Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino and Lollapalooza founder/Jane’s Addiction frontman Perry Farrell are among the latest big names to be added to Insomniac’s EDMBiz Conference, set for June 5-7 in Las Vegas in the buildup to the city’s Electric Daisy Carnival.
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The pair join Jono Grant and Tony McGuinness from Above & Beyond, Richie Hawtin, Junkie XL, president of Ultra Music Patrick Moxey, and Astralwerks general manager Glenn Mendlinger as additions to the lineup, which already includes Kaskade, Steve Angello from Swedish House Mafia, AM Only CEO/founder Paul Morris, Chairman/CEO of Atlantic Records Craig Kallman, president/COO of Atom Empire Stephanie LaFera, Beatport CEO Matt Adell, and many more for a series of panels and Q&As focused on the exploding EDM community in the U.S.
Rapino and Kallman are slated for Keynote Q&As, with the latter interviewed by Topspin’s Ian Rogers as part of his ‘This Week in Music’ series, while Farrell will be the subject of a one-on-one conversation with William Morris Endeavor head of music Marc Geiger which will touch upon the evolution of festivals since Farrell inaugurated Lollapalooza in 1991 and the influence of EDM in their own careers and across the globe.
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CEO/founder of Insomniac Pasquale Rotella said in a statement, “We couldn’t be more thrilled that Michael Rapino and Perry Farrell have joined our incredible group of speakers. Perry has been an ardent champion of electronic music dating back to Nine Inch Nails being on the first Lollapalooza, to producing the trailblazing ENIT festival in the mid-90’s, through today with ‘Perry’s,’ his personally curated EDM stage at Lollapaloozas around the world. And as CEO of the largest concert promotion company on the planet, Michael Rapino is uniquely positioned as EDM becomes more popular and expands globally. This is going to be a great conference!”
The full list of confirmed speakers for EDMBiz is below:
Pasquale Rotella, CEO of Insomniac, Electric Daisy Carnival’s Promoter: The .Biz Q&A
Swedish House Mafia’s Steve Angello
Matt Adell, CEO, Beatport
Jason Bentley, host, KCRW
Richard Bishop, partner, Red Light Management Electronic Division
Philip Blaine, business development and art curator, Insomniac
David Brady, owner and president, Spin Artist Agency
Michael Cohen, co-president, Complete Control Management
Ted Cohen, managing partner, TAG Strategic
Bart Cools, EVP and head of Dance Network, EMI,
Eddie Dean, president, Pacha
Andrew Dreskin, CEO, Ticketfly
Donnie Estopinal, CEO, Disco Donnie Presents
Perry Farrell, artist and founder of Lollapalooza
Chuck Flask, talent buyer, Paxahau
Marc Geiger, head of music, William Morris Endeavor
Alexis Giles, new business development principal, Google
Kevin Gimble, owner and agent, Circle Talent
Daniel Glass, founder and president, Glassnote Entertainment
Seth Goldstein, co-founder and chairman, Turntable.fm
Marian Goodell, co-owner and producer, Burning Man
Steve Goodgold, agent, Windish Agency
Oscar Goodman, former Mayor of Las Vegas and host committee chairman, LVCVA
Alexandra Greenberg, vice president, Mitch Schneider Organization
Richie Hawtin, artist
Neil Jacobson, senior vice president of A&R, Interscope Records
Junkie XL, artist
Craig Kallman, chairman and CEO, Atlantic Records
Kaskade, artist
Kevin Kusatsu, owner and senior vice president of A&R, TMWRK/Warner Bros. Records
Stephanie LaFera, president and COO, Atom Empire
Vivian Lewitt, content partnership director of music, YouTube
Oliver Luckett, founder and CEO, theAudience
Mike McGinley, COO, CitizenNet
Glenn Mendlinger, general manager and senior vice president, Astralwerks
Jason Miller, president – New York, Live Nation
Polo Molina, founder, Rocketpop Management
Paul Morris, founder and CEO, AM Only
Patrick Moxey, president, Ultra Music
Zev Norotsky, publisher, Elektro Magazine
Amos Newman, head of music for visual media, William Morris Endeavor
Skip Paige, senior vice president, Goldenvoice/Coachella
Michael Rapino, CEO, Live Nation
Matt Rodriguez, agent, AM Only
Ian Rogers, CEO, TopSpin Media
Raymond Roker, co-founder and publisher, URB Magazine and URB.com
Pasquale Rotella, CEO and founder, Insomniac
Michael Satsky, managing partner, Provocateur
Jake Schneider, agent, Madison House
Michael Schneider, CEO, Mobile Roadie
Todd Sims, CEO, Groove Tickets
Jason Strauss, managing partner, TAO Group
Lawrence Varva, president, Deckstar
DA Wallach, artist in residence, Spotify
Joel Zimmerman, head of global electronic music, William Morris Endeavor