CMW Speakers
Kwadwo Ampofo
DJ, DJ Black
Shiroh "Onta" Kawaguchi
Project Marketing & International PR Manager , Creativeman Productions
Vladislav Ginzburg
CEO, Blockparty
Adesegun Adeosun
Founder & CEO and Co-Founder of Afro Nation, Smade Entertainment Group
Adesope Olajide
Broadcaster and Entertainment Personality
Adrian Sutherland
Recording Artist
Adrian Burke
Artist & Label Partnerships, Spotify
Alan Greyeyes
Festival Director , sākihiwē festival
Alex Patton
Director of Operations, Marketing & Strategy, TD Toronto Jazz Festival
Alex Kane
CEO, Volta
Amanda Schupf
SVP Global Creative, Songtradr
Amanda Rheaume
, Indigenous Music Summit
Amber Moyle
Executive Director, Polaris Music Prize
Amelie Hamelin
VP of Operations, Flymachine
Amy Eligh
Director, Publishing & Licensing , Arts & Crafts
Amie Therrien
Executive Director, MMF Canada
Andrea England
Songwriter
Andrew Mosker
President & CEO , National Music Centre
Angela Barkan
SVP Marketing, BMG
Anna Ruddick
Touring & Session Bassist, The Unison Fund
Annie Morin
Executive Director, Artisti
Arun Chaturvedi
President, Songwriters Association of Canada
Atsuko Yashima
Resentative Director and Producer , Eight Islands Co., Ltd.
Avi Diamond
Director of Film/TV Licensing, Warner Music Canada & Warner Chappell Music Canada
Ben Chan
Director of Licensing & Music Publishing Administration, MNRK Music Group
Bif Naked
Platinum Recording Artist, Bestselling Author, Co-Founder Her Royal Majesty’s Ent / MonaLisa Healing
Blair Packham
Songwriter; Composer of music for Film & Television, SongStudio
Bob Lefsetz
Publisher, The Lefsetz Letter
Brian Moncarz
Engineer, Rattlebox Studios
Brian Houston
Co-Founder, CEO & President , Audioworks Technologies
Brian Ohl
GM, Budweiser Gardens
Brighid Fry
Co-Founder & Artist, Music Declares Emergency Canada & Moscow Apartment
Britney Guerra
, Brant Cannabis
Bruce Morrison
Senior Vice President, Sales Operations, Patron Technology
Bryn Boughton
VP, Music at Feed Media Group (FMG)
Bryson Nobles
Co-Founder and CTO , Music Tech Works
Byron Pascoe
Entertainment Lawyer/Partner, Edwards Creative Law
Carl Dixon
Artist, Anthem Entertainment Group
Chad Courneya
Founder/ Director of Licensing & Creative, Sorelle Sound Ltd.
Chantae Vetrice
Music Artist/Songwriter
Charlie Wall Andrews
Executive Director, SOCAN Foundation
Charlotte Leclerc
Manager, Label Management, The Orchard Canada
Chaz Jenkins
Chief Commercial Officer, Chartmetric
Cheryl Link
Director of Sync & Creative, peermusic Canada Ltd.
Chinedu Ukabam
Founder, SUPAFRIK
CHUCK D
Founder, Leader and Frontman, Public Enemy
Cory Crossman
Music Industry Development Officer, City of London
D. Jae Gold
, Gold Music Consultants
Dalton Higgins
Publicist, Author & Award-Winning Journalist
Damien Ritter
COO , BeatStars
Dan Mangan
Co-Founder and VP Business Development, Side Door Access
Dan Scarcelli
Head of Live Programming, Monstercat
Dan DeCamello
, Stem Distribution
Darcy Ataman
Founder & CEO, Make Music Matter
Dave Lock
Independent Ticketing Professional
David Hazan
Founder, DLH Strategic Marketing
David Macias
President, Thirty Tigers
David Melhado
VP, Music & Marketing, United Masters
David 'Click' Cox
Founder/Director of BDRB, CLK Creative Works
David-Olivier St-Pierre Garcia
Co-Founder/Co-CEO, Emergence Music Distribution
Denise De’ion
Producer, Artist, and Songwriter
Donald MacGillivray
CPA, CGA, Royal Bank of Canada
Dr. Catherine Moore
Adjunct Professor, Music Technology & Digital Media Program, University of Toronto
Dr. SK Sharma
Chief Analytics & AI Officer , Ingrooves Music Group
Ebonie Smith
Award-Winning Music Producer, Audio Engineer and Singer-Songwriter
Ebonnie Rowe
Founder and Director , PhemPhat Entertainment Group
Emi Horikawa
VP, Creative, BMG
Emily Haines
Lead Singer, METRIC
Emmanuel Legrand
Journalist/Consultant/Editor, The Creative Industries Newsletter
Emmanuel Patterson
President, Talent and Touring , F7 Entertainment Group
Eric Baptiste
President & CEO, QwantumRights Solutions
Erik Sowden
Head of Commercial Development, Luminate
Erin Benjamin
President & CEO, Canadian Live Music Association
Estelle Morrison, M.Ed., RP
Psychotherapist and Co-Founder, Therapy Now Mental Health Coaching
Fabrice Sergent
Co-Founder and Managing Partner , Bandsintown Group
Frederic Aouad
Chief Revenue Officer, Stay22
Geoff Osler
CEO/Co-Founder, S!NG
Georgette Bivins
Senior Business Affairs Manager, FCB New York
Godwin Tom
Founder , Music Business Academy for Africa
Hanna Grzeszczyk
Founder & Director, Media IP Rights Ltd
Hazel Savage
VP, Music Intelligence, SoundCloud
Helen Britton
President & CEO, Six Shooter Inc.
