AI and Music - July, 2024

The Digital Hollywood AI Summer Summit

Monday, July 22 - Wednesday, July 24, 2024

The Defining Event: The Future of Entertainment, Media & Technology

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Tuesday, July 23rd, 2024

Noon – 12:50 PM - Eastern Time Zone

Session III:

Generative AI and Cinematic Hollywood: The Transformation of the Media Industry

While full AI video production hasn’t quite arrived, each week it seems that OpenAI debuts another generation of Sora and Pika one ups them with Audio software to lip-synch with the new video clips and another billion dollar investment is announced for a Virtual Humanoid company. And that was all in a three day stretch in March of 2024. And that’s not counting the Pro AI Music Generators from Google, Adobe and Meta and to paraphrase Stability AI’s CEO, “Emad Mostaque, "It has become possible to imagine an AI-generated new season of "Game of Thrones.” It with that thought in mind that we address the future of AI and Hollywood with our esteemed panel.

Speakers:

Ted Schilowitz, Visionary & Futurist, formerly Paramount Global & 20th Century Fox

Sasha Kasiuha, AI Innovator & Director, Madonna “The Celebration Tour”

Pinar Seyhan Demirdag, Co-Founder & CEO, Cuebric

Diana Williams, CEO & Co-founder, Kinetic Energy Entertainment

Leslie Shannon, Head of Ecosystem and Trend Scouting, Nokia, Moderator

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1 PM – 1:50 PM - Eastern Time Zone

Session I:

As Johnny Rotten Might Say: AI Music – Bollocks Sí or Bollocks No?

Some say, AI is different. This technology may be black magic and maybe they’re right. But what about Sampling and Looping, Sequencers, Drum Machines and Beat Makers, Software synths and the Moog. How about the first time you became aware of the Wah Wah pedal? Does the music of Hendrix, Clapton or Zappa come to mind? The magical world of “Music and Technology” has enabled and enhanced the greatest of our popular musicians and producers for more than half a century. What is the role of the “Recorder Producer?” What about “The Wall of Sound?” What are the Beatles without George Martin, the master of “Audio Wizardry!” What would Johnny Rotten say about “Music and AI.” Let’s discuss.

Speakers:

Gerald Casale, Artist, Musician, founding Member, DEVO

Daniel Rowland, Music Producer, Head of Strategy, LANDR Audio

Jessica Powell, CEO, Audioshake

Dustin Blank, Head of Partnerships, ElevenLabs

Thomas Sachson, General Manager, Dropness LLC; former, Head of Monetization and Strategic Partnerships, Sony Music Immersive Studio

Steve R. Masur, Partner, Raines Feldman Littrell LLP, Moderator

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Session II:

Gen AI Cinema & Hollywood Video: A Director, Producer & Critic’s Roundtable

The entertainment industry has a new category of film to discuss and analyze, one that did not exist prior to 2023. It is almost remarkable that “Generative AI Cinema” is now a category of “Creativity” that we must begin to take seriously. All through the year 2022 AI Image Generators began to improve and in 2023 the images began to move. It would make Thomas Edison and Auguste and Louis Lumière proud. And the practitioners of “Gen AI Cinema,” the directors and technologists, today’s AI storytellers are creating amazing short films and video experiments. Our roundtable today will bring together a group of “Creatives” that are breaking the ground for what will surely be the “Hollywood of the 21^st Century.”

Speakers:

Quinn Halleck, Director, Tool (“Sigma_001”)

Katya Alexander, President, Pillars (AI Studio) & Freelance Indie Producer

Momo Wang, Animation & Creative Director, Illumination Entertainment

Jason Zada, founder, Secret Level

Max Einhorn, Gen AI Producer, Creator, "True Crime AI", Moderator

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2 PM – 2:50 PM - Eastern Time Zone

Session II:

AI and Identity Theft - A Taylor Swift Law – The Deep Fake Dilemma

“Deep Fakes” are not only a theft of property rights and a concern of Musicians and Hollywood personalities, bad-actors are scheming new, inventive and technologically bizarre ways to invade our privacy, our computer data and ultimately our electronic wallets. This is not a false alarm. While a “Taylor Swift Law” is needed to protect the personage of a pop star, it may be even more important to secure the personal electronic rights of everyday citizens. Recently in Hong Kong, a “Deep Fake” scheme successfully defrauded an investment company of $25 Million in a fraudulent Zoom call with visual impersonators representing colleagues. That Zoom call might have been you and a “Deep Faked” family member.

