The mentors —
Nicolas André
Manager of the Innovation & Development Team, InTech
Nicolas André is a passionate developer with a deep interest in technology and its vast range of applications. Specializing in the early stages of IT project implementation, he has worked with numerous startups to develop tailor-made solutions addressing innovative challenges in areas such as finance, green mobility, smart homes, or data protection.
In 2017, Nicolas joined InTech’s Innovation and Development team, where he focuses on facilitating, designing, and delivering cutting-edge technological solutions. His expertise now also includes immersive experiences at the intersection of AI, 3D environments, and human-computer interaction.
Yvan
Boudillet
Music Tech Expert / Music Tech Europe co-founder
A creative industry and innovation expert with over 20 years of experience, Yvan Boudillet is the co-founder and honorary member of Music Tech Europe, the European network of music innovators hubs.
Yvan previously held leading roles in digital transformation and management at Warner Music and EMI Music and founded advisory company TheLynk, where he contributed to drive innovation within the music ecosystem by enabling connection & collaboration between music organizations or institutions, artists, and startups.
A regular international speaker (SXSW, Wallifornia, Slush Music, Sonar+D, Midem, Music Inc. India, 4YFN, ISMIR, Eurosonic, Linecheck, Athens Music Week…) and lecturer specialized in the intersection between innovation & creative industries, Yvan has been a prominent voice advocating for inclusive & collaborative innovation across the music value chain.
Yvan is also the co-founder and President of Metal Social Club, the first network of metalhead entrepreneurs & creators.
Alex
Braga
Experimental Artist / AI militant
Artist, musician and producer Alex Braga is a pioneer in the field of artificial intelligence
in Italy.He developed A-MINT, an adaptive artificial intelligence ecosystem that works in
real-time and interacts with the artists both on audio and visual parameters.
Spleen Machine (2019) it’s his first full length record produced by the German label
7K!. It was also listed by Rolling Stone Italia as one of the 10 most influential records
made using AI aside world renewed artists such as Holly Herndon. Spleen Machine AV show was presented in prestigious festivals and venues in Europe,including Ars Electronica, Mutek, Sonar, RomaEuropa, Centre Pompidou, Rothko Center. His new project Automatic Impermanence debuted as an art installation and performance in the super selling Exhibition “Ipotesi Metaverso”. A multimedia immersive full concert show and a record are debuting in 2024.
The Automatic Impermanence project confirms the artist’s decades-long commitment to fight for a healthier, cleaner and more conscious world through music, culture, technology and education.
Automatic Impermanence first live performance underwent a major environmental impact assessment that lays the foundation for the new model that should be implemented at all live events, marking another fundamental step in the collaboration between the artist and the sustainability scientist Vienna Eleuteri, fostered by CONNECT4CLIMATE program. With Automatic Impermanence the Artist is also trying to experiment a different and more sustainable way to spread music and art. Free from Record Labels and streaming platforms : music is not for sale, it is not a product, it is not available in websites and platforms that exploits data and humans as products, because this creates one of the strongest forms of consciousness pollution.
Amalie
Briden
Innovation Manager, BPI
Amalie Briden is Innovation Manager at BPI, the voice of UK recorded music, where, amongst other things, she manages a growing global community of tech innovators, hosts the BPI Innovation Podcast, produces Insight Sessions, and works to bring innovation into the heart of the music industry. Her interests lie in the intersection between music, creativity and technology, working alongside the music industry to add value and predict futures. She is an academic, programme manager, festival manager, artist, founder and promoter of live music. She has also worked as a development manager, and as a fundholder, managing a portfolio of over £25m into music and music education. She has spoken at and produced many events including at The Great Escape (UK), SXSW (US), Linecheck, Milan (IT), Wallifornia Music Tech Summit (BE), Abbey Road Studios (UK), FutureEverything (UK), DigiFest (EG) and many more.
Becky
Brook
Music / Tech
Becky is a seasoned advisor for companies bridging the gap between music and technology, with a focus on music rights, data, and industry engagement. Her expertise lies in how the music industry and rights interact with emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, Livestreaming, and Virtual Reality.
With a rich professional background spanning over 18 years, Becky has contributed her skills and knowledge to esteemed organisations including 7digital, Condense Reality, Driift, EMI Music, JAAK, Lickd, Pacemaker, RoEx Audio, Rovr, SeeSaw, Sony, Stability AI and Warner Music.
Vienna
Eleuteri
Sustainability and Regenerative Development Senior Advisor
Vienna Eleuteri is a distinguished Anthropologist and Sustainability Scientist.
