MW:M 2025
Speakers
MW:M 2025
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.
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.
Our confirmed speakers
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Our confirmed speakers
Managing Director & Co-Founder | Circular Wave
Job Title: Managing Director & Co-Founder
Name: Benjamin Voß
Company: Circular Wave
Biography:
After studying Journalism and Communication Sciences in Vienna, Voß began his career in the music business in 2009 as A&R Assistant at Sony Music Germany / Columbia Records. After his A&R debut at Hamburg-based Music Publisher AMV Talpa, he then moved to EMI Music Publishing as A&R Manager in 2011.
Due to the sale of EMI Music Publishing to Sony ATV, Voß remained in his position as A&R Manager & Creative at SonyATV/EMI Music Publishing in Hamburg until 2014 before moving back to Sony Music in Munich in early 2014. Within Sony Music Germany he proved his abilities as A&R Manager for the labels Epic and Columbia and later also as Senior A&R Manager for the divisions Century Media, the International Department and Columbia Records.
In April 2021, Voß founded the Rock/Metal/Alternative Label / Label Service Agency “CIRCULAR WAVE” together with Mathias Blühdorn (ex-Senior Director Marketing International Columbia Records). Voß is also co-founder of the artist community and service platform for the music industry “Musicstep”.
Host / Systemic Coach / Speaker
Job Title: Host / Systemic Coach / Speaker
Name: ShaNon Bobinger
Company: Sipping RealiTeas
Biography: ShaNon Bobinger is a host, certified systemic life & business coach, and speaker. The focal point of her hosting is societal change, with the aim of communicating inclusively, from multiple perspectives, and diversely, in order to foster interactive dialogue and exchange. Additionally, she is a regular guest author for FOCUS Online, where she pens a monthly column on current topics and contributes her extensive expertise.ShaNon hosts the discussion format on the social media channels of the Grünen Bundestagsfraktion. In this role, she contributes to promoting discussions and exchanges, shedding light on important societal issues.As a speaker and supervisor, ShaNon accompanies teams within companies in their process development towards becoming anti-racist organisations, including Amnesty International, the German Federal Police, and GIZ. In her role as a systemic life coach, she pursues a holistic approach and focuses on personal development within an intercultural context.
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.
CEO | Ink Music
Job Title: CEO
Name: Hannes Tschürtz
Company: Ink Music
Biography:
Hannes Tschürtz is the founder of Ink Music in Vienna, a successful label and publishing house for 20+ years, which has paved the way for many international artist careers in that time. On the way, Hannes helped create different educational and training programmes for aspiring music professionals at home and abroad.
He holds seats on the board of Austrias IFPI chapter and the Advisory Board of the Austrian Music Fund; and also leads Communications for Europe in Synch. He always aims to take a look at the bigger picture of things and writes creative culture-related articles for magazines and papers. He’s also co-owner of ticketing start-up NTRY Ticketing and loves dogs.
See who's speaking @ MW:M25
Get yourself an idea which speakers take us through this years conference.
Currently, we are planning the Programme of MW:M25. We will publish speakers as soon as possible.
You’d like to contribute to MW:M25, having ideas about speakers or sessions? Please watch out for our Call for Proposals!
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