2022 – Lisbon, Portugal
- ShoShona Kish (Canada)
- Sara Ajnnak (Sweden)
- Alfredo Caxaj (Guatemala/Canada)
Are You Collecting 100% Of Your Publishing Income?
- David Alexander (South Africa)
- Kevin Breuner (USA)
- Ritnika Nayan (India)
- Rafael Pereira (India)
Black Resistance Through Music
- Dash Harris Machado (USA/Panama)
- Katelina 'Gata' (USA)
- Victor "El Yuco" Machado (Cuba/USA)
Care-Centred Artist Management
- Phoebe Smolin (USA)
- Allie Silver (USA/Germany)
- Edgar Valente (Portugal)
- Ngulmiya Nundhirribala (Australia)
- Anthony Gray (Australia)
- Luke Howard (Australia)
- Dr. Keron Niles (Trinidad & Tobago)
- Rebecca Hazlewood (UK/Portugal)
- Anna Johnson (UK)
- Horst Weidenmüller (Germany)
Colombia At WOMEX (Associated Presentation)
- Luisa Piñeros (Colombia)
- Mauricio Galeano (Colombia)
- Alfredo Caxaj (Guatemala/Canada)
- Catalina Ceballos Carriazo (Colombia)
Deaf and Disabled People In The Live Music Industry
- Tiago Fortuna (Portugal)
- Gideon Feldman (UK)
- Ana Carvalho (Portugal)
Decoding Latam For World Music
- Ana Rodriguez (Mexico)
- Enrique Blanc (Mexico)
- Tomás Muhr (Chile)
Fanbase Beyond The Algorithm (Mentoring Session)
- Dani Ribas (Brazil)
Gender Diversity And Women In Music: What Is Still Missing? (Mentoring Session)
- Mariana Moore Matos (Portugal)
Integrating Environmental Issues Into Our Projects (Mentoring Session)
- Gwendolenn Sharp (France)
Introductions To The Tools Of Web3 (Mentoring Session)
- Tabea Fuhrer (Germany/Portugal)
- Toni Groova (Spain/France)
- Toty Sa'Med (Angola/Portugal)
- Sarah Ardite (Spain)
- Emily Dust (UK)
- Branko (Portugal)
- Buruntuma (Guinea-Bissau/Portugal)
Meet The Recipient Of The WOMEX 22 Professional Excellence Award
- Felix Zeltner (Germany/USA)
- Francis Gay (France/Germany)
- Susana Costa Pereira (Portugal)
- Pia Hoffmann (Germany)
- Markus Linde (Germany)
- Nuno Saraiva (Portugal)
- Julie Trebault (France/USA)
- Dr. Ahmad Sarmast (Afghanistan/Australia/Portugal)
- Mirwaiss Sidiqi (Afghanistan/UK)
NFTs, Blockchain, Crypto: The Hype And The Hope
- Lu Edmonds (UK)
- Tabea Fuhrer (Germany/Portugal)
- Olfa Arfaoui (Tunisia)
- Soumaya Laghiti (Morocco)
- Sarah Perez (France)
- Luna Olavarria Gallegos (USA)
- Jackson G Allers (USA)
- Ciel (China/Canada)
Presenting Yourself To The Press: How To Tell Your Best Story (Mentoring Session)
- Catalina Maria Johnson (USA)
Promoting Musical Diversity Through Policies (Associated Presentation)
- Floor Oudendijk (The Netherlands/France)
- David Brown (Jamaica)
- Roberto Montero Batalla (Costa Rica)
- Melody Zambuko (Zimbabwe)
Resources Mobilisation And Sustainability (Mentoring Session)
- Ouafa Belgacem (Tunisia)
- Alexandra Petropoulos (UK)
- Paul Duhaney (UK)
- Yves Taquet (Belgium/Croatia)
Team Work Makes The Dream Work (Mentoring Session)
- Clay Ross (USA)
The Brand Of The Land (Associated Presentation)
- Balázs Weyer (Hungary)
- Tino Grasselt (Germany)
- Minna Huuskonen (Finland)
- Marija Vitas (Serbia)
Touring Strategies For Artists From The Global South
- Matthew Covey (USA)
- Khadija El Bennaoui (Morocco/United Arab Emirates)
- Brad Holmes (South Africa)
- Stefanie Schumann (Germany)
- Nick Hobbs (UK/Turkey)
- Sean Jacobs (South Africa/USA)
- Michal Kaščák (Slovakia)
- Alexandra Archetti (Norway)
WOMEX Orientation For New Delegates
- Alexander Walter (Germany)
- Marcus Gora (Zimbabwe)
- Marie Fol (France/Belgium)
2021 – Porto, Portugal
An Alternative Digital Future?
- Boima Tucker (USA)
- Katelina 'Gata' (USA)
- DJ Marfox (Portugal)
- Luna Olavarria Gallegos (USA)
- Paige Collings (UK/Denmark)
- Yalda Yazdani (Iran/Germany)
- Ian Smith (UK/Austria)
- Reanne Leuning (Netherlands/Austria)
- Natalie Gravenor (USA/Germany)
- Rui Miguel Abreu (Portugal)
- Batida aka Pedro Coquenão (Angola/Portugal)
- Rebecca Salvadori (Italy/UK)
Connect and Engage (Associated Presentation)
- Giambattista Tofoni (Italy)
- Bogdan Benigar (Slovenia)
- Martel Ollerenshaw (Australia/UK)
- Carine Zuber (Switzerland)
Creative Europe Funding for Music: Step by Step
- Sara Machado (Portugal)
Current State of Green Touring
- Gwendolenn Sharp (France)
- Maria Clara Espinel (Colombia)
- Naïssam Jalal (France/Syria)
- Martyna van Nieuwland (Poland)
Designing Sustainability in Arts Funding/Financing
- Ouafa Belgacem (Tunisia)
- Philip Küppers (Germany/Senegal)
- Rima Mismar (Lebanon)
Diversity in the Backstage Area
- Malle Kaas (Denmark)
- Jwana Godinho (Canada/Portugal)
- Margarida Moreira (Portugal)
- Nuno Moura (Portugal)
EU Funding For Music (Associated Presentation)
- Katharina Weinert (Germany)
- Sara Brandão (Portugal)
- Sara Machado (Germany/Portugal)
- Basem Abuarab (Egypt/United Arab Emirates)
Harnessing Culture For Sustainable Development (Associated Presentation)
- Alejandro Guma (Cuba)
- Annica Floren (Sweden/Belgium)
- Aya Kasasa (The DRC/Belgium)
- Mercedes Pinto (Portugal)
- Alessandra Borchi (Italy/Cuba)
Iberian Touring Cooperation Projects
- Ana Paulo (Portugal)
- António Cunha (Portugal)
- Cruz Gorostegi (Spain)
Insights Into the Russian Music Market
- Ekaterina Artyushkina (Russia)
Introducing Your Guide to Music and the #SDGs
- Shain Shapiro (Canada/UK)
- Em Ekong (UK/Ghana)
- Terfa Tilley-Gyado (Nigeria)
Language, Music and Censorship
- Julie Trébault (France/USA)
- Sara Curruchich (Guatemala)
- Ebo Krdum (Sudan/Sweden)
- Rahima Mahmut (China/UK)
Legal Consultations for Persecuted or Censored Artists
- Ashley Tucker (USA)
Meet the Recipient of the WOMEX 21 Professional Excellence Award
- Lisa Whytock (UK)
- Tom Besford (UK)
- Subhira Rodrigo Cepeda (Chile)
- Craig Corse (UK)
- Osp Eldjarn (Iceland)
- Katriona Holmes (UK)
Music Cities Network - Improving cities music ecosystems
- Lena Ingwersen (Germany)
Music Film Festival Network Overview
- Juanita Apraez Murillo (Italy)
Music Industry Entrepreneurship Workshop
- Nerea T. Ruiz (Spain)
- Sergio Arbelaez Ospina (Colombia/Mexico)
- Chocolate Remix (Argentina)
- Pascuala Ilabaca (Chile)
Rebuilding Our Broken Industry in a Broken World
- Sonya Mazumdar (India)
- Jackson Allers (USA/Lebanon)
- Alfredo Caxaj (Guatemala/Canada)
‘Speak My Sister’ project launch
- Karen Boswall (UK)
- Lenna Bahule (Mozambique)
- Sidónio Givandás (Mozambique/UK)
- Stephanie Rushton (Canada/France)
- Marc Collin (France)
- Thomas Katongole-Strauch (Germany)
The Continued Apartheid of International music
- Marilena Umuhoza Delli (Italy)
- Ian Brennan (USA/Italy)
- Matthew Covey (USA)
- Zélie Flach (UK)
- Marie Fol (France/Netherlands)
- Jess White (Australia/South Africa)
The Future of the Music Industry Is FAIR
- Manojna Yeluri (India)
- Andrew Dubber (New Zealand/Sweden)
- Christine Merkel (Germany)
- Keith Nurse (UK/Saint Lucia)
The Up and Rising Balkan Festival Landscape (Associated Presentation)
- Bojan Djordjevic (Serbia)
- Mila Georgieva (Bulgaria)
- Login Kociski (North Macedonia)
- Ivan Petrovic (Serbia)
WOMEX Orientation for New Delegates
- Alexander Walter (Germany)
- Charlie Crooijmans (The Netherlands)
- Ana Rodríguez (Mexico)
Womxn and Gender Diversity in the MENA Music Industry
- Christina Hazboun (Czech/Palestine/UK)
- Olfa Arfaoui (Tunisia)
- Liliane Chlela (Lebanon/Canada)
- Aya Nabulsi (Jordan)
2020 – WOMEX 20 Digital Edition feat Budapest RITMO
An Ecosystem Lens: Bringing Brazilian Music Market Into Focus
- André Bourgeois (Switzerland/Brazil)
- Lu Araújo (Brazil/Portugal)
- Veronica Pessoa (Brazil/France)
Being a Refugee is Not a Profession
- Judith Depaule (France)
- Angèle Cossée (France)
Conversation Between Ian Brennan and Chris Eckman
- Ian Brennan (USA/Italy)
- Chris Eckman (USA/Slovenia)
Cooperation in Times of Climate Change
- Gwendolenn Sharp (France)
- Amitava Bhattacharya (India)
- Martyna Markowska (Poland)
- Natalia Oszkó-Jakab (Hungary)
Demystifying the Middle East Music Market
- Emma Bartholomew (UK)
- Habib Achour (Tunisia/France)
- Lara Khoury (UK/Lebanon)
Digital Culture Network: Getting Started with Online Retail
- Tiina Hill (Finland/UK)
- Emma Roberts (UK)
For Artistic Freedom (Associated Presentation)
- Sverre Pedersen (Norway)
- Paige Collings (UK/Denmark)
Fostering South to South Relations
- Jess White (Australia/South Africa)
- Flavio de Abreu (Brazil)
- Anyiko Owoko (Kenya)
- Reem Kassem (Egypt/United Arab Emirates)
- Silja Fischer (Germany/France)
Next Generation Of Folk Music Education (Associated Presentation)
- Miklós Both (Hungary)
- Yuriy Rybak (Ukraine)
- Vilma Timonen (Finland)
- Sam Lee (UK)
- Chiara Badiali (Switzerland/UK)
- Ula Nowak (Poland)
- Dan Raffety (UK)
Opportunities For The Music Industry In The European Union (Associated Presentation)
- Gábor Mondik (Hungary)
- Barna Petrányi (Hungary)
- Zsolt Szokolai (Hungary/Belgium)
- Christine Semba (France/Germany)
- Keith Nurse (UK/Saint Lucia)
- Ana Rodriguez (Mexico)
- Didier Awadi (Senegal)
- Ni Bing (China)
- Lydia Rose (Jamaica)
- Amani Semaan (Lebanon/France)
Post Brexit Working UK & EU For All Creative Arts Workers
- Ian Smith (UK)
- Tatjana Domany (Austria)
- Rog Patterson (UK)
- Mark Ringwood (UK)
Record Labels in a Changing World
- Seb Bassleer (Belgium)
- Kornelia Binicewicz (Poland/Turkey)
- Lewis Robinson (UK)
Roadmapping the Future of Online Radio for Global Music
- Gaurav Narula (India/Germany)
- Carlos Borges Ferreira (Portugal)
- DJ Zanj Rracc (Jamaica)
- Kutay Derin Kugay (Turkey)
Succeeding, in the Digital Age
- Divya Bhatia (India)
- Alejandra Gómez (Colombia)
- Ritnika Nayan (India)
Sync 101: How to License Your Music in Film & TV
- Steph Rushton (Canada/France)
- Thomas Katongole-Strauch (Germany)
- Sina Ataeian Dena (Iran/Germany)
- Veronika Harcsa (Hungary)
- André Marmot (UK)
- Barak Weiss (Israel)
Virtual Music and Concerts - An Introduction
- Frank B. Sonder (Germany)
Why DJ Culture Matters to Global Music
- Emily Dust (UK)
- Balraj Samrai (UK)
- Jamz Supernova (UK)
Women and Identity in Reaggae Music
- Sonjah Stanley Niaah (Jamaica)
- Simone Harris (Jamaica)
- Tandra Jhagroo, "Lytes" (Jamaica)
- Sevana Siren (Jamaica)
- Tricia Spence aka 'ZJ Sparks' (Jamaica)
- Alexander Walter (Germany)
- Balázs Weyer (Hungary)
World Music Indigenous Programme Day 2 (Associated Presentation)
- Creative Northland
- Matariki Cultural Foundation
- Sounds Aoteaora
- Pacific Underground
- Supported by TRAC Wales and Piranha Arts
2019 – Tampere, Finland
- Maimouna Dembele (Senegal)
- Derek Debru (Belgium/Uganda)
- Marcus Gora (Zimbabwe)
- Sevi Spanoudi (Greece/South Africa)
- Risto Blomster (Finland)
- Salla Korja-Paloniemi (Finland)
- Alfonso Padilla (Chile/Finland)
- Elina Seye (Finland)
Export Strategies on a City Level
- Tamara Kamińska (Poland)
- Nuno Saraiva (Portugal)
- Sandra Wall (Sweden)
Finding Success Through Failure
- Melina Powell (USA/Germany)
- Riitta Huttunen (Finland)
- Rita Stirn (France/Morocco)
Hell, Nobody Knows Where Jazz (and World) Is Going to Go?
