The Ivors Academy Summit 2025 programme

SUMMIT 20.05.2025

BFI IMAX, London

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CONTENT WELCOME FROM ROBERTO NERI 3 OVERVIEW 4 PRE-LUNCH SESSION 12-28 POST-LUNCH SESSION 30-43 SPECIAL THANKS 45

WELCOME FROM ROBERTO NERI

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CEO of The Ivors Academy

Welcome to The Ivors Academy Summit – the first event of its kind and a landmark moment to kick off Ivors Week.

Thank you for being here.

This is a big moment for The Ivors Academy and our community. For the first time, we’re bringing together songwriters, composers, music publishers, executives and supporters to provide the practical knowledge and connections to succeed in this industry. Today is a bold step forward together – reflecting who we are as an Academy: ambitious, inclusive, and focused on protecting, empowering and celebrating music creators.

At the heart of today’s Summit is empowerment. We’ve created the programme with our members and CMU to give you access to the people, knowledge and insight that can help you thrive in a fast-changing industry.

As champions of songwriters and composers, this week we’ve relaunched The Ivors Academy to be more open, more connected, and more impactful. Our new membership model has been created to meet you where you are in your career, and to make it easier than ever to get involved.

• If you’re a songwriter or composer, Discovery membership is free to join – providing updates, curated content and pay-as-you-go access to selected benefits.

• For full access to everything the Academy offers, Core and Professional membership provide enhanced support: discounts tailored to music creators, essential insurance, legal and business resources, exclusive events, mentoring and more – including discounted entry to our Ivor Novello Awards.

• And for those who are well established and want to give back, Patron membership is an opportunity to support the next generation and invest in our community’s future.

We’ve also launched a new way for people who love music to show their support.As a friend of The Ivors Academy, anyone can help us fund writing camps, mentoring, education and access to the industry for songwriters and composers at every level.

Everything we do is driven by a belief in the power and importance of songwriters and composers. This Thursday, we’ll celebrate that power at The Ivors – the most prestigious celebration of songwriting and screen composing in the world.

It’s our opportunity to shine a spotlight on excellence, craft and creativity, and to show the world the value of what you do.

Thank you again for being here and for being part of this new chapter. Thank you to our sponsors ICE, PRS for Music, The MLC, MusixMatch and Credits Due, speakers and everyone who helped shape today’s programme. I hope you find inspiration, make connections and leave with a stronger sense of your place in this incredible community.

Together, we are building something bigger, bolder, fairer and more inclusive.

Roberto Neri Chief Executive Officer The Ivors Academy

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OVERVIEW 9.45am 10.00am 10.20am 10.45am 11.10am

Building and managing your business as a songwriter or composer Andrea Czapary Martin in conversation Collective licensing in the USA The business of lyrics Stevie Spring in conversation

11.30am Break 11.50am 12.15am 12.35am

Credits Due and metadata The business of classical David Israelite in conversation

1.00pm

Lunch

1.45pm 1.55pm 2.15pm 2.40pm 3.10pm 3.30pm 4.00pm 4.30pm

Recap Publisher perspectives: effective rights administration David Arnold and Anne Nikitin in conversation Music and AI Peter de Monnink in conversation Publisher perspectives: creative and commercial opportunities Self Esteem and Guy Garvey in conversation Wrap-up and Q&A

5-7pm

Drinks reception

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MAXIMISE YOUR SONGWRITING REVENUE PRE-LUNCH SESSIONS

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Pre-summit session

MAXIMISE YOUR SONGWRITING REVENUE

YOUR MUSIC, YOUR MONEY, COLLECT YOUR $$$ 9.15am

Kickstart your summit experience with our pre-summit session hosted by The MLC.

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BUILDING AND MANAGING YOUR BUSINESS AS A SONGWRITER OR COMPOSER PRE-LUNCH SESSIONS

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BUILDING AND MANAGING YOUR BUSINESS AS A SONGWRITER OR COMPOSER 9.45am

SPEAKER SPEAKER

Roberto Neri, CEO The Ivors Academy Chris Cooke, Founder + Managing Director, CMU

DESCRIPTION Do you know how much you should be getting paid from your music?

Songwriters and composers are the backbone of the industry but are rarely paid equitably or accurately.

The Ivors Academy is empowering songwriters and composers to build and grow their businesses through our new toolkit and this Summit.

