Speakers at ISP Future Content Models & Enforcement Strategies 2008 include:
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Trevor Albery
VICE PRESIDENT, EMEA ANTI-PIRACY OPERATIONS
WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT EUROPE |
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Trevor Albery joined Warner Bros. Entertainment Europe, as Anti-Piracy Counsel for European Anti-Piracy Operations in March 2004. In that role he was responsible for the coordination, management and provision of legal advice on all EMEA anti-piracy issues.
In April 2006 Albery was promoted to his current position of VP, EMEA Anti-Piracy Operations. He is now responsible for coordinating all aspects of the Warner Bros. anti-piracy strategy in the EMEA region, spanning technology & operations, legal & enforcement, public policy & consumer education and new business initiatives. He also manages the EMEA Warner Bros. anti-piracy team.
Prior to joining Warner Bros., Albery spent four years as Senior Legal Adviser at the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, London (IFPI), where he was responsible for the day-to-day management of all civil litigation brought by IFPI on behalf of its members in Eastern and Western Europe, SE Asia and Latin America. Albery started his career as an IP litigator with the London media firm Hamlin Slowe (now Hamlins), specialising in music industry litigation.
Albery attained a law degree from the University of Bristol and holds a Post Graduate Diploma in UK, European and US Law of Copyright and Related Rights from King’s College, London.
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Ventura Barba
GENERAL MANAGER
YAHOO! MUSIC EUROPE AND CANADA |
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Ventura Barba has worked at Yahoo! since January 2000. Until 2002 he lead the General Counsel for Yahoo! Spain and from June 2003 till June 2007 he has been the Director of the Legal and Business Affairs Department of Yahoo! Music International. On June 2007 has been promoted to the role of General Manager for Yahoo! Music Europe and Canada.
Before joining Yahoo!, Ventura worked for BMG Music Spain & Portugal (a Bertelsmann company), as Director of the Legal and Business Affairs Department both for the record and publishing departments. Before that, he worked as a solicitor in Enrich Law Firm where he was head of the New Technologies and Entertainment department. He also worked at the Spanish Authors Collecting Society (SGAE) and in the Movie Industry for the Los Angeles (CA) based company ARENAS GROUP.
Ventura has a degree in Law from the University of Barcelona and an MBA in Cultural Enterprises Management from the University of Madrid.
He is an active EDiMA (European Digital Media Association) board member, and professor of several masters on Copyright, Music and New Technology Law on the Instituto de Empresa, ICADE, and Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Ventura is also co-director of the Music Industry Management Course at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona.
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James Blessing
CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER
ENTANET INTERNATIONAL |
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James Blessing is Chief Operations Officer for Entanet International, part of the $200M IT distribution and communications services group Entagroup. An innovative and creative IT professional, he has over ten years’ experience of deploying Internet technologies and takes an active role in the Internet industry. He has been a council member of the Internet Service Providers’ Association (ISPA) since 2004 and is Chair of the ISPA broadband sub-group.
Prior to joining Entanet in 2005, James commanded the roles of Technical Support Manager and Technical Development Manager at Zen Internet where he was responsible for growing a large support team, product development and financial reporting. Previously he held senior project management and technical directorship roles in the design and build of consumer facing websites for high street brands and outsourced IT support to media companies. This followed an early career in radio in which he was involved in outside broadcasting, technical operation and programme production.
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Michael Bryan-Brown
SENIOR CORPORATE COUNSEL & DIRECTOR REGULATION
LIBERTY GLOBAL |
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Michael Bryan-Brown is Senior Corporate Counsel & Director Regulation at Liberty Global and as such is responsible for managing a wide range of legal and regulatory issues both at corporate level and in support of the company’s activities in its various countries of operation.
Michael has worked at Liberty Global and its predecessor companies UGC Europe and UPC since 1998. Prior to this he was Manager, Regulatory Affairs at COLT Telecom Group, where he was responsible for managing all regulatory issues related to COLT's geographic expansion. Before joining COLT he was Regulatory Strategy Manager at Mercury Communications.
Michael is a member of the English and Welsh bar. He has an LLM in IT and Telecoms Law from Strathclyde University and Diplomas in both competition law and copyright law from King’s College, London University.
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Dr. Kurt Einzinger
PRESIDENT OF EUROISPA
MANAGING DIRECTOR OF ISPA AUSTRIA |
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Born in Vienna, Dr. Einzinger studied at the Institute of Technology in Vienna, in the Department of Atomic Energy. He undertook extensive research in India. Later he also collected a PhD in Social Anthropology from the University of Vienna.
