for merch and free admission to gigs. Now, more than 25 years later, some of these notable Guster Reps, who have embarked on music careers of their own, reunite with the band to reflect on their individual and collective paths.

Moderator
Ryan Miller and Brian Rosenworcel (Guster)

Speakers
Johnny Beach (The Bowery Presents), Noah Chernin (Dalton Sim Management), Michael Corcoran (mTheory), Laurence Freedman (Telegraph Road Management), Mike Greenhaus (Relix), Rich Schaefer (AEG Presents), Dalton Sim (Dalton Sim Management), Carla Sosenko (Us Weekly)

6:20pm

Happy Hour & Open Bowling

Break Presented by HUB Entertainment Insurance

7:30pm

WE B-E-E SPELLING, a live game show to benefit HeadCount

Featuring Andy Frasco and the U.N., and more!

(All Conference pass holders are invited to attend)

9:30am

Doors, Check-In & Light Breakfast

Break Presented by Prism.fm

10:15am

Opening Remarks

Charley Ryan (Brooklyn Bowl)

10:25-11:25am

Panel: WHAT THE REST OF THE MUSIC BUSINESS CAN LEARN FROM COUNTRY

Presented by Access Industries

Country music continued to thrive in 2018. Overall consumption of recordings rose by 10 percent across all platforms, while live events continued to do robust business with, for example, Kenny Chesney more than doubling the number of tickets sold by Phish or Dead & Company. What accounts for the genre’s steady, continued success and what lessons can be applied to other genres?

Moderator
Dan Berkowitz (CID Entertainment)

Speakers
Brad Belanger (HOMESTEAD), Michael Corcoran (mTheory), Faithe Dillman (Marbaloo Marketing), Emilee Warner (Warner Music Nashville), Jay Williams (William Morris Endeavor)

11:30am-12:00pm

A DIFFERENT KIND OF TWANG: Q&A WITH JED HILLY

The Americana Music Association launched in 1999 with a singular mission to support roots music. Jed Hilly assumed the role of Executive Director in 2007 and under his leadership the AMA has continued to thrive, gaining world renown for its annual Americana Music Festival & Conference and its capstone event, the Americana Music Honors & Awards.

Moderator
Raffaela Kenny-Cincotta (Relix)

12:05-12:20pm

A Presentation by Hi-Line Merchandising’s John Warner

John Warner (Hi-Line Merchandising)

12:20-1:20pm

Lunch

Break Presented by Prism.fm

1:20-2:20pm

Panel: PROMISE & PAIN: TICKETING TRIES TO GROW UP

Presented by Eventbrite

As much as technological innovation promises to bring changes to the ticketing industry, much remains the same: escalating service fees, restrictive ticketing policies, an expanding secondary market and frustrated fans. A frank and insightful conversation with some of the industry’s leading players about its shortcomings, triumphs and future.

Moderator
Josh Baron (Project Admission)

Speakers
Curtis Cheng (DTI Management), Russ D’Souza (SeatGeek), Vladislav Ginzburg (Blockparty), Chip Thomas (Eventbrite)

2:25-3:25pm

IN CONVERSATION: PETER SHAPIRO AND SETH HURWITZ

Two of the nation’s leading independent promoters talk shop. I.M.P. founder Seth Hurwitz will draw on his experiences at 9:30 Club, The Anthem and Merriweather Post Pavilion, while Peter Shapiro will counter with Wetlands Preserve, Brooklyn Bowl, The Capitol Theatre and Fare Thee Well. (Plus, maybe Seth will dish on his role in the Academy Award-winning film Green Book).

Seth Hurwitz (I.M.P.)
Peter Shapiro (Dayglo Ventures)

3:30-4:30pm

A CONVERSATION WITH WARREN HAYNES AND ROLLING STONE‘S DAVID FRICKE

Warren Haynes is a true triple threat: an artist who has achieved worldwide acclaim as a singer, songwriter and guitarist. Haynes has electrified audiences as a creative force during legendary runs with the Allman Brothers Band, The Dead, Phil Lesh & Friends and Gov’t Mule. He also has distinguished himself in the solo setting with albums and tours that have explored a varied palette of sounds from bluegrass to soul, as well as the Jerry Garcia Symphonic Celebration featuring Warren Haynes. In December 2018, he celebrated the 30th anniversary of the Christmas Jam benefit he founded in his hometown of Asheville, NC, which has provided dozens of families with housing through Habitat for Humanity. Haynes, who also has performed and recorded and with B.B. King, Bob Dylan, John Lee Hooker, Eric Clapton, Bonnie Raitt, Dave Matthews, Dave Grohl and many others, will reflect on the challenges and choices that have informed his long and varied career.

David Fricke (Rolling Stone)
Warren Haynes

4:35-5:35pm

Panel: THE ART OF HOSPITALITY

Presented by WinterWonderGrass

Whether a restaurant, venue, hotel or destination event, customer experience is the barometer by which your business survives or perishes. Great food but the service sucked? Good venue but the lines were too long? Amazing seats but the pre-show meet and greet felt rushed? The art of hospitality is one of constant refinement and practice. This panel sheds light on how different disciplines approach it and how each might learn from one another.

Moderator
Andrew Chason (Creative Artists Agency)

Speakers
Josh Capon (Mercer Street Hospitality), Michael Dorf (City Winery), Annabel Lukins (Cloud 9 Adventures), Eddie Meehan (Wonderful Union)

5:40-6:40pm

CASE STUDY: THE BOWERY PRESENTS
With John Moore, Jim Glancy and Rolling Stone’s David Fricke

John Moore began booking shows at the Mercury Lounge in 2001, expanded to the Bowery Ballroom and Webster Hall, and in 2004 co-founded The Bowery Presents.

Jim Glancy began his career at The Wolf Trap in Virginia, moved on to Radio City Music Hall and in 1998 joined SFX Entertainment which evolved into Live Nation Entertainment where he eventually served as President of New York before joining The Bowery Presents as a partner in 2006.

Since its inception, The Bowery Presents has been a purveyor of true artist development and consistently strives to work with artists like LCD Soundsystem, My Morning Jacket, Mumford & Sons and Sam Smith grow from performing in intimate clubs to performing in sold-out arenas.

The company’s principals reflect on its developments and continued growth, which includes breaking ground on a new Boston venue.

John Moore (The Bowery Presents)
Jim Glancy (The Bowery Presents)
David Fricke (Rolling Stone)

6:40pm

Happy Hour & Open Bowling

Break Presented by Prism.fm