We are delighted to share the first round of speakers for this year’s Most Wanted: Music. Look forward to exciting sessions with experts from different areas of the music industry, such as:

• Jay Ahern – Panel “AI: Don’t Get Sued – Navigating Music Copyright in the Age of AI”
• Richard Akingbehin – Roundtable “The Revolution Will Be Monetized”
• Ellen Allien – Panel, title tba
• Johanna Amelie – Roundtable “Parenthood in the Music Industry – The ABC of Missing Structures and Financial Obstacles”
• Kim Bayley – Panel “Introduction to the Global and European Vinyl Market – Sales & Trends”
• Sven Deutschmann – Fishbowl “Sustainable in oh so many Ways: Do We Have a Vinyl Revival”
• Marco Erler – Panel “AI: Don’t Get Sued – Navigating Music Copyright in the Age of AI”
• Ghostpoet – Roundtable “The Revolution Will Be Monetized”
• Nono Gigsta – Workshop, title tba
• Curt Keplin – Bus Tour Stop “A Cup of Coffee with: Rough Trade Berlin”
• Krust – Workshop “Conversations for Creatives”
• Lawrence Montgomery – Panel “Introduction to the Global and European Vinyl Market – Sales & Trends”
• Tony Nwachukwu – Roundtable “The Revolution Will Be Monetized”
• Simone Ogunbummi – Roundtable “The Revolution Will Be Monetized”
• Daniel Plasch – Fishbowl “Sustainable in oh so many Ways: Do We Have a Vinyl Revival”
• Mark Reeder – Keynote, title tba
• Linnéa E Svensson – Panel “How Can We Make Live Music Sustainable Amid a Climate Emergency?”

Find more information about our speakers here.

Learn more about this year’s theme Monetize! in our MW:M24 Core Focus Newsletter #1, featuring in depth interviews with Curt Keplin, Managing Director of Rough Trade EU – which has recently opened a store in Berlin – and Tony Nwachukwu, musician, producer, DJ, lecturer and music-tech consultant, to find out what they thought.