THE EIGHTH INTERNATIONAL MUSIC SUMMIT

CONSOLIDATION. CO-OPERATION. CURATION.

The electronic industry’s premiere annual summit is now upon us. With a full three-day schedule now announced, IMS is heading into its eighth year with what is set to be their biggest and most insightful event yet.

IMS 2015 has an intense schedule of interesting and engaging debates, talks and interviews highlighting the issues facing our industry right now and in the future. With key industry figureheads talking and moderating throughout, IMS has once again provided a platform for the electronic music industry’s many voices to be heard.

Throughout the three-day event, those dedicating their careers to pushing dance music forward will thrash out the issues and barriers holding it back. Particular highlights include Soundcloud founder & CEO Alexander Ljung being interviewed by Pete Tong. Having positioned the industry’s number one streaming platform, Ljung has been a driving force in the industry for a number of years and is on the precipice of announcing big changes for Soundcloud in the weeks after the event, making this an interview not to be missed. Tong will also interview leading dance label Ultra Records’ CEO Patrick Moxey on the imprint’s 20^th anniversary, and Def Mix CEO Judy Weinstein who will talk alongside fellow legendary DJ David Morales for the first time in public since the sad death of Frankie Knuckles.

Beyond the stream of industry heavyweights involved, the topics for debate at this year’s event have also been carefully chosen to highlight the issues directly impacting on people working in the industry. The rumbling debate of festival billing politics is a noteworthy issue being brought to the forefront at this year’s event, as well as the ever-contentious Great IMS Ibiza Debate, discussing the ever-changing face of the island and it’s immense impact on the international dance music industry.

Keeping up the tradition of honoring industry greats, this year will see Sven Väth and the Cocoon team hosted as guests of honor at the IMS Legends Legend’s Dinner, set to take place at the beautiful Ama Lur restaurant.

The now legendary Dalt Vila events return this year, providing a unique opportunity to party at a UNESCO world heritage site with music provided by the biggest names in dance music. With strong line-ups on both days and a collaboration with leading label Black Butter for the second event, these parties will be a highlight of IMS 2015 and the perfect start to another successful and prosperous year for the industry in Ibiza.

New for this year’s event, IMS will debut its Back2Live concept, highlighting the growing demand for live dance music and it’s internationally felt impact on the industry. Showcasing live performances from some of the scene’s best acts on the Hard Rock Hotel’s pool stage during Wednesday evening, the event will also see cohesion between heavyweight dance music brands and Gibson Guitars. A unity not seen before at this kind of event and further reinforcing the notion that dance music has become as an integral part of the global music industry as a whole.

Beyond the summit itself are a plethora of nocturnal events to keep delegates busy. Respected DJ Black Coffee will be hosting a delegate only showcase event at Ushuaïa’s After Dark venue with support from Andy Baxter. And Becky Tong brings Juicebox to the island in the same venue on Thursday evening.

THE SCHEDULE

Wednesday May 20

12.00-12.05 

INTRODUCTION BY THE IMS PARTNERS

12.05-12.20

IMS BUSINESS REPORT 2015

Presented by Kevin Watson for IMS

12.20-12.40

KEYNOTE ADDRESS: GREG CONSIGLIO (President, SFX Entertainment, USA)

12.40-12.50

ANNOUNCEMENT: TAKING BACK CONTROL OF YOUR CONTENT

Ben Rush (CEO, Audiolock, UK)

Bob Barbiere (CEO, Dubset, USA)

Mark Lawrence (CEO, Association for Electronic Music, UK)

12.50-13.45

THE A-Z OF ARTWORK OF BILLING POLITICS

Arash Shirazi (Agent, The Bullitt Agency, USA)

Cris Hearn (Agent, CODA Agency, UK)

Ed Karney (Artist Manager, Grade Management, UK)

Stefan Lehmkuhl (Talent Buyer, Melt! Festival / Lollapalooza Berlin, Germany)

Steve Hogan (Agent, WME, UK)

Will Harold (Promoter, London Warehouse Events, UK)

Moderated by Ben Turner (Director, Graphite / IMS, UK)

13.50-14.40

AFEM PRESENTS: CAN YOU BUY SUCCESS IN ELECTRONIC MUSIC?

