• NEXT EDITION
  • 23-27 OCT 2024
  • Manchester, UK

WOMEX 23 Speakers

Get to know the many conference chairs, speakers, coordinators and mentors from around the world taking part the WOMEX 23 Conference and Programme comprised of Jury selected Conference, Networking and Mentoring Sessions, as well as Associated Presentations.

Click on the Bio & Contact button to access their virtualWOMEX delegate profiles and get in touch with them directly.
Only delegates with an active registration will be able to see their Bio & Contact details.

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A

 

Nada Alhelabi
(Saudi Arabia)

Strategy and XP Music Futures director
MDLBEAST

conference speaker

Bio & Contact

Photo by Federico Drigo

Imed Alibi
(Tunisia/France)

music department director
L’atelier des Artistes en Exil/Global Art Production
conference chair

Bio & Contact

Waqas Almas
(Pakistan/United Arab Emirates)

chief executive officer
Silent Roar Media
 
roundtable mentor

Bio & Contact

Photo by Alex Smith

Mehdi Aminian
(Iran/Austria)

director
Roots Revival
 
film talk speaker

Bio & Contact

Kyekyeku Ampadu
(Ghana/France)

musician
 
 
conference chair

Bio & Contact

Kristina Angelova
(Bulgaria)

artist
Flying Nomads
 
film talk speaker

Bio & Contact

Consuelo Arbelaez
(Colombia/Italy)

founder/advisor/tour producer
CA Musica
 
networking session speaker

Bio & Contact

Photo by Lars Opstad

Ed Ashcroft
(UK)

director
District 6 Music Publishing Ltd
 
conference speaker

Bio & Contact

 

 

B

 

Photo by Antoine Delage

Judyth Babin
(France)

director
Manag’Art/Grain(s) de Riz

conference speaker

Bio & Contact

Kimia Bani
(Iran)

musician
 
 
conference speaker

Coming Soon

Photo by by Ourida Yaker

Magali Bergès
(France/Mali)

FIWA/Fesival International du Wassulu
 
 
conference speaker

Bio & Contact

Tom Besford
(UK)

chief executive
English Folk Expo

associated presentation chair

Bio & Contact

Gareth Bonello
(UK)

artist
The Gentle Good/Khasi-Cymru Collective

conference speaker

Bio & Contact

Thomas Bouet
(France)

head of Programming & Acquisitions
Qwest TV
 
film talk speaker

Bio & Contact

Photo by Gábor Ancsin

Miklós Both
(Hungary)

director general
Hungarian Heritage House

conference speaker

Bio & Contact

 

 

C

 

Mariet Calsius
(Belgium)

director,
CEMPER - Centre for Music and Performing Arts Heritage
conference speaker

Bio & Contact

Photo by Mane Canessa

Martín Canessa
(Chile)

director
Lichens Family
 
conference speaker

Bio & Contact

Photo by Whitney South

Alfredo Caxaj
(Guatemala/Canada)

executive/co-artistic director
Sunfest
 
networking session speaker

Bio & Contact

Photo by Cole Management Services

Sholly Cole
  (Nigeria)

general manager
Cole Management Services Ltd

conference speaker

Bio & Contact

Lize Colson
(Belgium)

jazz & traditional music representative
VI.BE
 
conference speaker

Bio & Contact

Photo by Dan Efram

Matthew Covey
  (USA)

executive director
Tamizdat
 
roundtable mentor/networking session speaker

Bio & Contact

 

 

D

 

Photo by Andrii Maximov

Alona Dmukhovska
(Ukraine)

head/co-founder
Music Export Ukraine NGO
 
conference speaker

Bio & Contact

Photo by B&W

Kaushik Dutta
(India/Jordan)

president
MusiConnect Asia
 
networking session coordinator

Bio & Contact

 

 

F

 

Marwane Fachane
(Morocco)

director
Visa For Music/Hiba Foundation
 
conference speaker

Contact & Bio

Carolina Fenoll Espinosa
(Spain)

project manager
Creative Europe Culture Desk - Spain
 
roundtable mentor

Bio & Contact

Photo by Idalécio Francisco

Hugo Ferreira
(Portugal)

ceo,
CCER MAIS, CRL/Omnichord
 
conference chair

Bio & Contact

Photo by Michael Rathmayr

Marie Fol
(Belgium/France)

cultural mobility expert
 
 
conference chair/conference speaker

Bio & Contact

 

 

G

 

Photo by Philipp Lojak

Samin Ghorbani
(Iran/Germany)

iranian classical singer,
Transmusikale e.V
 
conference speaker

Bio & Contact

Photo by Maciej Kosmowski

Daga Gregorowicz
(Poland)

manager
Dagadana
 
conference speaker

Bio & Contact

Photo by Dovile Sermokas

Ganna Gryniva
(Ukraine/Germany)

artist
 
 
film talk speaker

Bio & Contact

Santana Guérot
(France/UK)

chief of programming
Band on the Wall
 
associated presentation speaker

Bio & Contact

Photo by Maciej Komorowski

Yuriy Gurzhy
(Ukraine/Germany)

musician, songwriter, dj, author
 
 
conference speaker

Bio & Contact

 

