CMW Speakers
Adam Lowenberg
Chief Marketing Officer, Primary Wave Music Publishing
Adam Sylvester
Agent, UTA
Age Versluis
Promoter, Booker, Friendly Fire B.V.
Alan Greyeyes
Festival Director, sākihiwē Festival
Alexander Milas
Founder, Twin V
Ali Tamposi
Songwriter
Allen Kovac
CEO/Founder, Better Noise Music
Amanda Krieg Thomas
Music Supervisor/Principal, Yay Team Inc.
Andrea Warner
Writer/Critic
Andrea “Drea” Gomez
Artist Relations & Special Projects, Creative Titans
Andreas Rizek
Senior Director of A&R, Ultra Music
Andrew Foggin
Global Head of Music, DICE
Andrew Harris
Multi-Instrumentalist, Composer & Producer, Vapor Music
Andrew Watt
Songwriter
Andrew Johnson
Station Manager, ELMNT FM (Toronto)
Andy Hunter
Legal Counsel, Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency Ltd. (CMRRA)
Anna Romanoff
Music Supervisor, Yay Team Inc.
Annabella Coldrick
CEO, The MMF UK
Aqyila
TikTok Creator/Artist
Arun Chaturvedi
Producer/Songwriter, Director, S.A.C. & SOCAN Foundation
Asante Haughton
Host/Mental Health Advocate
Aubrey Clarke
CEO, Envision Urban Media
BANNERS
Musician
Bernie Cho
President, DFSB Kollective
Bif Naked
International Recording Artist, Bestselling Author, Activist
Bob Lefsetz
Publisher, The Lefsetz Letter
Boyan Robert Pinter
Owner, Pan Harmony
Brooklynne Webb
Canadian Influencer
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Singer/Songwriter
Byron Wilson
Founder/CEO, 1851 House Inc.
Carianne Marshall
Co-Chair/Chief Operating Officer, Warner Chappell Music
CARYS
Artist/Songwriter
Cécile Rap-Veber
Director of Licensing, SACEM Société des Auteurs Compositeurs
Chantal Kreviazuk
Platinum-selling, Juno Award-Winning Artist
Charlene Bryant
Founder, Riveter Management
Charlie Deakin-Davies
Songwriter, Producer and Artist
Charlie Wall-Andrews
Executive Director, SOCAN Foundation
Chloe Chan
Arts and Culture Officer, Canadian Trade Office in Taipei (Taiwan)
Chris Mortimer
SVP, Head of Digital Marketing, Interscope Records
Chris Blackwell
Founder, Island Records
Chris McMurtry
Head of Music Product, Exactuals
Christine Osazuwa
Director of Data & Insights – Global Marketing , Warner Music Group
Cilista Eberle
Producer, "Up From The Streets"
Clare Goodchild
Co-Director, Organise Chaos
Constantine Roussos
Founder & CEO, .MUSIC
Cory Litwin
Executive Vice President, Hallwood Media
Craig Mannix
Senior Director, Domestic Urban Marketing, Universal Music Canada
D-Sisive
JUNO-Nominated Rapper
Dallas Austin
GRAMMY Award-Winning Producer, Songwriter, Musician & Film Producer
Dalton Higgins
Publicist, Author
Dan Kanter
Multi-Instrumentalist, Songwriter, Producer, Musical Director and Performance Coach
Dan Kimpel
Writer, Dan Kimpel Music Media
Dani Oliva
Founder, Oliva Law Group, P.C.
