ADE PRO is were the professionals and lovers of the electronic music meet to debate, discuss, network and bring exciting new music projects in life. From the very rich and varied schedule of this years ADE PRO we pick up the ones that would be great to attend at the main venues Felix Meritis and The Dylan. Be wise and choose what will be beneficial for you!
Wednesday 19th October 2016
Clubs - Out Of The Box Jennifer Cardini (Correspondant, FR), Senthil Chidambaram (Eventbrite, US), Rainbow Gao (The Mansion, CN), Laurence Malice (The Egg, GB), Victor de la Serna (elrowFamily, ES) 12:30 - 13:30 / Felix Meritis - F5 Panel Room
Legends Keynote - The Anatomy of Discogs Kevin Lewandowski (Discogs, US) 12:30 - 13:30 / The Dylan - D2 Panel Room
So You Think You Can Sync! Daniel Cross (Record-Play, ES), Kyle Hopkins (Microsoft, US), Tessa Rose Jackson (NL), Josh Rabinowitz (Townhouse/WPP, US), Jon Skinner (Music Gateway, GB), Conro (CA), Chris Goss (Hospital Records, GB), La Mverte (Budde Muisc, FR), Didier de Ruyter (Musi 12:30 - 13:30 / Felix Meritis - F10 Panel Room
Creative Keynotes by Disruptive Minds Blaise DeAngelo Talks About the Philisophy Behind The Nest Blaise DeAngelo (OWSLA, US) 14:00 - 14:30 / Felix Meritis - F10 Panel Room
Gilles Peterson - Indie Legends Keynote Gilles Peterson (Brownswood Recordings, GB) 14:00 - 15:00 / Felix Meritis - F5 Panel Room
Spinnin’ Records & Headliner Entertainment Join Forces in the Search For New Talent Eelko van Kooten (Spinnin' Records, NL), Remon Riezebos (Headliner Entertainment, NL) 14:00 - 14:20 / The Dylan - D2 Panel Room
Creative Keynotes by Disruptive Minds - Renato Ratier, Founder of D-Edge on Global Creative Collaboration and More Renato Ratier (D-Edge, BR) 14:30 - 15:00 / Felix Meritis - F10 Panel Room
Mixmag Presents: Shifting the Diversity Dial Cassy (GB), Gregory Constantine (Smirnoff Global, US), Olga Zegers (NL), Moderator: Nick DeCosemo (Mixmag, US) 14:30 - 15:30 / The Dylan - D2 Panel Room
Business Keynote: Molly Neuman from Kickstarter Molly Neuman (Kickstarter, US) 15:30 - 16:15 / Felix Meritis - F5 Panel Room
China: A New Electronic Nation? Rainbow Gao (The Mansion, CN), Robin Leembruggen (Mad Panda, CN), MIIIA (DJ/Producer, CN), Paul Neuteboom (Modern Sky Entertainment, CN) 15:30 - 16:30 / Felix Meritis - F10 Panel Room
Martin Goldschmidt - Indie Legends Keynote: 30 Years of Cooking Vinyl Martin Goldschmidt (Cooking Vinyl, GB) 16:00 - 16:45 / The Dylan - D2 Panel Room
Millennials Under the Microscope: Part 1 Marketing to Millennials Bas Grasmayer (Music x Tech x Future, NL), Amy Jayne (Hospital Records, GB), Shane Mansfield (Ticketscript, GB), Siofra McComb (The Other Hand, GB), Luke Hood (AEI Media, GB) 16:30 - 17:15 / Felix Meritis - F5 Panel Room
AFEM Presents: Protect The Dance Floor Franzie Eichler (Extend Artists, DE), Hans Hess (The Egg, GB), Mirik Milan (Night Mayor of Amsterdam, NL), Alan Miller (NTIA, GB) 17:00 - 18:00 / Felix Meritis - F10 Panel Room
