- 21-25 OCT 2026
- Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
WOMEX 25 Speakers
Get to know the many conference chairs, speakers, coordinators and mentors from around the world taking part in the WOMEX 25 Conference and Programme comprised of Jury selected Conference and Mentoring Sessions, as well as Networking Sessions and 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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Patrice Agbokou
(Canada)
manager/agent
Pasa Music
conference speaker, networking session coordinator
Katharin Ahrend
(Germany)
managing director
Clubcommission Berlin e.V & Awareness Akademie
conference chair
Sara Ajnnak
(Sweden)
Sámi artist, activist & storyteller
Sapmist!
networking session coordinator
Mike Alleyne
(UK/Barbados)
professor emeritus
Middle Tennessee State University
virtual conference speaker
Jana Ambrózová
(Slovakia)
associate professor; Department of Ethnology ICTMCE, Faculty of Arts, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra
conference speaker
Olfa Arfaoui
(Tunisia/The Netherlands)
director, co-founder
FeMENA Network
conference speaker
George Robert Asewe
(Kenya)
founder & ceo
The Music Advocate Africa
virtual conference chair
Marija Astromskaitė
(Lithuania)
project manager
Music Lithuania
associated presentation speaker
B
Barbora Botošová
(Slovakia)
violinist, artistic director & music producer
Ornament
conference speaker
André Bourgeois
(Switzerland/Brazil)
talent manager & agent
Urban Jungle
conference speaker
Miriam Brenner
(The Netherlands)
artistic director
Music Meeting
networking session coordinator
Mirko Burazer
(Croatia)
international project manager / coo
We Move Music Croatia / SHIP
conference speaker
C
Patricia Carrera
(Mexico/Spain)
music supervisor
Control Freaks Music
conference speaker
Mercedes Caxaj
(Guatemala/Canada)
co-artistic director
Sunfest
networking session coordinator
Mihka Chee
(New Zealand/Australia)
general manager
Wantok Musik Foundation
conference chair
Rodrigo Contreras
(Guatemala/USA)
head of Sync & Business Development
onestop music
conference speaker
Angharad Cooper
(UK/France)
freelance consultant
Angharad Cooper Consultancy and Coaching Ltd
conference chair
Matthew Covey
(USA)
executive director
Tamizdat/CoveyLaw
conference speaker, networking session coordinator
D
Benjamin Demelemester
(France)
international project manager
CNM Your French Music Partner
mentor
Kevin T. Dozwa
(Zimbabwe)
musicologist, artist manager
Kever Six Music
virtual conference speaker
Merlyn Driver
(UK)
musician and cultural producer,
Sounds Archive manager, Earth Sonic
conference chair
E
Paloma Estevez
(Chile/USA)
director, artistic programming
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
conference speaker
F
Olivier Fontaine
(Belgium)
team leader
European Commission – DG
EAC
associated presentation speaker
G
MC Galang
(Philippines)
co-founder and creative director
NThe Rest Is Noise PH
conference chair
Mila Georgieva
(Bulgaria)
vicepresident
Bulgarian Music Association/head producer, SoAlive Music Conference
conference speaker
H
Hinurewa te Hau
(New Zealand)
director
Matariki Cultural Foundation
networking session coordinator
Huia Hamon
(New Zealand)
musician, artist, global Indigenous collaborator
Integrity Creative Ltd, Kog Studio, Hūhā Music
virtual conference speaker
J
Juha Järvinen
(Finland)
principal, ceo
Turku Conservatory of Music
associated presentation speaker
K
Sanni Kahilainen
(Finland/France)
executive vice president
International Music Council (IMC)
conference speaker, networking session coordinator
Limam Monza Kane
(Mauritania)
president general director
Assalamalekoum Group
conference speaker
Ruth Koleva
(Bulgaria)
founder
SoAlive Music Conference / Sofia Live Fest
conference chair
Melissa Kolukisagil
(Germany)
curator
İÇ İÇE Festival für neue anatolische Musik
conference speaker
L
Everton Lewis, Jr
(Canada)
chief music supervisor
Wracket Music Supervision
virtual conference speaker
Mauricio Lizarazo Prada
(Colombia/Germany)
founder/live-music producer/tour manager
Pachamama Culture • MUSIC C •A •R •E •S
networking session coordinator
M
Yamen Mekdad
(Syria/UK)
co-founder and creative director
Syrian Cassette Archive
conference speaker
Danielle Morgan
(Papua New Guinea)
singer-songwriter
Danielle PNG Official
conference speaker
N
Micaela Neiva
(Brazil)
director
Ibero-American Forum of Music Markets - FIMM
associated presentation speaker
Leo Niemi
(Finland)
independent music supervisor & sync agent
Freelance / Sync Sauna
conference speaker
Tarmo Noormaa
(Estonia)
director
Estonian Traditional Music Centre NGO
associated presentation speaker
Keith Nurse
(UK/Trinidad and Tobago)
president
College of Science Technology and Applied Arts
conference speaker
O
P
Jess Partridge
(UK)
executive director
EMMA - European Music Managers Alliance
networking session coordinator, associated presentation speaker
R
Marina Roveta
(Spain)
founder & director
Producciones Submarinas
networking session coordinator
S
Mariia Saveleva
(Russia/Germany)
founder, music lawyer & business consultant
Saveleva Law
mentor
Christine Semba
(France/Germany)
WOMEX advisor/head of WOMEX Academy
associated presentation speaker
Barbora Silhanova
(Czech Republic/Finland)
artist, project director
Old Forest Echoes ry
conference speaker
Allie Silver
(USA/Germany/Mexico)
founder and director
Free Radical Productions LLC
networking session coordinator
Sabina Smailagic
(Bosnia and Herzegovina/Denmark)
music culture facilitator
conference speaker
T
Ashley Tucker
(USA)
co-founder, co-executive director
Artistic Freedom Initiative
session facilitator
U
Ian Urrutia
(Philippines)
founder/chief pr strategist
Nyou Public Relation Consultancy/The Rest Is Noise PH/AXEAN Festival
conference speaker
V
Sanni Virta
(Finland)
executive director
Kantele Association
networking session coordinator
W
Y
Melisa Yıldırım
(Türkiye/UK)
musician
MY Music Education & Consultancy
conference speaker
Z
Daina Zalāne
(Germany/Latvia)
director
Culture Management Centre LAUSKA
associated presentation speaker