What are your key revenue streams? Outside The Ivors Academy, what platforms and partners can help you better manage your rights and revenues? How will they help you earn as much as possible and give you the best chance of identifying what’s missing? How do you make sure that you earn whenever your music is played, performed, synced, broadcast and streamed?

Our Summit starts that process by exploring and explaining the creative and commercial power behind songwriting and composing – the business skills that turn ideas into sustainable careers.

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BUILDING AND MANAGING YOUR BUSINESS AS A SONGWRITER OR COMPOSER SPEAKERS

SPEAKER

ROBERTO NERI CEO, The Ivors Academy

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CHRIS COOKE

Founder + Managing Director, CMU

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ANDREA CZAPARY MARTIN IN CONVERSATION WITH CHRIS COOKE PRE-LUNCH SESSIONS

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ANDREA CZAPARY MARTIN IN CONVERSATION 10.00am

WITH CHRIS COOKE DESCRIPTION Collective Management Organisations (CMOs) are crucial business partners for music creators, helping to license and collect the music they write and compose. PRS CEO Andrea Czapary Martin discusses the role of the modern CMO in a truly global marketplace where licensing rights involves processing masses of data.

How has PRS evolved to meet the challenges of the modern music business? And how can music creators inform and benefit from the innovations that PRS is leading?

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ANDREA CZAPARY MARTIN IN CONVERSATION WITH CHRIS COOKE

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SPEAKER

ANDREA CZAPARY MARTIN CEO, PRS for Music

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CHRIS COOKE

Founder + Managing Director, CMU

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COLLECTIVE LICENSING IN THE USA PRE-LUNCH SESSIONS

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COLLECTIVE LICENSING IN THE USA 10.20am

MODERATOR SPEAKER SPEAKER

Rachael Heeley, Associate at Simkins LLP Elizabeth Matthews, CEO, ASCAP Indi Chawla, Head of International Relations, The MLC

DESCRIPTION Collective licensing in the biggest music rights market in the world works differently to the UK and the rest of Europe. In the US, multiple competing performing rights organisations exist, music creators and publishers are highly regulated and subject to compulsory licences, and Americ copyright law presents its own unique challenges. This session unpacks how the US system works and explains what it means for managing your rights in the States, and how you can build direct relationships with key organisations in the American market.

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COLLECTIVE LICENSING IN THE USA MODERATOR & SPEAKERS

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MODERATOR

RACHAEL HEELEY Associate at Simkins LLP

SPEAKER

ELIZABETH MATTHEWS Chief Executive Officer, ASCAP

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INDI CHAWLA

Head of International Relations, The MLC

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THE BUSINESS OF LYRICS PRE-LUNCH SESSIONS

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THE BUSINESS OF LYRICS 10.45am

MODERATOR SPEAKER SPEAKER

Dr Charisse Beaumont, Chief Executive, Black Lives in Music Rio Caraeff, Co-President, Musixmatch James Duffett-Smith, Global Head of Music Publishing, Amazon Music

DESCRIPTION The Ivors Academy exists to protect and champion your rights and the value of your intellectual property. We’re putting the business of lyrics in the spotlight. Lyrics play an important role in music discovery and provide additional, and often un-monetised, revenue opportunities.

We will explore how digital platforms interact with, utilise and license lyrics, what songwriters and composers can do to ensure their lyrics are properly managed, protected and monetised, and how we shape a better licensing model for the future.

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THE BUSINESS OF LYRICS MODERATOR & SPEAKERS

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MODERATOR

DR CHARISSE BEAUMONT Chief Executive, Black Lives in Music

SPEAKER

RIO CARAEFF

Co-President, Musixmatch

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JAMES DUFFETT-SMITH

Global Head of Music Publishing, Amazon Music

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STEVIE SPRING IN CONVERSATION WITH ROBERTO NERI PRE-LUNCH SESSIONS

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STEVIE SPRING IN CONVERSATION 11.10am

WITH ROBERTO NERI DESCRIPTION The Ivors Academy CEO Roberto Neri talks to Stevie Spring CBE about her career in media and business, and her current roles chairing the board of PRS for Music and the mental health charity MIND. Having started her career in law, Stevie has been CEO of two international media companies, has served on public, private, private equity, membership and charity boards, is an investor advisor to two tech companies, and recently finished her extended term as Chairman of the British Council.