Speakers:

Remington Scott, Founder, CEO and Chief Architect, Hyperreal® Inc., VFX, THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS

Caroline Giegerich, Innovation Consultant, TEDx Speaker, Daily Marauder

Virginie Berger, Chief Business Development & Rights Officer, MatchTune

Greg Young, Vice President for Cybersecurity, Trend Micro

Will Kreth, CEO, HAND (Human & Digital), Moderator

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Session III:

Cinematic AI: A World of Tools and Technology

The operative word is “Creativity!” While AI may provide amazing tools to enhance, expand, accelerate and even, to use a troublesome notion, to “Synthesize” the creative process, at its core, Cinematic AI is about “Storytelling,” and at least for the moment, the human touch is very much “At the Controls” of assembling an artistic cinematic vision. While the creation of some musical tasks and even individual images can approach human level creativity, for the moment, “Storytelling” is a bit more complex. In this session, we will hear from creators and technologists who are at the forefront in the application of “Cinematic AI Tools.”

Speakers:

Evo Heyning, CEO, Realitycraft

Emily Golden, Head of Growth Marketing, Runway

Vova Ovsiienko, Business Development Executive, Respeecher

Russell Palmer, CEO & Co-Founder of CyberFilm AI

Joanna Popper, Former Chief Metaverse Officer, CAA, Moderator

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3 PM – 3:50 PM - Eastern Time Zone

Session I:

Hollywood VFX Pros Discuss Virtual Humans & GenAI: Feature Film Perfection, Actor Longevity, Deep Fakes, & Impact of Generative AI

How good is the current state of Generative AI? Let’s hear first-hand from an All-Star Team of Hollywood VFX professionals. Hollywood has been using AI in film and video production for any number of years, but now the “Next Generation of GenAI” has arrived and it’s all over YouTube and Social Media. There are Virtual Human Influencers, Models, even Virtual Girlfriends. And what do they see coming down the road, in 2025 and 2026? And how will Generative AI be merged with the most powerful software in the VFX toolbox? This roundtable should be fun.

Speakers:

Akira Thompson, Group Creative Director, Creative Technology, PXP Studios, Publicis Groupe

Candice Alger, Executive Producer and Member of Advisory Board, Wild Capture

Sean Cushing, co-founder, Cantina Creative

Remington Scott, Founder, CEO and Chief Architect, Hyperreal® Inc., VFX, THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS

Lori H. Schwartz, Founder & CEO, StoryTech, Moderator

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4 PM – 4:40 PM - Eastern Time Zone

Session II:

AI Music Monetization: DeepMind’s Dreamtrack, The Grimes AI Strategy: Let’s Go 50-50%

There’s no way to slow down the explosion of AI created music. It’s here, it’s now and everyone, young and old have become AI Sound Engineers by the hundreds of thousands. So as the ocean of new music arrives, the idea of “AI Music & Monetization” has now become front and center. For example, Google’s DeepMind recently unveiled DreamTrack, an AI system allowing customizable music generation via text prompts. Their partnership with the music label EMI hints at future platforms streamlining rights-cleared AI music tailored to user taste. Such tools could enable independent musicians, creative agencies, and brands to license bespoke soundtracks on-demand. Along the same lines, the famous musician Grimes is exploring equally disruptive models, granting fans collective ownership in her AI-assisted compositions through NFTs and decentralization. It’s only the start, but with music AI software getting better and better, the market is ripe for legal monetization strategies to emerge.

Speakers:

Daouda Leonard, founder and CEO, CreateSafe

Anthony Ramirez, Partner, Technology Transactions Group, Morrison Foerster

Alex Mitchell, CEO, Boomy

Karen Allen, CEO & Co-Founder, Infinite Album

Joanna Popper, Former Chief Metaverse Officer, CAA, Moderator

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5:00 PM – 5:50 PM - Eastern Time Zone

Session I:

The Elvis Act: The Tennessee Deep Fake 2024 Law

Is this the first of many, a prelude to a “Federal Law” or an interesting step to secure the “Individual Rights in the face of Deep Fakes,” serving as a bellwether for future legislation, but ultimately not the final word on the subject. Tennessee’s “Ensuring Likeness Voice and Image Security (ELVIS) Act” passed earlier by their state legislature this year and exclusively limited to Tennessee residents is directed specifically to the issues of “Deep Fakes” and to the protection of Recording Artists and others impacted by “Voice Cloning” and other AI technologies. In this session, our speakers will address the specifics of “The Elvis Act,” with the thought that this piece of legislation is likely a “Canary in a Coal Mine,” one of the first legislative steps that may indicate of how public and political sympathies could be harbingers of AI legislation and legal decisions coming in the future.

