LastFM CTO, Sibelius/Shazam/MusicMetric CEO, Health-Tech, Startup Pitches & More

Name: LastFM CTO, Sibelius/Shazam/MusicMetric CEO, Health-Tech, Startup Pitches & More
Start: 2013-10-10T09:00:00+01:00
End: 2013-10-10T12:00:00+01:00
Location: Norwich Arts Centre

Hosted By

Juliana M. and 2 others

LastFM CTO, Sibelius/Shazam/MusicMetric CEO, Health-Tech, Startup Pitches & More

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Norwich Sound & Vision Festival & Conference - Interactive Track (Tech&Startup)

SyncNorwich & SupaPass are proud to present a brand new Interactive Day at the wonderful Norwich Sound and Vision Festival (http://norwichsoundandvision.co.uk) in October.

We have an exclusive offer for SyncNorwich members - a full 4-day Conference & Festival Pass for only £65!!

Jeremy Silver (Sibelius, MusicMetric, Shazam) - KEYNOTE

"Digital Medieval - the first twenty years of music on the web and the next...."

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Legendary though-leader, experienced Entrepreneur and advisor Jeremy Silver (https://twitter.com/JeremyS1) will be asking the questions; are we entering a new Dark Ages or are we at the dawn of a new Renaissance? Are Google, Facebook, Apple and Amazon becoming the new digital city states of the internet and is the Maker Movement at the heart of a new digital medievalism? And in the face of all that what should bands do to build their careers / businesses?

Having spoken at the top conferences in the world, we are honoured to welcome Jeremy to Norwich to share his wealth of experiences from his time as:

Currently:

Executive Chairman of Semetric (real-time analytics for the entertainment industry – check out musicmetric (http://www.musicmetric.com/))

Chair of MusicGlue (online ticketing and services for artists)

Non Executive Director of the Bridgeman Art Library

Specialist Adviser on the creative industries to the UK Technology Strategy Board.

Previously

CEO of Sibelius Software (a music notation software company) which he sold to Avid Technology in 2006.

Worldwide Vice President of New Media for EMI Music Group in London and in Los Angeles.

Ran the pioneering Spotify-like service Uplister, (a playlist- sharing music subscription service), based in San Francisco which was venture backed by August Capital.

early advisor to Shazam Entertainment when it was still based in Berkeley, California.

Director of Media Affairs at Virgin Records where he worked closely with many artists including Genesis, Meat Loaf, Brian Eno, Massive Attack and the Future Sound of London.

In 1994 he launched early music website the Raft

Thomas Willomitzer (Founding CTO of LastFM) - KEYNOTE

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Thomas (http://www.linkedin.com/pub/thomas-willomitzer/7/254/b71) (Willo) is CTO of JUMIO and leads the effort that transforms JUMIOs cutting edge technology into highly useful and scalable applications used by our clients worldwide.

Prior to joining Jumio, Willo CO-FOUNDED and served as CTO of LAST.FM, an online music service that was acquired by CBS for USD 280m in 2007.

Next to Founding Startups he has deep experience in ALGORITHMIC TRADING and the financial services industry having honed his developer and management skills at Leading Investment Banks such as UBS, Credit Suisse and UniCredit.

Willo holds a MSc degree in computer science (with Merit) from Birkbeck College, University of London. Of his 20 years of experience he spent 10 years working in London and another 10 years in other European Countries, Asia and the US.

Panel 3: Can tech make us healthier?

“How do you change the choices that people make?” This one hour panel, made up of leading industry experts is devoted to looking at how technology can be used to improve health and fitness, as well as how both commercial and clinical technology is improving patient and consumer health behaviours and understanding.

We’ll be looking at new, mass market technology (such as apps, clothing, bracelets and websites) and how these technologies can not only monitor health but encourage better behaviour through the likes of gamification and entertainment.

Chair:

Travis Lee Street (https://twitter.com/TravisLeeStreet) - Web designer and developer and blogger (full profile (http://norwichsoundandvision.co.uk/travis-lee-street/))

Panel:

David Plans (https://twitter.com/davidplans) - Co-founder and VP Product Science, BioBeats Inc (full profile (http://norwichsoundandvision.co.uk/dr-david-plans/))
Kristin Shine (https://twitter.com/kristinshine) - Co-development lead at iBehave (full profile) (http://norwichsoundandvision.co.uk/kristin-shine-md/)
Mark Bartlett (Geneix)
Louis-Joseph Auguste (CookieSmart)

Panel 4: Get the Money! Insight into raising investment for your Startup

Discussion between leading investor VCs, Angels, Accelerators & Entrepreneurs

Tom Kristensen (E-Synergy) Chair

Matthew Stafford (Student Upstarts)

Stuart Ager (Finance East)

Francis Seriau (Entrepreneur)

Panel 5: Pitch your Startup to our panel of experts!

A selection of the regions finest startups will pitch their Startups to our audience and Panel of Experts.

3 minute pitches followed by Q&A with the Panel. The audience votes at the end by a show of hands for who they would give their money to. The winning Startup gets a meeting with a London VC Firm.

An overview of the Festival is:

Wed 9th Oct - CIDFO Investor Startup Day

Thurs 10th Oct - SyncNorwich Interactive Panels (Tech&Startup)