Trust & Safety In Music Symposium
Trust & Safety In Music Symposium
Now in its third year, Music Biz’s Trust & Safety in Music Symposium — held in partnership with TuneCore and Believe — will kick 2026 off with a day full of panels & interactive sessions from those who sit at the intersection of music, technology and fraud prevention!
9:30 — 10 am ET
Doors Open & Registration
10 — 10:40 am ET
Event Welcome & Opening Keynote
Appointed the first Executive Director of the Music Fights Fraud Alliance (MFFA) in February 2025, Michael Lewan now leads a global organization that fosters industry-wide collaboration in service of developing defenses against all kinds of fraudulent behavior. To set the stage for the day’s conversations, Lewan will give an overview of the MFFA’s mission and recent activities, as well as discuss the importance of including all voices across the global music business in the fight against fraud.
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10:45 — 11:35 am ET
Stop the Slop: How Artificial Intelligence Fuels Artificial Streaming
Recent metrics from Deezer and Spotify showcase the threat that streaming farms have for the music industry ecosystem due to surging uploads of “AI slop” tracks onto DSPs. The fact is that artificial streaming operations have incentivized the GenAI content overflow, shifting royalty payments away from hard-working artists and ruining the user experience on streaming platforms. This panel discussion will dive into how GenAI tracks are reinvigorating the problems caused by streaming farms, and what solutions are in the works to combat this problem.
Speakers TBA
11:40 am — 12:30 pm ET
Sped Up & Slowed Down: The Threats of UGC Fraud
The integration of music into user-generated content (UGC) platforms has hit maturity, with artists & rightsholders finally gaining proper exposure and monetary benefit when their songs are synced to the next viral TikTok post or Instagram Reel. But intentional manipulation of sound recordings — shifting pitch, changing play speed, distorting audio, and so on — is still creating gaps where tracks aren’t properly attributed to the artist who wrote them. Our panelists will focus on the importance of tackling UGC fraud, and cover new tech tools designed to identify proper ownership.
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12:30 — 1:20 pm ET
Lunch Break
1:20 — 1:30 pm ET
Luminate Presentation
1:30 — 2:20 pm ET
Preying on Dreams: Impersonation Scams
Impersonation scams have evolved quite a bit from the early days of email, especially given how unregulated AI tools allow scammers to believably pretend to be someone else. Today’s artists now need to be wary of bad actors impersonating label representatives or A&R professionals, luring them in with pay-to-play schemes or lucrative advances in the hopes of stealing their music & brand identity. This session will discuss the growing threat that modern impersonation scams pose to up-and-coming artists and what can be done to support them.
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2:20 — 3:10 pm ET
Roundtable Discussions
Join us for actionable conversations with industry leaders, giving you the chance to discuss key topics impacting safety, transparency and accountability within the digital music ecosystem.
Stay tuned for our lineup of roundtable discussions!
3:15 — 4 pm ET
It Takes All of Us: Better Prevention Through Collaboration
Up to this point, we’ve discussed what forms of fraud exist in today’s music business, as well as some solutions that are already being implemented. But what’s most important in the fight against fraud — even more so than awareness of the problem and advanced tech — is a collaborative mindset. This panel will gather representatives from various music, tech, legal and regulatory organizations to discuss why working across company and industry lines is the best way to both swiftly and effectively solve the issues posed by fraud.
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4 — 5 pm ET
Closing Remarks, Cocktails & Networking
You can also view agendas from our past Trust & Safety Symposiums!