WOMEX 11 Guide

Mentoring Sessions A – ZTake advantage of a private 15-minute consultation free of charge with any of our sevenspecial mentors from various fields and occupations. If you haven’t already signed up,stop by to see if there are still slots available or to be put on the waiting list.Friday & Saturday 11:30 – 13:00 Conference 4Topic: Label IssuesPascal Bussy (France)Artistic Director at Harmonia Mundi, formerly label managerat Island and Director of Warner Jazz FranceTopic: Music Business: Legal AffairsMatthew Covey (USA)Executive Director of Tamizdat, Head of the organisation’sVisa Services programmeTopic: Social Media ToolsAndreas Gebhard (Germany)Co-Founder and Managing Director of NewthinkingCommunications, an agency for open-source solutionsTopic: Digital Development & PromotionJanine Hélène Lubas (Germany)Head of Client & Label Care at Finetunes, developmentof an international web radio aggregatorCO n f e r e n c eMentoring SeSSions A – ZTopic: Media RelationsKerstan Mackness (UK)Partner at Riot Squad Publicity, one of the UK’s leadingalternate music PR firmsTopic: ManagementJulien ‘Soupa Ju’ Queysanne (France)Manager of Watcha Clan and Head of Vai La Bott RecordingsTopic: Touring & Festivals: Cultural DifferencesBetween Touring MarketsBernard Schmidt (France/USA)Artist agent/tour producer, Bernard Schmidt Productions145