Speakers 2026
Froukje
Netherlands
Singer-songwriter
Roufaida
Netherlands
Artist
RuthAnne
Ireland
Artist, Songwriter, Author
Siegfried & Joy
Germany
Susan Abramovitch
Canada
Gowling WLG
Marcel Albers
Netherlands
Dutch Music Export
Isaac Allaway
United Kingdom
Feel for Music
Max Alper
United States of America
Critical Listening Podcast
Floor Ammerlaan
Netherlands
Significant Public
Emily Appleton Holley
United Kingdom
Erased Tapes
Marija Astromskaitė
Lithuania
Astrocore
Marc Azaïs
France
Société des Auteurs Compositeurs et Editeurs de Musique (Sacem)
Dirk Baart
Netherlands
EKKO
Kristel Baele
Netherlands
Raad voor Cultuur
Nadica Banishka
North Macedonia
Mrtov konj (Dead Horse) / Gola Planina Kolektiv (Naked Mountain Collective)
Ruth Barlow
United Kingdom
Beggars Group
Emília Barna
Hungary
Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Dr Charisse Beaumont
United Kingdom
Black Lives in Music
Marta Belay
Netherlands
Spotify
Mark Bent
United Kingdom
Mother Artists
Lodovico Benvenuti
Italy
IFPI
Pauwke Berkers
Netherlands
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Sophie Besselink
Netherlands
Plus One Legal BV
Kelly Betts
United Kingdom
BBC Introducing
Nele Bigaré
Belgium
Rock Werchter
Marharyta-Yuliia Bilyk
Ukraine
VOGNYANA
Leifur Björnsson
Iceland
Iceland Music
Eefke Boelhouwers
Netherlands
BoelEefke
Jantien Borsboom
Netherlands
PublicSpaces
Alvo Bosch
KLOOV
Paul Boswell
United Kingdom
Free Trade Agency
Froukje Bouma
Netherlands
MOTEL Artist Management
Esmee Bouwmeister
Netherlands
DGTL
Bart Brandsma
Netherlands
Inside Polarisation
Lisa Branigan (Nasta)
United Kingdom
Green Futures Festivals & Re-Play Music
Becky Brook
United Kingdom
Your Music
Ruben Brouwer
Netherlands
MOJO
Jonathan Bunce
Canada
Wavelength Music
Ashley Burgoyne
Netherlands
University of Amsterdam
Jaša Bužinel
Slovenia
The Quietus / MENT Ljubljana / SONICA
Thomas Calkins
United States of America
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Susi Castelo
Spain
ALICE Cph
Paula Cendejas
Spain
Artist
Connor Chapman
Canada
SOCAN
Ben Charlton
United Kingdom
Middle8
Paul Cheetham
Germany
The SuperSwell Collective
Ricky Cherim
Netherlands
Meetsysteem
Mika Juul Christoffersen
Denmark
Head of Participation and Diversity
Patrick Clifton
United Kingdom
Organization for Recorded Culture and Arts (ORCA)
Tineke Codron
Belgium
Square 1 support
Kevin Cole
United States of America
KEXP
Katie Colley
Netherlands
Netflix
Tirsa Creusen
Netherlands
Mojo Concerts
Noel Curran
Ireland
European Broadcasting Union
Evelyne Côté
Canada
evenko / Osheaga
Saskia Daru
Netherlands
Movisie
Andreea Dascălu
Romania
Music PR & Management Professional
Gareth Deakin
United Kingdom
Sonorous Consulting
Arne Dee
Netherlands
Vereniging Nederlandse Poppodia en -Festivals (VNPF)
Ilona Deuring
Netherlands
ESNS
Mark Deuze
Netherlands
University of Amsterdam
Isaac Diepenhorst
Netherlands
Bol
Jan Digneffe
Belgium
FKP Scorpio Belgium
Alona Dmukhovska
Ukraine
Music Export Ukraine
Bas Dokter
Netherlands
Agents After All
