The third annual Leadership Music Digital Summit, dedicated to the business, creative and legal issues of digital music, will be presented on Tuesday, April 24, 8:45 am until 5:00 pm, in partnership with The Mike Curb College of Entertainment and Music Business at Belmont University’s Curb Event Center in Nashville and associate sponsor The Recording Academy. Geared specifically to the music business and creative side (to those who control content) the day-long event will feature conference sessions on intellectual property, licensing, social networking and new gadget show-and-tell, among other topics. Last year's event attracted dozens of national authorities and nearly 500 attendees.
 
Terry McBride, CEO and Co-Founder/Owner of Nettwerk Music Group, has been tapped as keynote speaker, and Zune, Microsoft’s wireless mp3 player for sharing music and video, is Platinum Sponsor.

Mitch Bainwol, Chairman and CEO of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has been confirmed as the afternoon keynote speaker.

       The Digital Summit will kick off with McBride’s keynote address, to be followed by the intellectual property panel “Deal or No Deal,” focusing on the complexity of negotiations between music industry trade organizations and legislators.  Representatives from ASCAP, the Songwriters Guild of America, Universal Music Group, Digital Media Association (DiMA), National Music Publishers Association (NMPA), and Sound Exchange will discuss the potential winners and losers in the copyright contest, as well as Nashville’s role in digital discussions.
        The "Making The Digital Galaxy Safe" panel, devoted to licensing issues and digital rights management, features representatives from Universal Music Group, Sony/BMI Nashville, Big Champagne and Greenberg Traurig, LLC who will discuss how current realities facilitate or hamper digital opportunities.
        The Recording Academy presents  “Through the Windshield, Not the Rearview Mirror:  How the shifting digital landscape effects what happens in the studio,” featuring the views of renowned producer and engineers including George Massenburg and Gary Paczosa on high quality sound and the consumer experience.
        The popular show-and tell “Gadgets: All My Vices Are Devices” returns for a preview of products not yet on the market or new to consumers.
        “Extreme Makeover:  Mobile Edition” gathers futurist visionaries from Motorola, Universal Music, SonyBMG, Big Loud Shirt , Zune and Cingular who are rebuilding the mobile landscape for music distribution as we know it.
The conference will conclude with “Social Networking:  The Real Deal,” including experts in the viral music and social networking fields from Yahoo! Music, Zune and Warner Brothers, among others.
         The latest statistics, trends, and predictions will be presented throughout the day and giveaways will be announced.  Audience questions will be submitted via text messaging during each segment.