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02:47:00

We're really pleased to announced the schedule and speakers for this years' Unconference. With up to four streams throughout the day, workshops, presentations and panel discussions, it's our biggest event yet! Speakers include:
• Ruth Barlow (Beggars Group)
• Jez Willis (Utah Saints)
• Zach Fuller (MIDiA Research)
• James Bagshaw (Temples)
• Drew Lam (Spotify)
• Evan Whikehart (Secretly Group)
• Jaguar Bingham (Radio 1 / 1Xtra)
• Karma Bertelson (Killimanjaro Live)
And a host of others from organisations such as AIM, Sony Red Essential, Stornoway, PRS, Arts Council England, Featured Artists Coalition, Come Play With Me, PPL and more.  

The Unconference is a day of panels, workshops, presentations and networking for those working in, or aspiring to work in the music industry. It is free to attend, but you need to register through our website here. The event opens at 10am with registration at The Wardrobe Bar. We are part of Live At Leeds and Leeds International Festival and supported by Leeds Beckett University, Leeds College of Music and PRS For Music Foundation.

Schedule Overview:

REGISTRATION: 10.00am (The Wardrobe Bar)

WELCOME & INDUSTRY KEYNOTE: 10.45am - 11.30am (Leeds College of Music)

SESSION 1: 12.00pm - 13.00pm
Label Panel Discussion (Leeds College of Music)
Self-Employment / Business Workshop (The Wardrobe Venue)
Industry Pitches (Ipsum Vinoteca)
Meet The Experts (The Wardrobe Bar)

LUNCH: 13.00pm – 14.00pm

SESSION 2: 14.00pm - 15.00pm
Career Panel Discussion (Leeds College of Music)
Spotify Artist & Manager Masterclass (The Wardrobe Venue)
Industry Pitches (Ipsum Vinoteca)
Meet The Experts (The Wardrobe Bar)

SESSION 3: 15.30pm - 16.30pm
Artist Panel Discussion (Leeds College of Music)
Industry Pitches (Ipsum Vinoteca)
Meet The Experts (The Wardrobe Bar)

THANKS & CLOSING REMARKS: 16.30pm - 17.00pm (Leeds College of Music)

DRINKS & NETWORKING: 17.00pm – 18.00pm (The Wardrobe Bar)


Schedule Details:

REGISTRATION: 10.00am (The Wardrobe Bar)
All attendees need to register at our Unconference Hub in The Wardrobe Bar, where free tea & coffee will be available

WELCOME & INDUSTRY KEYNOTE: 10.45am - 11.30am (Leeds College of Music)
Unconference organisers will welcome attendees in Leeds College of Music’s Venue, followed by an Industry Keynote from Zach Fuller of MIDiA Research. Zach will discuss topics industry trends and topics such as impact of windowing and the monetisation distinction between platforms such as Spotify and YouTube.

SESSION 1: 12.00pm - 13.00pm

Label Panel Discussion (Leeds College of Music)
Our panel discuss what the opportunities and challenges of a record label are in 2017, and how they are using new ideas and delivery concepts to bring records to music fans.
w/ Ruth Barlow (Beggars Group), Zach Fuller (MIDiA Research), Ali Tant (Sony Red Essential), Evan Whikehart (Secretly Canadian)

Self-Employment / Business Workshop (The Wardrobe Venue)
Simon Palmer (Garbutt & Elliot) and Francois El-Alfy (Music Industry Professional) run through the basics of how you may need to operate as self-employed in many areas of the music industry, what options you have, what responsibilities you have, and how best to navigate them

Industry Pitches (Ipsum Vinoteca)
Music Industry organisations have the opportunity for a 10 minute presentation on who they are, what they do and how you can get involved
w/ PRS, PPL, Musicians’ Union and Come Play With Me

Meet The Experts (The Wardrobe Bar)
Take part in a 15 minute one-to-one chat with one of our Music Industry experts. Register at the start of the day for your chosen slot. Full list of confirmed experts will be available on the day.
w/ Jaguar Bingham (Radio 1Xtra), Richard Brown (Arts Council England), Michelle Dalgety (Bradford Community Radio / Yorkshire Music Collective), Joe Frankland (PRS Foundation), Simon Glacken (Hatch Records / I Like Press) + more


