Chairman, Sound Diplomacy, Partner, Laurier Partners, London, UK
Night Mayor of Groningen, Netherlands
President, Urban Community Arts Network, Clinical Adjunct Asst. Professor, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA
Cultural Industries Development Officer, City of Ottawa / Creative Director of TIMEKODE, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
As the music industry tackles the current challenges and tries to minimize the negative impacts brought by the Covid-19 pandemic, we turn our gaze both to the past and future to discuss what didn’t work in the way live music, nightlife and artist support were structured, and how infrastructures should be rebuilt in order to create a safer, more resilient and inclusive industry for all.