The Music Matters conference in Honk Kong in May will once again feature a line-up of speakers from all over the world talking about music and technology.
Scarlett Li or Zebra Music in China is one of many speaking at the conference this year.According to here bio, “One of China's leading media executives, Scarlett is the founder and CEO of Zebra Media, China's largest multi-media music platform, promoting music on Satellite channels, digital cable channels, concerts, internet and mobile networks. Zebra Media has partnership with 2 nationally covered TV Channels in China, BTTV and MLTV, producing more than 8 hrs programs everyday and reaching 200 mil people daily in China. Zebra Media organizes more than 100 music events every year, these events ranging from 1,000 to 100,000 people. Moreover, Zebra Media is also in partnership with China mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom to distribute and promote music on mobile networks.
“Prior to Zebra Media, Scarlett was the general manager of StarTV's Channel [V] (A News Corporation Company)music channel in China where she launched the first ever Channel [V] Chinese Music Awards (CMA). The events broke viewership records for music awards shows, reaching more than 139 million Chinese homes. She also launched the famous "Made in China" campaign, turning [V] into one of the most popular youth/music brand in the region.
“Scarlett also co-founded R2G, one of the leading company in China that focus on online / mobile music distribution and licensing business. Ms Li is currently a shareholder and a board of director of R2G.
“Scarlett obtained her bachelor degree in Australia, majoring in Information Technology and Business Management and her EMBA from Tsinghua University in Beijing. She is a Henry Crown fellow with the Aspen Institute, a NAL of the World Economic Forum and an Asia21 fellow of the Asia Society.”
Other speakers for 2010 are:
Daniel Ek CEO & Co-Founder, Spotify
Brandon Bakshi Executive Director, BMI
Bernie Cho President, DFSB Kollective (Korea)
Daniel DiCicco President, Sony Music Asia
Marcel Fenez Global Entertainment & Media Practice Leader, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Simon Goff MTV Exit
Gabriela Kennedy Partner, Hong Kong, Lovells
Vijay Lazarus President, Indian Music Industry & Phonographic Performance Ltd
Rob Lewis Chief Executive Officer, Omnifone Group Limited
Scarlett Li Chief Executive Officer, Zebra Media (China)
Alvin Liu Chairman, CEO, Executive Director, A8 Digital Music Holdings Ltd. (China)
Dave McLean Riverman Bangkok
Vijay Nair Artist Manager, Only Much Louder Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.
Jon Niermann President, Electronic Arts Asia
Yu Sasamoto Consumer & Online Marketing Officer, Greater Asia Pacific Region, Microsoft
Ralph Simon Chairman Emeritus & Founder, Mobile Entertainment Forum-Americas, & CEO of The Mobilium Advisory Group
Ian Stewart Head of Asia, Friendster
Mandar Thakur Digital Music & Media Consultant, Mumbai, India
Rob Wells SVP - Digital, Universal Music Group
Stephen White SVP of Product and Content Management, Gracenote
Music Matters will take place between May 26 and 28 at the Grand Hyatt in Hong Kong.