Simone Driessen
Netherlands
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Ian Edgley
United Kingdom
PRS for Music
Santina Elena
Netherlands
Suburban Records
Sherlo Esajas
Netherlands
BumaStemra
Inga Esseling
Germany
FKP Scorpio GmbH
Melanie Esther
Netherlands
The Live Coaches
Lori Ethier
Canada
M pour Montréal
Diana Ezerex
Germany
German-Nigerian singer & songwriter
Franc Faaij
Netherlands
Rotterdam Festivals
Jennifer Feaster
Netherlands
AGE Media
Pien Feith
Netherlands
Friendly Fire
Laura Ferrero
Serbia
Samit Nesvrstanih
Tabea Fuhrer
Muti
Matt Gage
United Kingdom
Openstage
Thore Garberg
Sweden
Orange Blue Supervision
Maria Garrido
France
Deezer
Fatma Genc
Netherlands
Fairspace
Rufy Ghazi
United Kingdom
Audience Strategies, Fair Play, Abbey Road REDD & GROWMUSIC Mentor
Vasil Gjuroski
Norway
Tromsø World
Koka Gogokhia
Georgia
Stockton / Stockton Records
Simon Gooch
Sweden
Sveriges Radio
Marc Gordijn
Netherlands
BumaStemra
Brij Gosai
United Kingdom
Pollstar
Jaël Gradenwitz
Netherlands
Truus
Natasha Gregory
United Kingdom
Mother Artists
Anna Grenzheuser
Germany
Fever / DICE
Lesley Grieten
Netherlands
Concert at SEA
Audrey Guerre
France
Live DMA
Camille Guitteau
France
Bye Bye Plastic Foundation
Terese Gustafsson
Sweden
Gustafsound
Aël Guégan
France
Soundchartss
Mark Hamilton
United Kingdom
Crowdsafety.org
Matt Hanner
United Kingdom
Runway Agency Ltd
Bianca Harms
Netherlands
NHL Stenden UAS
Barnaby Harrod
Spain
Mercury Wheels @ Live Nation
Joe Hastings
United Kingdom
Music Support
Rasmus Hauta-Aho
Finland
Vandall ou
Jon Heemsbergen
Netherlands
Art-up
Hannes Heide
Austria
European Parliament
Annabel Heijen
Netherlands
BumaStemra
Arnoud Heikens
Netherlands
VERA Groningen
Einar Helde
Denmark
AIMS
Lisa Henderson
United Kingdom
IQ
Dylan Heneck
Netherlands
SubmitHub
Brian Hetherman
Canada
NXNE Music Conference and Festival
Dieuwertje Heuvelings
Netherlands
Conservatorium van Amsterdam
Daan Holthuis
Netherlands
013 Poppodium
Lotje Horvers
Netherlands
Bloc Party
Maartje Houtzager
Netherlands
Hogeschool Inholland
Pieter Huijgen
Netherlands
SCOPE
Thomas Huikeshoven
Netherlands
HOOFS
Raphael Hunsucker
Netherlands
Choo-Choo
Glodie Ifura
United Kingdom
United Talent Agency
Lena Ingwersen
Germany
Music Cities Network e.V.
Jess Iszatt
United Kingdom
BBC Radio 1
Lukas Jansen
Netherlands
Tramhaus, Nospray
Josh Javor
United Kingdom
London Music Department at WME
Ivana Jelača
Croatia
INmusic festival
Chloe Johnson
United Kingdom
BumaStemra
Stefanie Joosten
Netherlands
Chris Julien
Netherlands
Climate Philosopher
Ioan Kaes
Belgium
AEPO-ARTIS
Sven Kampen
Netherlands
Breekt de stilte
Michal Kaščák
Slovakia
Pohoda festival
Kimberly Keasberry
Netherlands
Hogeschool Inholland
Katja Keersmaekers
Netherlands
The Mental Crew
Mansoor Rahimat Khan
United States of America
Beatoven.ai
Frank Kimenai
Netherlands
KEA
Arzu Kinay
Netherlands
Superkracht
Marijn Kingma
Netherlands
Höcker Advocaten
Ádám Kiss
Hungary
Sziget Cultural Management
Ricardo Klaverdijk
Netherlands
MBS Benelux B.V.