 

H

 

Eluned Hâf
(UK)

head
Wales Arts International
 
conference chair

Bio & Contact

Huia Hamon
(New Zealand)

musician
Independent
 
networking session speaker

Bio & Contact

Photo by Music In Africa

Eddie Hatitye
(Zimbabwe/South Africa)

director
Music In Africa Foundation
 
networking session speaker

Bio & Contact

Peiti Huang
(Taiwan)

Wind Music International Corporation
 
 
networking session speaker

Bio & Contact

 

 

J

 

Luca Jacob
(Germany)

ceo
Piranha Arts
 
film talk chair

Bio & Contact

Photo by Brenda Azueta

Catalina Maria Johnson
(USA)

music journalist
Beat Latino
 
networking session speaker

Bio & Contact

Photo by Urszula Tarasiewics

Karolina Juzwa
(Poland)

curator, Intl Jazz Platform/co-leader, Better Live
Wytwórnia
 
conference chair

Bio & Contact

 

 

K

 

Photo by Truth from Africa

Herman Kabubi
(Uganda)

festival/arts market programmer/arts & culture
 
 
networking session coordinator

Bio & Contact

Photo by Jen Squires

Limam Monza Kane
(Mauretania)

director
Assalamaleekoum Festival/Arterial Network
 
networking session speaker

Bio & Contact

Photo by Maxim Tarasov

Bulat Khalilov
(Georgia)

label co-founder
Ored Recordings
 
conference speaker

Bio & Contact

Mansoor Khan
(India)

founder & ceo
Beatoven.ai
 
digital conference speaker

Bio & Contact

Photo by Daniel Oyegade

Debra King
(UK)

director
Brighter Sound/Sector Lead Manchester Music City
associated presentation speaker

Bio & Contact

Photo by DiggingRoots

ShoShona Kish
(Canada)

founder & artistic director,
International Indigenous Music Summit
 
networking session coordinator

Bio & Contact

Photo by Florian Reischauer

Frank Klaffs
(Germany)

director
Piranha Records
 
conference speaker

Bio & Contact

Nod Knowles
(UK/Belgium)

administrator
European Folk Network
 
conference chair

Bio & Contact

Photo by Maxim Tarasov

Timur Kodzoko
(Georgia)

label co-founder/musician
Ored Recordings
 
conference speaker

Bio & Contact

Ruth Koleva
(USA)

director of international partnerships
Kanjian Music
 
associated presentation chair

Bio & Contact

Dan Koplowitz
(USA)

owner
Friendly Fire Licensing
 
conference chair

Bio & Contact

Julien Kourbatoff
(France)

head of Media
PAM/IDOL
 
film talk speaker

Bio & Contact

 

 

L

 

Sébastien Laussel
(France)

director
Zone Franche
 
associated presentation chair

Bio & Contact

Photo by B&W

Jung Hun Lee
(South Korea)

artistic director
Gwangju Busking World Cup
 
networking session speaker

Bio & Contact

Marie Le Sourd
(France)

secretary general
On the Move
 
award recipient/conference speaker

Bio & Contact

Sølvi Lien
(Norway)

artistic and managing director
Førde Traditional and World Music Festival
 
conference speaker

Bio & Contact

 

 

M

 

Fernanda Maurício
(Portugal)

director of Independent Living center
APCC (Associação de Paralisia Cerebral de Coimbra)
conference speaker

Bio & Contact

Simon McKerrell
(UK)

professor of media and music
Glasgow Caledonian University
 
digital conference speaker

Bio & Contact

Felipe Maqui
(Spain/Argentina)

director
La Ideal/Batalla
 
film talk speaker

Bio & Contact

Karalyn Monteil
(USA/France)

head of Programmes & Stakeholders Outreach
UNESCO
 
conference speaker

Bio & Contact

 

 

N

 

Keith Nurse
(Trinidad and Tobago/UK)

president
College of Science Technology and Applied Arts Trinidad and Tobago
conference speaker

Bio & Contact

 

 

O

 

Sergio Oramas
(USA)

staff scientist
Pandora/SiriusXM
 
roundtable mentor

Bio & Contact

Nimkii Osawamick
(Canada)

musician

 
conference speaker

Coming Soon

 

 

P

 

Photo by Masha Kunina

Natasha Padabed
(Belarus/Germany)

agent
More Zvukov Agency
 
conference chair

Bio & Contact

Isabel Pérez Gálvez
(Spain)

project manager
Creative Europe Culture Desk Spain
 
roundtable mentor

Bio & Contact

Ágnes Margit Pethes
(Hungary)

audio describer, accessibility expert
Add On
 
conference speaker

Bio & Contact

Piotr Pucylo
(Poland)

artistic director
GLOBALTICA World Cultures Festival
 
roundtable mentor

Bio & Contact

 

