Together we shape the future of music!
Are you tired of talks repeating the same topics over and over, and forgetting about what was said soon after the event? Most Wanted: Music Convention is different! On 4-5 November 2026 we bring together the people rewiring and redesigning the music industry of tomorrow.
We’re not just discussing change potential, we’re provoking and directly driving change, using interactive formats and immersive experiences, and giving everyone practical takeaways to implement in their daily life and work. Experts, visionaries, disruptive minds: we curate a programme with speakers who really think differently, tackle challenges and chances alike, so that music scenes across Berlin, Europe and the world become an even more vibrant, diverse and fair places. Be there and become part of the Rewire! at nhow Berlin.
*the MW:M Convention ticket covers the Club Festival too!
The full programme is now online!
Rewire!
New pathways. New circuits. New connections.
The industry is ready for a rewire!
Most Wanted: Music 2026 brings together the people redesigning the future of the music industry — across business, technology, culture, and community.
Why you shouldn’t miss Most Wanted: Music Convention?
And because change rarely happens alone, MW:M brings together creators, entrepreneurs, researchers, policymakers, technologists and industry leaders from Berlin and around the world. Come for orientation. Leave with new connections and a clearer next move.
The music industry is changing faster than any single company, scene or discipline can track alone. MW:M gives you a clear view of the developments that matter now, and the people already shaping what comes next.
You will leave with more than inspiration: practical knowledge, new perspectives and ideas you can connect directly to your work. Keynotes, fishbowls, roundtables, workshops, research impulses and collaborative sessions invite you to question, test and contribute.
The conversations shaping tomorrow’s music industry are happening today at MW:M.
A whole ecosystem for the future of music*
*included in your convention ticket are all formats, except for the LISTEN TO BERLIN: AWARDS (a Premium Ticket or personal invitation is required).
Meet your confirmed speakers
Convention Information
- 🗓️ 4–5 November 2026
- 📍 nhow hotel, Berlin
- 🎟 Secure your ticket for only €80!* Buy now
*Convention tickets include access to the Club Festival
Berlin: where music, ideas and change meet
Berlin has reinvented music culture for decades. Its independent scenes, international communities, creative businesses and experimental spirit make it a place where new ideas are not only discussed, but tested in practice.
At nhow Hotel Berlin, where music, hospitality, technology and business already meet, MW:M brings this energy into one shared space. Local expertise meets international perspectives; established leaders meet emerging voices; conversations inside the Convention connect with the city beyond it.
Come for the programme and use MW:M as your gateway into Berlin’s wider music ecosystem: from Satellite events across the city to experimental formats, artist development and two nights of live discovery at RAW area.
What belongs to the MW:M Convention?
The Convention is the central meeting point, but the wider programme offers several connected ways to learn, exchange, experiment and experience the future of music. Get a glance on what to discover and learn at MW:M26!
MW:M Convention: The central meeting point for insightful knowledge and fruitful connections: keynotes | fishbowls | roundtables | workshops | research impulses | collaborative sessions | and much more
MW:M Research: Where research meets practice: bringing analysis, reflection and evidence into the conversations shaping music.
Artist Academy: Practical workshops, coaching and mentoring designed to help emerging artists build sustainable careers.
Hybrid Music Lab: A hands-on space where music, technology and experimentation come together through performances, demos and interactive experiences.
MW:M Satellites: Open side events across Berlin on 3 November, hosted by partners, universities and creative organisations.
MW:M Club Festival: The future of music, experienced live after dark at RAW Gelände. Discover tomorrow’s artist already today. Included in the convention ticket.
Don’t just discuss the future of music. Experience it – at MW:M Club Festival
After a full day of insights, conversations and new connections, the Most Wanted: Music Club Festival brings the future of music to the stage. On 4–5 November, RAW area becomes a discovery hub for emerging artists from Berlin, Germany and around the world.
For Convention delegates, the festival is more than an afterparty. It is the place to discover artists early, meet the international music community beyond the conference setting and reconnect with the reason many of us entered the industry in the first place: the music.
Your Convention ticket includes access to the Club Festival. If you only want the live experience, separate night tickets are available.
Full Ride:
Convention + Club Festival Ticket
Convention sessions, satellites, and the full convention floor
Every night of the MW:M Club Festival across Berlin
Get your Convention + Club Festival ticket!Just the nights:
Club Festival Pass
Access to every night of the Club Festival
Enjoy upcoming artists from around the world across RAW Gelände
Get your Club Festival Only TicketDive deeper! The idea behind Rewire!
New pathways. New circuits. New connections.
Rewire! is the theme connecting MW:M 2026. It reflects the intentional redesign already happening across the music industry: new ways of creating and financing music, new technologies and regulations, and new connections between people, markets, scenes and generations.
At MW:M, Rewire! is not only a theme to discuss. It is an invitation to question existing pathways, connect perspectives that rarely meet and turn conversation into practical next steps. Technology, policy and business models provide the infrastructure – but human connection is what gives every circuit meaning.
Across the four programme verticals BUSINESS, SOCIAL IMPACT, NEXTTECH and SCENE, the Convention asks: Where do new connections lead? Who do they serve? And what kind of music ecosystem are we building together?
Learn more about Rewire!
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Contact
For questions about the Most Wanted: Music Convention, please contact programme@mwm-berlin.de
Programme 2026
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Berlin AI Think Tank | Open Community Session
The Berlin AI Think Tank brings together representatives from music, research, technology, law, rights management and policy to examine how the European AI and music market needs to function as it develops.
This Open Community Session brings music creators, artists, managers, political and policy participants and the wider music community into the discussion.
Key outcomes from the Think Tank’s working session will be shared, where appropriate, and discussed from the perspective of the wider community, with a focus on transparency, licensing, attribution, fair remuneration and the legal and practical conditions needed for implementation.
The session will be held in English.
REGISTER HERE
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Developed in collaboration between the Association for Electronic Music (AFEM), AIxchange, Fraunhofer IDMT and CIC Berlin, with MWM supporting community participation.
Studio Visit with Stefanie Egedy
Low-frequency sound artist and composer Stefanie Egedy creates embodied vibrational experiences grounded in sound as a physical force through site-specific installations, commissioned works and compositions. Sub-bass, bass and infrasound (LFS) — their tactility and capacity to permeate and traverse space, perceived by the skin and the body rather than the ear alone, form the core of her artistic practice. Her work explores the relationships between sound waves, architectural bodies and human bodies, investigating the physiological and somatic effects of LFS on human perception and bodily experience. Egedy’s practice builds two bodies of work: BODIES AND SUBWOOFERS (B.A.S.), which explores the sculptural presence of subwoofers and their relationships with human and architectural bodies through LFS, and SONIC ENERGETICS, which creates LFS environments that support somatic grounding and inner orientation. Immersed in this context, she articulates the crossing between sonic and musical language to investigate sonic communication between beings.
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Stefanie Egedy
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Julia Meier