2026 Speakers
IMX 2026 brings together executives, rights leaders, technologists and artists from across the global music industry. The lineup below covers the Shanghai and Tokyo programs, with each speaker's session listed in the conference program.
Ai Jing (AJ)
Founder
Haze Sounds
Satoshi Arai
B2B Sales Executive
SURF Music
ashywya
Producer & Singer-Songwriter
Natalia Averina
Founder & Director
Russian World Music Awards (RWMA)
Sergey Babich
Founder & General Director
Colisium
Yerbolat Bedelkhan
Founder
Juz Entertainment
Chen Jinhuan
TSH48
Hannah Chen
Head of Content Partnerships & Copyright
Mureka
Jeffrey Chiang
Director of Global Business; Board Member, Merlin
Fluxus
CRAT
Product Consultant
ACE Studio
delphia!
Musician (Virtual Adam)
Ankit Desai
CEO
Snafu Records
Olga Demina
Executive Director, CIS and Eastern European Markets
Daflow.ai
Anton Diachenko
Founder & CEO, MMG; Organizer, NAMI Festival
MMG
Dong Yiwei
Secretary-General, “Culture+” Healthcare Committee
Shanghai Cultural & Creative Industries Association
Du Mingxuan
Founder
Y3X MUSIC
Ronald Eekhoff
Founder & CEO
The Source B.V.
Darin Epsilon
Label Owner
Perspectives Digital
Alexey Evseev
Founder & CEO
Vector Sound
Fan Zhihui
Founder
音乐先声 (Yinyue Xiansheng)
Fu Xinyao
Singer & Independent Artist
Tinko Georgiev
VP International Business, Kanjian Music; Founding Growth Architect
CRxAI
Shiyuan Gu
License & BD Director, International
NetEase Cloud Music
Guo Jing
Founder & CEO
ACE Studio
Guo Junbo (Prince)
Business Development Manager
ByteDance – Douyin Music Blazing Program
Guo Kun
Deputy Secretary-General
China Audio-Video Copyright Association (CAVCA)
Rick Haayen
Founder
Music at Work
Sohail Hasan
Copyright Manager
Xelon Digital
He Xian
Music Producer
Percy Holtzman
Founder
BIG TMRW
Hu Kai
Producer
318 Life Festival
Hu Yiqun
Independent Music Industry Consultant (A&R, Rights and Licensing)
Carol Li Wei
Vice President
NetEase Cloud Music
Ji Shengshan
Co-Founder & Chief Entertainment Officer, Xiangxu Technology International Group; Founder & CEO
Yixian Entertainment
Jody
Singer-Songwriter & Music Producer
Jung Haeun
Keyboardist & Visual Artist
Raw Sound System
Tomishi Kato
Executive Director
DAFLOW Japan
Hide Kawada
CEO
United Future Creators
Kevin Kim
Head of Asia
RouteNote
Kim Nayoung
Founder
DETOUR!
Jay Kogami
Japan / APAC Business Partner Support
Chartmetric
Michiteru Kondo
Director
Zipevent Co., Ltd. / LINK STATION (THAILAND) Co., Ltd. / LINK HOLDINGS Co., Ltd.
Vladimir Kravchenko
Founder
Colisium International Music Forum
Mikhail Kryukov
CEO
SFEROOM
Li Jian
Lead Vocalist
Da Bolang Band
Li Jie
Chairman
Beijing Dongfangle Culture Communication Co., Ltd.
Yoyo Li
Co-Founder
New Inspire Culture
Lin Zhiyuan
Founder
Cashmere Studios
Kevin Liu
Chief Operating Officer
Image Music Group
Liu Chang
Deputy General Manager
Beijing Hualu New Media Information Technology Co., Ltd.
