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WOMEX 21 Speakers

Get to know the many conference chairs, speakers and mentors from around the world taking part the
WOMEX 21 Conference and Programme comprised of Jury selected Conference, Networking and Mentoring Sessions, as well as Associated Presentations.

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Only delegates with an active registration will be able to see their contact details.

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  Conference Programme      

 

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Rui Miguel Abreu
(Portugal)

music critic & radio presenter, Blitz/Expresso/RimaseBatidas/Antena3
 
conference speaker

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Photo by Abdelrahman Hussein

Basem Abuarab
(Egypt/UAE)

programming manager, The Fridge
 
 
one-to-one mentor

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Photo by Richard John

Jackson Allers
(USA/Lebanon)

filmmaker, music journalist & dj,
Beats and Breath
 
conference speaker

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Juanita Apraez Murillo
(Italy)

co-founder, Seeyousound International Music Film Festival
 
one-to-one mentor

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Photo by Marie Charlotte Beja

Felipe Álvarez
(Colombia)

director
 
 
networking session coordinator

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Sergio Arbelaez Ospina
(Colombia/México)

director, FIMPRO
 
 
conference chair

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Olfa Arfaoui
(Tunisia)

creative director, La Fabrique Art Studio/FeMENA
 
conference speaker

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Photo by Olga Korenovskaya

Ekaterina Artyushkina
(Russia)

general director, Peterburg Concert
 
 
roundtable mentor

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Photo by Jose de Holanda

Lenna Bahule
(Mozambique)

musical performer and researcher
 
 
digital conference speaker

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Ouafa Belgacem
(Tunisia)

ceo, CFW
 
 
conference chair

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Photo by Nada Zgank

Bogdan Benigar
(Slovenia)

jazz & world music director, Cankarjev Dom/Cultural & Congress Centre
 
associated presentation speaker

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Alessandra Borchi
(Italy/Cuba)

Transcultura programme coordinator, UNESCO
 
 
associated presentation speaker

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Karen Boswall
(UK)

film-maker/researcher, Speak My Sister

 
conference chair

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Sara Brandão
(Portugal)

area manager, INOVA+
 
 
associated presentation speaker

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Photo by Marilena Umuhoza Delli

Ian Brennan
(USA/Italy)

music producer and author
 
 
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Photo by Barbara Taylor, London Free Press

Alfredo Caxaj
(Guatemala/Canada)

executive & co-artistic director, SUNFEST
 
 
conference speaker

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Chocolate Remix
(Argentina)

artist
 
 
conference speaker

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Liliane Chlela
  (Lebanon/Canada)

music producer
 
 
digital conference speaker

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Paige Collings
  (UK/Denmark)

global advocacy & campaigns coordinator, Freemuse
 
conference chair

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Batida aka Pedro Coquenão
  (Angola/Portugal)

artist
 
 
conference speaker

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Photo by Dan Efram

Matthew Covey
  (USA)

executive director, Tamizdat
 
 
conference chair

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Photo by Candy Kwon

Charlie Crooijmans
  (The Netherlands)

radio/podcaster, editor and adviser for funds
 
 
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António Cunha
  (Portugal)

ceo, Uguru
 
 
conference speaker

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Photo by Xun Ciin

Sara Curruchich
  (Guatemala)

Maya Kaqchikel singer & songwriter, Tejiendo Sonidos
 
conference speaker

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D

 

Bojan Djorjevic
(Serbia)

founder, Todo Mundo world music festival
 
 
associated presentation chair

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Photo by Suzy Poling

Mathew Dryhurst
(Poland/Germany)

artist
 
 
conference speaker

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Darius Darek
(Poland/Germany)

co-founder of Global Club Music Network
 
 
networking session coordinator

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Andrew Dubber
(New Zealand/Sweden)

director, MTF Labds
 
 
conference speaker

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E

 

Photo by Michelle McKenzie

Em Ekong
(UK/Ghana)

managing director, Urban Inclusion Community Ltd
 
conference speaker

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Photo by Adriana Echeverry

Maria Clara Espinel
(Colombia)

manager & music agent, MCE Entertainment / La Chiva Gantiva / Si Asbl
 
conference speaker

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F

 

