IMS Ibiza announces full 2019 speakers: Klas Bergling (Avicii's Father), Zane Lowe & Professor Green 18 Apr 2019
- Klas Bergling on the vision and goals for the Tim Bergling Foundation supporting mental health and suicide prevention
- Zane Lowe talks about Apple Music, its global livestream Beats 1 and the multiple opportunities within the service for electronic music. Exclusive Keynote Interview with Pete Tong
- Artists Madame Gandhi, Professor Green and Luciano join the Mental Health Crisis debate with leading wellness experts
- Charlotte De Witte Keynote Interview on her fast-paced career trajectory
- shesaid.so to host a series of talks with multiple guest speakers - Restoring Community to the Dancefloor, The Politics of Dancing, Investigating Intersectionality and Curating Balanced Line-Ups
- Resident Advisor’s Club Culture debate featuring the founders of Fabric London, Output New York plus MMA Munich, Richie Hawtin and many more
- Streaming in the DJ Booth – the controversial shift in DJing is examined with Beatport, Soundcloud, Tidal and Dubset.
- Point Blank Music School production masterclass with Jax Jones
- Plus artist speakers including Adam Beyer & Ida Engberg, Agoria, Blond:ish, Joseph Capriati, Nastia, Nicole Moudaber, SAMA’, SOPHIE, Sven Väth
International Music Summit (IMS) Ibiza, the premier global platform for business, culture and education in the electronic music industry, will once again unite the most influential global industry figures at the 12th edition of its annual three-day inspirational and motivational thought-leadership forum. The platform continues to lead the direction for positive change in the industry, placing artists, visionary thinkers, managers, promoters and thought leaders at the centre of powerful discussions that make meaningful difference and push for progress.
Curated in partnership with shesaid.so, the leading global network of women in the music industry, the 2019 program and keynote speakers will focus on mental health, diversity and examining club culture with the objective of developing fresh strategies and leading the direction for change.
Following on from last year’s powerful and moving Avicci tribute by BBC Radio 1’s Pete Tong, IMS will be joined by Klas Bergling, father of Tim Bergling (Avicci), who will be discussing the important work the Tim Bergling Foundation will do in supporting people and organisations working in the field of mental illness and suicide prevention. The MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS DEBATE will also be joined by music artist and mental health campaigner Professor Green (Artist, UK) and esteemed DJ and producer Luciano (Artist, Chile) in a timely discussion on what our industry can do to protect the health of all those that work within it. They will be joined by mental health experts who have been treating some of the industry’s most successful talents, including shesaid.so member and owner of Your Green Room, Clare Scivier, and electronic artist and activist Madame Gandhi, the former drummer for M.I.A.
A Grammy-nominated producer and global head of artist relations at Apple Music, Zane Lowe is one of the most influential names in the music industry today. In a Keynote Interview with IMS co-founder Pete Tong, the Beats 1 host will share his vision for the future of electronic music on Apple Music.
Diversity continues to be a key focus for IMS. The opening Keynote Address is from shesaid.so founder Andreea Magdalina titled THE FUTURE OF FEMINISM IS MALE - GENDER DIVERSITY IN THE WORKPLACE. The campaign and need for an Inclusion Rider for Electronic Music will be initiated at the event. It will be led by IMS, shesaid.so and the Association for Electronic Music. More details to follow.
Exploring the current status of the global club scene, Resident Advisor will bring together artists, promoters, agents, venue owners and managers including Nicholas Matar (Output, Founder, USA), Keith Riley (Fabric, Founder, UK), Human Rias from MMA (Mixed Munich Arts) in Germany and IMS’s own Pete Tong (IMS /BBC Radio 1, Co-Founder / Broadcaster, UK) on the keynote debate IS CLUB CULTURE HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION? The talks also includes SOPHIE (Artist, UK), Richie Hawtin (Artist, Canada) and Kae Burke (House of Yes, Co-Founder & Creative Director, USA).
A highly debated issue follows with the future of music formats and STREAMING IN THE DJ BOOTH – THE DEBATE with industry commentators Liz Muirhead (BMAT, VP – Venues, Spain), Heiko Hoffman (Beatport, Director, Label & Artist Relations, Germany), Clark Warner (Dubset Media, VP Artist Relations And Label Services, USA), Rik Parkinson (Pioneer DJ Europe, Product Planning Manager, UK), Jack Bridges (Soundcloud, Senior Manager - Label Relations, UK) plus speakers from Tidal. Continuing the theme will be the annual DIGITAL DEBATE with speakers from all the major DSP platforms.
