| Derrick ASHONG (Ghana/USA): Youth & the New Pan-African Renaissance - music as a tool for re-building Africa in the 21st century |
| Stephan BENN (Germany): The Importance of online/mobile Exploitation for independent music companies - experiences of VUT (German Association of Indies) |
| Simon BROUGHTON (UK): World Music DVDs - Do they deliver? |
| Alberto COTTICA (Italy): Music as a hotbed for Economic Development - A role for the music industry in designing development policy? |
| Bart DUIJSENS (The Netherlands): Revolution and Popular Culture in Venezuela - dancing devils |
| Lu EDMONDS (UK): World Music, Bio-Diversity and Cultural Rights, Explorations - who has a right to what music? |
| Baning EYRE (USA): Giving back: Models for creating north-south dialogue and building capacity for our artist, media, and music business colleagues in Africa and Latin America. With Paulo André Pires (Brazil) |
| Sandra GIBSON (USA): Successful Booking & Touring in the U.S. Market - breaking down barriers to touring in the U.S. |
| Peter JENNER (UK): ELMF - A lobby group for European Live Music Communities - mountains to move, rivers to cross & bridges to burn. With Hans Hjorth (Sweden) |
| Ninder JOHAL (India/UK): Is Bhangra now a legitimate force within the world music industry or simply fashion? - History, Present & Future of Bhangra! |
| Bi KIDUDE (Zanzibar) Meet Bi Kidude with Rita Ray (Ghana/UK) & Yusuf Mahmoud (UK/Zanzibar) |
| Hildegard KIEL (Germany/Zanzibar): A Foot in Each World, International Exchanges - experiences, challenges and successes. With Kheri Yussuf (Zanzibar) |
| Timothy KOTOWICH (Italy): World Culture in Jazz and Mainstream Music - the impact and perception of world music in other genres |
| Misha MALTSEV (Sakha,Russia/UK): Shamanism - Tradition and World Music |
| Moana MANIAPOTO (New Zealand): Against the Flow - the role of music in decolonisation |
| Andrew MISSINGHAM (UK): Go, Have Fun, Make Good Music - making cross-cultural musical collaborations more equal |
| Aki NAWAZ (Pakistan/UK): Has Britain failed its communities? How the communities make Britain Funky. With Canoville, Katherine (UK) and Mark, Markie (UK) |
| Sigbjørn NEDLAND (Norway): Is Highbrow the new Down-with-it? - Why is world music taken over by cultural radio channels |
| Michel NICOLAU (Brazil): Projeto Música do Brasil - brazilian music in the international market. With Jerome Vonk (Brazil), Regina Silvério (Brazil) and Sérgio Sá Leitão (Brazil) |
| Pax NINDI (Zimbabwe/UK): Strategising Carnival Arts in UK - UK Carnival Disciplines |
| Robert Plant (UK) Meet the Artists - World Music - the Rock musician's perspective With Justin Adams,(UK) Chaired by Ros Rigby (UK) |
| Peter RANTASA (Austria): Fair Music - Music Fair? - digital music distribution and the global niches |
| Alexander SCHISCHLIK (Austria/France): Fine Tuning Music Festivals - Catalysts for creativity: making music festivals professionally sustainable |
| Horst TIMMERS (The Netherlands): Tradition & Future of World Music - what is the influence of technology and dance culture? With Dele Sosimi (Nigeria/UK)and David, Krakauer (USA) |
| Dmitri VIETZE (USA): Big Wide World - the first annual WOMEX trivia game show |
| Brooke WENTZ (USA): Getting Your Music heard in Film & TV - music rights & licensing |
| Katherine ZESERSON (UK): More than just a Gig - best practice in linking participation with performance. With James Burkmar (UK), Diana Spiegelberg (UK)and Annie Menter (UK) |