Speakers:

Christopher Kenneally, Award-Winning Podcast Host/Producer, Moderator

Edward Klaris, Managing Partner, Klaris Law

Angela L. Dunning, Partner, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

Kevin J. Greene, John J. Schumacher Chair, Professor of Law, Southwestern Law School

David C. Johnson, Partner, Lippes Mathias LLP

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Wednesday, July 24^th, 2024

Noon – 12:50 PM - Eastern Time Zone

Session I:

AI, Cinematic Artists and Virtual Production: The Future of Independent Cinema

Indie filmmakers always find a way. However, in a world of fractured attention focused on instant content and big tentpoles, it’s increasingly challenging for these artists and their films to find a way to break through. For rising filmmakers and production teams, AI and virtual production has changed the game: access to technology and equipment has never been broader. What once could only be made by a major studio with funding can now be done in one’s backyard. This has opened the door to amazing innovation and opportunities. Filmmakers today have an incredible arsenal of tools at their disposal to innovate in the space. In this roundtable, we welcome leaders in the space of Cinematic Film Production.

Speakers:

Ty Roberts, CEO, FanTracks; former CTO, Universal Music Group, Moderator
Dade Orgeron, Vice President, Innovation, Shutterstock
Quinn Hallec, Director/Producer, Tool (“Sigma_001”)
Emily Golden, Head of Growth Marketing, Runway
Marco Paglia, Chief Product Officer, Musixmatch

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Session III:

“Is AI Music the Piracy Machine? As Brian May has Stated, “It’s Gonna Get Very Weird Very Quick”

Let's take an AI Music test. Google “Best in AI Music Deep Fakes” and you will be taken on an amazing tour of “Music Imposters,” including “Deep Fakes” of Britney Spears, Frank Sinatra singing obscene Rap Lyrics; the infamous Drake/The Weeknd, “Heart on My Sleeve” having become a massive hit in a few days and Freddie Mercury singing "All I Want for Christmas,” a “Perfect Clone” of a Queen performance. And the technology behind AI song generators are becoming dangerously professional. It’s no wonder that Brian May, Queen’s lead guitarist and song writer is quoted having said, “It’s Gonna Get Very Weird Very Quick.” Music is always the artform first impacted by the combination of technology and the Internet because it does not require extensive bandwidth. In this session we bring together some of the best in the music business.

Speakers:

David Hughes, Strategic Music Industry Consultant, former CTO, RIAA, VP Strategy, Sony Music, Moderator

Chris Horton, SVP Strategic Technology, Universal Music Group’s (UMG)

BT, Producer, Composer, Technologist, Soundlab.AI

Ian C. Ballon, Co-Chair, Global Intellectual Property & Technology Practice, Greenberg Traurig LLP

Additional speakers to be announced

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1 PM – 1:50 PM - Eastern Time Zone

Session I:

AI Music and Creatives: A Relationship of Abundance and Trepidation

For the musician, solo artist, producer or A&R executive, the arrival in all its glory of “AI technology” is akin to the second coming of Napster. Napster arrived in 1999 and within a year or so effectively wiped out the “Record Industry” as it was then fashioned. And it has taken a couple of generations of musicians and technology to assemble a new and “more or less” thriving industry. Today, there is a massive listening audience, well designed and music friendly internet and mobile platforms, year-round and flourishing “Live Performance” opportunities and tons of “Merch.” And into this mix has arrived AI, the technology “Superpower” that makes “Synths” and "Drum Kits” look primitive. In this roundtable of “Creatives” we will explore our hesitancy to embrace AI, come clean in discussing the obvious dangers of copyright and “Deep Fake” while also grappling with the “Power of AI” as a “Creativity Tool.”