Helienne Lindvall
President , European Composer & Songwriter Alliance (ECSA
Hill Kourkoutis
, Producer
Holly Fagan-Lacoste
Manager, Digital Business & Partner Relations, SOCAN
Iain Taylor
President & CEO, Cadence Music Group
Ian Kwechansky
CEO/Co-Founder, LOOP/POOL
Ian Garnett
Director, Centre for Sustainable Practice
Ian Andre Espinet
Founder/Director of BDRB, Iconic Arts & Entertainment Inc.
Inder Phull
CEO/Co-founder, PIXELYNX
Jackie Dean
COO, Music Canada
Jake Gold
President & CEO, Management Trust
Jake Hirsch
Sales Director of North America, Tixr
Jamelia Campbell
Manager, Account Management & Marketing, The Orchard
Jason Feinberg
SVP, Marketing, Flymachine
Jay Dufour
, Mixer
Jeff Sloan
, FanLabel
Jeffrey Remedios
CEO, Universal Music Canada
Jennifer Brown
CEO , SOCAN
Jennifer McKenzie
Partner, Cassels Brock LLP
Jennifer Beavis
Canadian Director, Publishing Admin & Synchronization, BMG RM CANADA
Jermayne Clayton
President (Management Division), Awesome Productions & Management
Jessica Powell
CEO & Co-Founder, Audioshake
Jessica Lemmon
Founder & CEO, Lemmon Entertainment
Jimmy Shaw
Lead Guitarist, METRIC
Jodie Ferneyhough
Founder & President , CCS Rights Management
Joe D'Ambrosio
CEO/Founder, Joe D'Ambrosio Management Inc.
Joe Bartok
President & CEO, This is The Deal Inc.
Joel Naga
Artist and Label Relations Manager , Amazon Music
Joey Scoleri
Head of Industry Relations, Live Nation
John Petrocelli
Founder & CEO, Bulldog DM
Jonathan McHugh
Music Supervisor, Director and Producer, Song Stew Entertainment
Jonny Dovercourt
Co-founder and Artistic Director, Wavelength Music
Josh Rabinowitz
Founder/Music Consultant, Brooklyn Music Experience
Josh Simons
CEO & Co-Founder, Vampr
Joywyn Daniel
Research Director, Luminate
Julien Paquin
Co-President, Paquin Artists Agency
Jully Black
Canada's Queen of R&B/Soul
Julz Ossom
President, African Music Week (AMW)
Karen Bliss
Canadian Correspondent, Billboard
Karen Thorne-Stone
President & CEO, Ontario Creates
Karen Kloack
SVP of Synchronization and Marketing – Recorded Music, Concord
Kathryn Waugh
Owner, Music Matters
Katrina Lopes
Talent Manager, KL Management
Katrina Balcius
Head of Sales, North America, DISCO
Ken Umezaki
CoFounder & CEO, Verifi Media
Keziah Myers
Executive Director, ADVANCE
Kristian Montano
Mastering Engineer, Montano Mastering
Kyle Riggle
Business Planning Director - Creator Program, Shopify
Lachlan West
Account Manager, Media & Entertainment, RBC
Laura Mina Mitic
Artist, Carmanah
Laurie Kirby
President & Owner, FestForums
LeAnn Phelan
Music Executive/Speaker/Educator, LP Creative Management
Lisa Logutenkow
VP, The Orchard
Liz Rodrigues
Singer/Songwriter
Lloyd Hummel
Executive Vice President, Global Commercial Strategy, Ingrooves Music Group
Lorraine Lawson
Founder, Lawson Vocal Studios
Louis Bellavance
VP Content & Artistic Director, BleuFeu
Lukman Akanbi
Entrepreneur and Business Coach
Lyn Koppe
EVP Global Catalogue, Legacy Recordings/Sony Music Entertainment
Mansimran (mani) Singh
CTO , Weav Music
Marcus Cobb
Jammber, CEO
Margaret McGuffin
CEO, Music Publishers Canada
Marie Zimmerman
Executive Director, Hillside Festival
Mark Frieser
CEO, Sync Summit/Sync Exchange
Mark Monahan
Executive & Artistic Director, RBC Bluesfest
Mark Beckles
VP, Social Impact and Innovation, RBC Corporate Citizenship
Marty Diamond
Talent Agent, Wasserman Music
Mary Ashley Johnson
Senior Vice President, Sales and Label/Artist Services, North America, The Orchard
Matt Gorman
Entertainment Lawyer, Cox & Palmer
Matt Williams
Talent Buyer and Venue Booker, MRG Live
Mayor John Tory
Mayor, City of Toronto
Melissa MacMaster
Creative Sync Licensing Manager, UnitedMasters
Mell Leis
VP of Sales; Festivals, Live Music & Events - North America, Tappit
Merck Mercuriadis
Founder & CEO, Hipgnosis Songs Fund LTD and Hipgnosis Song Management
Michael McCarty
CEO, Kilometre Music Group
Michael Dorf
Founder & CEO, City Winery
Michelle Titian
Singer-Songwriter
Mikaila Simmons
Music Supervisor, Instinct Entertainment
Mike Fiebach
Founder & CEO, Mainfactor
Miranda Mulholland
Artist, Creative Culture Advisor, Music Canada
Monica Corton
CEO & Founder, Go to Eleven Entertainment
Natalie Wakabayashi
Director of Culture & Entertainment Tourism, Tourism London
Nathan Wiszniak
Head of Music Partnerships, Spotify
Neill Dixon
President, Canadian Music Week
Nick Hodge
Head of Feldman Entertainment Partnerships, The Feldman Agency
Oana Ruxandra
Chief Digital Officer & EVP of Business Development, Warner Music Group
Paola Palazzo
Founder, Work Together Inc.
