Sound City Digital Festival launches Digital Conference & Expo, in association with the IFB
Sound City Digital is a one-day digital & technological conference & exhibition, taking place on Thursday 17 July and showcasing 20 of the region’s most innovative digital and tech companies. This event, which is partnered with national law firm Weightmans, will play an integral part in the International Festival for Business 2014 and is the first of its kind for the region. The programme will feature Panels and Keynotes from leading figures from the industry.
Taking place at Constellations in the Baltic Triangle from 10am to 6pm, Sound City Digital will unite top industry brands including Red Touch, Weightmans, Ironbird, Nomad Games, Citrus Suite, Glow Media, ZutMedia, StandFast, Draw & Code, Sentric Music and many more yet to announced, as well as individuals including Wayne Scholes (CEO Red Touch Media), Morgan O’Rilley (Standfast) and Sean Crotty (Weightmans).
Mayor Joe Anderson states: “Sound City is at the forefront of innovation and new technology within the entertainment and music sector. These sectors are part of the fabric of the Liverpool culture and business offer. Sound City has been an important component in the renewed growth on this business area and their global connections makes them perfectly positioned to deliver this world class event to the international delegates attending the IFB.”
A series of panel sessions will discuss key topics surrounding today’s digital industry, including:
Copyright v Creativity
In association with Weightmans
Panelists: Morgan O’Rilley (Standfast) and Sean Crotty (Weightmans)
· A young man steals a pair of trainers and gets three months in jail. Hollywood star Shia LaBeouf plagiarizes the work of graphic novelist Daniel Clowes and may never get as little as a fine. This panel will ask whether copyright has lost one of its principle functions: to protect authors and to combat fakes. In the digital age, does copyright have a purpose beyond protecting corporations from illegal copying and file sharing?
Keynote Session: Wayne Scholes CEO Red Touch Media
· Lifelong entrepreneur and veteran of the music, media, sports and entertainment industries, Wayne Scholes has more than 20 years experience working with top 10 music artists, NBA players, Virgin Entertainment Group, CNN affiliate news channels and many other successful business ventures. Wayne will be talking about how he developed the idea of Red Touch Media and turned it into a multi million dollar success. This will be an opportunity to get unique business advice on starting up your own company, developing a company or taking your company to the next level.
The day will close with a drinks reception hosted by Baltic Creative and Liverpool Gin.
As with the popular Sound City Conference – now entering its eighth year – Sound City Digital will comprise all the conference elements, but from a digital perspective, uniting the region’s leading digital and games SMEs and enabling them to meet with international buyers, investors, publishers and brands who can propel them to the next level.
Explained Sound City CEO David Pichilingi: “Liverpool is now synonymous with new tech and the digital business environment is having a growing impact and significance on the world stage. Sound City Digital is an incredible opportunity for companies to show off how amazing they are to some of the biggest companies in the world. There is a burgeoning digital scene in Liverpool and we’re looking for around 20 of the best digital businesses in the city to show off what they can do.”
Sound City is partnering with Weightmans as the exclusive law firm for Sound City Digital. Weightmans will be on hand provide invaluable advice and as an informal sounding board for any legal queries throughout the event.
For more information and to sign up for the panel sessions visit www.soundcitydigital.co.uk
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