Dr. Einzinger’s technical career involved positions as the Head of the IT Department at SPÖ Headquarters (1989–1996), the IT department of GiroCredit Bank (1996-97), Erste Bank Informatics (1997-98) and the Oesterreichische Kontrollbank IT department (1998-99).
Dr. Einzinger has been the Managing Director of ISPA (Internet Service Providers Austria) since 1 December 1999. He is currently a member of the Austrian Data Protection Council, a member of the Austrian ICT Task Force, a member of the Permanent Stakeholders Group of ENISA (European Network and Information Security Agency) and a contributor to, and editor of, several industry magazines.
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David Evans
SENIOR DATA PROTECTION PRACTICE MANAGER
INFORMATION COMMISSIONER’S OFFICE |
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Dave Evans joined the Information Commissioner’s Office as a Compliance Manager of the health team in 2003 and also spent six months on secondment working as data protection officer for Eurojust, the EU’s judicial cooperation body for matters such as fraud, terrorism and drug trafficking. While at Eurojust, he was a central part of the small team which successfully negotiated the passage of the rules of procedure on data protection through the European Council
He is now Senior Data Protection Practice Manager with responsibility for policy and guidance in areas such as telecommunications, anti-fraud initiatives and technology. The Information Commissioner’s Office is an accredited provider of the Information Systems Examination Board (ISEB) course in data protection. Dave is Course Director with responsibility for accreditation, course management and administration.
Prior to working at the ICO, Dave worked in the public sector, helping hard-to-help groups such as ex-offenders find sustainable employment. He has also worked in Higher Education as a lecturer in American Literature.
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Innocenzo Genna
REPRESENTATIVE
DIGITAL MEDIA ITALIA |
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Innocenzo M. Genna is a EU public affairs consultant specialised in telecoms and electronic commerce. He is chairman of ECTA (the European Competitive Telecommunications Association) and Vice-President of Euroispa, the European association for ISPs. He also director of AIIP, the Italian ISP association.
He was member of the Board of the EIF, the European Internet Foundation, and of the Italian Committee for the protection of minors in the Internet.
From April 2002 up to February 2006 Mr. Genna was General Counsel of Tiscali S.p.A., with responsibility for the legal and regulatory affairs of the Tiscali Group.
Previously he practised at Ughi e Nunziante, the well known Italian law firm based in Rome and Milan. He became partner of the firm in October 2000. Before his experience at Ughi e Nunziante, he practised in Bologna at the law firm Studio Legale Bernini, while also serving at the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg.
Mr. Genna graduated in law (magna cum laude) at the University of Macerata with a dissertation on the legal status of Berlin. He holds a L.L.M. of the College of Europe (Bruges) and a Magister Iuris from the University of Trier. He has also been awarded a Diplome at the Faculty of Comparative Law of Strasbourg.
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Mark Gracey
CONTENT REGULATION MANAGER
THUS |
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Mark Gracey has been with THUS for more than a decade and is responsible for Internet content and Premium Rate telephony regulation, liaison with law enforcement and data protection compliance under the THUS and Demon brands.
Dealing with Internet Content regulation means he is responsible for dealing with complaints about content carried on THUS’s servers, lobbying Government departments and working with industry and law enforcement agencies. The PRS aspect of his role relates to ensuring compliance with the PhonepayPlus Code of Practice.
Mark’s role encompasses all aspects of industry regulation and compliance, including giving customers advice in this area, and involves active roles in a range of industry forums including the Home Office Task Force for the Protection of Children Online. He is also the THUS representative and Vice chair on the Internet Watch Foundation Funding Council and chairs the UKCTA subgroups on PRS and data retention as well as being co-opted onto the Board of AIME.
Mark graduated in 1991 with a BSc (Hons) Degree in Computer Science and has just completed an LLM in Computer and Communications Law.
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Paul Hitchman
CO-FOUNDER AND CEO
PLAYLOUDER AND MEDIA SERVICE PROVIDER (MSP) |
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Paul Hitchman is co-founder and CEO of Playlouder and Media Service Provider (MSP). A Cambridge Economics graduate, Paul worked in the music industry for 10 years (including stints at BMG and Warner Music) before founding Playlouder in 2000.
Playlouder is an award-winning digital music & media company that has consistently been at the forefront of innovation in online music services including the first legal downloads in the UK, the UK’s first internet-only digital singles, and pioneering webcasts of live events such as Glastonbury Festival.
In 2004 Paul co-founded Playlouder MSP (subsequently re-named Media Service Provider), a music channel partner for ISPs that enables music to be bundled with broadband access, and offers ISP subscribers unlimited downloading and streaming of music, including legal file-sharing, for a fixed monthly fee. MSP-powered services are the first in the world to monetise P2P file-sharing on broadband networks, and are the first to bring together the Music and ISP industries in a commercial partnership. MSP has been awarded the Popkomm IMEA award for innovation.
Paul co-founded and is a director of Consolidated Independent (CI), Europe’s leading provider of digital asset management and distribution services to music companies, with clients including Beggars Group, Sanctuary, Ministry of Sound, PIAS, Pinnacle, Mute, Domino, Naïve, K7 and Demon.
Paul is also a director of the Playlouderecordings record label and the Concrete & Glass music and art festival and has provided strategic consultancy to a number of media companies including Channel 4, Channel 5, BBC, Chrysalis Group, Entriq and Global Cool.
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Erik Huggers
GROUP CONTROLLER, FUTURE MEDIA & TECHNOLOGY
BBC |
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Erik Huggers joined the BBC on the 21st May 2007 as BBC Future Media & Technology Group Controller. Within this role Erik is responsible for the strategy and organization of the division to ensure that the BBC leads the industry in its transformation from linear to on-demand broadcasting. He is accountable to the BBC Trust to meet targets related to both content and delivery. For the first time within the Corporation’s history a controller of technological operations will have a direct impact on BBC outputs.
Erik will develop and over see the execution of the strategies for the BBC’s Internet, interactive TV and mobile services. He aims to ensure that BBC audiences have a seamless experience of BBC content wherever they are in the world.
Erik joins from Microsoft where he has worked for the past nine years across a wide variety of industry changing digital media initiatives. After successfully launching the MSN portals in the Benelux countries he went on to lead the European business development efforts of Windows Media Technologies. Erik established Windows Media as a leading platform used by the European media and entertainment industry to create protect and deliver audiovisual content to consumers via the internet. Prior to joining Microsoft Erik worked with Endemol Entertainment as Director of Business Development for their interactive division.
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Stefan Johansson
DEPUTY DIRECTOR
MINISTRY OF JUSTICE
DIVISION FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND TRANSPORT LAW
SWEDEN |
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Stefan Johansson is an Associate Judge at Svea Court of Appeal in Stockholm. In September 2002 he took a leave of absence from the Court, to work as a legal adviser at the Ministry of Justice. At the Ministry, he has almost exclusively worked on issues relating to the enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPR). He has been involved in almost every project on IPR-enforcement that the Ministry has dealt with – on national and international level – since 2002/03. This has included legislative initiatives in order to make it easier for rightholders to protect their IPR on the Internet and improvements within the law enforcement agencies (police and prosecutors), but also discussions on whether or not to introduce legislation that would force Internet Service Providers to cancel, with immediate effect, any contract on the use of his services, if the service repetitiously has been used to commit infringements.
Stefan Johansson frequently speaks about IPR-enforcement at various seminars and conferences in Sweden and abroad. Since 2007, he is a Deputy Director at the Ministry of Justice.
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Juhani Kivikangas
VICE PRESIDENT OF NEW CONTENT BUSINESSES
TELIASONERA
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Mr. Juhani Kivikangas has worked about 9 years in TeliaSonera. His current position is Vice President of New Content Businesses in TeliaSonera Group where his responsibilities include bringing new content services like advertisment based services to Nordics, to Baltics and to Spain. He has had an active role Mobile Portal, MobileTV Music, Gaming, Search, Advertising, Instant messaging, Location Based Services and different User Generated Content services to the market. Previously Mr. Kivikangas has worked as a Head of Content and as a VP of Partnerships and Alliances in TeliaSonera Finland and before joining to TeliaSonera he has worked 10 years in IT business in different sales and marketing management positions, lately at Sybase and Oracle. He holds a degree in MBA (USC).
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Thomas Myrup Kristensen
EU INTERNET POLICY DIRECTOR, CORPORATE AFFAIRS
MICROSOFT EMEA |
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Based in Brussels Thomas is EU Internet Policy director in Microsoft Europe, Middle East and Africa. Thomas is responsible for leading Microsoft’s public policy engagement and outreach to the EU Institutions and European elites in matters related to the new Internet economy, Web 2.0 technologies, telecommunications, security, and privacy.
Thomas joined Microsoft in August 2005 and represents Microsoft in the European Policy Committee of the Business Software Association (BSA) and in the European Information & Communications Technology Industry Association (EICTA).
Before joining Microsoft, Thomas was a special advisor in the Danish Ministry of Science Technology and Innovation. He is a Danish national and holds a masters degree in political science from the University of Aarhus, Denmark. He has studied at the Political Science departments at the Université de Grenoble and the University of California Irvine, as well as at the Technical University of Denmark.
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Nicholas Lansman
SECRETARY GENERAL
ISPA UK |
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Nicholas Lansman has been Secretary General of the Internet Services Providers Association (ISPA UK) since assisting with establishing the Association in 1995. ISPA has grown from a handful of ISPs to represent over 95% of the UK market. In 1996 Nicholas pursued his idea to establish a European Internet trade federation that would represent the interests of ISPs at EU level. EuroISPA was established in Brussels at the beginning of 1997 and now has membership from ISP Associations including the UK, Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Finland, Ireland and Czech Republic.
Nicholas was involved in the process that established the Internet Watch Foundation in 1996 which ISPA supports through its mandatory code of conduct. He continues to sit on the IWF funding Council.
Nicholas is a steering group member of the Internet Crime Forum (ICF) and participates actively in the Home Office Child Protection Task Force established in 2002.
On an honorary basis, Nicholas Lansman is administrative secretary for the All Party Parliamentary Group on Communications - apComms (www.apcomms.org.uk) and organises on behalf of the group the annual Parliament & Internet Conference (www.parliamentandinternet.org.uk).
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Christopher Moser
VICE PRESIDENT, DIGITAL SALES & MARKETING
SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT, EUROPE |
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Christopher started to work for Sony BMG in the year 2000. Until 2002 he served as Head of the Chairman’s Office based in New York. From 2002 to 2005 he was based in Madrid as Marketing Director overseeing all International frontline releases in Spain and Portugal. In 2005 he moved to London and was appointed Senior Director, Global Marketing. Since January 2007 he oversees all Digital Sales & Marketing activities for Sony BMG Europe, managing day to day operations with key partners like iTunes, YouTube or Nokia.
Before joining Sony BMG, Christopher worked in Bertelsmann’s Strategy Unit, AOL Europe and the Commerzbank. Christopher holds in double degree in Business Administration from the Universities ICADE in Madrid and ESB in Reutlingen.
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Danny O’Brien
INTERNATIONAL OUTREACH COORDINATOR
ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION |
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Danny O'Brien is International Outreach Coordinator for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a group working to protect speech, privacy, innovation and consumer rights online since 1990. In the UK, he helped create Virgin.Net's original ISP model, built tools for open democracy like FaxYourMP.com and TheyWorkForYou.com, written and presented science and travel shows for the BBC and Channel Four, and performed a solo show about the Net in the London's West End.
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Richard Owens
DIRECTOR OF THE COPYRIGHT E-COMMERCE, TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT DIVISION,
WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION |
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Richard Owens is Director of the Copyright E-Commerce, Technology and Management Division at the World Intellectual Property Organization in Geneva, Switzerland. His work lies at the intersection of intellectual property, new technologies and the Internet, involving issues such as IPR implications of online business models, the liability of Internet intermediaries, the rights of users and consumers of digital content, digital rights management (DRM), standards and interoperability issues, proprietary and open source software models, and copyright collective management.
Before rejoining WIPO in 2002, Richard was a principal at Rightscom, the London-based rights management technology consultancy, and International IPR Adviser for British Music Rights (BMR), the lobbying and public affairs voice of UK composers, songwriters and music publishers. While in London he contributed to UK implementation of the EC Copyright and E-Commerce Directives, and participated in RightsWatch, which promoted self-regulatory notice-and-takedown procedures for the European Union.
At WIPO from 1991 to 2000, Richard took part in the preparatory work and negotiations that produced the 1996 “Internet treaties”, the WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT) and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (WPPT). He also conceived and spearheaded WIPO’s first work program on IP aspects of traditional knowledge, folklore and biodiversity. Richard’s legal career began in an international IPR practice in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, followed by three years in the Common Carrier Bureau at the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in Washington. Thereafter, and before joining WIPO, he was a copyright specialist and trade negotiator at the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in Washington.
