THE FUTURE OF THE MUSIC INDUSTRY
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28 SEPTEMBER 2018
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FastForward is a boutique music business conference aimed at connecting the next generation of music industry leaders, to help lay the foundation for a sustainable career in the modern music industry.
ANNOUNCING OUR INCREDIBLE

KEYNOTES

This year, we invite Eric Mackay (EVP, Global Digital Strategy, Warner/Chappell Music) and Cliff Fluet (Partner, Digital Media and Brand Ent, Lewis Silkin LLP) to discuss the future of songs online and the future of music and technology.
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THE FUTURE OF SONGS ONLINE

Songwriters play a fundamental role in the music industry, but are so rarely discussed. Eric talks about the challenges, opportunities and threats to song writing and songwriters income online.
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MUSIC AND TECHNOLOGY

The future of music is intertwined technology. Streaming has established itself as the dominant listening behaviour but that’s just the beginning for technology music industry. Cliff shares his views on the next wave of innovations.
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FFWD LONDON | GALLERY

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TAKE A LOOK AT THE

SCHEDULE

We have a diverse range of thought-evoking panels, keynotes and FastFifteens to ignite conversation.
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GET TO KNOW THE

SPEAKERS

Take a look at the profiles of the amazing line up of speakers we have at this years FastForward London.
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EXPLORE THE

VENUE

FastForward London takes place in the Knowledge Centre at The British Library in the heart of London.
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BROWSE OUR

FAQs

What exactly is FastForward, how is it different, and is FastForward for you? Find out here.
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MEET THE

SPEAKERS

We are excited to welcome our fantastic line up of speakers to FastForward 2018.

Here are a handful of the latest speaker announcements. You can view a full list of speakers on the Speakers page.
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MNEK

Artist

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Charlotte

Senior Sales & Marketing Analyst, Sony Music Entertainment UK
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Stiles

Mirek

Head of Audio Products, Abbey Road Studios
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Bertelsen

Karma

Marketing Manager, Kilimanjaro Live
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Picken

Van

Founder & CEO, Comes With Fries
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Fleury

James

Founder, Nouvague

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DELEGATE PASSES

Book your place today – spaces are limited to ensure a high quality network, so register for yours now.
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TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT WE CALL:

FAST15

‘Fast 15’ is our unique 15-minute keynote format, that enables a wide range of more complex or currently emerging topics to be introduced to aid further discussion amongst your peers.
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A YEAR IN MUSIC

Charlotte De Burgh-Holder talks us through another side of sales data.
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TV ON THE RADIO

Global’s Kevin Molloy explains just how important video content is in the world of radio.
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