shesaid.so will present a number of key discussions, including THE POLITICS OF DANCING, RESTORING COMMUNITY TO THE DANCEFLOOR, INVESTIGATING INTERSECTIONALITY and HOW TO CURATE BALANCED LINE-UPS, which will hold a mirror up against electronic music and encourage honest reflection on what is being done to ensure a balanced industry; featuring input from SAMA’ (Artist, Palestine), Nicole Moudaber (Artist, UK) Kae Burke (House Of Yes, Co-Founder & Creative Director, USA), Mariana Duarte Silva (Village Underground Lisboa, Co-Founder, Portugal), Steven Braines (He.She.They. / The Weird &The Wonderful, Founder, UK) , Mariana Sanchiotene (ADE, Managing Director, Holland), Nadine Artois (Artist / PxssyPalace, UK), Sophia Kearney (The Weird & The Wonderful, CEO, UK), Sarah Chawla (Wild City / Magnetic Fields Festival, Co-Founder/Director, India) and more.
There will be a range of specially curated keynote addresses and interviews with artists, managers and venue owners including husband and wife partnership Adam Beyer & Ida Engberg (Artists, Sweden), Joseph Capriati (Artist, Italy), plus Grammy and Brit award nominated multi-instrumentalist and producer Jax Jones (Artist, UK) will reveal the secrets behind his two billion streams in a Point Blank Music School production masterclass.
In addition to the first speakers for 2019, IMS presents the additional big moments that punctuate the start of the Ibiza season including the soon to be announced recipient of the IMS LEGENDS AWARD who will once again be celebrated at an exclusive industry dinner plus the best and most diverse line-up that Ibiza will experience at IMS DALT VILA, the summit closing celebration held at the top of the 2,500 year old UNESCO World Heritage Site.
IMS Ibiza 2019 Speakers Announced A-Z
ADAM BEYER |
ARTIST, SWEDEN |
AGORIA |
ARTIST, FRANCE |
ALEXANDER LARICHEV |
EDM GHOST PRODUCTION, FOUNDER, RUSSIA |
ALEXANDRA |
ARTIST, ROMANIA |
ALICE WOODS |
UNDER ONE ROOF / MEAT FREE, PROMOTER / DJ, UK |
ANDREEA MAGDALINA |
SHESAID.SO; FOUNDER; ROMANIA |
ANDY BLACKET |
FABRIC, HEAD OF BOOKINGS & PROMOTIONS, UK |
ANNA TUR |
IBIZA GLOBAL RADIO, CO-FOUNDER / GENERAL MANAGER, SPAIN |
BILL BREWSTER |
ARTIST, UK |
BLAISE JAMES DEANGELO |
ARETE, CO-FOUNDER, USA |
BLOND:ISH |
ARTIST / BYE BYE PLASTIC, CANADA |
CATHAL SMYTH |
ARTIST, UK |
CELESTE NEIL |
ADAMS & NEILL PR, DIRECTOR, UK |
CHANDLER SHORTLIDGE |
JOURNALIST, USA |
CHARLOTTE DE WITTE |
ARTIST, BELGIUM |
CHLOE CAILLET |
ARTIST, FRANCE |
CHRIS COOKE |
CMU, FOUNDER, UK |
CLAIRE SCIVIER |
YOUR GREEN ROOM, COACH, UK |
CLARKE WARNER |
DUBSET MEDIA, VP ARTIST RELATIONS AND LABEL SERVICES, USA |
DEAN WILSON |
SEVEN20 MANAGEMENT, CEO, UK |
DECLAN MCGLYNN |
DJ MAG, JOURNALIST, UK |
DR RAOUL GOLDBERG MD |
PATH TO HEALTH CENTRE, PSYCHOTHERAPIST, SOUTH AFRICA |
EAN GOLDEN |
DJ TECH TOOLS, ARTIST / FOUNDER, USA |
ERNESTO SENATORE |
IT'S ALL ABOUT THE MUSIC, DIRECTOR / PROMOTER, ITALY |
GEORGIA MEYER |
MIDIA RESEARCH, ANALYST, UK |
GREG MARSHALL |
AFEM, GENERAL MANAGER, UK |
HEIKO HOFFMAN |