She has coordinated several international projects in sustainable and regenerative development. Vienna works with governments and communities to introduce sustainable practices and adaptive technologies that reduce the vulnerability to climate change and promote sustainable development.
Vienna is the founder and scientific director of the Waterevolution model, an innovative platform that promotes sustainable scientific-based approaches to support the industrial transition tackling the challenges of a climate neutral, circular economy. It aims to form strong links to the UN Climate Agreement, the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the Agenda 2030.
Vienna has contributed to establish a new standard in the music industry, transitioning from offsetting to a more current climate contribution system. This involves the innovate Regenerative Contribution Units methodology, integrating environmental and socioeconomic performance to achieve Environmental Product Declaration and net-zero objectives.
Turo
Pekari
Innovation and Business Development Executive, Music Finland
Turo is a music industry executive and innovation specialist based in Helsinki. He leads international operations, innovation & insights at Music Finland. Turo is also a co-founder of European music innovation network Music Tech Europe. He has 14+ years experience in the music industry and as an expert of digital transformation & innovation for Finnish Govt and EU. Turo is contributing as an expert and coach to numerous startup and music business programs in Europe and he is a frequent speaker at leading global music and tech events.
Damiano
Picci
Creative entrepreneur, CEO and Studio Director
Damiano Picci is the CEO and studio director of Velvet Flare, a creative entrepreneur, and a contemporary digital music composer from Luxembourg. After studying music at the Conservatoire de Luxembourg and earning a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Darmstadt on the topic of conceptualizing and designing musical interactive artificial intelligence based on supervised learning, Damiano Picci founded his first company in 2018. Following an enriching tenure at Galaxy Studios in Antwerp, where he gained invaluable experience in spatial sound and orchestral music, Damiano returned to Luxembourg. His focus shifted towards composing music for dance, theater, and immersive installations. He adeptly merges traditional composition techniques with the design of musical interactive artificial intelligences and generative music systems, continuously bridging the gap between music and coding. Since then, in collaboration with his partners, he has established seven companies that delve into various cultural and media sectors, all the while developing the professional growth of Luxembourg’s creative industries. Owing to his strategic vision and diverse skills, Damiano has executed a plethora of projects, ranging from promoting performing artists to conceptualizing immersive media installations, ensuring every creative niche benefits from his expertise.
Thais Ruiz
de Alda
Founder and Executive Director, DigitalFems
Thais founded and currently is DigitalFems’ Executive Director, a nonprofit social entity that provides services related to diversity and gender policies to technological companies, public administrations, and entities. She has developed her career in digital and tech scopes since 1999. Before founding DigitalFems, Thais was Managing Director at Thoughtworks, where besides starting up the company’s operations, she also founded LaT, a technopolitical citizen lab focused on tech sovereignty, privacy, and social digital innovation. She also founded the European Chapter for CAD, Centro de Autonomía Digital and she led the Communication Digital Strategy at Barcelona’s city hall. As the Executive Director and Founder of DigitalFems, she leads projects and provides services related to gender inclusion in technological companies and coordinates different projects such as DatosContraElRuido.org, GenderDataLab, Tecnologas.org, and EllesMusic.
Thais holds a Law Degree and postgraduate studies in Social and Political Theory, and Cultural Public Policies, and studied a Ph.D. in Political Theory and Public Policies at Universitat Pompeu Fabra.
Thais participates regularly as a speaker and has given talks at Biennal of Thought, Digital Future Society, SharingCities, Institut Català de la Dona, FAD, DecidimFest, Jornadas Derecho Digitales, CCCB, Les Naus. Thais has been mentioned in different media and books. Thais is also a regular mentor to tech projects.
Aga
Samitowska
Music business professional and Web3 consultant
Aga Samitowska is a music business professional and Web3 consultant, passionate about new technologies in the creative industry. For nearly a decade, she was associated with Kayax – an independent record label based in Warsaw. As the Head of Digital Distribution, she was responsible for modernizing distribution in response to the dynamic development of streaming platforms. She managed major Polish artists (Brodka, Nosowska) and initiated the My Name Is New incubator for young talents. She also pursued her curiosity for new technologies in San Francisco, California, working for the venture capital fund Fifty Years. Today, Aga focuses on the MusicTech and Web3 space, offering training and advisory for the creative industry. She gave her first talk on Blockchain and Music in 2017.
