Aggeliki Karagkouni (GR)

Content Manager, SETE

Aggeliki Karagkouni has been involved in various marketing and tourism projects. In the past, she worked as marketer in Johnson & Johnson Hellas and later for a boutique advertising agency, before making a switch to SETE- Greek Tourism Confederation in 2009. Since then, she has analyzed insights for “Greek Tourism 2020: proposal for a new development model” and she has focused on projects that reinforce intersectoral linkages and especially tourism with gastronomy. She can describe the needs of various stakeholders (local residents, companies, visitors, policy makers), to transfer her ideas concisely and to translate complex concepts as tourism. Since 2018, Aggeliki is SETE’s Content Marketer and her main priorities are creating and distributing, through any channel -both digital and physical- valuable, relevant, and consistent content to attract, inform and retain targeted audiences. She strongly believes that evolution- social, corporate and personal- occurs when dissimilar ideas melt together.

URL https://sete.gr/

Brendan Power (UK)

Co-Founder Institute for Sound & Music (DE)

Born in the UK, and raised in Ireland, Brendan graduated with a bachelor in Business and Law from University College Dublin, in 2007. After an extended period of travel he settled in Berlin in early 2010 as manager of the Kleine Reise nightclub, followed by the creation of Loftus Hall. After returning to study and obtaining an MA in Intercultural Conflict Management in Berlin, Brendan began working on his current Institute for Sound & Music (ISM) in 2014. Legally registered as a non-profit organisation in Germany, the ISM aims to build a permanent home for sound, immersive art and electronic music culture in Berlin, in the form of a premier level museum experience. After the success of their debut exhibition at the Martin Gropius Bau in 2018, the ISM is set to tour the USA throughout the Summer/Autumn of 2019 in partnership with the Goethe Institute.

URL https://www.berlin-ism.com

Fotis Vallatos (GR)

Journalist, Promoter of Saristra Festival, co-founder of Popaganda.gr and travel & food editor of Blue Magazine

Born in Athens, he is a journalist, promoter of the festival Saristra Festival (Kefalonia, Greece) co-founder of Popaganda.gr and travel and food editor of Blue Magazine (inflight magazine of Aegean Airlines). He has also worked as an editor to many lifestyle magazines, as a presenter of tv and radio shows, and has traveled to more than 50 countries.

URL http://popaganda.gr/

Georges Perot (GR)

Founder MESO Events, Founder and Curator Athens Music Week & European Music Day Greece

Involved for two decades in different fields & positions of the Music ecosystem (co-founder of Kosmos Radio 93.6, e-Terra Records & Van Dog Events), when he arrived in Greece in 1998, Georges created MESO Events aiming to generate a National network of the “European Music Day Organisers“ in Greece. With more than 600 concerts av. per edition (50 cities in 2018), the event is considered as the widest openair music event of south-eastern Europe. In parallel with Music Day events, he has produced hundreds of major large & special events and has participated in numerous Transnational projects. He has worked with various int’l networks such as Europa Nostra, Fete Européenne de la Musique, Viva Europa, Europavox or Music2Deal, and since 2008 he also operates as a CCI Knowledge Broker for EU projects. He is the Founder and Curator of the Athens Music Week, a member of the Global Entrepreneurship Week, a founding member of the EURICCA initiative and the European Live Music Association.

URL http://mesoevents.eu

Stella Tsikrika (GR)

Communication operative, This is Athens-Polis

From workaholic advertising copywriter to communication operative of This is Athens-Polis, Stella has gone back to school to learn all about how to make videos and edit books and now uses copy and imagery to communicate urban regeneration.

Vassilis Haralambidis (GR)

Founding member & artistic director of BIOS and Romantso, the first Greek Creative Industries Incubator

He is a founding member and the artistic director of BIOS, a cultural center for art and new media, and of Romantso, the first Greek Creative Industries Incubator. Since 2002, he has been curating numerous events and performances concerning urban culture, new media and various expressions of contemporary artistic creativity, and he has directed shows that explore the limits and boundaries between live performance and installation.

