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Confirmed Speakers MW:M24

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.

Annekathrin Otto

Sustainability and Grant Consultant

Speaker, Speaker 2024

BLEACH

DRAG QUEEN I BMERCH

Speaker, Speaker 2024

Claudia Kempf

Head of Members Department

Speaker, Speaker 2024

Claudio ‣

Director of Publishing

Speaker, Speaker 2024

Daan Determeijer

International Repertoire & Members Manager

Speaker, Speaker 2024

Daniel Plasch

Founder & Managing Director I Objects Manufacturing Oberspree GmbH

Speaker 2024

David Serras Pereira

Licensing & International Manager I Unison Rights

Speaker, Speaker 2024

Deaf_iance

Administration at the Dean’s office of the faculty of technical chemistry

Dr. Birte Jung

Sustainability Consultant / Transformation Manager

Emilie Kirstine Holse

Research Consultant I Women In Live Music

Meet our talking heads

We are pleased to present you a number of this year’s speakers and discussion partners from a huge variety of business sectors.

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Our confirmed speakers

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.

A couple more of our past Speakers

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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Stan Georgiev

Head of Strategic Partnerships | Ready Player Me

Job Title: Head of Strategic Partnerships

Name: Stan Georgiev

Company: Ready Player Me

Biography:

Stan Georgiev is the Head of Strategic Partnerships for Ready Player Me, the cross-game avatar platform used by 10,000+ companies. Stan is responsible for the team that handles Ready Player Me’s global commercial brand partnerships across gaming, music, sports, fashion, and more.

His background includes experience in the corporate world, as a business founder, and as an executive in the video game industry – where he managed relationships with some of the biggest game studios and platforms, including Xbox Game Studios, PlayStation, and Take-Two Interactive.

Eva Balaban

Sustainability Manager

Job Title: Sustainability Manager

Name: Eva Balaban

Company: Berlin Music Commission

Biography: Eva Balaban is an event, project, and sustainability manager with an international background. She is also an auditor for ISO 20121 certification and has experience with this. As the sustainability manager at the Berlin Music Commission, she leads the project and coordinates sustainability initiatives across the German music industry. She also supports the MW:M conference with its sustainability programme, ISO 20121 certification and sustainability efforts. Recently, Eva helped to organize the project on behalf of the EU’s National Institutes of Culture. Her toolkit offers practical instruments for integrating sustainability into the practice of cultural relations. Her work is driven by a passion for helping cultural institutions and events achieve positive environmental and social impacts through sustainable practices.

Speaker, Most Wanted Music, MWM, MW:M, BMC, Listen to Berlin, Award, Musikkonferenz, Music Business, Conference, November 2018, Alte Münze, Event, Music Tech, CI, AI, KI, VR, Music App, Musikwirtschaft, Musikbranche, Business Event

Alex Jacobi

Audiovisual Intelligence | CEO & Founder

Job Title: CEO & Founder

Name: Alex Jacobi

Company: Audiovisual Intelligence

Biography: Alex is the founder of sprechersprecher.de and CEO of Alex Jacobi Audiovisual Intelligence. Actually he wanted to be the next Dr. Dre, but somehow he ended up in advertising. Today he prefers to be a nerd and finds chatbots sexy. His self-marketing credo: Do (not too much) sport and talk (not too little) about it. Everybody intuitively knows when a voice perfectly matches the message of a story or commercial. And yet finding the perfect voice is surprisingly difficult. We build intelligent algorithms that translate a briefing into a choice of emotionally driving voices. Source: sprechersprecher.de & Alex Jacobi Audiovisual Intelligence

Dr. Birte Jung

Sustainability Consultant / Transformation Manager

Job Title: Sustainability Consultant / Transformation Manager

Name: Dr. Birte Jung

Company: Greener Fête de la Musique

Biography:

Dr. Birte Jung holds a doctorate in landscape planning (TU Berlin) and is an IHK-certified transformation manager for sustainable culture and ISO 20121-certified sustainable event management officer. She has been researching and advising on sustainability for over 10 years, with a particular focus on culture and events in public spaces.

In her interdisciplinary work, she works with stakeholders to promote sustainable, future-proof culture that is compatible with open spaces. She supports events such as the Fête de la Musique Berlin in minimising negative impacts on the environment, climate and society and optimising their sustainability performance. Birte has also developed several guidelines for action, including the guidelines for climate-neutral events in Berlin, and has contributed to the creation of sustainability certifications such as the Green Events Seal from Hamburg.

Alexander Koenitz

Name: Alexander Koenitz

Biography: Alexander Koenitz (*1978) M.A. Publikations- und Kommunikationswissenschaft, Soziologie und Politikwissenschaft, forschte über lokalen Journalismus bei einer Berliner Tageszeitung. Gleichzeitig gründete er das crossmediale Projekt BLN.FM, ist WordPress-Entwickler und YouTube Channel Manager und beschäftigte sich mit Markenstrategien von Indielabels und Verwertung von Musik auf sozialen Plattformen. 2015 skizzierte er zusammen mit Tim Thaler Machtverhältnisse und Wandlungen im des Musikjournalismus in “Popjournalismus – Die Regeln des Spiels” (in Ulrich Wünsch (Hrsg.): “Atmosphären des Populären”, Gizeh Letters, 2015).

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