We’re counting down the last hours before the Music Meeting starts. It’ll be a gathering of minds, music, and energy, where we’ll rekindle with past colleagues and meet new ones from across the industry. 

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We couldn’t be more excited for the next three days, BASE Milano will be buzzing with speakers and experts from all around the globe. Together, we’ll exchange insights, share tips, discover new projects and dive into what drives the people who shape the music landscape nowadays. 

With such a rich and diverse program, we’ve put together a guide to help you navigate the highlights. This year’s topics are bold, timely and innovative, offering a unique view of the music intersection.

Web3 and Music-Tech

What are the latest innovations and the technology opportunities for music business?

THU 21 Nov

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM MME Dialogue #5

12 PM – 12:30 PM Keynote | Unleash music royalties using Web3

12:30 – 1 PM Keynote | Decentralizing the beat: law and blockchain reshaping the music industry for artists

2:30 PM – 3 PM Keynote | Everything reactionary stays the same: breaking the cycle with Web3keynote

3 PM – 4PM The Road to Web3 Music

FRI 22 Nov

10 AM – 11:30 AM Fostering Innovation and funding music tech

10:30 AM – 11 AM Keynote | Beyond streaming – a new vision for artist compensation ad community

11 AM – 11:30 AM Keynote | Blockchain in the music industry: evolution and challenges over the past year

3 PM – 4 PM Workshop | Create Web3 tickets & fans tokens

3 PM – 4 PM ASCOLTO | Enabling community radios through Web3 technologies – decentralized stack for web radios

4 PM – 4:30 PM Keynote | Smart rights: Protecting creative works with blockchain

4 PM – 5 PM Workshop | Decentralized storage, revenues & smart contracts

Social Change

What industry dynamic choices are shaping the audio-visual world?

THU 21 Nov

11 AM – 12:15 PM Music and Wellbeing

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM It sounds like a good partnership!

3:45 PM – 4:14 PM Music and Activism: Taglietti and Madame Gandhi

3 PM – 4-30 PM Workshop | What should a “Gender-friendly” music recommendation algorithm look like?

4:30 PM – 5:30 PM Music Gender Metadata Manifesto

FRI 22 Nov

10:15 AM – 11:45 Roundtable | Green music production: frustration over satisfaction?

11 AM – 12:15 PM Immersive Experience | Sub_Bar: a shared space

12 PM – 1 PM Think Big: Music and multimedia technologies driving green and digital transitions in major events

2:30 PM – 3:15 PM Can music support global economic policy?

3 PM – 4 PM Change Management: the generation who will inherit this industry

Sync

What’s the impact of music and how can it evoke positive, inclusive and sustainable changes in our society?

THU 21 Nov

11:30 AM – 1:00 PM Matchmaking Session | Meet Sync & Publishing

1:15 PM – 3:30 PM Round Table | We know what is good for you!

3:45 PM – 4:15 PM Keynote |Music in Games: An Introduction & An Invitation with Emily Appleton Holley (Erased Tapes) & Markus Linde

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM Into the Game: Expanding the Boundaries of Creative Collaboration

5:30 PM – 18 PM Supervising Music: A conversation with Jen Malone and Rocco Centrella

Creativity and Communities

What’s the impact of music and how can it evoke positive, inclusive and sustainable changes in our society?

THU 21 Nov

11:30 AM – 12 PM Billboard Italia in conversation with Clara – presented by Billboard

12:15 PM – 1:30 PM Panel | Vinyl culture: collectibles, communities and cutting-edge sound

2 PM – 2:45 Poptimism e capitale musicale: media e crisi della popular music

FRI 22 Nov

12 PM – 1 PM Quattro lettere che hanno cambiato tutto: il K-pop alla conquista del mondo – presented by Billboard

12 PM – 1:30 PM Roundtable | Discoverability in live music: challenges and opportunities

2:15 PM – 3 PM Moving Music – The importance of being moved by music. Marquis in conv. with Rikki Stein

2:30 PM – 4 PM Audience Development: Music has no limits

3:30 PM – 4:40 PM Are festivals just temporary utopias?

5 PM – 6 PM Punk, the enduring spirit

Music and Territory

How are the relationships between music business and local change in different parts of Europe? How does regional diversity influence the local and global music landscapes?

THU 21 Nov

11 AM – 12:30 PM Roundtable | Building a future for music entrepreneurs in Central and Southeastern Europe

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM Italy, gateway to Central and Eastern Europe?

4:30 PM – 6:00 PM Local scenes, global value: The pivotal role of regional infrastructural support – presented by Emilia Romagna Music Commission

FRI 22 Nov

10 AM – 10:45 AM European Live Music Census

11 AM – 12 AM Mapping live music within urban ecosystems

12:00-13:30 Roundtable | The shape of the mapping to come: How to build more efficient and robust music ecosystems monitoring – presented by Fondazione Cariplo

ASCOLTO: Community Radio Summit

ASCOLTO, a unique moment to meet 16 Community Radios from 12 different countries who have answered our call and will be joining us in Milan. Follow and meet us for a rich program of meet-ups, talks, workshops and showcases exploring the impact of Community Radios around the world.

THU 21 Nov

6:30 PM – 8 PM Cosmos_ Screening + presentation

FRI 22 Nov

11:45 AM – 12:45 PM Gender Diversity in radio

4:30 PM – 5:30 PM Building radical alternatives: decolonial perspectives in music