The Production Music Association has announced its first keynote speaker for the 2017 Production Music Conference on October 4-6 at the Loews Hotel in Hollywood. David Israelite, president/CEO of the National Music Publishers’ Association, will speak on October 5 at 10:45am.

“I am honored to keynote the PMC Conference. The NMPA works to protect creators on many fronts, and production music has specific challenges that I look forward to discussing,”  said Israelite. 

Israelite is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the NMPA’s operations, from legal strategy and implementation, to government affairs and advocacy. His tenure to date has produced landmark legal successes on behalf of publishers, groundbreaking industry collaboration in royalty rate agreements, and raising the profile of the publishing community within the music industry. He has been named to Billboard’s Power 100 multiple times, and serves on several boards, including the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Special Olympics DC.