Time Session Speaker Room
10.30 CMU Keynote: Where We're At
KEYNOTE: CMU Business Editor Chris Cooke provides an overview of the key headlines and stats from the music business year just gone, before talking to Merlin CEO Charles Caldas about, amongst other things, his organisation's latest survey of its independent label members. Representatives of the major label, live and management sectors will then join the debate to discuss the biggest opportunities and challenges facing the music industry in 2013. Panelists: Charles Caldas (Merlin) plus Fred Bolza (Sony Music), Rich McGinnis (MAMA & Company). Moderator: Chris Cooke (CMU & The Great Escape).
Duke's @ Komedia Screen 1
10.30 Focus On Data & Discovery: Why Discovery?
PANEL: 'Discovery' is one of the key topics of the moment in the digital music domain, as rival services compete for market share by claiming they better enable users to discover new music. But is 'discovery' as important to the music industry and music consumers as it is to digital service providers - and if so, why? Panelists: Alex Vlassopulos (Omnifone), Britney Bean (Songdrop), Ruth Barlow (Beggars), Will Cook (The 405). Moderator: Sam Taylor (CMU).
The Old Courtroom
11.00 ACUMEDIA at The Great Escape presents Managing The B[r]and
PANEL: An artist's brand is an increasingly important revenue stream - think merchandise, brand partnerships and brand extensions. All of which means we are now in the trademark business. What are trademarks and how do they make money. How do brand extensions and partnerships work? And are artist-branded perfumes and drinks really only an option for the biggest acts? Followed by ACUMEDIA networking at 11.45. Panelists: Jennifer Hills (Universal Music), Josh Little (ACUMEN Media Law), Louise Minter (AMP), Sam McGregor (Signature Brew). Moderator: James Kendall (Brighton SOURCE).
Duke's @ Komedia Screen 2
11.15 Meet The Internationals
NETWORKING: Meet key industry players from across the world. Check the networking tab in the online TGE Delegates Directory for more information.
Brighton Dome Mezzanine
11.40 Focus On Data & Discovery: Humans v Robots
PANEL: If music discovery is attractive to consumers, how best can it be achieved? Can usage and social media data be utilised to make informed and useful recommendations to consumers? Or is human-led curation always better? Can curation teams really help users navigate catalogues numbering millions of tracks? And what can the emerging digital market learn from old-fashioned radio when it comes to programming music, especially for mass audience? Panelists: James Foley (Deezer), Matt Ogle (This Is My Jam), Sammy Jacob (The Music Machine), Stefan Baumschlager (Rdio). Moderator: Ivvet Modinou (Richseam).
The Old Courtroom
11.45 ACUMEN presents ACUMEDIA networking
NETWORKING: Following on from ACUMEDIA at The Great Escape's panel, Managing The B[r]and, join the ACUMEDIA team and panellists for some informal networking to continue the late morning debate.
Komedia Studio Bar
12.00 Made in Brighton presents This Revolution Should Be Televised
INSIGHTS: How can the music industry better engage with people with learning disabilities, both artists and music fans? Artists with learning disabilities are performing all over the world, but often outside the traditional music business framework. Meanwhile ground-breaking initiatives are now enabling music fans with such disabilities to enjoy live music, tackling the specific challenges they face. Representatives from pioneering organisations in Brighton introduce inspirational projects and ask how the music industry can better support this work. Plus singer songwriter Daniel Wakeford will discuss his music-making process. Panelists: Gareth Evans (Carousel), Paul Richards (Stay Up Late/Heavy Load), Phil Perkins (PMAs), Ryan O'Donovan (Beat Express) plus Daniel Wakeford and Tom Cook.
Duke's @ Komedia Screen 1
12.35 Focus On Data & Discovery: Spotlight On VEVO
INSIGHTS: VEVO's SVP International Nic Jones discusses how his platform uses data to drive discovery, with Sunday Times Digital Editor Serena Kutchinsky.
The Old Courtroom
13.45 Focus On Data & Discovery: Tracking The Tracks
INSIGHTS: Review just some of the data available to artists and their business partners in 2013 as we track the progress of key acts and their music via data from Shazam and other digital platforms.
The Old Courtroom
13.45 Meet The Sync Market
NETWORKING: Meet representatives from leading UK sync agencies. Check the networking tab in the online TGE Delegates Directory for more information.
Brighton Dome Mezzanine
14.00 Meet The Marketeers & PRs
NETWORKING: Meet representatives from leading UK marketing and publicity agencies. Check the networking tab in the online TGE Delegates Directory for more information.