Daniel Cownden
Director, Data Science, Ingrooves Music Group
Daniela Nardi
Founder/CEO, TEMPOConnect
Danny Zelisko
President, Danny Zelisko Presents
Danya Dixon
CEO, Canadian Music Week
Darryl Ballantyne
CEO & Founder, LyricFind
Darryl Hurs
Director, Market Development in Canada, CD Baby
Dave Stelling
Sr. Manager Publicity, Warner Music Canada
Dave Lapinsky
VP Music Producer, Grey Group
Dave Frazier
Co-founder, Program Director, Urban Nomad
David Bottrill
3x GRAMMY Award Winning Producer & Mixer
David Zedeck
Partner & Co-Head of Music, UTA
David Hazan
Founder, DLH Strategic Marketing
David McLoughlin
Director, Brasil Calling
David-Olivier St-Pierre Garcia
Co-Founder/Co-CEO, Emergence Music Distribution
Debra Rathwell
Executive VP, Global Touring & Talent, AEG Presents
Denise De’ion
Producer, Artist, and Songwriter
Denise Bolduc
Creative Director & Producer
Dennis Argenzia
Senior Vice President, Talent & Touring Asia, Live Nation Entertainment
Dermot McCormack
President, LiveXLive
Desmond Child
GRAMMY Award Winning Songwriter/Producer
Devraj Sanyal
MD & CEO, Universal Music Group
Diane Pinet
President, Bloc Notes Music Publishing
Dick Wingate
Principal, DEV Advisors
Dr. Jay Mogis
Technologist
Dr. Gigi Louisa Johnson
Co-Founder, Rethink Next, Amplify Music, Center for Creative
Duane Gibson
Co-Founder, Northern Power Summit
Dustin Anstey
Composer/Creative Director
Ebonie Smith
Award-Winning Music Producer, Audio Engineer and Singer-Songwriter
Ebonnie Rowe
Founder/Director, PhemPhat Entertainment Group & Producer, Honey Jam
Ed Hill
VP, Media Group, Beatport
Ed Gough
President, Express Your Vibe Coaching
Elisa Pangsaeng
Record Producer, Songwriter, Mixing and Mastering Engineer
Emily Lazar
Founder/Chief Mastering Engineer, The Lodge
Emmanuel Legrand
Editor, The Creative Industries Newsletter
Emmanuel Patterson
Founder/President, EPICONCERTS
Erin Benjamin
President & CEO, Canadian Live Music Association
Erin Davis
Author, Mourning Has Broken: Love, Loss & Reclaiming Joy
Ethan Millman
Writer, Rolling Stone
Ethan Myers
Music Composer/Sound Designer & Audio Engineer, Vapor Music
Fabrice Sergent
Co-Founder and Managing Partner , Bandsintown Group
Fraser Hill
President, Frazietrain Productions Inc.
Gabriel Cowan
CEO, Audio Design Desk
Gail Mitchell
Executive Director, R&B/Hip-Hop, Billboard Magazine
Gavin Brown
Producer/Songwriter
Geoff Osler
CEO/Co-Founder, S!NG
Gina Waters Miller
Senior Vice President/General Manager, Entertainment One
Govindh Jayaraman
Head Coach/Team Lead , IMBA Medical
Grace Puluczek
CEO, 3 Notes
Gracie Gelkie
Director, Principle Consultant, Place Borneo
Greg Johnston
President, Songwriters Association of Canada SAC
Haley Brawner
Digital Marketing Manager, Verve Music
Hannah Berryman
Director, “Rockfield: The Studio on the Farm”
Hazel Savage
CEO/Co-Founder, Musiio
Helena Kosinski
VP Global, MRC Data
Hill Kourkoutis
Producer, Songwriter, Composer, Artist
Hon. Lisa MacLeod
Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport
Houtan Hodania
West Coast A&R Rep, SOCAN - West Coast Office
Hugh Evans
CEO, Global Citizen
Ian Montone
Founder, Monotone Inc.
Ian Andre Espinet
Entrepreneur, Creative, Community Advocate, Iconic Arts & Entertainment Inc.
