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INTERNATIONAL MUSIC CONFERENCE - 28th May 2008 -

30th May 2008 IBIZA

WEDNESDAY 28th May 08 (Hotel Atzaró)

09:00 - 10:00 Networking breakfast

10:00 - 10:15 Opening Speech from IMS Founder: Pete Tong

10:15 - 10:30 Does Dance Music Need a Ruling Body? Ben Turner

10:30 - 11:20 PANEL 1 - SYNCH: SYNCH OR SWIM? HOW TO REVOLUTIONISE YOUR BUSINESS VIA SYNCHRONISATION
Moderator: Kerri Mason, Billboard Magazine

11:20 - 12:00 Networking Break

12:00 - 12:50 Key Note: David Levy, William Morris Agency. Dance music in India. The Final Frontier?

13:00 - 15:00 Networking Lunch - Paco Fernandez: Live

15:00 - 15:50 Workshop 1: Tom Middleton creates the IMS anthem

16:00 - 16:50 Q&A: Jonas Temple, Beatport Digital Lifeline

17:00 - 17:50 PANEL 2 - IBIZA: THE YEAR OF CHANGE? HOW IBIZA WILL RE-INVENT ITSELF IN 2008
Moderator: Samuel Guetta, Ibiza Voice

18:00 - 18:45 Key Note: Sarah Tinsley and Natasha Kizzie, Bacardi / KLP. How Groove Armada changed the landscape

18:45 - 20:00 Pre-Evening Break

20:00 - LATE IMS Opening Party at Can Atzaró

DJ 1: 20:00 Jason Bentley DJ 2: 21:00 Francois K DJ 3: 22:00 Radio Slave TBC DJ 4: 23:00 Layo & Bushwacka!

THURSDAY 29th May 08 (Hotel Fenicia)

09:00 - 10:00 Networking Breakfast

10:00 - 10:50 PANEL 3 - DIGITAL: DIGITAL DARWINISM?
Moderator: Michael Cohen, AM Only

11:00 - 11:45 Key Note: Andrew Keen. How To Save The Music Business by author of The Cult of the Amateurin dance

12:00 - 13:00 PANEL 4 - LIVE Vs LABELS: JOINING THE DOTS
Moderator: James Drury, Audience Magazine

13:00 - 15:00 Networking Lunch

15:00 - 16:00 Workshop 2: Radio Slave remixes IMS anthem. TBC

16:00 - 16:45 Q&A: David Glick, Edge. Innovations in Investment

17:00 - 17:50 PANEL 5 - DANCE, DANCE: THE VISUAL REVOLUTION. HOW TO ENHANCE YOUR DJ IMAGE
Moderator: Dr Charles Kriel

18:00 - 18:45 Key Note: Francois Kevorkian. How to stay on the cutting edge after 25 years in dance.

18:45 - 20:00 Pre-Evening Break

20:00 - LATE Pioneer Pool Party at Fenicia Prestige

DJ 1: 20:00 Tom Middleton DJ 2: 21:00 Sarah Main DJ 3: 22:00 Mark Brown DJ 4: 23:00 TBC

FRIDAY 30th May 08 (Hotel Fenicia and legendary Hotel Pikes)

09:30 - 10:30 Networking Breakfast

10:30 - 11:15 Q&A: Tim Clark, Dance Assessment. A review of the principles of dance music business techniques. TBC

11:30 - 12:15 PANEL 6 - BRANDS: SHOW ME THE MONEY!
Moderator: Matt Jagger, Naked Communications

12:30 - 13:00 Workshop 3: Adam Wolf (Pig Factory) & Bruno Roussel (Six Feet Under) synch IMS anthem to visuals

13:00 - 14:30 Networking Lunch

14:30 - 15:20 PANEL 7 - DJ MAG TOP 100: HALT THE HYPE?
Moderator: Kurosh Nasseri, Nasseri Music Business Solutions

15:30 - 16:30 IMS Think Tank Chairman: Bobby Sims, Popshop Ents / Universal Music

16:45 - 17:30 Key Note: TBC

17:50 - 18:10 IMS Anthem Auction (with Steve Hulme, Pacha Recordings)

18:10 - 18:20 Closing Speeches from IMS Founders

18:20 - 20:00 Pre-Evening Break

20:00 - LATE Sol presents Closing Party: Rob da Bank & Pete Tong at Hotel Pikes

Pure Pacha Opening *

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SATURDAY 31st May

Ibiza Rocks Hotel Opening *

The Opening Party of the Ibiza Rocks Hotel, San Antonio’s first destination hotel brought to you by the team behind Ibiza Rocks, Manumission and Bar M. Expect the hottest in live bands and DJ’s.

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Pacha *

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SUNDAY 1st June

Space Opening Party

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