Zélie Flach
(UK)

european officer, Wales Arts International
 
 
conference speaker

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Annica Floren
(Sweden/Belgium)

deputy head of unit, European Commission
 
 
associated presentation speaker

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Photo by Michael Rathmayr

Marie Fol
(France/Netherlands)

president, On the Move
 
 
conference speaker

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G

 

Mila Georgieva
(Bulgaria)

international relations & project manager, Bulgarian Music Association / A to Z Foundation
 
associated presentation speaker

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Sidónio Givandás
(Mozambique/UK)

cultural promoter & project manager
Speak My Sister
 
mentor

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Jwana Godinho
(Canada/Portugal)

founder, It's About Impact
 
 
conference speaker

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Cruz Gorostegi
(Spain)

ceo, Syntorama
 
 
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Natalie Gravenor
(USA/Germany)

festival programmer, Soundwatch Music Film Festival / filmokratie
 
conference chair

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Photo by Leslie Salgado

Alejandro Guma
(Cuba)

UNESCO Transcultura programme officer, UNESCO
 
associated presentation chair

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Christina Hazboun
(Palestine/UK)

sonic agent director, The Sonic Agent
 
 
conference chair

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Photo by Sirli Raitma

Becky Hazlewood
(UK/Portugal)

environmental sustainability project manager, Julie's Bycicle
 
networking session coordinator

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I

 

Pascuala Ilabaca
(Chile)

artist
 
 
conference speaker

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Photo by Katja Ruge

Lena Ingwersen
(Germany)

project manager, Music Cities Network
 
 
roundtable mentor

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Photo by Seka

Naïssam Jalal
(Syria/France)

composer, musician (flute, nay) & vocalist, Tour'n'sol prod.
 
conference speaker

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K

 

Malle Kaas
(Denmark)

soundengineer, co-founder & daily manager, Women In Live Music (WILM)
 
conference chair

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Photo by Alexander Louvet

Aya Kasasa
(The DRC/Belgium)

head of culture, migration, urbanisation, démography, Department of Political Affairs and Human Development, Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS)
associated presentation speaker

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Photo by Brazen Rule & Mariam Katongole

Thomas Katongole-Strauch
(Germany)

label manager & publishing, artist, Switchstance Recordings
 
conference speaker

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Nod Knowles
(UK)

administrator
 
 
networking session coordinator

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Login Kociski
(North Macedonia)

ceo, Password Production
 
associated presentation speaker

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Photo by Olof Grind

Ebo Krdum
(Sudan/Sweden)

artist & activist
 
 
conference speaker

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Philip Küppers
(Germany/Senegal)

director Goethe-Institut Senegal, Goethe-Institut
 
 
conference speaker

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Jasmina Lazovic Freemuse
(Serbia)

global monitoring programme coordinator, Freemuse
 
conference speaker

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Reanne Leuning
(The Netherlands/Austria)

director of creative industries, ADVANTAGE AUSTRIA
 
conference speaker

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Photo by Jessica Blain Descormiers

Eli Levinson
(Canada)

producer at Mundial Montreal
 
 
networking session co-coordinator

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M

 

Marlene Macedo
(Portugal)

Why Portugal
 
 
networking session co-coordinator

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Sara Machado
(Portugal)

head of culture, Creative Europe Desk Portugal
 
 
conference speaker

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Rahima Mahmut
(China/UK)

U.K. director, World Uyghur Congress
 
 
conference speaker

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Photo by Marta Pina

DJ Marfox
(Portugal)

producer & dj, Príncipe Discos
 
 
conference speaker

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Photo by Eric van Nieuwland

Martyna Markowska
(Poland)

head of programming, Katowice City of Gardens
 
 
conference speaker & networking session coordinator

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Photo by Nazeer

Sonya Mazumdar
(India)

founder & director, EarthSync
 
 
conference chair

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Christine Merkel
(Germany)

international expert & senior adviser, UNESCO-EU expert factility cultural economy and governance conference speaker
conference speaker

