Born in former Soviet Union, Co-Founded Stil vor Talent 17 years ago in Berlin together with Oliver Koletzki & Chrisse Kunst. Working & growing a family like flourishing business eversince. 2 kids, 1 dog. Passionate about current and future dynamics of a broader Berlin club and creative scene.

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Heiko Hoffmann is Vice President of global artist services at the Beatport Group. Prior to that he’s been editor-in-chief of Groove magazine, an industry-leading electronic music magazine, for many years. He’s written for international publications such as Pitchfork, Spin and Sound & Recording Japan and hosted his own show on German public radio as well as having guest shows on NTS radio.

International Dj and Producer Moderna is a Berlin Based artist and founder of 'Brave New Rave' a hybrid collaborative curated art, music and NFT label. She has released collaborations with Mexican artist Theus Mago along with her solo productions which include a remix for The Matrix 4 soundtrack and NFT collaboration with artist Hipworth for Space-X and St. Judes charity auction.

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Dr. Andrea Jungaberle is a medical doctor and psychedelic therapist. She is the medical director of OVID clinics, Germany’s first psychedelic treatment facility. Andrea is a therapist on the EPIsoDe study, a large psychedelic therapy trial involving the use of psilocybin. She is one of the founders of the MIND Foundation and has authored the book “Yoga, Tee, LSD”.

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Sandira is a New Media & Funding Advisor with over 20 years of experience in the Creative & Startup ecosystem. She has worked on the ground in Austin, New York, Providence and is currently based in Berlin. Some notable projects include Alicia Keys, John Carpenter, Tony Visconti, Transmoderna, Factory Berlin, Sonar, Beats, MIT, Red Bull Music Studios and Rough Trade.

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Tamara has been associated with CCI for over 12 years. As a program director of one of the most significant cultural institutions in Poland, she was responsible for producing important music events (including WOMEX’17). Tamara is also a member of The UNESCO Creative Cities Network steering committee, the director of Music Export Poland. In 2022 she took on the role of EMEE coordinator.

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- university of Hamburg (studied sociology, philosophy and history)

- founder of female leader business network in northern Germany - worked as consultant for various NFT projects including WWF as NGO - looking for sustainable solutions connecting real life and virtual experiences

- started at MISA Dec 2021 to democratize the art market and open it to a wider audience including NFTs, physicals

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Born in Manchester UK, 1978 Moved to Berlin, 1980 Promoted Joy Division, 1982-83 Managed Malaria! 1981-86 Die Unbekannten & Shark Vegas, 1990 Founded MFS, Remixed Depeche Mode, New Order, The Pet Shop Boys a.o, 2015 Docu film B-Movie (Lust & Sound 79-89), 2018 Produced Fragment Album by Chinese band STOLEN, 2020-22 Produced Children of Nature & Life Everywhere with Lithuanian Alanas Chosnau.

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Henne Mueller Feeling Valencia is a Berlin-based songwriter and producer which is part of the unique artist collective at Riverside Studios Berlin. Trained classically and deeply rooted in independent music, he is a fan of pop music and love to blend genres. Henne is a member of the electronic music group GHEIST.

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Guillaume de Maquillé aka Gee is the Head of Music of Wonderfruit Festival, co-founder of Karma Klique, founder of gigBazaar, co-founder of iHome Systems and co-founder of Dots. Guillaume is focused on social impact and positive change through education, entrepreneurship and empowering individuals using a very special tool: immersive experiences.

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Anastasia has made a name for herself as an agent and talent scout through her work with labels and the most renowned booking agencies worldwide. Since 2016, Anastasia has had her own radio show at RBB and thus not only cultivates her good relationships through her daily work with artists from all areas, she is also strongly committed to promoting new talent.

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Lars Jakschik is a Creative Director Art at Team Voltage @ DDB. He worked on clients such as Bosch, Prada, Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen. Besides mastering a car focused daily business, he loves the combination of fashion, lifestyle and technology. Lars was born in 1985. He studied philosophy and visual communications in Berlin. Afterwards he worked at Springer&Jacoby, Jung von Matt and BBDO.

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Nono Vermoesen is a white cis-woman whose practices include djing, radio and academic researcher. Born in Belgium, she is currently based in Berlin where she regularly preforms under the moniker gigsta. Nono quit flying, attends her gigs by land and sea and has been working towards more sustainable and just touring in the music industry.