Clark Warner (Executive Creative Director, Beatport, USA)

Eelko Van Kooten (Founder / CEO, Spinnin Records, Netherlands)

Martin Carvell (Managing Director, DJ Magazine, UK)

Nick Matthews (Agent, CODA Agency, UK)

Ralf Kollmann (Co-Founder / Managing Director, Mobilee Records, Germany)

Moderated by Mark Lawrence (CEO, Association for Electronic Music, UK)

14.45-15.30

FINANCE YOUR FUTURE

Greg Consiglio (President, SFX Entertainment, USA)

Rick Stevens (CEO, Y Entertainment Group, USA)

Rishi Patel (Partner, Plus Eight Equities, USA)

Moderated by Craig McLean (Journalist, UK)

15.35-16.15

KEYNOTE INTERVIEW: PATRICK MOXEY (Ultra Records, USA)

Interviewed by Pete Tong (BBC Radio 1 / IMS Partner, UK)

16.20-17.05

CARL CRAIG PRESENTS DETROIT LOVE

Carl Craig (Artist, Planet E, USA)

Mad Mike (Artist, Underground Resistance, USA)

Interviewed by Clark Warner (Executive Creative Director, Beatport, USA)

17.10-18.00

BACK2LIVE

Craig Anderton (Gibson Guitars, UK)

Danny Whittle (IBZ Entertainment, Ibiza)

Matthew Stuart (Manager, ThreeSixZero Group, UK)

Pino Sagliocco (President, Live Nation, Spain)

Shane Murray (Director, Ibiza Rocks, UK)

Uner (Artist, Spain)

Moderated by Mark Jones (Wall of Sound, UK)

OFFICIAL EVENTS / PARTIES

13.00-16.00

OPENLAB POOLSIDE SESSION

Hard Rock Ibiza Pool Tower

Robert Miles, Alex Wolfenden, Andy Baxter, Manu Gonzalez

15.00-18.00

SONICA PIONEER RADIO LIVE DJ BROADCAST

Hard Rock Hotel Lobby Bar

18.00.20.00

ULTRA RECORDS 20TH ANNIVERSARY

Hard Rock Hotel Stage Pool, Playa d’en Bossa

Filous and Kokiri

19.30-00.00

IMS PRESENT: BACK2LIVE IN ASSOCIATION WITH GIBSON GUITARS

Hard Rock Hotel Ibiza Stage

A night showcasing new electronic music talent

20.00-20.30 This Is A Recording

20.30-20.45 Harley Maxwell

20.45-21.15 Power Dress

21.30-22.00 April Towers

22.15-23.00 The Wolf

23.15-00.00 Uner Live

Host DJ: Andy Baxter

21.30-02.00

TICKETED-ONLY EVENT 

IMS LEGENDS DINNER presented by BALLANTINE’S

CELEBRATING COCOON & SVEN VÄTH

Hosted by Pete Tong (BBC Radio 1 / IMS Partner)

Live performance by Wolfgang Haffner

Auction by Bridges for Music

Location: Ama Lur, Santa Gertrudis

00.00-4.00 

A NIGHT WITH BLACK COFFEE

After Dark at Ushuaia Hotel Ibiza

Black Coffee supported by Kaz James

00.00-LATE QUIERO VERANO EN PACHA

Location: Pacha, Ibiza Town. Free to delegates before 2.30am

Pete Tong, Shlomi Aber, Marco Yanes, Mambo Brothers

00.00-LATE SANKEYS – OPENING PARTY PART 1: TRIBAL SESSIONS

Location: Sankeys, Playa D’en Bossa. Free to delegates before 1.30am

Adam Beyer, Ida Engberg, Second City, Noir, Tube & Berger, Argy, Manu Gonzalez, Federico, Grazzini, Jp Chronic, Frank Storm

