Advance RSVP is available to Primary Entry badge types only. Walk-ups may be accepted on a first come, first served basis.

Mentor Sessions offer 15 minutes of one-on-one interaction with industry leaders and professionals from a variety of fields spanning interactive, film, and music.

Meeting with this mentor is highly recommended if you're interested in management, marketing/PR, music tech, startups, DSP licensing, and digital strategy.

Dick Huey leads Global Business Development for Sydney-based Jaxsta’s official music credits product. He was Head of Digital at the Beggars Group from 1997-2002 before opening Toolshed, which offered digital marketing to hundreds of premier music artists and labels, and provided strategic consulting to SoundExchange, Spotify, Merge Records, Red Bull Music Radio, and others. He represented Matador Records on the SoundExchange board, and is a past Exec Director of the Future of Music Coalition.

You can see Dick’s full bio on his speaker page.

Registrants who sign up online must check-in 30 minutes before their mentor time slot to guarantee their spot. Limited on-site sign up is also available for a small number of Mentor Sessions spots and will begin 30 minutes before the first time slot of each session.

Programming descriptions are generated by participants and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of SXSW.