URL https://www.romantso.gr/?Lang=En

Brendan Power (UK)

Co-Founder Institute for Sound & Music (DE)

Born in the UK, and raised in Ireland, Brendan graduated with a bachelor in Business and Law from University College Dublin, in 2007. After an extended period of travel he settled in Berlin in early 2010 as manager of the Kleine Reise nightclub, followed by the creation of Loftus Hall. After returning to study and obtaining an MA in Intercultural Conflict Management in Berlin, Brendan began working on his current Institute for Sound & Music (ISM) in 2014. Legally registered as a non-profit organisation in Germany, the ISM aims to build a permanent home for sound, immersive art and electronic music culture in Berlin, in the form of a premier level museum experience. After the success of their debut exhibition at the Martin Gropius Bau in 2018, the ISM is set to tour the USA throughout the Summer/Autumn of 2019 in partnership with the Goethe Institute.

URL https://www.berlin-ism.com

Andrea Ciantar (IT)

Trainer and project manager

I am a Trainer, Coach and Project Manager. By one side, in fact, I’m expert in implementation of European projects, from the drafting to the presentation and coordination; I support the social organizations in order to enhance their skills concerning European cooperation. By the other side, as trainer expert in autobiographical methodologies and Humanistic coach, I have a broad experience on educational activities in different contexts: vocational training, non-formal education, school, territory, etc. with a special focus on training of trainers in the social sector (educators, social workers, teachers). Since 2015, I’m part of the Italian group of “Ambassador of Epale”, the portal of the European Commission in the field of Training and Education.

URL https://www.cclep.eu

Antonis Ikonomou (GR)

Project Manager Innovathens

Electrical Engineer NTUA, with a multiannual experience as Technical Manager of Industrial Automation projects, Project Manager of European R&D programmers in the fields of Informatics and Robotics, as well as Managing Director of High Tech companies. He is currently acting as Director of INNOVATHENS, the HUB of innovation and entrepreneurship of Technopolis City of Athens, emphasizing in the development of new, innovative ideas in the areas of digital economy and the so-called Creative and Cultural Industries (CCI’s).

URL https://www.innovathens.gr/

Konstantina Zachari (GR)

Business accelerator & EU projects manager at Innovathens Technopolis City of Athens

Konstantina is a project manager of the Business Accelerator of Innovathens, Technopolis City of Athens, dedicated to the CCIs. She has undertaken the challenging task of bringing together creative startups, experts, mentors, VCs, local stakeholders and maintaining a strong network that provides support to the startup scene. She has a sound technical background from her studies in Engineering and an extensive experience in the management of European funded projects in the field of entrepreneurship and innovation. Given her curious nature, she’s always looking for new collaborations and business growth opportunities. She loves to work in creative environments that support initiative and progress.

URL http://www.innovathens.gr/

Laura Gardes (FR)

Coordinator Jump European Music Market Accelerator

Laura Gardes is the project coordinator of JUMP – European Music Market Accelerator. A Creative Europe project aimed at supporting music industry professionals developing their innovative ideas. Prior to joining the MaMA team in Paris, Laura Gardes has implemented several European cultural projects such as Voices of Culture, the structured dialogue bringing the European Commission and the Cultural sector together; the European Film Music Day and the Camille Awards – European Film Composer Awards.

URL https://www.jumpmusic.eu/

Marton Naray (CZ)

Director Czech Music Office & Nouvelle Prague Showcase Conference

Márton Náray has been working in the creative and cultural sector for 20 years. During this time he had the opportunity to explore the music industry through a 360° viewpoint, as a record store manager, a festival programmer (Siget Festival, Babel Sound, European Music Day…) a booking agent, a project manager for a governmental music export agency (Music Export Hungary), a city program manager, a conference organiser (regiON, SoundQuest, Overhead), club promoter, tour manager, musician, radio presenter, and of course as a music addict. Although Márton started its carrier in Hungary, for the past 7 years he lives and works in Czech Republic. He currently works on connecting the Czech music sector to the international scene, and facilitating many new projects as a director of the newly launched SoundCzech/Czech Music Office, and as the conference director of Nouvelle Prague Showcase.

URL https://www.soundczech.cz

Nancy Angelopoulou (GR)

Journalist, Radio Producer, Music Consultant and DJ

Journalist, radio producer, freelance music consultant and DJ, from Athens, Greece. With more than 12 years of experience, she has a considerable background in writing articles, press releases and interviews as well as hosting cultural radio shows, about the foreign cultures in Athens, world-ethnic music and the greek independant music scene. She works for Athina 98.4 radio station and InExarchia.gr website. She also provides consulting services, booking and planning concerts for musicians and bands.

