Energy, Tech & Tunes: Music x Technology

Keynote by Merlijn Poolman

What are the most impactful innovations in the music industry? What technologies are still dreams? And what is actually useful? Merlijn Poolman has been the Night Mayor of Groningen for the last 5 years and has worked on the link between the government, the club venue owners and the people themselves. He is also the founder of COSIMO Foundation and FTS (Gateway tot China).

Panel discussion

How is technology impacting the current and future music industry
Unleash the Future of Music! Dive into the pulse-pounding rhythms of our panel: "Tech's Impact on Music." Explore AI melodies, blockchain royalties, and the streaming battleground. Join the symphony of innovation—where art meets tech!

Speakers:
- Roger Olivieira (Co-founder Ver.iD)
- Marianne Franklin (Chair of Media, Cultural Industries, and Society - University of Groningen)
- Richard Burki (Founder Future Phonic Studios)
- Merlijn Poolman (Nightmayor of Groningen, Founder of COSIMO Foundation & GTC (Gateway to China))

Moderator:
- Linda Vermaat (director Innofest Nederland)

Break

Interactive workshops

• Implanted digital technology and music
  By Deniz Baskent, Ellie Harding and Robert Harris (University of Groningen)
  In this interactive workshop, we aim to show how health innovation can help to increase the impact of health technology. We first introduce the “bionic ear” or cochlear implant and give demos of what kind of sound the implant can produce, including what music sounds like. We then share about our musical training program that aims to train the brain to maximize the hearing with a cochlear implant.
  
• Sync - Past, Present and Future
  By Ringo
  With over 80 million "real" songs available, the question is no longer just about what music we should compose for a commercial, TV scene, game, trailer, or film, but rather how we can find the perfect track at scale and how we can license the perfect track efficiently. In this workshop, Remi Agostini, CEO MEWO.OP, Marcel Alexander Wiebenga, CEO and founder of Ringo and Nitzan Hoffmann, Project Manager at FXR will delve into the industry's challenges and opportunities and show how emerging technologies and platforms utilizing AI and Web3 can help the sync industry reach its full financial and creative potential.
  
• Test like the Best!
  By Linda Vermaat - Innofest Nederland
  This workshop is about the importance of testing within the events and music industry. How can testing help your innovation move forward and how do you set up a test? Led by Linda Vermaat (Innofest), you will go deeper into applying the methodology and be given tools to set up a test.

Road to the Next Web
Road to The Next Web is an event programme in preparation for a Groningen delegation visiting The Next Web conference on 20 and 21 June 2024, the biggest tech conference of Europe. If you're interested to join the delegation, meet the people during Energy, Tech & Tunes!

Panel discussion:
How can our tech ecosystem stay ahead of the game?
What does the tech entrepreneur of 2030 need? What regulations do we have to decode? What is our strategy for the future and how do we become the place to be for the startups and scale-ups of the future?

Speakers:
- Stephanie Klein Nagelvoort, professor Zorg van de Toekomst and vice-dean of the Board of the University Medical Center Groningen
- Tim van den Heuvel, managing director Winparts B.V. Automotive Parts
- Linda Dijkshoorn, founder EV Biotech

Moderator:
- Yeni Jospeh (The Next Web)

Pitches from promising start-ups and award ceremony

Drinks