SESSION 2: 14.00pm - 15.00pm

Career Panel Discussion (Leeds College of Music)
Young music professionals working in a range of jobs and areas of the industry discuss career pathways and the skills and opportunities you need to forge in order to succeed.
w/ Lara Baker (AIM), Karma Bertelsen (Killimanjaro Live), Jaguar Bingham (Radio 1 / 1Xtra), Rob Platts (Brace Yourself PR), Jamila Scott (Method Records / Cruel Rhythm)

Spotify Artist & Manager Masterclass (The Wardrobe Venue)
Drew Lam from Spotify’s Artist and Management team presents this Masterclass that aims to provide all the information and tools artists and managers need to build their presence on the platform. The session will include guidance on how to build listeners and followers, product/artist tools update, how playlists work and how to measure performance via Spotify data.

This session is only available to artists and managers, and attendees need to sign-up on registration.

Industry Pitches (Ipsum Vinoteca)
Music Industry organisations have the opportunity for a 10 minute presentation on who they are, what they do and how you can get involved
w/ PRS Foundation, Arts Council England and BASCA (British Academy of Songwriters, Composers & Authors)

Meet The Experts (The Wardrobe Bar)
Take part in a 15 minute one-to-one chat with one of our Music Industry experts. Register at the start of the day for your chosen slot. Full list of confirmed experts will be available on the day.
w/ Stuart Belsham (PRS For Music), Michelle Dalgety (Bradford Community Radio / Yorkshire Music Collective), Barry Dalman (Musicians Union), Simon Glacken (Hatch Records / I Like Press), Davy Wales (PPL) + more


SESSION 3: 15.30pm - 16.30pm

Artists Panel Discussion (Leeds College of Music)
What are the opportunities, trails, tribulations and successes of modern music artists? Our panel from a range of musical backgrounds discuss how they work, succeed and deiversify to continue their creative career.
w/ James Bagshaw (Temples), Roxanne de Bastion (solo / FAC), Oli Steadman (Stornoway), Jez Willis (Utah Saints)

Industry Pitches (Ipsum Vinoteca)
Music Industry organisations have the opportunity for a 10 minute presentation on who they are, what they do and how you can get involved
w/ Association of Independent Festivals (AIF), Association of Independent Music (AIM), BBC Introducing

Meet The Experts (The Wardrobe Bar)
Take part in a 15 minute one-to-one chat with one of our Music Industry experts. Register at the start of the day for your chosen slot. Full list of confirmed experts will be available on the day.
w/ Lara Baker (AIM), Stuart Belsham (PRS For Music), Jaguar Bingham (Radio 1Xtra), Richard Brown (Arts Council England), Michelle Dalgety (Bradford Community Radio / Yorkshire Music Collective), Barry Dalman (Musicians Union), Simon Glacken (Hatch Records / I Like Press), Davy Wales (PPL)  + more


THANKS & CLOSING REMARKS: 16.30pm - 17.00pm (Leeds College of Music) followed by DRINKS & NETWORKING: 17.00pm – 18.00pm (The Wardrobe Bar)
We round-up discussion points for the day and bring everyone together, before enjoying complimentary drinks in The Wardrobe bar.

Friday 28th April • The Wardrobe, Leeds College Of Music & Ipsum Vinoteca • 10am - 6pm
Schedule & Speaker details here: https://www.unconferenceleeds.com/
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02:24:00

Here’s a quick reminder of the great events Leeds Dock team is organising and hosting for the Leeds International Festival and the Leeds Digital Festival.



LEEDS INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL

MUSEUM OF YOUTH CULTURE:
UNITY THROUGH SUBCULTURE
Saturday 22nd – Sunday 30th April
Leeds Dock

YOUTH CLUB presents ‘The Museum of Youth Culture: Unity through Subculture’ – a celebration of our rich tapestry of social movements, subcultures, sounds and styles that span the generations and genres of post war Britain to modern day.

