IMX Speakers
Discover the seasoned music executives, digital rights pioneers, creative visionaries, and technologists who have taken the stage across the IMX Global Circuit as Alumni.
Yuichi Miyagawa
CEO
TRACKS Inc.
Sayaka Katayama
A&R
Blowout Inc.
Kawamori Keiji
Music Director, Sound Division
Square Enix Co., Ltd.
Tomishi Kato
Executive Director Japan
Daflow
Watusi
Representative Director / Vice Chairperson
JDDA / MPN
Hidehiko Mizutani
Senior Coordinator
JASRAC
#KTCHAN
Rapper / Artist
Independent Artist
Masako Masuda
General Manager
The Orchard Japan
Kaoruko Hill
GM APAC
Merlin
Brendan Gaffney
Global Marketing Secretariat
IMCJ
Tinko Georgiev
VP, International Business
Kanjian Music
Brian U
Speaker
The Hub
HiDE Kawada
CEO / Founder
United Future Creators
Yuta Kono
Digital Promoter
For Life Music Entertainment
Kazutaka Sugimoto
Director
INCS TOENTER
Akiho Matsuo
Head of Licensing
Earkth, Inc.
Aki Otomori
Freelance
LDH Japan
Alexey Evseev
Director
ANO 'Creative Economy'
Andy Griffin
SE Asian Specialist
Consultant
Aram Danielyan
Marketing
S&P Digital
Arseny Kozymaev
Director of Content & Partnerships
Yandex Music
Chris Tams
Director of Membership
BPI
Edward Ginis
Co-Founder
OpenPlay
Elizabeth Zhao
Founder and Director
Firely Entertainment
Jeffrey Chiang
Director of Global Business
Fluxus
Jim Lawton
Songwriter / Producer / Artist
Room 8 / Jim Lawton Music
Martin Jensen
Project Manager, Danish Music in China
Jazz Danmark
Noemi Planas
CEO
Worldwide Independent Network
Olga Kim
Advisor to the General Director, Director of Music Publishing
S&P Digital
Peggy Dold
CEO
Navigation Partners LLC
Rob Filomena
CEO
Mood Works
Robert Singerman
SVP International Publishing
LyricFind
Simon Zhakin
Founder
embers.digital
Sridhar J Swaminathan
Secretary
South Indian Music Companies Association (SIMCA)
Akira Nomoto
Executive Officer
Faith Inc.
Alexandre Deniot
Director
Midem
Allyson Toy
Music Partnerships Manager
Twitch
Ann Tausis
MD Neighboring Rights
Kobalt
Bo Ding
Vice President
Netease Music
Chantal Epp
CEO and Founder
ClicknClear
Chi Chen
Head of Content Cooperation and Copyright Management
Migu Music
Dmytro Lopushanskyy
CTO
Harmix
Dylan Pellett
General Manager
Independent Music New Zealand (IMNZ)
Ed Brew
Co-CEO
LabelRadar
Finandy Luo
Deputy Director of Digital and Business Development
UMG China
Glenn Dickie
Export Music Producer
Sounds Australia
Golan Aharony
Director of Repertoire & Partnerships
Revelator
Guo Kun
Deputy Director General
CAVCA (China Audio-Video Copyright Association)
Haiying Li
Vice Chairman
Music Copyright Society of China (MCSC)
Hazel Savage
CEO and Co-founder
Musiio
Helen Smith
Executive Chair
IMPALA
Huang Jie
Legal Director
Tencent Music Entertainment Group
Huang Song Shun
General Manager
Touch Music Publishing Co Ltd. Beijing
主赟斐 JJ
Global Performance Manager
Trip.com Group
Jeroen te Rehorst
Head of A&R
Armada Music
Jordi Puy
Co-founder & CEO
Unison. / Sound Diplomacy
Joshua Weikert
CTO
Cyanite
Lei Wang
General Manager
Tencent Musician at TME
Lionel Lodge
CEO
SyncLodge
Liv Zhao
Head of Marketing & Performance
88rising China
Lu Yang
General Manager of Digital Music
ByteDance
Loredana Cacciotti
EVP, Digital Revenue & Licensing
Downtown Music Holdings
Mandy Aubry
Director of Business Development for EMEA and APAC
Songtrust
Max Thomas
Label Manager APAC
Secretly Group
Mike Jbara
CEO
MQA
Nazar Ponochevnyi
CEO
Harmix
Paul Brindley
CEO and Co-Founder
Music Ally
Pieter van Rijn
CEO
FUGA
Phil Barry
CEO
Blokur
Sam Sterling
Managing Director Greater China and Japan
AKQA
Sonya Askew
Memberships & Academic Partnerships Director
Music Business Association
Sooan Lee
President of the Publishing Division / Head of Contents Technologies
Beyond Music IP Value Up
Taro Kumabe
Vice Chairman
Independent Music Coalition Japan (IMCJ) / Music Awards Japan / U.S Publishing
Wang Ran
GM of Music and Live Performance Business
Yoon Kyo Weon
CEO
Hanliu TV Seoul
Yushi Yamashita
Chairman
Independent Music Coalition Japan (IMCJ) / KSR
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