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Thursday May 21

11.00-12.00

IMS ASIA-PACIFIC & W HOTELS PRESENT: ASIA TODAY

Arthur Velasquez (Founder, V&V Music Management, France)

Eddie Dean (Owner / Director, Pacha New York / Macao, USA)

JC Ahn (Supermodify Agency / Global Gathering / Life In Color, South Korea)

Jeff Drake (Head of Recordings, Ministry of Sound, Australia)

Eric Zho (Founder & CEO, Storm / A2 Live, China)

Has Sidik (Music Director, W Hotels Asia-Pacific, Singapore)

Moderated by Jason Swamy (Co-Founder, Further Future / Do What You Love / Robot Heart, Hong Kong)

12.05-12.15

KEYNOTE ADDRESS:  AFRICA – THE NEXT CHAPTER

Jenny Tan (Founder, Lagos Music Conference, Nigeria)

Leke Awoyinka (Founder, Lagos Music Conference, Nigeria)

12.15-13.00

MARKET FOCUS: SOUTH AFRICA

Black Coffee (Artist, Soulistic Music, South Africa)

Harael Salkow (Partner, Soul Candi Records, South Africa)

Raymond Bloom (Owner, After Hours Entertainment, South Africa)

Renzo Puccini (Partner, Seed, South Africa)

Shaun Duvet (CEO, Ultra, South Africa)

Spiro Damaskinos (Director of Electronic Music / A&R Africa, South Africa)

Valentino Barrioseta (Founder, Bridges for Music, Spain)

Moderated by Nic Burger (Chairman of Marketing, RISA / Kleek / Universal Music, South Africa)

13.05-14.00

THE TRUTH ABOUT BRANDS & MUSIC

Alex Wilkinson (Senior Account Director, M&C, UK)

Greg Burnell (Artist Manager, Stack House, UK)

Joey Doney (Manager of Consumer Insights, 7Up / Dr Pepper Snapple Group Core 5 Brands, USA)

Tom Elton (Senior Global Brand Manager, Ballantine’s Finest, UK)

Moderator: Bobby Simms (Founder, Popshop Agency, UK)

14.05-14.50

MEET TEAM DAMIAN LAZARUS & THE ANCIENT MOONS

Damian Lazarus (Artist, UK)

David Levy (Partner/Agent, WME, UK)

Ed Cartwright (Ancient Moons Manager, Tusk, UK)

Fredi Bockhahn (Event Production / General Manager, Crosstown Rebels, UK)

Leon Oakey, (Label Manager, Crosstown Rebels, UK)

Moderator: Craig Mclean (Journalist, UK)

14.55-15.45

KEYNOTE INTERVIEW: JUDY WEINSTEIN & DAVID MORALES (DEF MIX, USA)

Interviewed by Pete Tong (BBC Radio 1 / IMS Partner, UK)

15.50-16.30

B-TRAITS PRESENTS STATE OF MIND

Dr. Z (Drug Discovery Scientist, Chem B.V., Netherlands)

Fiona Measham (Professor of Criminology / Director, Durham University, UK)

Mark Lawrence (CEO, Association for Electronic Music, UK)

Steve Rolles (Head of Research at Transform Drug Policy Foundation, UK)

Moderator: B-Traits (Broadcaster, BBC Radio 1, UK)

16.35-17.15

KEYNOTE INTERVIEW – NERVO (Mim & Liv, DJ/Producers, Australia)

Interviewed by Nick Decosemo (Mixmag, UK)

17.20-18.00 

KEYNOTE INTERVIEW: ALEXANDER LJUNG (Soundcloud, Founder / CEO, Sweden)

Interviewed by Pete Tong (BBC Radio 1 / IMS Partner, UK)

18.05-19.30 A SHORT FILM ABOUT CHILLING 

Angus Cameron (Director, A Short Film About Chilling, UK)