Speakers:

Eímear Noone, Award Winning, Composer, Conductor and Producer

Phil Quist, Music & Emerging Tech Agent, Creative Artists Agency (CAA)

Diaa El All, co-founder and CEO, Soundful

Ted Cohen, Managing Partner, TAG Strategic

Dr. Martin Clancy, Musician, Academic & founding Chair, IEEE Global AI ethics Arts Committee, Moderator

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Session II:

Monetizing Immersive Hollywood, Music & Sports = AI + XR + Live Events + Metaverse

Global brands, social engagement, live events, immersive experiences, cross platform strategies; this is the electronic frontier of the future, where growth and commerce converge. It’s hard not to get excited by the next generation of platform and technological convergence. In this session we will analyze the landscape and attempt to define the ground rules. Enhanced brand loyalty, content innovation and better product are prerequisites for “Monetizing the Consumer Relationship.” The super competitive film/video, sports, Web3, and social media markets are in play 24/7. And it’s about execution & innovation of live events, the cinematic or video experience and the AI and XR investment that matters. But finally, it’s creativity, the “It Factor” which makes the difference.

Speakers:

Justin Hochberg, CEO, Virtual Brand Group, "Barbi AI on Roblox"

Ty Roberts, CEO, FanTracks CEO, Former CTO, Universal Music Group

Kobi Wu, CEO, Cache AI

Doug Scott, Co-Founder, Subnation

Travis Cloyd, CEO, WorldwideXR and VP of CMG (Celebrity Management Group), Moderator

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2 PM – 2:50 PM - Eastern Time Zone

Session I:

AI & The Hollywood Writer: Man-Made/Machine Made - Screenwriter vs. The Machine

Let’s see what the expert say. In this session of professional Hollywood screenwriters, directors and producers, we will breakdown the AI Screenwriting and producing process. Our experts, all of whom are familiar with the best in AI Hollywood software, so that hopefully, will guarantee that the machine-made will be given a fighting chance. Compare and contrast. Let’s start out with a concept, “Create a Series of Prompts.” The AI is generally helpful in “Creating a first page, first breakdown of characters, first explanation of the arc. But what comes next? Can our experts “Prompt” the AI to approach the idea of “Storytelling?” What about “Human Emotion.” Is the professional writer wasting time “Prompting Deep Thoughts” with a robot with limited imagination. Perhaps not. Perhaps the AI is stimulating our “Writer’s Roundtable.” What is the state of the art in “Professional” AI screenwriting.

Speakers:

Mark Goffman, Writer/Producer, The Umbrella Academy, Bull, Limitless

Catherine Clinch, Veteran TV Writer, Hunter, Jake & the Fat Man, Love Boat, Hart to Hart

Mike Gioia, Co-Founder, Pickaxe

Frank Deese, Associate Professor, Screenwriting, School of Film & Animation, Rochester Institute of Technology

Christian Cantrell, Writer, Former VP of Product, Stability AI

Monica Landers, Founder & CEO, StoryFit, Moderator

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Session II:

Digital & AI Fashion and Beauty: The Designer + Virtual Humans + The Runway + Retail Experience

The fashion industry, which has always been a global and cultural trend setter, today with the explosive power and merger of the "AI, Design and Media Technologies," a fashion brand can dominate simultaneously “IRL" (In Real Life) and equally on “Social Media” as a form of entertainment. The Fashion Industry, uniquely among the creative arts, can innovate “Style, Personality and Identity” in AI and Spatial Environments like no others. In time, fashion brands may even establish “Virtual and Iconic Models & Avatars” and establish them as “Global Icons” and those future “Virtual Humans” might also perform as Musical Celebrities or “Reside in their own Metaverse.” The future of the AI Fashion will be nothing short of “Intriguing.”

Speakers:

Dmytro Kornilov, CEO and Co-Founder, FFFACE.ME

Metamorphix, Innovative Designer, Two-Time Winner, AI Fashion Week

Matthew Drinkwater, Head of London College of Fashion’s Fashion Innovation Agency

Jason Jercinovic, founder, UnLTD aka “Unlimited,” Moderator

Additional speaker to be announced

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Session III:

Virtual Humans & AI: Advanced Design + Intelligence = Unique Levels of Complexity

In this session we will address the Intelligence and Design functions in the development of Virtual Humans. While other panels will focus on “Virtual Humans as Performers and Internet Personalities,” in this session we will explore the more profound issues of “Computer Intelligence” and “The Machine’s” ability to mimic human emotion and personality, verbal and vocal expression and respond in conversational interaction. Once a “Virtual Human” becomes “Conversant” as a mature human might, the role of this technology will quickly find a way into our daily life, from Virtual Human Co-Pilot as Educator, Colleague at work to companion in research and creative endeavors. The possibilities are quite frankly, limitless.