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STEVIE SPRING IN CONVERSATION WITH ROBERTO NERI

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SPEAKER

STEVIE SPRING CBE

Chairman of the PRS for Music Board

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ROBERTO NERI CEO, The Ivors Academy

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CREDITS DUE AND METADATA PRE-LUNCH SESSIONS

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CREDITS DUE AND METADATA 11.50am

MODERATOR SPEAKER SPEAKER SPEAKER

Maria Forte, Managing Director, Owner, Maria Forte Music Services Ltd Michelle Lewis, CEO, SONA & The SONA Foundation Paul Clements, CEO, MPA Group Mick Hayes, Chief Product and Technology Officer, ICE

DESCRIPTION Do you know if your contributions are accurately reflected within the value chain? Are you being credited externally for your work?

If you have missing or incorrect metadata attached to your work, you could be losing out on significant income. That’s why The Ivors Academy has been leading the charge with its Credits Due campaign - advocating for higher global metadata standards and stronger systems, so you’re paid what you’re due.

Credits Due exists to solve two fundamental problems in the industry: to ensure complete and accurate song metadata is attached to all recordings at the point of creation, and to raise the profile of songwriters by ensuring they are publicly credited for their work.

In this session we will explain what data matters and your role – and that of your business partners - in getting that data into the system, ensuring you receive the royalties and credit you deserve.

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CREDITS DUE AND METADATA MODERATOR & SPEAKERS

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MODERATOR

MARIA FORTE

Managing Director, Owner, Maria Forte Music Services Ltd

SPEAKER

MICHELLE LEWIS

CEO, SONA & The SONA Foundation

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PAUL CLEMENTS CEO, MPA Group

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MICK HAYES

Chief Product and Technology Officer, ICE

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THE BUSINESS OF CLASSICAL PRE-LUNCH SESSIONS

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THE BUSINESS OF CLASSICAL 12.15pm

MODERATOR Orphy Robinson MBE, Board Director & Deputy Chair, The Ivors Academy SPEAKER Naomi Belshaw, Composer, artist manager & consultant SPEAKER Ayanna Witter-Johnson, Singer-songwriter, Cellist, Composer, Pianist, Radio presenter DESCRIPTION We understand that the traditional income models that support songwriters are different to those which support our classical composers. The Ivors Academy is campaigning to create a secure future for classical composers – one where funding is sustainable, education is properly supported, and new music is commissioned on fair and transparent terms.

Commissioning sits at the heart of a thriving contemporary classical sector. We’ll consider the role that publishers and agents play in supporting and working effectively with composers, and explore trends and new opportunities in the printed music market.

How do you extract the most value from your commissions? What should your publisher be doing to help support this? And how can they better champion your work and negotiate fairer, more transparent commissioning deals?

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THE BUSINESS OF CLASSICAL MODERATOR & SPEAKERS

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MODERATOR

ORPHY ROBINSON MBE

Board Director & Deputy Chair, The Ivors Academy

SPEAKER

NAOMI BELSHAW

Composer, artist manager & consultant

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AYANNA WITTER-JOHNSON Singer-songwriter, Cellist, Composer, Pianist, Radio presenter

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DAVID ISRAELITE IN CONVERSATION WITH ERIN MCANALLY PRE-LUNCH SESSIONS

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DAVID ISRAELITE IN CONVERSATION 12.35pm

WITH ERIN MCANALLY DESCRIPTION Songwriter and artist advocate, and Co-Executive Director of Songwriters of North America, Erin McAnally talks to David Israelite, President and CEO of the National Music Publishers’ Association in the US. His leadership of NMPA over the last two decades has resulted in numerous successes on behalf of US music publishers, including the largest Copyright Royalty Board rate increase in history, groundbreaking industry collaboration on royalty rate agreements, landmark settlements and model licences with streaming platforms, and crucial work to modernise US copyright laws culminating in the Music Modernization Act. He continues to advocate for publishers, and fight to protect the value of music rights, in an ever-changing marketplace.

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DAVID ISRAELITE IN CONVERSATION WITH ERIN MCANALLY

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SPEAKER

DAVID ISRAELITE

President & CEO, National Music Publishers’ Association (NMPA)

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ERIN MCANALLY Executive Director, SONA

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RECAP POST-LUNCH SESSIONS

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RECAP 1.45pm

A rapid-fire recap of the conversations so far and key insights from the Summit with practical tips to help you manage your rights and revenues more effectively. We’ll also look at how to choose the right platforms and partners to support your work as a songwriter or composer.

