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  • 21-25 OCT 2026
  • Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
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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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  Conference Programme      

 

A

 

Patrice Agbokou
(Canada)

manager/agent
Pasa Music
conference speaker, networking session coordinator

Bio & Contact

Photo by Mikael Ahlfors

Paulina Ahokas
(Finland)

managing director, ceo
Tampere-talo Group
 
conference chair

Bio & Contact

Photo by by Charlot van Heswik

Katharin Ahrend
(Germany)

managing director
Clubcommission Berlin e.V & Awareness Akademie
conference chair

Bio & Contact

Photo by Jonas Berglund

Sara Ajnnak
(Sweden)

Sámi artist, activist & storyteller
Sapmist!
 
networking session coordinator

Bio & Contact

Photo by Studio 6ix

Mike Alleyne
(UK/Barbados)

professor emeritus
Middle Tennessee State University
 
virtual conference speaker

Bio & Contact

Photo by The Music Advocate Africa

Jana Ambrózová
(Slovakia)

associate professor; Department of Ethnology ICTMCE, Faculty of Arts, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra
conference speaker

Bio & Contact

Kara Angan
(Philippines)

editor
Coast2Coast
 
virtual conference speaker

Bio & Contact

Photo by Erin Brown

Olfa Arfaoui
(Tunisia/The Netherlands)

director, co-founder
FeMENA Network
 
conference speaker

Bio & Contact

Photo by The Music Advocate Africa

George Robert Asewe
(Kenya)

founder & ceo
The Music Advocate Africa
 
virtual conference chair

Bio & Contact

Marija Astromskaitė
(Lithuania)

project manager
Music Lithuania
 
associated presentation speaker

Bio & Contact

 

 

B

 

Photo by Sandy Haessner

Amadou Fall Ba
(Senegal)

general coordinator
Impact Senegal

conference speaker

Bio & Contact

Photo by Nika Vogrič Dežman

Bogdan Benigar
(Slovenia)

director
Druga Godba
 
networking session coordinator

Bio & Contact

Photo by Cherifa Jaibi

Mohamed Ben Said
(Tunisia)

promoter
Akacia Productions
 
conference chair

Bio & Contact

Photo by Točík Berkyová

Barbora Botošová
(Slovakia)

violinist, artistic director & music producer
Ornament
 
conference speaker

Bio & Contact

Photo by Kalina Bourgeois

André Bourgeois
(Switzerland/Brazil)

talent manager & agent
Urban Jungle

conference speaker

Bio & Contact

Photo by Geke Bosch

Miriam Brenner
(The Netherlands)

artistic director
Music Meeting

networking session coordinator

Bio & Contact

Photo by Filip Kovačević

Mirko Burazer
(Croatia)

international project manager / coo
We Move Music Croatia / SHIP
 
conference speaker

Bio & Contact

 

 

C

 

Photo by karumartins

Patricia Carrera
(Mexico/Spain)

music supervisor
Control Freaks Music
 
conference speaker

Bio & Contact

Photo by Whitney South

Mercedes Caxaj
(Guatemala/Canada)

co-artistic director
Sunfest

networking session coordinator

Bio & Contact

Juliana Cepeda
(Colombia)

arts and cultural manager
Casa Kilele
 
mentor

Bio & Contact

Photo by Linnet

Mihka Chee
(New Zealand/Australia)

general manager
Wantok Musik Foundation
 
  conference chair

Bio & Contact

Photo by Filip Skrońc

Magda Cholyst
(Poland)

ceo, founder
Artist in Bloom
 
  associated presentation chair

Bio & Contact

Photo by Ajpu Nicho

Ch´umilkaj
(Guatemala)

singer-songwriter
Kaqchikel

conference speaker

Bio & Contact

Photo by Rodrigo Ramazzini

Rodrigo Contreras
(Guatemala/USA)

head of Sync & Business Development
onestop music

conference speaker

Bio & Contact available soon

Angharad Cooper
(UK/France)

freelance consultant
Angharad Cooper Consultancy and Coaching Ltd
conference chair

Bio & Contact

Photo by Dan Efram

Matthew Covey
(USA)

executive director
Tamizdat/CoveyLaw
conference speaker, networking session coordinator

Bio & Contact

 

 

D

 

Photo by Maarit Kytöharju

Anna Dantchev
(Bulgaria/Finland)

vocalist/composer
Dantchev:Domain
 
  conference chair

Bio & Contact

Photo by Radoslaw Kazmierczak

Ave Sophia Demelemester
(Estonia)

director
Music Estonia
 
  associated presentation chair

Bio & Contact

Photo by Radoslaw Kazmierczak

Benjamin Demelemester
(France)

international project manager
CNM Your French Music Partner
 
  mentor

Bio & Contact

Photo by Proud M. Saungweme (Lantern Studio)

Kevin T. Dozwa
(Zimbabwe)

musicologist, artist manager
Kever Six Music
 
virtual conference speaker

Bio & Contact

Photo by Louise Bichan

Merlyn Driver
(UK)

musician and cultural producer,
Sounds Archive manager, Earth Sonic

conference chair

Bio & Contact

Paul Duhaney
(UK)

artistic director
Africa Oyé

networking session coordinator

Bio & Contact

 

