- 23-27 OCT 2024
- Manchester, UK
Conference
Tackle the latest music industry trends and innovations at the WOMEX Conference. Experienced peers and special guests offer delegates their expertise in over 20 conference sessions and numerous networking meetings, presentations and a mentoring programme every year.
WOMEX seeks proposals from representatives from every branch of the musical tree who wish to present their vision, map out an idea or lay the foundation for moving the industry forward.
The WOMEX 18 Conference was comprised of Conference Sessions, Network Meetings, Mentoring Sessions and offWOMEX Presentations.
Conference Events 2018 A-Z
A Quiet Revolution
Blockchain101 for the music industry
Manojna Yeluri (India), Claire Tolan (USA/Germany), Fabian Alsultany (USA)
Accountable Storylines
Discussing responsibility and awareness in cultural media
Matteo Spanò (Italy/Germany),
Björn Döring (Germany)
African Network Meeting
Working with African music, find out more about this vibrant continent
Kane Liman Monza (Mauritania), Eddie Hatitye (South Afrtica), Christine Semba (France/Germany)
Artists Without Borders
A Guide to touring North America
Robert Baird (Canada)
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Catching Waves In The Canary Island: Music And Identity
Atlantic stepping stones between Spain and the Americas
Bartolomé Duijsens (The Netherlands)
Central & Eastern European Network Meeting
Two WOMEXS behind, are we feeling results? What's next?
András Lelkes (Hungary)
Collection And Presentation of Folk and Traditional Music
Different methodologies
Miklós Both (Hungary), Maari Kallberg Finland), Simon Broughton (UK)
Creativity As Vectors For Job Creation And Identity Building
New EU programmes for creative and music industries in the PALOP+ACP Areas
G. Ficcarelli (BEL), D. Thiange (BEL), J.C. Gomes Correia (GNB), M. Dobosz (POR/POL), P. Chibanga (MOZ), J. Da Silva (CPV)
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DIY Network Meeting
Smart strategies from the DIY music community
Noam Vazana (The Netherlands), Clay Ross (USA)
Equal Accessibility Through International Capacity Building
Experiences from Nepali-Finnish collaboration
Riju Tuladhar (Nepal), Vilma Timonen (Finland)
Equal Opportunity
Women, ethnic diversity and other gender minorities
Sonya Mazumdar (India), Emere Wano (New Zealand), Maimouna Dembele (Senegal)
Experiment With Tradition
From folk to future
David Rothenberg, Benedicte Maurseth (Norway), Rob Thorne (New Zealand)
Folk Music Collection Network Meeting
Exchange of working methods, experiences and ideas
Miklós Both (Hungary)
Global Latinos Network Meeting 3.0
Taking it to the next level
Catalina Maria Johnson (USA), Consuelo Arbelaez (Colombia/Italy), Alfredo Caxaj (Guatemala/Canada), Mercedes Caxaj (Guatemala/Canada)
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Growth Of The Underground
Exposure of niche markets through online platforms, focus: Africa
G. Milz (Germany), E. Ludwig (USA), C. Guibá (Portugal/Germany), C. E. Manyelo (South Africa)
Journeys From The Salon To The Studio: Archiving And More
The making of the music market in India
Vidya Shah (India)
Labels Network Meeting
A brief encounter to exchange our experiences in a global environment
Felipe Alvarez (Colombia)
Meet The Winner Of The WOMEX 18 Professional Excellence Award
Shoshona Kish Awarded The WOMEX 18 Professional Excellence Award
ShoShona Kish (Canada), Aengus Finnan (USA)
Music Export Offices Network Meeting
Get-together for national and regional music export offices and initiatives
Balázs Weyer (Hungary)
Music In Migration And Exile
Follow up of the initiative Music For Change @ WOMEX Budapest 2015
Birgit Ellinghaus (Germany), Wael Alkak (Syria/France), Peter van Rompaey (Belgium), Johannes Theurer (Germany)
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Music Is Not Free
Artist’s role in the social and political change
Jan-Lothe Eriksen (Norway), Dr. Srirak Plipat, Mai Khoi (Vietnam)
Music Moves Europe, the European Agenda For Music
What can Europe do for music? What can music do for Europe?
