PROGRAMMING | Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Bonsecours Market – Old Montreal

9:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. | April 16, 2008
Word of Welcome
Status report and statistics

Solange Drouin, vice-présidente aux affaires publiques et directrice générale, Association québécoise de l’industrie du disque, du spectacle et de la vidéo (ADISQ), (Canada)

9:15 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | April 16, 2008
Workshop 1

Towards a new digital order?

The French experience with ISP liability
Last November, France became the first Western country to affirm its intention to protect the creators and makers of cultural content on the Internet. This protection involves making Internet service providers liable, which becomes the central element of a new legal order in the digital world. Update on the French experience, results and discussion.

Part 1 – 9:15 to 9:45 a.m.
Mission Olivennes report presentation

Philippe Astor, journaliste, bloggeur, Musique Info Hebdo, Digital Jukebox, (France)

Silvy Castel, chef de la mission « économie des entreprises de l'industrie musicale et du spectacle vivant », Ministère de la culture et de la communication, DMDTS (France)

Part 2 – 9:45 to 11:00 a.m.
Workshop

Facilitator : Alain Brunet, journaliste et chroniqueur, La Presse (Canada)

Pascal Cohet, porte-parole, Odebi (France)

David El Sayegh, directeur des affaires juridiques et des nouvelles technologies, Syndicat national de l’édition phonographique (SNEP) (France)

Nicolas Galibert, président, Sony/ATV Music Publishing (France)

Gilles Vercken, avocat au Barreau de Paris, Cabinet Gilles Vercken Avocats, (France)

11:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | April 16, 2008
Workshop 2

Hello – good bye: 10 technologies that are reinventing music… or not

Ins and outs of the new digital platforms and gear
Technology is revolutionizing the music industry… but not all innovations are created equal. By popular demand, Les Rencontres once again presents the Top 10 technologies that will most likely be shaping the future. We’ll also take a long, hard look at those which haven’t lived up to their potential – or seem unlikely to – to see what lessons can be learned.

Philippe Renaud, journaliste, La Presse (Canada)

12:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. | April 16, 2008
Lunch

1:15 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. | April 16, 2008
Keynote speaker

Arnaud Delbarre, directeur général et artistique deL'Olympia (France)
Interviewed by Alain Chartrand, directeur général et artistique, Coup de cœur francophone (Canada) 

1:45 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. | April 16, 2008
Workshop 3

Internet, neutral territory or controlled market?

Music content and bandwidth control
Contrary to a romantic vision of the Internet as a place where freedom reigns, the Net can and in fact already is a place subject to various methods of differentiation, segmentation, and even segregation. For instance, ISPs have technology that allows them to manage their bandwidth in order to filter, or even block, certain content. Some see this as a possible way of controlling illegal file-sharing, and are already dreaming of regulation… Would this be a threat to the free circulation of content on the World Wide Web? This angers many people who argue in favour of “net neutrality”, as it is called. But can and should the Internet really be neutral?

Facilitator : Michel Dumais, observateur en nouvelles technologies, animateur, réalisateur, Émission Citoyen numérique (Canada)

Jean Berbinau, ingénieur général des télécommunications, Conseil Général des Technologies de l’Information et secrétaire général, Autorité de Régulation des Mesures Techniques (France)

Alain Brunet, journaliste et chroniqueur, La Presse (Canada)

Walter McDonough, General Counsel and Founding Board Member, Future of Music Coalition (USA)

Suzanne Morin, Assistant General Counsel, Regulatory Law and Policy, Bell Canada

Shira Perlmutter, Executive Vice-President, Global Legal Policy, International Federation of Phonographic Industry (IFPI) (UK)

3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | April 16, 2008

Workshop 4

Beyond recordings:  new avenues for labels

It is no longer enough for labels to do what they’ve always done in the past:  sell sound recordings. They have to reinvent themselves by finding new business models. Easier said than done! This workshop will explore the most promising avenues:  creation of new album life cycles, implementation of 360° contracts, negotiation of artist-centred brand partnerships, development of integrated music companies and meta-labels… Take a guided tour of these new practices with some eminent lawyers who are really in the know.

Facilitator : Stéphanie Moffatt, avocate, gérante, Mo’Fat Management (Canada)

Stéphane Gilker, avocat, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin (Canada)

Jean-Marie Guilloux, avocat à la cour, Cabinet Jean-Marie Guilloux (France)

Bernard M. Resnick, Attorney, Bernard M. Resnick Esq., P.C. (USA)

5:15 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. | April 16, 2008
Keynote speaker

Valéry Zeitoun, Executive Director, Label AZ at Universal Music France
Interviewed by Philippe Renaud, journaliste, La Presse (Canada)

6:00 p.m. – 7:30p.m. | April 16, 2008
Cocktails