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Rima Mismar
(Lebanon)

executive director, Arab Fund for Arts and Culture
 
conference speaker

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Margarida Moreira
(Portugal)

light designer
 
 
conference speaker

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Photo by Leonor Fonseca

Nuno Moura
(Portugal)

ceo, Faniak
 
 
conference speaker

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Aya Nabulsi
(Jordan)

executive director & cultural practitioner, Al Balad Music Festival
 
conference speaker

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Sébastien Nasra
(Canada)

co-founder and executive producer, Mundial Montreal
 
networking session coordinator

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Keith Nurse
(UK/Saint Lucia)

expert in creative economy and trade policy
 
 
conference speaker

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Photo by Sheldon Hamilton

Luna Olavarria Gallegos
(USA)

content, community & ethics manager, Elis
 
 
conference speaker

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Photo by Emile Holba

Martel Ollerenshaw
(Australia/UK)

vice president, Europe Jazz Network
 
 
associated presentation speaker

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Ana Paulo
(Portugal)

manager & director, Fado In A Box
 
 
conference chair

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Mercedes Pinto
(Portugal)

programme coordinator, PROCULTURA / Camões, I.P.
 
associated presentation speaker

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Ivan Petrovic
(Serbia)

president of the managing board,
EXIT Foundation
 
associated presentation speaker

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Photo by Sam Millington

Ana Rodriguez
(Mexico)

manager & co-chair / ceo, International Music Managers Forum / Relatable
 
conference speaker

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Photo by Alexandre Debieve

Nerea T. Ruiz
(Spain)

professor of innovation, music & entertainment industry, SAE Institute
 
mentor

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Photo by Carmen Gomez

Stephanie Rushton
(Canada/France)

music supervisor, Seven Seas Music
 
 
conference chair

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Photo by Henerico Rossi

Rebecca Salvadori
(Italy/UK)

video artist & curator, Rebecca Salvadori
 
 
conference speaker

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Nuno Saraiva
(Portugal)

executive director
 
 
networking session coordinator

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Photo by Shain Shapiro

Shain Shapiro
(Canada/UK)

executive director, Center for Music Ecosystems
 
 
conference chair

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Photo by Yann Tambour

Gwendolenn Sharp
(France)

director, The Green Room
 
 
conference chair

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Allie Silver
(USA/Germany)

founder & director, Free Radical Productions
 
 
networking session coordinator

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Ian Smith
(UK/Austria)

founder & owner, Frusion / Fizzion / Ukeartswork
 
conference chair

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Dan Somogyi
(UK)

director
 
 
networking session coordinator

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Photo by Lukesh Photography

Terfa Tilley-Gyado
(Nigeria)

director, communications & strategy, Temple Company
 
conference speaker

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Giambattista Tofoni
(Italy)

general manager, EJN Europe Jazz Network
 
 
associated presentation chair

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Julie Trébault
(France/USA)

director, Artists at Risk Connection
 
 
conference chair

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Boima Tucker
(USA)

producer & editor, Africa Is a Country
 
 
conference chair

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Photo by Joshua Carrigan

Ashley Tucker
(USA)

co-executive director, Artistic Freedom Initiative
 
 
roundtable mentor

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U

 

Marilena Umuhoza Delli
(Italy)

filmmaker, author & photopgrapher
 
 
conference chair

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V

 

Photo by Hans Speekenbrink

Danka Van Dodewaard
(The Netherlands)

director amsterdam roots festival
 
 
networking session coordinator

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Alexander Walter
(Germany)

director WOMEX, Piranha Arts
 
 
conference chair

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Photo by Endre Lohne

Katharina Weinert
(Germany)

policy advisor, European Music Council
 
 
associated presentation chair

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Photo by Szilard Nagyilles

Balázs Weyer
(Hungary)

director of programming, Hangvető
 
 
associated presentation chair

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Photo by Vanessa Mojapelo

Jess White
(Australia/South Africa)

artist manager, booking agent & music consultant, Akum Agency
 
conference speaker

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Lisa Whytock
(UK)

executive producer, Showcase Scotland Expo
 
 
conference chair

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Photo by Photo by Christoph Wieland

Yalda Yazdani
(Iran/Germany)

ethnomusicologist, curator, Zeitgenoessische Oper Berlin
 
conference speaker

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Manojna Yeluri
(India)

entertainment & music lawyer, Artistik License
 
 
conference chair

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Photo by Mario del Curto

Carine Zuber
(Switzerland)

director, Moods
 
 
associated presentation speaker

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