Brighton Dome Bar
14.00 Stephen Godfroy Keynote followed by Reinventing Music Retail
KEYNOTE: With music retail hitting the headlines in 2013, Stephen Godfroy, co-Owner of Rough Trade Retail will explain how his company has defied the odds, and his vision for the future growth of the business. He will then be joined by other players from across the retail and label communities to discuss the state of entertainment retail, where things are heading, and what artists and rights owners should be doing to safeguard their future. Panelists: Stephen Godfroy (Rough Trade Retail) plus Joe Daniel (Angular/Independent Label Market), Pete Thompson (PIAS), Rob Salter. Moderator: Chris Cooke (CMU & The Great Escape).
Duke's @ Komedia Screen 1
14.15 Focus On Data & Discovery: How To Use Data
PANEL: Many different types of data are now available to the music industry. As 'big data' becomes another buzz word, how can artists, labels, promoters, media and digital platforms make sense of this vast array of intelligence to engage fans, strengthen relationships with consumers and make better commercial, creative and business development decisions? Panelists: Craig Haynes (AEI Media), Daniel Nathan (Juice 107.2), Fred Bolza (Sony Music), Jon Davies (Shazam). Moderator: Eric Mackay (VEVO).
The Old Courtroom
14.15 Live Opportunities Emerging Markets
PANEL: Emerging markets are increasingly key, with live opportunities the most prevelant. But how can UK and European artists and promoters capitalise on these opportunities? What are the logistical, commercial and political challenges, and what kind of partnerships can be struck up to help jump these hurdles? Get expert insights on the Chinese, Indian, South African and Polish markets. Panelists: Anuj Gupta (OML/NH7 Festival), Archie Hamilton (Split Works), Bradley Williams (Motif Records), Magdalena Jensen (European Music Fair). Moderator: Gordon Masson (IQ)
Duke's @ Komedia Screen 2
15.00 British Council presents a screening of 'From Wrexham To Wuhan'
SCREENING: Last year, the British Council took four British bands into the outer reaches of China with the assistance of Split Works. From the deserts of Xinjiang to the frozen wild-lands near the Russian borders, from the industrial furnace cities of the Yangtze to the beauty of green southwest, 'From Wrexham to Wuhan' tracks ups, downs and on-stage experiences of Gallops, And So I Watch You From Afar, Jamie Woon and indie collective label Fence as they perform in China as part of the UK Now festival. Preceded by short interview with Split Works' Archie Hamilton.
Duke's @ Komedia Screen 2
15.15 Focus On Data & Discovery: Spotlight On Detour
INSIGHTS: Songkick and Detour CEO and co-founder Ian Hogarth discusses how Detour powers a new model for touring, with reduced risk for promoters, happier fans, and more money for artists.
The Old Courtroom
15.15 Where Direct To Fan Fits In
PANEL: Following our debate on the future of retail, where does 'direct to fan' fit into the equation? Does the rise of D2F mean that, for independent artists and labels at least, any faltering of high street retail is less problematic? And if labels and artists come to rely more on D2F, can existing platforms cope on a global scale? Plus, as fan-funding campaigns are repositioned as pre-order campaigns, isn't crowd-sourcing and D2F basically the same thing? The experts debate. Panelists: Jessie Scoullar (Wicksteed Works), Paul Barton (Pledge Music), Mark Meharry (Music Glue), Stephen O'Reilly (Topspin). Moderator: Adam Webb.
Duke's @ Komedia Screen 1
15.45 Focus On Data & Discovery: Music Data In Action - Pecha Kucha
INSIGHTS: Five quick-fire case studies -presented Pecha Kucha style - on how consumer data has been used by music and media companies to inform strategy and business development, or to better engage with and market to fans. 20 slides, 20 seconds per slide.
The Old Courtroom
16.00 Meet The Dutch
NETWORKING: Meet key members of the Dutch music industry. Check the networking tab in the online TGE Delegates Directory for more information.
Brighton Dome Mezzanine
16.15 Everything Everything In Conversation With John Kennedy
CONVERSATION: Ahead of their Brighton Dome show at The Great Escape, Everything Everything will discuss their career to date, the success of their first album, and the follow up 'Arc', with Xfm's John Kennedy.
Duke's @ Komedia Screen 1
16.30 Digital Pitch Party
NETWORKING: Following on from today's Focus On Data & Discovery, join us for informal digital networking including elevator pitches from a number of exciting start-ups.
Mesmerist
17.00 The Polish Party
PARTY: Wrap up the first day of convention business with drinks and canapes courtesy of The Adam Mickiewicz Institute from Poland, our lead international partner.
Brighton Dome Bar

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