Brasilio Oliveira (Promoter, La Troya, Brazil)

Charlie Chester (Promoter, Flying / Essential Ibiza, UK)

Kevin Sampson (Producer, A Short Film About Chilling, UK)

Sally Rodgers (Artist, A Man Called Adam, UK)

Moderator: Chris English (Journalist, UK)

OFFICIAL EVENTS / PARTIES

13.00-16.00

OPENLAB POOLSIDE SESSION

Hard Rock Ibiza Tower

Robert Miles, Alex Wolfenden, Andy Baxter, Manu Gonzalez

 15.00-18.00

SONICA PIONEER RADIO LIVE DJ BROADCAST

Hard Rock Hotel Lobby Bar

18.00-20.00

PIONEER DJ COCKTAIL PARTY in association with AFEM: ASSOCIATION FOR ELECTRONIC MUSIC

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH DUBSET

Hard Rock Ibiza Pool Tower

18.00-00.00

IMS DALT VILA 2015

A UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE

18.00-19.00 2VILAS

19.00-20.15 PETE TONG

20.15-21.15 LUCIANO

21.15-22.00 DAMIAN LAZARUS & THE ANCIENT MOON – LIVE

22.00-23.00 SOLOMUN

23.00-00.00 SVEN VATH

22.00-LATE

SANKEYS OPENING PARTY – PART 2

Sankeys, Playa D’en Bossa. Free to delegates before 1.30am

Steve Lawler, Amine Edge & Dance, Greg Vickers, Tough Love, Low Steppa, Jozef K, Matt Jam Lamont, Sam Holt, Andy Baxter, Mental Genius

00.00-04.00

JUICEBOX SHOWCASE

Location: After Dark at Ushuaia Hotel Ibiza

Icarus, Fono, Joe Hertz, Eli & Fur

00.00-06.00

KINGS OF HOUSE

Pacha, Ibiza Town. Free to delegates before 2am

Louie Vega, David Morales, Tony Humphries

Friday May 22

11.00-12.00 THE GREAT IMS IBIZA DEBATE in association with IBIZA SPOTLIGHT

Christian Anadon (Director of Marketing & Events Mambo Cafe, Ibiza)

Darren Hughes (Founder / Promoter, We Love at Sankeys, UK)

Ernesto Senatore (Manager / Co-owner, Music On, Italy)

Simon Dunmore (Founder, Defected, UK)

Moderated by Grego O’Halloran (Director, Ibiza Spotlight, UK)

12.05-12.55 NEW BREED in association with Mixmag

Becky Tong (DJ/ Co-Founder Juicebox, Music Director For W Hotels EAME, UK)

B Traits (Broadcaster / Artist, BBC Radio 1, Canada)

Disciples (Artists, UK)

Eli & Fur (Artist, UK)

Jake Udell (Owner, Th3rdBrain Management, USA)

Kidnap Kid (Artist, UK)

Moderated by Nick Decosemo (Mixmag, UK)

13.00-13.45

ALTERED STATES

Jason Beukema (Founder, Whet Travel / Groove Cruise, USA)

Jason Swamy (Founder, Further Future, China)

Sebastian Solano (CEO, Life In Color, USA)

Moderated by Ben Turner (Graphite Media / IMS Partner)

13.50-14.40

YGN PRESENTS: MARKETING TO MILLENNIALS – TURNING FOLLOWERS INTO FANS (WHAT RELATIONSHIP DO MODERN FANS WANT?)

