CHICAGO --Pandora Chief Strategy Officer and founder Tim Westergren will keynote RAIN Summit Chicago on Tuesday, September 13th, RAIN: Radio And Internet Newsletter (kurthanson.com) publisher Kurt Hanson and RAIN Summits President Jennifer Lane announced today.

RAIN Summit Chicago, RAIN's first conference in its hometown, will immediately precede the NAB/RAB Radio Show 2011 at the Hyatt Regency Chicago.

Previous keynote speakers at RAIN Summit events have included Bonneville International CEO Bruce Reese (Washington DC, 2010), NPR SVP/Digital Media Kinsey Wilson (Las Vegas, 2010), Pandora CEO Joe Kennedy (Toronto, 2010), and CBS Radio President/CEO Dan Mason (Las Vegas, 2011).

"We're thrilled to have Tim speaking again at a RAIN Summit," said Hanson. "He's helped take Pandora from being on the verge of bankruptcy three years ago (during the CRB royalty crisis) to being one of the top five radio companies in America by enterprise value today. And it's great that Tim's willing to share his experience and insights and advice with broadcasters."

RAIN Summit Chicago will culminate with the presentation of the second-annual RAIN Internet Radio Awards and the always-anticipated RAIN Reader Cocktail Party (to be held in a ballroom overlooking the Chicago River). RAIN will announce additional speakers and panelists in the coming weeks.

RAIN Summit Chicago is an official partner event of the NAB/RAB RadioShow. Click here to register. For information on the event or for sponsorship information contact RAIN Summits President Jennifer Lane at lane.jennifer-at-gmail.com.

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ABOUT TIM WESTERGREN: Tim Westergren founded Pandora in January 2000 and now serves as its Chief Strategy Officer. Tim is an award-winning composer, an accomplished musician and a record producer with 20 years of experience in the music industry. He has recorded with independent labels, managed artists, owned a commercial digital recording studio, scored feature films, produced albums, and performed extensively. His main instrument is the piano, but over the years he has played the bassoon, drums and clarinet and his musical background spans such genres as rock, blues, jazz and classical music. Tim received his B.A. from Stanford University, where he studied computer acoustics and recording technology. A musician's musician, he is obsessed with helping talented emerging artists connect with the music fans most likely to appreciate their music. In addition to guiding Pandora's overall strategy and vision, Tim now spends most of his time as Pandora's chief evangelist -- traveling the country to meet with listeners to collect feedback, research local music, and spread the word of the Music Genome Project.

ABOUT RAIN: RAIN: Radio And Internet Newsletter is a leading daily trade publication about the Internet radio industry and the nexus of traditional radio broadcasting and new media. RAIN was founded in 1999 by AccuRadio CEO Kurt Hanson and is based in Chicago; RAIN's executive editor is Paul Maloney.

ABOUT RAIN SUMMITS: RAIN Summits are a popular and fast-growing series of world-class Internet radio conferences, geared to broadcasters on the web (e.g., Clear Channel Radio, CBS Radio, and Entercom), and Internet-only webcasters (e.g., Pandora, Slacker, and AccuRadio) alike. Since 2003, the annual RAIN Summit West in Las Vegas, coinciding with the NAB Show, has been a premiere educational and networking event for the webcasting industry. More recently, RAIN Summit events have taken place at the annual NAB/RAB Radio Show ("RAIN Summit East" in Philadelphia and Washington DC), Canadian Music Week ("RAIN Summit North" in Toronto), and the Conclave Learning Conference ("RAIN Summit Midwest" in Minneapolis-St. Paul).

CHICAGO -- President and CEO of Slacker Jim Cady will participate as a speaker at RAIN Summit Chicago on Tuesday, September 13th, RAIN: Radio And Internet Newsletter (www.kurthanson.com) publisher Kurt Hanson and RAIN Summits president Jennifer Lane announced today.

RAIN Summit Chicago, RAIN's first conference in its hometown, will immediately precede the NAB/RAB Radio Show 2011 at the Hyatt Regency Chicago. It will also feature Pandora founder Tim Westergren and numerous broadcast radio executives from both Chicago and across North America.

"We're thrilled to have Jim speaking at his first RAIN Summit," said Hanson. "Slacker is one of the leading brands of personalizable Internet radio, and I'm sure our attendees will be fascinated to hear Jim discuss his strategy and success to date."

Cady will be speaking on a panel entitled "Mobile Streaming -- Making It Work." Other speakers on the panel will include AirKast CEO/CTO/founder Larry Leung and TuneIn Radio CEO Bill Moore.

RAIN Summit Chicago will culminate with the presentation of the second-annual RAIN Internet Radio Awards and the always-anticipated RAIN Reader Cocktail Party (to be held in a ballroom overlooking the Chicago River). RAIN will announce additional speakers and panelists in the coming weeks.

RAIN Summit Chicago is an official partner event of the NAB/RAB RadioShow. Register for the Summit here. For information on the event or for sponsorship information contact RAIN Summits President Jennifer Lane, lane.jennifer@gmail.com.

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ABOUT JIM CADY: As the President & CEO of Slacker, Jim has been instrumental in Slacker's success by not only driving the team internally, but has also been key in securing many of the core strategic relationships. Jim has led two startups to annual revenues of more than $100 million and successfully led established publicly held companies. The majority of Jim's career has been spent in consumer electronics where Jim was President of Rio Digital Audio, a digital music industry pioneering company whose core technology has been recognized as one of the 100 Most Important Developments by the Consumer Electronics Association. While at Rio, Jim grew sales from zero to over $150 million in a three-year period, before selling the company to SONICblue. Prior to Rio, Jim was a group President at Diamond Multimedia, and EVP & COO at Supra Corporation. Jim's honors include a "Silver Anvil Award" from the Public Relations Society of America for best consumer products marketing campaign for Rio Digital Audio and over 150 best product awards globally during his career.

ABOUT RAIN: RAIN: Radio And Internet Newsletter is a leading daily trade publication about the Internet radio industry and the nexus of traditional radio broadcasting and new media. RAIN was founded in 1999 by AccuRadio CEO Kurt Hanson and is based in Chicago; RAIN's executive editor is Paul Maloney.

ABOUT RAIN SUMMITS: RAIN Summits are a popular and fast-growing series of world-class Internet radio conferences, geared to broadcasters on the web (e.g., Clear Channel Radio, CBS Radio, and Entercom), and Internet-only webcasters (e.g., Pandora, Slacker, and AccuRadio) alike. Since 2003, the annual RAIN Summit West in Las Vegas, coinciding with the NAB Show, has been a premiere educational and networking event for the webcasting industry. More recently, RAIN Summit events have taken place at the annual NAB/RAB Radio Show ("RAIN Summit East" in Philadelphia and Washington DC), Canadian Music Week ("RAIN Summit North" in Toronto), and the Conclave Learning Conference ("RAIN Summit Midwest" in Minneapolis-St. Paul).