Matthias
Strobel
President, Music Tech Germany
Matthias Strobel is the President of MusicTech Germany, the Federal Association for Music Technology in Germany, and founder of Wicked Artists, a booking agency for exceptionally creative technology and new media artists. He is Germany’s main point of contact for music technology innovation and his network of entrepreneurs, industry executives, researchers, and his connections to (inter)national policy makers, and media representatives make him one of Europe’s renowned experts in that area.Matthias Strobel serves as a consultant, mentor, and independent manager to help accelerate avant-garde approaches from startups. Determined to further the innovative potential – and thus future success – of artists and entrepreneurs, he uses his experience and leverages his network to help create the music ecosystem of tomorrow. He gives lectures about music technology at Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music at the University of New York Berlin and facilitates events on innovation for the music ecosystem to foster the knowledge transfer between visionaries from all intersections of the creative industries.
Georgia
Taglietti
Founder & CEO, The ICNAC
In boardrooms and on dance-floors, in front of a microphone and behind the scenes, cultural strategist and consultant Georgia Taglietti has been a lynchpin of the international cultural community for 25+ years. A serial early-adopter; she’s renowned for helping shape trends in business and communications, embracing new media and new technologies, as well as for her comprehensive knowledge of the ins and outs of cultural ecosystems. Combining the many years of relationships and contacts, with a driven and empathic People First approach to talent, her current role as Founder and CEO of The ICNAC sees her open her network to cultural actors big and small, continuing her mission to drive culture forward.
Sakis
Triantafyllakis
Director of Operational Excellence, Orfium
Sakis has been in the tech and startup ecosystem for more than 10 years. He is currently the Director of Operational Excellence at Orfium, a global tech leader in music rights management and monetisation solutions. He loves everything about startups, tech and music and has been mentoring various early stage startups. Thanks to his entrepreneurial background, Sakis knows a lot about the challenges, struggles, the highs and lows when starting a venture from scratch. His experience lies in identifying and capitalizing on opportunities for growth and optimization, fostering a culture of continuous self-improvement. Father of twins and a Panathinaikos fan, nothing can scare him. He loves music, beer, whisky and good food (not in that order necessarily).
Jakob Wredstrøm
Founder/CEO – Amplitude Ventures / Business Developer, Consultant, Researcher
With over 12 years of experience in the music industry, Jakob Wredstrøm is a seasoned entrepreneur, producer, researcher, and innovator.
Founder and CEO of Amplitude Ventures AS, a music venture studio and consultancy company based in Norway, he helps start, grow, and secure investment for companies in various sectors within music and music technology.
Jakob is the host of Sound Connections Podcast, one of the fastest-growing podcasts on entrepreneurship in the music industry. He interviews leading experts and shares insights on the latest trends and opportunities.
Georgia
Taglietti
Founder & CEO, The ICNAC
In boardrooms and on dance-floors, in front of a microphone and behind the scenes, cultural strategist and consultant Georgia Taglietti has been a lynchpin of the international cultural community for 25+ years. A serial early-adopter; she’s renowned for helping shape trends in business and communications, embracing new media and new technologies, as well as for her comprehensive knowledge of the ins and outs of cultural ecosystems. Combining the many years of relationships and contacts, with a driven and empathic People First approach to talent, her current role as Founder and CEO of The ICNAC sees her open her network to cultural actors big and small, continuing her mission to drive culture forward.
M. Stella
Tavella
AI Engineer and Sound Designer, Musixmatch and Italian Music Tech
M. Stella Tavella is a Senior AI Engineering Manager currently working at Musixmatch, with 6+ years expertise in the music-tech field. Her background and main focus is on using artificial intelligence and natural language processing techniques for music information retrieval (MIR).
She has an M.Sc. in computer science and engineering, with a specialization in sound and music engineering.
She is also an electronic music producer and DJ, experimenting with music & sound generative models.She is the co-founder of the Italian Music-Tech Community as well as a co-host of The Mix Podcast, a podcast by Musixmatch demystifying the field of music technology.
Sakis
Triantafyllakis
Director of Operational Excellence, Orfium
Sakis has been in the tech and startup ecosystem for more than 10 years. He is currently the Director of Operational Excellence at Orfium, a global tech leader in music rights management and monetisation solutions. He loves everything about startups, tech and music and has been mentoring various early stage startups. Thanks to his entrepreneurial background, Sakis knows a lot about the challenges, struggles, the highs and lows when starting a venture from scratch. His experience lies in identifying and capitalizing on opportunities for growth and optimization, fostering a culture of continuous self-improvement. Father of twins and a Panathinaikos fan, nothing can scare him. He loves music, beer, whisky and good food (not in that order necessarily).