Daniel Bearman (Founder, Holy Toto Management / A&R Ministry of Sound, UK)

Holly Bott (Senior Planner, Syco / Sony Music, UK)

Sam Wolfson (Editor, Noisey / Vice, UK)

Moderated by James Hutchins (Assistant Music Editor, i-D Magazine, UK)

14.45-15.35

THE POWER OF MUSIC IN THE ERA OF MOBILE

Bob Barbiere (CEO, Dubset Media)

Kim De Ruiters (Head Of Entertainment EU, Samsung, UK)

Genevieve Ampaduh (Viber Representative, Owner of The Rye Social, UK)

Matt Riley (Head of Digital Marketing, Kobalt / AWAL, UK)

Ralf Lulsdorf, Head of Music, T-Mobile, Germany)

Richard Bishop (Manager, Red Light, USA)

Moderated by Bobby Simms (Owner, Popshop Agency, UK)

15.40-16.00

INTERACTIVE VOTING 

THE IMS VOTE: HELP SHAPE THE FUTURE OF ELECTRONIC MUSIC

Hosted by Ben Turner and Danny Whittle (IMS Partners)

16.00-17.00

QUESTION TIME in association with AFEM / ASSOCIATION FOR ELECTRONIC MUSIC

TOPIC 1: THE CASE FOR “STEMS”. The file format of the future?

TOPIC 2: FESTIVALS – IS GLOBAL KILLING LOCAL? Are international brands killing local festivals?

TOPIC 3: MISSING MONEY “IN THE MIX”. The billion dollar hole in electronic music’s pocket…

Claire Horseman (Managing Director, CODA Agency, UK)

Dipesh Palmer (A&R Director, Ministry of Sound Group, UK)

Jerry Perkins (Owner, Mixmag, UK)

Jon Lee (Head of Marketing, Traktor, Germany)

Martin Gontad (Promoter, Creamfields, Argentina)

Nikhil Shah (Co-founder, Mixcloud, UK)

Moderated by Mark Lawrence (CEO, AFEM: Association for Electronic Music, UK)

17.05-18.00  KEYNOTE INTERVIEW: TREVOR HORN

Interviewed by Craig McLean (Journalist, UK)

OFFICIAL EVENTS / PARTIES

15.00-18.00

SONICA PIONEER RADIO LIVE DJ BROADCAST

Hard Rock Hotel Lobby Bar

 13.00-16.00

OPENLAB POOLSIDE SESSION

Hard Rock Ibiza Tower

Robert Miles, Alex Wolfenden, Andy Baxter, Manu Gonzalez

18.00-20.00

W HOTELS WORLDWIDE CELEBRATES THE OPENING OF W AMSTERDAM – VIP PARTY

Location: No Name Beach Bar, Playa Den Bossa

18.00-00.00

IMS DALT VILA 2015 – PART TWO

A UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE

18.00-19.20 BECKY TONG

19.20-20.00 THALAB – LIVE

20.00-21.00 KIDNAP KID

21.00-22.00 ZHU

22.00-23.00 MK

23.00-00.00 RUDIMENTAL – LIVE

00.00-06.00

IMS OFFICIAL AFTER PARTY AT SANKEYS IBIZA

Sankeys Ibiza, Playa Den Bossa

Doorly, Disciples, Eli & Fur

00.00-07.00

INSANE OPENING PARTY

Pacha, Ibiza Town. Free to delegates before 2.00am

John Digweed, Dennis Ferrer, Tensnake, Alex Kennon

Saturday May 24

OFFICIAL EVENTS / PARTIES 

15.00-18.00

WUNDERGROUND LIVE STREAM

Location: TBC

17.00-22.00

IMS & USHUAIA IBIZA ENTERTAINMENT PRESENTS: BOSSA BEATS 

ANDREA OLIVA 4313 ALBUM LAUNCH PARTY

Location: Ushuaia Ibiza Beach Club

Andrea Oliva (4 hour set), Jimi Jules, Clara Da Costa

17.00-22.00

REVERSE ON THE BEACH

Location: Hard Rock Hotel Ibiza Beach Club

Christian Varela, Iban Mendoza, Mendo, Karretero, Uto Karem

00.00-06.00

PURE PACHA OPENING – PARIS BY NIGHT

Pacha, Ibiza Town. Free to delegates before 1.30am

Bob Sinclar, Masters At Work, Erik Hagleton, Maxine Hardcastle

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