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PUBLISHER PERSPECTIVES: EFFECTIVE RIGHTS ADMINISTRATION POST-LUNCH SESSIONS

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PUBLISHER PERSPECTIVES:

EFFECTIVE RIGHTS ADMINISTRATION 1.55pm

MODERATOR SPEAKER SPEAKER

Paulette Long OBE, Consultant, Artist Manager, Chair MPA Chris Meehan, CEO, Sentric Sarah Williams, CEO, IMPEL

DESCRIPTION As music is played, performed, synced, broadcast, and streamed across the globe, tracking its use across more than 20,000 different sources – and ensuring every songwriter and composer is properly paid – is an enormous administrative task. In this session, we’ll explore how publishers or rights administrators manage this process, and how new technologies are both creating new complexities and innovative solutions.

We’ll look at how songwriters and composers, including self-published writers, can take steps to ensure their rights are effectively administered.

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PUBLISHER PERSPECTIVES: EFFECTIVE RIGHTS ADMINISTRATION MODERATOR & SPEAKERS

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PAULETTE LONG OBE

Consultant, Artist Manager, Chair MPA

SPEAKER

CHRIS MEEHAN CEO, Sentric

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SARAH WILLIAMS CEO, IMPEL

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DAVID ARNOLD AND ANNE NIKITIN IN CONVERSATION POST-LUNCH SESSIONS

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DAVID ARNOLD AND ANNE NIKITIN IN CONVERSATION 2.15pm

DESCRIPTION In the first of our music creator in conversations, Anne Nikitin will discuss music-making and the business of being a composer with David Arnold.

Best known for his work on blockbuster movies including ‘Independence Day’, ‘Stargate’, ‘Shaft’, ‘Narnia’ and no less than five James Bond films, David has worked extensively across film, TV and stage. He is also a highly esteemed artist, record producer, songwriter and conductor, having worked with the likes of Queen , The Who, Chrissie Hynde, Iggy Pop, Shirley Manson and Shirley Bassey.

Anne is a composer whose distinctive sound can be heard on TV series like ‘Hijack’ and ‘One Day’, as well as in films including ‘American Animals’ and ‘Scoop’. She also recently collaborated with Tom Hanks on ‘THE MOONWALKERS’, which transformed London’s LIGHTROOM into an epic immersive voyage to the moon based on past and future NASA voyages.

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DAVID ARNOLD AND ANNE NIKITIN IN CONVERSATION SPEAKERS

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SPEAKER

DAVID ARNOLD

Multi Award-winning British Film & TV Composer, Fellow & Board Director, The Ivors Academy

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ANNE NIKITIN

Two-time Ivor Novello and Emmy nominated composer

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MUSIC AND AI POST-LUNCH SESSIONS

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MUSIC AND AI 2.40pm

MODERATOR SPEAKER SPEAKER SPEAKER

Jack Jones, Partner, Sheridans LLP Dr Julia Niebler-Kaiser, Deputy General Counsel, GEMA Ed Newton-Rex, CEO, Fairly Trained Caroline Dinenage, Member of Parliament for Gosport; Chair of the Culture, Media & Sport Committee, House of Commons

DESCRIPTION AI is one of the biggest challenges our community has ever faced. While it has potential as a tool to support creativity and improve efficiency in the industry, it must be developed in a way that protects copyright, provides transparency and values human creativity.

That’s why The Ivors Academy has been leading the fight against exploitative AI practices that undermine the livelihoods of songwriters and composers. What responsibilities do AI companies have when using existing music to train their models? What commercial, creative and business efficiency opportunities does AI offer to composers and songwriters?

We’ll hear from those at the heart of the debate around music and AI, reviewing the political dimension, key legal cases, and the campaigns that are seeking to ensure that tech companies work with, rather than against, creators.

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MUSIC AND AI MODERATOR & SPEAKERS

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MODERATOR

JACK JONES Partner, Sheridans LLP

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DR JULIA NIEBLER-KAISER Deputy General Counsel, GEMA

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ED NEWTON-REX CEO, Fairly Trained

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CAROLINE DINENAGE

Member of Parliament for Gosport; Chair of the Culture, Media & Sport Committee, House of Commons

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PETER DE MONNINK IN CONVERSATION WITH CHARLENE BROWN POST-LUNCH SESSIONS

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PETER DE MONNINK IN CONVERSATION 3.10pm

WITH CHARLENE BROWN DESCRIPTION Charlene Brown, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Howlett Brown, speaks to Peter de Monnink, CEO of ICE, the leading integrated hub for digital licensing, processing, and rights management for creators, publishers, and societies.

