Mondo.NYC, the annual global business summit and showcase music festival held in New York from Oct. 10-13, announced the agenda for its new AI track, consisting of ten-panel sessions at the Williamsburg Hotel.
A highlight of this track will be Mondo.NYC’s first-ever AI Hub, hosted by SingularityNET, a day-long immersive experience held in the hotel’s iconic Water Tower on Tuesday, October 10. SingularityNET was founded by Dr. Ben Goertzel with the mission of creating a decentralized, democratic, inclusive, and beneficial Artificial General Intelligence.
Mondo.NYC’s inaugural AI track will cover the most important topics and trends in the AI and music space, including AI sourcing, ethics, AI artists, creator tools, using AI safely, and AI’s opportunities and challenges. In addition to the AI track, Mondo.NYC 2023 will also feature programming focusing on topics including the state of the industry, management, music tech, gaming, policy, finance, investment, creation and production, touring, and more.
Amidst the ever-evolving issues facing the music business, AI has emerged like no other, roaring into our collective consciousness, capturing the attention of thought-leaders across the industry spectrum who are seemingly – and often simultaneously – cheering its potential for good and decrying its potential for disaster. We can’t wait for Mondo attendees to experience the latest in all things AI from the top minds in our industry and start conversations that will reverberate throughout the music business long after Mondo.NYC 2023 ends.
Bobby Haber, Managing Director of Mondo.NYC
See the complete agenda here. Mondo.NYC tickets are available here.
Panel Agenda & Speakers – More to be announced
Tuesday, October 10, 2023
1:00 PM – AI: Opportunity or Apocalypse?
Speakers:
Moderator: Albhy Galuten, Senior Fellow, Intertrust Technologies
David Hughes, Principal, Hughes Strategic
Dr. Martin Clancy, PhD, Founder & CEO, AI:OK
Albhy Galuten and others will discuss the opportunities and challenges associated with artificial intelligence in the music ecosystem. Is it just another invention like the synthesizer or electric guitar, or is it the end of life (and income) as we know it for musicians and writers?
3:00 PM – Days of Future Passed: Disruptive Technologies and the Music Industry
Speakers:
Bill Rosenblatt, President, GiantSteps Media Technology Strategies
Howie Singer, Adjunct Professor, NYU Music Business
If you want to predict how new technologies such as AI and social video will change the music industry, one way is to analyze how previous innovations impacted the business. Howie Singer and Bill Rosenblatt, authors of the new book Key Changes: The Ten Times Technology Transformed the Music Industry, look at lessons from historical developments over more than a century to help us predict how the latest disruptive technologies will shake up the music business.
4:00 PM – Sync Re:Defined – Re:Designed – Re:Imagined
Speakers:
Moderator: Justin Gray, CEO/President, Songistry Inc.
Music supervisors, songwriters, labels, and publishers all have differing opinions about the benefits of AI and its long-term effect on creativity and job security. Come see how Songistry is using AI to completely reshape how music is managed, discovered, pitched, and licensed.
5:00 PM A Whole New Ecosystem: Creating & Releasing New Music with AI
Speakers:
Moderator: Sean Glover, Director of Industry Engagement, SoundExchange
The co-writer of your artist’s next big hit or the reason you debut on the charts could be AI. With endless ways artists can collaborate and access beats, samples, tracks, and more, we are living in an age of true musical exploration and innovation. The experts on this panel are one step ahead, leveraging these tools or building them, and will dig into how they create and how they release new music into the world.
Wednesday, October 11, 2023
12:00 PM – Beyond the AI Boogeyman: Trust & Safety in the Modern Music Industry
Speakers:
Christine Barnum, Chief Revenue Officer, CD Baby
The critical conversation around trust and safety in music’s digital marketplaces has never been louder, but as each business lays out its own position, how can the industry align to formulate a collaborative approach to a nuanced issue? In this discussion, our panel will focus on the impact of streaming fraud, how a proactive approach to trust and safety is necessary, and why AI=Fraud isn’t the nuanced understanding the industry needs to progress.
2:00 PM – AI Alchemy: The Future of Creator Tools
Speakers:
Moderator: Daniel Rowland, Head of Strategy and Partnerships, LANDR
Matan Kollenscher, CEO, MyPart
Rachel Lyske, CEO, DAACI
Yotam Mann, Musician & Software Maker
AI is becoming increasingly good at not just prompt-based generation of full songs, but one-shot samples, loops, and even presets for digital instruments, along with composition assistance, mixing, mastering, and other workflow enhancements. But most popular music production software has few – if any – AI features. Will the old guard adapt, or will we see a surge in the popularity of fresh, AI-native creator tools?
3:00 PM – The Artist as API: The Next Level of Fan Engagement
Speakers:
Moderator: Daniel Rowland, Head of Strategy and Partnerships, LANDR
Seth Goldstein, General Counsel and Vice President, Business & Legal Affairs, Moises.ai
Stefan Heinrich, Co-Founder & CEO, MAYK Inc.
Outside of using AI in their own productions, some artists are offering fans AI models of their sound, likeness, and voice. Is this the future of fan engagement, brand building, and collaboration at scale?
4:00 PM RIAA Presents The End of Reality: AI and the Future of Music…
Speakers:
Moderator: Jem Aswad, Executive Music Editor, Variety
Dr. Moiya McTier, ExplAIner-in-Chief, Human Artistry Campaign
Jonathan Taplin, Director Emeritus, Annenberg Innovation Lab, University of Southern California
Jessy Wilson, Songwriter & Recording Artist
Variety Executive Music Editor Jem Aswad leads a discussion with USC Annenberg Innovation Lab Chairman Emeritus Jonathan Taplin, author of The End of Reality; Grammy-nominated songwriter and recording artist Jessy Wilson; and noted scientist, author, and storyteller Dr. Moiya McTier for their expert perspectives on AI, innovation, and the future of the music business.
5:00 PM – The Well-Trained Model: Ethically Sourced AI for Artists
Speakers:
Moderator: Daniel Rowland, Head of Strategy and Partnerships, LANDR
Chris Horton, SVP Strategic Technology, Universal Music Group
Stefan Lattner, Research Leader, Music Team, Sony Computer Science Labs
Joe Lyske, Inventor and Co-Founder, Mashtraxx Ltd.
How does an artist know what dataset the AI tool they are using was trained on, and whether their own music was used? A discussion of how AI is trained and the future of attribution and compensation for artists.
Friday, October 13, 2023
1:00 PM – Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing: Hot Topics in Generative AI in the Music Industry from Neural Networks to Fake Drake
Speakers:
Moderator: Phil Hill, Special Counsel, Music Industry Practice, Covington & Burling LLP
Chris Horton, SVP Strategic Technology, Universal Music Group
Shannon Sorensen, SVP, Legal and Business Affairs, National Music Publishers’ Association
Generative AI has been the hottest topic in the last several months from board rooms to dinner parties. Our panel will discuss this new technology’s impact on the music industry and will address topics such as copyright, rights of publicity and privacy, contracts and licensing, and overall policy.
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