- Martyna Markowska (Poland)
- Agus Setiawan Basuni (Indonesia)
- Amelie Salembier (France)
- Giambattista Tofoni (Italy/France)
- Balázs Weyer (Hungary)
- Christine Semba (France/Germany)
- Virgo Sillamaa (Estonia)
- Tamás Szűcs (Hungary/Belgium)
- Matthew Covey (USA)
- Valerie Denn (USA/Canada)
- Ramy Essam (Egypt/Finland/Sweden)
- Sanni Kahilainen (Finland)
- Ashley Tucker (USA)
International Year of Indigenous Languages
- Hinurewa te Hau (New Zealand)
- Eluned Hâf (UK)
- Marimύ᾽te᾽ka Amejimina (Colombia)
- andra Márjá West (Norway)
Introduction to Chinese Streaming and Social Media
- Alessandro Pavanello (Italy/China)
- Han Zhang (Finland)
Is Internet Radio Changing How We Discover Global Music?
- Emily Dust (UK)
- Erica McKoy (UK)
- Naina Sethi (UK)
- Karen Nyame (UK)
Meet the Recipient of the WOMEX 19 Artist Award:
- Kayhan Kalhor (Iran/USA)
- Simon Broughton (UK)
Meet the Recipient of the WOMEX 19 Professional Excellence Award:
- Chiara Badiali (Switzerland/UK)
Music During the Revolutions and Social Instability
- Alona Dmukhovska (Ukraine)
- Nick Hobbs (UK/Turkey)
- Alykhan Kaba (Canada/USA)
Music, Global Policy and the UN Sustainable Development Goals
- Azucena Micó (Spain)
- Paulina Ahokas (Finland)
- Kimmo Aulake (Finland)
- Tamás Szűcs (Hungary/Belgium)
Music, TV and Film: Synergies and How It Works
- Paulina Ahokas (Finland)
- Virpi Immonen (Finland)
- Brooke Wentz (USA)
- Andreas Fliflet (Finland/Norway)
- Elle Márjá Eira (Norway)
- Sahkkon, Elin Kåven (Norway)
Reggae Innovation and Sound System Culture in a Global Context
- Sonjah Stanley Niaah (Jamaica)
- Bastien Bacha (France)
- Janine Cunningham/Jah9 (Jamaica)
- Dennis Howard (Jamaica)
The Gift (or Curse) of Sound and Vision?
- Natalie Gravenor (USA/Germany)
- Kaltrina Krasniqi (Kosovo)
- Cyrus Moussavi (USA)
- Bruno Murtinho (Brazil)
The Global Sound of Indigenous Resistance and Resurgence
- ShoShona Kish (Canada)
- Sara Ajnnak (Sweden)
- Māmā Mihirangi (New Zealand)
The Italian World Music Market
- Davide Mastropaolo (Italy)
- Irene Romagnoli (Italy)
The Music of Indigenous Sovereignty
- Airileke Ingram (Papua New Guinea/Australia)
- Ronny Kareni (Papua New Guinea/Australia)
- Kelly R.M Kahukiwa (New Zealand)
The Nordic Lessons on the Foundations of Gender Balance
- Helen Sildna (Estonia)
- Alexandra Archetti Stølen (Norway)
- Henna Salo (Finland)
- Lena Willemark (Sweden)
- Kristiina Ilmonen (Finland)
- Susanne Rosenberg (Sweden)
- Joshua Dickson (USA/Scotland)
WOMEX Orientation for New Delegates
- Alexander Walter (Germany)
- Alejandra Gómez (Colombia)
- Virgo Sillamaa (Estonia)
You Write? Know Your Rights! Track and Cash Your Royalties!
- Florian von Hoyer (Germany)
- Mandy Aubry (UK/The Netherlands)
- Deborah Smith (UK)
2018 – Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
- Manojna Yeluri (India)
- Claire Tolan (USA/Germany)
- Fabian Alsultany (USA)
- Matteo Spanò (Italy/Germany)
- Björn Döring (Germany)
Catching Waves In The Canary Island: Music And Identity
- Bartolomé Duijsens (The Netherlands)
Collection And Presentation of Folk and Traditional Music
- Miklós Both (Hungary)
- Maari Kallberg (Finland)
- Simon Broughton (UK)
Equal Accessibility Through International Capacity Building
- Riju Tuladhar (Nepal)
- Vilma Timonen (Finland)
Equal Opportunity International Capacity Building
- Sonya Mazumdar (India)
- Emere Wano (New Zealand)
- Maimouna Dembele (Senegal)
- David Rothenberg
- Benedicte Maurseth (Norway)
- Rob Thorne (New Zealand)
- Guilherme Tavares da Costa (Brazil)
- 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
- Vidya Shah (India)
Meet The Winner Of The WOMEX 18 Professional Excellence Award
- ShoShona Kish (Canada)
- Aengus Finnan (USA)
- Birgit Ellinghaus (Germany)
- Wael Alkak (Syria/France)
- Peter van Rompaey (Belgium)
- Johannes Theurer (Germany)
- Jan-Lothe Eriksen (Norway)
- Dr. Srirak Plipat
- Mai Khoi (Vietnam)
- Nirupama Belliappa (Canada/India)
Music Venues - Space For Social Cohesion
- Brad Holmes (Bassline/South Africa)
- André Marmot (UK)
- Ahmet Ulug (Turkey)
- Johanna Beckman (Sweden)
- B. Lebrave (France/Ghana)
- F. Gay (France/Germany)
- M. Ansah (Ghana/UK)
- P. Isokrari (Nigeria)
- P. Owusu (Germany)
- Christin Kunick (Germany)
- Pia Hoffmann (Germany)
- Markus Linde (Germany)
The Gatekeepers: Keeping Musical Legacies Alive And Well
- Isabel Soffer (USA)
- Catalina Maria Johnson (USA)
- Umair Jaffar (Pakistan/Canada)
The Wellbeing Of The Live Music Commodity – The Artist
- Paige Holmes (South Africa)
Touring In Switzerland: Opportunities For Emerging Artists
- Roberto Haçaturyan (Switzerland)
- Carine Zuber (Switzerland)
- Elisabeth Stoudmann (Switzerland)
- Mauro Abbühl (Switzerland)
- Emily Dust (UK)
- Kaptin Barrett (UK)
- Gloria Adereti (UK)
- Inie Banigo (UK)
What Comes After The "Oriental" Hype?
- J. Al-Yousef (GER)
- R. Hilwi (PSE/GER)
- S. Sawalha
- S. Abdulhadi (PSE/FRA)
- H. Achour (TUN/FRA)
WOMEX Orientation For New Delegates
- Alexander Walter (Germany)
- Paula Abreu (Brazil/USA)
- Riitta Huttunen (Finland)
2017 – Katowice, Poland
WOMEX Orientation for New Delegates
- Alex Walter (Germany)
- Paul Bräuer (Germany)
- Minna Huuskonen (Finland)
Decolonising Artistic Practice
- Derek Andrews (Canada)
- Alan Greyeyes (Canada)
- ShoShona Kish (Canada)
Guide to World Music in Russia
- Daryana Antipova (Russia)
The Music Business in the 'Weimar Triangle'
- Dr. Florian Drücke (Germany)
- Guillaume Leblanc (France)
- Marek Staszewski (Poland)
Supporting the Growth of Venues of the Arab World
- May Mostafa (Egypt)
- Bakhta Ben Tara (Tunisia)
- Basem Abuarab (Egypt)
- Isabel Soffer (USA)
- Umair Jaffar (Pakistan/Canada)
- Jody Ackland (UK/France)
- Husneddin Ato (Uzbekistan)
- Ivan Duran (Belize)
How to Build a UCCN Music City
- Joey Hendrickson (USA)
- Rainer Kern (Germany)
- Becc Bates (Australia)
- Gillian McDaniel (Jamaica)
- Paulo Longo (Portugal)
The Relevance of 'World Music' to Asia Today
- Divya Bhatia (India)
- Jun Lin Yeoh (Malaysia)
- Marta Dobosz (Portugal/Poland)
- Christin Kunick (Germany)
- Pia Hoffman (Germany)
- Karima Daoudi (USA)
- Shanta Thake (USA)
- Catalina Johnson (USA)
- Leyla McCalla (Haiti/USA)
The Music of Endangered Languages
- Martha Hawley (USA/The Netherlands)
- Brian Ó hEadhra (Ireland/UK)
- Hinurewa te Hau (New Zealand)
- Alexandra Petropoulos (USA/UK)
- Tamsin Davis (UK)
- Oliver Burton (UK)
Consultations, Campaigns: the music sector raises its voice!
