A creative industry and innovation expert with over 20 years of experience, Yvan Boudillet is VP, Public Policy at Utopia Music where he leads the interface with the company’s broad ecosystem in order to foster dialogue, cooperation & education efforts. Prior to joining Utopia, Yvan founded advisory company TheLynk, where he contributed to drive innovation within the music ecosystem by enabling collaboration between music organizations or institutions, artists, and startups. Yvan previously held leading roles in digital transformation at Warner and EMI Music. In 2020, he co-founded with 8 partner organizations a Pan-European remote hackathon called #NextStageChallenge, as a way to design solutions for artists and the music sector during the pandemic. A regular international speaker (SXSW, Wallifornia, Sonar+D, Music Inc. India, 4YFN, ISMIR, Linecheck…) and lecturer specialized in innovation in creative industries, Yvan has been a prominent voice advocating for inclusive & collaborative innovation across the music value chain