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2022 Funded Ego Riot label
2016 Signed with Modernsky agency & became Novation ambassador 2018 Released music & moved to Berlin
2015 Joined Acupuncture Records, Lantern club and INTRO electronic music festival
2013 Founded Disobedient Movement events
2008 Beijing Olympics after Party DJ & opened The Boat Club
2007 Women In Art festival organizer
2004 Moved to Beijing
Hong Kong born, Taipei raised

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Marcus works as TikTok researcher and consultant. He publishes the leading subscriber newsletter Understanding TikTok and is a research fellow at HAW Hamburg. Marcus is a trained journalist and has worked with Deutsche Welle, Germany's International Broadcaster for more than fifteen years.

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Medical Doctor specialized in Anesthesiology and Emergency medicine, training in cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy. Medical and Training advisor for the MIND Foundation gGmbH. Board member at the german association for psychedelic research and therapy (DGPFT). Trained NeuroMeditation teacher.

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Christian found his passion young: he started his first record label at 16 and has been involved with the music and film production ever since. He Tracks & Fields, a music supervision agency based across Europe and Asia, consulting producers and brands on the use of music for audiovisual productions.

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Tim Wettstein joined Team Voltage @ DDB as Chief Creative Officer leading the Volkswagen brand across 14 offices worldwide. Among his past affiliations are 72andSunny, Crispin Porter Bogusky and BBDO New York. He has led campaigns for Porsche, Lexus, Google, Best Buy and Call of Duty and is recognized by all major Award shows. A pilot in his spare time and self-declared “engine enthusiast”.

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JOPLYN is a young and upcoming songwriter, vocalist and producer / DJ from Berlin, she has German, Vietnamese & Canadian roots and started writing poetry, playing piano and writing songs at a very young age. Topics such as gender equality, empowerment, identity and transience are dear to her heart and inspired by her hometown Berlin.

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As a web3 developer I'm looking back on a range of achievements, among them the "DePA" medical health record, the "Splice" derivative NFT minting protocol and contributions to SSI based immunization passes. As a developer with entrepreneurial roots, he's currently establishing a DAO for the immediate creator economy: The Takeover Movement.

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Kloxii Li is a music producer/artist originally from China who operates across her adoptive hometown of Los Angeles and Berlin. Her sound oscillates between leftfield experimental pop with bilingual song writing and ethereal soundscapes. Her productions have found their way into Tricky’s False Idols Records, Lex Records, Sound Blanc by Modern Sky Records, artist residency at Amplify Berlin.

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Nick Battle is a singer-songwriter, and self taught multi-instrumentalist from Atlanta, Georgia. His Pop/Hip-Hop style of play and catchy lyrics allowed him to be able to travel and perform locally and internationally, becoming a crowd favorite. His hit single "The Party Song" is being played on the radio in Louisiana, Maryland, London, and Japan just to name a few.

Founder, laywer, artlover, speaker, curator. Since 2021 creator of metawalls.io - an NFT platform for urban art, developing a new economy & infrastructure through collective ownership in Web3. Sicnce 2012 co-founder of Holtmarkt 25 and Chairwoman of Cooperative for Urban Creativity - alternative invest model for grassroot urban developement. More love

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Composer, pianist, producer with a chamber strings ensemble on the intersection between acoustic and electronic sounds and visual collaborations. As a launching artist of the music NFT platform Catalog, Kaan brought his music in collaboration with visual artist Tarik Barri into the Web3 field. He also curates audiovisual art for his own label Feral Note and performs club sets as Particle K.

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Thomas Fischermann, *1969, is an editor and correspondent for Die ZEIT, the German weekly newspaper. He spends unreasonable amounts of his time in the Amazonian rainforest and has authored two recent books on indigenous cultures, "Der letzte Herr des Waldes" (The Last Guardian of the Forest, 2018) and "Der Sohn des Schamanen" (The Shaman's Son, 2021). Thomas lives in Hamburg and Rio de Janeiro.

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Anne Philippi was a journalist for Vaniyt Fair, GQ and FAZ. in 2019, Anne founded The New Health Club podcast and newsletter, and created a space where people from the new psychedelic ecosystem and business could talk abut the disruptive power of psychedelics.Now TNHC is bringing psychedelics to the workplace: psychedelic choaching for C-Level, leadership and therapy as a benefit for employess.

