2020 Event Speakers
Thank you to the diverse music leaders and creators online who came together to share from local community response, emergent solutions, and heroic efforts to support local artists, venues, creative communities, and support networks in the uniqueness brought on by COVID-19.
Adam Behr
Director, Live Music Exchange; Lecturer in Contemporary and Popular Music at the International Centre for Music Studies, Newcastle University, Edinburgh, UK
Adrienne Palm
Director of gBETA Musictech & gBETA Northeast Wisconsin at gener8tor, Appleton, WI, USA
Alejandro Cohen
Executive Director, DubLab, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Allyson Esposito
Executive Director, NWA Council, Arkansas, USA
Amy Lamé
Night Czar, London, UK
Amy Schwartzman
Independent Consultant
Ana Rodriguez
Founder, Relatable, FIJATE QUE SUAVE, IMMF Board Co-Chair, Mexico
Anders Tangen
Co-President, Live DMA; Project Manager, Norwegian Live Music Association (NKA); Oya Festial, Oslo, Norway
Andrea Paschal
Executive Director, Coalition of Independent Music Stores (CIMS); ThinkIndie Distribution, Birmingham, AL, USA
Andreina Seijas
Doctor of Design Candidate, Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA, USA
Angela Rose Whaley
Co-Founder, Music Minds Matter; Marketing Strategist, Delta Six Digital; Co-Founder, Clixigen; Denver, CO, USA
Anya della Croce
Coordination Romande, Association Petzi, Fribourg, Switzerland
Ari Evans
CEO/Founder, Maestro, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Ariel Palitz
Director of the Office of Nightlife, New York, NY, USA
Armen Shaomian
President, MEIEA; Associate Professor, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA
Arne Dee
Survey Coordinator, Live DMA; Dee Music; Nordic Delight Festival; VNPF; Melkweg, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Azmyl Yunor
Independent English and Malay language Singer-Songwriter, Multi-Instrumentalist, Academic, Writer, Klang Valley, Malaysia
Bas Grasmayer
Founder, MUSIC x TECH x FUTURE, Berlin, Germany
Ben Johnson
Performing Arts Program Director, Dept. of Cultural Affairs, City of Los Angeles, CA, USA
Ben Van Houten
Business Development Manager, Nightlife & Entertainment Sector, San Francisco, CA, USA
Bryce Merrill
Music Programs Manager, Bohemian Foundation, Ft. Collin, CO, USA
Cherie Hu
Founder/Owner, Water & Music; Music & Tech Columnist, Billboard, Forbes, Music Business Worldwide, New York, NY, USA
Cédric David
Co-Owner, AFROPICKS.org; Assocciacion Latin Americana de Managers & Angentes Musicales (MMF LATAM); CEO, CECOM MUSICA, Cali, Colombia
Chris Zacher
Executive Director and Founder, Levitt Pavilion Denver; Lecturer, Univ. of Colorado; Partner, Zebra Incorporated, Denver, CO USA
Connie Corley
Professor, Fielding Graduate University; Arcadia, CA, USA
Daemun Strange
Director of Communications, American Composers Forum, St. Paul, MN, USA
Damian Vaughan
CEO, Recorded Music NZ, Auckland, New Zealand
Dani Grant
Owner and General Manager, Mishawaka Amphitheatre, Ft. Collins, CO, USA
Dave Ratner
Managing Partner, Principal, Creative Law Network, Denver, CO, USA
Dayna Frank
CEO, First Avenue and the 7th St. Entry; Board President, National Independent Venue Association (NIVA), Minneapolis, MN
Denisse Flores Somarriba
Directora del Centro de Innovacion e Inteligencia para el Desarrollo de las Artes, Universidad de Guadalajara; Co-Fundadora y Directora Artistica, Females Sessions AC, Guadalajara, Mexico
Dev Bhatia
Managing Partner/Artist Manager, UnMute; Guest Lecturer, I Love Music Academy, New Delhi, India
Diana Raiselis
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation/Berlin Clubcommission, Berlin, Germany
Dmitre Vietze
CEO, rock paper scissors (tech and music PR firm); Founder, rock paper scissors, Bloomington, IN, US
Don Pitts
President and Co-Founder, Sound Music Cities, Austin, TX, USA
Elisa Thoma
Communications Director, Live DMA, France
Emily White
Founding Partner, Collective Entertainment, Brooklyn, NY, USA
Emma McGann
Singer/Songwriter/Topline Writer, Coventry, West Midlands, UK
Eric Gilbert
Festival Director/Co-Founder, Treefort Music Festival, Boise, ID, USA
Esben Marcher
Sekretariatschef i Dansk Live, Valby, Denmark
Federico Rasetti
Managing Director, KeepOn Live, Ferrara Area, Italy
Frank Heuser
Professor, Music Education, UCLA Alpert School of Music, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Gerry Rosado
Founder, Relatable; Intolerancia Lable, ADIMI member, Mexico
Gigi Johnson
President, Maremel Institute; Faculty, UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Jami Duffy
Executive Director, Youth on Record, Denver, CO, USA
Jane Slingo
Director, Electronic Music Conference / Co Founder, Global Cities After Dark, Sydney, Australia
Jason Kramer
