Speakers

Sally Abu Bakr holds a BA degree in Economic and Business administration, Birziet University 1997 and informal diploma “European Diploma in project cultural Management “organized by Association Victor Hictor for cultural Democracy.

She stared off her career at Ramallah Municipality in (2009), and played significant role since then in developing the cultural policy for Ramallah “ Culture in integral to a resilient and sustainable City” and supervision over the Municipality’s cultural and social projects, venues and content development, in addition to her effort to join International Cultural networks and platforms such as: MC2CM, UCLG MEWA and UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN).

Born in 1978, composer, conductor, lecturer. He has received many awards and scholarships – among others the Bavarian Government and the Polish Minister of Culture. He has been awarded the decoration of honor “Meritorious for Polish Culture”. Currently he is an Assistant Professor at the F. Chopin University of Music in Warsaw.

Bembinow’s artistic output covers not only chamber, orchestral and oratorical pieces but also popular compositions and film scores. His music has been performed hundreds of times in the majority of European countries, South and North Americas as well as in Asia. It was also presented by various radio and TV broadcasting stations as well as issued on over 40 CD albums. Several of these CD’s received such awards as the ”Fryderyk” or the ”Orphée d’Or” and obtained the Golden and Platinum Record statuses.

A music consultant and a graduate of the Film School in Lodz. She has been in the industry for over 20 years, and for the past 15 years, she has specialized in music consulting, music supervision, and rights clearance. She has worked on over 200 film and TV series titles.

A music consultant and a graduate of the Film School in Lodz. She has been in the industry for over 20 years, and for the past 15 years, she has specialized in music consulting, music supervision, and rights clearance. She has worked on over 200 film and TV series titles.

Member of the Artist in Bloom team. Career development coach for artists and cultural workers. Educator and designer of development processes in organizations. Designer of learning experiences in the stream of the Scandinavian Kaospilot school. Certified assessor of Harisson Assessment – psychometric tests examining professional aptitude. Researcher of leadership competencies in the cultural sector.

Among other things, Ula is a graduate of sociology at the Jagiellonian University and of the coaching school at L’Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille Management du Comportement des Hommes. Human Relations expert with over 20 years of experience in culture and business.

As part of the activities of the Artist in Bloom studio, Magda and Ula cooperate with individual artists and cultural institutions in Poland and abroad, including. European Commission, Keychange global organization, Art Incubator Goyki 3, Intytut Kultury Miejskiej in Gdansk, music export offices in Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Ukraine, Culture Workshop in Lublin, festivals Inne Brzmienia, Spring Break, MENT Ljubljana, Budapest Showcase Hub, Reeperbahn Hamburg or numerous art and music universities.

Paty Carrera has been deeply involved in music consulting and music supervision, as well as licensing for high caliber audiovisual productions, that has reached renowned platforms such as Netflix, Amazon, Disney and HBO. She has dedicated her professional life to the exciting world of copyright and related rights, always with the goal of safeguarding the interests of artists, authors, and production companies.

Founder of the Artist in Bloom studio. Designer of educational experiences in the stream of the Scandinavian Kaospilot school. Ericsson International certified coach. Researcher diagnosing key competencies needed by the creative community to thrive in the cultural market.

I am International Project Manager at Centre national de la musique (CNM) in France. My mission is to help the French music industry professionals (labels, tour agents, publishers, managers, etc.) export their projects and connect with international professionals all over the world.

Maciek is currently one of the most sought after film music composers in Poland. Maciek has written music for TV and film, including a massive music for war epic Czerwone Maki, a romantic orchestral score infused with 80`s electronica for A Girl and an Astronaut and a tense, drenched in despair dissonant score for Forst.

She is fascinated by voice processing and incorporating it into electronic music. She sings and plays, and is the manager and booker for the band DAGADANA, which combines elements of Ukrainian and Polish folk with jazz and electronics. She co-founded the bands Dobre bo Dobre and Provinz Posen.

Board member of Music Export Poland, a foundation established by the ZAiKS Authors Association, board member of board of the European Music Exporters Exchange. In the past, he served as vice president of the ZAiKS Authors Association, member of CIAM ExCo, chairman of the NGO Council to the Minister of Culture. Composer of jazz, pop and rock music, arranger, vocalist.
Marek was born in 1966 in Krakow and graduated from the Jazz Faculty at the University of Music in Katowice in vocal class, arrangements, and compositions. He graduated from Berklee College of Music in 2022 with a certificate in “Music Marketing”.

