Bilbao’s Music & Games Conference BIME Announce 2016 First Speakers & Events

15 June 2016 - Press release

- Germany named as Host Country 2016
- October 26-28th 2016, BEC! Bilbao, Spain
- Cooking Vinyl, Spotify, Sony Computer Entertainment, Ubisoft, Pledge, ATC Live, VICE amongst those already confirmed
 
 “Insight from leading industry execs.” - Music Week
“A bridge between the music and cultural industries” –Musikmarkt
“If music be the food of games, play on” - GamesIndustry.biz
“Three days of panels on music and gaming, Spanish music business law, and the Latin American market“- Billboard
 
Tickets: http://bime.net/bime_pro/en-us/registration
 
BIME Pro is back for a fourth year with the first announcement of speakers and programming. The conference will be held once again at the BEC! in Bilbao, and with over 1,500 industry delegates already confirmed it promises to be the most expansive edition of the conference yet.
 
Described in Music Week Magazine as a meeting place for professionals from the worlds of music, tech and gaming, this exciting event will once again focus on new trends in music, technology, entrepreneurship, internationalization, with ample opportunities for networking with peers and new business contacts.
 
During the three-day event, delegates from the digital and music industries will be gathered in Bizkaia to discuss and discover new revenue streams and forge new collaborations.
 
This year’s BIME – hosted by Germany – will have a particular focus on Latin American music, with a significant contingency of representatives from Latin and South America attending the event. As ever, the structure of BIMA will facilitate networking by providing ‘speed meeting’ opportunities for all delegates.
 
First Confirmed Speakers
 
·       Martin Goldschmidt – Owner – Cooking Vinyl
·       Alex Hoffman – Global Executive Producer – VICE
·       Didier Lord – Worldwide Musical Director – Ubisoft
·       John Broomhall – Composer, Producer and Co-Founder – Game Music Connect
·       Tara Austin – Planning Director – Ogilvy & Mather Advertising
·       Vikram Gudi – Founder / Director – Elephant Director
·       Will Quiney – Music Supervisor – Vamanos Music
·       Andreas Moeller – Head Promoter - Schöneberg
·       Jeff Price – CEO/Founder – Audiam
·       Sammy Andrews – Director – Entertainment Intelligence
·       Alex Bruthford – Agent/Partner – ATC Live
·       Ralf Dietmart – Booking Agent – Selective Artists
·       Isla Angus – Co-Founder/Agent – Earth Agency
·       Benji Rogers – Founder and Chief Strategic Officer – Pledge Music
·       Mirik Milan – Night Mayor – City of Amsterdam
·       Rocio Guerrero Colomo – Director Of Music Programming - Spotify
·       Alastair Lindsay – Director of Musical Production – Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
 
Previous delegates have highlighted the rich mix of speakers at BIME Pro and this year’s event will not disappoint. Among the first confirmed are Mirik Milan, the first night mayor of Amsterdam, whose responsibility is to grow the culture and economy of the city night while meeting residents, visitors and public officials; Rocio Guerrero Colomo, director of music programming and editorial content of Spotify for all Spanish-speaking countries from the New York office; Alastair Lindsay, a veteran of the games industry since 1993, and current director of musical production at Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, and who is behind the music we hear in many of the games from this industry giant. To find out more about these and other confirmed speakers, click here link).
 
More information on speakers and panels to come soon.
 
BIME Live
As always, BIME Live will be in full swing alongside the conference. This year, Suede, The Horrors and Wild Beasts are some of the first names confirmed for the music festival. More information and full line-up can be found here.
 
BIME 2015 figures
1800 delegates from 20 countries were registered at BIME Pro in 2015, which featured 145 speakers and more than 70 investors. In 2014 65 festivals took part in the Congress of Festivals; last year this figure increased to 100. During this conference, over 550 speed meetings took place and 30 showcases from 14 different countries. In turn, BIME Recruiting featured over 50 jobs and received 1100 applications. Meanwhile, 22,481 people enjoyed the concerts that took place during BIME Live.
 
BIME Pro 2016
26th – 28th October 2016
BEC! Bilbao, Spain
 
Tickets: http://bime.net/bime_pro/en-us/registration
 
Early Bird Passes (without access to BIME Live): 50 € + expenses. Offer until June 30
Early Bird PRO + LIVE Passes: 75 € + expenses. Offer until June 30