MCPS-PRS-Alliance Chief Executive John Hutchinson will deliver the keynote speech at the next MusicTank think tank event, which will review the future of collecting societies.
Taking place in London tomorrow night, Peter Leathem (Director of Legal and Business Affairs, PPL and VPL), David Ferguson (Chairman British Academy Composers and Songwriters), Andy Heath (Director 4AD Music) and Frances Lowe (Director PAMRA) will all take part in the session, which will look into recent issues in the royalties sector, and at how the collecting societies plan to deal with changes in the music business, and in particular the renewed interest of the EC in how royalties are collecting and distributed to songwriters, artists and their agents.
The think tank begins at 6.30 tomorrow night (16 Nov) at Bertorelli's Frith St, London. Admission is £20 for delegates or £15 for members of one of the trade bodies. More info at http://www.musictank.co.uk