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.
Previous Speakers from the 2007 Conference
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Previous Speakers from the 2003 Conference
Speakers' photos from the Conference