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The Business of Music: Celebrating 10 Years
Music & Tech Conference & Showcase Festival
October 14-17, 2025
2021 Conference Speakers
Jordan Bromley
Partner, Entertainment Group Leader, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
Josh Mirenda
Songwriter/Artist
Joshua Klein
Managing Partner, TKG Business Management
Joshua P. Friedlander
SVP Research & Economics, RIAA
Justin Kantor
CEO, VenuePilot & Co-Chair, NYIVA
Justin Kobay
Partner, LL Business Management
Karen Kieves
Director of Show Marketing, Wave
Katie Tuten
Founder/Co-Owner, The Hideout
Keith Kupferschmid
CEO, Copyright Alliance
Kelsea Appelbaum
Head of Community Partnerships, Vangst
Ken Umezaki
Co-founder & CEO, Verifi Media
Kirt Debique
CEO & CTO, SyncFloor
Kris Ahrend
CEO, The Mechanical Licensing Collective
Kristina Hedrick
Vice President, U.S. Business Development at Sony Music Publishing
Larry Miller
Clinical Professor & Director, Music Business Program, NYU Steinhardt
Laura Ballance
President, Merge Records & Bass, Superchunk
Laura Donelan
Vice President & Program Manager, MusicPro Insurance
Laura Wilson
Live Music Manager, Bohemian Foundation
Leigh Bezezekoff
Marketing & Ticketing Manager, Tractor Tavern
Levi Hummon
Artist
Lewis Kovac
COO, Tenth Street Entertainment
Lindsay Conlin
Director of Business Development, Exactuals
Lisa Buffo
Founder & CEO, Cannabis Marketing Association
Lisa Levy
VP, Digital & Product Management, Robbins Entertainment
Lucas Sacks
Director of Booking, Brooklyn Bowl Williamsburg & Philadelphia
Lucy Dickins
Lucy Dickins, Co-Head Music Division, WME
Luke Nikas
Partner, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart and Sullivan, LLP
Lydia Loren
Henry J. Casey Professor of Law, Lewis & Clark Law School
Lylette Pizarro
Founder and Co-Managing Partner, Influence Media
Mari Campos
COO, Hibrido.cc
Mariah Czap
Co-General Manager & Head of Digital, Yep Roc Records
Marja-Lewis Ryan
Showrunner/Executive Producer, The L Word: Generation Q
Mark Frieser
Founder & CEO, Sync Summit
Mark Williamson
Co-Founder & CEO, ROSTR
Matt Boerum
CEO & Co-Founder, Audible Reality
Matt Kapuchinski
VP of Film & Television Music, Universal Music Enterprises
Matt Phipps-Taylor
Chief Information Officer, peermusic
Matthew "Smitty" Smith
Talent Buyer & General Manager, The UC Theatre
Max Stern
Manager, Vitalic Noise & Co-Founder, Disko
Maya Ackerman
CEO, WaveAI
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