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Tristan Hunt is a Regional Manager at the Association For Electronic Music (AFEM). He has 20 years of professional experience in business development, music recognition technology, anti-piracy, sales, and events. He is driven by a love of electronic music, bringing people together and helping them thrive.

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Ava Vegas is a Berlin-based singer, songwriter and producer with a background in architecture. Her critically acclaimed debut-album was released in 2020 and named album of the month by Rolling Stone Magazine. She is now working on her sophomore album “Desert Songs” which she wrote and produced in Iceland and Los Angeles. Ava Vegas has played shows all over Germany and the US, including SXSW ‘22.

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Portrait XO (she/they) is an artist who creates musical and visual works with traditional and non-traditional methods. In collaboration with Dadabots, they won ‘Best Experiment’ award at VUT Indie Awards 2021, Eurovision AI Song Contest Jury Vote for ‘most creative use of AI’ in 2020, and completed several artist residencies including NEW NOW FESTIVAL in 2021 and Factory Berlin x Sonar+D in 2020.

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Philipp is a creative & marketing specialist with over 10 years of experience. As musician by heart and blockchain enthusiast he thrives to create the future of music in the best experience for artist, fans and the music industry

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Glaswegian born, Berlin based environment and music industry professional Eilidh McLaughlin has over 10 years experience working in the sustainability sector. She is the founder of sustainability consultancy CREATIVE-SUSTAINABILITY working with creatives to challenge climate breakdown and is co-founder of Clean Scene, a climate action collective in the dance music community.

Rafaël is a French Canadian creative producer and passionate writer from Montreal. With an academic background in writing and communications, she spent the past decade working in the creative field. From multimedia studios, exhibit designs, event planning and art galleries, she brings a diverse breadth of experience as leader of the marketing and communication department at NFT startup twelve x twelve

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Sascha Lazimbat is COO at ZEBRALUTION, a leading distributor for music, audiobooks and podcasts that he co-founded in 2004. He is also CEO of MusicHub, the new digital platform for musicians founded by collecting society GEMA. Sascha started out as a journalist and music attorney, was Head of Music & Video at Vodafone, served as a Managing Director at Warner Music and founded e-book company A2EP.

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Jan-Michel Saaksmeier is Executive Vice President XR Product at NeXR Technologies. At NeXR, he is in charge of XR Development with focus on digital transformation of real world concerts into the metaverse. Prior to joining NeXR, he held the roles of Head of Game Design and Director Production and Licensing. He has an award-winning track record in international gaming and production.

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Weining is the co-founder of LUCfest, a three-day showcase festival and conference in Tainan, Taiwan. She has always been a force for getting Taiwanese and Asian musicians into the global market. She is also the international manager for artists like Phum Viphurit and ADOY. All over the years, she develops good knowledge of music market. Nowadays, Weining splits her time between Asia and Europe.

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Visual Artist, Curator, and Band Manager, lives and works in Jakarta. Since 2001, Indra Ameng has been working as a program coordinator at ruangrupa. He is also working as a Festival Director for RRREC Fest—an annual three-day alternative music festival and art in Jakarta and Sukabumi. He is also a band manager of White Shoes & The Couples Company.

Philipp is founder and CEO of WISE - The Future Festival and Think Tank
which he founded 2018 in Beijing.

He has more than 20 years of experience in the music & events business
in various roles, 11 of which he lived in China, where he co-founded
360-degree music agency FakeMusicMedia in 2009. He brought over 200
artists to China / Asia (e.g. Hot Chip, Royksopp, Die Toten Hosen, Daddy G - Massive Attack), and has taken chinese rockstars Nova Heart around the world.

He is author of the China Music Industry Report, worked at the EXPO 2010 in Shanghai and curated programs for festivals including Reeperbahn Festival and Most Wanted: Music, Berlin. He was commissioned to organize and curate the German House at SXSW 2022 and
in the name of the European Commission will lead a Trade Mission of Electronic Music Professionals to Mexico, the first one of its kind .

He consults artists, companies and government organizations on the Chinese
/ Asian markets, music export and how to embrace creativity & new technologies in
their business and has given lectures at NYU (New York), BIMM (Berlin)
and IMB (Barcelona).

Philipp has worked as a journalist for Germany´s biggest broadcaster WDR, the German Government Organization GIZ, as an international advisor for Chinese gaming giant Kunlun and
with US Ambassador Jeffrey Davidow for the Institute of the Americas in San Diego.

