SYNCSUMMIT LONDON @ Southwark Cathedral
AGENDA AND WORKSHOPS – Register online – save £100 on door rates
All sessions take place in a “Talk Show” Q&A format encouraging a dialog between attendees and speakers.
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Agenda – Day One – 7 April 2015
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM:
REGISTRATION AND NETWORKING
9:00 AM – 9:45 AM:
KEYNOTE: Game Day for Music –
how video games drive revenue and exposure
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Didier Lord – Worldwide Music Director, Ubisoft
MODERATOR:
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Mark Frieser – Chair, Sync Exchange/Sync Summit
9:45 AM – 10:45 AM:
PANEL DISCUSSION: Music’s Got Game
Video Games, Music, Brands and Interactive Media
In a world where a successful video game can realize over a billion dollars in revenue – and are increasingly tied to brands and multi-million ad campaigns – it’s more important than ever to get music into video games. The question is how. What are the best practices are and what are people in the video game business looking for musically? That’s what the experts on this panel will address.
SPEAKERS:
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Mark Garfield – Founder & Co Director of Pop-Up Music
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Owen Black – Account Manager, Leo Burnett London
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Leslie Amos – Music Supervisor, Sony Computer Entertainment, Ltd, Europe
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Anton Trailer – Director, Trailer Media
MODERATOR:
- Robert Singerman – VP. International Business Publishing, LyricFind
10:45 AM – 10:55 AM:
Musical Interlude: The Young Folk
11:00 AM – Noon:
PANEL DISCUSSION – TECH SUPPORT
How technology is changing business of sync
Technology by its nature is disruptive of old business models – anyone in the music business should know that. But the question is, how has the advent of online music exchanges, production services and sales platforms changed the way people do business in the world of scoring and sync? And how do you take advantage of these changes? That’s what this panel is all about.
PANELISTS:
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Jon Skinner – CEO, Music Gateway
- Jonh Ingham – Head of Creative Product, Soundlounge
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Teemu Yli-Hollo – CEO, Rapper, Audiodraft
MODERATOR:
- Liz Stokes – News Editor, Record Of The Day
Noon – 1:00 PM:
LUNCH BREAK
1:00 PM – 1:45 PM:
KEYNOTE:
Music and the Brand – How Brand/Music partnerships create new audiences, opportunities and revenue.
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Jennifer Justice – EVP, Strategic Marketing and Business Development, RocNation
MODERATOR:
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Mark Frieser – Chair, Sync Exchange/Sync Summit
1:45 PM – 2:45 PM:
PANEL DISCUSSION
The Music Is The Massage: Advertising, brands and music
Music and brands support each other to create greater loyalty, audience and build out new markets. This pane brings together experts from brands, agencies and rights owners/creators.
SPEAKERS:
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Marcel A.Wiebenga – Music Supervisor & BD Director, Sizzer Amsterdam
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Al Douglas – Head of Music and Brand Partnerships, Hash 7
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William Swann – Group Content Director, Marketing, The Coca-Cola Company
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Pamela Lewis – Rudden Creative Sync Licensing Agent, PlutonicGroupSyncs [UK]
MODERATOR:
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Mark Frieser – Chair, Sync Exchange/Sync Summit
2:45 PM – 2:55 PM:
Musical Interlude: Artist TBA
3:00 PM – 3:30 PM:
KEYNOTE
Music and Coca-Cola:
How Coca-Cola works with brands and music to build audience and revenue
- William Swann – Group Content Director, Marketing, The Coca-Cola Company
MODERATOR:
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Mark Frieser – Chair, Sync Exchange/Sync Summit
3:30 PM – 3:40 PM:
Musical Interlude: Artist TBA
3:40 PM – 4:45 PM:
PANEL DISCUSSION
As Heard on TV
Television is a voracious consumer of music – for cues, for shows, interstitials and with the plethora of televisions stations and productions, it continues to grow. This panel brings together some of the top people that working on TV and music worldwide – learn what their creative concerns and challenges are and how to work with them.
PANELISTS:
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Jacqui Perryman – Music Supervisor, Periscope Media
- Gemma Dempsey – Business Development Manager, Soundcheck
- Nathalie DuBois – 6 Degrees Entertainment Group LLC, Music Supervisor
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Natasha Baldwin – Group President, Creative and Marketing, Imagem
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Roy Lidstone-Jackson – MD/CEO – A&G Sync, Ltd.
MODERATOR:
- Jonathan McHugh – Music Supervisor, SongStew Entertainment
4:45 PM – 5:45 PM:
Q&A
Sync, Music, Brands and the German Market
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Lars Bendix Düysen – Vice President Brand Partnership & Music Licensing, Sony Music Entertainment Germany
MODERATOR:
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Mark Frieser – Chair, Sync Exchange/Sync Summit
END OF DAY ONE PROGRAMME – SHOWCASES START @ 7PM
Agenda – Day Two – 8 April, 2015
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM:
REGISTRATION AND NETWORKING
10:00 AM – 10:45 AM:
ONE-ON-ONE CHAT AND WITH:
- Jan Kubran – Head of Music Licensing (GSA), Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
INTERVIEWER:
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Mark Frieser – Chair, Sync Exchange/Sync Summit
10:45 AM – 11:45 AM:
PANEL DISCUSSION – BEHIND THE MUSIC
Best practices, ways, means and methods and to get synced
Our first panel of the day focuses on what you need to do to be successful in getting your music into visual and interactive projects, how to do it, why you need to and who can help. Topics of discussion will include proper metadata, cue sheets, how to submit your music to projects, IP issues and why and when you should work with agents who have the same passion you do for your music.