Liu Jiadi
Partner
Jun He Law Offices, Shanghai
Liu Pengfei
Head of Copyright
China Record Group
Louis Lu
CEO & Founder
Xiaoxu Music
Luo Yi
Host
Love Radio 101, Eastern Radio Shanghai
Ma Meng
Founder
Canran Culture
Sebastian Mair
President of APAC
GoDigital Music
Philippe Matos
Business Development Director
Charly Records
Shiomi Meguriya
Business Development / Marketing Strategy
SPACE SHOWER FUGA
Hidehiko Mizutani
Senior Coordinator, Public Relations Department, Responsible for KENDRIX
Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers (JASRAC)
Aigul Moldabayeva
Artist Manager
Qazaq Indie
Ryota Murooka
Digital Promotion Consultant
Room Hill
Haruna Nakayama
Music Business Team, Unit Leader
Crypton Future Media
Niu Xiaona
Psychotherapist & Music Therapist
Shanghai Mental Health Center
Yoshihisa Ozawa
Senior Manager, Business Development
KKCompany Japan LLC (KKBOX)
Nikita Podmiatnikov
Artist Relations Lead, Central Asia; Founder, Alyi Mayak
Yandex Music
Jessica Powell
CEO
Audioshake
Qu Shuwen
Associate Professor
Jinan University
Quanquan
Lead Vocalist
Peach Illusion
Satria Ramadhan
Founder & Managing Director; Co-Founder & Head of Operations
SRM Bookings & Services / AXEAN Festival
Rui Wenbin
Vice President, Xingwaixing Music Group; General Manager
Shanghai Xingwaixing Culture Communication
Sarina
Singer / Songwriter
Artist Co-founder, Syrensong Ltd (Label)
Giancarlo Sernagiotto
Deputy Director, International Business
Kanjian Music
Shen Lin
Chair, Department of Music Technology
Shanghai Normal University College of Music
Shen Yongge
Vice Chairman & Acting Secretary-General
China Audio-Video Copyright Association (CAVCA)
Shi Yongchen
CEO
Boshan Entertainment
Shin Issac
Drummer & Musician
Raw Sound System
SHINKO
Executive GAL Producer, Choreographer
Muara Sipahutar
CEO
Nadascore
Su Shiding
Singer-Songwriter and Musical Theater Actor
Su Shiding Studio
Sun Lei
CEO
Migu Music
Samon Takagi
Business Development
SPACE SHOWER FUGA
Tang Jiafang
Deputy Editor-in-Chief
Shanghai Music Publishing House
Tomofumi Tani
Music Distribution & Marketing Division Senior Manager
NexTone Inc.
Aslan Tleubaev
CEO
ALLSTARS.KZ
Tom
Head of MVLAND
Meitu
Oleg Troyanovsky
Animotion Media Group
Kota Uemura
Specialist, Business Development
KKCompany Japan LLC (KKBOX)
Wang Chuan
Musician
Yan Jun
Head
NextStage
Yan Yan
Head of Community MCN
Xiaohongshu (RedNote)
Monica Yang
Director of Music Operations Team, Consumer Cloud Service
Huawei Software Technologies
Dmitry Yankovenko
Moscow Music Dome
Vlad Yankovsky
Founder
SFEROOM
Asaki Yokoyama
Managing Director, International Copyright Administration Department, Music Division
Nippon Television Music Corporation
Ayaka Yoshizawa
Music Artist Division General Manager
TWIN PLANET Co., Ltd.
Yu Lan
Head of Music Center
Kuaishou
Yu Xinrui
Product Solution Architect, East China Lead
ShengShu Technology (Vidu)
Yu Zuyi
Founder & CEO
Changsha Shensheng Buxi Culture Co., Ltd.
Yuan Shuai
Product Director
Mureka
Benson Zhang
CEO
Chapter 2 Entertainment
Cookie Zhang
Label Founder / Producer
Eating Music / Delivery Music / RoundKat
Zhang Chang
General Manager, Commercialization
Sony Music China
Zhang Chongshuo
Founder & CEO
Sparkle Live Entertainment
Chenlin Zhao
Vice President
SMG LIVE
Zhou Linjie
Head of Marketing
iFLYTEK Music
Xiaoman Zou
COO
Kanjian Music
Speaker Alumni
The seasoned music executives, digital rights pioneers, creative visionaries, and technologists who have taken the stage across the IMX Global Circuit.
Helen Smith
Executive Chair
IMPALA
Kaoruko Hill
GM APAC
Merlin
Huang Jie
Legal Director
Tencent Music Entertainment Group
Pieter van Rijn
CEO
FUGA
Arseny Kozymaev
Director of Content & Partnerships
Yandex Music
Yoon Kyo Weon
CEO
Hanliu TV Seoul
Noemi Planas
CEO
Worldwide Independent Network
Bo Ding
Vice President
Netease Music
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Yushi Yamashita
Chairman
Independent Music Coalition Japan (IMCJ) / KSR
Ekaterina Cherkes-Zade
Director of the Center for Creative Economy Development
Agency for Strategic Initiatives
Yerbolat Bedelhan
Founder
Juz Entertainment
Vladimir Yurchenko
Director of Independent Artists and Labels
Pulse.
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