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Our Interactive programme presents industry panels and discussions, featuring experts from all sectors of the industry.

Our 2024 conference will be announced shortly
 
Browse our 2023 conference panels below…

 

Tŷ Pawb, Market Street, Wrexham LL13 8BE

THURSDAY 4th May 2023

11:00am

ChatGTP: friend, foe or fad?

SPEAKERS:

CHAIR: Anastasia Connor (Noise Unit PR)

Ralf Niemczyk (Rolling Stone, Germany)

Kieran MacDonald-Brown (Clash)

Andrea Caswell (MMF Canada)


1:00pm

Return To Live?

SPEAKERS:

Chair: Chris Barrett (AAA)

Cindy Castillo (Mad Cool Festival)

Lauren Down (End Of The Road)

Jerome Williams (EBB Music)

Lisa Nasta (Re-Play Music & Glastonbury Festival: Green Futures)

Claudia Ferigo (Suns Europe, Italy)


2:15pm

PPL Presents: Creator to Fan Engagement

SPEAKERS:

Chair: Leo O’Brien (PPL)

PPL Joy Warrmann (Secretly Group)

Anika Mottershaw (Bella Union)

John Kennedy (Radio X)

Joe Vesayaporn (Music Glue)

Rob Sealy (Openstage)

Gruff Owen (Libertino)


3:30pm

Equity and Access in the Music Industry

SPEAKERS:

Chair: Anika Mottershaw (Bella Union)

Chair: Andrew Ogun (Arts Council of Wales’ Agent for Change)

Aisha Kigwalilo (Ty Cerdd)


Friday 5th May 2023

10:00am

Access to Asia

SPEAKERS:

Chair: Rebecca Gould (British Council)

Edwin Lung (Ear Up Music, Hong Kong)

Weining Hung (LUCFest, Taiwan)

Cecilia Soojeong yi (DMZ Peace Train, Korea)

Piyapong ‘Py’ Muenprasertdee (ASEAN Music Showcase Festival, Singapore)

Martin Elbourne (Glastonbury)


11:00am

PPL and PRS for Music Presents: Focus on Royalties in Music

SPEAKERS:

Chair: John Hywel Morris (PRS for Music)

Tumi Williams

Gwenan Gibbard


12.30pm – 1.15pm

John Robb in conversation with Sophie Mckeand

SPEAKERS:

John Robb

Sophie McKeand


1:00pm

POWER UP: WALES BLACK MUSIC ACTION GROUP roundtable

SPEAKERS:

Chair: Andrew Ogun (Arts Council of Wales’ Agent for Change)

Yaw Owusu (POWER UP)

Joe Frankland (PRS Foundation)


2:15pm

PRS for Music Presents: Focus on Music in Vision

SPEAKERS:

Chair: John Hywel Morris (PRS for Music)

Andrea Von Foerster (Firestarter Music)

Yasmine Latowski

Owen Gurry (Owen Gurry Music)

David Julyan


3:30pm

Keynote: A Guy Called Gerald in conversation

SPEAKERS:

A Guy Called Gerald

Aleighcia Scott (BBC Radio Wales)


Saturday 6th May 2023

12.30pm

MMF Presents: Why you need a manager?

SPEAKERS:

Eric Hunter, (MMF)

Willow Dingwall-Fordyce (Manager)

Al Hardwicke-Kassi (Musik.Al)

Elise Roller (Misfit Music MGMT, Canada)


2:00pm

Dafydd Iwan – in conversation.

SPEAKERS:

Dafydd Iwan

Ani Glass


 

Our delegates for 2024 will be announced shortly…

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