PANELISTS:
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Ivan Chandler – Founder & CEO, Musicalities Limited
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Gary Welch – Music Supervisor, Eyehear
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Vincent Nayrolles – Publisher & music consultant, Bleepmachine
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Charles FitzGerald – Global Head of Artist Partnerships, PiAS
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Felipe Zenícola – Founder, BRTRAX
MODERATOR:
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Mark Frieser – Chair, Sync Exchange/Sync Summit
11:45 AM – 11:55 AM:
Musical Interlude: Artist TBA
11:55 AM – 1:00PM:
PANEL DISCUSSION:
SHOW ME THE RIGHTS, SHOW ME THE MONEY
A discussion on the ways and means to get paid for your work
So you’ve done your homework, your research, found some solid partners and are submitting music for projects – all well and go, but what are the ways and means – and the methods and avenues – from project to payment? Experts from performance rights organizations, legal, publishing and labels discuss how to get paid.
STARS:
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Christian Hurst – Dir. Music Supervision, The Eggplant Stereo
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David McGinnis – Head, Mute Song
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Richard Kirstein – Founding Partner, Resilient Music LLP
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Lena Obara – Head of Synchronization, La Chunga
- Kully Bhamra – Composer/Producer for TV/Film
MODERATOR:
- Brandon Bakshi – Executive Director, Writer Relations, Europe and Asia, BMI
1:00PM – 2:00 PM:
LUNCH BREAK
2:00 PM – 2:45 PM:
KEYNOTE: THREE-WAY CONVERSATION ON FILM
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Jonathan Platt – Music Supervisor (Saw, et al)
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Jonathan McHugh – Music Supervisor, SongStew Entertainment
INTERVIEWER:
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Mark Frieser – Chair, Sync Exchange/Sync Summit
2:45PM – 2:55PM: Luke Sital-Singh
2:55 PM – 4:00 PM:
PANEL DISCUSSION – FILM
SOON TO BE HEARD IN A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE
Music and Film: Composition, Sync and Placement
The right music can make a scene come alive. On this panel, we’ll compare and contrast the ways and means music supervisors, cinematographers and directors bring together music with cinema.
STARS:
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Jessica Ibgui – A&R Creative Manager, Budde Music France
- Ivan Chandler – Founder & CEO, Musicalities Limited
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Sally House – Founder, TheHit House, LA
- Tom Foster – Head Of TV and Film Licensing, Universal Music Publishing UK
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Valerie Dobbelaere – music & special projects, Gent Film Fest
DIRECTOR:
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Mark Frieser – Chair, Sync Exchange/Sync Summit
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM:
PANEL DISCUSSION – MAKING/LICENSING MUSIC FOR PROJECTS
Here we turn the tables and have a chat with the people that make and own music as we discuss what the challenges and opportunities are for publishers, labels and artists.
PANELISTS:
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Martyn Ware – Musical Artist, Heaven 17
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Hedge Seel -Director/Producer, X-Ray Sound
- Nathalie DuBois – 6 Degrees Entertainment Group LLC, Music Supervisor
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Jan Kubran – Head of Music Licensing (GSA), Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
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Simon Moorehead – Artist Manager / Celebrity Fragrance Licensing (Prism Parfums)
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Elizabeth Chan – Artist; CEO, Merry Bright Music
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Adrian Corker – Composer
MODERATOR
- Robert Singerman – VP. International Business Publishing, LyricFind
5:00 PM – 5:30 PM:
CLOSING KEYNOTE:
Music and sports – shoots and scores
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Jim Brackpool – Head Of Music, BT Sport
MODERATOR:
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Mark Frieser – Chair, Sync Exchange/Sync Summit
CONFERENCE ENDS – SHOWCASES START @ 7PM
Workshops – Day 1 – 7 April 2015
9:45 AM – 10:45 AM
SYNC WORKSHOP – WORKING WITH THE PROS
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Brandon Bakshi – Executive Director, Writer Relations, Europe and Asia, BMI
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Mark Frieser – Chair, Sync Exchange/Sync Summit
11:45 AM – 12:45 PM:
SYNC WORKSHOP – Music in Visuals
First come, first-served intimate discussions strictly limited to 50 people with a key music supervisor/licensing executive.
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Pamela Lewis – Rudden Creative Sync Licensing Agent, PlutonicGroupSyncs [UK]
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM:
SYNC WORKSHOP – Getting in Sync with Germany
A first come, first-served intimate discussion strictly limited to 50 people with a key music supervisor/licensing executive
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Jan Kubran – Head of Music Licensing (GSA), Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
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Lars Bendix Düysen – Vice President Brand Partnership & Music Licensing, Sony Music Entertainment Germany, GmbH
4:30 PM – 5:15 PM:
Workshops – Day 2 – 8 April 2015
10:45 AM – 11:45 AM:
SYNC WORKSHOP – Practicalities and Pitfalls in Music Clearance
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Chris Bemand – Composer/ Founder – Squirky Music
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Aiden Hogarth – Composer/Music Supervisor, Squirky Music Limited
11:45 AM – 12:45 PM:
SYNC WORKSHOP – Music In Advertising
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Al Douglas – Head of Music and Brand Partnerships, Hash 7
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM:
SYNC WORKSHOP – TV and Music
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Natasha Baldwin – Group President, Creative and Marketing, Imagem
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM –
SYNC WORKSHOP – Video Games
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Leslie Amos – Music Supervisor, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe