IMS Ibiza Announces Full 2019 Speakers: Klas Bergling (Avicii's Father), Zane Lowe & Professor Green

• Klas Bergling on the vision and goals for the Tim Bergling Foundation supporting mental health and suicide prevention
• Zane Lowe talks about Apple Music, its global livestream Beats 1 and the multiple opportunities within the service for electronic music. Exclusive Keynote Interview with Pete Tong
• Artists Madame Gandhi, Professor Green and Luciano join the Mental Health Crisis debate with leading wellness experts
• Charlotte De Witte Keynote Interview on her fast-paced career trajectory
• shesaid.so to host a series of talks with multiple guest speakers Restoring Community to the Dancefloor, The Politics of Dancing, Investigating Intersectionality and Curating Balanced Line-Ups
• Resident Advisor’s Club Culture debate featuring the founders of Fabric London, Output New York plus MMA Munich, Richie Hawtin and many more
• Streaming in the DJ Booth – the controversial shift in DJing is examined with Beatport, Soundcloud, Tidal and Dubset.
• Point Blank Music School production masterclass with Jax Jones
• Plus artist speakers including Adam Beyer & Ida Engberg, Agoria, Blond:ish, Joseph Capriati, Nastia, Nicole Moudaber, SAMA’, SOPHIE, Sven Väth

International Music Summit (IMS) Ibiza, the premier global platform for business, culture and education in the electronic music industry, will once again unite the most influential global industry figures at the 12thedition of its annual three-day inspirational and motivational thought-leadership forum. The platform continues to lead the direction for positive change in the industry, placing artists, visionary thinkers, managers, promoters and thought leaders at the center of powerful discussions that make meaningful difference and push for progress.

Curated in partnership with shesaid.so, the leading global network of women in the music industry, the 2019 program and keynote speakers will focus on mental health, diversity and examining club culture with the objective of developing fresh strategies and leading the direction for change.

Following on from last year’s powerful and moving Avicii tribute by BBC Radio 1’s Pete Tong, IMS will be joined by Klas Bergling, father of Tim Bergling (Avicii), who will be discussing the important work the Tim Bergling Foundation will do in supporting people and organisations working in the field of mental illness and suicide prevention. The MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS DEBATE will also be joined by music artist and mental health campaigner Professor Green (Artist, UK) and esteemed DJ and producer Luciano (Artist, Chile) in a timely discussion on what our industry can do to protect the health of all those that work within it. They will be joined by mental health experts who have been treating some of the industry’s most successful talents, including shesaid.so member and owner of Your Green Room, Clare Scivier, and electronic artist and activist Madame Gandhi, the former drummer for M.I.A.

A Grammy-nominated producer and global head of artist relations at Apple Music, Zane Lowe is one of the most influential names in the music industry today. In a Keynote Interview with IMS co-founder Pete Tong, the Beats 1 host will share his vision for the future of electronic music on Apple Music.

Diversity continues to be a key focus for IMS. The opening Keynote Address is from shesaid.so founder Andreea Magdalina titled THE FUTURE OF FEMINISM IS MALE - GENDER DIVERSITY IN THE WORKPLACE. The campaign and need for an Inclusion Rider for Electronic Music will be initiated at the event. It will be led by IMS, shesaid.so and the Association for Electronic Music. More details to follow.

Exploring the current status of the global club scene, Resident Advisor will bring together artists, promoters, agents, venue owners and managers including Nicholas Matar (Output, Founder, USA), Keith Riley (Fabric, Founder, UK), Human Rias from MMA (Mixed Munich Arts) in Germany and IMS’s own Pete Tong (IMS /BBC Radio 1, Co-Founder / Broadcaster, UK) on the keynote debate IS CLUB CULTURE HEADED IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION? The talks also includes SOPHIE (Artist, UK), Richie Hawtin (Artist, Canada) and Kae Burke (House of Yes, Co-Founder & Creative Director, USA).

A highly debated issue follows with the future of music formats and STREAMING IN THE DJ BOOTH – THE DEBATE with industry commentators Liz Muirhead (BMAT, VP – Venues, Spain), Heiko Hoffman (Beatport, Director, Label & Artist Relations, Germany), Clark Warner (Dubset Media, VP Artist Relations And Label Services, USA), Rik Parkinson (Pioneer DJ Europe, Product Planning Manager, UK), Jack Bridges (Soundcloud, Senior Manager - Label Relations, UK) plus speakers from Tidal. Continuing the theme will be the annual DIGITAL DEBATE with speakers from all the major DSP platforms.

shesaid.so will present a number of key discussions, including THE POLITICS OF DANCING, RESTORING COMMUNITY TO THE DANCEFLOOR, INVESTIGATING INTERSECTIONALITY and HOW TO CURATE BALANCED LINE-UPS, which will hold a mirror up against electronic music and encourage honest reflection on what is being done to ensure a balanced industry; featuring input from SAMA’ (Artist, Palestine), Nicole Moudaber (Artist, UK) Kae Burke (House Of Yes, Co-Founder & Creative Director, USA), Mariana Duarte Silva (Village Underground Lisboa, Co-Founder, Portugal), Steven Braines (He.She.They. / The Weird &The Wonderful, Founder, UK) , Mariana Sanchiotene(ADE, Managing Director, Holland), Nadine Artois (Artist / PxssyPalace, UK), Sophia Kearney (The Weird & The Wonderful, CEO, UK), Sarah Chawla (Wild City / Magnetic Fields Festival, Co-Founder/Director, India) and more.

There will be a range of specially curated keynote addresses and interviews with artists, managers and venue owners including husband and wife partnership Adam Beyer & Ida Engberg (Artists, Sweden), Joseph Capriati (Artist, Italy), plus Grammy and Brit award nominated multi-instrumentalist and producerJax Jones (Artist, UK) will reveal the secrets behind his two billion streams in a Point Blank Music School production masterclass.

In addition to the first speakers for 2019, IMS presents the additional big moments that punctuate the start of the Ibiza season including the soon to be announced recipient of the IMS LEGENDS AWARD who will once again be celebrated at an exclusive industry dinner plus the best and most diverse line-up that Ibiza will experience at IMS DALT VILA, the summit closing celebration held at the top of the 2,500 year old UNESCO World Heritage Site.

IMS Ibiza 2019 Speakers Announced A-Z

ADAM BEYER

ARTIST, SWEDEN

AGORIA

ARTIST, FRANCE

ALEXANDER LARICHEV

EDM GHOST PRODUCTION, FOUNDER, RUSSIA

ALEXANDRA

ARTIST, ROMANIA

ALICE WOODS

UNDER ONE ROOF / MEAT FREE, PROMOTER / DJ, UK

ANDREEA MAGDALINA

SHESAID.SO; FOUNDER; ROMANIA

ANDY BLACKET

FABRIC, HEAD OF BOOKINGS & PROMOTIONS, UK

ANNA TUR

IBIZA GLOBAL RADIO, CO-FOUNDER / GENERAL MANAGER, SPAIN

BILL BREWSTER

ARTIST, UK

BLAISE JAMES DEANGELO

ARETE, CO-FOUNDER, USA

BLOND:ISH

ARTIST / BYE BYE PLASTIC, CANADA

CATHAL SMYTH

ARTIST, UK

CELESTE NEIL

ADAMS & NEILL PR, DIRECTOR, UK

CHANDLER SHORTLIDGE

JOURNALIST, USA

CHARLOTTE DE WITTE

ARTIST, BELGIUM

CHLOE CAILLET

ARTIST, FRANCE

CHRIS COOKE

CMU, FOUNDER, UK

CLAIRE SCIVIER

YOUR GREEN ROOM, COACH, UK

CLARKE WARNER

DUBSET MEDIA, VP ARTIST RELATIONS AND LABEL SERVICES, USA

DEAN WILSON

SEVEN20 MANAGEMENT, CEO, UK

DECLAN MCGLYNN

DJ MAG, JOURNALIST, UK

DR RAOUL GOLDBERG MD

PATH TO HEALTH CENTRE, PSYCHOTHERAPIST, SOUTH AFRICA

EAN GOLDEN

DJ TECH TOOLS, ARTIST / FOUNDER, USA

ERNESTO SENATORE

IT'S ALL ABOUT THE MUSIC, DIRECTOR / PROMOTER, ITALY

GEORGIA MEYER

MIDIA RESEARCH, ANALYST, UK

GREG MARSHALL

AFEM, GENERAL MANAGER, UK

HEIKO HOFFMAN

BEATPORT, DIRECTOR LABEL & ARTIST RELATIONS, GERMANY

HUMAN RIAS

MMA: MIXED MUNICH ARTS, BOOKINGS, GERMANY

IDA ENGBERG

ARTIST, SWEDEN

ISIS O'REAGAN

ROOM FOR REBELLION, FOUNDER, UK

IZZY STEVEN

BOSSY LDN, DIRECTOR / CO-FOUNDER, UK

JACK BRIDGES

SOUNDCLOUD, SENIOR MANAGER - LABEL RELATIONS, UK

JAGUAR

MIXMAG, PRESENTER / ARTIST, UK

JAX JONES

ARTIST, UK

JESSICA WILSON

SEVEN20, COO - PARTNER, USA

JOHANNES GOLLER

COCOON, HEAD OF COCOON IBIZA, GERMANY

JOHN MCKEOWN

IBIZA CALM, MANAGING DIRECTOR, UK

JOSÉ CORRALIZA

LEISURE ASSOCIATION OF IBIZA, GENERAL MANAGER, SPAIN

JOSEPH CAPRIATI

ARTIST, ITALY

KAE BURKE

HOUSE OF YES, FOUNDER & CREATIVE DIRECTOR, USA

KEITH RILEY

FABRIC, FOUNDER, UK

KETAN RAHANGDALE

UNITEA, CEO, USA

KEVIN WATSON

IMS BUSINESS REPORT, AUTHOR, UK

KLAS BERGLING

THE TIM BERGLING FOUNDATION, SWEDEN

LETICIA VAN RIEL

VR MANAGEMENT, ARTIST MANAGER - ANNA; SAMA’; WEHBBA, SPAIN

LIZ MUIRHEAD

BMAT, VP-VENUES, SPAIN

LUCIANO

ARTIST, CHILE

LOUIS DIAZ

GROUPO PACHA, GLOBAL DIRECTOR OF MUSIC & PROGRAMMING, PUERTO RICO

MADAME GANDHI

ARTIST, USA

MARIANA DUARTE SILVA

VILLAGE UNDERGROUND LISBOA, CO-FOUNDER, PORTUGAL

MARIANA SANCHIOTENE

ADE, MANAGING DIRECTOR, NETHERLANDS

MARK GROTEFELD

PIONEER DJ, GENERAL MANAGER, UK

MARK LAWRENCE

BLACK ROCK PUBLISHING / AFEM, DIRECTOR / CONSULTANT, SPAIN

MARK NEWTON

PRINTWORKS / THE DRUMSHEDS, DIRECTOR, UK

MIKAEL BENHAMOU

SONAR, HEAD OF BOOKINGS, SPAIN

MISS I

ARTIST, ROMANIA

NADINE ARTOIS

ARTIST, UK

NAINA

BEATS 1 / APPLE MUSIC / REPREZENT, DJ & RADIO PRESENTER, UK

NASTIA

ARTIST, UKRAINE

NICHOLAS MATAR

OUTPUT, FOUNDER, USA

NICK MCCABE

GROUPO PACHA, CEO, UK

NICOLE MOUDABER

ARTIST, UK

OLEG STAVITSKY

ENDEL, CEO, GERMANY

OLGA HEIJNS

UNMANAGEABLE ARTISTS, CEO, NETHERLANDS

ONNIK TAVITAN

HOUSE OF TRACKS, CEO , NETHERLANDS

OSKAR EICHLER

1001TRACKSLISTS, COO, GERMANY

PETE TONG

IMS /BBC RADIO 1, CO-FOUNDER / BROADCASTER, UK

PROFESSOR GREEN

ARTIST, UK

RICHIE HAWTIN

ARTIST, CANADA

RIK PARKINSON

PIONEER DJ, PRODUCT PLANNING MANAGER (EMEA), UK

ROBB MCDANIELS

BEATPORT, CEO, USA

RUI DA SILVA

ARTIST, PORTUGAL

SAMA’

ARTIST, PALESTINE

SARAH BENBENISTE

IBIZA PRESERVATION FUND, DIRECTOR, SPAIN

SARAH CHAWLA

WILD CITY / MAGNETIC FIELDS FESTIVAL, CO-FOUNDER/DIRECTOR, INDIA

SOPHIA KEARNEY

THE WEIRD & THE WONDERFUL, ARTIST MANAGER, UK

SOPHIE

ARTIST, UK

STEVEN BRAINES

HE.SHE.THEY./ THE WEIRD & THE WONDERFUL/TAP, FOUNDER/PARTNER, UK

SVEN VATH

ARTIST, GERMANY

TIFFANY YU

RISING DIGITAL, MARKETING CONSULTANT, USA

TOM MIDDLETON

ARTIST, UK

TRISTAN HUNT

AFEM , REGIONAL MANAGER, UK

WILL LYNCH

RESIDENT ADVISOR, EDITOR, GERMANY

WILLIAM RALSTON

JOURNALIST / WRITER, UK

ZANE LOWE

APPLE MUSIC, GLOBAL CREATIVE DIRECTOR & HOST, NEW ZEALAND/USA