Ian Kwechansky
CEO/Co-Founder, LOOP/POOL
Jackie Dean
Chief Operating Officer of Music Canada, President of CONNECT Music Licensing
Jake Bernstein
Agent, UTA
James Burke
Executive Director, Make Music New York
Jamie Roberts
Communications Consultant, Former VP, Publicity, Better Noise Music
Jasper Donat
CEO, Music Matters Asia / Branded Ltd
Jazmine Valencia
Owner, JV Agency
Jazz Tangcay
Senior Artisans Editor, Variety
Jeff Straughn
Chief Branding Officer, Primary Wave Music Publishing
Jeffrey Crossman
Deputy Director, Trade Commissioner, Global Affairs and International Trade Canada
Jem Aswad
Senior Music Editor, Variety
Jemeni
Radio Host, G987.FM
Jenna Adler
Agent, CAA
Jennie Armon
Executive Producer/Music Supervisor, Found Objects Music
Jennifer Mitchell
President, Casablanca Media Publishing and Red Brick Songs
Jennifer Decilveo
GRAMMY, Brit and Mercury Nominated Record Producer & Songwriter
Jennifer Brown
CEO (interim), SOCAN
Jennifer M. Sloan
Vice President, Public Policy at Mastercard Canada, Chair of Music Canada Board of Directors
JESSIA
Artist
Jessica Gramuglia
Owner, Music Supervisor, Awkwardly Naked
Joe Conyers
EVP, Global Head of NFTs, Crypto.com
Joel Baskin
Vice President, The Feldman Agency
Joey Scoleri
Head of Industry Relations, Live Nation
John Phelan
Director General, ICMP
John Ozier
EVP, Creative at Reservoir, National Chair at AIMP, President of Nashville Chapter
John Tory
Mayor, City of Toronto
Johnny Cloherty
CEO/Co-Founder, Songfluencer
Jonathan McHugh
Director, “Long Live Rock… Celebrate the Chaos”
Jonathan Campbell
Head of Outreach and Strategic Initiatives, Small World Music/Global Toronto
Jordan Howard
A&R/Creative Director, CCS Rights Management
Jordan Sowunmi
Lead, Music Editorial & Content Strategy, TikTok Canada
Jordan Johnson
Songwriter
Josh Rabinowitz
Founder/Music Consultant, Brooklyn Music Experience
Josiah Hughes
Senior Online Editor, Exclaim! Media
Josie Dye
Host, Josie Dye Show on Indie88
JR Antoine
Co-Founder/President, Studio 44
Julia Robinson
General Manager, Australian Festival Association
Julian Drucker
Composer & Lyricist / TV & Film Music Supervision, Yay Team Inc.
Julian "JT" Taylor
On Air, Evenings, 106.5 ELMNT-FM (CFIE-FM)
Julian Tuck
Producer/Programmer, CBC Radio / Radio-Canada
Julie Foucqueteau
The Hague Cultural and Advocacy Officer, Embassy of Canada in the Netherlands
Julien Paquin
President, Paquin Artists Agency
Junia Abaidoo
Co-Founder/Chief Operating Officer, LVRN Records
Justin Shukat
President, Primary Wave Music Publishing
Justin Gray
Songwriter, Record Producer, Music Executive and Tech Entrepreneur
Kam Lal
Founder/CEO, Notetracks
Karen Bliss
Canadian Correspondent, Billboard; founder, Samaritanmag.com
Karen Thorne-Stone
President & CEO, Ontario Creates
Karina DePiano
Music Director/Keyboardist
Karine Delage
Owner, Karyzma Agency
Karolina Janiak
Trade Commissioner, Embassy of Canada, Poland (Warsaw)
Kate Durio
CEO of North America, Sound Diplomacy
Kate Taylor
Visual Art Critic and Arts Columnist, The Globe and Mail
Kathryn Waugh
Owner, Music Matters
Katie Vitolins
Principal, Product Marketing, Amazon Music
Kayla Coughlan
Director of Social Media & Design, Cyber PR
Keely Kemp
President, CultureCap
Kees Van Weijen
President, IMPALA - Independent Music
Kelli Richards
Business Development Exec, The All Access Group
Ken Galloway
Show Creator
Kevin Liles
Co-Founder / CEO, 300 Entertainment
Kevin Smokler
Co-Director & Co-Producer, "Vinyl Nation"
Keziah Myers
Executive Director, ADVANCE, Canada's Black Music Business Collective
Kim Mitchell
Multi-Award Winning Canadian Musician
Kit Wheeler
VP Royalty Collections, SOCAN
Lakshmi Venugopal
Head - Corporate Communications & PR, Wonderwall Media
Laura Simpson
CEO/Co-Founder, Side Door
Laura Katz
Music Supervisor, Supe Troop
Lauren Hunter
Afternoons, SONiC 102.9
Laurie Peters
Senior Advisor, Global Affairs Canada
Lawrence Mestel
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Primary Wave Music
Leigh Andrzejewski
Executive, Music Innovation, UTA
Leo van Schaick
MD Continental Europe, [PIAS]
Linda Noelle Bush
Vice President, Artist and Label Relations, Cadence Music Group
Lindsay Hyslop
Marketing Director, Anthem Records
Lisa Li
Senior Brand Manager, Bourbon, Beam Suntory Canada Inc. / Jim Beam Bourbon
Lo Falcioni
Director of the Business Arts Program, The Remix Project
Lorraine Lawson
CEO/Founder, LVS & Company
LU KALA
Artist
Luciana Pegorer
Chief Organizer, Trends Brasil Conference
Mandar Thakur
COO, Times Music
Mandisa Henry
Music Assistant, Yay Team Inc.
