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Rob Hallett

Rob Hallett

Rob Hallett is the CEO and founder of Robomagic. Hallett founded the AEG UK office in 2005 and worked for ten years as the head of international touring. Hallett has also been a festival programmer, tour manager, music publisher, record label managing director, recording studio owner, and artist manager.

He appeared in the Evening Standard’s Top 5 in Music in 2007, and was listed in the top 100 most powerful people in music by The Guardian in 2011.

In 2014 Hallett left AEG Live after a decade to launch the London-based music firm Robomagic. The name Robomagic was decided upon in homage to the 1973 Kurt Vonnegut novel “Breakfast of Champions” which features a company called The Robo-Magic Corporation of America. Hallett’s first arena tour with Robomagic was with Duran Duran, as well as promoting the will.i.am Landmarks Live in Concert Tour, which included a show in the Royal Albert Hall.

In 2015 Hallett’s Robomoagic worked with Nile Rodgers to promote FOLD Festival in Riverhead New York and London.[47] In 2016 Hallett was part of the team that brought the New Orleans–based Essence Festival to South Africa for its inaugural edition.[45][48] Robomagic has also ventured into music production, with their offshoot label Robotune releasing the debut EP of urban punk duo Nova Twins in 2016.

In 2018 Robomagic joined Live Nation.[19] From 2017 to 2019 Hallett was promoting Bon Jovi’s European tour.[50] In 2020 after three years at Live Nation, Hallett and Live Nation announced that his company Robomagic would be leaving Live Nation.

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Scott Farrant

Scott Farrant

Scott Farrant was until recently the Global Head of Operations at Kobalt Music. He is now on the Synchtank Advisory Board. Scott has over 25 years of music industry experience working for major & indie music publishers, with collective management organisations and artist management across a broad range of areas including: operations, international, copyright, licensing, creative and business & project development which has given him a rounded overview of our industry. Previous positions include; MD of Kobalt Stim Aggregated Rights AB, Head of New Business, Head of Media Licensing & International Director at STIM, SVP Creative & International at Palan Music Publishing Limited, Licensing & Copyright at BMG Music Publishing Limited, Copyright at EMI Music Publishing Limited, and Copyright, Licensing & Projects at PRS.

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SImon Napier-Bell

Simon Napier-Bell

Simon needs no introduction, he is nothing less than a music industry legend. He is known as a top record producer, music manager, author and journalist.

Last year’s recipient of the MiCannes “Best Music Documentary” Award, Simon Napier-Bell, returns this year to participate in the 3D CGI Live Shows and Personality Rights Panel.  Simon is a true legend of the biz, probably best known for managing Wham! And George Michael, and of course the Yardbirds, Japan and Asia, as well as writing Dusty’s hit: “You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me”.  He is a legendary author, with books such as “White Powder Black Vinyl” to his credit, and is currently directing the “MARQUEE – Birthplace of Rock” documentary.

At different times, he has managed artists as diverse as the Yardbirds, John’s Children, Marc Bolan, Japan, Sinead O Connor, Ultravox, Boney M, Wham! and George Michael among others.

Simon directed and produced the recent Channel 4 documentary about his long time management client and friend, George Michael. “George Michael – Portrait of an Artist”

He has also found time to write two volumes of music history. He has also written two memoirs about his own experiences in the music industry.

Ian Penman sq

Ian Penman

Ian’s speciality is media and entertainment law, with an in-depth knowledge of music, copyright, new media/e-commerce, computer games/software, television, film, brand and media rights.

Ian co-founded New Media Law LLP, a London (West End) boutique IP, entertainment and media law practice, in January 2002.  Prior to that, he was a lawyer at DLA Piper in the City, from 1994 to December 2001.

Ian also acts on several company boards, as a “non-executive” director/General Counsel, including Wild Immersion [Paris based VR wild animal content company] (2018 to present) and co-founded Synchtank [software as a service company] (serving as a board director from 2010 to 2021).  Ian also supports the animal charity “China Tiger Revival” [focussed on saving the Chinese Tiger] as its Chairman (2013 to present) (www.chinatigerrevival.org.uk).

Ian was also Executive Producer of the Sky Arts feature music documentary “Blitzed!”, which won the first MiCannes “Best Music Doc” award in 2023.

Prior to joining DLA Piper in 1994, Ian’s business experience included working at a family stockbroking firm, the Jean Pirie Corp., in Chicago (1981-82), and in all aspects of the music industry (1983-1990) – starting as an artist then moving into artist management, producer and studio owner, including appearing on Top Of The Pops twice – as a keyboard player – in 1985!

Ian was invited on to the advisory board of ICANN in the USA (owing to his in depth knowledge of domain names) and has spoken at the rAsia conference on the subjects of copyright and/or blockchain in Moscow in 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 (www.rAsia.com).  He founded and chaired (in 1999-2004) the “Digital Entertainment Distribution” conference (now run by C5), moderating and chairing the “Digital Revolution of Film & TV” panel with executives from Warner Bros, Walt Disney and Digital Television Group – at the December 2005 conference.

Ian was one of the co-founders of the new Cannes music conference, MiCannes (www.micannes.com) in 2022.

He has been a Visiting Principal lecturer on E-Commerce and Entertainment and Media Law at the University of Westminster, London, since 1995, and also lectures on law as part of the Music Business MA at Tileyard Education in London.

Ian holds a 2:1 degree (LLB (Hons) Law) from the University of London (1993), and a Masters Degree in Internet & Multimedia Rights from the University of Westminster (1994).

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