Panelists

We’re excited to showcase the depth of academic research, artistic experimentation, and policy work currently taking place in the “Music and AI” space. Our summit this year will feature six panels and one keynote event, covering the multi-faceted aspects of what it means to make music in the age of AI.

• Jenny Toomey (Independent musician, Tsunami; Founder, Simple Machines Records)
• Dessa (Musician, Writer, MSI Artist in Residence)
• Jeffrey Harleston (General Counsel and Executive Vice President of Business & Legal Affairs, Universal Music Group)
• Liz Pelly (Independent journalist, New York University)
• Sy Damle (Global Vice Chair of the Artificial Intelligence Practice, Latham & Watkins)
• Brandon Woo Snyder (Composer; PhD Candidate, UC Irvine) 
• Scott LeGere (Visiting Professor of Music Business, Augsburg University) 
• Atticus Reynolds (Independent musical artist; Researcher, University of California at Irvine)
• Nate Schwartz (Researcher, University of California at Irvine)
• Romel Murphy (Founder/CEO of Dai+Drm, Manager for Xania Monet)
• Jalyce Mangum (Assistant General Counsel, US Copyright Office)
• Nikki Jones (Creator of AI musician “Xania Monet”)
• CJ Carr (Music technologist, Dadabots)
• Eric Drott (Professor of Music Theory, University of Texas at Austin)
• Olufunmilayo B. Arewa (Professor of Law, George Mason University)
• Matthew Blackmar (Assistant Professor of Musicology, University of Indiana at Bloomington)
• Mayankdutt Kaushik (PhD Candidate, Jawaharlal Nehru University) 
• Omotolani Ebenezer Ekpo (Lecturer, Federal University Wukari, Nigeria)
• Andrea Decker (American Folklife Center, Library of Congress)
• Max Alper (Musician & Creative Director, Circular Ruin Studios; Lecturer, New York Film Academy)
• Joey La Neve DeFrancesco (Musician & Organizer, United Musicians and Allied Workers)