Future Trends Archives - Athens Music Week

Dimitris Komninos (GR)

Kiki — Mon, 15 May 2023 18:45:36 +0000

Dimitris, founder of Mood, is a tech enthusiast with a strong background in engineering and with expertise in cloud computing. He’s also a passionate musician and οbsessed with creating the ultimate tool for enhancing nightlife experiences.

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Eirini Chouvarda (GR)

georges_admin — Mon, 15 May 2023 18:35:28 +0000

Eirini studied Computer Science in the UK and User Experience Design in Spain. She has extensive experience working with global clients in the field of product & experience design. She approaches problem solving with empathy and originality. Music has been Eirini’s main constant through her life. She has co-founded Mood, a fast-growing startup that blends technological innovation with music experiences.

Links:

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eirini-chouvarda/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/houvidouvi/

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Sakis Triantafyllakis (GR)

Kiki — Fri, 12 May 2023 16:01:07 +0000

Sakis is an entrepreneur at heart, a technologist and has been supporting the Greek startup and tech ecosystem for more than 10 years. He loves music and that’s why he joined ORFIUM. He is currently leading strategic and growth initiatives at ORFIUM, one of the fastest-growing tech companies in the music industry. Some of his responsibilities include corporate development, market research, competition analysis, market trends and exploring new growth opportunities. Prior to Orfium, he was at Endeavor Greece, supporting some of the best Greek-led tech scale-ups like Blueground, Workable, Softomotive, Orfium, Pollfish, Hellas Direct, Matternet and others. He is the founder and organiser of Product 360, an event series around Product management & leadership. Last but not least he has been mentoring and advising many early stage startups.

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Michalis Petychakis (GR)

admino — Fri, 12 May 2023 14:20:38 +0000

Michalis Petyhakis is the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of ORFIUM, the global technology leader providing software, data, and licensing solutions to the entertainment industry. As CTO of ORFIUM, he is head of the Research & Development department which, despite the international activity of the company, is based in Greece and consists of more than 220 talented professionals, mainly Data Scientists, Software Developers, Product Managers and Designers. Michalis has been involved in numerous research projects on topics related to artificial intelligence, robotics and future versions of the WWW and the Internet. In recent years, he transfers his knowledge and experience as a mentor to many start-ups. In 2021, ORFIUM was honored with the First National Young Enterprise Award of Elevate Greece, for its significant technological contribution to combat the use of unlicensed works and copyright infringement, for the benefit of creators.
Michalis is a graduate of the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the National Technical University of Athens, where he completed his PhD in Application Programming Interfaces (API) research.

Social Media Links: LinkedIn | Twitter |

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Thierry Baujard (FR)

Kiki — Mon, 01 May 2023 14:30:55 +0000

Thierry in an expert in the financing of the creative industries in Europe. Based in Berlin, he is leading a group of companies involved in the professionalization and the financing of 4 main creative pillars: Audiovisual, Video Game, Music and Fashion tech. Media Deals is a pan European network of investors with a strong focus on the creative sector. In the last 2 years, he has been involved in many public policy related to financing in Europe and has been investing in many startups in particular in Music publishing, Music tech and gaming studios. Media Deals is a founding partner of The Music tech European Academy.

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Jake Beaumont-Nesbitt (UK)

petrosadmin — Sun, 30 Apr 2023 14:09:19 +0000

Jake Beaumont-Nesbitt is an artist manager working with independent and signed artists, and advising managers across Europe, South Asia, and North America. Focused on technology and intellectual property rights, metadata, and usage data, to develop efficiencies for artists business models. His clients have included Radiohead, Rihanna, The Clash and Beyonce. Jake advises The International Music Managers Forum (IMMF) on artists business models, and IP policy. IMMF is a global network of associations of self managed artists and artist managers in over 50 countries from Cambodia to Mexico. Jake leads the MMF DAO project, to evaluate Decentralised Autonomous Organisation business models to raise finance for artists and build fan communities. He has also led development at Oiid, an interactive music products platform, and advised a number of tech start-ups. Jake is head of biz dev at ocean conservation charity Project Zero, the first charity to launch Web3 social tokens working across culture with a focus on music and visual arts. He enjoys freediving or scuba diving, depending on how cold it is.

