Songwriter Tech Summit Program Schedule

Wednesday, October 4, 12:30PM-4:45PM

Ontario Investment & Trade Centre, 250 Yonge Street, 35th Floor

12:30 PM Registration & Coffee ———

1:10 PM Opening Remarks Margaret McGuffin, MPC CEO & Melissa Vincent, Host

1:20 PM Apple Music Mike Lawless, Head of Apple Music and Apple Podcasts, Canada

Tara Di Giuseppe, Artist Relations and Music Business Partnerships

Lindsay Berryman, Head of Creative Services, Music Publishing (North America)

Justin Dumont, Editorial Manager

2:10 PM Spotify Nathan Wiszniak, Head of Canada, Artist & Label Partnerships

Michelle Fantus, Songwriter and Publishing Relations Manager

3:00 PM YouTube Eric Knapp, Music Partnerships and Strategy

3:50 PM TikTok Emily Mitchell, Music Publishing Partnerships Lead

4:35 PM Closing Remarks Margaret McGuffin & Melissa Vincent

Thank you to Ontario Creates and FACTOR/Government of Canada for their support.

Thank you to SOCAN for sponsoring lunch during the Summit and to BMAT for sponsoring coffee. Thank you to Business Development Bank of Canada and Noble Street Studios for supporting the NXTGen Panel & Reception. Thank you to Slaight Music for their support of NXTGen.