Date: 2-3 December, 2019
Time: Monday, 2nd Dec – 8.30am to 5.30 pm, Tuesday, 3rd Dec – 9.30 am to 5.30 pm
Venue: IMC conference centre (Indian Merchants’ Chamber aka Chamber of Commerce and Industry). IMC Marg, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400020
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Who should attend: Musicians, lyricists, composers, singers, dancers.
Registration fee: Free (but registration mandatory)
| AGENDA* | |
| Monday, 2 Dec. | |
| 08.30 | Registration |
| 09.30−09.45 | I. Musical introduction |
| 09.45−10.30 | II. Official opening |
| 10.30−10.40 | III. An introduction to the Indian music scene Ratish Tagde (President, MFI – India) |
| 10.40−11.00 | IV. Keynote Pál Tomori (Director, EJI – Hungary) |
| 11.00−11.30 | Coffee break |
| 11.30−13.00 | V. The rights of performers in India and neighbouring countries Nutt Dechapanya (University of Rajabhat – Thailand), Shri G.R. Raghavender (Joint Secretary, Department of Justice – India), Saveena Sachar (Lawyer, Lawhive Associates – India) Moderator: Beat Santschi (Vice President, FIM | President, SMV – Switzerland)
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| 13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch break |
| 14.00−15.15 | VI. The streaming market in Asia Michiko Aotani (General Secretary, MUJ – Japan), Blaise Fernandez (CEO, IMI – India), Siddharta Roy (CEO, Hungama – India), Dr Wimonrekha Sirichairawan (University of Phayao – Thailand), a Spotify representative (tbc) Moderator: John Smith (President, FIM – UK)
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| 15.15−15.30 | VII. Keynote Ray Hair (Vice President, FIM | President, AFM – USA) |
| 15.30−16.00 | Coffee break |
| 16.00−17.30 | VIII. Curated playlists: are remuneration models adequate? Xavier Blanc (AEPO-ARTIS), Aleksandar Cvetkovic (Director, PI – Serbia), Sonia Parasnis (Head of Content, Hungama – India), Lauri Rechardt (Chief Legal Officer, IFPI) Moderator: Horace Trubridge (General Secretary, BMU – UK)
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| Tuesday, 3 Dec. | |
| 09.30−09.45 | IX. Musical introduction |
| 09.45−11.00 | X. Distribution models and diversity: pro-rata vs user-centric Ashish Behl (Vice President, Content Acquisition, Hungama – India), Mandar Thakur (Times Music – India), Horace Trubridge (General Secretary, BMU – UK), Ahti Vänttinen (President, SML – Finland) Moderator: Anders Laursen (Vice President, FIM | President, DMF – Denmark)
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| 11.00−11.30 | Coffee break |
| 11.30−11.45 | XI. Keynote Peter Leathem (CEO, PPL – UK) |
| 11.45−13.00 | XII. The WPPT, 20 years after its adoption Geidy Lung (Senior Counsellor, Copyright law division, WIPO), Lauri Rechardt (Chief Legal Officer, IFPI), Pál Tomori (Director, EJI – Hungary), Sanjay Tandon (CEO, Singers Association – India) Moderator: Benoît Machuel (General Secretary, FIM – France)
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| 13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch break |
| 14.00−15.15 | XIII. Featured and non-featured performers: different needs? Amit Behl (Sr Joint Secretary, CINTAA – India), Soumini Paul (CEO, Artist Aloud – India), Alan Willaert (Vice President, AFM – Canada) Moderator: Thomas Dayan (Deputy Gen. Secretary, FIM – France)
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| 15.15−15.30 | XIV. Keynote Atul Churamani (Managing Director, Turnkey music & publishing – India) |
| 15.30−16.00 | Coffee break |
| 16.00−17.15 | XV. Audio /AV streaming: where do we go from here? Xavier Blanc (AEPO-ARTIS), Ankit Pandey (Business development, Muvi – India), Sushant Singh (General Secretary, CINTAA – India), Ratish Tagde (President, MFI – India) Moderator: Ray Hair (Vice President, FIM | President, AFM – USA)
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| 17.15−17.30 | XVI. Musical performance |
*Agenda and speakers are subject to change