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Yvan Boudillet (FR)

Artur — Sun, 30 Apr 2023 11:03:00 +0000

Yvan Boudillet is the Founder of Music Innovation Consulting (MIC), an advisory company
helping music organisations navigate innovation through strategic intelligence, capacity
building, and ecosystem partnerships.
He is also the Co-Founder and Secretary General of Music Tech Europe, the European
network connecting music innovation hubs across the continent.
With a particular focus on artificial intelligence, Live Music innovation, and European cultural
policy, Yvan works at the crossroads of technology, culture, and public action. In 2021, he
authored a report on Offline & Online Music Distribution for the European Commission as
part of the Music Moves Europe programme. In 2024, he moderated the AI session at the
EU Conference on Music organised by the European Commission in Brussels, a topic he
continues to advance through the Forum Music & AI initiated by Music Tech Europe. He
believes in innovation that rhymes with cooperation, experimentation, and creation, not
disruption, and sees it as a collective journey shaped by human curiosity, artistic purpose,
and responsible technological progress.
A regular speaker at major international events including SXSW (US), Midem (FR), ILMC
(UK), Sonar+D (ES), ESNS (NL), Wallifornia (BE), Slush Music (FI), Linecheck (IT), MAMA
(FR), Athens Music Week (GR), Fluvial (CL), and Music Inc. India (IN), he brings a bridge-
builder perspective between the music industry, the tech ecosystem, and policymakers,
advocating for inclusive and collaborative approaches across the creative industries. He also
serves on the international jury of the Music Cities Awards.
Before launching MIC, Yvan held senior roles in digital strategy at Warner Music and EMI
Music, where he helped shape the industry’s transition toward digital business models.
He is also the President and Co-Founder of the Metal Social Club, an exclusive private
network bringing together entrepreneurs and creators united by metal culture.

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Yannis Iliopoulos (GR/UK)

Kiki — Tue, 25 Apr 2023 06:20:30 +0000

Yannis Iliopoulos balances his career between the music industry, the startup ecosystem, and academia. He has a solid experience in music rights, business strategy and marketing and a strong background in communication, pitching and storytelling. He is a Senior Programmes Manager at the Institute of Contemporary Music Performance (ICMP) in London, designing and managing courses on music business and digital marketing. Yannis is also a startup advisor, specialising in business modelling and pitching, with experience in different sectors of the enterprise space (tech, music tech, fintech etc).
Yannis is the founder of the independent record label ‘The Sound Of Everything’, its publishing arm ‘The Sound Of Everything Publishing’, and its artist development programme ‘Unsigned and Gifted’.

https://www.icmp.ac.uk/
http://www.thesoundofeverything.uk

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Turo Pekari (FI)

Artur — Sun, 23 Apr 2023 11:07:00 +0000

Turo Pekari is a leading innovator at the intersection of music, technology, and business strategy. As Chief Liaison Officer of Copyright Delta, Vice President at Music Tech Europe, Head of European Affairs at Nordic Music Tech, he works with industry leaders, startups, and policymakers to create future-ready frameworks for the creative industries. A seasoned conference curator and sought-after speaker, Turo has spearheaded initiatives bridging AI, music rights, and emerging tech ecosystems worldwide.

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Montse de las Heras

admino — Thu, 10 Jun 2021 12:08:13 +0000

A self-confessed music geek since childhood, Montse has developed her 23+ year career in the independent sector, starting very young as an executive assistant and building her way up through every imaginable position related to recorded music; promotion, administration, label management, physical & digital operations, neighboring rights…

Throughout her career in companies like Mastertrax, Burning Heart Records (in Sweden), [PIAS] and now Altafonte, she’s done promotion for artists like Tom Waits or The Hives managed labels such as Nuclear Blast or earMUSIC, managed neighboring rights for [PIAS] and Domino Recordings, and led a Global Digital Operations Team. She’s also played in several bands but won’t disclose the names!

http://www.altafonte.com/

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