Representatives from Mad Cool Festival, Roskilde Festival, Primavera Sound, Black Lives in Music, FKP Scorpio, Paleo Festival, Yourope and Lowlands Festival are among more than 70 speakers announced to be taking part in the ESNS (Eurosonic Noorderslag) conference.

ESNS will hosts its annual showcase festival and music conference from 15-18 January in Groningen, the Netherlands. The event has long been a key exchange initiative for emerging European music. Its organisers said the aim of the conference is to amplify dynamic voices and facilitate engaging discussions featuring some of the biggest industry names in music.

Among the most recently announced conference speakers are BBC Music Introducing editor Kelly Betts, ATC Live founder Alex Bruford, Mad Cool Festival’s Cindy Castillo, FKP Scorpio’s Rauha Kyyrö, Claes Olsen founder of Oslo’s Øyafestivalen, Roskilde festival manager Henrik Bondo Nielsen and Gadget Entertainment Group Switzerland festivals director and Yourope board member Christof Huber.

The conference will also involve a panel, chaired by Access All Areas content director Christopher Barrett, that will showcase the work of festival operators who are leading the charge in innovative ways to shape their communities and the industry when it comes to issues such as sustainability, social impact, and supporting music ecosystems.

All 74 newly announced ESNS Conference speakers:

Arash Aazami (Unify Energy BV), Susan Abramovitch (Gowlings WLG), Sean Adams (Drowned in Sound), Camila Anino (Primavera Sound), Ruth Barlow (Beggars Group), Dr. Charisse Beaumont (Black Lives Music), Kelly Betts (BBC Introducing), Henrik Bondo Nielsen (Roskilde Festival), Froukje Bouma (MOTEL Artist Management), Alex Bruford (ATC Live), CHARLOT (artist), Cindy Castillo (Mad Cool Festival), Filip Černy (Radio Wave), Tracy Chai (Mascot Label Group), Tirsa Creusen (MOJO Concerts), Hendrik Czaster (CONTRA), Tijl Couzy (LAB Vlieland), Wilfried Damman (Out of the Boks), Bindu de Knock (Crosslink Legal), Nick De Leu (De Standaard), Melissa d’Engelbronner (FUGA), Wouter de Wilde (Greenhouse Talent), Gee Davy (AIM), Eric van Eerdenburg (Lowlands/MOJO), Zoi Eskitzopoulou (Goto Beat), Deniz Everling (Bandcamp), Brij Gosai (Pollstar), Thomas Glass (FUGA), Joe Hastings (Music Support), Matt Hanner (Runway), Lisa Henderson (IQ Magazine), Dieuwertje Heuvelings (DME), Christof Huber (Gadget Entertainment Group AG), Thomas Sønderby Jepsen (Roskilde Festival), The Jordan (artist), Adam Kiepuszweski (OFF Festival / Franek Warzywa & Młody Budda), Marijn Kingma (Höcker Advocaten), Kees Klomp (Windesheim University of Applied Science), Steijn Koeivoets (3S Management), Ruth Koleva (SoAlive Music Festival/Sofia Live Festival), Margriet Koedooder (De Vos en Partners Advocaten), Rauha Kyyrö (FKP Scorpio), Angel Labrusse (IMPALA), Andrew Lansley (Cheltenham Festivals), Helienne Lindvall (ECSA), John van Luyn (Poppodium 013), Will Marshall (Primary Talent), Gordon Masson (IQ Magazine), Tom Matthews (UTA), Jana Mila (artist), Dick Molenaar (All Arts Tax Advisers), Claire O’Neill (Greener Future), Claes Olsen (Øyafestivalen), Fiona McAuley (BMG), Birgitte Mandelid (Øyafestivalen), Thijs Mantel (UMG NL), Irene Rossi (Ancienne Belgique), Julia Sabaté (artist), Mandy Salem-Aubry (Mandy Salem-Aubry Music Services), Maria Sanchez Garcia (PAARD/Into The Great Wide Open), Holger Jan Schmidt (YOUROPE), Sam Shemtob (FEED), Randall Spann (NPO FunX), Huw Stephens (BBC), Morten Therkildsen (Roskilde Festival), Gerbine Ulehake (Mojo Concerts), Elvin Usidame (Friendly Fire), Hanne Valckenaers (Musickness), Eefje de Visser (artist), Pascal Viot (Paleo Festival), Samuel Vuillermoz (mx3.ch @SRGSSR), Annika Walsh (Spotify), Cils Williams (ATC Live), and Anna Zò (MIH/Linecheck).

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