Arjo Klingens
Netherlands
Mojo Concerts
Daniël Koelikamp
Netherlands
Extinction Rebellion
Ingrid Kohtla
Estonia
Tallinn Music Week
Rosa Kokocinski
Germany
SoundOn / TikTok
Ivo Koolen
Netherlands
ivokoolen.com
Premysl Koudela
Czechia
Get Moments
Dusan Kovacevic
Serbia
EXIT Festival
Filip Košťálek
Czechia
Colours of Ostrava
Patrick Kraakman
Netherlands
Agents After All
Alexander Kralisch
Germany
GEMA
Rob Kramer
Netherlands
ArtEZ conservatorium
Lex Kruijver
Netherlands
Respons
Rithik Kundu
United States of America
NYU GenAudio & AI
Tamás Kádár
Hungary
Sziget Cultural Management
Michiel Laan
Netherlands
BumaStemra
Angel Labrusse
France
IMPALA - Independent Music Companies Association
Alison Lamb
United Kingdom
Project Allies
Evita Lammes
Netherlands
Auteur, expert grensoverschrijdend gedrag en ondernemer
Andrew Lansley
United Kingdom
The Very Good Solutions Company
Pepijn Lemmens
Netherlands
PublicSpaces
Hayley Lennox
Canada
Loft Entertainment
Craig Leon
United Kingdom
Atlas Realisations Music
Eva Johanna Lepikov
Estonia
Tallinn Music Week / Shiftworks
Lara Lessing
Netherlands
Age Media
Cynthia Liem
Netherlands
Delft University of Technology
Ronald Ligtenberg
Netherlands
Possibilize - Revelland
Helienne Lindvall
Sweden
ECSA
Dugi Lipa
Kosovo
Sunny Hill Festival
Iryna Lobanok
Ukraine
Ukrainian Institute
Imke Loeffen
Netherlands
Artist Oh Hazar & Freelance Advisor
Roxana Luca
Romania
YES Group / TheABC.ro
Frank Lucassen
Netherlands
BumaStemra
Daniel Lugtmeier
Netherlands
Hedon
Iris Luimstra
Netherlands
Simplon
Julius Lutz
Germany
Promoplug GmbH
Anne Löhr
Germany
Music Industry Psychologist & Therapist
Will Maas
Netherlands
Sena, Kunstenbond/Ntb, Rockacademie
Henca Maduro
Netherlands
Epitome Entertainment/ New Skool Rules
Eefje Majoor
Netherlands
Patronaat
Stanislav Malikov
Ukraine
Co-Founder Geisha Ninja Samurai & Artist Relations Manager (Eastern Europe) at Believe
Bibi Manancourt
Netherlands
Top Notch & Noah's Ark
Lucia Martinez Prado
Spain
Breakevent
Peter Marx
Belgium
MVVP
Gordon Masson
United Kingdom
IQ Magazine
Carola Mastenbroek
Netherlands
Superkracht
Nina Mathys
Switzerland
Blank Agency
Brendan McCarney
Canada
Double Denim Management
Rik Meijer
Netherlands
HellYes
Saskhia Menendez
United Kingdom
Sassy Records LTD
Lisanne Middag
Netherlands
Crystal Stone Management
Malou Miedema
Netherlands
VPRO 3voor12
Inga Mikulene
Lithuania
INGAJA
Arriën Molema
Netherlands
BAM! Popauteurs
Dick Molenaar
Netherlands
All Arts Tax Advisers
Niclas Molinder
Sweden
Music Rights Awareness
Chris Moorman
Netherlands
Popronde
Roxana Morar
Romania
Radio România Cultural
Jim Morewood
United Kingdom
K2
Dan Morrell
United Kingdom
Balance Eco Ltd.