Speakers:

Remington Scott, Founder, CEO and Chief Architect, Hyperreal® Inc., VFX, THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS

Matthias Wittmann, Visual Effects Supervisor, Digital Domain (CGI, Benjamin Button)

Additional speakers to be announced

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Session IV:

AI Produced Music Videos are Here - The AI Canary in the Coal Mine

Tech innovation concentrates first in the “Music Industry.” It is as simple as that. Generative AI is totally and fully capable of producing highly creative audio and short form cinematic video. And it is simply not yet ready, to produce fully realized long form film and TV. Thus, on this panel we will focus on the creation of “AI Empowered Music Videos” that are innovative, inspired and nothing short of spectacular. We will discuss production techniques and demo some of the best yet produced. In the 1980s, after MTV kicked off the “Music Video Revolution” with "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles and DEVO's great music video, "Whip It," the world was never quite the same. The same will likely be said of the AI Empowered Music Videos of 2024. The world will never quite be the same again!

Speakers:

Jesse Kirshbaum, CEO, Nue Agency, Beats & Bytes Newsletter, Moderator

Dr. Nicolai Klemke, founder, Neural Frames UG

Krista Gable, AI Guru, Founder and CEO, Domain Domme LLC

Sasha Chimaera, Creative Polymath, AI Video Artist

Additional speakers to be announced

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3 PM – 3:50 PM - Eastern Time Zone

Session I:

Digital Design, Branding, Fashion & Retail: The Innovation Experience

Design and fashion have forever defined the cutting edge of cultural innovation and now with the explosion of “Digital Platforms” and consumer demand, the “World of Retail” has finally merged with “The Innovation Experience.” Every major brand and retailer is adapting to the reality of “Consumer Engagement + Immersive Technologies = The Retail Transformation.” From the multi-faceted ad campaigns to the online retail, including the In-Store experience, it’s a holistic strategy of design, technology, and engagement. In this session, we welcome the industry leaders.

Speakers:

Neha Singh, Founder & CEO, Obsess

Silke Meixner, Digital Customer Experience Strategy, ZS Associates

Bill Newell, CEO, SparX Works Inc., Moderator

Additional speakers to be announced

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5 PM – 5:50 PM - Eastern Time Zone

Session IV:

Virtual Human Chatbots: Next Level Consciousness + Advanced Visuals – A Social Experience

The movies “2001,” “Data from Star Trek,” “Her” and “Ex Machina” have created a public expectation, for what “Virtual Human Technology” is understood to be. Is this level of AI consciousness out of reach? Since the mass exposure of Generative AI, to literally more than one billion computer users in the past year, a level of comfort and dependency has been readily embraced, and the anticipation of an enhanced immersive experience would surely be welcomed. AIs are already employed for “Deep Research,” as “Medical Co-Pilots,” as “Conversational AI Companions,” “Virtual Performers or Celebrities” and “Company Spokespersons.” In fact, there may be no limit to the role of AI Co-Pilots in our everyday lives. The manifestation of a fully realized “Virtual Human” as a Humanoid Robot or like “Her,” as a synthetic persona will likely be a welcome colleague. In this session we will see demos of the current “Best in Class.”

Speakers:

Jessica Wynter Martin, Founder & CEO, JWM Concepts LLC

Jon Henson, Talent Manager, Underscore Talent Management

Christian Pierre, Chief Technology Officer, GUT
Erick Opeka, President and Chief Strategy Officer, Cineverse

Tinashe Chaponda, CEO, Sosani, Moderator

Additional Speakers to be announced

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I. Track One: AI: Artists of the 21st Century

II. Track Two: Virtual Humans and Robotics

III. Track Three: AI and Hollywood Production

IV. Track Four: AI and Music: Artists vs. Tech

V. Track Five: AI & Threats, Bias & Rights

VI: Track Six: AI Fashion & Design

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I. The Evening Keynotes, July 22nd - 24th

II. Tuesday, July 23rd - Noon - 5 PM

III. Wednesday, July 24th - Noon - 5 PM

IV. Thursday, July 25th - Noon - 5 PM

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