Conference

Venue
Room 12

Let’s Talk A.I. & Algorithms


“It’s The End Of The World As We Know It” – maybe prophetic, who knows – but at least the title of the keynote presented by the esteemed music business “agent provocateur”, Scott Cohen, who will open this session where we will discuss algorithms and A.I. in the music industry today. Within this session the debate on "A&R vs. AI" can also be found. Here ...

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It's The End Of The World As We Know It. Keynote: Scott Cohen

Don’t get too comfortable with streaming and social media. We are about to go through another big shift and you better be prepared.

Meet:
Scott Cohen, The Orchard (US)

Presented by Promus in cooperation with SPOT+

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A&R vs. A.I.

A&R vs. A.I.: The digital revolution in the consumption of music provides enormous amounts of data for the record companies. In this debate, we will discuss different approaches to working with discovery and development of new artists, both by utilizing the data and in spite of it. Learn about what data can and can't be used for, and how the A&Rs influence the final musical product in 2019.

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Fremtidens musikformidling - algoritmernes smag?

(Danish language only)

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Urban-genren - Live In Concert

(Danish language only)

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Friends With Benefits

(Danish language only)

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Let's Talk Artists Well-being & Mental Health

(Danish language only)

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Merchandise - How To Spend Your Budget

(Danish language only)

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Venue
Room 4

Let’s Talk Sync


For the 6th time in a row, we’re happy to welcome to yet another round of Let’s Talk Sync – a true “must” for all who are working within the exciting world of sync.  This year we will be focusing on the Australian sync market, storytelling in music, the “knowledge gap” within sync – and finally we’re having ...

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How To Sync Down Under

Leading Australian Music Supervisor, Karl Richter, will layout a commercial and creative roadmap of which music works best Down Under and what’s it worth in any given sync scenario! He’ll also take an in-depth look at the weird and wonderful scope of what’s playing on TV commercials in Australia right now, and what you can do to give yourself the best chance of getting some advertising ...

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Everything You Always Wanted To Know About Sync (But Were Afraid To Ask)

- the dirty truth about the 900 difficult steps to (not) get a sync – a conversation with:

Jesper Reginal/Crunchy Frog
Charlotte von Kotze/Vice Media
Dan Koplowitz/Friendly Fire (Moderator)

Presented by Promus in cooperation with SPOT+ with the support from the Music Publishers Association, The Arts Council of Denmark & Koda Kultur.

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Storytelling In Music

A talk between two independent award winning music supervisors who both work in advertising. Karl & Jesper will show examples of their work and tell how they approached those given stories in music. This talk will also give the audience an insight to the challenges they face when working on a given commercial.

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Karl Richter/Level Two (AUS)
Jesper ...

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What Do You Want, You Idiot? The Knowledge Gap In Synch - Part II

Europe in Synch is an initiative to bring together young professionals from the music sector with experienced specialists and decision makers from film and advertising so as to provide a direct and mutual real-life hands-on learning experience in selected workshop-sessions along European music-conferences in 2019. This panel introduces the initiative and presents the results of the EiS-SPOT+ session ...

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Pitch Your Music To Music Supervisors

A panel will select 7-8 tracks from an open-call and then give feedback in front of an audience. The sessions is for young music business professionals and composers who’s not attending the Meet The Music Supervisors-speed meetings. Application closed.

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Connie Edwards / Major Tom (UK)
Ben Sumner / Feel For Music (UK)
Daniel Kuypers/BBDO (US)
Ilana ...

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