Martijn Mulder
Netherlands
Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences
Ismail Myrseli
Kosovo
SPICY_SNAIL
Sonia Narang
United States of America
Multimedia & radio journalist
Nuria Net
Spain
Shake It Easy Media
Tom Nieuweboer
Germany
K7 Music GmbH
Roisin O'Connor
United Kingdom
The Independent
Layli Odamura
Japan
Creativeman Production
Li Sang Ong
Netherlands
VNPF
Juan Ortiz de Zaldumbide
Sweden
That Music Agency
Manon Osika
France
Rock en Seine
Venica Ouali
Netherlands
Sony Music
Bob Out
Netherlands
BumaStemra
Ellen Overweel
Netherlands
het Cultuurfonds
Yaw Owusu
United Kingdom
Nothin But The Music
Akwasi Owusu Ansah
Netherlands
Omroep ZWART
Claire O’Neill
United Kingdom
A Greener Future
Nerea Palomares
Spain
Nerea Palomares Psicología
Bianca Pander
Netherlands
BKB | Het Campagnebureau
Michal Parizek
Czechia
Full Moon magazine
Jess Partridge
Belgium
European Music Managers Alliance
Paulina Parvanov
Austria
Austrian Music Export
Alina Pash
Ukraine
Artist
Vincent Patty
Netherlands
Noah’s Ark & Top Notch
Turo Pekari
Finland
Copyright Delta / Music Tech Europe
Liz Pelly
United States of America
Critical Listening Podcast
Ingrid Pendavingh
Netherlands
Cultuur & Ondernemen
Dorian Perron
France
Groover
Ernst-Jan Pfauth
Netherlands
Journalist, schrijver & media pionier
Daniëlle Pieket Weeserik
Netherlands
Burgerweeshuis / Muziekhub Oost
Fred Poulin
Canada
Duprince / La Noce
Paula Poštolková
Slovakia
Pohoda Festival
Jordi Puy
Spain
Unison
Meerah Radhoe
TrendsActive
Satria Ramadhan
Indonesia
AXEAN Festival
Paul Ramisch
Germany
tourdarts (Ingwer Solutions UG)
Britt Randma
Estonia
Main Character Agency
Simon Raymonde
United Kingdom
Bella Union
Estella Reed
United Kingdom
AI in Media Institute
Hervé Riesen
France
Radio France / fip
Jurjan Rietveld
Netherlands
Bumastemra
Lichelle Rikken
Netherlands
Grey Men - Tax, finance and businessmanagement agency for entertainment & media.
Marine Rivollet
France
2AM
Mijndert Rodolf
Netherlands
013 Poppodium
Charlie Rombach
Netherlands
Paradiso
Aafke Romeijn
Netherlands
Taskforce GO!