Patrick Rogers
CEO, Music Canada
Patrick Curley
President, Third Side Music
Patrick Labbe
Founder & CEO, DOZE Management & Le Phoque OFF festival & Centrale Alternative
Paul Farberman
President, Paul Farberman Entertainment
Paul Tuch
Canada Customer Success, Luminate
Paul Eastwood
VP, Sports and Entertainment, Orderinbox
Peter Karroll
CEO / iGen Ventures / Her Royal Majesty’s Ent Co-Founder Therapy Now Mental Health Coaching
Rachel Jackson
Artist Relations Manager, YouTube Music NY
Randell Adjei
Poet Laureate of Ontario, Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Redd
, Killthe8
Reeny Smith
Artist / Singer / Songwriter / Producer, Cymba Music
Renald Boyd
Co-Founder/Co-CEO, Emergence Music Distribution
Ric Salmon
CEO, Driift
Rich Brisson
Creative Sync & Licensing, Manager, Cadence Music Group
Rob Wells
Music Producer/Songwriter/Arranger/Musician/Teacher for Sony/ATV, Imagine This Inc. & Harris Institute, SHARP9MUSIC
Robby Towns
Co-Founder, Head of Strategy, GoodCopBadCop
Ryan Haslam
Senior Talent Relations, United Masters
Ryo Ito
CEO, Songwriter & Music Producer, Monogadade Productions
Samantha Juneman
SVP, Head of Marketing and Services, ADA Worldwide
Sandy Pandya
Owner , ArtHaus Music
Sarah Elliott
VP, Sales, Ticketmaster
Sarah MacKenzie
Director, Producer, and Journalist
Sarah MacDougall
Singer/Songwriter, Producer, Composer and Audio Engineer
Sat Bisla
President & Founder, A&R Worldwide & MUSEXPO
SATE
Artist
Savannah Wellman
Co-Founder, Tiny Kingdom
Scotty Taylor
Music Supervisor, Kiss The Sun Music Co.
Sean Ross
VP/Music & Programming, Edison Research
Sebastian Mair
President, Music Solutions
Shauna de Cartier
President, Six Shooter
Shlomo Lipetz
VP Programming, City Winery
ShoShona Kish
JUNO Award-Winning Touring Artist, Digging Roots
Simon Perry
President and Head of A&R, North America , Sentric Music Group
Spek
EVP, Int'l and Emerging Markets, Reservoir
Spencer Elliott
CEO/Founding Partner, ViewStub
Stacey Bedford
CEO, Bandzoogle
Steve Waxman
Entertainment Career Guidance, I.M. Steve Waxman
Steve Jordan
Founder, Polaris Music Prize
Steve Kane
Director of Business Developnment , Make Music Matter
Susan Abramovitch
Partner, Gowling WLG
Tak Furuichi
, JVC Kenwood Victor Entertainment
Teresa Nocita
Owner and Director , 13 year old Studio E
Thomas Cermak
CEO, Yuser
Tommy Stalknecht
CEO / Founder, Single Music
Tony Chapman
Host, Chatter that Matter
Tracey Fox
, Ultra Publishing
Tracy McKnight
Music Supervisor
Trevor Shelton
President and Founder, Urban Music Association of Canada
Tricia Silliphant
Senior Director, Music & Live Events, Scotiabank Arena
Umair Jaffar
Executive Director, Small World Music
Vanessa Vakharia
Lead Vocalist, Keytarist, Co-Founder and Manager, Goodnight Sunrise
Veronica Syrtash
SVP, Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency (CMRRA)
Vezi Tayyeb
Owner, Kensington Sound
Vince Degiorgio
CEO, CYMBA Music Publishing
Wendy Ong
President, TaP Music
Wilson Hays
Head of Business Development, PEX