A national of the United States of America, Richard received a Bachelor of Arts degree (Phi Beta Kappa) from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a Juris Doctor degree from the George Washington University’s National Law Center, Washington DC. In addition to English, he is fluent in French, Spanish and Portuguese.
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Simon Persoff
DIRCETOR OF REGULATORY AFFAIRS
ORANGE - FRANCE TELECOM |
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Simon Persoff has worked for the France Telecom group for the past seven years. His current role is director of regulatory and competition law for Orange UK. Immediately prior to that, Simon was director of legal and regulatory for Freeserve / Wanadoo UK, which merged with Orange UK in 2006.
Simon qualified as a solicitor with Baker & McKenzie, one of the world’s largest law firms and has also worked for InterConnect Communications, a boutique regulatory consultancy owned by Telcordia Technologies.
Simon is chair of the Internet Watch Foundation funding council, a director of the UK Competitive Telecommunications Association and represents Orange on the Home Secretary’s Taskforce for Child Protection on the Internet, on the Internet Crime Forum, on the Broadband Stakeholders Group and on the British Screen Advisory Council.
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Steve Purdham
CEO & FOUNDER INVESTOR
WE7 LTD |
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Steve is CEO and founder investor in We7, the new ad funded Music phenomenon. He has a passion for music, but apart from early days as a DJ, his real success to date has been in the computer industry, an industry he has been in since age 14 (when PC’s were science fiction). Prior to We7, Steve was Co-Founder and CEO of SurfControl, where he developed the company’s vision and architecture. He took the company public on AIM, EASDAQ and the London Main market from which he generated hyper-growth creating a successful global operation with profitable revenues exceeding $100m. SurfControl was sold for almost $450m in 2007. Steve has been recognised by many prestigious business awards including IOD director of the Year.
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Ted Shapiro
DEPUTY MANAGING DIRECTOR, VICE PRESIDENT & GENERAL COUNSEL
MOTION PICTURE ASSOCIATION (BRUSSELS) |
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Ted Shapiro is responsible for representing the interests of the MPA member companies in Europe and advising them on matters related to copyright, litigation, competition, trade, audiovisual policy, e-commerce, Internet and digital technologies. Mr. Shapiro represents the MPA-Europe at the Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) Project, and other fora on content protection matters. He provides legal support to the Ancillary Rights Department on collective rights management matters and to the Anti-Piracy Department on litigation and enforcement matters. He also meets frequently with European Union and national officials on behalf of the MPA member companies and is a frequent speaker at conferences on copyright, digital rights management and related issues. Mr. Shapiro is admitted to practice in Massachusetts and England/Wales. He has a LL.M. from the University of Amsterdam, a J.D. from the Dickinson School of Law and B.A. from Connecticut College.
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Feargal Sharkey
CHIEF EXECUTIVE
BRITISH MUSIC RIGHTS |
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Feargal was born in Derry N. Ireland August 1958, the second youngest of seven children.
hortly after leaving school, a promising career delivering televisions for Radio Rentals was rudely interrupted by a request from the BBC for “The Undertones” to perform their first single, “Teenage Kicks”, live on “Top of the Pops”. Never one to shirk difficult decisions he informed his superiors that he was just popping out for lunch; they still keenly await his return.
There followed a hectic period of some twelve years, world tours, hit albums, late nights and bad food in transport cafes spanning most of the UK’s motorway network. All of this activity culminated in a successful solo career and the release of “A Good Heart”, a world-wide number 1.
The early Nineties brought a new beginning and a post-match transfer to the administration side of the industry, initially as A&R Manager for Polydor Records, more late nights in transport cafes, and then as Managing Director of EXP Ltd.
Feargal has also served as a Member of the Radio Authority and in 2004 was appointed Chair of the Live Music Forum, an advisory committee established by Government to monitor and evaluate the impact of the Licensing Act 2003 on the performance of live music.
In January 2008 Feargal was appointed Chief Executive of British Music Rights, an umbrella organisation representing the interests of composers, songwriters, music publishers and their collecting societies.
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Dave Simpson
HEAD OF BROADBAND REGULATORY POLICY
BSkyB |
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Dave joined BSkyB’s Strategic Planning Department in September 2006 as Head of Broadband Regulatory Policy covering a variety of areas including competition, content and safety issues.
Before joining Sky Dave worked for Easynet, a pan European corporate data networking company, primarily known for its pioneering use of Local Loop Unbundling in the UK, where he held the position of Head of Regulatory Affairs. Easynet was acquired by BSkyB in January 2006.
