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Thursday, 11. May 2023
10am:
Main assembly of the full members and delegates
Room: Ballsaal (ground floor)
Info-Breakfasts
Arts Sponsorship online: How can a modern promotion concept for the growing online sector be created in addition to existing rating procedures?
Speaker:
Britta Stoffels (CoE distribution)
Melanie Holdt (Head of rating)
Room: Montreal (top floor)
GEMA and publishers - improving processes together in the online and broadcast sectors
Speaker:
Ulrike Segner-Mill (Head of Operations Broadcasting and Online)
Thomas Theune (Director Broadcasting and Online)
Room: Rom (top floor)
MusicHub, the digital music platform of GEMA.
MusicHub, the digital music platform of GEMA. There’s a lot to report about the online business, founded in 2020, whose product portfolio keeps growing and developing far beyond the pure distribution of recordings.
Speaker:
Sascha Lazimbat (CEO MusicHub)
Florian von Hoyer (COO MusicHub)
Thimo Prziklang (Director Strategy and development, GEMA)
Room: Athen (top floor)
8.30am to 9.30am:
Breakfast as part of the info breakfasts
Room: Montreal (top floor)
12:30pm to 2pm:
Lunch
Room: Foyer ground floor and top floor
3pm – 5pm:
Coffee break
Room: Foyer ground floor and top floor
Floorplans
Information desks
Information desks
Ground floor
Desk A: Soundfile Upload, Sound Recordings, monitoring, work registration, Online Portal access and permissions
Desk B: Online Portal overview, My setlists, My details, My royalties, claims
Desk C: Master data, rights, taxation and royalties
Desk D: MusicHub
Desk E: Website gema.de, distribution of royalties
Top floor
Desk F: Strategy & development, GEMAplus, licensing & distribution of performing rights, innovation management, social & cultural benefits
Information desks
In the foyer (ground floor and top floor) you can inform yourself about various current topics of GEMA on the days of the meeting. Whether it's about distribution, GEMAplus, the online portal or the social fund, you'll find the right contact person for your concerns at the desks.
Information desks
Ground floor
Desk A: Soundfile Upload, Sound Recordings, monitoring, work registration, Online Portal access and permissions
Desk B: Online Portal overview, My setlists, My details, My royalties, claims
Desk C: Master data, rights, taxation and royalties
Desk D: MusicHub
Desk E: Website gema.de, distribution of royalties
Top floor
Desk F: Strategy & development, GEMAplus, licensing & distribution of performing rights, innovation management, social & cultural benefits
Review Day 1
Tuesday, 09 May 2023
Personal discussions of the associate members including the by-election of delegates in separate meetings of the professional categories
Personal discussions of the associate members including the by-election of delegates in separate meetings of the professional categories
With delegate speakers Stefanie Schlesinger and Franz-Michael Deimling, with Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Dr. Ralf Weigand and General Counsel of GEMA, Dr. Tobias Holzmüller.
Room: Ballsaal (ground floor)
Personal discussions of the associate members including the by-election of delegates in separate meetings of the professional categories
With the delegate speaker Stephan Runge, with deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Stefan Waggershausen and Dr. Lars Hendrik Riemer of the GEMA Legal Division.
Room: Atlanta (top floor)
Personal discussions of the associate members including the by-election of delegates in separate meetings of the professional categories
With the Delegate speaker Neil Grant, deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Dr. Götz von Einem and Dr. Kai Welp, GEMA Legal Division
Room: Sydney (top floor)
Joint meeting of the associate members
Room: BallsaalInfo-Brunch
What about Spotify, YT, Meta and TikTok? An overview of current deals with leading online platforms.
Speaker:
Ulrike Segner-Mill (Head of Operations Broadcasting and Online)
Thomas Theune (Director Broadcasting and Online)
Room: Montreal (top floor)
What about Spotify, YT, Meta and TikTok? An overview of current deals with leading online platforms
11.30am to 12.30pm:
Brunch as part of the info brunch
Room: Montreal (top floor)
3.30pm to 5pm:
Coffee break
Room: Foyer (ground floor and top floor)
Review Day 2
Wednesday, 10 May 2023
Professional category meetings of the full members and delegates
Professional category meetings of the full members and delegates
Room: Ballsaal (ground floor)
Professional category meetings of the full members and delegates
Room: Atlanta (top floor)
Professional category meetings of the full members and delegates
Room: Sydney (top floor)
Info-breakfasts
The journey of 700,000 setlists at GEMA, plus insights on the comprehensive tariffs of GEMA
Speaker:
Johannes Everding (Director Geschäftsentwicklung Außendienst)
Christian Seitz (Director Lizenzierung & Verteilung Aufführungsrechte)
Room: Montreal (top floor)
GEMAplus: Presentation of current partner in the benefits programme for GEMA members
Speakers:
Silvia Moisig (Director Mitglieder Relationship)
Tilmann Hemminger (Head of Strategy, Innovation & News Business)
Room: Rom (top floor)
GOP reform 2023. How should revenues from social media platforms such as YouTube, Instagram or TikTok be distributed?
Speaker:
Georg Ruile (Business Intelligence CoE Verteilung)
Room: Athen (top floor)
11.30am to 12.30pm:
Break-Out-Session
Spotify Presents 'Tools, Products & Opportunities for Songwriters and Publishers'
Join Aaron Buckingham from Spotify's Songwriter & Publishing Relations Team. He'll be discussing initiatives including Noteable - Spotify's community for songwriters, producers and publishers and Spotify For Publishing, the data analytics tool that powers Songwriter Pages and Written By playlists.
Speaker:
Aaron Buckingham (Lead Songwriter & Publishing Relations EMEA/SEA bei Spotify)
Room: Montreal (top floor)
12.30pm to 13.30pm:
Break-Out-Session
The Future of Creativity. AI, Machine Learning and Generative AI.
AI-driven "creations" of art, music and text are on everyone's lips. Is this just hype? Or is this just the beginning?
More and more machine-generated creations can be found on the web. The underlying software has often been fed with protected works by authors.
To get a better idea of what this means for the music market, we'll take you on a technical journey through the evolutionary history of generative AI.
Speaker:
Martin Zürn, Data Engineer and Innovation Manager AI
Room: Rom (Top floor)
8.30am to 9.30am:
Breakfast as part of the info breakfasts
Room: Montreal (top floor)
12.30pm to 2pm:
Lunch
Room: Foyer Ground floor and top floor
3pm to 5pm:
Coffee break
Room: Foyer Ground floor and top floor
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