Daniel Glass - Indie Legends Keynote Daniel Glass (Glassnote Records, US) 17:00 - 17:45 / The Dylan - D2 Panel Room
Millennials Under the Microscope: Part 2 The Artist As The Product Farhana Aboo (AEI Media, GB), Jamie Chalmers (Anglo Digital Management, GB), Meindert Kennis (Spinnin Records, NL), Ralf Kollmann (Mobilee Records, DE), Moderator; Brandon Ginsberg (Red Light Management, US) 17:15 - 18:00 / Felix Meritis - F5 Panel Room
European Digital Single Market. Deal or Dilemma? Martin Bailey (European Commission, BE), John Higgins (Digital Europe, US), John Mottram (PRS for Music, GB) 18:00 - 19:00 / The Dylan - D2 Panel Room
Thursday 20th October 2016
The Continent Sessions - When Two Continents Meet Luis Estrada (Universal Music, US), Shailendra Singh (Percept, IN) 12:15 - 13:00 / The Dylan - D2 Panel Room
Immerse Yourself: the Future of Music, Videos and VR Christophe Van den Branden (Tomorrowland, BE), Justin Karten (Scopic, NL), Sebastien Lintz (Sorted Management, NL) 12:30 - 13:30 / Felix Meritis - F5 Panel Room
Porn and the Future of VR Music Videos Ian Paul (Naughty America, US) 12:30 - 13:30 / Felix Meritis - F10 Panel Room
Continent Sessions: Canada Meets Australia Jane Slingo (Young Strangers, AU), Alvaro Prol (Blueprint, CA) 13:00 - 13:45 / The Dylan - D2 Panel Room
Creative Keynotes by Disruptive Minds Liz Miller - Are We Living A Lie? Liz Miller (LizMiller.de, US) 14:00 - 14:30 / Felix Meritis - F5 Panel Room
Data, Curator or Peer2Peer…..Time to Listen! Clair Gill (BBC, GB), Joe Kay (Soulection, US), Shan McGinley (SISTER Radio, GB), Lele Sacchi (DJ/Producer, IT), Tim Sweeney (Beats in Space, US) 14:00 - 15:00 / The Dylan - D2 Panel Room
The Trouble With Taxes! Cecile Glunt (CWA Management, US), Harald Grams (Grams & Partner, DE), Dick Molenaar (All Arts, NL), Dave Clarke (GB) 14:00 - 14:45 / Felix Meritis - F10 Panel Room
Creative Keynotes by Disruptive Minds Daniel Miller - Street Photography Keynote Daniel Miller (Mute Records, GB), Moderator: Tommie Sunshine (US) 14:30 - 15:00 / Felix Meritis - F5 Panel Room
Focus on Belgium: How Local became International (once more) Basto (BE), Lost Frequencies (BE), Toon Martens (Sony Music, BE), Tom de Meijer (CNR Records, BE), Serge Ramaekers (Black Planet Recordings, BE) 15:30 - 16:30 / Felix Meritis - F10 Panel Room
The Modern Manager is a Hydra-Headed, Multi-Tasking Mofo - Are You Good Enough? Steve King (Safehouse, GB), Christian Larsson (Soundz Limited, SE), Henrik Lücke Olsen (L Management, DK), Steve Satterthwaite (Red Light Management, US) 15:30 - 16:30 / Felix Meritis - F5 Panel Room
We Love Tech - 10 Companies to Watch 16:30 - 18:00 / The Dylan - D2 Panel Room
Business Keynote: Bruce Eskowitz from Red Light Management Bruce Eskowitz (Red Light Management, US) 17:00 - 17:45 / Felix Meritis - F5 Panel Room
What Do Artists Do All Day? Eats Everything (GB), Cevin Fisher (Artist, US), Nitin (Artist, CA), Benny Rodrigues (Artist, NL), Celeste Siam (Artist, TH), Moderator: Dave Clarke (GB) 17:00 - 18:00 / Felix Meritis - F10 Panel Room