Prior to Easynet, Dave worked for Oftel as their Internet Policy Project Manager and before that he was at Cable and Wireless where he worked as a Senior Development Engineer evaluating various technologies including Voice over IP, xDSL and fixed wireless access.
Dave is a Council member of ISPA, the UK’s Internet Service Provider Association.
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Geoff Taylor
CHIEF EXECUTIVE
BPI |
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Geoff Taylor is Chief Executive of the BPI, a Governor of the BRIT School for the Performing Arts & Technology in Croydon, a Director of the UK Official Charts Company and a Trustee of the UK Record Industry’s charity, The BRIT Trust. Between December 2005 and February 2007, Geoff was General Counsel and Executive Vice-President of IFPI, where he was responsible for overseeing all litigation, licensing, internet anti-piracy and regulatory matters for IFPI worldwide. In addition, he continued to run UK Copyright Tribunal proceedings and led settlement negotiations to conclusion, developed IFPI’s international internet piracy and litigation strategy, advised IFPI national groups on music publishing negotiations worldwide and developed IFPI’s strategy against digital stream ripping.
Prior to that position, Geoff was General Counsel for the BPI, where he led BPI’s campaign of litigation against major illegal filesharers and led online Copyright Tribunal proceedings and negotiations on behalf of the BPI.
Geoff also held various legal positions at IFPI, between 1997 and 2004, dealing with music publishing issues (for example negotiating the 1998 IFPI-BIEM Standard Contract), regulatory affairs and litigation (including CD plant settlements and internet piracy litigation).
Short details of his career prior to the BPI and IFPI are set out below:
1995-1997: associate at Brussels office of US law firm WilmerHale, specializing in EU competition law
1994: Stage at DG Competition, European Commission, Brussels
1993-1994: Trainee solicitor at Cameron McKenna solicitors, London
1992: Diploma in European Law at the College of Europe, Bruges
1990: Law Society Finals examinations, first class honours
1987-1991: Degree in Law & French, Sussex University, first class honours
1986-1989: Ran Avalon Recording Studios in Hertfordshire (small 16 track project studio)
1977 – 1981: Chorister at St. Paul’s Cathedral, London. Head chorister at 1981 Charles & Diana royal wedding.
Interests: playing piano/keyboards, tennis, music
For further information, contact the BPI communications department on 020 7803 1395 or press@bpi.co.uk
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| Feargal Sharkey, Chief Executive of British Music Rights, has recently joined the ISP Content Regulation Summit . . More |
Simon Persoff, Director of Regulatory Affairs, Orange - France Telecom
Dave Simpson, Head of Broadband Regulatory Policy, BSkyB
Juhani Kivikangas, VP Content, Teliasonera
Nicholas Lansman, Secretary General, ISPA UK
Daniel Fava, President, AFA and Chief Business Officer, Telecom Italia, France
Geoff Taylor, Chief Executive, BPI
Feargal Sharkey, Chief Executive, British Music Rights
Trevor Albery, Vice-President, EMEA Anti-Piracy Operations, Warner Bros. Entertainment Group, Europe
Paul Hitchman, CEO, Playlouder MSP
James Blessing, COO, Entanet
Thomas Myrup Kristensen, EU Internet Policy Director, Microsoft
Annie Mullins, Global Head of Content Standards, Vodafone
Olivier Henrard, Legal Advisor, Olivennes Agreement, Ministry of Culture and Communication, France
Kurt Einzinger, President, EuroISPA
Stefan Johansson, Deputy Director, Ministry of Justice, Division for Intellectual Property and Transport Law, Sweden
Ventura Barba, General Manager Music, Yahoo! Music Europe and Canada
Charles Miller, Secretary to Data Communications Group, Home Office, UK
Mark Gracey, Content Regulation Manager, Thus
Dominic Houston, Head of Labels, Last.fm
Christopher Moser, Vice President, Digital Sales and Marketing, SonyBMG
Jill Johnstone, Director of Policy, National Consumer Council
Richard Owens, Director, Copyright E-Commerce, Technology & Management Division, WIPO
Danny O’Brien,
International Outreach Coordinator, Electronic Frontier Foundation
Malcolm Hutty, Head of Public Affairs, London Internet Exchange
Innocenzo Genna, Representative, Digital Media Italia
Ted Shapiro, Deputy Managing Director, Vice President & General Counsel, Motion Picture Association (Brussels)
Michael Bryan-Brown, Senior Corporate Counsel & Director Regulation, Liberty Global
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