BEATPORT, DIRECTOR LABEL & ARTIST RELATIONS, GERMANY |
HUMAN RIAS |
MMA: MIXED MUNICH ARTS, BOOKINGS, GERMANY |
IDA ENGBERG |
ARTIST, SWEDEN |
ROOM FOR REBELLION, FOUNDER, UK |
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BOSSY LDN, DIRECTOR / CO-FOUNDER, UK |
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JACK BRIDGES |
SOUNDCLOUD, SENIOR MANAGER - LABEL RELATIONS, UK |
JAGUAR |
MIXMAG, PRESENTER / ARTIST, UK |
JAX JONES |
ARTIST, UK |
JESSICA WILSON |
SEVEN20, COO - PARTNER, USA |
JOHANNES GOLLER |
COCOON, HEAD OF COCOON IBIZA, GERMANY |
JOHN MCKEOWN |
IBIZA CALM, MANAGING DIRECTOR, UK |
JOSÉ CORRALIZA |
LEISURE ASSOCIATION OF IBIZA, GENERAL MANAGER, SPAIN |
JOSEPH CAPRIATI |
ARTIST, ITALY |
KAE BURKE |
HOUSE OF YES, FOUNDER & CREATIVE DIRECTOR, USA |
KEITH RILEY |
FABRIC, FOUNDER, UK |
KETAN RAHANGDALE |
UNITEA, CEO, USA |
KEVIN WATSON |
IMS BUSINESS REPORT, AUTHOR, UK |
KLAS BERGLING |
THE TIM BERGLING FOUNDATION, SWEDEN |
LETICIA VAN RIEL |
VR MANAGEMENT, ARTIST MANAGER - ANNA; SAMA’; WEHBBA, SPAIN |
LIZ MUIRHEAD |
BMAT, VP-VENUES, SPAIN |
LUCIANO |
ARTIST, CHILE |
LOUIS DIAZ |
GROUPO PACHA, GLOBAL DIRECTOR OF MUSIC & PROGRAMMING, PUERTO RICO |
MADAME GANDHI |
ARTIST, USA |
MARIANA DUARTE SILVA |
VILLAGE UNDERGROUND LISBOA, CO-FOUNDER, PORTUGAL |
MARIANA SANCHIOTENE |
ADE, MANAGING DIRECTOR, NETHERLANDS |
MARK GROTEFELD |
PIONEER DJ, GENERAL MANAGER, UK |
MARK LAWRENCE |
BLACK ROCK PUBLISHING / AFEM, DIRECTOR / CONSULTANT, SPAIN |
MARK NEWTON |
PRINTWORKS / THE DRUMSHEDS, DIRECTOR, UK |
MIKAEL BENHAMOU |
SONAR, HEAD OF BOOKINGS, SPAIN |
MISS I |
ARTIST, ROMANIA |
NADINE ARTOIS |
ARTIST, UK |
BEATS 1 / APPLE MUSIC / REPREZENT, DJ & RADIO PRESENTER, UK |
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NASTIA |
ARTIST, UKRAINE |
NICHOLAS MATAR |
OUTPUT, FOUNDER, USA |
NICK MCCABE |
GROUPO PACHA, CEO, UK |
NICOLE MOUDABER |
ARTIST, UK |
OLEG STAVITSKY |
ENDEL, CEO, GERMANY |
OLGA HEIJNS |
UNMANAGEABLE ARTISTS, CEO, NETHERLANDS |
ONNIK TAVITAN |
HOUSE OF TRACKS, CEO , NETHERLANDS |
OSKAR EICHLER |
1001TRACKSLISTS, COO, GERMANY |
PETE TONG |
IMS /BBC RADIO 1, CO-FOUNDER / BROADCASTER, UK |
PROFESSOR GREEN |
ARTIST, UK |
RICHIE HAWTIN |
ARTIST, CANADA |
RIK PARKINSON |
PIONEER DJ, PRODUCT PLANNING MANAGER (EMEA), UK |
ROBB MCDANIELS |
BEATPORT, CEO, USA |
RUI DA SILVA |
ARTIST, PORTUGAL |
SAMA’ |
ARTIST, PALESTINE |
SARAH BENBENISTE |
IBIZA PRESERVATION FUND, DIRECTOR, SPAIN |
SARAH CHAWLA |
WILD CITY / MAGNETIC FIELDS FESTIVAL, CO-FOUNDER/DIRECTOR, INDIA |
SOPHIA KEARNEY |
THE WEIRD & THE WONDERFUL, ARTIST MANAGER, UK |
SOPHIE |
ARTIST, UK |
STEVEN BRAINES |
HE.SHE.THEY./ THE WEIRD & THE WONDERFUL/TAP, FOUNDER/PARTNER, UK |
SVEN VATH |
ARTIST, GERMANY |
TIFFANY YU |
RISING DIGITAL, MARKETING CONSULTANT, USA |
TOM MIDDLETON |
ARTIST, UK |
TRISTAN HUNT |
AFEM , REGIONAL MANAGER, UK |
WILL LYNCH |
RESIDENT ADVISOR, EDITOR, GERMANY |
WILLIAM RALSTON |
JOURNALIST / WRITER, UK |
ZANE LOWE |
APPLE MUSIC, GLOBAL CREATIVE DIRECTOR & HOST, NEW ZEALAND/USA |
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