Maddah, Chugg, Rosen, Kimbra In Full Face The Music Program

Melbourne music industry conference Face The Music has announced its full program of speakers and panels for November, with 22 conference panels in store for the 2012 event.

Taking place at the Melbourne Arts Centre Friday 16 and Saturday 17 November, the majority of speakers have already been announced – including AJ Maddah (Soundwave), Dan Rosen (ARIA) Kimbra, Gregg Donovan (Wonderlick), Claire Collins (Bossy), Nick Yates (UNFD), Leigh Treweek (Street Press Australia) and Chet Faker – and this new announcement outlines where you'll be able to catch them.

Donovan, Collins, Stephen Wade (Select) and Darren Sanicki (lawyer) will speak on A Band's Life, a case study of a hypothetical Australian band, while Meet The Media will feature Jaymz Clements (triple j mag), Darren Levin (FasterLouder), Nicholas Jones (Tone Deaf), Shane O'Donohue (Inpress), Taryn Stenvei (Beat) and Doug Wallen (Mess+Noise) and Meet The Managers will showcase Bernadette Ryan, Maggie Collins, Nick Yates and Rae Harvey.

Faker will host the APRA|AMCOS Songwriting Session, and there'll be a Songwriters Breakfast with Angie Hart, Jess Cornelius, Mark Seymour, Van Walker and Charles Jenkins.

There'll be a keynote speech with Brian Ritchie (Mona Foma) and 'In Conversation' sessions with Maddah, Kimbra and Michael Chugg. Attendees are also invited to make appointments for meetings with speakers and delegates.

The full list of speakers and program is available here.

Tickets are on sale now, $45 for one day or $70 for two.