January 19, 2018

Cyber Extortion, Social Media Music Licensing, and Ethics: CLE Track Sessions for SXSW 2018

Dive into hot-button legal issues across the music, film, and emerging technology industries. The Continuing Legal Education or CLE Track at SXSW offers 12 hours of accredited sessions – including 1 hour of ethics – available at no extra cost to SXSW registrants. Explore some of the most notable CLE sessions for SXSW 2018 and be sure to add our session recommendations to your schedule.

According to SXSW Programmer Adam Wode, “With speakers from a number of different companies across the music, film, and interactive worlds, the CLE Track epitomizes SXSW’s Convergence programming. Legal experts from Twitter, Sundance Institute, Sony Music, Facebook, and Musical.ly will share their insights and expertise.”

Discussions range from OTT video deals, licensing music for social media, cyber extortion, and much more. Join us for the CLE Track from March 15-17 during SXSW Convergence programming. SXSW Convergence programming features a range of topics that straddle the cultural and technological intersection at the heart of SXSW with primary access granted to all SXSW Badges.

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CLE Session Highlights

Cyber Extortion: Doing Business With Crooks

Speakers: Elizabeth Cookson (Kivu Consulting Inc), Bart Huffman (Reed Smith LLP), Wendell Bartnick (Reed Smith LLP), and Benjamin Stone (Federal Bureau of Investigation)

Cyber extortion (typically but not always using ransomware) has become a billion dollar “business.” Individuals and companies of all sizes and industries are vulnerable. For health, safety, and financial stability reasons, regulators have heightened expectations for data “availability” as a critical component of security. In the digital arena, as elsewhere, disaster recovery and business continuity have a seat at the head table for incident response planning purposes. Panelists will discuss how to deal with a cyber extortion situation, how things are likely to go down if a decision is made to pay, what you may wish you had done or thought of, and what the law and law enforcement have to say about doing business this way.

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TV Goes OTT: Video Deals in an Age of Cord Cutters

Speakers: Matt Heckman (Twitter), Gabriel Fleet (Greenberg Traurig LLP), J. Christopher Hamilton (The Black Group), Michelle Skinner (Sundance Institute), and Tonya Rutherford (Verizon FiOS Tv And go90)

As more and more consumers decide to forego cable subscriptions in favor of “over the top” streaming offerings from the likes of Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon, digital video distribution deals have become increasingly important to the bottom-line of the entertainment business. This trend has surfaced a host of unique challenges that could never have been contemplated in the prior Golden Age of Television. This panel of experienced legal dealmakers will explore some common, hot-button legal and business issues associated with the structuring and negotiation of complex agreements in this evolving space.

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Licensing Music for Social Media: A Perfect Storm

Speakers: Bobby Rosenbloum (Greenberg Traurig LLP), Tracy Gardner (Warner Music Group), Neil Miller
(Facebook), and Ted Suh (musical.ly)

As full-catalog streaming services have become more of an institutionalized business model and the core of the recorded music industry’s business, there is a new horizon of opportunities as music becomes integrated with social media. That said, the emerging social media models often push the limits of traditional music licensing, and new concepts are needed where the law has not adequately contemplated the new world order. This panel will feature some of the innovators and thought leaders in the space and will focus on the complex legal, business and licensing issues that have confronted service providers.

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Crossover Track Recommendations

Make the most of your time at SXSW and learn from SXSW sessions across all 24 Tracks of Conference programming. These recommended sessions are outside of the CLE Track but will interest any SXSW attendee.

• Ethics in VR/AR Journalism – Jean Yves Chainon (JYC), and Lakshmi Sarah (Tiny World Productions)
  Track: News & Journalism

• Design in the Criminal Justice System – Ryan Menefee (frog design), and Kelsey McKay (McKay Training & Consulting)
  Track: Government

• When Programmers are Asked to do the Unethical – Julie Bort (Business Insider), Bill Sourour (Devmastery.com), and Katie Smith (Convercent)
  Track: Code & Programming

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January 18, 2018

American Music Abroad Now Accepting Applications to Tour the World

From a Detroit-based hip-hop group collaborating with musicians in a studio in Madagascar to an L.A. rock band playing clubs in Minsk, Belarus, American Music Abroad (AMA) provides life-changing opportunities for U.S. bands to travel the globe.

The program, an initiative of the United States Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, sends American bands from all genres on fully-funded month-long tours, focusing on countries with little or no access to live American musical performances.

Since it began in the 1950s with Louis Armstrong’s tour of Africa and Eastern Europe, AMA has focused on Cultural Diplomacy, creating person-to-person connections through performances, workshops, and collaborations.

Bands must contain between 3–5 members, and all members must be U.S. Citizens. We encourage groups in any characteristically American genre to apply, including those who span multiple genres or who may not find a genre that accurately describes their music.

