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Here we announce the confirmed speakers of Most Wanted: Music 2024. This list will be successively updated until the event, so check back from time to time.

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Svenja Reiner

Musikwissenschaftlerin

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Svenja Tikovsky

Committee and Communications Manager

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Tony Nwachukwu

Founder & Director I CREATE DEFINE RELEASE

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Verena Bößmann

Co-Founder I Dunstan Music / Dunstan Media

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Zhian Zhao

Professor, Vice Dean and PhD supervisor of the School of Music and Recording Arts

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Janet Merkel

Technische Universität Berlin

Job Title: Senior Researcher

Name: Janet Merkel

Company: Technische Universität Berlin

Biography: Dr. Janet Merkel is a social scientist and urban sociologist. She works as a research assistant at the Institute for Urban and Regional Planning at TU Berlin in the Department of Urban and Regional Economics. Her research interests are in social and spatial organisation and the production conditions of cultural and creative industries; cultural-creative work and freelance employment; cultural policy in cities; as well as questions of urban governance and urban policy. She has worked at the Social Science Research Center Berlin, the Hertie School of Governance, as an assistant professor for cultural and creative industries at the City University of London,and held the professorship for the economics of urban and regional development at the University of Kassel.

Jessy James LaFleur

ANGEPRANGERT! Spoken Word

Job Title: Spoken Word Artist & Founder of ANGEPRANGERT!

Name: Jessy James LaFleur

Company: ANGEPRANGERT! Spoken Word

Biography: Jessy James LaFleur is a nomad with conviction; a spoken word artist, a rapper, an activist, a workshop host, and an entrepreneur – who has taken a million and one paths around the world over the last 20 years. Raised in east Belgium, she has brought her poetry to the stage in more than 30 countries, and in three different languages. She is the founder of the aspiriational initiative “ANGEPRANGERT! SPOKEN WORD”, that teaches young poets from rural areas and ethnic minorities how to use their voice on stage.

Laura Magnano

KLEF

Job Title: Co-Founder

Name: Laura Magnano

Company: KLEF

Biography: Laura is the co-founder of KLEF, a culture-led fan engagement platform for artists & creators. Known as a web3 pragmatist, Laura brings a level-headed view to utilising blockchain technology for the greater good, with a focus on democratisation and accessibility. Her approach is informed by her career across tech, marketing and her deep dive in web3 in 2016; from running marketing agencies, consulting brands on new internet cultures to co-founding the first kyc/aml blockchain protocol in 2018.

Noura Labbani

Dice

Job Title: Director Venue & Promoter Partnerships, Germany

Name: Noura Labbani

Company: Dice

Biography: Berlin-born, Algerian-raised Noura Labbani has been working in the music scene for over 15 years. She started at !K7 Records in Berlin, held an A&R Assistant job at EMI Music and worked at Dailymotion as the Country Manager for Germany, Beatport’s Director of Content Europe and at Patreon as Creator Partnerships Manager for France. In June 2022 she joined DICE as Director of Venue & Promoter Partnerships Germany.

Emiko Gejic

Berlinsidestories

Job Title: Founder/Artist/Speaker/Manager

Name: Emiko Gejic

Company: Berlinsidestories

Biography: Emiko is a Berlin-born artist, creative, founder, guide, speaker and event manager with a background in urban studies and urban research. With her company Berlinsidestories, she hosts self-organized tour events about urban development, club culture, subculture, creative industries, urban change and activism. She also works as a dancer and actress in the Berlin art scene. She is part of the Factory Berlin community as a Creative Relations Manager, where she connects creatives with tech companies.

Florian Weghorn

Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin

Job Title: Programme Manager Berlinale Talents

Name: Florian Weghorn

Company: Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin

Biography: Florian Weghorn is the Programme Manager of Berlinale Talents, the talent development initiative of the Berlin International Film Festival; with seven global offshoots, ranging from Beirut to Tokyo. Florian joined the Berlinale team in 2002. From 2008 to 2014, he was the co-director and curator of the Generation section with around 60 short and feature films annually. Between 2012 and 2019, Florian was also a member of the Berlinale Competition selection committee.

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While we have not been able to announce any new speakers yet, you are welcome to take a look at who has already taken part in recent years. As soon as we have the first confirmed speakers for 2024, we will list them on this page and inform everyone who has signed up for our newsletter.

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Lawrence Montgomery

Managing Director, UK

Job Title: Managing Director, UK

Name: Lawrence Montgomery

Company: Rough Trade

Biography: Lawrence Montgomery is the Managing Director of Rough Trade, an independent music retailer operating in the UK, US, and EU. With extensive experience in the music industry, he leads Rough Trade in selling vinyl records and books.

Terry Weerasinghe

Boiler Room | COO

Job Title: COO

Name: Terry Weerasinghe

Company: Boiler Room

Biography: Terry is Boiler Room’s Chief Operating Officer, overseeing the day-to-day running of the business. He spent seven years at Beatport, leading the company out of Chapter 11 bankruptcy, and reinstating it as the leading store for DJs – as well as concepting and designing their LINK and HYPE products. Previously, he spent over five years as the Head of Native Instruments’ Traktor brand, which he grew from a small side business to be the company’s major revenue-generator.

Sofie Søndervik Sæther

Program Director/Musician

Job Title: Program Director/Musician

Name: Sofie Søndervik Sæther

Company: Deathman/JM Norway

Biography:

Sofie is an Oslo based musician, leader, speaker and diversity innovator, dedicated to amplifying the representation of marginalised voices in the arts. She is a founding member of the queer, cross-disciplinary performance project and dragking band Deathman, which has taken Norwegian alternative audiences by storm. Sofie has also initiated and led a wide range of projects strengthening diversity and equality within the culture sector – with an emphasis on the next generation of performers, audiences and organizers.

Linda Stark

Songwriter & A&R I VERSO & PAPER PUG

Job Title: Songwriter || A&R

Name: Linda Stark

Company: VERSO || PAPER PUG

Biography:

After several years of on-stage work throughout Germany, the Berlin-based gold- and platinum-certified songwriter and singer decided to dedicate herself to her true passion: singing and writing music. For almost ten years she has spent a lot of time in studios around the world, creating both English and German songs.

She has written tracks on number 1 albums in Japan, Germany and Switzerland. Linda is head of the board of the German songwriter association VERSO. She is exclusively signed to Meisel Music and founded her own publishing agency, PAPER PUG, in 2021.

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Silas Pfeifer

Simone Ogunbunmi

SOBI

Sofie Søndervik Sæther

Stefan Hiti

Sven Ahlgrimm

Sven Deutschmann

Svenja Reiner

Svenja Tikovsky

Tanya Timofeeva

Till Tillmann

Tony Nwachukwu

Vasja Veber

Verena Bößmann

Vikram Gudi

Willy Ehmann

Zhian Zhao

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Janet Merkel

Jessy James LaFleur

Laura Magnano

Noura Labbani

Emiko Gejic

Florian Weghorn

A couple more of our past Speakers

Our confirmed speakers

Lawrence Montgomery

Terry Weerasinghe

Sofie Søndervik Sæther

Linda Stark

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