Economist. Specializes in cultural management and creative industries. Scientifically interested in issues of civil society, the creative economy, the labor market of artists, and the role of producers in the creative economy.
Founder and long-time president of the Pro Cultura Foundation. From 2001 to 2007, she served as President of CIRCLE (Cultural Information and Research Centres Liaison in Europe), a European network of institutions involved in research, documentation, and information in culture. Member of the European Cultural Parliament. She is part of the Scientific Council of the Public Library of the Capital City of Warsaw. She collaborates with foreign organizations and scientific societies such as ERICArts, Association for Cultural Economics International (ACEI), International Society for Third-Sector Research (ISTR). As an expert for the Council of Europe and the European Union, she participates in international research programs focused on cultural issues.

An analyst at MIDiA Research, Hanna’s research focuses on the cross-sections of digital entertainment with an eye to the underpinning consumer cultural and market trends which will inform the future of the industry.

Tamara has been associated with CCI for over 13 years. As a program director of one of the most significant cultural institutions in Poland, Tamara was responsible for preparing and producing important music events (including WOMEX’17). Tamara is also the author of Katowice’s winning application to join The UNESCO Creative Cities Network. She was responsible for the implementation of the entire “Katowice City of Music” program. Since 2018 she has been a member of the steering committee of UCCN. Currently, Tamara is the director of Music Export Poland, the advisor to the Board of the Society of Authors ZAiKS and coordinator of the Europena Music Exporters Exchange network. As an independent consultant for the development of creative industries, she has been cooperating with a number of cities across the world.In 2021 she started the research process and is currently preparing her PhD thesis at the Creative Economy Research Center in Warsaw.

Miro is a film composer, music producer and performer based in Poland.
One of his latest movies, FURIOZA gained an extraordinary worldwide recognition and success. It was one of the most watched productions (TOP 10) on NETFLIX in 2022. His latest score was for an action crime series “Prosta Sprawa” based on the bestselling novel by Wojciech Chmielarz. Series premieres on May 17th on Canal+. Miro’s music was recognized by multiple awards and nominations including Hollywood Music in Media Awards and Fryderyk Award (both nominations for ‘In This Gray Place’ OST).

Born and raised in Mannheim, Germany. He studied chemistry in Karlsruhe and Heidelberg before changing to the culture and city development fields. He holds his university degree in chemistry and political science.

He is the Festival Director and Artistic Director of the biggest german Jazz Festival, “Enjoy Jazz – International Festival for Jazz and More”, which he also founded in 1999 in Heidelberg. Enjoy Jazz (www.enjoyjazz.de) is held every autumn for seven weeks in the cities Mannheim, Heidelberg and Ludwigshafen. 2020 marks the 22nd Edition of the festival.

Marika has been present in the world of media, culture and art for 18 years. During this time, she has gained experience in understanding the functioning of the media industry, the power of image and sound. Today she runs succesfully a Film & Tv Music Composers Agency – Uszy.Te Muzyka Szyta Na Miarę And she represents 7 experienced artists.

Working in television, film and advertising production for so many years allowed her to learn about the mechanisms of organizing plans and the film language of producers, directors and production environments.

Head of the Foreign Relations Team of the Society of Authors ZAiKS . Graduated from law studies at the University of Warsaw, postgraduate studies in intellectual property law at the Institute of Intellectual Property Law at the Jagiellonian University and in new technologies law at the Polish Academy of Sciences.

Keith Nurse is the President of the College of Science Technology and Applied Arts Trinidad and Tobago. He has worked as Senior Economist and Advisor on Structural Policies and Innovation at the OECD Development Centre in Paris. He is the former World Trade Organization Chair at the University of the West Indies where he served in multiple capacities. He has also lectured in international relations and economic development at the University of Ottawa in Canada. He is an expert member of the UN Committee for Development Policy. He currently serves as an expert member on the Framework for Cultural Statistics, UNESCO Institute of Statistics.

Robert Piaskowski is a sociologist, cultural manager and animator, pedagogue, and musician. He is currently the Director of the National Centre for Culture in Warsaw, a national cultural institution responsible for the development of cultural infrastructure, professionalization of the cultural sector, cultural education, and the implementation of national programmes in Poland.

He is also the Artistic Director and founder of the Krakow Film Music Festival.

Omar Rajeh is a choreographer, dancer, founder and artistic director of Maqamat. Initially based in Lebanon since 2002, he moved and set up his company in Lyon in 2020 and continues to create and develop his projects in Lebanon, France and internationally. He was distinguished by the French Ministry of Culture ‘for his contribution and engagement in the service of Culture’ with the title of ‘Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres’ (Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters).