- Christine Semba (France/Germany)
- Fruzsina Szép (Hungary/Germany)
- Ruth Jakobi (Germany)
- Vanessa Reed (UK)
- Paulina Ahokas (Finland)
- Tina Edwards (UK)
- Sam Lee (UK)
The Electronic Music Scenes in South America and Africa
- Guy Morley (UK)
- Benjamin Lebrave (France/Ghana)
- Cecilia Gebhard (Argentina)
- David Tinning (UK/Germany)
- Matt Medved (USA)
Beyond "Free and Open to the Public"
- Ariana Hellerman (USA)
- Jean-Benoît Falisse (Belgium/UK)
- Katarzyna Marcol (Poland)
- Magdalena Szyndler (Poland)
- Piotr Szewczyk (Poland)
- Krzysztof Pająk (Poland)
The Future of Artist Mobility Strategy, advocacy, and the role of unions
- Matthew Covey (USA)
- Thomas Laou-Hap (France)
- Anna Galas-Kosil (Poland)
Platforms, Publicity and Public Radio Public service broadcasting
- Hervé Riesen (France)
- Anastasia Tsioulcas (USA)
- Sigbjørn Nedland (Norway)
- Matt Parsons (UK)
- Magdalena Jensen (USA/ Poland)
- Javier Lopez (Spain/UK)
- Gabrielle Lyn Gardiner (UK)
- Petr Dorůžka (Czech Republic)
- András Lelkes (Hungary)
- Sam Lee (UK)
- Anna Mašátová (Czech Republic)
2016 – Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain
WOMEX Orientation for New Delegates
- Alex Walter (Germany)
- Paul Bräuer (Germany)
- Consuelo Arbelaez (Italy/Colombia)
- Pedro Aibéo (Portugal/Finland)
- Gonçalo Cruz (Portugal)
Between Identity and Diversity
- Prof. Udo Dahmen (Germany)
- Connie de Jongh (The Netherlands)
- Cenk Güray (Turkey)
- David-Emil Wickström (Norway/Germany)
The World of Music if You Cannot Hear
- Maria Batlle (Dominican Republic)
- David Rothenberg (USA)
- Edis Sanchez (Dominican Republic)
World is a Live Win-Win (Just Take Smart Risks)
- Danny Kapilian (USA)
- Susan Rosenberg (USA)
- Deborah Cohen (USA)
Music Markets in the Arab World
- Basem Abuarab (Egypt)
- Maan Abu Taleb (Jordan/UK)
- Sarah El Miniawy (Egypt/Algeria)
- Faisal Kiwewa (Uganda)
- Maliki Sufiani (Tanzania)
- Kabubi Herman (Uganda)
- Rachael Kungu (Uganda)
Engaging Current Events, Shifting Community Conversations
- Isabel Soffer (USA)
- Brahim El Mazned (Morocco)
- Birgit Ellinghaus (Germany)
- Peter van Rompaey (Belgium)
Data-Driven Cross-Cultural Music Sharing
- Jonathan Marmor (USA)
Horizons at WOMEX Panel: Brexit and Beyond
- Eluned Haf (UK)
- David Jones (UK)
- Lisa Whytock (UK)
- Simone Dudt (Germany)
- Sonya Mazumdar (India)
- Simon Broughton (UK)
- Daniel Brown (Palestine/France)
Catalyst for Cultural Democracy
- Kaisha Johnson (USA)
- Karima Daoudi (Algeria/USA)
- Thomas Laou-Hap (France)
- Jody Ackland (UK/France)
- Birgit Ellinghaus (Germany)
- Divya Bhatia (India)
- Percy Yip Tong (Mauritius)
How to Develop a Music Market in Asia
- Jung Hun Lee (South Korea)
- Kaushik Dutta (India)
- Patrick de Groote (Belgium)
Festival International des Nomades, Cultural Life in the Sahara
- Françoise Ramel (France)
- Noureddine Bougrab (Morocco)
- Daniel Brown (Palestine/France)
Is There a Future for World Music Albums?
- Patrick Lee-Thorp (South Africa/Germany)
- Scott Cohen (UK/Japan)
- Carolina Vallejo (Denmark/Greece)
- Ninder Johal (UK)
Digital Basics for Analogue People
- Paul Bräuer (Germany)
- Oliver Schiller-Sittl (Germany)
- Kevin Breuner (USA)
- Omar Pucciarelli (Argentina/USA)
- Ariana Hellerman (USA)
- Shanta Thake (USA)
- Divya Bhatia (India)
- Faisal Kiwewa (Uganda)
- Ros Rigby (UK)
- Sigrid Yanara Palacios-Castillo (Colombia/Germany)
- Bram Posthumus (The Netherlands/Burkina Faso)
- Amani Semaan (Lebanon),
Hands-On Music Film
- Luca Jacob Borkowsky (Germany)
- Juan Camilo Cruz Orrego (Colombia/Germany)
- Adam Thorsmark (Denmark)
- Garry Bassin (USA)
Sustainability in the Music Business
- Mauricio Lizarazo Prada (Colombia/Germany)
- Sandra Weintraut (Germany)
- Grant C. Dull (USA/Argentina)
- Ivis Flies (Ecuador)
- Laurène Chanson (France/Spain)
Meet the Winner of the WOMEX 16 Professional Excellence Award
- Henry Arteaga (Colombia)
- Catalina Maria Johnson (USA)
Goodbye WOMEX 16 – Hello WOMEX 17
- Paul Bräuer (Germany)
- Antonio Martinez (Spain/Germany)
- Ben Mandelson (UK)
- Pawel Jurczak (Poland)
2015 – Budapest, Hungary
WOMEX Orientation for New Delegates
- Alex Walter (Germany)
- Paul Bräuer (Germany)
- Marta Dobosz (Poland/Portugal)
Introduction to the Music Scene in India - available on YouTube
- Emmanuelle de Decker (France/India)
- Ankur Malhotra (India/USA)
- Sonya Mazumdar (India)
- Kay Krijnen (The Netherlands)
- Tim Gubel (Belgium/Bulgaria)
- Dejan Vujinovċ (Serbia)
A Tale of Two Nations - available on YouTube
- Rab Bakari (USA)
- Buddha Blaze (Kenya)
- David Sanders (Kenya/UK)
The Wise and the Wild – Systemic Industry Jamming
- Hagar Graiser (Isreal/South Africa)
Using Sync to Cross Borders in a Digital World
- Christian Ulf-Hansen (UK)
- Giles Perring (UK)
- Paul Moessl (UK)
Nationalism and Traditional Music - available on YouTube
- Joe Boyd (USA/UK)
- Daniel Hamar (Hungary)
- Nick Hobbs (UK/Turkey)
- Damir Imamoviċ (Bosnia & Herzegovina)
- Jo Frost (UK)
- David Flower (UK)
- Paul Brown (Ireland)
- David Jones (UK)
Feedback WOMEX 15 – Preview WOMEX 16
- Balazs Weyer (Hungary)
- Ben Mandelson (UK)
- Antonio Martinez (Germany/Spain)
Cross-Cultural Musical Collaborations
- Mina Girgis (Egypt/USA)
- Tristra Yeager (USA)
- David Sanders (Kenya/UK)
- Ankur Malhotra (India/USA)
- Erich Ludwig (USA)
Why Curation Will Save the Music Industry
- Felix Zeltner (Germany/USA)
- Lucia Udvardyova (Slovakia/Czech Republic)
- Francis Gay (Germany/France)
Shifting Sands: Arts Presenting and the New Arts Entrepreneur
- Tom Frouge (USA)
- Jody Ackland (Ireland/France)
- Flavio de Abreu (Brazil)
- Cathy de Haan (Germany)
- Ipek Ipekcioglu (Germany)
- Begum Karahan (Turkey)
- Pedro Pablo Cruz (Cuba)
- Antonio Martinez (Germany/Spain)
- Inma Grass (Spain)
- Seymour Stein (USA)
- Felix Zeltner (Germany/USA)
- Chris Eckman (USA/Slovenia)
- Péter Árendás (Hungary)
- Min Kim (South Korea)
- Patrick de Groote (Belgium)
- Ryuji Noda (Japan)
- Jerome Williams (The Netherlands)
- Ran Zhang (China)
The Kids Are Alright! - available on YouTube
- Jim Hickson (UK/Germany)
- Alexandra Petropoulos (USA/UK)
- Allie Silver (Argentina/USA)
Latinos and the Global Music Industry
- Catalina Maria Johnson (USA)
- Consuelo Arbelaez (Colombia/Italy)
- David Chavez (USA)
- Miguel Angel Garcia Garrido (Spain)
Label Release vs. Artist Release
- Yusuf Sahilli (Germany)
- Nikel Pallat (Germany)
- Evandro Roque de Oliveira (Brazil)
Meet the Winner of the WOMEX 15 Professional Excellence Award
- Ramin Sadighi (Iran)
- Laudan Nooshin (UK)
Music Bridging Communities in Post-Conflict Environments - available on YouTube
- Darren Ferguson (Ireland)
- Annie Menter (UK)
- Ripton Lindsay (Jamaica/UK)
- Shalini Wickramasuriya (UK/Sri Lanka)
Who is that Singing Your Song?
- Manojna Yeluri (India)
- Péter Munkácsi (Hungary)
2014 – Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain
WOMEX Orientation for New Delegates
- Alex Walter (Germany)
- Paul Bräuer (Germany)
- Isabel Soffer (USA)
Galician Folk Music – An Overview
- Sergio de la Ossa (Spain/Hungary)
- Shanta Thake (USA)
Bug Music and the Songs of the Forest
- David Rothenberg (USA)
Central Asia – at the Crossroads Looking East and West
- Lu Edmonds (UK)
- Husniddin Ato (Uzbekistan)
- Kirill Kuzmin (Uzbekistan/Tajikistan)
The World's a Remix – The Remix Space
- Chris Tofu (UK)
- Jean Trouillet (Germany)
- Malcolm Roxburgh (UK)
Visualising Business Processes
- Bettina Schasse de Araujo (Germany)
- Merle Gerst (Germany)
- Frank Schumacher (Germany)
The Remix Speed Date - Get on it!
