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25 Nov 2024
News and Features
  • Taking MENA Artists to the Global Stage featuring Omar Gamal (Hence Management & Duck Soup; Founder / Partner; Egypt), Cosmicat(Artist; Saudi Arabia), Salma Elshami (Thuraya Agency; Artist Manager; Palestine / Austria), Adam Smith (UNation; Head of Music)
  • Get Played, Get Paid: Royalties in the Middle East presented by AFEM & SACEM: Association for Electronic Music featuring Spek (Founder/CEO; PopArabia/ESMAA; Executive Vice President, International & Emerging Markets), Caroline Champarnaud (Director of International Development; SACEM), Rawan Al-Dabbas (IFPI MENA; Regional Director; Jordan), Mark Lawrence (AFEM)
  • MENA Women In Music presented by Little Pink Book featuring Karima Damir (Warner ME; A&R Director MENA)Roberta Hickey (Little Pink Book & MAC Global; Founder / Head of Talent Booking; UK), Saliah (DJ / Producer & Creative Director for Social Change; UK / Lebanon), Maria Malasangre (Soundsisters Morocco; Founder & DJ; Brasil)
  • Evolving IP in the Music Industry: The Next Growth Engine
  • Market Focus: Egypt presented by Scene Noise featuring Abdel Rahman Gawdat (DancIN’ Music Records, Realm Events, Gawdat; Co-Founder & DJ: Egypt), Timmy Mowafi (SceneNoise & MO4 Network; Co-Founder), Ramez Moufid (Red Bull; Culture Marketing Manager; Egypt), Yas Meen Selectress (Dhamma Collective; Co-Founder & DJ; Egypt), Tito Kachab (Nacelle; Founder & CEO)
  • Discovering Dubai's Underground Scene and Culture featuring Jenn Getz (House of Queens; Co-Founder / DJ), Karam Toubba (DJ, Curator, Consultant in Arts & Culture, Turkey), Kalim Hachem aka KayteK (Surf Club; Music Director; Lebanon), Shadi Megalla (Flip Side Record Shop & "Ark To Ashes; Owner, DJ & Producer; Egypt), Parvané Barret (Creative Consultant & DJ; France / Iran), Hassan Alwan (Boogie Box; Founder, Creative Director & DJ; Iraq)
  • The Growth of Labels and Streaming in the MENA Region featuring Salam Kmeid (Anghami; Head of Content Marketing; Lebanon), Ahmad Alghawanme (Sony Music Entertainment; VP-Revenue & Growth Strategy; Jordan), Liliana Abudalo(Believe; Head of Labels & Artists Solutions MENA; Jordan / Poland), Ghassan Chartouni (Glava Holding; CEO; Lebanon)
  • Meet the Talent Buyers of the MENA region featuring Deian Markov (The Artist Network / Groove On The Grass; Founder & MD; Bulgaria), Dimitrios Khater (Hide Doha; CEO & Founder / Kristie's Lab; Doha Country Director; Lebanon / Greece), Marjana Jaidi (Oasis Festival; Founder / Creative Director; Morocco / US), Philipp Straub (Soho Garden, Network Artists; Consultant; Austria)
  • Meet the Investors in the MENA region featuring Amir Ahmad (Reed Smith; Partner), Rishi Patel (Plus Eight Equity Partners; General Partner; USA), Elia Mssawir (Talent+; Head of Entertainment; Lebanon) Nicholas Parasram (Thin Ice Entertainment; Co-Founder; USA)
  • Culture Tourism: Dubai and Ibiza Duality featuring Aloki Bhatra (Five Hospitality & The Pacha Group; CEO; India), Nathan Jordan (Defected; Head of Inclusion; UK), Sophia Kearney (HE.SHE.THEY. & THE WEIRD & THE WONDERFUL; Co-Founder; UK), Theo Makris (Pure ibiza 94.7 Dubai; CEO; UK)
  • Defining The Sound Of A Region: Strv in conversation with Pete Tong
  • Navigating the Music Industry in the MENA region featuring Bader Assery (MDLBEAST; Sr. Project Manager, Strategy & Special Projects; Saudi Arabia), Janet Ashak (YouTube; Head of Music MENA; Egypt), Wassim Bou Malham (Factory People & Gharam Electric; Cofounder & Composer; Lebanon), James Craven (Live Nation Middle East; President)
  • Keynote Interview: Deep Dish
Live
  • Adriatique Present X, 6pm - late, 16/11
    Ushuaïa Dubai Harbour Experience
    Line-Up: Adriatique, Rivo, Yulia Niko
  • Project 174 Presents Goldie, 10pm - 3am, 16/11
    Media One, Dubai Media City
    Line-Up: Goldie, Motion, Yeomans, Kira, Finlay Lefox
  • Official IMS Closing Party @ Hive, 10pm - 4am, 15/11
    Hive, Soho Garden
    Line-Up: Deep Dish, Echonomist, Olympe, Klo
  • Beatport Live: Secret Sunset Sessions, 5pm - 8pm, 15/11
    Ginger Moon, W Dubai - Mina Seyahi
    Line-Up: Exclusive unannounced b2b set, Special Guest TBC, Honeytrap
  • Beatport Presents The Garden, 10pm - 3am, 14/11
    Garden, Soho GardenLine-Up:  Stryv, Mar+Mer, KVTY
  • Beatport Presents: Collektive @ Playroom, 10pm - 4am, 14/11
    Playroom, Soho Garden
    Line-Up: Cosmicat, Parvané, Yas Meen Selectress, Bazzzuk
  • Day One Networking hosted by Duck Soup, 7pm - 10pm, 14/11
    Farrago; W Dubai - Mina Seyahi
    Line-Up: Mo Ezabyy, Zenim
News Update from AFEM
(Association for Electronic Music)
  • Plus more to be announced
  • AddMind, AFEM: Association for Electronic Music, Anghami, b:electronic Publishing, Believe, Billboard Arabia, Boogie Box, CAA, DancIN’ Music Records, Defected, Dhamma Collective, Duck Soup, Factory People, Five Hospitality & The Pacha Group, Flip Side Record Shop, Glava Holding, Groove On The Grass, Hence Management, HE.SHE.THEY., Hide Doha, House of Queens, IFPI MENA, Little Pink Book, Live Nation Middle East,  MassiveMusic, MDLBEAST, Mixmag MENA, Nacelle, Oasis Festival, O Live & O Beach Music, Overground, Plus Eight Equity Partners, PopArabia, Red Bull, Reed Smith, Resident Advisor, SACEM, SceneNoise, §SEKOYA Group, Soho Garden, Sony Music Entertainment,  Soundscapes, Soundsisters Morocco, Spektra, Surf Club, Takwene, Talent+, Techno Bahrain, Terra Solis by Tomorrowland, The Artist Network, The National, Thin Ice Entertainment, Thuraya Agency, UNation, UTA, Voice-Swap, YouTube, Warner ME, WME
Comment, Opinion and Analysis
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