THE CAMPAIGNING ISSUE
4. INDUSTRY DIARY - Other Events
4-8 JUNE: CITY SHOWCASE
City Showcase, London's leading festival for new music and fashion, has announced this year's timetable of FREE industry workshops.
Sessions will offer advice on topics like A&R , copyright , production , PR and marketing . There will also be two days of seminars exploring The Impact of The New Technology, a day of song-writing masterclasses and an international day looking at the commercial realities of the international music industry. There will be advice from the top movers and shakers in the music industry, including: Ellis Rich (Chairman PRS/ Chairman Independent Music Group); Nihal (Radio 1 and BBC Asian Network DJ); Remi Harris (AIM); Stuart Clarke (A&R Editor Music Week); Paul Hutton (Metropolis Music); John Pandit (Asian Dub Foundation); Matthew Strachan (composer/songwriter); Martin Brammer (hit writer)
13 JUNE: NMK FORUM 07
Want to really get under the skin of digital innovation? Want to know what world-class players are thinking and doing about Web 2.0?
NMK Forum 07 will help you get under the skin of digital innovation and give you an unrivalled opportunity to hear leading industry figures talk about the future of the digital landscape. Delegates will also be able to participate in the debate about the digital industry’s future on stage, online, on mobile and offline.
This one-day conference will bring together some of the foremost thinkers and experts from both the UK and across the globe to discuss and debate the new wave of innovation sweeping the digital media industry. NMK Forum 07 aims to cut through the hype of new media and create a forum to discuss the latest trends, predictions and strategies for the digital sector.
The event will also address how businesses can actually start using and benefiting from the boom in social networking and user generated content as consumers and users start to "talk back" in ever growing numbers. Agencies and new media producers are now grappling on a daily basis with the issue of what this means to their business model. Add to this the almost daily launch of new technology startups and the increasing incorporation of Web 2.0 tools and services into large media businesses and it becomes clear there has never been a more important time to attend this event.
NMK Forum 07 will examine in detail the impact of these new trends and innovations on the media, marketing and advertising industries, and work out exactly where the role for professional new media creatives and entrepreneurs lies in the new digital landscape. It is a must-attend event providing delegates with unprecedented access to key players from the global digital industry.
SPEAKERS incl. Jason Calacanis (Mahalo.com), Dan Gillmor (Center for Citizen Media), Jyri Engeström (Jaiku.com), Nic Brisbourne (Esprit Capital Partners), Helen Keegan (Bleep Marketing), Jim Purbrick (Second Life), Paul Pod (Tioti.com), Tom Bureau (CNET Networks), Meg Pickard (The Guardian) and many more.
27 JUNE: CROSS-MEDIA SUMMIT FOR CONTENT DISCOVERY
...The Strategy, Technology and Business Case for Content Description, Visibility, Search and Discovery...
This Summit will bring together business strategy and technical know- how from all media industry sectors to work through the issues, innovate and answer the question:
"The Universal Catalogue - Is There A Will To Build It?"
How do content owners increase the visibility and discovery of their content? Do we need more metadata standards for cross-media description? What's wrong with ones we already have? Does more effort need to be made to implement those that already exist? Should standards groups build more end-user tools? What are the drivers for industry adoption? Can we make the tools simpler and easier to use? What are the requirements of end-users in the media industry?
Tools enabling metadata aggregation, searching and publishing could be vastly improved. The lack of support and interoperability is having a profound impact on the ability of all media industry sectors to monetise their products.
Bringing together key cross-industry strategists and technologists from standards, search, image, music and film companies shaping the digital media marketplace. Aiming to share experiences, discover synergy and innovate. Identifying areas for further investigation to drive adoption of metadata syndication ecosystems that enable content owners to increase visibility of their content.
The day will feature short, sharp business strategy and technology briefings from many experts. Participants will benefit from the experiences of their counterparts in other arts and media sectors.
Kendra Initiative is a media and technology, academic and industry alliance of over 500 participants in 40+ countries, that aims to foster an open distributed marketplace for digital media (including films, music, images, games and text). The initiative researches, recommends and develops enhancements to the digital media marketplace that will facilitate interoperability and revenue generation for content owners and service providers. The cross-industry group is currently investigating content description, delivery, visibility, search and discovery.
3 & 4 JULY: MPA INDUCTION COURSE
The MPA will be holding a total of four induction courses this year. This one and a half day course is designed to provide an essential overview of the music publishing industry, its organisations and their roles and is delivered by a range of speakers drawn from the MPA, member publishers, MCPS, PRS and British Music Rights.
The next course will be held in the MPA Boardroom on Tuesday 3rd & Wednesday 4th July 2007 (9.30am - 12.45pm).
http://www.mpaonline.org.uk/Events/MPA_Induction_Course_for_Newcomers_to_Music_Publishing.html