K. Weinert (Germany), M. Karakatsanis (Cyprus), G. Tofoni (Italy), B. Gessler (Belgium)
Music Of The Marginalised
Reclaiming the roots of dance music culture
Nirupama Belliappa (Canada/India)
Musiconnect Asia - Network Meeting
Ushering in new opportunities for Asian Music Professionals
Kaushik Dutta (India)
Music Venues - Space
For Social Cohesion
Why they are closing down
Brad Holmes (Bassline/South Africa), André Marmot (UK), Ahmet Ulug (Turkey), Johanna Beckman (Sweden)
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Network For The Classically-Inclined
A network meeting powered by Classical:NEXT
Fabienne Krause (Germany)
Out On A Limb
Injecting relevance into global club music
B. Lebrave (France/Ghana), F. Gay (France/Germany), M. Ansah (Ghana/UK), P. Isokrari (Nigeria), P. Owusu (Germany)
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Pan Indigenous Network Meeting
World indigenous music get together
Hinurewa te Hau (New Zealand)
Sync Your Sound
Meet the supervisors
Christin Kunick (Germany), Pia Hoffmann (Germany), Markus Linde (Germany)
The Gatekeepers: Keeping Musical Legacies Alive And Well
Part 2
Isabel Soffer (USA), Catalina Maria Johnson (USA), Umair Jaffar (Pakistan/Canada)
The Need And Success of Mentorship Among (Female) Peers
Diana Webley (Canada), Miriam Brenner (USA/The Netherlands), Laia Kverneland (Denmark)
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The Wellbeing Of The Live Music Commodity – The Artist
An organic approach to tuning the human musical instrument MindBodyVoice
Paige Holmes (South Africa)
Touring Colombia
Colombia meets the Global Music Scene
C. Arbelaez (Italy/Colombia), C. Garcia (Colombia), J.C. Adrianzen (Colombia), X. Guerrero (Colombia), P. Sanchez (Colombia), J.L. Restrepo (Colombia)
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Touring In Switzerland: Opportunities For Emerging Artists
From Africa, Asia, Latin America & Eastern Europe
Roberto Haçaturyan (Switzerland), Carine Zuber (Switzerland), Elisabeth Stoudmann (Switzerland), Mauro Abbühl (Switzerland)
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UK Global Underground
The view from key players in the scene
Emily Dust (UK), Kaptin Barrett (UK), Gloria Adereti (UK), Inie Banigo (UK)
What Comes After The "Oriental" Hype?
The professionalization of Middle Eastern and North African music scenes
J. Al-Yousef (GER), R. Hilwi (PSE/GER), S. Sawalha, S. Abdulhadi (PSE/FRA), H. Achour (TUN/FRA)
WOMEX Education Network Meeting
Meeting place for all WOMEX delegates with interest in music education
Dan Somogyi (UK)
WOMEX Orientation For New Delegates
How to become a visible WOMEXican
Alexander Walter (Germany), Paula Abreu (Brazil/USA), Riitta Huttunen (Finland)
World Routes Network Meeting
Canada's national network of festivals and venues working in world music
Derek Andrews (Canada)
Your Head Is On Fire
Burnout and coming back
Lina Ugrinovska (Macedonia)
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6th Annual Global Club Music Network Meeting
Building bridges for a funky future
Kosta Kostov (Bulgaria /Germany)
The WOMEX Conference programme is created based on an annual call for proposals. Our independent, international jury - the 7 samurai - then chooses the finale programme. Two of them select the conference. The programme is jam-packed full of veteran speakers, esteemed mentors and fresh young minds from all sectors of the music industry. Gather pearls of wisdom and musical inspiration throughout the WOMEX days at the Conference Sessions.
Network Meetings are the home of international networks – many of which have been formed at WOMEX itself. Get together, deliberate, discuss and develop. WOMEX provides professional networks from all across the globe with a platform for their meetings.
Get personalised advice from specialists in 45-minute Roundtable sessions limited to five participants. Ask all your burning questions, exchange ideas and get practical tips. Have a heart-to-heart with one of five expert mentors in a One-to-One Mentoring. Pick their brains about music markets across the globe and get tailor-made career advice in a private 15-minute consultation.
Besides the jury-selected conference programme our offWOMEX Presentations offer delegates an additonal space to present their projects, products or services. To book a slot as an offWOMEX Presentation check pricing and how to apply here.
