n other news, below you will find the names of some of the chair folk and speakers that have recently signed up to participate in the myriad panels and workshops that make up ILMC 38’s bumper agenda.

ILMC’s legendary opening session, The Open Forum will see chair Detlef Kornett from DEAG joined by Alex Mahon from Superstruct Entertainment, AEG Presents’ Adam Wilkes, Pophouse’s Jessica Koravos, and Saumil Mehta from Ticketmaster, grapple with the biggest topics impacting live music right now.

Each of these leaders has recently stepped into a very big new role, or in some cases a new sector, so this will be the first time to hear them speak about what industry issues are front of mind for them in their new jobs.

Industry Levies adds Felix Grädler from Bundesstiftung LiveKultur, Erica Romero Pender from Live DMA, Tam Boakes from the Australian Music Venue Foundation, Music Venue Trust’s Mark Davyd, and SJM’s John Cornwell.

Our annual Marketing deep dive welcomes content creator Will Gamble and AXS’s Hannah Rouch; and Amplified Intelligence adds Takayuki Suzuki from Norder.AI to the lineup.

ILMC workshops see Steve Allen and Dr Mark Hamilton from Showstop return for their Showstop Procedure Update; whilst Jen Smith and Niyi Akeju from the Creative Industries Independent Standards Authority present their Driving Bullying out of Live Music workshop.

Meanwhile, the Touring Entertainment LIVE keynote will see a stellar panel of show producers, including Mat Way and Neil Connolly from Immersive Everywhere, Ben Hatton and Sam Griffiths from Cuffe & Taylor, and Kevin Soares from IDTV describe how they turned hit TV show The Traitors into one of the most highly anticipated live experiences in the UK.

On Friday, Weronika Tomkowska from Charm Music, Agnes Steen Eckersberg from Øyafestivalen, James Blackall from The O2, and Can Büyükcinar from Wizard Live join Meet the New Bosses; and Larissa Kisel from KMJ Entertainment, Flo Noseda from Wasserman Music, and Harry Drake from Openstage add their names to Fan Data.