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Music, Mental Health & Social Impact: The EDRA Model for Inclusive Change Presentation

Artur — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 18:50:22 +0000

EDRA is a non-profit social cooperative with over 25 years of expertise in mental health and social inclusion. Through certified, high-standard services, the organisation supports approximately 1.500 people annually, from the socioeconomic reintegration of people with mental health conditions, to specialised programmes for children with autism, learning difficulties and intellectual disabilities, as well as support for people experiencing poverty or homelessness.

Recognising art as a powerful medium for healing and human connection, EDRA integrates music therapy into its core therapeutic programmes and organises the annual International Arts & Mental Health Festival ART4MORE (https://art4more.org), a festival at the intersection of artistic creation and social awareness. Through innovative awareness-raising initiatives and collaborations with more than 200 organisations across Europe in programmes such as Erasmus+ and Creative Europe, EDRA actively combats stigma and champions a more inclusive society.

Proud partner of Athens Music Week, because music heals, connects and transforms.

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Built for music: Tools, ideas and real-world solutions

Artur — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 20:36:17 +0000

A live show-and-tell of tools built for the music business.

This session brings together the teams behind new solutions and puts the focus on what they actually do. Short demos, clear use cases, no theory. Each team shows how their tool works and where it fits into real workflows.

You will see tools addressing music discovery, algorithmic visibility, royalty recovery, audience intelligence, live performance and more. Each demo is concise, giving you a quick, practical sense of what is relevant.

Think of it as a way to scan the landscape. See what is out there, understand who is building it, and identify which solutions are worth your time. From there, you can connect with the teams during Athens Music Week and take the conversation further.

Hosted by Becky Brook and Sakis Triantafyllakis

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The sound that was always there: Ocean preservation and the protection of Earth’s natural rhythm

Artur — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 14:59:59 +0000

Dolphins click and whistle. The ocean has always had a voice – but are we ready to listen? What is currently happening to it?

Hosted by Greenpeace, this immersive presentation dives into the hidden soundscape of the sea, into a world of sound: why it exists, how it is vital to animal communication and what happens if we continue to disturb it.

From cargo ships to underwater drilling, human noise is fracturing the natural rhythms of the ocean, confusing marine animals, breaking vital communication lines and changing the structure of entire ecosystems. Through hydrophone recordings, archival material on underwater noise pollution and creature sounds collected in the field, we’ll bring you face-to-face with a crisis most people never learn about that exists. We’ll take you on a journey through sound: from field recordings and hydrophone captures to the music of the 1980s ocean movement, when artists wrote whale songs as a call to protect the sea.

We invite you to join us and discover an aspect of sound that often goes unnoticed: global, underwater and hidden in plain sight, the sound of marine creatures has shaped more art than you ever imagined.

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