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Filippo Crescenzi is a Project Manager at Music Innovation Hub. He holds a Master in Music Business Management from 24ORE Business School and a five-year degree in Management from Luiss Guido Carli. In his current role, Filippo manages several projects related to innovation in the music industry such as Music Tech Europe Academy, a pan-European acceleration program for Music Tech startups, and Get It! 4 Music, an acceleration and incubation program for music startups operating in Italy with a focus on social, cultural and environmental impact. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He is also part of the organization of Linecheck Music Meeting and Festival, the leading B2B conference for Italian music industry professionals and one of the most important in Europe. His work aims at actively contributing to the innovation and development of the Italian and European music ecosystem.
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Chris Hocking is a music industry professional working at the intersection of music, technology, and digital rights. With over 20 years of experience across creator workflows, artist management, record label A&R, and digital rights management, he focuses on building systems that support the long-term growth of independent music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nHe is the founder of Indiy, a global marketplace and community for music services, and The Factory Music Group, where he develops monetisation infrastructure for independent artists and rightsholders.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n
Alongside his work as a founder, Chris serves as Head of IT & Digital Innovation at MESO Events a non profit based in Athens Greece, contributing to initiatives such as Music Tech Europe Academy and Athens Music Week. His work in these roles is focused on empowering the next generation of music professionals therefore, bridging the gap between music, technology, and entrepreneurship, and helping emerging talent navigate a rapidly evolving industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Anna Z\u00f2 is leading the Agenda on Innovation of the Italian social enterprise Music Innovation Hub, responsible of MusicTech-related activities, project leader of the EU-funded acceleration program for music startups Music Tech Europe Academy and Director of Linecheck Music Meeting and Festival. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Co-founder and President of Music Tech Europe Network, Anna is part of the team that has developed the new BA\/BSc in Music Business at SAE Institute Milan, where she is also active as Lecturer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
With a strong focus on CCIs and a business background (Master Graduate in CCIs Management), she has also been managing projects in different cultural fields, such as visual arts (in London) and cinema (in Paris).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Jos\u00e9 Luis Zagazeta Vinatea is a serial entrepreneur and professional in the Catalan and Spanish music industry, with over 20 years of experience at the intersection of music, technology, and business. A mentor and advisor to national and international startups, he combines expertise in music business development, management, marketing, audio engineering, A&R, studio recording, and music publishing, with a background in Telecommunications Engineering and Digital Marketing, and a strong interest in Software Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, and entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He is the founder of Music Tech Hub (MTH), based in Barcelona, the first non-profit hub in Spain bringing together companies, institutions, and key players in the music technology sector, representing hardware, software, and service providers across the country. MTH has over 90 members, including Bmat, S\u00f3nar, Sonosuite, Unison Rights, and Voicemod. He is co-founder and treasurer of Music Tech Europe, the pan-European network of music technology hubs. He also serves on the advisory committee of the UPF-BMAT Chair in AI and Music, which advocates for collaborative, open, and ethical AI created by and for the music community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He complements his mentoring and advisory work with his own investment vehicle, Zagaz Conscious Investments, with a current portfolio of 15 investee companies, specializing in investments for startups in the Music Tech sector, offering not only capital, but also strategic advice, supporting entrepreneurs at every stage of their development. In the business arena, he co-founded the B2B SaaS platform Sonosuite and the B2C company La Cupula Music, both focused on innovation in the music business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
His career includes founding a record label, a music publishing company, the online music store moviedisco.com in 1999, and the recording studio Grabaciones M\u00edticas, where the project BUSHIDO (Bunbury, Carlos Ann, Morti, and Shuarma) was launched, released by EMI in four countries. He began his career as a promoter in Barcelona\u2019s nightlife, running the Moviedisco club, where artists like Bj\u00f6rk presented her Homogenic album live, and DJs such as Laurent Garnier, Jeff Mills, John Acquaviva, and Richie Hawtin performed. He has also represented international DJs and producers like Felix Da Housecat and Howie B.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Independent by nature and holding a double master's degree in corporate law and entrepreneurship, I've always been interested in business creation and management, to the point of having launched a startup and now making it my profession. As a business advisor at a technology startup incubator, I am committed to helping entrepreneurs turn their goals into reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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