- Sophie Cammack (UK)
- Yasen Kazandjiev (Bulgaria/Spain)
Talent Development in World Music and Jazz
- Vanessa Reed (UK)
- David Jones (UK)
- Leah Zakss (UK)
- Sam Lee (UK)
Play it Again: Music and Revolution
- Vitorino Salomé (Portugal)
- Jawhar Basti (Tunisia/Belgium)
- Dmitri Vietze (USA)
International Engagement and Cultural Diplomacy
- Michael Orlove (USA)
- Fairouz Nishanova (Switzerland)
- Joost Abbel (The Netherlands)
- Clay Ross (USA)
- Inma Grass (Spain)
- Ryan Dawes (USA)
20 Years WOMEX Community – Future Outlooks and Visions
- Frank Klaffs (Germany)
- Allie Silver (USA/Argentina)
- Francis Gay (France/Germany)
Solar Power: Using Technology to Connect Music and Nature
- Rafael Kotcherha-Campora (USA/Spain)
- Javier Rodríguez Ortigosa (Spain)
The Status of Gypsy Folk Music in Hungary and Europe
- Monika Lakatos (Hungary)
- Mehmet Dede (Turkey/USA)
Traditional Music in Rajasthan and Pakistan
- Divya Bhatia (India)
- Umair Jaffar (Pakistan/Canada)
Music Festivals as a Tool of Social Development
- Bob Ramdhanie (Trinidad & Tobago/Barbados)
- Mamou Daffé (Mali)
- Paolo Sgevano (Italy)
- Sigrid Yanara Palacios Castillo (Colombia/Spain)
Meet the Winner of the WOMEX 14 Professional Excellence Award
- Mario Lúcio Sousa (Cabo Verde)
- Bram Posthumus (The Netherlands)
Goodbye WOMEX 14 – Hello WOMEX 15
- Antonio Martinez (Germany/Spain)
- Andras Lelkes (Hungary)
- Ben Mandelson (UK)
- Paul Bräuer (Germany)
- Marc Benaïche (France)
2013 – Cardiff, Wales, UK
Showcase to Flightcase
- Alan James (UK)
- Sam Lee (UK)
- David Flower (UK)
- Angharad Jenkins (UK)
Successfully Tapping into the Online and Mobile Revenue Stream
- Erica Smith (Barbados)
- Rich Masio (USA)
- Dafydd M Roberts (UK)
Growing Your Audience
- Miranda Hinkley (UK)
- Joby Waldman (UK)
Quo Vadis – Distribution
- Nikel Pallat (Germany)
- Esther Tewkesbury (UK)
Big Concerts, Big Issues – World Cup, Rock in Rio and Olympic Games
- Deborah Sztajnberg (Brazil)
Evolving Markets in Sight
- Terry Mardi (UK/India)
- David Alexander (South Africa)
World Music, Diversity and Democracy
- Dai Smith (UK)
- Lou Bennett (Australia)
- Dafydd Iwan (UK)
- Andy Morgan (UK)
The Off Axis Touring Network
- Jeff Thompson (UK)
Say Cheese – The Band Photo
- Simon Broughton (UK)
- Alexandra Petropoulos (USA/UK)
- Dmitri Vietze (USA)
Jazz from Israel – A Musical Phenomenon
- Omer Klein (Israel/Germany)
Bass is the Place – The Future of Reggae is Now
- Crispin Parry (UK)
- Ben Ryan (UK)
- Jack Robinson (UK)
- Joy Ellington (UK)
What Do Producers Really Do?
- Mick Glossop (UK)
- Tony Platt (UK)
- Bruno Ellingham (UK)
Music in Africa
- Eddie Hatitye (Zimbabwe/South Africa)
- Sigbjørn Nedland (Norway)
A New England! How World Music Changed the English Classroom
- Dan Somogyi (UK)
Conferences in Latin America
- Octavio Arbeláez Tobón (Colombia)
- Igor Lozada Rivera (Mexico)
Joining the Dots
- Julia Payne (UK)
- Josephine Burton (UK)
Are Artists Trademarks?
- Jake Beaumont-Nesbitt (UK)
- Ed Foster (UK)
Music – An Effective Tool in the Development Process
- Amitava Bhattacharya (India)
- Ankur Malhotra (India/USA)
The Pitch Ninja
- Dmitri Vietze (USA)
Cultural Diversity vs Administration Frontiers
- Eluned Hâf (UK)
- Jean-Herveacute; Michel (France)
- Frank Tenaille (France)
- Matthew Covey (USA)
- Marie Le Sourd (Belgium)
Nomads Palace
- Sam Cook (Australia)
Crossing Borders
- Paul Augustin (Malaysia)
- Jae Jin In (South Korea)
Meet the Winner of the WOMEX 13 Professional Excellence Award
- Manny Ansar (Mali)
- Andy Morgan (UK)
WOMEX 13 – Review and Preview
- Ben Mandelson (UK)
- Anna Pötzsch (Germany)
- Eluned Hâf (UK)
- Phil Sheeran (UK)
- Antonio Martínez (Spain/Germany)
2012 – Thessaloniki, Greece
WOMEX Orientation for New Delegates
- Anna Pötzsch (Germany)
- Daniela Teuber (Germany)
- Oliver Belopeta (FYR Macedonia)
Promotion of Local Repertoires Through Digital Media
- Stefanos Loukakos (Greece)
- Theodore Asprogerakas-Grivas (Greece)
- Antonis Plessas (Greece)
In Times of Crisis, Think “Indie”
- Tori Sparks (USA/Spain)
- Rob Ellen (UK)
- Mark Mulholland (UK/Haiti)
Historical Middle-Eastern Music Rediscovered
- Dr. P.D. Martin Greve (Germany/Turkey)
- Dr. Kyriakos Kalaitzidis (Greece)
- Kiya Tabassian (Iran/Canada)
Don’t Ask Me Where I’m From, But Where I’m Going!
- Nadia El-Imam (Sweden)
- Tom Frouge (USA)
- Randy Raine-Reusch (Canada)
- Oliver Carruthers (UK)
Make the Most of virtualWOMEX
- Julien Clavel (Switzerland/Germany)
Do You Really Need a Manager? Artist, manager, self-managed artist
- Rebecca Caughey (New Zealand)
- Graham Stairs (Canada)
- Julien “Soupa Ju” Queysanne (France)
A Night in Tunisia, or, Jazz as World Music
- Francesco Martinelli (Italy)
What’s Your Story: A live demonstration of how to craft your press angles
- Dmitri Vietze (USA)
Appily Ever After: Apps and world music
- Yaniv Fridel (Israel/UK)
World Music Festivals in Eastern Europe & the Balkans
- Nick Hobbs (UK/Turkey)
- Dejan Vujinovic (Serbia)
- Csaba Lokös (Hungary)
World Music, Global Bass, and the Future of Hybrid Music
- Benjamin Lebrave (France/Ghana)
- Boima Tucker aka Chief Boima (Sierra Leone/USA)
- Jay Rutledge (USA/Germany)
Alternative Sources of Funding: Crowd-financing
- Soong Moon Kang (USA/UK)
- Clay Ross (USA)
Syncing Fast! A guide to getting your tracks played on television
- Tim Rabjohns (UK)
- Brooke Wentz (USA)
- Bettina Schasse de Araujo (Germany)
Occupy World Music: Activism and social responsibility
- Marguerite Horberg (USA)
- Manny Ansar (Mali)
New World Order? The rise of the niche market and a discussion on changing times for world music
- Quinton Scott (UK)
- Clementine Bunel (France/UK)
- Hugo Mendez (UK/France)
- Ilka Schlockermann (Germany/UK)
- Francis Gooding (UK)
Copyright: A Global Perspective
- Lemez Lovas (UK)
- Dafydd M Roberts (UK)
- Erica Smith (Barbados)
Let’s All Get Along: Government + Music + Funding
- Shain Shapiro (Canada/UK)
- Aline Moraes (Brazil)
- Lisa Matthews (UK)
Digital Culture: What can the world music industry learn from museums?
- Miranda Hinkley (UK)
- Elena Lagoudi (Greece)
Touring Canada: The Great White North is green in summer
- Derek Andrews (Canada)
Meet the Winner of the WOMEX 12 Professional Excellence Award
- Alexander "Sasha" Cheparukhin (Russia)
- Lemez Lovas (UK)
WOMEX 12 – Review and Preview
- Ben Mandelson (UK)
- Anna Pötzsch (Germany)
- Yiannis Boutaris (Greece)
- Ioannis C. Papaconstantinou (Greece)
- Giorgos Markakis (Greece)
- Eluned Hâf (UK)
Meet the Winner of the WOMEX 12 Artist Award
- Värttinä (Finland)
- Fiona Talkington (UK)
2011 – Copenhagen, Denmark
WOMEX Orientation for New Delegates
- Anna Pötzsch (Germany)
- Daniela Teuber (Germany)
- Peter Hvalkof (Denmark)
World Music in Film and Television
- Nainita Desai (UK)
- Malcolm Laws (UK)
Too Much of a Good Thing? Strategies for Dealing With Market Saturation and Over-Exposure
- Jordan Peimer (USA)
Middle East: Big Labels, Small Fish and a Thriving Economy
- Maxime Duda (Lebanon)
Money for What? Web Users as Investors and Patrons Through Crowdfunding Platforms
- Francesco D'Amato (Italy)
- Pim Betist (The Netherlands)
Creative Entrepreneurs + Creative Government Policy = Economic and Arts Development
- Maarten Rovers (The Netherlands)
- Rossela Tarantino (Italy)
Competition Among Collecting Societies
- Martin Schaefer (Germany)
- Frank Dostal (Germany)
- Jakob Hüttel (Denmark)
Economic Impact Studies in the Management of Arts Markets
- Jordi Bertran (Spain)
Blues & Roots: The Fertile Ground of Jazz & World Music
- Gerry Godley (Ireland)
- Mehmet Ulug (Turkey)
- Oliver Belopeta (FYR Macedonia)
Creating a Platform for Diaspora Artists in the Western Market
- Osiel Ibáñez (Chile/Sweden)
Selling World Music to the Hipsters
- Mais Um Gringo (UK)
We Put the Fun in Funding
- Shain Shapiro (Canada/UK)
- David McLoughlin (Ireland/Brazil)
- Stuart Thomas (UK)
- Renneth Tshisikule (South Africa)
Big in Japan: How to Sell and Promote Your Music in Japan
- Keiko Kawashima (Japan)
The Global Entertainment Manager
- Jacco van Lanen (The Netherlands)
- Teresa Patterson (New Zealand)
- Maarten Quaghebeur (Belgium)
Who's Playing Whom? World Music as Cultural Diplomacy
- Lemez Lovas (Ukraine/UK)
- Colin Hicks (UK)
- Amy Blackman (USA)
Meet the Winner of the WOMEX 11 Professional Excellence Award
- Francis Falceto (France)
- Colin Bass (UK/Germany)
Your Pitch Sucks, Let's Fix It!
- Dmitri Vietze (USA)
Can Archival Recordings Stimulate Economic Growth and Interest in World Music?
