AUTODIA’s CEO Margarita Panagiotopoulou, along with 200 delegates from the international music industry, attended the IMPF Music Entrepreneurial and Creative Industry Summit, 9-12 October, in Palma de Mallorca. The event was the first of a 3-year annual global meeting for music publishers, songwriters, and industry friends and was co-financed by the EU Creative Europe Programme of “The IMPF Network Project”, 22D Music Group, Kemper Music Group, Alondra Music and sponsored by Musixmatch, Downtown Music, Budde Music, On Music and Session Studio.
In the context of the organization, Mrs. Panagiotopoulou held a series of contacts and meetings with music industry executives, with the aim of exchanging information and establishing new international partnerships.
IMPF successfully hosted a first of its kind music business summit and writing camp for creators and publishers, bringing together the independent music publishing community and the wider industry from around the world.
200 delegates attended the event in total, representing some of the world’s most successful publishing companies. Topics discussed at the conference included action needed on metadata and royalty collection; the growing influence of AI-assisted creation; copyright, composing and publishing in the metaverse; user-generated content; buy-outs; best sync practices; maximising revenues and exploitation in video games; and the long-term future of independent music publishing.
Speakers at the Summit included high profile names from the international music industry, including Jules Parker (Spotify), Molly Neuman (Downtown Music Holdings), Rell Lafargue (Reservoir Media), Peter Bradbury (Sky TV), Katja Jainski-Manteuffel (Budde Music), Gadi Oron (CISAC), Stella Tavella (Musixmatch), Barry Scannell (William Fry), Caroline Champarnaud (SACEM), Mark Kitcatt (IMPALA), Niclas Molinder (Session), Liudmyla Tsymbal (NGO UACCR), Burak Ozgen (GESAC), Alexander Wolf (SESAC), Indi Chawla (The MLC), Helienne Lindvall (ECSA), Robert Singerman (LyricFind), Graham Davies (The Ivors), Veronique Desbrosses (GESAC) and Marc du Moulin (ECSA).