Thursday, September 9
10:30 Economic impact of music industry: where are we & where are we going?*
Kristina Janušauskaitė (IFPI, BE / LT), Vaidas Stackevičius (Lithuanian music business association, LT), Valdas Petreikis (Lithuanian events industry association, LT). Moderator: Ramūnas Zilnys
12:15 EU funding opportunities for music industry in the times of change*
Andrus Alber (Finora Capital, EE), Aurimas Želvys (Lithuanian Business Support Agency, LT), Deimantė Zutelienė (Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania, LT), Dileta Nenėnė (Creative Europe Desk Lithuania, LT), Vygintas Gasparavičius (Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania, LT). Moderator: Dileta Nenėnė (Creative Europe Desk Lithuania, LT)
13:45 Break
14:30 Capital of Culture and Sound: Kaunas 2022
Dovilė Butnoriūtė (European Capital of Culture 2022, LT). Moderator: Ramūnas Zilnys
15:30 Mental health: Stay Sound & Check Yourself
Jayne Stynes (MMF, UK), Jurga Šeduikytė (artist, LT), Lina Ugrinovska (BANANA&SALT LTD, MK). Moderator: Ramūnas Zilnys
16:30 Yamaha masterclass: Cubase state-of-the art music production tips and tricks
Dmitry Odinoky (Yamaha, LV). Moderator: Tomas Paliūnas
Friday, September 10
10:30 The Artist Journey: Tools & Knowledge To Move Music Forward
Marc Brown (BYTA, SE / CAN). Moderator: Tomas Paliūnas .
11:45 Opportunities for music in e-sports & video games
James Marshall (Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe, UK)*online, Gediminas Tarasevičius (No Brakes Games / Lithuanian Game Developers Association, LT), Wargaming atstovas? Moderator: Ramūnas Zilnys
13:00 Major labels nowadays - what artists can expect from them?
Kaisu Pulli (Sony Music Finland, FI), Mikko Manninen (Warner Music Group, FI), Petri Mannonen (Universal Music Group, FI) . Moderator: Ramūnas Zilnys.
14:00 Break
14:45 Foreign markets - what's next?
Christine Su (GMA, TW), David Lodhi (Nürnberg Pop, GER), Julia Gudzent (Goodlive Artists, GER), Mark Bona (Sziget Festival, HU), Roman Demchenko (TMW/Damn Loud, EE), Stephen Budd (Stephen Budd Music Management, UK), Steve Gardiner (SGMGRoupArtists, CAN). Moderator: Ramūnas Zilnys.
16:00 Future Growth Drivers of the Music Industry
Kriss Thakrar (MIDiA Research, UK). Moderator: Tomas Paliūnas.
*in Lithuanian (except the presentation by Finora Capital); all other panels will be held in English
**the programme is subject to change and will be updated continuously up to the event
***conference is taking place at the Martynas Mažvydas National Library Of Lithuania