8:30am
Registration and Networking Breakfast
Sponsored by Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
9:30am
Center Stage Enterview with BMG CEO Thomas Coesfeld & BMG Chief Strategy Officer Johannes von Schwarzkopf
9:55am
Panel 1: The Importance of Active Catalog Management
Moderator: Hayley Silvertown, Of Counsel | Paul Hastings
Sam Hendel, Managing Partner | Chord Music Partners, Dundee Partners
Joe Puthenveetil, Partner | Raine
Will Smith, CFO | Create Music Group
10:30am
Keynote Conversation with UMPG Chairman & CEO Jody Gerson
10:50am
Networking Break
Sponsored by Regions
11:15am
Panel 2: Legal & Finance Topics that Impact Valuation and Catalog Performance
Moderator: Lisa Alter, Founding Partner | Alter, Kendrick & Baron, LLP
Brett Moskowitz, Member | Moore & Van Allen
Charles Johnson, Managing Director | Truist Securities
Josh Love, Partner | Reed Smith
11:50am
Spotlight Interview with Reservoir Media Founder & CEO Golnar Khosrowshahi & Melody Holdings Chairman & CEO John Josephson
12:20pm
Panel 3: Navigating Specialized Music Assets
Moderator: Stephen Sessa, Partner | Reed Smith
Matt Pincus, Co-Founder & CEO | Music
Barry Massarsky, Partner & Practice Leader, Music and Entertainment Valuation Services | Citrin Cooperman
Michael Poster, Partner, Music Acquisition & Financing Chair | Michelman & Robinson LLP
12:55pm
Distinguished Conversation with GoldState Music Founder & Managing Partner Charles Goldstuck
1:15pm
Lunch
Sponsored by Michelman Robinson
2:00pm
Marquee Discussion: Warner Chappell Co-Chair & CEO Guy Moot, Warner Chappell Co-Chair & COO Carianne Marshall, & Bain Capital Managing Director John Ezekowitz
2:35pm
Panel 4: Macro Issues in Top Royalty Streams
Moderator: Danielle Aguirre, CLO & COO | NMPA
Ben Katovsky, CEO | Recognition Music Group
Matt Spetzler, Co-Founder | Jamen Capital
Brad Sharp, Co-Founder & Senior Managing Partner | Virtu Global Advisors
3:10pm
View from the Top with Concord CEO Bob Valentine
3:30pm
Networking Break
Sponsored by Regions
3:55pm
Signature Fireside Chat with Primary Wave Music CEO Larry Mestel & Kobalt CEO Laurent Hubert
4:25pm
Panel 5: Ex-US Growth Areas
Moderator: Jenny Kim, Managing Director | Goldman Sachs
Mary Megan Peer, CEO | peermusic
Jeannette Perez, President & CEO | Kobalt Music Publishing
Alexi Cory-Smith, Founder & CEO | Bella Figura Music
5:00pm
Panel 6: Catalog M&A 2.0: Pricing, Competition & Exit Strategies
Moderator: John Frankenheimer, Chairman Emeritus | Loeb & Loeb LLP
Aaron Siegel, Managing Director | Goldman Sachs
Denise Colletta, Managing Director | City National Bank
David Dunn, Co-Founder & Managing Partner | Shot Tower Capital
5:35pm
Featured Fireside Chat with ASCAP CEO Beth Matthews
5:50pm
Happy Hour
Sponsored by Gelfand, Rennert & Feldman