Innovation & Inspiration
Cutting Edge C.E. (formerly the Cutting Edge Music Business Conference) will again discuss “Hot Topics” and “Current Trends” in today’s entertainment business. Attend conference sessions on Entertainment Law, Music Business, Film financing, and tax credits, Roots Music, and the NewWorks Showcases. Check out the NOLA Downtown Festival and Cruisin’ New Orleans Pro Gear Show return to the streets of Downtown New Orleans' Central Business District.

Entertainment Law & Music Business Speaker
Wallace Collins, ESQ.
WALLACE COLLINS is an attorney in private practice in New York specializing in entertainment and int

Entertainment Law Speaker
Richard Perna
Richard Perna is a veteran journeyman, well-traveled in the world of music. In a career that has spa

Entertainment Law Speaker
Nadine M. Ramsey, ESQ.
Former, District "C" Councilmember Nadine M. Ramsey represented the largest and most diverse distric

Entertainment Law Speaker
Edgar D. Gankendorff, ESQ.
Edgar D. Gankendorff, born Lafayette, Louisiana, 1965; admitted to bar, 1991, Louisiana. Licensed to

Music Business Speaker
Phillip Ryan Block
Digital Strategist. Record Label CEO. Partner. Mental Health Advocate. Strategic Catalyst Coach. Pod

Music Business Speaker
Lilli Lewis
Louisiana Red Hot Records’ award-winning singer/songwriter Lilli Lewis is known for her powerful v

Entertainment Law & Music Business Speaker
Monica Corton
Monica Corton is the Founder & CEO of Go to Eleven Entertainment and the Go to Eleven Entertainment

Entertainment Law Speaker
Todd Brabec, ESQ.
Todd Brabec, Esq., former Executive Vice President and Worldwide Director of Membership for ASCAP (t

Entertainment Law Speaker
Jeffrey Brabec, ESQ.
JEFFREY BRABEC is Vice President of Business Affairs for BMG Chrysalis (representing the catalogues

Entertainment Law Speaker
Suzette Toledano, Esq.

Entertainment Law Speaker
Mary Shapiro, Esq.
Mary Shapiro, Managing Director of Evoke Law, PC, based in San Francisco, California, is an intellec

Entertainment Law Speaker
Neville L. Johnson, Esq.
Mr. Johnson has practiced entertainment law and IP law since 1975 [except for 10 months in 1977-78 w