- Erik Gilbert (USA)
- Iain Scott (UK)
- Quinton Scott (UK)
2010 – Copenhagen, Denmark
WOMEX Orientation for New Delegates
- Anna Pötzsch (Germany)
- Daniela Teuber (Germany)
- Peter Hvalkof (Denmark)
The Secret of Sub-Publishing
- Stephan Benn (Germany)
- Bettina Schasse de Araujo (Germany)
Cultural Economy as International Development
- Christiaan de Beukelaer (Belgium)
- Julian Noursi (Jordan)
- Gordana Ristic (Serbia)
From Idea to Distribution
- Chris Hunt (UK/Austria)
- Silvia Jura Santangelo (Austria)
Bullshitting on Copyright in the Next 25 Years
- Peter Jenner (UK)
Women of the World
- Karima Daoudi (USA)
- Allie Silver (USA)
- Emem Ema (Nigeria)
- Brenna MacCrimmon (Canada)
- Alexandra Casazza (USA)
Digital Africa: Empowering artists and producers
- Pim Betist (Netherlands)
- Erik Gilbert (USA)
- Yoel Kenan (South Africa)
The Tsapiky Music of Toliara (South-West Madagascar)
- Julien Mallet (France)
Oceanic Beats: The musical and cultural revolution from Oceania
- Tanea Heke (New Zealand)
- Gary Fortune (New Zealand)
- Rebecca Caughey (New Zealand)
- Tama Waipara (New Zealand)
Get Your Music Ready for Coops with Brands and Media Companies:
- Frank Klaffs (Germany)
- Michele Flannery (USA)
- Martin Morales (UK)
- Martin Agosti (Switzerland/Germany)
Barriers of Entry, Artists and Visas: Mobility of artists and cultural professionals
- Matthew Covey (USA)
- Risto Kivelä (Finland)
- Robert Jachim (USA/Denmark)
- David Jones (UK)
- Christine Semba (France)
English Folk Music’s Grand Resurgence
- Sam Lee (UK)
- Ceri Wade (UK)
- Alan James (UK)
- Rachel Unthank (UK)
- Ian Anderson (UK)
Welcome to WOMEX 2020: Looking back at 10 years of world music
- Dmitri Vietze (USA)
- Carol Watfa (UK)
- Marc Bénaïche (France)
- Joe Boyd (USA/UK)
Neighbourhood Watch: The view from across the tracks
- Lemez Lovas (UK)
- Henrik Rørdam (DK)
- Sam Lee (UK)
Touring World Music Bands in the Nordic Countries
- Lars Farago (Sweden)
- Hilde Bjørkum (Norway)
- Peter Hvalkof (Denmark)
- Hasse Walli (Finland)
- Eva Omagbemi (Sweden)
Dos, Don'ts and Truths of Digital Distribution and Social Media
- Juan Paz (Colombia/UK)
- Ahmet Ulug (Turkey)
- Scott Cohen (UK)
- Oke Göttlich (Germany)
Presenting World Music in China: Realities and practicalities
- Mark Elliott (UK/China)
The Perfect Storm – The Indian Music Industry in 2010
- Ali Sachedina (Canada/USA)
- Girish Raj (India/USA)
Meet the Winner of the WOMEX 10 Award for Artists
- Danyèl Waro (La Réunion)
- Benjamin MiNiMuM (France)
WOMEX 10 – Review and Preview
- Ben Mandelson (UK)
- Anna Pötzsch (Germany)
- Anders Laursen (Denmark)
2009 – Copenhagen, Denmark
A Sting in the Long Tail
- Eric Garland (USA)
- Will Page (UK)
How to Market Music from Developing Countries Online
- Martin Labbé (France)
- Carole Croella (Greece/France)
Where is the Money? How to convert the Internet’s promo value into revenue
- Peter Jenner (UK)
- Bendik Hofseth (Norway)
- Nicholas Motsatse (South Africa)
- Pia Raug (Denmark)
- Ed Averdieck (UK)
- Eric Garland (USA)
- Will Page (UK)
GlobalMusic2One – New generation of hybrid music analysis and search engines
- Holger Grossmann (Germany)
- Bettina Schasse de Araujo (Germany)
The New Label Architecture Emerges
- Erik Gilbert (USA)
- Ivan Duran (Belize)
- Hanna Gorjaczkowska (Belgium)
- Dmitri Vietze (USA)
How to Avoid Withholding Taxes on Performances and Royalties
- Harald Grams (Germany)
- Dick Molenaar (The Netherlands)
Music Markets in the Middle East
- Maxime Duda (France/Lebanon)
- Jad Souaid (Lebanon)
- Michelle Paulikevitch (Lebanon)
The Money Is Where The Music Is
- John Simson (USA)
- Jose Luis Sevillano (Spain)
- Nicholas Motsatse (South Africa)
- Dominic McGonigal (UK)
- Bruno Boutleux (France)
Music, Money and Growth in East Africa
- Loulou Cherinet (Sweden/Ethiopia)
- James Isabirye (Uganda)
- Dudu Sarr (Senegal/UK)
- Johan Wallin (Sweden/Tanzania)
- Girum Mezmur (Ethiopia)
New Methods for Breaking Artists
- Lemez Lovas (UK)
- Bernard Batzen (France)
- Pim Betist (The Netherlands)
- Peter Smidt (The Netherlands)
Diaspora in Development – Turning a Tide of Brain Drain
- Teshome Wondimu (Sweden/Ethiopia)
- Henok Temesgen (Ethiopia)
- Osiel Ibáñez (Sweden)
- Loulou Cherinet (Sweden/Ethiopia)
It’s Not Easy Being Green
- Simon Broughton (UK)
- Alison Tickell (UK)
- Esben Danielsen (Denmark)
The Passerelle Foundation – Structured support to African urban culture and arts
- Rokia Traoré (Mali/France)
Strength in Diversity
- Jean Cook (USA)
- Alison Wenham (UK)
- Paulo André Moraes Pires (Brazil)
- Marc Benaïche (France)
- Anton Carter (Samoa/New Zealand)
European Commission: ‘Get the Music to the People!’
- Xavier Troussard (France)
- Giorgio Ficcarelli (Italy)
- Maarten Rovers (The Netherlands)
- Anton Carter (Samoa/New Zealand)
- William Tabu Osusa (Kenya)
- Escipion Oliveira (Dominican Republic)
The Chinese music scene and Shanghai's EXPO 2010 World Music Festival
- Robert Zollitsch (Germany/China)
- Teddy Wei Jie Xu (China)
- Jean Hsiao Wernheim (Taiwan/Sweden)
Meet the WOMEX 09 Award Winners
- Staff Benda Bilili (DR Congo)
- Christian Mousset (France)
- Andy Morgan (UK)
Chinese Crickets Rosary Showcase: Abandoning the humanocentric perspective
- Lars Fredriksson (Sweden)
- Bengt Berger (Sweden)
2008 – Sevilla, Spain
Finding Common Ground Across an Icreasing Digital Divide
- Ann Chaitovitz (USA)
- Jean Cook (USA)
Tajikistan – the Great (Development) Game
- Lu Edmonds (UK)
- Georgy Mamedov (Tajikistan)
Formatting – Curse or Blessing?
- Sigbjørn Nedland (Norway)
- Co de Kloet (The Netherlands)
- Zjakki Willems (Belgium)
Visa Session Follow-Up
- Ole Reitov (Denmark)
- Hans Hjorth (Sweden)
- Michel Winter (France/Belgium)
- Matthew Covey (USA)
World Class Cities + World Class Arts = Economic Growth and Quality of Life
- Tom Frouge (USA)
- Thomas Meier Lorenzen (Denmark)
- Michael Orlove (USA)
- Catherine Zbinden (France)
African Music Export Office (BEMA)
- Eric Gbeha (Benin)
The Contemporary Music Scene in India
- Dhruv Ghanekar (India)
- Emmanuelle de Decker (France/India)
Scandal, Satire and Social Change – A Brief Romp Through the History of Calypso
- Drew Gonsalves (Trinidad & Tobago/Canada)
Muslim Women Music Makers: What's Stopping Their Progress
- Naz Koser (UK)
Music Creators in the Age of Digital Visibility
- Peter Rantasa (Austria)
- Simone Dudt (Germany)
- Richard Letts (Australia)
Musica Maluku
- Rein Spoorman (The Netherlands)
European Commission Outreach for World Music
- Xavier Troussard (France/Belgium)
- Hélène Bourgade (France/Belgium)
- Irene Horejs (Austria/Belgium)
- Jean-François Michel (France)
Meet the WOMEX 08 Award Winners
- Muzsikás (Hungary)
- Kristiina Ilmonen (Finland)
- Anna-Kaisa Liedes (Finland)
- Simon Broughton (UK)
The WOMEX Interview
- Thomas Brooman (UK)
- Alan James (UK)
2007 – Sevilla, Spain
Emergency Meeting: Back to the Future
- Marc Benaïche (France)
- Laurent Bizot (France)
- Scott Cohen (USA)
- Gianpiero Gallina (Italy)
- Erik Gibert (USA)
- Henri Laurence (France)
From the Streets of Macondo to the Electricity of Mc'Ondo
- Ivan Benavides (Colombia)
- Katrin Wilke (Germany)
Understanding Radio in the USA
- Jean Cook (USA)
DISMARC – Discovering Music Archives
- Johannes Theurer (Germany)
You Do All That?! The Emerging Role of the Artist Manager
- Charles Driebe (USA)
ExTra! Exchange Traditions
- Simone Dudt (Germany)
Ethnic Cleansing in European Radio?
- Sigbjørn Nedland (Norway)
Building the ARC
- Robert George (USA)
Covering the World
- Will Hermes (USA)
Folk Music Alive in a University – Mission Impossible?
- Kristiina Ilmonen (Finland)
Music Delta
- Gisle Johnsen (Norway)
The Radio: A World of Music
- Lara López (Spain)
Cultural Actiions Towards Environmental Preservation
- Marlui Maranda (Brazil)
Whatever Happened to A&R
- Andy Morgan (UK)
- Jacob Edgar (USA)
- Martin Meissonnier (France)
- Mario Pacheco (Spain)
- Susheela Raman (India/UK)
Metal Folk, or, How to Make a Leather-Clad Metal Freak Play the Fiddle
- Lars Are Nedland (Norway)
Transnational Communities in the US
- Claudia Norman (USA)
Active Listening
- François Pachet (France)
Meet the WOMEX 07 Award Winners
- Andy Palacio (Belize)
- Ivan Duran (Belize)
- Michael Stone (USA)
Case Study: Lord of the Rings
- A.R. Rahman (India)
- Janne Lappalainen (Finland)
- Christopher Nightingale (UK)
- Phillip Page (USA)
Iran: Axis of Opportunity
- Ramin Sadighi (Iran)
Running an Indie in Hindsight
- Roger Armstrong (UK)
- Gerald Saligman (USA/Germany)
Is the Internet in Danger?
- Jenny Toomey (USA)
Digital Market Explosion
- Dmitri Vietze (USA)
Emergency Meeting: Networking on the Visa Crisis
- Michel Winter (France/Belgium)
2006 – Sevilla, Spain
Crossing Borders – International Music Discovery in the Digital Marketplace
- Kevin Arnold (USA)
MPEG-7 – The new route to world music?
- Dagfinn Bach (Norway)
Digital Distribution of world music
- Marc Benaïche (France)
- François Bensignor (France)
Music archives – investment in future global access
- Johannes Theurer (Germany)
- Polina Proutskova (Russia/Germany)
New Orleans Music After Katrina – Will Culture Survive in the Birthplace of Jazz?
- Scott Aiges (USA)
- Dan Storper (USA)
Young Urban African Music – A Misunderstood Population
- Trenton Birch (South Africa/UK)
The folk musician of Rajasthan – Endangered species or marketable product?
- Aditya Bhasin (India)
The Sound of Taiwan – How the multiple cultures reflect on Taiwanese music
- Serina Chen (Taiwan)
Maurice el Médioni's Pianoriental Style
- Maurice el Médioni (Algeria/France)
- François Bensignor (France)
Creation through destruction – New experimental music trends in China
- Udo Hoffmann (Germany/China)
Meet the Winner of the WOMEX Award 2006
- Totó la Momposina (Colombia)
- Andy Morgan (UK)
- John Hollis (UK)
Contemporary musical scene in Pernambuco and traditional music
- Renata Rosa (Brazil)
Music from Serbia – What is on offer?
- Milica Simic (Serbia)
Travel with your Ears: Chamamé from Argentina
- Chango Spasiuk (Argentina)
The diversity of folk, traditional & world music in Croatia
- Nebojsa Stijacic (Croatia)
Festivals and Festivities in Colombia
- Consuelo Arbelaez (Colombia)
Unlocking the international potential of Colombian Indies
- Paula Beegan (UK/France)
- Jenny Adlington (UK)
- Humberto Moreno (Colombia)
New horizons for Freemuse
- Daniel Brown (USA/France)
- Clotaire K (Lebanon/France)
Rich Traditions, Fair Returns – Helping endangered cultures through music
- Martin Cradick (UK)
Women and cross cultural music
- Debbie Golt (UK)
- Jan Fairley (UK)
Lawyers, Guns and Money – Resolving International Legal Disputes in the Music Industry
- William Hochberg (USA)
Recording Production: Alchemy, Inspiration or Hard Work?
