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 center 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 Avicii tribute by BBC Radio 1’s Pete Tong, IMS will be joined by Klas Bergling, father of Tim Bergling (Avicii), 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.
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 MEDIA 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
ISIS O'REAGAN
ROOM FOR REBELLION, FOUNDER, UK
IZZY STEVEN BOSSY LDN, DIRECTOR / CO-FOUNDER, UK
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
NAINA BEATS 1 / APPLE MUSIC / REPREZENT, DJ & RADIO PRESENTER, UK
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
The Mission
International Music Summit is an educational, inspirational and motivational thought leadership platform dedicated to creating and encouraging the awareness of, and appreciation for, electronic music, and the artistry related to DJing and related art forms - primarily through the presentation of summits and events that celebrate both the historic and ongoing contribution of the genre to culture worldwide. IMS annually hosts major events globally in Ibiza, Los Angeles, China and Malta. IMS was created by Ben Turner, Danny Whittle, Mark Netto, Pete Tong & Simeon Friend.
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