Serving over 330,000 rightsholders, ICE has processed trillions of music streams and paid over €5 billion in royalties since 2016. During Peter’s three years as CEO, ICE has scaled up in all areas and has achieved the milestone of distributing €1 billion to rightsholders in a consecutive twelve-month period.

Prior to joining ICE, Peter spent over 15 years as CEO at several prominent European media companies, including Talpa Network, Sanoma, and Reed, where he oversaw digital innovation, operational excellence, and strategic growth.

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PETER DE MONNINK IN CONVERSATION WITH CHARLENE BROWN SPEAKERS

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SPEAKER

PETER DE MONNINK CEO, ICE

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CHARLENE BROWN

Co-founder and Managing Director, Howlett Brown

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PUBLISHER PERSPECTIVES: CREATIVE AND COMMERCIAL OPPORTUNITIES POST-LUNCH SESSIONS

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PUBLISHER PERSPECTIVES:

CREATIVE AND COMMERCIAL OPPORTUNITIES 3.30pm

MODERATOR SPEAKER SPEAKER SPEAKER

Tom Gray, Songwriter & Chair of The Ivors Academy Golnar Khosrowshahi, Founder and CEO, Reservoir Pixie Pickering, VP, Creative Sync, Sony Music Publishing Amber Davis, SVP, Head of A&R, Warner Chappell UK

DESCRIPTION We talk to key global players to look at what additional services music publishers can provide and the further value they can add.

We’ll get perspectives from three leading figures from music publishing about the evolving role of the music publisher, challenges and opportunities facing the sector, and what makes a successful, long-term partnership between a publishing company and a songwriter/composer.

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PUBLISHER PERSPECTIVES: CREATIVE AND COMMERCIAL OPPORTUNITIES MODERATOR & SPEAKERS

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MODERATOR

TOM GRAY

Songwriter & Chair of The Ivors Academy

SPEAKER

GOLNAR KHOSROWSHAHI Founder and CEO, Reservoir

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PIXIE PICKERING

VP, Creative Sync, Sony Music Publishing

SPEAKER

AMBER DAVIS

SVP, Head of A&R, Warner Chappell UK

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SELF ESTEEM AND GUY GARVEY IN CONVERSATION POST-LUNCH SESSIONS

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SELF ESTEEM AND GUY GARVEY IN CONVERSATION 4:00pm

DESCRIPTION In the second of our music creator in conversations, Guy Garvey will discuss music-making and the business of being an artist and songwriter with Self Esteem.

Songwriter, musician and actress Self Esteem, aka Rebecca Taylor, recently released her latest album ‘A Complicated Woman’. Featuring guest appearances from Nadine Shah, Sue Tompkins, Julie Hesmondalgh and Meatball, the new record is the follow up to 2021’s much praised ‘Prioritise Pleasure’ and also follows a critically acclaimed run as Sally Bowles in Rebecca Frecknall’s production of ‘Cabaret’.

Guy - composer, lyricist, singer, producer and broadcaster - has created ten studio albums with Elbow, winning numerous awards and much critical acclaim along the way. He has also co-written and performed soundtracks for TV and film, collaborated with artists like Massive Attack, Craig Armstrong and Nitin Sawhney, and in 2015 released solo album ‘Courting the Squall’.

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SELF ESTEEM AND GUY GARVEY IN CONVERSATION SPEAKERS

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SPEAKER

SELF ESTEEM

Musician, Songwriter & Actress

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GUY GARVEY

Singer Elbow, Presenter BBC Radio 6 Music

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RECAP POST-LUNCH SESSIONS

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WRAP-UP AND Q&A 4.30pm

To end the day, we will share our new The Ivors Academy toolkit designed to help you build momentum, and turn ideas into real impact.

This is your chance to ask questions, share thoughts, and get your voice heard.

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WITH SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS

AND TO OUR ROUNDTABLE PARTICIPANTS FOR HELPING TO SHAPE TODAY’S PROGRAMME Keith Ayling Mark Ayres Gary Crosby OBE Cheryl Frances-Hoad Kal Lavelle Dru Masters Shelly McErlaine Sandy Nuttgens Bankey Ojo Shalini Rani Orphy Robinson MBE Kemi Sulola Jill Thomas Olli Wells Matthew Whiteside Imogen William

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