Marc Brown
Co-Founder, Byta
Marcie Allen
President of Music Experiential Agency, MAC Presents
Marek Tyler
Educator, Entrepreneur, Project Liaison, Manager, Facilitator & Touring Musician
Margaret McGuffin
CEO, Music Publishers Canada
Marie Catharine Clausen
Head of North America & Head of Global Streaming, Ninja Tune
Mark Lingelbach
Producer, Pacific Sound Radio
Mark Mulligan
Managing Director, MIDiA Research
Mark Frieser
CEO, Sync Summit/Sync Exchange
Mark Jowett
President, International A&R, Publishing, Nettwerk Music Group
Martin Elbourne
Advisor/Booker, Glastonbury Festival
Martin Laflamme
Director for Political and Cultural Affairs, Canadian Trade Office in Taipei (Taiwan)
Marty Silverstone
Partner/SVP Creative, Head of Sync, Primary Wave Music Publishing
Mary Kay Huse
Co-Founder & CEO, Mandolin
Matt Gorman
Owner, Ocean Town Music
Matt Boerum
Co-Founder/CEO, Audible Reality
Mauricio Ruiz
Founder/CEO, 8 Til Faint
Melinda Newman
Executive Editor, West Coast and Nashville, Billboard
Melissa MacMaster
Founder, 902HipHop Inc.
Melissa Cameron-Passley
A&R Representative, SOCAN
Merck Mercuriadis
Founder/CEO, Hipgnosis Songs
Micah Barnes
Voice, Performance & Career Coach
Michael Huppe
President/CEO, SoundExchange
Michael Raine
Editor-in-Chief, Canadian Musician Magazine
Michael Chugg
Founder/CEO, Chugg Entertainment
Michael McCarty
Chief Executive Officer, Kilometre Music Group
Michael Murphy
Director, "Up From The Streets"
Michael Kill
CEO, Night Time Industries Association
Michael Asante
A&R Representative, Rap & R&B, SOCAN
Michael Perlmutter
Music Supervisor, President, instinct Entertainment
Mikaela Allen
Marketing Manager, DistroKid
Mikaila Simmons
Music Supervisor, Instinct Entertainment
Mike Lawless
Head of Music, Canada, Amazon Music
Mikey Rishwain
Label Rep, Joy Ride Records
Miro Oballa
Partner of Taylor Oballa Murray Leyland LLP., Co-Founder and Director of ADVANCE
Mishelle Pack
Creative Manager, A&R / Synch at, Sony Music Publishing
Mitch Forster
Director, Sales, Tixr Canada
Mitch Glazier
Chairman & CEO, Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)
Miya Urgusoy
Digital Marketing Manager, Universal Music Canada
Moon Vs Sun
Chantal Kreviazuk & Raine Maida
Naomi Johnson
Executive Director, imagineNative
Natalia Nastaskin
Chief Content Officer, Primary Wave Music Publishing
Nathalie Lévesque
Founder/Executive Director, La Boîte interculturelle
Nevin Grant
Canadian Radio Legend
Nick Henriques
Songwriter/Producer
Nick Mueller
Chief Executive Officer, The Golden Kids Group
Nile Rodgers
Producer/Composer, Musical Icon, Multiple Grammy Award winner / Producer / Composer, Nile Rodgers Productions LLC
Oscar Furtado
Owner, Tandemtracks
Patricia Carrera
Music Supervisor, Control Freaks Music
Patrick Rogers
CEO, Music Canada
Patti-Anne Tarlton
EVP, Live Nation Global Lead at Ticketmaster
Paul Goldman
Founder/CEO, Muserk
Paul Awad
Programming Director, CKBE-FM 92.5 (The Beat)
Peter Coquillard
Head of International, Milk and Honey
Peter Åstedt
Festival Director, Future Echoes
Peter J. Wark
Owner, Peter J. Wark Management Inc.
