Tiësto, Diplo To Speak At ARIA Week’s Electronic Conference

Electronic music leaders Tiësto, Diplo and Tommy Trash have been announced as the first speakers for the inaugural Electronic Music Conference [EMC], which will take place in Sydney as part of ARIA Week.

Claiming to be the Asia-Pacific's first music industry conference dedicated to electronic music, 30 sessions will be held over two days at Jones Bar Wharf, Tuesday 27 and Wednesday 28 November.

EMC founder and Sound Alliance head Neil Ackland said that electronic music was “at the forefront”, noting Rihanna's work with Calvin Harris and Radiohead's collaboration with Four Tet.

ARIA CEO Dan Rosen said the conference, “reflects the growing profile of dance music in the Australian market.”

First round of speakers includes:

Tiësto, artist (NL)
Diplo, artist (USA)
Patrick Moxley, Ultra Music (USA)
David Boyle, Senior Vice President of Insights, EMI Worldwide (UK)
Tommy Trash, artist (AUS)
Gary Richards, Hard Events (USA)
Ash Pournori, At Night Management (SWE)
Mike Brown, Director of International Market Development, Twitter (USA)
Steve Levy, BPM/Moonshine (USA)
Richie McNeill, Totem Onelove (AUS)
Neil Ackland, CEO, Sound Alliance/EMC, Founder (AUS)
Seth Combs, Chief Marketing Officer, Sol Republic (USA)
Dan Rosen, CEO, ARIA (AUS)
Dror Erez, Totem Onelove (AUS)
Ken West, Big Day Out (AUS)
Andy Vance, Brand Partnerships Manager - Music and Lifestyle, CUB (AUS)
John Wall, Fuzzy (AUS)
Sudeep Gohill, CEO, Droga5 (AUS)
Hamish Pinkham, Director, Rhythm Group (NZ)
John Curtin, Marketing Director, Totem Onelove (AUS)
Mark Poston, Chairman, EMI (AUS)
Brett Robinson, Future Entertainment (AUS)
Brandon Roque, Marquee Sydney (USA)
Grant Smillie, Neon Records (AUS)
Adam Zammit, CEO, Big Day Out (AUS)
Bev Malcolm, EMI (AUS)
Tim Duggan, Content Director, Sound Alliance (AUS)
Jason Ayoubi, Future Entertainment (AUS)
Rukes, photographer (USA)
Tim Hardaker, Partnerships Director, Sound Alliance (AUS)
Scott Horscroft, Vice President of A&R, EMI (AUS)
John Course, Vicious Recordings (AUS)
Jack Tregoning, Editor, inthemix (AUS)
Ben Suthers, Big Day Out (AUS)
Jane Slingo, Young Strangers (AUS)
Anthony Colombi, Global PR Pool (AUS)
Andrew Jackson, Manager, Milton Archer (AUS)
Dayna Young, Archery Club (AUS)

The full EMC program will be announced in the coming weeks, but early bird tickets are on sale now.