He holds a master's degree in Political Science & Economics with a focus on Latin America. He studied in San Diego and Cologne.

Marcus brings in 10+ years of experience as creative manager and producer for music, culture and digital experiences. With twelve x twelve he jumped on a wave towards transforming creative ideas into digital collectibles to generate value and visibility for all creators

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With a 15-year of experience as a lawyer, in IP and Corporate Law, Jan discovered the importance of impacting and improving the industry of content creators at a wider scale, leading to the formation of twelve x twelve. A holistic business approach shaping the future of music in WEB3.

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Corinne Sadki has been working for more than 25 years in record companies (EMI, BMG, Sony Music) developing marketing and communication strategies with a never ending passion for music. In 2016, she joined the french music export office in Paris (Le Bureau Export) and got involved in developing artists carrer abroad, encouraging the competivity of the french music sector on new markets

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Dominik is the founder and CEO of the metaverse world Yabal. He previously founded HR software company softgarden and served as CEO for 18 Years.

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Michael is a digital media expert with international experience. In his current role at MusicHub, GEMA’s new digital platform for music creators, he works as a marketing manager with a focus on performance-based advertising. Prior to this, he was co-founder and sales director of Stagelink, originally a music tech startup which transformed into a digital advertising software.

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Aly Gillani is the European Label Rep for Bandcamp, a thriving, global music community where fans discover new artists, intimately connect with them, and directly compensate them for their work. Aly’s role involves expanding and managing the growing network of labels and artists using Bandcamp to connect with their fans.

Frank and his team are metaverse-enthusiasts conceiving, designing and developing cutting-edge browser based 3D experiences.

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Horst Weidenmüller founded !K7 in 1985 at the age of 21. He has consistently represented the wider independent music sector on a political level during the last decade. Serving as a board member of Merlin since its inception in 2008, Horst has been on the Impala board since 2003. !K7 is now a leading global brand that is synonymous with authenticity and high quality in the world of music.

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Aubry leads Songtrust’s expansion across EMEA and APAC to provide music creators in established and emerging music markets with global music publishing administration & collection infrastructure. She has 25 years of experience in the music industry, previously working for music publishing administrator Fintage House, and the renowned hard rock and heavy metal record label, Roadrunner Records.

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Founder of Paradise Distribution, an Independent company which delivers/monetizes music and video content to DSPs worldwide, collects the Neighboring Rights, offers Publishing Admin & the Pro+ Service, which enables young artists to become a professional label. Paradise’s aim is to simplify the dusty structures of the old music industry and to guarantee a fair distribution of all rights/ revenues.

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Evelyn Sieber represents the Reeperbahn Festival in Hamburg, Germany presenting some 600 concerts by international artists to an audience of over 50,000 fans and 5,900 music industry professionals from 55 countries. Among other things Evelyn coordinates the international activities as Project Lead Reeperbahn Festival International, presenting spin-offs in Africa, Asia and the USA.

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Merlijn Poolman is a cultural entrepreneur while being nightmayor of the Dutch city of Groningen since 2018. Since that year he also set up Gateway to China, a service for Western artists to be found and verified on Chinese social media platforms and through cultural diplomacy Merlijn aims to bring the East and West together in these complicated times

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Marit is the General Manager Germany at IDOL, an independent digital distributor based in Paris with offices in London, Berlin, L.A., Nashville and Johannesburg, the co-founder of both Hyper Culture and Parenthood In Music as well as a board member of the VUT. Marit has been working in pretty much every field of the label business: Label & Artist Management, PR, Online Marketing and Publishing.

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Oskar Strajn is of the bookers at ESNS, he works closely with the Music Moves Europe Awards, as well as the ESNS Radar manager. In the past, Oskar has worked as radio dj, journalist and event promoter.

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Cecilia Soojeong Yi is the co-founder of “DMZ Peace Train Music Festival,” and has been working as the head of content. In 2021, she co-founded ALPS inc. and its brand “Flipped Coin Music.” FCM an agency that offers digital music distribution, licensing and PR for international artists and labels in the Korean; the agency also represents undiscovered Korean musicians in the global music scene.

Matthias Strobel is the founder and CEO of Wicked Artists, a booking agency for creative technology and new media artists, and the President of MusicTech Germany, the Federal Association for Music Technology in Germany. He is a lecturer at Clive Davis Institute for Recorded Music at NYU and works as an independent manager to help accelerate avant-garde approaches from startups and artists.

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