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Besides hosting a number of debates, the SPOT Lounge will be the place to network and to get to know your colleagues better. Come meet your fellow delegates and enjoy a cup of coffee or tea, while experiencing debates on some of the hottest topics in the music business today. The SPOT Lounge offers a relaxed and cosy atmosphere, where delegates can attend and join many debates - or just mingle with other music business professionals.
The SPOT Lounge is located at Musikhuset (The Concert Hall) and will be open both on Friday 27th and Saturday 28th from 1pm -7pm. Access only with a delegate or musician wristband.
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Friday, May 27th
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14:00 – 14.45 THE BALKANS AND EASTERN EUROPE – A NEW MARKET FOR POPULAR MUSIC?
Bojan Boskovic (General Manager, EXIT Festival, RS), Dan Popi (Managing Director, Cat Records/Media Services, RO), Maria Gergova (Managing Director, United Partners, BG)
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15:15-15.45 SPOT ON DENMARK IN SWITZERLAND, BELGIUM AND AUSTRIA Alexandre Edelmann (Brand & Development Manager, Montreux Jazz Festival, CH), Mich Leemans (Promoter, AB, BE), Hannes Tschürtz (General Manager, INK Music, AT)
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16:15 – 16.45 BANDS & BRANDS: MEET JACK HORNER; FOUNDER / CREATIVE DIRECTOR AT FRUKT COMMUNICATIONS
Jack Horner (Creative Director, FRUKT, UK)
Presented by Promus – The Music Community of Aarhus
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Saturday, May 28th
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13.30 – 14.15 RUNNING UP THAT HILL – MUSIC AND GENDER
Viktoria Lindén (Head of Festival, Arvikafestival, SE), Helienne Lindvall, (Songwriter, musician, writer for The Guardian, UK), Dennis Nørmark (Anthropologist, University of Aarhus, DK)
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14.45 – 15.30 DOES THE MUSIC BUSINESS STILL NEED MUSIC JOURNALISTS?
Neil McCormick (Music critic, The Daily Telegraph, UK), Gillian Porter (General Manager, Hall or Nothing, UK), Luke Slater (writer, Drowned in Sound, UK)
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16.00 – 16.45 WHAT MAKES A HIT SONG?
Jay Frank (Senior Vice President of Music Strategy for CMT, author, US), Helienne Lindvall (Songwriter, musician, writer for The Guardian, UK), Tom Mcfall (Producer, UK)
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17:15 – 18.00 IS ”GLOCAL” PR THE ANSWER?
Sam De Bruyn (Radio presenter, Studio Brussel, BE), Christophe Platel (Head of Press Office and Medias, Paleo Festival, CH), Manuel Fronhofer (Editor, TBA , AT), Jan Clausen (Managing Director, Queen About Music PR, DE), Torsten Mewes (Managing Director, 247 Public Relations,DE)
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Moderator/stage manager: Hasse Lindgren
Hasse Lindgren, music consultant, bureaucrat, stage manager and veteran.
Hasse has insight into many of the different perspective that musicians, promoters, festivals, production companies, record labels, distributors, publishers, educators, cultural officials and politicians from their respective vantage points in the music industry's topography. Works on a daily basis at the Swedish Arts Council as an expert in the field of music, mainly with subsidies to the record industry and international tour support.
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