AGENDA


Monday 13th October 2025

8.50am

REGISTRATION OPENS

9.20am

Welcome and introduction: Paul Brindley, CEO & Co-Founder, Music Ally

9.25am

Panel discussion: AI – the Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Chair:

  • Paul Brindley, CEO & Co-Founder, Music Ally

Speakers:

  • Antony Bebawi, President Global Digital, Sony Music Publishing
  • Adriana Moscoso, General Manager, GESAC
  • Philip Jewson, Composer, Yellow Boat Music
  • Nick Breen, Partner, Reed Smith
  • What are the positive ways in which AI can be used to help composers/writers and music publishing companies in their business and creative practices?
  • As the industry looks to license AI companies, what are the appropriate licensing mechanisms and splits for publishing compared to recordings in the AI world?
  • For artists, there are moves afoot to protect people’s likenesses and voices from being cloned without their permission. But what’s the equivalent for songwriters?
  • Are the concerns of the music publishing business being heard enough by Governments around the world as they look to regulate AI?

10.10am

Panel discussion: DSPs and publishers – the state of play in 2025

Chair: 

  • Liz Moody, Partner, Granderson Des Rochers

Speakers:

  • Alexander Wolf, President, International, SESAC Music Group
  • Claire McAuley, EVP, Global Rights Management, Warner Chappell Music
  • Melanie Santa Rosa, Head of Copyright Administration, Third Side Music
  • Bina “B” Mistry, Director, Content Licensing and Music, Business & Legal Affairs, SoundCloud
  • Do ‘artist-centric’ models work for songwriters too?
  • Do DSPs provide enough tools and data for publishers and songwriters?
  • To what extent do DSPs (and publishers) want more direct licensing?
  • Is there a danger that AI music could begin to start drowning out human made music on DSPs?

10.50am

Keynote Interview: Spek, Founder / CEO, PopArabia, EVP International & Emerging Markets, Reservoir and Founder of ESMAA is interviewed by Priyanka Khimani, Founder, Khimani & Associates

11.15am

BREAK

11.45am

Partner Presentation: Emilio Morales, Managing Director, Rimas Publishing on the Latin Music Publishing business

11.55am

Panel discussion: Competition and Innovation in the CMOs Sector

Chair:

  • Jane Dyball, Founder, Laffittes

Speakers:

  • Jordi Puy, CEO, Unison
  • Nick Lehman, EVP & Chief Strategy & Digital Officer, ASCAP
  • Paul Clements, CEO, Music Publishers Association
  • Lucie Caswell, Advisor; Music Publishing, Global CMO Affairs, StealthWrks
  • How are new entrants disrupting established CMOs – and how are the latter innovating to fight back?
  • What lessons have we learned from markets where there is the most intense competition between CMOs?
  • What challenges is this posing for regulators and for the wider publishing industry?
  • When there is competition, how do songwriters and publishers choose a CMO – what are the needle-moving things for them?

12.35pm

Partner Presentation: An update from Indi Chawla, Head of International Relations, The MLC

12.45pm

Keynote interview: Dame Caroline Dinenage MP, Chair of the UK Government Culture Media and Sport Committee, is interviewed by Joe Sparrow, Editor, Music Ally, about the current state of AI regulation and the fan-led live music review

1.10pm

LUNCH

2.10pm

Interview with Rachael Naylor, COO, ICE is interviewed by Stuart Dredge, Head of Insight, Music Ally (Pre-record)

2.35pm

Partner Presentation – The LLM of Music: Rio Caraeff, Co-President, Musixmatch

2.45pm

 Panel discussion: The Future of Sync – licensing at scale

Chair: 

  • Maria Forte, MD & Owner, Maria Forte Music

Speakers

  • Sam Sawyer, GM, Licensing & Technology Solutions, Songtradr
  • Tim Miles,SVP, Global Sync, Warner Music Group 
  • Chris Graves, Director, Freckle Music
  • Pascale Khalaf, Global Director of Creative & Licensing, ABKCO
  • How can technology help to speed up and make the licensing process for sync at scale more efficient and effective?
  • How can you exercise control when licensing at scale?
  • To what extent is Generative AI already impacting and likely to further impact the sync market?
  • What can be done to help ensure that all brands, influencers, and other music users fully understand and respect the need to license music properly?

3.25pm

BREAK

3.55pm

Partner Presentation – From Fun to Fan in Fifteen Seconds:  Ella Kirby, Head of Music Publishing Licensing & Partnerships, EMEA, ByteDance

4.05pm

Partner Presentation: Terver Bendega, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Tipalti

4.15pm

Panel discussion: Plugging the gaps and maximising income: licensing, royalties and reporting

Chair: 

  • Helena Kosinski, Consultant, MTUK

Speakers

  • Conor Cox, VP, Revenue, Trolley
  • Jamie Dee Hart, Founder, Hart & Songs
  • Paul Moore, Music Rights & Reporting Manager, BBC  
  • Mark Vermaat, Vice President Business Strategy & Partnerships, Orfium
  • Where are the gaps from music users when it comes to licensing, royalties and reporting?
  • Are publishers missing out on income from unreported usages?
  • Do we need to change the requirements on reporting for elements like UGC and other online content and if so how?
  • Blanket licensing: how does it work and how could it work better?
  • To what extent is technology or better industry collaboration the answer to more effective licensing, reporting and royalty collection and distribution?

5.00pm

DRINKS RECEPTION

2025

Music Ally

Publishing Summit