Featuring photography, garments, ephemera and oral history the exhibition at Leeds Dock and at the pop-up Fashion Space - two shipping containers on Briggate - will explore the power of fashion, music and self-expression to forge a vital common thread amongst young people.

‘Unity though Subculture’ is a celebration of creative freedom and its ability to break down walls in a world of increasing unrest.

Running alongside the exhibition will be an engaging programme of events including talks by renowned youth culture photographer Gavin Watson and the cult social anthropologist Ted Polhemus – author of the style bible ‘Street Style’ – plus workshops in photography and archival skills.

THE LUMEN PRIZE EXHIBITION
Friday 28th – Sunday 30th April
Various locations at Leeds Dock

Following on from the huge success of the Lumen Prize Exhibition in 2016, we are incredibly excited to be bringing this mind blowing event back to Leeds in April 2017 to showcase the best in global, award winning digital art.

The Lumen Prize Exhibition encompasses the very latest technology and methodology including 360˚projections, spherical screens, Virtual Reality, sensory interfaces, projection mapping, Augmented Reality and sound generators.

‘The Lumen Prize is the world’s pre-eminent digital art prize’ Guardian Culture blog.

Housed at various locations throughout Leeds Dock the Lumen Prize Exhibition will showcase new, award winning, immersive, interactive installations that blur the boundaries between art, technology, sound and audience participation guaranteed to blow your mind and make you think about art in a totally new way.”

THE DIGITAL ART DEBATE
At The Tetley
Friday 28th April, 19.00 - 21.00

Digital Art encompasses a wide range of disciplines from graphic art & photography to installations and large scale public art, with technology progressing rapidly the opportunities and implications for artists today are changing just as fast.

This event provides the opportunity to hear from some of the leading figures in the UK’s digital art world with a Show, Tell & Discuss format of presentations, panel discussion, Q&A and networking opportunity.

Guests will also get an exclusive walkround of the exhibition with Carla & Fabio (see below) after the debate finishes.

Expert panellists/guests this year include:

Carla Rapoport – Founder and Director of the LUMEN PRIZE

FABIO GIAMPIETRO – Winner of the 2016 Lumen Prize Gold Award.
   
Doug Dodds– Senior Curator in the V&A’S WORD & IMAGE DEPARTMENT, responsible for developing the department’s digital art collections, which range from early computer art to recent born-digital works.
   
Bryony Bond – Creative Director of THE TETLEY

And Anthony Rowe from SQUIDSOUP whose floating installation Light Water, Dark Sky at Leeds Dock for Light Night Leeds was one of the highlights of the festival.

EMPOWERING WOMEN WITH TECH
Wednesday 26th April
9.00 -18.00
At New Dock Hall
Leeds Dock

'Empowering more women to become tech creators'

Great innovation, disruption and creativity are the result of diversity. The Empowering Women with Tech conference will try to break down misconceptions about women in technology and encourage and empower more women to become tech creators.

Listen to an experienced lineup of speakers discuss their diverse journeys using technology in their careers.

Anne-Marie Imafidon MBE
Co-founder of award-winning social enterprise STEMETTES.ORG. Anne-Marie will be discussing that the future is girl-led startups; the past, present and future of our society and the role women & girls in tech are playing.

Lauren Laverne
Multi-award winning broadcaster with twenty years’ experience working in broadcasting and the music industry. Lauren will be discussing the launch of THE POOL, a website for ‘women who are too busy to browse’.

Susanna Lau
Susanna Lau, (also known as Susie Bubble) is a British fashion blogger whose blog STYLE BUBBLE has become one of the most successful and widely recognised blogs of its type since it started in 2006. She’ll be discussing the journey of how Style Bubble was created.

Emmy Lovell
Emmy is Vice President of Digital for Warner Music Group. She’ll be discussing her journey into the music industry and how digital is changing the music landscape now, and predictions for the future.

Debbie Wosskow OBE
Founder, LOVE HOME SWAP and Co-Founder and Chair of AllBright. Debbie Wosskow OBE is recognised as one of the most prominent serial entrepreneurs in the UK, known for successfully launching and scaling businesses in the areas of digital disruption, the sharing economy and female empowerment.