Erica Romero
Spain
Live DMA
Amber Roner
Netherlands
Story Art Studio
Hilke Ros
Switzerland
Red Brick Records
Joey Ruchtie
Netherlands
ESNS
Sebastian Ruiz Tagle
Chile
Costa Futuro / COMBO
Ellie Rumbold
Germany
Partisan Records
Roger Rutten
Netherlands
The Tribute Agency
Natalie Ryan-Williams
Sweden
Luger / Way Out West
Corinne Sadki
France
CNM / EMEE
Mandy Salem-Aubry
Netherlands
MSA Music Services
Jeps Salfischberger
Netherlands
Mojo Concerts
Maria Sanchez Garcia
Netherlands
PAARD / ITGWO
Sakina Saouti
Netherlands
Code Diversiteit & Inclusie
Renske Satijn
Netherlands
Rotterdam Festivals
Alzira Schaap
Netherlands
Haskoning
Martijn Schaper
Netherlands
Age Media
Heko Scheltema
Netherlands
VVEM
Eva Scheltema
Netherlands
Het Amarte Fonds
Mano Scherpbier
Netherlands
Popronde
Martin Schuhmacher
Germany
Nettwerk Music Group
Henk Schuit
Netherlands
VVEM / AHS
Tessy Schulz
Germany
EMMA
Nicole Schulze
Belgium
IMPF
Daniel Seligman
Canada
POP Montreal International Music Festival
Lilian Severin
Moldova
Pot Music NGO
Edith Severs
Netherlands
Copyright Power International
Virgo Sillamaa
Belgium
EMEE
Anna Simic
NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences
Eric Skuncke
Sweden
YouTube
Piet Slegt
Netherlands
Nationaal Comite 4 en 5 mei
Noor Sloterdijk
Netherlands
Code Diversiteit & Inclusie
Lena Sme
Latvia
Music Observation Organization
Sander Smeets
Netherlands
Fonds voor Cultuurparticipatie
Nina Smit
Netherlands
Vonk Music & Bronks Music
Gary Smith
France
Multilingual Journalist, Copywriter
Helen Smith
Belgium
IMPALA
Noah Smits
Netherlands
Smidswater
Steven Smits
Netherlands
Treasure
Henk Willem Smits
Netherlands
Follow the Money
Marissa Snitjer
Netherlands
Spotify
Cecilia Soojeong Yi
South Korea
DMZ Peace Train Music Festival / ALPS
Clément Souchier
France
Bridge.audio
Randall Spann
Netherlands
NPO FunX | NPO BLEND
Jan Sprengers
Netherlands
Fonds Podiumkunsten
Tanya Stadnyk
Ukraine
Music Export Ukraine
Tobias Stenkjaer
Denmark
DPA
Marleen Stikker
Netherlands
Waag Futurelab
Sophie Straat
Netherlands
Artist
Daniële Streep
Netherlands
Podium Victorie
Charlotte Stricker
Netherlands
Bell Music Supervision
Bobby Sukhraj
Netherlands
HOUSTON COMMA
Linnéa Elisabeth Vågen Svensson
Norway
Greener Events // YOUROPE
Britt Swartjes
Netherlands
Boekmanstichting
Fruzsina Szép
Hungary
Goodlive Group
Annabel Tammer
Netherlands
Superkracht
Manfred Tari
Germany
Pop100
Sjoerd Terpstra
Netherlands
de Suikerfabriek
Morten Therkildsen
Denmark
Roskilde Restival Group / RFX
Neal Thompson
Wales
FOCUS Wales
Isleifur Thorhallsson
Iceland
Iceland Airwaves
Collette Tibbetts
United States of America
Joker Deck
Max Tiel
Netherlands
Thunderboom
Hector Toledo
Mexico
Ache
Ognjen Tomašević
Serbia
EXIT Festival
Alexander Toplitsch
Austria
Verein Acoustic Lakeside
Tom Tukker
Netherlands
Tom Tukker Music
Rosaline Tóth
Netherlands
Dutch Support Group
Etienne Valk
Netherlands
Institute for Information Law (IViR), University of Amsterdam
Gérôme Vanherf
Belgium
ikii
Vasja Veber
Slovenia
Viberate Music Analytics
Ken Veerman
Belgium
Taktika BV
Peter Verkennis
Netherlands
Stichting Bospop
Peeter Verlegh
Netherlands
