MTV Network International president Bill Roedy will deliver the keynote speech at the BPI's AGM and Annual Conference in London on Wednesday. He'll be talking about, I don't know, reality TV, wind up shows and motor-vehicle renovation, or whatever it is MTV do these days. Also talking at the event will be Glastonbury Festival Music Director Martin Elbourne and Live Nation execs Graham Pullen and Chris O'Donnell.
The conference will also feature an event called Rock The Boat, which will see music industry types mix with MPs and government officials on a boat on the Thames, which sounds a bit dull, except that it is a reception co-hosted by both the BPI and the main music publishing bodies, including PRS-MCPS. And we all know there's no love lost between the recording and publishing bodies at the moment - who needs a copyright tribunal, fist fight on the river I say.
BPI members wanting to attend should contact [email protected] - though I think the event is pretty much at capacity.