Portia Sabin
President, Music Business Association
Prezident Jeff
Producer
Rachel Komar
Founder, CEO, Extension Music
Raine Maida
Multi-Platinum, Juno Award Winning Artist, Chief Product Officer, S!NG inc.
Ralph James
Agent, APA
Rebecca Webster
Director, Industry Relations & Communications, CMRRA
Renald Boyd
Co-Founder/Co-CEO, Emergence Music Distribution
Rene Merideth
COO/Co-Founder, Exploration
René Beerens
Owner, Momentum Agency
Rob Stevenson
Partner, 300 Entertainment
Rob Zifarelli
Agent, Wasserman Music
Robert Dippold
President, Digital Strategy & Marketing, Primary Wave Entertainment
Robert Singerman
SVP, International Publishing, LyricFind Inc.
Robert Levine
Deputy Editorial Director, Billboard
Robert Meijerink
Congress, ESNS, Doomroosje, Festival Director, Talent Buyer, ESNS (Formerly EuroSonic Festival)
Robert Haber
Founder/Managing Director, Mondo.NYC
Rodney Murphy
President of A&R/Acquisitions, Kilometre Music Group
Ryan Press
President, A&R, Warner Chappell Music
Sachal Vasandani
Operations and Business Development Lead, OpenPlay
Sam Hollander
Songwriter/Producer/Hit Maker
Sam Cook
Director, The KMBA Creative Agency
Sammy Shirra-Moore
Regional Talent Manager, Branded Ltd
Sara Dempsey
Global Director of DSP Strategy, Partisan & Knitting Factory Records
Sarah Guppy
COO, Gig Life Pro
Sarayu Caulfield
Junior Manager, Friends at Work
Scarlett Li
CEO, Zebra Media
Shakura S'Aida
Artist/Songwriter/Actress
Shara Senderoff
Partner/President, Raised In Space
Shaun Frank
Canadian DJ, Singer-Songwriter & Record Producer
Shirley Halperin
Executive Editor, Variety
ShoShona Kish
JUNO Award-Winning Touring Artist
Simon Wheeler
Director of Global Commercial Strategy, Beggars Group
Stefan Johnson
Songwriter
Stefanie Purificati
Agent, APA
Storm Gloor
Associate Professor, Music & Entertainment Industry Studies, University of Colorado Denver
Suzy Shinn
Producer/Songwriter/Engineer
Takayuki Suzuki
President, ParadeALL
Tamar Kaprelian
Founder / CEO, NVAK Foundation
Tanya Theberge
Sustainable Fashion Designer & Textile Artist
Tayla Parx
Songwriter
Taynaah Reis
Founder & CEO, Moeda Seeds Bank
Tenniel Brown
Owner, The Centre for Anti-Oppressive Communication
Terry DiMonte
Morning Host, CHOM 97.7 Montreal
Tesher
Rapper/Producer
Thaddeus Rudd
Co-Owner/Co-President, Mom+Pop Music
The Honourable Steven Guilbeault
Minister of Canadian Heritage
Theo Battaglia
Head of Creative, 10K Projects
Theo Ellis
Founder, ProSound Media
Timbaland
Multi-platinum, Grammy Award-Winning Producer & Artist
Todd Perry
Vice President, A&R & Business Development, Create Music Group
Tom Truitt
Partner, Buffkin / Baker
Tom Callahan
Founder/ CEO, Indie Advance, inc.
Tommy Stalknecht
CEO / Founder, Single Music
Toni Wallace
Co-Head of Global Music Brand Partnerships, UTA
Turo Pekari
Innovation & Business Development Executive, Music Finland
Tyler Tsang
Composer & Studio Manager, Vapor Music
Uwonda Carter Scott
Founding Partner, Carter + Woodard
Vince Degiorgio
President/Founder, CYMBA Music Publishing
Vivian Barclay
General Manager, Warner Chappell Music Canada
Vladislav Ginzburg
Chief Executive Officer, Blockparty
Wayne Jobson
Record Producer, Filmmaker & Broadcaster
Wendy Ong
President, TaP Music
Will Griggs
Chief Experience Officer, HIFI
Yuya Saito
Representative, Director, Some Echoes Inc., Mooreworks
Zach Katz
Partner and CEO, Raised In Space Enterprises
Zaena x Jason Maek
Artist
Zubin Thakkar
Platinum-Selling Producer, Engineer, Songwriter, Musical Director & Guitarist