Dave Randall is a musician, writer and educator. He has toured the world playing guitar for Faithless, Dido, Sinead O’Connor and many others. His own band Slovo have released three albums and he is the author of ’Sound System: The Political Power of Music’ (Pluto Press 2017). He lectures at BIMM University, Bristol, UK.

Corinne Sadki has been working for more than 25 years in record companies developing marketing and communication strategies with a never-ending passion for music.

In 2016, she joined the French music export office in Paris (Le Bureau Export) and got involved in developing artists carer abroad, encouraging the competitivity of the French music sector on new markets, mobilizing the politics to support the music sector.

Tobias Stenkjaer is the Executive Chair of DPA, Danish Professional Songwriters and Producers. Drawing on more than two decades as an award-winning, gold and platinum-certified artist and songwriter, Tobias is a fierce champion of songwriters’ and producers’ rights in the ongoing fight to create a more sustainable business model for those who create the songs we all know and love.

Communication strategist, change maker, culturoholic.

She has been connected with culture, and above all with music, since the moment of her conception – her parents are music artists, and she herself graduated from a secondary music school. She continued her passion for music by singing in the Academic Choir of the University of Gdansk and the vocal ensemble Supra Vocalis Ensemble.

Currently in the Goyki 3 Art Incubator team, she is responsible for projects at the intersection of culture/business/new technologies and science, coordinating, among others, the #Goyki3Lab series of debates or the mentoring program for creators. Originator and organizer of cultural projects (including concerts and exhibitions, artistic happenings and student events). A collector of impressions and experiences, she tastes the world during travels large and small. Long-time producer of Blog Forum GdaŮsk – the most important meeting of Internet creators in Poland. Together with the team of the Projekt PR agency she created, she won Poland’s most important awards in the public relations industry: a 2015 Golden Paperclip in the social media category for the #OddajSerce campaign for Dawca.pl; two 2020 Silver Paperclips in the PR of a place, city or region category for “Poland’s largest hybrid literary festival carried out by the #KoalicjaLetnichFestiwaliLiterackich, and in the PR pro bono category for supporting the #StayWithMusic campaign of the Polish Music Foundation. Academic lecturer, creator of postgraduate courses at WSAiB in Gdynia and WSB in Gdansk.

Gazeta Wyborcza journalist. Editor-in-chief of “GaMa” magazine (formerly “Gazeta Magnetofonowa”). He has also published in “Polityka”, “Przekrój” and both incarnations of “Machina”, among other publications, ran the T-Mobile Music and Red Bull Music portals, and hosted an original radio program on Off Radio Krakow. Author and translator of music books and biographies – including Vader, Slayer and Maryla Rodowicz. Member of the program board of OFF Festival Katowice. Member of the Council of the Phonographic Academy. Retired metal singer, associated with the Lux Occulta band.

Ave Sophia Tölpt, Music Estonia’s Director, has previously worked as the Executive Director of Jazz Estonia, where she was responsible for the daily management of the organization, team building, and both local and international representation. She has also worked in the cultural sector as the Head of the Exhibition Department at the National Library of Estonia, successfully leading various national and international cooperation projects for many years. Among other roles, she contributed to the field of music as a guest author and radio host at Estonian Public Broadcasting, Klassikaraadio, and other media during her time as a journalism volunteer at the Jazzkaar festival. Ave is the first Estonian Ambassador for Keychange, a global network and movement working towards gender equality in the music industry. She is also a Member of the Council of Advisers at the Tallinn School of Music and Ballet (MUBA) and a Member of the Music Endowment committee of Cultural Endowment Estonia, as well as a member of the advisory board of Tallinn UNESCO City of Music. Additionally, since 2024, she has been honored to serve as the General Secretary on the board of EMEE, the European Music Exporters Exchange. Ave has been building her expertise in cultural leadership and international cooperation.

A student of Management of Artistic Institutions (Zarządzanie Instytucjami Artystycznymi) at the University of Gdańsk an artist creating under the pseudonym Z4NNA, an event manager, and the organizer of the Tri-City event ‘BOUT IT – Artists Forum’. Despite her young age, she actively engages in the cultural sector, consistently focusing on her development.

Partnership manager at the Music Saves Ukraine initiative established by the Ukrainian Association of Music Events (UAME). Its main goal is cultural diplomacy and providing humanitarian help to civilians in Ukraine – evacuation, humanitarian supplies, rebuilding of cultural infrastructure, and rehabilitation – by collaborating with festivals, conferences, artists and music organizations. Programming director of the biggest music festival in Ukraine – Atlas Festival. Lecturer at Eastern European Music Academy.