Business Keynote: Steve Bartels from Def Jam Steve Bartels (Def Jam, US) 18:00 - 18:45 / Felix Meritis - F5 Panel Room
Friday 21st October 2016
AFEM Presents: Get Played Get Paid PROs are stepping up for electronic music, what can you do to make sure they pay royalties to you 11:00 - 12:00 / The Dylan - D2 Panel Room
Rights Management - The Importance of Being Pro-Active Emmanuel Deletang (22D Music, FR), Dominique Keegan (Kobalt Music, US), Harriet Moss (Manners McDade, GB), Herman Verkade (Musiqware, NL) 12:30 - 13:15 / The Dylan - D2 Panel Room
Spotify Keynote: Solving Music Problems Matthew Ogle (Spotify, US) 12:30 - 13:15 / Felix Meritis - F5 Panel Room
A Fireside Chat: Maria May (CAA) and Mark Lawrence (AFEM) Maria May (CAA, GB), Mark Lawrence (AFEM, GB) 13:15 - 13:45 / Felix Meritis - F5 Panel Room
Data Panic - Where Is The Money? Ralf Kollmann (Mobilee, DE), Lee Morrison (GB), Liz Muirhead (BMAT, ES), Frank Rodi (APRA AMCOS, AU) 13:30 - 14:15 / The Dylan - D2 Panel Room
Buma Music Meets Tech Presents: Balancing Commercial Success in the Music Tech World Vincent Reinders (22 Tracks, NL), Christiaan Alberdingk Thijm (Brandeis, NL) 14:00 - 15:00 / Felix Meritis - F10 Panel Room
From Festival to Global Brand - What Next? Tom Jenkins (QuadrantSix, GB), Sarah McBriar (AVA, NI), Liam Negus-Fancey (StreetTeam, GB), Carl Loben (DJ Magazine, GB) 14:00 - 15:00 / Felix Meritis - F5 Panel Room
All Roads Lead to Romero Nicky Romero (NL) 15:30 - 16:15 / Felix Meritis - F5 Panel Room
Best and Worst of Being a Music Label in the 21st century Jon Berry (Kompakt, DE), Nadine van Bodegraven (Armada, NL), Eelko van Kooten (Spinnin' Records, NL), Liz Miller (Beatport, US), Sam Valentine IV (Ghostly International, US), Chris Goss (Hospital, GB) 15:30 - 16:30 / The Dylan - D2 Panel Room
Buma Music Meets Tech Presents: Harnessing the Power of User Generated Content Margriet Koedooder (De Vos & Partners Advocaten, NL), Gregor Salto (NL), Hans Sturkenboom (IBT Tech, NL) 15:30 - 16:30 / Felix Meritis - F10 Panel Room
In the Mix Gary Adelman (Adelman Matz, US), Yuri Dokter (DJ Monitor, NL), Mark Stafford (Lee & Thompson, GB), Stephen White (Dubset, US) 17:00 - 18:00 / The Dylan - D2 Panel Room
Slam and SOMA Records Keynote - 25 Years Dave Clarke (Slam, GB), Glenn Gibbons (Slam, GB), Stuart McMillan (Slam, GB), Orde Meikle (Slam, GB) 17:00 - 17:30 / Felix Meritis - F5 Panel Room
The Future of North American Music (Business) Matt Adell (MetaPop, US), Mike Darlington (Monstercat, CA), Austin Kramer (Spotify, US), Henry Lu (Insomniac Events, US), Matt Medved (Billboard, US), Ali Shakeri (ToneDen, US), Moderator: Tommie Sunshine (US) 17:00 - 18:00 / Felix Meritis - F10 Panel Room
Meet The Scots! Clair Crawford (HotGem, GB), Duncan Dick (Mixmag, GB), Kevin McKay (Glasgow Underground, GB), Stuart McMillan (Slam, GB), Orde Meikle (Slam, GB) 17:30 - 18:30 / Felix Meritis - F5 Panel Room
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