- Michael Nielsen (New Zealand/UK)
Raising money for arts festivals and cultural organisations
- Pete Tidemann (USA)
World Music on Television – Reflections and discussions on the market and business
- Henk van der Meulen (The Netherlands)
- Wigbert Boell (USA/Germany)
- David Jackson (UK)
2005 – Newcastle/Gateshead, UK
Youth & the New Pan-African Renaissance
- Derrick Ashong (Ghana/USA)
The Importance of online/mobile Exploitation for independent music companies
- Stephan Benn (Germany)
World Music DVDs – Do they deliver?
- Simon Broughton (UK)
Music as a Hotbed for Economic Development
- Alberto Cottica (Italy)
Revolution and Popular Culture in Venezuela
- Bart Duijsens (The Netherlands)
World Music, Bio-Diversity and Cultural Rights, Explorations
- Lu Edmonds (UK)
Models for creating north-south dialogue and building capacity for our artist, media, and music business colleagues in Africa and Latin America
- Baning Eyre (USA)
- Paulo André Pires (Brazil)
Successful Booking & Touring in the U.S. Market
- Sandra Gibson (USA)
ELMF – A lobby group for European Live Music Communities
- Peter Jenner (UK)
- Hans Hjorth (Sweden)
Is Bhangra now a legitimate force within the world music industry or simply fashion?
- Ninder Johal (India/UK)
Meet Bi Kidude
- Bi Kidude (Zanzibar)
- Rita Ray (Ghana/UK)
- Yusuf Mahmoud (UK/Zanzibar)
A Foot in Each World, International Exchanges
- Hildegard Kiel (Germany/Zanzibar)
- Kheri Yussuf (Zanzibar)
World Culture in Jazz and Mainstream Music
- Timothy Kotowich (Italy)
Shamanism – Tradition and World Music
- Misha Maltsev (Sakha Republic/UK)
Against the Flow – the role of music in decolonisation
- Moana Maniapoto (New Zealand)
Go, Have Fun, Make Good Music – making cross-cultural musical collaborations more equal
- Andrew Missingham (UK)
Has Britain failed its communities? How the communities make Britain Funky.
- Aki Nawaz (Pakistan/UK)
- Katherine Canoville (UK)
- Markie Mark (UK)
Is Highbrow the new Down-with-it?
- Sigbjørn Nedland (Norway)
Projeto Música do Brasil – Brazilian music in the international market.
- Michel Nicolau (Brazil)
- Jerome Vonk (Brazil)
- Regina Silvério (Brazil)
- Sérgio Sá Leitão (Brazil)
Strategising Carnival Arts in UK
- Pax Nindi (Zimbabwe/UK)
World Music – the Rock musician's perspective
- Robert Plant (UK)
- Justin Adams (UK)
- Ros Rigby (UK)
Fair Music – Music Fair?
- Peter Rantasa (Austria)
Fine Tuning Music Festivals
- Alexander Schischlik (Austria/France)
Tradition & Future of World Music
- Horst Timmers (The Netherlands)
- Dele Sosimi (Nigeria/UK)
- David Krakauer (USA)
Big Wide World – the first annual WOMEX trivia game show
- Dmitri Vietze (USA)
Getting Your Music Heard in Film & TV
- Brooke Wentz (USA)
More than Just a Gig – best practice in linking participation with performance.
- Katherine Zeserson (UK)
- James Burkmar (UK)
- Diana Spiegelberg (UK)
- Annie Menter (UK)
2004 – Essen, Germany
Professional Development for Artists
- Jenny Adlington (UK)
- Jody Gillett (UK)
Adventures In Clubland
- Fabian Alsultany (Iraq/Cuba/USA)
- Ian Menzies (Canada)
- Ahmet Ulug (Turkey)
Micro Labels for Dummies
- Christopher Blenkinsop (Germany)
Taking Stock: A Philosophical Look at the State of World Music
- Joe Boyd (USA)
- Lucy Durán (UK)
- Marc Benaïche (France)
Folk Music as World Music – Why folk music has a rightful place in world music events
- Eliza Carthy (UK)
- Ros Rigby (UK)
We are the World – Promoting & protecting your music internationally
- Sarah Chanderia (USA/Norway)
9/11 – The world's all out of tune
- Dietrich Helms (Germany)
- Bram Posthumus (The Netherlands)
Meet the Banned! – Music censorship in Turkey
- Sanar Yurdatapan (Turkey)
- Ferhat Tunç (Turkey)
Making your Way in the USA;
- Sandra Gibson (USA)
- Bill Bragin (USA)
- Massoud Saidpour (Iran/USA)
Pushing back Piracy in Developing Countries
- Emile Glélé (Benin/France)
African Underground – Exploring African/Global Hip-Hop Culture
- Ben Herson (USA)
Lullabies from the Axis of Evil – The making of musical bridges across enemy-lines
- Erik Hillestad (Norway)
- Rim Banna (Palestine)
- Kari Bremnes (Norway)
Promoting an event or artist via broadband media
- Atsushi Imai (Japan)
World Musicians Need Paying Too – Get collection societies working for the developing world!
- Peter Jenner (UK)
- Dudu Sarr (Senegal/UK)
Establishing Turkish (Oriental) Music Repertoire in Europe
- Jochen Kühling (Germany)
10 years of South African Democracy – The Cultural Challenge
- Roshnie V. Moonsammy (South Africa)
Siberian Culture Across Borders
- Nataliya Myazina (Russia)
- Alash (Tuva)
World Music Downloads
- Brad Powell (USA)
Stubnitz 1001+1 – European art space ship goes Orient
- René Roemert (Germany)
NOMAD – Entrance to No Man's Land – World music from the Nordic countries
- Patricio Sobrado (Chile/Sweden)
Publishing in World Music – New form of colonialism?
- Andreas Spiess (Germany)
Technological Production Tokenism: Event production and music meaning in East Africa
- Pete H. Tidemann (USA/Zanzibar)
- Custodes Baretto (Zanzibar)
New Models of Music/Film Distribution
- Henk van der Meulen (The Netherlands)
- Andy Childs (UK)
- David Jackson (UK)
Culture, Kitsch and Pirate Copy – An introduction to the music scene and market in China
- Robert Zollitsch (Germany/China)
2003 – Sevilla, Spain
Presenting Arab Artists in the US
- Ismael Ahmed (USA)
A Revolution in Music - Why «open-source» licensing is the future of the music biz
- Derrick Ashong (Ghana/USA)
We Are The World: Promoting & Protecting Your Music Internationally
- Sarah Chanderia (USA)
From Damascus to Sevilla - Arabic music on the move
- Abdullah Chhadeh (Syria/UK)
Haul, the music of the Saharawis - Tradition and exile
- Manuel Dominguez (Spain)
Being a musical label in Arab countries
- Michel Elefteriades (Lebanon)
African guitar music as genre - Can the axe-men of Africa get the respect they deserve
- Banning Eyre (USA)
Different Sides of the Same Spanish Coin? - International fame and fortune of Flamenco and Galician musics
- Jan Fairley (UK)
- MarinaPearson (UK/Spain)
Freemuse: Cultural Boycott - of any use?
- ArianaHernandez-Reguant (Spain/USA)
- Amal Murkus (Palestine/Israel)
- Jonathan Walton (UK)
- Ole Reitov (Denmark)
Freemuse: Post-September 11
- Clara Hsu (Hong Kong/USA)
- Isabel Soffer (USA)
- Phil Stanton (UK)
- Gerald Seligman (USA)
World Music transforms the life of poor youngsters in Brazil
- Mona Gadelha (Brazil)
Making sound archives accessible to the public
- Jon Kertzer (USA)
Making Videos Work For You
- Steven Lawrence (USA)
- Michal Shapiro (USA)
Ethnomusicology and popular musical luthiers in Spain
- Xoan Luaces (Spain)
A Crisis of Relevance: African Youth and World Music
- Fellician Mabunda (Zanzibar/Tanzania)
Do Latin independent labels still have a chance on the European music market nowadays?
- Matthias Möbius (Germany)
The Liberation of World Music
- Aki Nawaz (Pakistan/UK)
- Bob Duskis (USA)
Is African music subsidising Europe? – The long and winding road back to Africa for rights holders money
- Sigbjørn Nedland (Norway)
- Jay Rutledge (USA/Germany)
Divided Balkan nations again united by turbo-folk – World fusion at its worst
- Amila Ramovic (Bosnia Herzegovina)
World Music and Sound – where got all the beauty lost
- Valentin Reinbold (Germany)
Touring Down Under – Opportunities in Australia
- Simon Smith (Australia)
World Music in Jazz Festivals – Is the musical content of jazz festivals changing?
- Gorgun Taner (Turkey)
- Cem Yegül (Turkey)
Tatu to Tuva: A Brief report on the sounds of 11 time zones
- Art Troitsky (Russia)
Music Production in South-West Indian Ocean
- Percy Yip Tong (Mauritius)
2002 – Essen, Germany
Linking Up North America
- Derek Andrews (Canada)
Music from the English-speaking Caribbean – Obstacles and perspectives
- Adisa Andwele (Barbados)
Azeri Mugamat: Art of Performance and Listening
- Sanubar Baghirova (Azerbaijan)
Riding the Waves of Anti-Globalisation
- Peter Barbaric (Slovenia)
Truth or Dare – Politically Correct "World Music": How presenters and labels abuse World Music artists
- Itzik Becher (USA)
In the Womb of Rituals – Unparalleled folk music of India
- Shefali Bhushan (India)
Materiality and Spirituality of the Shona Culture
- Stella Chiweshe (Zimbabwe)
The Chaotic History of the Festivals in the South-West Indian Ocean Islands
- Alain Courbis (La Réunion)
Breaking Boundaries: Latin American Women's Music in the 21st Century
- Jan Fairley (UK)
- Yusa (Cuba)
Nigeria-Arts.Net, crossing the Digital Divide
- Andrew Frankel (USA)
World Music in North-Rhine Westphalia
- Francis Gay (France/Germany)
- Adé Odukoya (Nigeria/Germany)
- Tom Petersen (Germany)
- Claudia Saerbeck (Germany)
- Boris Witschke (Germany)
More than Twarab and Zouk – Popular music of the Comoro Islands
- Werner Graebner (Germany)
Europe Looks for the Means to Harden its Immigration Politics
- Philippe Gouttes (France)
The Dhow Countries Music Academy – Setting up a music school in Zanzibar, Tanzania
- Hildegard Kiel (Germany/Zanzibar)
Southern Networks – Linking promoters in Africa and the Dhow Region
- Yusuf Mahmoud (UK/Zanzibar)
Artists facing Political Crises in Madagascar and across the world
- Hanitrarivo Rasoanaivo (Madagascar)
Stopping the Music – Censorship in apartheid South Africa
- Ole Reitov (Denmark)
Traditional Music in the Mascarene Islands
- Guillaume Samson (La Réunion)
DVJ's: Introducing World Music to New and Young Audiences
- Dudu Sarr (Senegal/UK)
Worldwide Events Database – How to promote events in a global database
- Klaus Schönenberg (Germany)
- Stephan Siedler (Germany)
Piracy: Who's Hurt and Who's Not
- Gerald Seligman (USA)
Which Way Nigeria? – Launch of Freemuse report on music and censorship in Nigeria
- Jean-Christophe Servant (France)
Producing Rap in West Africa
- Graf Steven Töteberg (Germany/Senegal)
- Jay Rutledge (USA/Germany)
World on Your Street (BBC Radio 3) – Mapping World Music on our doorstep
- Tessa Watt (UK)
- Lucy Durán (UK)
Japanese Roots and Traditional Music
- Akiko Yanagisawa (Japan)
2001 – Rotterdam, The Netherlands
New Music from Madagascar
- Sean Barlow (USA)
From Gamelan to Grunge – Indonesian music tradition in the MTV age
- Colin Bass (UK)
- Wim van Zanten (The Netherlands)
Urban Scenes – A series of presentations from within!
