Electric Daisy Carnival has named Las Vegas home and their working towards creating that same hype and energy around their events like Ultra Music Festival for Miami Music Week / Winter Music Conference. One part will be hosting the second annual EDMBiz Conference June 18th – 20th at the Cosmopolitan Las Vegas.
Attendees can expect to see multiple panels, keynote speakers and have ample time to network with dance music professionals. Discussions will vary, but expect to extensively learn the strategy used by many of the best managers, labels promoters and artists. Conferences like EDMBiz are about pushing dance music forward and collaborating on incredible projects.
Keynote speakers this year include Perry Farrell (Jane’s Addiction), Marc Geiger (Head of William Morris Endeavor’s Music Division) and Rob Light (CAA Managing Partner). Light will be talking about CAA’s strategy with EDM and also the “Daft Punk Effect”.
Registration for the conference is $499.99 and includes two days of talks, networking events and exclusive parties still to be announced. You can signup here at EDMBiz.com.
Confirmed EDM Biz Panelists:
- Lee Anderson, Agent, AM Only
- James Barton, President, Live Nation Electronic Music
- John Boyle, Chief Growth Officer and Interim CFO, Insomniac
- Todd Chaffee, General Partner, Institutional Venture Partners
- Senthil Chidambaram, CEO, Dancing Astronaut
- Ted Cohen, Managing Director, TAG Strategic
- Bruce Eskowitz, COO, Red Light Management
- Ari Evans, Founder and CEO, Less Than 3
- Perry Farrell, Artist and Founder of Lollapalooza
- Shelly Finkel, Vice Chairman, SFX Entertainment
- Marc Geiger, Head of Music, William Morris Endeavor
- Geronimo, Director of Programming Electronic/Dance Format, Sirius XM
- Seth Goldstein, CEO, DJZ
- Steve Goodgold, Agent, The Windish Agency
- Allan Hardenberg, CEO, Alda Events (A State of Trance, Armin Only, I Am Hardwell)
- Chris Kantrowitz, Founder and CEO, Gobbler
- Mikhail LaPushner, CEO and Founder, OneBeat
- Vivien Lewit, Director Content Partnerships Music, You Tube
- Rob Light, Managing Partner and Head of Worldwide Music, Creative Artists Agency
- Neil Moffitt, CEO, Angel Management Group (Hakkasan)
- David Moricca, Founder and CEO, Mixify
- Kurosh Nasseri, Attorney at Law and Co-Founder, Association for Electronic Music
- Gary Richards, CEO, HARD Events
- Pasquale Rotella, CEO, Insomniac
- Rick Stevens, CEO, Y Entertainment Group (Ron Burkle’s music investment arm)
- Jason Strauss, Managing Partner, TAO Group
- Tommie Sunshine. Label Owner, Brooklyn Fire and Writer, Huffington Post
- Mike Tunnicliffe, Chief Growth Officer, GroupM/WPP
- Ben Turner, Director, Graphite and Co-founder, Association for Electronic Music
- Joel Zimmerman, Global Head of Electronic Music, William Morris Endeavor
- Brian Zisk, Managing Director, SF MusicTech Fund and Executive Producer, SF MusicTech Summit