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Áslaug Vigfúsdóttir
Netherlands
BAM! Popauteurs
David Vogel
Netherlands
Hypersolid
Waldo Volmer
Netherlands
Stad als Podium
Barbara Vos
Netherlands
Barbara Vos
Nick Waelbers
Netherlands
voordekunst
Nick Waelbers
Netherlands
voordekunst
Niels Walboomers
Netherlands
Warner Music Group
Maarten Walraven
Netherlands
MUSIC x
Guillaume Warmerdam
Netherlands
LAB Music, MakeWaves.fm, Vokall Records
Katharina Weber
Germany
YOUROPE - The European Festival Association
Femke Weidema
United States of America
LV Music
Rens Weijenborg
Netherlands
RJO LABEL
Samuel Welten
Netherlands
Artist
Sebastien Westerduin
Amplify
Willem Westermann
Netherlands
VVEM
Marcel Alexander Wiebenga
Netherlands
Ringo
Yosha Wijngaarden
Netherlands
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Jeroen Willems
Netherlands
White Forest Music Industry Advisors & Dutch Music Network
Becky Wixon
United Kingdom
Balance the Mix
Jakob Wredstrøm
Norway
Amplitude Ventures
Iris Wyckmans
Belgium
Studio Brussel - VRT
Ben Wynter
United Kingdom
Unstoppable Music, Founder. Power Up, Co-Founder
Kseniia Yanus
Ukraine
Noise Every Wednesday / Neformat
Nick Yule
Belgium
AEPO-ARTIS
Canan Yurdakul
Netherlands
EBB Music
Jose Zagazeta
Spain
Music Tech Hub (MTH) Barcelona
Rita Zipora
Netherlands
Conservatorium van Amsterdam
Guna Zučika
Latvia
Every Little Thing
Koos Zwaan
Netherlands
Inholland University of Applied Science
Susan Zwijnenberg
Netherlands
Grey Men
Ronald de Bas
Netherlands
8ball Management
Joost de Boo
Netherlands
Thunderboom
Justin de Feijter
Netherlands
Grey Men Business Management
Biba de Jongh
Netherlands
Sociaal ondernemer, trainer, adviseur, coach & bonusmoeder
Bindu de Knock
Netherlands
Crosslink Legal
Vincent de Raad
Netherlands
The Live Coaches
Lykle de Vries
Netherlands
RijksAcademie voor Digitalisering en Informatisering Overheid (RADIO)
Simon de Wit
Netherlands
aka Blanks
Nora el Abdouni
Netherlands
Antropoloog, trainer, adviseur, vrouw van kleur & moeder
Joost van Abeelen
Netherlands
Mojo Concerts
Eline van Audenaerde
Belgium
The Unicorn Mothership
Thomas van Dalen
Netherlands
Thomas van Dalen Advies
Ferdinand van Dalsen
Netherlands
Pieter Smit Group
Ebel Jan van Dijk
Netherlands
Bevrijdingsfestival Groningen
Eric van Eerdenburg
Netherlands
Mojo Concerts BV
Eric van Holland
Netherlands
Spotify
Viktorien van Hulst
Netherlands
Fonds Podiumkunsten
Geert van Itallie
Netherlands
Paradiso
Cornelie van Kampenhout
Netherlands
Extinction Rebellion
Manu van Kersbergen
Netherlands
Schrijver, muzikant & performer
Anna van Nunen
Netherlands
ESNS
Tim van Reijswoud
Netherlands
Superkracht / Sencity Festival / Possibilize
Martijn van Sonderen
Netherlands
NSR Studio
Bas van Wageningen
Netherlands
DI-RECT
Rob van Wegen
Netherlands
ESNS
Kees van Weijen
Netherlands
STOMP
Ilana van den Berg
Netherlands
Fonds 21
Peter van der Geer
Netherlands
Event Acoustics bv
Jan Willem van der Meer
Netherlands
Momants.ai
Jet van der Steen
Netherlands
Artist
Tim van der Zalm
Netherlands
Labeltje Labeltje
Sebas van der Zwan
Netherlands
Grey Men
Steffi von Kannemann
Germany
Better Things
Prof. Dr. Özgehan Şenyuva
Türkiye
Middle East Technical University (METU)