 

E

 

Photo by Ana Alexandrino

Eulícia Esteves
(Brazil)

director
Funarte
 
associated presentation chair

Bio & Contact

Paloma Estevez
(Chile/USA)

director, artistic programming
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
 
conference speaker

Bio & Contact

 

 

F

 

Photo by Ustad

Aisha Fancy
(Nigeria)

a&r
Davido Music Worldwide
 
mentor

Bio & Contact

Faravaz
(Iran/Germany)

singer & activist
 
 
conference speaker

Bio & Contact

Marie Fol
(France/Belgium)

advisor
MFB
conference chair, networking session coordinator

Bio & Contact

Photo by Ronnie Zeemering

Olivier Fontaine
(Belgium)

team leader
European Commission – DG
EAC
associated presentation speaker

Bio & Contact available soon

 

 

G

 

MC Galang
(Philippines)

co-founder and creative director
NThe Rest Is Noise PH
 
conference chair

Bio & Contact

Eugene Galushchenko
(Ukraine/Spain/USA)

ceo
onestop music
 
virtual conference speaker

Bio & Contact

Photo by ELLY

Mila Georgieva
(Bulgaria)

vicepresident
Bulgarian Music Association/head producer, SoAlive Music Conference
conference speaker

Bio & Contact

Photo by MACBA

Mark Gergis
(USA/UK)

founder and director
Syrian Cassette Archives
 
conference speaker

Bio & Contact

Micaela Gurevich
(Uruguay)

director
Ibermusicas
 
associated presentation speaker

Bio & Contact

 

 

H

 

Hinurewa te Hau
(New Zealand)

director
Matariki Cultural Foundation
 
networking session coordinator

Bio & Contact

Huia Hamon
(New Zealand)

musician, artist, global Indigenous collaborator
Integrity Creative Ltd, Kog Studio, Hūhā Music
 
virtual conference speaker

Bio & Contact

 

 

J

 

Photo by by Belle Portwé

Martin A. James
(St. Lucia)

chief executive officer
ECCO INC
 
virtual conference chair

Bio & Contact

Adam Jeanes
(UK)

advisory board member
Folkestone Music Town CIC
 
conference speaker

Bio & Contact

Photo by Tuomas Kourula

Juha Järvinen
(Finland)

principal, ceo
Turku Conservatory of Music
 
associated presentation speaker

Bio & Contact available soon

 

 

K

 

Photo by Truth from Africa

Herman Kabubi
(Uganda/USA)

programmer
Truth from Africa
 
networking session coordinator

Bio & Contact

Photo by Tero Ahonen

Sanni Kahilainen
(Finland/France)

executive vice president
International Music Council (IMC)
conference speaker, networking session coordinator

Bio & Contact

Photo by Tommy H

Limam Monza Kane
(Mauritania)

president general director
Assalamalekoum Group

conference speaker

Bio & Contact

Photo by Florian Reischauer

Frank Klaffs
(Germany)

director
Piranha Records
 
networking session coordinator

Bio & Contact

Oliver Knust
(Chile)

director
Chilemusica
 
networking session coordinator

Bio & Contact

Photo by Slav & Huben

Ruth Koleva
(Bulgaria)

founder
SoAlive Music Conference / Sofia Live Fest
 
conference chair

Bio & Contact

Photo by Joanna Schroeder

Melissa Kolukisagil
(Germany)

curator
İÇ İÇE Festival für neue anatolische Musik
 
conference speaker

Bio & Contact

Dan Koplowitz
(USA/Mexico)

owner
Friendly Fire Licensing
 
virtual conference chair

Bio & Contact

Photo by Michael Mann

Fabienne Krause
(Germany)

director
Classical:NEXT
 
conference speaker

Bio & Contact

 

 

L

 

Daniel Lazar
(Serbia/Norway)

violinist/composer
 
 
conference speaker

Bio & Contact

Photo by Canadian Sync Awards

Everton Lewis, Jr
(Canada)

chief music supervisor
Wracket Music Supervision
 
virtual conference speaker

Bio & Contact

Mauricio Lizarazo Prada
(Colombia/Germany)

founder/live-music producer/tour manager
Pachamama Culture • MUSIC C •A •R •E •S
 
networking session coordinator

Bio & Contact

 

 

M

 

Nathalie Manzano-Colliot
(France)

coordinator
Bretagne(s) World Sound
 
conference speaker

Bio & Contact

Photo by Zina Dajani

Qais Masri
(Palestine/Canada)

founder, ceo
Q Music Co.
 
mentor

Bio & Contact

Photo by Omar Malas

Yamen Mekdad
(Syria/UK)

co-founder and creative director
Syrian Cassette Archive
 
conference speaker

Bio & Contact

Saskhia Menendez
(UK)

innovator
Sassy Records LTD
 
mentor

Bio & Contact

photo by Daniel Varmari

Danielle Morgan
(Papua New Guinea)

singer-songwriter
Danielle PNG Official
 
conference speaker

Bio & Contact

 

