Marie Clausen is Managing Director of North America at the leading independent label Ninja Tune, specializing in strategic leadership, global partnerships, and digital innovation. She serves as a Director on the Merlin Board an is also recognized as a three time Billboard Independent Power Player, Honoree of The Alternative Power 100 List and recently published an OP-ED focusing on "How independents can win the AI race" in Music Business Worldwide.

Vickie Nauman returns as one of our favorite hosts and all around great human being. She is one of the most well connected and respected music tech executives in the world. Through her consulting firm CrossBorderWorks, she advises many companies on how to grow and evolve in music licensing, product development, partnerships and go-to-market strategies.

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The Smartest People In The Room® is a series of one-on-one conversations between music industry executives and personalities hosted by Tom Truitt, Managing Director of the Music & Live Entertainment practice. These hour long conversations draw an audience of hundreds and feature every type of global music industry executive, including agents, managers, attorneys, business managers, promoters, publishers, working musicians, songwriters. The audience is global, with strong concentration in music business centers like New York City, Los Angeles, Nashville, London, Toronto, San Francisco, Austin and more.