The 9th AustralAsian Music Business Conference 2009
August 20-22, 2009. Acer Arena, Olympic Park Sydney

The 9th AustralAsian Music Business Conference announces it its first 21 major speakers, two keynotes and two panels for the three day event which will comprise nine panels, six keynotes and over 50 speakers August 20-22, 2009 at Acer Arena in Sydney. AMBC is the longest running, largest and most successful music industry conference and fully independent with over 600 attendees projected to attend.

The conference will be dealing with all areas of the future of the music and entertainment software business including digital distribution and downloading, mobile content, branding, music use in film, TV, games, advertising and other applications, subscription paradigms, online music technology, music marketing, live music promotion and much more DIY topics.

First 22 Major AMBC 2009 Speakers

1st Keynote: Jon Satterley--Senior Vice President New Media and Global Business Development for Roadrunner Records in New York, formerly CEO of Roadrunner Records Australia

NEW Keynote #2: He's just confirming flights and other details so we can't name him until next week, but he is one of the biggest talent scouts in the US, never been to Australia before, arguably exposed more artists to the industry than anyone else and is a killer speaker who'll tell how to break through to the US.

NEW Michael Smellie--Our 8th AMBC opening keynoter, formerly world COO for Sony/BMG, Asia Pacific head of BMG, MD of Polygram and rooArt in Australia

NEW Sebastian Chase--CEO of leading indie distributor MGM Distribution, he's also been an artist manager, label onwer and music industry visionary.

NEW Richard Mallett--APRA Director Recordings & Online Services and one of the leading authorities on mobile and Internet delivery of music

NEW Catherine Haridy--Manager of Eskimo Joe and former A&R head of Festival / Mushroom Records

NEW Dan Hennessy--Aloha Management principal (Faker, Cog, Shihad, Sparkadia) and former A&R head of Warner Music

NEW Brett Oaten--One of our top music business lawyers and probably the funniest!

NEW Paul Paoliello--CEO of Mercury Mobility mobile music industry leaders and forme Managing Director of Zomba Records in Australia

NEW Christie Eliezer--Australia's top music business writer with columns in Beat, Brag, dB, Rave

NEW Marianna Annas--General Manager Music Industry Piracy Investigations (MIPI) and longtime Business Affairs Manager for major labels here and overseas.

NEW Damian Trotter--Managing Director of Sony/ATV, one the largest and most progressive music publishers, he's championed songwriters for over two decades.

NEW A.J. Maddah--Major Australian Concert & Tour Promoter.vProducer of Soundwave Festival

Shaun James--General Manager Music Channels for XYZ Networks (Channel [V], V2, Max, Country Music Channel); former Chairman & CEO of Warner Music Australia

Karen Farrugia--Market Manager Nokia Music Service; former Mobile & Online Content Manager at Universal Music and MTV Network Digital Strategies

Jeremy Macvean--Head of Digital Strategy for the Austereo Network and formerly Austereo Marketing Director, he came from an advertising background.

Julia Davis--Director New World Artists, a leading booking agency with a unique culture & ethos based on sustaining long term artist careers across many genres.

Marcus Seal--CEO, Shock Entertainment Group, he's a veteran of Festival Mushroom moved to BMG as Marketing Director & Sony BMG International Marketing

Ken Outch--Director Of Commercial Music Sony Music Australia; a digital visionary formerly with Destra, Festival Mushroom, Sanity Music and BMG Music

Sharon Ashworth--Music Marketing Manager Vodafone, she's also worked with Destra in its heyday and a veteran of Festival Mushroom, Shock and EMI.

Keith Welsh--Co-Publisher The Music Network, AMCOS Board Member, partner in publisher Rough Cut Music and owner of Catalyst entertainment consultancy

Georgia Hull--Senior Director New Media and Digital Business Development for Roadrunner Records Australia.

We'll be announcing another ten speakers and four panels in February but here are the two panels we can confirm now.

THE FUTURE OF THE MUSIC INDUSTRY: We are assembling some of the brightest minds within and outside the music industry to predict what the future business models will be, how the industry will evolve and what earning potentials will emerge. Moderated by Christie Eliezer, the first panelists are industry leaders Shaun James, Michael Smellie and Sebastian Chase with more to follow including a major artist, a rabid music consumer, a government official and some surprises.

YOU'LL NEVER WORK IN THIS INDUSTRY AGAIN...Maybe: There are visionaries, entrepreneurs, promoters, technologists, marketers and other brave music business leaders who have built mighty vehicles, flown high, crashed in flames and emerged from the ashes to take off again. You'll learn from their adversity and failure and be inspired by their survival and courage.

Register now online at http://www.immedia.com.au/ambc/register/ and get the lowest price for all three days, 50+ speakers, nine panels, massive showbag and also for the two nights of awards shows:

* THE AUSTRALIAN ONLINE MUSIC AWARDS--The ONYA!s return to honour innovation and excellence in the delivery and marketing of digitally delivered music.

* THE AUSTRALIAN MOBILE MUSIC AWARDS--The Phone-E$ as we have dubbed them will also honour excellence and innovation in delivery of wireless music content.

The ONYA! Awards will be held Thursday night August 20 at ACER Arena's Grand Ballroom with live performances webcast and broadcast following three months of consumer voting online and an industry panel determining peer gongs.

The Phone-E$ Awards will be held Friday night August 21 in ACER Arena's Grand Ballroom with more performers webcast, mobicast and broadcast live following three months of consumer voting by SMS and online and the industry peer gongs.

AMBC 2009 is now accepting registrations

The AMBC is now open for special Early Early Bird registrations--limited to the first 100 registrations--at the lowest price point. Those who take advantage of these Velvet Rope registrations may enter a competition with the winning entry receiving a round trip to South by Southwest in Austin, Texas with a full VIP Platinum Pass for the event.

REGISTER WITH PAYMENT NOW TO SECURE YOUR SEAT AND ENTER THE COMPETITION

 

Photos from 2005's AustralAsian Music Business Conference - Click on each to a larger view.
View from the Grand Ballroom	The 'Go Global' Panel	Roland Swenson's Keynote Speech
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