 

N

 

Photo by Carina Alcântara

Micaela Neiva
(Brazil)

director
Ibero-American Forum of Music Markets - FIMM
 
associated presentation speaker

Bio & Contact

Photo by Mikko Malmivaara

Leo Niemi
(Finland)

independent music supervisor & sync agent
Freelance / Sync Sauna
 
conference speaker

Bio & Contact

Photo by Kertu Kruusla

Tarmo Noormaa
(Estonia)

director
Estonian Traditional Music Centre NGO
 
associated presentation speaker

Bio & Contact

Keith Nurse
(UK/Trinidad and Tobago)

president
College of Science Technology and Applied Arts
 
conference speaker

Bio & Contact

 

 

O

 

Photo by Pierre Diene

Oumy
(Senegal)

rapper, singer, activist

 
networking session coordinator

Bio & Contact

 

 

P

 

Jess Partridge
(UK)

executive director
EMMA - European Music Managers Alliance
networking session coordinator, associated presentation speaker

Bio & Contact

Photo by Jess Parvin

Sam Parvin
(USA)

owner, creative director
Parvin Music
 
virtual conference speaker

Bio & Contact

Kaylee Wesley Pearson
(Denmark)

manager
Happy Duck
 
networking session coordinator

Bio & Contact

Photo by Marita Liulia

Kimmo Pohjonen
(Finland)

composer, musician
 
 
associated presentation speaker

Bio & Contact

Photo by Sally Zarzour

Georgie Pope
(UK)

Creative Partnerships and Business Development
MARSM
conference chair

Bio & Contact

 

 

R

 

Photo by Marcela Maciel

Dani Ribas
(Brazil)

director
Sonar Cultural Consultancy
 
associated presentation speaker

Bio & Contact

Jennifer Roe
(USA)

executive director
Folk Alliance International
 
conference chair

Bio & Contact

Marina Roveta
(Spain)

founder & director
Producciones Submarinas
 
networking session coordinator

Bio & Contact

 

 

S

 

Mariia Saveleva
(Russia/Germany)

founder, music lawyer & business consultant
Saveleva Law
 
mentor

Bio & Contact

Photo by Marcio Grafitti

João Selva
(Brazil/France)

music producer, performer and curator

 
mentor

Bio & Contact

Christine Semba
(France/Germany)

WOMEX advisor/head of WOMEX Academy
 
 
associated presentation speaker

Bio & Contact

Ree Sewell
(UK)

senior artist & label relations manager
Soundcloud
 
mentor

Bio & Contact

Chris Sharp
(UK)

music programmer
Barbican
 
conference speaker

Bio & Contact

Mitra Shreeram
(Canada)

board member
Sunfest
 
networking session coordinator

Bio & Contact

Photo by Jussi Vierimaa

Barbora Silhanova
(Czech Republic/Finland)

artist, project director
Old Forest Echoes ry
 
conference speaker

Bio & Contact

Photo by Angie Smith

Allie Silver
(USA/Germany/Mexico)

founder and director
Free Radical Productions LLC
 
networking session coordinator

Bio & Contact

Sabina Smailagic
(Bosnia and Herzegovina/Denmark)

music culture facilitator
 
 
conference speaker

Bio & Contact

Erica K. Smith
(Barbados)

ceo
COSCAP
 
conference speaker

Bio & Contact

Photo by Cat Aimi

Martin Sutton
(UK)

sync agent, music producer, mentor
Very Syncable
 
conference speaker

Bio & Contact

 

 

T

 

Ashley Tucker
(USA)

co-founder, co-executive director
Artistic Freedom Initiative
 
session facilitator

Bio & Contact

 

 

U

 

Ian Urrutia
(Philippines)

founder/chief pr strategist
Nyou Public Relation Consultancy/The Rest Is Noise PH/AXEAN Festival
conference speaker

Bio & Contact

 

 

V

 

Photo by Lili Chripkó

Veronika Vajda
(Hungary)

project manager
Hangvető
 
conference chair

Bio & Contact

Photo by Elle-Riin Volmer

Sanni Virta
(Finland)

executive director
Kantele Association
 
networking session coordinator

Bio & Contact

Photo by Matt Higgs

Marija Vitas
(Serbia)

journalist
World Music Association of Serbia
 
conference speaker

Bio & Contact

Photo by ARTmania

Codruta Vulcu
(Romania)

founder / festival director
ARTmania
 
conference speaker

Bio & Contact

 

 

W

 

Alexander Walter
(Germany)

WOMEX director
Piranha Arts
 
conference chair

Bio & Contact

 

 

Y

 

Photo by Vitaliy Uhov

Melisa Yıldırım
(Türkiye/UK)

musician
MY Music Education & Consultancy
 
conference speaker

Bio & Contact

 

 

Z

 

Photo by Jordi NN

Daina Zalāne
(Germany/Latvia)

director
Culture Management Centre LAUSKA
 
associated presentation speaker

Bio & Contact

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