UK Music boss Feargal Sharkey will speak at the annual conference of the Internet Service Providers' Association in London next month.
His booking is part of UK Music's attempts to negotiate a truce between the music industry and the internet providers after the former accused the latter of turning a blind eye to online piracy because it helped them flog more broadband subscriptions. As previously reported, negotiations between Sharkey and record label trade body the BPI and six ISPs have already led to a 'memorandum of understanding' between all parties which has seen the net firms send out warning letters to suspected file sharers, and will also see the launch of new licensed music services by the net providers.
It's not clear if Sharkey will use the ISPA event to make any new announcements regarding projects initiated by the MoU.