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The world has been seeing some serious growth with the Asian mega-music festivals. Each event with individual characters, are booking global talent and in this panel, key festival organizers from Korea, Thailand, and China will discuss the current and future of festivals and where opportunities are for Japanese artists.

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There is much interest in the rapidly developing Chinese music market however we are not always confident on whether if we are clear and up to date on the changes in the legal issues. In this panel we have invited experts from both creative and legal backgrounds to speak about current common business practices and recent developments from the creative A&R and the business point of view. Two-part session.

Part1. Speaker
Yusuke Wakebe (JETRO Coordinator (JC FORWARD President & CEO, IP FORWARD Law&Patent Firm Attorney at Law Patent Attorney))

Part2. Speaker
Marcus Rowland (Management & A&R, Outdustry)
GONG（Writer/Producer/Artist）

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For an artist to succeed internationally today, digital and social marketing is a must. Inviting one of the founders of the UK music consultancy company, Music Ally, as a guest speaker, the panel will focus and discuss the differences in the domestic and international approach to the digital market providing hints on how Japanese artists should play the game.

Speaker：
Steve Mayall（Managing Director, Music Ally）
Takayuki Suzuki （President / EnterTech Accelerator, ParadeALL）

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15thTIMM Keynote by two legendary figures in the Japanese music industry, Ichiro Asatsuma and Yokichi Osato. Both are well known as pioneers of global music business in Japan, with variety of success stories.
Ichiro Asatsuma joined Pacific Music Publishing (now Fujipacific Music) in 1966 as one of the launch members. Today, he is well respected and known throughout the industry as one of the pioneers in the global music publishing business.
The other speaker, Yokichi Osato founded Amuse Inc. in 1978 and built the company up to the powerhouse entertainment corporation it is today. Known early on for his drive in taking his business international, he is now known for the recent global success of artists such as “ONE OK ROCK”, “BABYMETAL” and “Perfume”.
At the seminar, looking back in their business history, both are expected to give useful hints on how to succeed in the current global business market. For all who aim to build their careers internationally, this is a must attend.

Speaker：
Ichiro Asatsuma（Chairman and CEO, Fujipacific Music Inc. / Director Emeritus, Music Publishers Association of Japan.）
Yokichi Osato (Representative Director and Chairman, Amuse Inc.)

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How AI will change our life and business is one of the hot topics in recent days. Without exception, the music business may be influenced by the AI technology such as from track making to copyright management.
In this seminar, 4 professionals from the music/technology field will discuss the possible future of the music industry in the coming AI era.

Moderator：
Norikazu Yamaguchi (Music Producer/ EnterTech Evangelist)

Speaker：
Yusuke Asada（Musician / anything goes CEO）
Kuniyasu Komukai（J-WAVE, Inc. General Manager Digital Development Dept.）
Hiroki Imabayashi (EAGLYS Inc. Founder & CEO)

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Co-Writing is now known overseas as a common way for songwriting.
In this seminar, 3 songwriters, renowned with several global hits, gather and demonstrate Co-Writing session with Japanese artist Yup’in.
Ryo Ito, leading figure of the Co-Writing movement in Japan, will show tips for the successful Co-Writing.

Moderator：
Ryo Ito (Magonodaimade Production, Inc Producer/Songwriter)

Speaker：
Reeny Smith (Recording Artist/Songwriter Cymba Music Publishing, Canada)
NATE“ IMPACT” JOLLEY (Lion Pack Music Group Producer/Songwriter)
her0ism (ever.y Producer/Songwriter)
Yup’in (Singer & Song Writer / Shibuya Performance Ambassador)

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Since launching in 2008, Merlin has paid over $1.5 billion dollars to its global membership. Merlin CEO Charles Caldas will reveal the main factors behind that success and discuss the potential for Japanese labels in the global digital market.

Speaker：
Charles Caldas (CEO Merlin)

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The SNS Sina Weibo based promotional platform “Music Channel-J” was test-launched with 9 Japanese artists, selected by key Chinese live promoters/influencers. The usage of the Music Channel-J will be explained at the seminar, and additionally, panelists will discuss how to connect it to profitability in the Chinese live entertainment market. Consists of two sessions.

Part1. “Music Channel-J -日本音乐在线-”, a SNS based information platform in China
Presenter：
Manabu Yamauchi (Asia Division Managing Director, Amuse Inc. / General Manager, Amuse Shanghai Inc.)

Part2. The Current Live Entertainment in China
Moderator：
Mark Yokozawa (CEO, ASSOSIA Co., Ltd.)

Part2. The Current Live Entertainment in China
Speaker：
Lu Jin (CEO, CHARISMA TANUKI PRODUCTIONS／上海魅狸文化传媒有限公司)
Jef Vreys (Director, New Noise China)
Mao Xiubing (Executive Chairman, BEIJING DAOSTRATEGY CONSULTING CO., LTD)

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Recently “Curation Media (music media owned by top curators)” is being noticed as a new gateway for making global hits, which may bring unexpected overnight success from Japan.
15thTIMM presents a seminar by Andre Benz, founder of one of the world’s largest music media with more than 45 million subscribers “The Nations”, and by Josh Carr-Hilton, CEO of the media network “The District”.

Moderator：
Iichiro Noda (CEO, TuneCore Japan K. K.)

Speaker：
Andre Benz（Founder / CEO, The Nations）
Josh Carr-Hilton (CEO, The District)