Partner at One Drop Sync , KCRW Radio DJ, Manager, Adjunct Professor, Musicians Institute, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Jeremy Peters
Assistant Professor, Wayne State University College; Partner/Co-Owner, Quite Scientific Records; Advisor, Detroit Sound Conservancy; President, Board of Directors, Audivi, Detroit, MI, USA
Jim Griffin
Owner, OneHouse, The Plains, VA, USA
Jim Peters
President, Responsible Hospitality, Santa Cruz, CA, USA
Joe Hay
South Australian Festivals License Reform Roundtable Member; Live Music Commentator, ABC 891 Radio, Fringe Pilot Festival, Adelaide, Australia
Jordan Hirsch
Editor, ACloserWalkNola.com; founding Executive Director, Sweet Home New Orleans, LA, USA
Justin Johnson
Owner, Darkside Records, Poughkeepsie, NY, USA
Kate Becker
Creative Economy Strategist at Office of King County Executive Dow Constantine, Seattle, WA, USA
Kelsey Smith
Programs Director, Young Musicians Foundation, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Kim Wangler
Music Industries Program Director, Appalachian State University; Board of Director, College Music Society, Boone, NC, USA
Kwende Kefentse
Cultural Industries Development Officer, City of Ottawa / Creative Director of TIMEKODE, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Larry Miller
Professor and Director, NYU Steinhardt; President, Musonomics, New York, NY, USA
Laura Clark
Director of Programs, House of Blues Music Forward Foundation, Las Vegas, NV, USA
Laura Wilson
Live Music Manager, Bohemian Foundation, Ft. Collins, CO, USA
Lutz Leichsenring
Co-Founder, Vibe Lab, Co-Founder, young targets GmbH, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Maggie Weiland
Executive Director at SF Entertainment Commission, San Francisco, CA USA
Mark Adam Harold
Night Mayor of Vilnius, Lithuania
Mark Davyd
CEO, Music Venue Trust UK, Barcelona, Spain
Mark Roach
Project Lead, Auckland UNESCO City of Music; Founder, Music Managers Forum NZ; Co-founder, Independent Music NZ, New Zealand
Matthew Ché Kowal
Co-Founder and President, Majestic Collaborations, Denver, CO, USA
Max De La Fuente
Founder & CEO, GrooveList, Chile
Mayco Santaella
Ethnomusicologist, Pop Music Educator, Head of the Film & Performing Arts Department, Sunway University, Malaysia
Meara McLaughlin
Executive Director, Music Portland, Portland, OR, USA
Michael Bracy
President, Music Policy Forum; Partner, Bracy Tucker Brown & Valanzano, Washington DC, USA
Mirik Milan Gelders
Vibe Lab; former Night Mayor of Amsterdam, Netherlands
Mollie Quinlan-Hayes
Deputy Director, South Arts Atlanta, GA, USA
Molly North
Co-Founder, Majestic Collaborations, Denver, CO, USA
Nancy Tarr
Executive Director, Well Dunn; Adjunct Lecturer, SUNY Oneonta, New York, USA
Naz Chris
DJ/Producer/Management Agent, Japan
Nicolás Madoery
432 HERTIZIOS, Argentina
Nikhil Kedambadi
Admin Head, Ronkel MERI; Founder Member, 1234, The World of Mausiqi, Mumbai, India
Nikki Swarn
Program Director, The Drop/KUVO Public Radio, Denver, CO, USA
Nurit Siegel Smith
Executive Director, House of Blues Music Forward, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Paul Epstein
Owner, Twist & Shout Records, Denver, CO, USA
Peter Dickens
General Manager, MusicHelps, New Zealand
Reid Wick
Sr. Membership & Project Manager, Recording Academy, New Orleans, LA, USA
Renard Bridgewater
Community Engagement Coordinator, Music and Culture Coalition of New Orleans, LA, USA
Renata Gomes
Project Manager & Researcher, DATASIM, São Paulo, Brazil
Ritnika Nayan
Market Development Director, CD Baby; Owner, Music Gets Me High; Program Director, Professor, Music Business Management, Sri Aurobindo Centre for Arts & Communication, New Delhi, India
Robert Singerman
SVP, International Publishing, Lyricfind; Partner, SyncSummit; Co-Founder, The Chile, Argentina, Brazil (CAB) Music Trade Mission Tour, New York, NY, USA
Sacha Lord
Night Time Economy Adviser for Greater Manchester, UK
Scott Plusquellec
Nightlife Business Advocate, Office of Film + Music City of Seattle
Sergio Arbelaez Ospina
Director, FIMPRO; Direction of Cultural Affairs, University of Guadalajara; Director General, imusic-school; Director de Contenidos, Circulart, Mexico
Sonya Robinson
Founder & Co-Director, Artist Corps New Orleans, LA, USA
Spencer Townshend Hughes
Director of Communications, Music Minds Matter; Songwriter, The
Stéphanie Stiff Thomas
Coordinator of Professional Operations, FEDELIMA, France
Storm Gloor
Associate Professor, Music and Entertainment Studies,; City Councilman, Glendale, CO, USA
Swadin Padhy
Academic Head, Ronkel MERI, Mumbai, India
Tak Umezawa
Partner & Japan Chairman, A.T. Kearney, Tokyo, Japan
Tim Exile
Founder, Endless, London, UK
Tom Clareson
Project Director, Performing Arts Readiness, Columbus, OH, USA
Vanessa Rose
President and CEO, American Composers Forum, St. Paul, MN, USA
Varun Patra
Co-Founder, Homegrown, Mumbai, India