New Tunes: How AI and the Blockchain Revolutionize Music Yet Again

Max Ciociola is the founder of Musixmatch which uses deep learning and artificial intelligence to provide lyrics and language data to most of the music digital streaming companies.

Fred Davis is a Partner at The Raine Group, an integrated merchant bank specializing in the high growth sectors of technology, media and telecom. Companies Davis has invested in and advised include SoundCloud, Downtown Music and BenevolentAI.

Ole Obermann is an American music industry executive serving as Global Head of Music at TikTok & Bytedance where he oversees music business development and strategy, as well as negotiating music rights for TikTok.

Singer, songwriter and producer Björn Ulvaeus rose to global fame as a member of the legendary Swedish band ABBA. He is now President of CISAC, an umbrella organisation for all royalty collecting societies for songwriters in the world.

Michael Weissman is the Chief Executive Officer at SoundCloud, a next-generation music entertainment company.Prior to SoundCloud, Weissman held executive positions at Vimeo, IAC, Viacom, and Universal Music Group.

Thomas Hesse is CEO and Founder of Dreamstage, a paid streaming platform for live performances that was acquired in 2022 by Deezer. Previously, Hesse was President of Global Digital Business for Sony Music Entertainment.