- Lloyd Beaton (The Netherlands)
- Guus Dutrieux (The Netherlands)
- Denis Winter (The Netherlands)
How to launch an artist/album on the internet
- Marc Benaïche (France)
- François Bensignor (France)
From Sitar to Saz – World Music and education
- Joep Bor (The Netherlands)
Anglosemitic Bastards – London's radical new cross-cultural collaborations
- Josephine Burton (UK)
The triple musical form on the Silk Road
- InPyong Chun (South Korea)
Integration versus isolation – Why are radio and television so far behind compared to festivals?
- Co de Kloet (The Netherlands)
A State of Trance with Agadir Gnawa
- Wieland Eggermont (The Netherlands)
Refugee Voices – An innovative project of promoting artists in exile
- Ragnhild Ek (Sweden/Switzerland)
- Dominguez Manuel (Spain)
Singing Zimbabwe's Disaster – Intimidation and Innuendo and Protest in Zimbabwe
- Banning Eyre (USA)
Music and Musictherapy in the Countries under War – Experiences and Projects in Bosnia
- Davide Ferrari de Nigris (Italy)
- Amila Ramovic (Bosnia)
France is the heart and soul, arms and legs of World Music
- Charlie Gillett (UK)
- Marie-Agnès Beau (France)
- John Kieffer (UK)
Ayia Napa – Do you really like it?
- Haji Mike (Cyprus)
Is Your Festival Safe? – A Forum for festival organisers and others
- Steve Heap (UK)
Mozambique – A Renaissance underway
- Roland Hohberg (Mozambique)
- Benedikt Güntert (Switzerland)
Touring in North America
- Bruce Houghton (USA)
- Ben Churchill (USA)
- Ted Kurland (USA)
Creativity – Asian Music in the 21st century
- Viram Jasani (India/UK)
- Katerina Pavlakis (Greece/UK)
Digital Preservation and Distribution of our Music
- Jon Kertzer (USA)
From Haka to Hip Hop – Maori Music from the Pacific
- James Moss (New Zealand)
- Mina Ripia (New Zealand)
Back to the fusion!
- Aki Nawaz (Pakistan/UK)
- Tim Whelan (UK)
- Rita Ray (Ghana/UK)
- Bapi Das Baul (India/France)
There Shall Be Love!
- Aki Nawaz (Pakistan/UK)
An Australian Journey – Towards the new
- Rose Pearse (Australia)
- Jaslyn Hall (Australia)
The role of the Music Industry
- Paul Rutten (The Netherlands)
- Joe Boyd (USA)
Music and Human Rights: The Fight Against Censorship,
- Gerald Seligman (USA)
- Marie Korpe (Denmark)
- John Baily (UK)
- Garth Cartwright (New Zealand/UK)
- Jim Q. Holm (Denmark)
Kaseko music of Surinam – A survey about the history and meaning
- Ronald Snijders (Surinam/The Netherlands)
World Music, urban culture and music education
- Ariane Vervoorn (The Netherlands)
The Mexican Narcocorrido
- Elijah Wald (USA)
Experiences in China, Mongolia and Tibet
- Robert Zollitsch (Germany)
2000 – Berlin, Germany
WWW.COORDINARTE.CH – The intercultural network
- Mauro Abbühl (Switzerland)
Possibilities of Cooperation and Network Foundation
- Reinhard Allgaier (Germany)
- Sieglinde Tuschy (Germany)
Making The Mould – How to Stay an Enthusiast and Influence People
- Ian Anderson (UK)
- Charlie Gillett (UK)
- Ben Mandelson (UK)
Revival of traditional culture in post-communist society
- Alexander Cheparukhin (Russia)
Musics of the Indian Ocean islands – Crossroad of Africa, Europe and Asia
- Alain Courbis (Réunion/France)
Mercenary Forever?! A Brazilian female musician's survivor portrait
- Sandra Coutinho (Brazil)
Music That Is Native To Canada: The Drum and Beyond
- Sandra Creighton (Canada)
- Lucie Sahanatien (Canada)
- Lucie Idlout (Canada)
- Calvin Vollrath (Canada)
- Willie Dunn (Canada)
- Harvey Dreaver (Canada)
Europe's Day Of Music – The network of Fête Européenne de la Musique represents a unique European partnership
- Björn Döring (Germany)
- Jeanne Chenu (France)
Dancing with the diaspora – Reconnecting Africa with itself through music
- Struan Douglas (South Africa)
Back to the Roots: Ska in Latin America
- Ingrid Dreissig (Venezuela)
Living "bakadibush" – The survival of independent labels in developing countries
- Ivan Duran (Belize)
String music from Mali
- Banning Eyre (USA)
How to make money on the Internet
- Richard Gottehrer (USA)
- Scott Cohen (USA)
Why is World Music still underrepresented on TV?
- Nedim Hazar (Germany/Turkey)
The apocalyptic Balkan Dance
- Boris Kovac (Yugoslavia)
- Bojan Djordjevic (Yugoslavia)
Klezmer in Germany & Germans and Klezmer
- Heiko Lehmann (Germany)
Guinea's Music Scene today
- Katharina Lobeck (UK/Germany)
The story of little fish called Hungary swimming into the big wide World Music Ocean!
- Csaba Lokös (Hungary)
- Laszlo Marton (Hungary)
Nurturing the roots – In Africa we too want a piece of the action
- Yusuf Mahmoud (Zanzibar/UK)
- Werner Graebner (Germany)
MP3 and Electronic Music Distribution
- Gerald Moser (Germany)
Music from the periphery – A weapon against the globalisation
- Fermin Muguruza (Spain)
Rediscovering the missing link: Baltic amber goes digital
- Valdis Muktupavels (Latvia)
- Silvija Nora Kalnins (Latvia)
- Antanas Fokas (Lithuania)
- Jyrki Heiskanen (Finland)
100 Years of World Music City Berlin - A Century Revisited
- Peter Pannke (Germany)
The policy of the Agence de la Francophonie's Cultural and Heritage Direction, concerning support of performing arts and cultural enterprises
- Bernard Petterson (Switzerland)
- Jacques Deck (Belgium)
- Maïmouna Coulibaly (Ivory Coast)
Festivals produce for their future
- Lucien Ravensberg (Netherlands)
Getting World Music on the Web without getting lost
- Angel Romero (USA)
- Jack O'Neil (USA)
- Wally Brill (USA)
- Jon Kertzer (USA)
World Music Networking in North America
- Dan Rosenberg (USA)
- Bill Bragin (USA)
World Music Compilations: the What & the Why & the Where To Now?
- Iain Scott (UK)
- Dan Storper (USA) The Carnival of Cultures in Berlin
- Anett Szabo (Germany)
Demand Our Radio! – Syndication of World Music radio shows available immediately
- Johannes Theurer (Germany)
- Sean Barlow (USA)
- Ole Holmberg (Finland)
Record production in French-speaking Africa
- Dominique Thiange (Belgium)
- El Hadj N'Diaye (Senegal)
- Bamba Dembele (Mali)
- Maggy Doherty (UK/France)
Creating the Pitch North of the Border
- Dmitri Vietze (USA)
Radio Brasil – Do you speak Portugnol?
- Zjakki Willems (Belgium)
- Jeroen Revalk (Belgium)
Digital Distribution Network – a new opportunity for world music?
- Sascha Zumbusch (Germany)
1999 – Berlin, Germany
The Diversity of Brazilian Music and how to break it into the international market
- Paulo André (Brazil)
- Valéria Bittar (Brazil)
- Vange Milliet (Brazil)
- Gerald Seligman (USA)
The North American Network
- Derek Andrews (Canada)
- Phyllis Barney (USA)
Online Trading and Protection of Right Holders
- Dagfinn Bach (Norway)
- Thomas Kummer-Hardt (Germany)
Saturday Balkan Fever: Goran Bregovic, Balkan Wedding Fever and Western Culture Industry
- Peter Barbaric (Slovenia)
- Bojan Djordjevic (Serbia)
- Svanibor Pettan (Croatia)
Treasure Island Cuba? No End?
- Joe Boyd (USA)
- Manuel Dominguez (Spain)
- Poney Gross (Belgium)
- Claire Henault (France)
Attaturk! Turkish musical Life and Culture in Berlin
- Martin Gordon (UK/Germany)
- Erci E (Turkey/Germany)
- Martin Greve (Germany)
- Ferhat Güneyli (Turkey/Germany)
What every Artist and Label needs to know about Music on the Internet
- Richard Gottehrer (USA)
- Scott Cohen (USA)
Tour de Festival – Networking for Artist and Audience
- Steve Heap (UK)
- Hilde Bjorkum (Norway)
- Norman Langill (USA)
- Tony van der Eecken (Switzerland)
Managers – the Key to an Artist's Success or just plain Flesh Merchants?
- Peter Jenner (UK)
- Rob Challice (UK)
The Experience Music Project in Seattle – A new Music Museum and interactive Music Educational Center for the 21st Century
- Jon Kertzer (USA)
- Lu Edmonds (UK)
Global Chillage – The Politics of Cross-Cultural Co-operation
- Pete Lawrence (UK)
- Justin Eade (UK)
- Jo Ross (UK)
Record Producers: Cheaper than Therapy?
- Ben Mandelson (UK)
The Mangue Beat Movement from Recife, Pernambuco
- Luciana Mendonça (Brazil)
Tranzania – Tanzanian-Norwegian Collaboration on Music and Development
- Sigbjørn Nedland (Norway)
- Inger Dirdal (Norway)
- Olaf Gundersen (Norway)
Sufi Soul or Sufi Soap? Sufism and World Music
- Peter Pannke (Germany)
- Rashid Din (Pakistan/UK)
- Peter Schulze (Germany)
- Eva Skalla (UK)
- Jean Trouillet (Germany)
World Music and the Internet
- Katerina Pavlakis (Greece/UK)
- Dagfinn Bach (Norway)
- Richard Gottehrer (USA)
- Jon Kertzer (USA)
- Stephan Siedler (Germany)
- Niklas Mascher (Germany)
Networking Brazil 2000
- Tiago de Oliveira Pinto (Brazil/Germany)
- Felipe Llerena (Brazil)
- Paulo Lepetit (Brazil)
- Benjamin Taubkin (Brazil)
Bringing World Music journalists together
- Mina Rad (France)
- Francis Gay (France/Germany)
World Children, future Audiences
- Lucien Ravensberg (Netherlands)
- Frans Goossens (Netherlands)
A Television Oasis for World Music – "The Hidrogen" Programme of TV Catalunya
- Albert Reguant (Spain)
- Marta Lanau (Spain)
The Paranda Project – Africa in Central America
- Dan Rosenberg (USA)
- Ivan Duran (Belize)
World Beatz Electronic – How Roots Musics captured Electronic Music Audiences
- Erica Ruben (USA)
The Mercat Musica Viva de Vic MMVV – A Market for the Industry or a Market for the People?
