DDEX to Host MusicTech 20/20 Summit in Toronto

DDEX will host the MusicTech 20/20 Summit in Toronto on November 19, with Meta sponsoring the event. The summit coincides with the 20th anniversary of the founding of DDEX. DDEX operates as a non-profit organization that determines the formats used by music companies for sharing data. DDEX was founded in May 2006, following discussions that began in the middle of 2005. Mark Isherwood has run the DDEX secretariat since the organization was founded in 2006.

DDEX has more than 150 members in total. Among the members of the organization are Spotify, Apple, Amazon, and the three major music companies. In addition, DDEX has its own standard called BWARM. The BWARM standard is used to transmit bulk song data as well as the recordings that are linked to that song data.

Dan Simpson will open the summit in Toronto. Simpson serves as the Chair of the DDEX Board and the Head of Music Operations at Meta. The keynote speaker at the event is Phil Wiser, who was recently the Chief Technology Officer at Paramount. The ticket price for the summit is 650 US dollars until November 1, and the price is 770 US dollars after November 1.