URL https://www.inexarchia.gr/

Vassilis Haralambidis (GR)

Founding member & artistic director of BIOS and Romantso, the first Greek Creative Industries Incubator

He is a founding member and the artistic director of BIOS, a cultural center for art and new media, and of Romantso, the first Greek Creative Industries Incubator. Since 2002, he has been curating numerous events and performances concerning urban culture, new media and various expressions of contemporary artistic creativity, and he has directed shows that explore the limits and boundaries between live performance and installation.

URL https://www.romantso.gr/?Lang=En

Tommy Darker (GR)

Founder of Whiise, Teacher of Music Entrepreneurship at University of Westminster, Musician

Tommy Darker is the founder of Whiise, the London startup that aims to personalise education in the creative industries globally, and host of WhiiseCon, the first music conference to only invite globally successful musicians as speakers. He is a musician and teaches music entrepreneurship at the University of Westminster, previously at Berklee College of Music.

URL https://www.whiise.com

Andras Bozan Bodrogi (HU)

Certified Youtube Specialist / New Media Consultant / The State51 Conspiracy

Andras worked on various fields of the music industry (EMI Records, Music Export Hungary, WM Music Distribution, Google Ground Budapest…) as new business, marketing and project manager, gained an expertise in digital music and online communication, helping labels and artists in this challenging era of music content creation and performance. Currently he is an external consultant and expert partner of Google Hungary, conduct trainings to YouTube partner companies, creative and media agencies, labels, artists, brands and content creators to reach their goals with audiovisual content. Andras is also working as YouTube specialist, managing a YouTube support team at The State51 Conspiracy, a London based music company, helping independent labels and artists in rights management and monetization on YouTube. He is a guest lecturer, trainer and tutor of various educational programs, marketing, media and communication departments of universities, in music related conferences and festivals. With the Budapest based music management school called ‘Almost Famous Rock School” he has his own long format course called “Digital Music Business from A till Z”. He is also a tutor at JUMP, European Music Market Accelerator program. In order to find balance in life, Andras writing, producing and releasing music under the name BoZaN.

Angeliki Georgokosta (GR)

Choir and Hospitality Manager of El Sistema Greece (ESG)

Angeliki is the Choir and Hospitality Manager of El Sistema Greece (ESG) – a nonprofit organization which is offering 45 hours of free music education to over 250 students in 5 different locations in Athens on a weekly basis. The students of El Sistema Greece, form orchestras and choirs which have performed amongst others at Eleonas and Skaramagas Refugee Camps, Odeon of Herodes Atticus for the Hellenic Festival and made regular appearances at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC). Prior to joining the ESG team, Angeliki developed Off The Grid – an initiative funded by the Robert Bosch Foundation, aimed at the development of local, early stage musicians and bands. She has also been an Αdministrator at Nozstock (UK) festival 2015 & 2016 and has worked at organizations such as Salzburg Global Seminar (AU) and Bios (GR). She is an MA Creative Producing graduate from the Central School of Speech and Drama (UK) and she holds a Theatre Studies degree from the University of Patras. Since 2017, she is a founding member of the cultural manager’s network in Greece, Culture for Change (C4C).

URL https://www.elsistema.gr/

Login Kochishki (NMK)

Founder Password Production – Taksirat Festival & Pin Conference

Promoter, football player, A&R manager, father, event/party organiser, bambus drinker, label manager, booking agent, publisher, fan of basketball team Metalski Zavod Tito. Born in Yugoslavia, study in Macedonia, married in FYROM and these days work in North Macedonia where plan to finish as pensioner… Working in the music area for the last 23 + years and still looks normal. He set up a record label and artist management agency, “Lithium Records” working with the most renowned Balkan artists. When his wife didn’t gave him a permission to name his son Password, he re-branded his company name into Password Production. Founder and the director of the biggest Macedonian music Festival “TAKSIRAT”, D fest, Pivo Fest, Green Beach Festival and international music conference PIN. Promoter to more than thousand local, regional and international concerts, weddings, funerals and has worked as a Production manager, mother or a godfather for the biggest regional Festivals All in all, positive guy, without HIV.