 

R

 

Neeta Ragoowansi
(USA)

executive director
Folk Alliance International
 
roundtable mentor

Bio & Contact

Amanda Rheaume
(Canada)


International Indigenous Music Summit
 
networking session coordinator

Bio & Contact

Photo by Calavera Estudio

Ana Rodriguez
(Mexico)

manager/ceo
Troker/Relatable
 
conference chair

Bio & Contact

 

 

S

 

Mathilde Sallez
(France)

European project coordinator
Le périscope
 
conference speaker

Bio & Contact

Oumou Sangaré by Holly Whittaker

Oumou Sangaré
(Mali)

singer/director
FIWA/Festival International du WAssulu
 
digital conference speaker

Bio & Contact

Photo by by Sabir El Mouakil

Fouzia Saoudi
(Morocco)

excecutive production director
Festival Gnaoua d'Essaouira
 
conference chair

Bio & Contact

Photo by Jinna Yang

Amandine Saumonneau
(France)

coordinator
Zone Franche
 
associated presentation speaker

Bio & Contact

Photo by Nelly Küfner

Stefanie Schumann
(Germany)

manager
Delicious Tunes
 
conference speaker

Bio & Contact

Photo by Manon Levet

Amani Semaan
(Lebanon)

director
Beirut and Beyond
 
conference speaker

Bio & Contact

Photo by Jasmine Bannister

Gwendolenn Sharp
(France)

coordinator
The Green Room
 
associated presentation chair

Bio & Contact

Photo by Angie Smith

Allie Silver
(USA/Germany)

founder and director
Free Radical Productions
 
networking session coordinator

Bio & Contact

Photo by MCF

Peta Si'ulepa
(New Zealand/Samoa/American Samoa)

festival director
Samoana Jazz & Arts Festival
networking coordinator/conference speaker

Bio & Contact

Nicola Smyth
(UK)

senior manager international
Arts Council England
 
associated presentation speaker

Bio & Contact

Erica K. Smith
(Barbados)

ceo
Copyright Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers Inc.
conference chair

Bio & Contact

Isabel Soffer
(Iran/USA)

director
Globalfest/Live Sounds
 
networking session coordinator

Bio & Contact

Dan Somogyi
(UK)

director
SoundStorm/Lighthouse, Pooleency
 
networking session coordinator

Bio & Contact

Sandhya Surendran
(India)

partner
BTG Legal
 
digital conference speaker

Bio & Contact

 

 

T

 

Ashley Tucker
(USA)

co-executive director,
Artistic Freedom Initiative (AFI)
 
networking session coordinator

Bio & Contact

Araceli Tzigane
(Spain)

director
Mapamundi Música
 
conference speaker

Bio & Contact

Giambattista Tofoni
(France)

general manager
EJN Europe Jazz Network
 
associated presentation speaker

Bio & Contact

 

 

U

 

Lucia Udvardyova
(Slovakia)

WOMEX Film
Piranha Arts
 
film talk chair

Bio & Contact

 

 

V

 

Photo by by Claudia Hansen

Andrea Voets
(Belgium/The Netherlands)

artistic director/music journalist/harpist
Resonate Productions
 
conference speaker

Bio & Contact

Photo by Eric van Nieuwland

Martyna van Nieuwland
(Poland/The Netherlands)

artistic director
Music Meeting
conference chair/networking session coordinator/associated presentation speaker

Bio & Contact

Paul Vials
(UK)

director
District 6 Music Publishing Ltd
 
conference speaker

Bio & Contact

W

 

Alexander Walter
(Germany)

WOMEX director
Piranha Arts
 
conference chair

Bio & Contact

Photo by Bazánth Ivola

Balázs Weyer
(Hungary)

head of programming
Hangvető
 
conference speaker

Bio & Contact

 

 

Y

 

Photo by by Vitaliy Uhov

Oleksandra Yakubenko
(Ukraine/USA)

representative for Ukraine Protective Programs
Artists at Risk Connection (PEN America)
 
conference chair

Bio & Contact

Photo by by Rene Loeffler

Yalda Yazdani
(Iran/Germany)

ethnomusicologist, filmmaker, curator
Transmusikale e. V
 
conference chair

Bio & Contact

 

 

Z

 

Chuanjing Zhang
(China)

vice secretary general
China Audio-Video and Digital Publishing Association (Cadpa)
associated presentation speaker

Bio & Contact

Haiying Zhang
(China)

global business manager
Guangdong Starsing Culture Transmitted Co. Ltd.
associated presentation speaker

Bio & Contact

Liwei Zhang
(China)

president
Beijing Midi Productions Ltd.
 
associated presentation speaker

Bio & Contact