Agenda
Explore 3 Unique Spaces Crafted for Connection and Insight
- The Grand Stage
Step into the spotlight of innovation and big ideas. Here, visionary keynotes, high-stakes debates, exclusive analyses, and insights from leading voices set the tone for the future. - The Tasting Room
Dive into practical knowledge and actionable strategies. This is where hands-on talks, compelling case studies, and invaluable lessons learned come to life. - The Mixer Lounge
Your go-to hub for networking and collaboration. With interactive formats designed to spark meaningful exchanges, this space is all about forging connections that matter.
DON’T MISS THE WELCOME DRINK — POWERED BY CNM FOR 2025
Kick off Wallifornia in style with the Welcome Drink, the first spark of an unforgettable week.
On 1st of July, 6.30PM. Kick off Wallifornia in style with the Welcome Drink, the first spark of an unforgettable week. This year, we’re proud to partner with the Centre national de la musique (CNM) to bring you a vibrant and unmissable start to the festival.
This is your chance to connect, make meaningful first impressions, and immerse yourself in the energy of the Wallifornia community — all in a relaxed, stylish atmosphere.
Raise a glass and set the tone for an extraordinary week. The Welcome Drink isn’t just an event — it’s the beginning of Wallifornia.
The Grand Stage
• Coralie Doyen (BE), Director, Wallifornia
• Laurent Burton (BE), Head of ICC, Noshaq
• Xavier Péters (BE), CEO, LeanSquare
• Moderator : Neeta Ragoowansi (US), Entertainment+Tech Attorney, President of MMF-US (Music Managers Forum - US) and IMMF (International Music Managers Forum)
• Claudia Arach (UK), Streaming Manager, Platoon / Apple
• Steven Desloovere (BE), Head of Music, SABAM
• Simon Vanrie (BE), Director and Art Director, Capitane Records
• Artist TBC
• 2AM, Marine Rivollet (FR)
• CLAIMY, Pierre-Alban Mulliez (FR)
• CORRD by VOLUMIO, Michelangelo Guarise (IT)
• JUST 4 NOISE, Max Shafer (DE)
• KARAOKE ONE, Antonio Vecchio (IT)
• KOWL, Hugo Kalfon and/or Grégory Frechou (FR)
• MECAOCTET, Julien Bodart (FR)
• MEME RECORDS (UK), Frank Hamilton
• MEWO by MUSIBOARD, Remi Agostini (FR)
• TEMPLES STUDIOS, Emmanuel Quertinmont (BE)
• ZORBA PRODUCTION, Maud Clavier (FR)
• Moderator : Rachel Young (UK), Head of Product, TikTok
• Stephen O'Reilly (UK), Robbie Williams Management, Director & co-owner, ie:music
• Neeta Ragoowansi (US), President, MMF-US & IMMF
• Taz Sharp (UK), Music Lead, Levellr
• Aurélien Herault (FR), Chief Innovation Officer, Deezer
• Sophian Fanen (FR), Music Journalist, Les Jours | Author of "Boulevard du stream"
• Moderator: Anne Jenniskens (NL), Business Development, Prisma Music Group
• Alex Branson (UK), SVP, Industry Partnerships, Beatport
• Loredana Cacciotti (UK), Founder, Future Play Music & Head of Licensing, LANDR
• Charlotte Caleb (UK), CEO, Ellevate
• Kimberly Dickson (UK), Founder, Hypertribe
• Deniz Everling (DE), Artist and Label Representative GSA, Bandlab
• Moderator : Turo Pekari (FI), Vice President, Music Tech Europe & Chef Liaison Officer, Copyright Delta
• Dot Bustelo (US), Founder, CEO & CIO, Loupe Art | Ex Apple
• Brecht De Man (BE), Head of Research, PXL Music
• Iara Dias (FI), Founder & CEO, ikkio | Ex Metaverse Producer, Decentraland
• Natasja Paulssen (NL), CEO, 4DR Studios
• Antoine Pierre (BE), Artist | Solo Drummer & Drummer of the Band VAAGUE
• Moderator : Jan Pauly (BE), Community Lead, MusicTech Belgium
• Daniel Fletcher (ES), Strategic Advisor | Music, Entertainment, Real Estate & Tech
• Mathilde Neu (FR), Cofounder, Music Tech France | Resonance
• Matthias Strobel (DE), President, MusicTech Germany
𝘈𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 9 𝘱𝘮 • 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝙎𝙝𝙚𝙍𝙖𝙥𝙨 — 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘶𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴! 𝘉𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘓𝘦𝘴 𝘈𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘜’𝘴 𝘊𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘮, 𝘚𝘩𝘦𝘙𝘢𝘱𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 10 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦. 𝘊𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘦-𝘈𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦!
𝘈𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 10 𝘱𝘮 • 𝘎𝘦𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘮 𝘶𝘱 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘿𝙖𝙢𝙤𝙣, 𝘢 𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘓𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘷𝘺 𝘷𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘣𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘳𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘴. 𝘋𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘯’𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘺, 𝘥𝘺𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘮. 𝘋𝘳𝘢𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘭𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘜𝘒 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘒𝘢𝘺𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘥𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘶𝘯𝘭𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘌𝘋𝘎𝘌, 𝘋𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘥𝘴. 𝘛𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘳𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦𝘳 𝘋𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘴, 𝘩𝘦’𝘴 𝘤𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘶𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦.
𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 11 𝘱𝘮 • 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝘽𝙚𝙡𝙜𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝙢𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝘿𝙅 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧, 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴. 𝘎𝘦𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵!
𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗿𝘁, 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲 • 𝘌𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘦 — 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘭, 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘥𝘰 𝘪𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥!
The Tasting Room
Hanna Kahlert (UK), Senior Analyst, MIDiA Research
• Karim Fanous (UK), Innovation Manager, Abbey Road REDD | UMG
• Anthony Achille (UK), Program Manager, Abbey Road REDD | UMG
Lamtharn “Hanoi” Hantrakul (Thailand), AI Research Scientist and Sound Artist, Former Google, TikTok and ByteDance
Pieter-Jan Speelmans (BE), VP of Engineering, Dolby
• Hazel Savage (UK), CEO, Syntho | Ex Shazam, Pandora, Musiio and SoundCloud
• Rick Gleave (UK), Founding Partner, Music Foundry
• Moderator : TBC
• Randy Nichols (US), Managing Director, Force Media Management | Adjunct Professor, Hofstra University NY
• Thomas Sempels (BE), Business Lead, Tomorrowland Academy
• Xavier Tumminello (FR), Music Innovation Project Manager, Centre National de la Musique | Ex MIDEM, Apple
• Moderator TBC
• Tom Riley (UK), Director of Sales at AIMS | Ex Songtradr, Pretzel, OWSLA & Team Skrillex
• Christian Ringstad Schultz (NO), CEO & Co-Founder, Masterchannel
The Mixer Lounge
Join our thematic meetup in a relaxed space designed for spontaneous connections. Grab a coffee, meet like-minded peers, and start the conversations that matter most to you!
Stay Tuned: Expert Reveal Ahead
Join our thematic meetup in a relaxed space designed for spontaneous connections. Grab a coffee, meet like-minded peers, and start the conversations that matter most to you!