Natasha Sayce-Zelem
Natasha is the Head of Technology for Digital Trading at Sky, working out of Sky’s new Leeds Dock campus. She is an award-winning digital digital geek and passionate about improving diversity in the creative/tech industries. Natasha is the curator of the Technology strand at the Leeds International Festival.

Dr Sue Black OBE
Sue is an award-winning computer scientist, radical thinker, social entrepreneur and public speaker. Sue is well known for founding the high profile campaign to save Bletchley Park.

Sue is a passionate advocate for women in tech, this led to her founding BCSWOMEN, the UK’s first online network for women in tech, and #techmums, a social enterprise which empowers mums and their families through technology.

This event is sponsored by Sky and supported by Fruition IT.



DIGITAL SKILLS SHARE
Wednesday 26th April – 1pm to 5pm
Dock 29 at Leeds Dock
Free event

Following on from the success of last year’s Digital Festival Skill Share event we are delighted to be hosting this event once again at Dock 29.

Join us for a day of informative talks and one-on-one consultancy sessions providing invaluable business advice for your start-up, small business or project from the digital communications and creative PR and media agencies based at Leeds Dock.

SuccessFlow will be giving a talk on social media strategy at 1pm and the drop in sessions will start at 2pm and run until 5pm.

DIGITAL LADDER
Wednesday 26th April
Throughout the offices at Leeds Dock

Digital Ladder presents an opportunity to meet the companies based at Leeds Dock and find out more about pathways open to students and graduates interested in careers in digital, media and tech.

This event includes open-door office tours and presentations from current apprenticeship students and work placement graduates from the Sky Software Engineering Academy.

Neighbour tenants Epiphany, Ilk, First 10, I See PR, Success Flow and Hatch Communications will all be taking part.

THE DIGITAL DEBATE
Wednesday 26th April – 7pm - 9pm
Bury Theatre, Royal Armouries,
Leeds Dock

Bringing together leading figures in the city’s digital community, The Digital Debate provides the opportunity to learn about and discuss the big digital topics of 2017, particularly those connected to Leeds.

Introductions will be followed by presentations from the panel, a discussion and Q&A and networking opportunities.

Our panel of experts includes:
Rob Shaw, Chief Executive of NHS DIGITAL on using data to improve care and working with Leeds based companies to facilitate this extensive program.

Paul Connell, Founder of the OPEN DATA INSTITUTE LEEDS, on the use of data in creating and utilising Air Hack and the Leeds Bin App to improve the city's air quality and amenities services.

Tom Salmon, Managing Director of EPIPHANY SEARCH, on the changing nature of data driven marketing and how data is transforming the way we interact with brands.

Paul Grieves, CEO of ZIMOVI, on taking on Youtube and winning.
Jonathan Gibson, Director of APP SHERPAS, on Connected Copenhagen - using public and private data to improve the quality of life in the Copenhagen.

KIDS TECH DAY
Wednesday 29th April
Multiple workshops from 10am -4pm
Sky 2 cafe

Leeds Central Library’s Digital Engagement Team will be decamping to Leeds Dock for a day of free ‘Library Lab’ creative tech workshops for 6 - 8+ year olds.

Based around the S.T.E.A.M principles of Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics these workshops will utilise some of the most engaging, child-focused educational products on the market.

12.00 – 12.30 & 13.00-13.30
Library Lab – Drawing Hacks
Draw, paint and create an artistic piano that plays a real tune. Join us for this fun taster workshop of tinkering as we merge art, music and technology. Suitable for children aged 6+.

14.00-15.30
Library Lab – Coding in Minecraft
Make amazing things appear in Minecraft on a Raspberry Pi computer, from castles to magic bridges to retro games. You’ll learn basic coding skills using Python and no experience of Minecraft or coding is required. Suitable for children aged 8+.

 Additional info:
LEEDS DOCK, 
THE BOULEVARD 
LEEDS 
LS10 1PZ 0113 243 0111


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