URL http://taksirat.mk

Marton Naray (CZ)

Director Czech Music Office & Nouvelle Prague Showcase Conference

Márton Náray has been working in the creative and cultural sector for 20 years. During this time he had the opportunity to explore the music industry through a 360° viewpoint, as a record store manager, a festival programmer (Siget Festival, Babel Sound, European Music Day…) a booking agent, a project manager for a governmental music export agency (Music Export Hungary), a city program manager, a conference organiser (regiON, SoundQuest, Overhead), club promoter, tour manager, musician, radio presenter, and of course as a music addict. Although Márton started its carrier in Hungary, for the past 7 years he lives and works in Czech Republic. He currently works on connecting the Czech music sector to the international scene, and facilitating many new projects as a director of the newly launched SoundCzech/Czech Music Office, and as the conference director of Nouvelle Prague Showcase.

URL https://www.soundczech.cz

Serhan Lokman (TK)

Co- Founder & Managing Partner GULBABA MUSIC

Serhan Lokman is the managing partner and co-founder of Gulbaba Music. Gulbaba Music is a left field artist management, touring and concert company based in İstanbul, Turkey. Established in 2010 in partnership with Ahmetcan Taşdemir, Gulbaba Music are managing and / or booking 28 artists as of now such as; Selda Bağcan, Baba Zula, Kerem Görsev, Burhan Öçal, Islandman, Dhafer Youssef… Since 2010 the company is able to announce the names of their artists all over the World, took part in many World famous festivals and venues. As promoter side of the company, Gulbaba hosted & co-promoted names like Manu Chao , Marcus Miller ,Dub Inc, Dhafer Youssef, Brooklyn Funk Essentials, Goccoo and many more. Since 2016 Gulbaba Music promotes one of the newest festival in Istanbul called Sound Ports Istanbul. SPI is a new generation independent festival that combines music & art & sub cultures and aims to become a creative platform for social and artistic innovation. Serhan holds a B.A Degree in Management of Performing Arts, have a long career in artist management with some of the finest jazz, Rock and left field musicians from Turkey. Also, he previously worked for the International Istanbul Jazz & Music festival, Istanbul Biennale and Pozitif Live that allowed him to obtain a more comprehensive awareness of being an artist representative and promoter.

URL https://www.gulbabamusic.com/

Stathis Kalatzis (GR)

Creative Director (Yadastar), DJ, Producer

Experienced Creative Director with a demonstrated history of working in the music industry for 15+ years. Skilled in Project Management, Concept ideation, Music Programming & Curating, and Event Execution. Having worked with more than 30 countries around the world provides me with the expertise to factor in cultural trends and sensitivities while putting projects together. Prior to that he was a resident dj and responsible for international bookings at six d.o.g.s. He has been djing and releasing music under the Mr. Statik alias and is also one half of the newly formed Territory duo alongside Larry Gus.

URL https://www.redbullmusicacademy.com

Theodora Karakassi (GR)

Plisskën Festival Co-organiser, Event Management

My name is Theodora Karakassi and I am the co-organiser of the Athens based Plisskën Festival. Plisskën is a music festival that has been running for the past 9 years, and has grown to a 3 stage, 2 day, 40 artists and 8,000 people capacity festival with a muntigenre and eclectic Line up. We feature our Winter & Summer versions, host a lot of other concerts throughout the year, running up to more than 350 shows in the past years. Recently we also branched out to Stand Up Comedy, bringing fresh and super established talent to Greece. My actual background and 2nd or 1st (!) day job is a Architectural Design, working in-between London and Athens. I find all creative sectors merge in one. And its amazing to see that hard work pays off if you do things you love!

URL http://www.plisskenfestival.gr/

Vassilis Sevdalis (GR)

Six D.o.g.s Events Manager, Partner ADD Festival & Yupiyaya Festival

Vassilis Sevdalis is a DJ for more than 20 years, event manager at Six D.o.g.s, permanent partner of ADD Festival and Yupiyaya Festival, co-founder of the music platform Needless and radio producer in Fm and internet radio.

URL https://sixdogs.gr/

Maxime Faget (FR)

Co-Founder & Managing Partner Blockchain my Art

After studies of economics, politics and cultural management in France and abroad, I began to work in the cultural field in 2014. I settled in Leipzig, Germany, where I founded SeaNaps, an international music festival. SeaNaps’ original idea: designing the first blockchain based festival in Europe. This intimate group of work and a self-made solution (we designed and built the solution with my father, Jean Faget) quickly became an international project, through the cooperation with other European festivals. Together, we founded Blockchain My Art. In this frame, I currently work as a coordinator for technological implementation, partnerships and research programs.

URL http://www.blockchainmyart.org