- Carles Sala (Spain)
Building a World Music Centre in Portugal
- Huib Schippers (Netherlands/Portugal)
BerliNapoli – Cultural Exchange upside down
- Gio Di Sera (Italy/Germany)
WOMEX gets virtual – The first Music Tradefair in Cyberspace
- Stephan Siedler (Germany)
Music for Change – World Music and North-South educational activities and exchanges
- Alessio Surian (Italy/Portugal)
- Sean Barlow (USA)
The Return of the Radios – Live-recordings, Royalties, World Music Charts & more
- Johannes Theurer (Germany)
- Ole Holmberg (Finland)
- Co de Kloet (Netherlands)
- Zjakki Willems (Belgium)
The Art of Dislocation: Culture in Transition
- Michael Vazquez (USA)
I want my MP3 – Money for Nothing, MP for free
- Sascha Zumbusch (Germany)
1998 – Stockholm, Sweden
Idealism, Ideology, Professionalism, Business
- Thomas Brooman (UK)
- Pierre Bois (France)
- Aki Nawaz (Pakistan/UK)
ACP-CEE/DG VIII
- Serge Kancel (Belgium)
Why Nordic?
- Andrew Cronshaw (UK)
- Phillip Page (USA/Finland)
- Rob Simonds (USA)
- Manne van Ahn Öberg (Sweden)
Who Sets the Record – Ethnomusicologists, Businessmen, Myths and the ICTM
- Kristen Malm (Sweden)
- Lisbet Torp (Sweden)
- Owe Ronström (Sweden)
Festivals vs Agencies
- Patrick de Groote (Belgium)
- Helmut Bürgel (Germany)
- Rob Challice (UK)
- Ken Day (Sweden)
National Organisations – International Networking?
- Phyllis Barney (USA)
- Michael Kleff (Germany)
"Glocal Music" – Ragga, Reggae, Rap in Nairobi, Dar Es Salaam and Lusaka
- Krister Malm (Sweden)
- Monika Sarstad (Sweden)
Banned Music
- Ole Reitov (Denmark)
- Marie Korpe (Germany)
Record Shops and Mail Order
- Arne Fredriksen (The Netherlands)
Trends and Directions, Needs and Possibilities
- Eva Skalla (UK)
- Derek Andrews (Canada)
- Simon Broughton (UK)
- Titti Santini (Italy)
Marketing World Music
- Gerald Seligman (USA)
- Andrew Pryor (UK)
World Music Retail in the US
- Stephen M. Lurie (USA)
Love, Peace & Understanding?
- Owe Ronström (Sweden)
Cultural Development Projects à la Scandinavia
- Stan Sandahl (Sweden)
- Anne Moberg (Norway)
WOMEX 1999 in Berlin
- Ben Mandelson (UK)
- Borkowski Akbar (Germany)
WOMEX 2000 in Zaragoza
- Luis Calvo (Spain)
- Carles Sala (Spain)
1997 – Marseille, France
A Free Space for the Artist in the Mediterranean Area? Music and Totalitarianism
- Ferdinand Richard (France)
- Jan-Maria Carlotti (France)
- Frank Tenaille (France)
- Ferhat Mehenni (Algeria)
- Jamilya Jubran (France)
- Gérard Kurdjian (France)
- Françoise Soavi (France)
Haiti: Business Infrastructure and Voodoo
- Andy Wood (UK)
- Lolo Beaubrun (Haiti)
- Emanuelle Honorin (France)
The Mysteries of Britain
- Rob Challice (UK)
- Terry Sandell OBE (UK)
- Penny King (UK)
- Steve Heap (UK)
- Alan James (UK)
World Musics in the Mediterranean World
- Catherine Peillon (France)
- Sami Sadak (France)
- Davide Ferrari (Italy)
- Jany Rouger (France)
- Claude Sicre (France)
- Jean-François Heron (France)
- Pierre Toureille (France)
- Nicolas Dextreit (France)
Crossover: The Magic Word vs Reality
- Gerald Seligman (USA)
- Kuljit Bhamra (UK)
- Andy Palacio (Belize)
- Joe Boyd (USA/UK)
- Iain Scott (UK)
- Pierre Toureille (France)
Protection/Protectionism & the Quota Story – Radio Quotas and How to Love Them
- Michael Kleff (Germany)
- Stefan Heller (UK)
- Derek Andrews (Canada)
- Petr Doruzka (Czech Republic)
- Antoine Yvernault (France)
Below the Surface – Photography, Images and World Music
- Yusuf Mahmoud (UK)
- Alex Marashian (USA/France)
- Johannes Odenthal (Germany)
- Eleanor Kercher (UK)
A Mediterranean Market for the Musics? Mobility of Artists in the Mediterranean
- Bernard Aubert (France)
- Isa Guyot (France)
- Catherine Peillon (France)
- Jean-Fraçois Michel (Belgium)
- Carles Sala (Spain)
- Nelson Hernan Muñoz (Spain)
- Jali (France)
- Bernhard Batzen (France)
- Alain Raemackers (France)
Local, Popular and…unknown? How to Have a Hit in a Minority Language
- Colin Bass (UK)
- Wimme Saari (Finland)
- Francesc Puertolas (Spain)
- Alyth McCormack (UK)
- Jan-Maria Carlotti (France)
Successful B[r]and Marketing
- Simon Anholt (UK)
- Gerald Seligman (USA)
The Biggest Record Shop in the World or Farewell, my Distributor
- Lu Edmonds (UK)
- Phil Stanton (UK)
- Joãa Mauricio Marques (Portugal)
- Kevin Malone (USA)
Clubs, Worldmusic and the next Generation, or 'Live Bands are killing Music'
- Alan James (UK)
- Pete Lawrence (UK)
- Johannes Paetzold (Germany)
- Gerry Lyseight (UK)
- DJ Ritu (UK)
- Bintou Simporé (France)
1995 – Brussels, Belgium
World Music and the Awareness of Intolerance: The Potential of Music and the Potential of Youth
- Glyn Ford (UK)
- Joe Wilson (UK)
- Dr. Kazadi wa Mukuna (Zaire)
- Tatiana Didenko (Russia)
- Alexander Cheparukhin (Russia)
- Pape Mbaye Sene (Senegal)
Music is the Door, Image is the Key
- Jaap van Beusekom (The Netherlands)
- Gary Cristall (Canada)
- Dan Storper (USA)
- Simon Anholt (UK)
- Mark Ellingham (UK)
Bringing it All Back Home: How Do We Value the Cultural Treasures of Our Immediate Surroundings and Immediate Past?
- Henry Sapoznik (USA)
- Alessio Surian (Italy)
- Thomas Dorn (Germany/France)
- Henrik Beck (Danmark)
Practical Recording and Local Production Initiatives
- Rob Keyloch (UK)
- Sten Sandahl (Sweden)
- Dr. Tiago de Oliveira Pinto (Brazil/Germany)
- Aziz Dieng (Senegal)
- Vincent Kenis (Belgium)
Copyright Issues and the Information Society
- Erica Mann (Germany)
- Phillipe Kern (Belgium)
- Dave Liang (UK)
- Bara Diokhane (Senegal)
- Dagfinn Bach (Norway)
Tales From the Publishing Chain
- Johannes Theurer (Germany)
- Gavin Robertson (UK)
- Pierre-Marie Bouvery (France)
- Annie Reed (UK)
Agents and Bookers
- David Sefton (UK)
- Jody Ackland (Ireland)
- Paul Kahn (USA)
- Ken Day (Sweden)
- Yorick Benoist (France)
Who Needs a Record Company Anyway?
- Pete Lawrence (UK)
- Bob Haddad (USA)
- Andy Morgan (UK)
- Karsten Sommer (Greenland)
- Ned Sublette (USA)
Migrant Culture and Media Within Europe
- Francis Gay (France/Germany)
- Eddie Tutuarima (The Netherlands)
Music of the Immigrants in Europe
- Johannes Paetzold (Germany)
- Arild Bergh (The Netherlands/UK)
- Braheem Busik (The Netherlands)
- Giò di Sera (Italy/Germany)
Majors in the Growing/Local World
- Thomas Rome (USA)
- Gerald Seligman (UK/USA)
- Michel Jabre (Côte d'Ivoire)
- Francis Tekatoha (Soloman Islands)
- Shahram Akbarof (Iran)
Festival Directors
- Magnus Bäckström (Sweden)
- Bogdan Benigar (Slovenia)
- Bernhard Hanneken (Germany)
- Philippe Conrath (France)
- Thomas Brooman (UK)
- Jérome Galabert (France)
Worldview-WOMEXreview-Futureview
- Hugh Kerr (UK)
- M. Elie Rajaonarison (Madagascar)
- Jaron Lanier (USA)
- Makoto Kubota (Japan)
- Magnus Bäckström (Sweden)
1994 – Berlin, Germany
Somewhere Over the Rainbow – Chasing the Elusive Sponsor!
- Patrick de Groote (Belgium)
- Michelle Scully (UK)
- John Kieffer (UK)
Media, Who Needs It?
- Johannes Paetzold (Germany)
- Francis Gay (France/Germany)
- Andrew Seidenfeld (USA)
- José Duarte (Portugal)
- Magnus Bäckström (Sweden)
- Jonathan Shulman (USA)
- Jo Shinner (UK)
- Johannes Theurer (Germany)
Decode the Future! Free the Archives!
- Uncle X (UK)
- Dr. Janet Topp Fargion (South Africa)
- Dagfinn Bach (Norway)
- Prof. Max Peter Baumann (Switzerland)
- Chris Lewis (UK)
The Artist's Perspective vs the Promoter's Perspective
- Rosalie Goldstein (Canada)
- Pape Abdoulaye Tall (Senegal)
- Eddie Tutuarima (The Netherlands)
- Owe Ronström (Sweden)
- Ettore Castagna (Italy)
Ethnomusicologists vs the World
- Dr. Tiago de Oliveira Pinto (Brazil/Germany)
- Dr. Veit Erlmann (Germany)
- Johannes Paetzold (Germany)
- Peter Pannke (Germany)
- Donald J. Kachamba (Malawi)
On the Road – International Stylee
- Derek Andrews (Canada)
- Phillipe Conrath (France)
- Sandra Goulibaly (Côte d'Ivoire)
- Mücke Quinckhardt (Germany)
- Bill Kubeczko (USA)
- Haji Mike (Cyprus)
- Erica Ruben (USA)
The Tower of Label
- Iain Scott (UK)
- Phil Stanton (UK)
- Brooke Wentz (USA)
- Bill Nowlin (USA)
- Paul Fisher (UK/Japan)
- Prof. Dr. Artur Simon (Germany)
- Simon Broughton (UK)
Xenophobia & World Music
- Eva Skalla (UK)
- Bintou Simporé (France)
- DJ Ritu (UK)
- Michel Winter (France/Belgium)
- Jean-Paul Bourelly (France)
- Charles Easmon (UK)
Copyright & Copywrong
- Uncle X (UK)
- Frank Klaffs (Germany)
- Laurent Viguié (France)
- Gavin Robertson (UK)
- Thomas Rome (USA)
The Network Net
- Bernhard Hanneken (Germany)
- Jose Theilens (The Netherlands)
- Prof. Dr. Erich Stockmann (Germany)
- Hilde Bjørkum (Norway)