MySpace Music CEO and Award-winning DJ Garth Trinidad to Speak at Digital Music Forum West in Los Angeles

MySpace Music CEO and Award-winning DJ Garth Trinidad to Speak at Digital Music Forum West in Los Angeles

Over 300 Top Music and Digital Industry Leaders to Gather in Hollywood for Prestigious Annual Event, Oct. 7-8

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Digital Media Wire today announced the speakers and agenda for the highly-anticipated Digital Music Forum West (www.digitalmusicforum.com/west), to be held at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles on Wednesday, October 7 and Thursday, October 8, 2009.

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The two-day event is the industry's only comprehensive digital music conference focused on the evolution and future of digital music. The conference agenda, which includes senior participants from all the major labels, leading indie labels, social networks, online music retailers, mobile companies, artists and association heads, includes top keynotes, discussions and panels on topics including mobile apps, the state of the digital union, the future of Internet radio, online video, digital innovation, investments, the digital copyright debates, social networking, music blogs and games and music.

Attendees are over 300 senior decision-makers from record labels, music publishers, producers and distributors, technology companies, wireless companies, rights organizations, industry bodies, radio, advertising, attorneys, artists, investors and venture capitalists.

   Speakers include:   Courtney Holt, President, MySpace Music   Dalton Caldwell, Founder & CEO, imeem   Garth Trinidad, Award-Winning DJ & Host, KCRW   Francis Ten, Founding Band Member, West Indian Girl   Alex Hackford, Head of A&R, Sony Computer Entertainment America   Ali Partovi, CEO & Co-Founder, iLike   Ted Mico, Head of Digital, Interscope Geffen A&M   Ned Sherman, CEO & Publisher, Digital Media Wire   Ted Cohen, Managing Partner, TAG Strategic   Russ Crupnick, Senior Industry Analyst, NPD Group   James Lamberti, VP of Marketing & Artists Services, Topspin   Eric Garland, CEO, BigChampagne   John Moakley, EVP, Data Services, Rovi Corporation   Tim Quirk, VP, Programming & Creative, Rhapsody America   Ted Cohen, Managing Partner, TAG Strategic   Mike Canaddy, Chief Strategy Officer & CFO, Scratch DJ Academy   Jordan Glazier, CEO, Eventful   David Leibowitz, Chairman, Sir Groovy   Aydin Caginalp, Partner, Entertainment & Media, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips,    LLP   Christian Jorg, Head of Digital, Island Def Jam Music Group / UMG   Massimiliano Pellegrini, CEO, Dada Entertainment   Dave Dederer, VP, Melodeo / The Presidents of the United States of America   Michael Spiegelman, Head of Music, Yahoo!   Dave Conway, Founder, Little Radio   David Oxenford, Partner, Davis, Wright, Tremaine LLP   Jim Griffin, Founder, Choruss /  Advisor, Warner Music Group   John Rudolph, CEO, Bug Music / Board Member, NMPA   Jonathan Potter, Executive Director, Digital Media Association   Michael Petricone, SVP, Gov't Affairs, CEA   Rose Slanic, GM, Roadrunner Records Canada   Alexander Ljung, Founder & CEO, SoundCloud   Daren Tsui, CEO & Co-Founder, mSpot   Jeff Marshall, Executive Producer, Rock Band Network   Jeannie Lee Novak, Lead Author & Series Editor, Game Development    Essentials   Kelli Richards, President & CEO, The All Access Group   Justin Gage, Founder, Aquarium Drunkard / Autumn Tone Records   Lina Lecaro, Columnist, LA Weekly   Heidi Richman, Founder, HRMP Lifestyle Marketing & Promotion   Nic Adler, Owner, The Roxy   Josh Brooks, Vice President, Project Playlist   Barry Layne, COO, ARTISTdirect Internet Group   Cecily Mak, Senior Counsel, RealNetworks   Maurice Russell, VP, Licensing, Collections & Bus. Affairs, Harry Fox    Agency   Patrick Sullivan, President & CEO, RightsFlow LLC   

Event sponsors and media partners include Loeb & Loeb, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, Rovi Corporation, Cisco, Dada Entertainment, Davis Wright Tremaine, Digital Media Association, Filter Magazine, KCRW, A2IM, UCLA Anderson School of Management, Hypebot.com, Aquarium Drunkard, Music Connection, Parks Associates, New Music Tipsheet, PR Newswire, MultiVu, EMF and NVPR.

For complete agenda, registration and event details please visit: http://www.digitalmusicforum.com/west.

Other prominent Digital Media Wire events include the LA Games Conference; NY Games Conference; Future of Television East; Future of Television West; Digital Music Forum East, and Digital Media Conference, which it produces in tandem with Potomac Tech Wire.

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