Sound like your thing? Applications are being accepted through January 21 for the September 2018-May 2019 Touring Season. Apply now for your chance to perform, educate, and collaborate with musicians around the globe.

Questions? Email ama@americanvoices.org.

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January 18, 2018

Futuristic Kitchens, Transforming Wine, and Plant-Based Meat: Food Track Sessions for SXSW 2018

Join the food community’s most inspired entrepreneurs, chefs, data scientists, investors, filmmakers, and enthusiasts this March to learn and discuss the ways in which technology continues to transform the food industry. The Food Track programming at SXSW focuses on innovation and technological advances across the entire food industry. Get a taste for some of the most exciting Food Track sessions for SXSW 2018 and be sure to add our session recommendations to your schedule.

One question is constantly brought up within Food programming; How will we feed the world’s population in 2040? At the current rate, we will not be able to grow/produce enough food to feed the booming global population. According to SXSW Programmer Adam Wode, “A number of sessions within the Food Track aim to tackle this question through innovative solutions. Discussions range from practical uses of artificial intelligence technology in agriculture to sustainable fishing methodologies, as well as a deep look into how chefs are fighting against food waste.”

Dive deeper into the Food Track from March 12-14 during SXSW Convergence programming. SXSW Convergence programming features a range of topics that straddle the cultural and technological intersection at the heart of SXSW with primary access granted to all SXSW Badges.

Food Session Highlights

The Restaurant of the Future

Speakers: Arielle Johnson (MIT Media Lab), Josh Kulp (Honey Butter Fried Chicken & Sunday Dinner Club), Joy Crump (Foode), and Mitchell Davis (The James Beard Foundation)

The cost of food, labor, and rent are forcing many in the restaurant industry to change their business model or get out of the business. What does a successful restaurant in 2018 look like compared to 15 years ago? And what kind of restaurant will we all be eating at 5 or 10 years from now? Will consumer preferences, food and climate policy, social and economic change, technological advances, and other forces play a role in the evolution of the restaurant industry?

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Plant-Based & Clean Meat Will Save The World!

Speakers: Bruce Friedrich (The Good Food Institute), Alexis Fox (Lighter), Ethan Brown (Beyond Meat), and Dr. Uma Valeti (Memphis Meats)

Industrialized animal agriculture takes a significant toll on our environment, food security, global health, and animal welfare. But decades of work focused on convincing consumers to consume less meat have not put a dent in meat consumption in the developed world, and meat consumption in the developing world is skyrocketing. We have four panelists who are on the cutting-edge of food innovation that will relegate industrialized animal agriculture to the dustbin of history.

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Taking Mass Extinction Off the Seafood Menu

Speakers: Amy Grondin (Duna Fisheries), Katherine Miller (The James Beard Foundation), Renee Erickson (Sea Creatures Restaurants), and Sheila Bowman (Monterey Bay Aquarium)

Over 90% of the world’s seafood stocks are depleted – and just three species are on nearly every restaurant menu. To save seafood (so we can keep eating it), the way we catch, serve and consume it must change. James Beard Foundation recruited the most powerful influencers – chefs and fishermen – as the new heroes to save the world’s seafood stocks. Along with scientists and activists, can they convince consumers to branch out from salmon, shrimp and tuna – and bring seafood back from the brink?

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Disruptive Tech in Your Home Cannabis Kitchen

Speakers: Abdullah Saeed (ViceLand), Shanel Lindsay (Ardent LLC), Warren Bobrow (Cocktail Whisperer), and Caroline Rustigian Bruderer (K-Line Productions, LLC)

The panel is a great cross-section of experts in the cannabis industry who focus on the fundamentals of cooking with cannabis. We’ll talk about the best, fastest and easiest tech tools to make the perfect medicine, culinary treat or craft cocktail

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Crossover Track Recommendations

Explore topics outside of your focus area and learn from SXSW sessions across all 24 Tracks of Conference programming. These recommended sessions are outside of the Food Track but will interest any SXSW attendee.

• Sizzle: VR for Cuisine, Content, and Commerce – Cathy Hackl, Eric Gillin (Condé Nast), Gabriele Corcos (The Tuscan Gun), and Gordon Meyer (YouVisit)
  Track: VR/AR

• Food as a Platform for Neighborhood Revitalization – Chris Kabel (The Kresge Foundation), J Hackett (Green Opportunities), Malini Moraghan (DAISA Enterprises), and Shawn McLearen (placeful.org)
  Track: Cities Summit

• Food Innovation-Growing a Successful Food Business – Andrew Ive (Food-X), Tinia Pina (Re-Nuble), Dominique Barnes (New Wave Foods), and Amanda Weeks (Industrial/Organic)
  Track: Startup and Tech Sectors

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