MW:M Satellites

Hop on the bus and explore Berlin’s music scene with fellow international MW:M delegates, including speakers. Organised by Berlin Music Commission, the tour connects four visits to venues and creative spaces, with time to meet their hosts and fellow delegates.

Tuesday, 3 November 2026, 13:00–18:00 (Berlin time).
Meeting point: nhow Berlin at 13:00.

Stops:
13:10–13:45 — MAAYA: a multicultural event and community space at RAW-Gelände.
14:00–14:50 — Tresor: a guided visit exploring the club and label’s history, legacy, and the challenges and successes of running the club today.
15:30–16:30 — Studio visit with Stefanie Egedy at Haus der Visionäre: sound, spatial perception and low-frequency vibration.
16:50–17:50 — DUYU: a hands-on visit to an independent music house in Gräfekiez.

Register for the entire bus tour or selected stops: https://airtable.com/appHkk592aL9dZU2y/pagGwfQxBlQMDdgaV/form

For questions, cancellations or special access needs, contact Antoine at antoine@mwm-berlin.de ahead of the tour.

Visit MAAYA, a multicultural event and community space at the RAW-Gelände in Berlin-Friedrichshain. Delegates will explore its indoor floor, garden, pool and backyard, and meet the venue’s CEO to discuss a space that has become a home for Berlin’s Afro-diasporic and other communities through club nights, concerts, daytime gatherings and public events.

Part of the MW:M26 international delegates bus tour on Tuesday, 3 November, 13:10–13:45. Join the full tour by bus or register for selected stops: https://airtable.com/appHkk592aL9dZU2y/pagGwfQxBlQMDdgaV/form

Venue: CIC Berlin, Lohmühlenstraße 65, Berlin.

What does Germany need to put in place now, and what role can Berlin play, to build a competitive, sustainable and fair European AI music market?

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.

Discover Tresor, a Berlin techno nightclub and record label, on a guided tour led by Alexander Schulze. The visit explores Tresor’s history and legacy in Berlin’s techno scene, alongside the challenges and successes of running the club in today’s cultural and economic context.

Part of the MW:M26 international delegates bus tour on Tuesday, 3 November, 14:00–14:50. Join the full tour by bus or register for selected stops: https://airtable.com/appHkk592aL9dZU2y/pagGwfQxBlQMDdgaV/form

Artist Stefanie Egedy welcomes delegates into her working environment for an introduction to her practice with sound, spatial perception and low-frequency vibration.

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.

Discover the story behind DUYU, an independent music house in Gräfekiez bringing together instruments and sounds from around the world. This hands-on visit includes a welcome with tea and the opportunity to explore and play a wide range of instruments, experiencing DUYU as a meeting point for creativity and connection.

Part of the MW:M26 international delegates bus tour on Tuesday, 3 November, 16:50–17:50. Join the full tour by bus or register for selected stops: https://airtable.com/appHkk592aL9dZU2y/pagGwfQxBlQMDdgaV/form

Venue: Süss. War Gestern,Wühlischstraße 43, 10245 Berlin (Friedrichshain)

HOUSE QUEENS presents a satellite event that extends MW:M’s REWIRE theme into practice by rethinking access and visibility in club culture. Through a curated night of DJ sets, community exchange, and short talks, it highlights how booking systems can be reshaped to support FLINTA* and queer artists. The event turns discussion into lived experience, connecting industry delegates with grassroots perspectives from Berlin’s electronic music scene.

Spontane Ticketkäufe, steigende Klickpreise und ständiger Content-Druck: Das Event-Marketing steht vor großen Hürden. KI eröffnet hier neue Wege: von der Zielgruppen-Analyse über KI-generierte Ads und Hook-Varianten bis zur optimalen Funnel-Architektur für hohe Conversions. Diese Session zeigt, was KI im Event-Marketing heute leistet, wo ihre Grenzen liegen und warum die menschliche Strategie am Ende den Ausschlag für einen ausverkauften Saal gibt.

What if public funding could help turn your music idea into a real startup? In this practical session, Robert Schmidt will deep dive into the often intimidating and complex world of artistic funding. Robert will share insights into how public money works and will also present clear guidelines for creatives who are looking to access funding opportunities.

Public funding can function as a lifeline for many artists, so this workshop is crucial for anyone who wants to understand how to shape ideas, find the right programs and turn funding into a launchpad for their music business.

Streaming platforms profit from the value artists create, but rarely share it back. This workshop reframes fanfunding as a rewiring of this relationship: instead of routing value through platforms and algorithms, it moves money directly to the people who create it. Startnext CEO Denis Bartelt shares real campaign examples and the concrete first steps to build income directly with fans.

After a long MW:M conference day and the general meeting of the federal association, BV Pop invites you to a relaxed reception before all MW:M attendees discover young talents from LISTEN TO BERLIN: YOUTH and the acts of MW:M LIVE on the stages of the Kulturbrauerei in the evening. All members of BV Pop as well as those involved in the promotion of pop music are cordially invited to this reception.
Registration required via e-mail: kontakt@bvpop.de

Funding can open important doors in the music industry, but access to support is not equally distributed. Application language, networks, time, knowledge and complex requirements shape who feels able to apply, who receives support and whose ideas remain unseen.
Co-curated with Musicboard Berlin, this session explores how funding structures can become more accessible, transparent and sustainable for artists, initiatives, clubs, labels and independent professionals. Rather than focusing only on short-term project funding, the conversation asks how support can strengthen long-term artistic development, participation and resilient music ecosystems.

Streaming ist längst ein zentraler Teil der Musikwirtschaft doch viele Musikschaffende profitieren noch immer nicht fair von den Erlösen. Gleichzeitig ist Bewegung in die politische Debatte gekommen: Es geht um Transparenz, faire Vergütungsmodelle, Plattformmacht, Streaming-Fraud, KI und die Frage, wie Musiker*innen stärker in Entscheidungen eingebunden werden.

Diese Session fragt nicht nur, was im Streaming schiefläuft, sondern was jetzt konkret folgen muss. Welche politischen Schritte braucht es? Welche Verantwortung tragen Plattformen, Labels, Verbände und Kulturpolitik? Und wie kann faire Beteiligung im digitalen Musikmarkt verbindlicher gestaltet werden?