Panelists

This forum brings together artists, scholars, technologists, legal experts, and policy leaders to explore the changing landscape of music in the age of artificial intelligence. By creating space for dialogue across conversations that often unfold separately within artistic, academic, legal, policy, and technology communities, the event highlights the interconnected challenges and opportunities emerging across the field.

Jenny Toomey — independent musician (Tsunami); founder, Simple Machines Records

Dessa — musician, writer; MSI artist in residence

CJ Carr — music technologist, Dadabots

Benoit Carré — songwriter, producer; pioneer of AI-assisted pop music (SKYGGE, Sony CSL)

Wayna — recording artist; national trustee, Recording Academy

Amy Isbell — general counsel and executive vice president of business and legal affairs, Universal Music Group

Liz Pelly — independent journalist; New York University

Britt Lovejoy — global vice chair, artificial intelligence practice, Latham & Watkins

Carlos Chirinos-Espin — assistant professor, NYU Steinhardt; director, NYU Music and Social Change

Brandon Woo Snyder — composer; PhD candidate, University of California, Irvine

Scott LeGere — visiting professor of music business, Augsburg University

Atticus Reynolds — researcher, University of California, Irvine

Nate Schwartz — independent musician, composer, and researcher

Romel Murphy — founder and CEO, Dai+Drm; manager for Xania Monet

Jalyce Mangum — assistant general counsel, U.S. Copyright Office

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, Indiana University Bloomington

Mayankdutt Kaushik — PhD candidate, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Andrea Decker — American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Max Alper — musician and independent educator

Joey LaNeve DeFrancesco — musician and organizer, United Musicians and Allied Workers