WAMCon Announces More Speakers As Early Bird Tickets Sell Out

WAMCon has added another 20 speakers to its growing conference roster for this November's event, joining previously announced talking heads Keith Harris, Helen Marcou, Nick Findlay and Sean Bohrman.

The new batch (aka the Gremlins 2 contingent) includes an array of respected industry folk from all walks across the country, including BIGSOUND programmer Maggie Collins, Sounds Australia export music producer Glenn Dickie, Select Music Agency's Katie Rynne, Comes With Fries director Vanessa Picken, UNIFIED's Caleb Williams, RTRFM presenter and producer Caitlin Nienaber, Pilerats chief executive Alex Paioff and more.

The fresh additions come simultaneously with the news that early-bird tickets for this year's conference have already sold out, cementing WAMCon's place as an unmissable event on the annual industry calendar, not only for its panels and masterclasses but affiliation with the wider WAMFest proceedings, including its recently announced live showcase series.

WAMCon will be held at the State Theatre Centre of WA on Friday 3 and Saturday 4 November.

Early-birds are, as we mentioned, all gone, but third-release standard passes are available now.

See WAM's website for more info, and check out the full list of new speakers below.

WAMCon — Second Speaker Announcement

• Alex Paioff (CEO, Pilerats/Creative Director, Made In The Pile)
• Blake Williams (Presenter, Mix 94.5)
• Caitlin Nienaber (Breakfast Presenter/Producer, RTRFM)
• Caleb Williams (Senior Artist Manager, UNIFIED — Vic)
• Clive Hodson (Managing Director, Perfect Pitch Publishing/Managing Director, Consultainment)
• Damian Cunningham (Industry Liaison Consultant, Live Music Office/Owner, Elastic Entertainment — NSW)
• Eight aka Qi Liu (Owner, Unknown Art Productions/Manager, Pest Productions & Midnight Records/Manager, Zurriake/Manager, Weary Bird Records/Promoter, MIDIE Livehouse — Xi'an, China)
• Elliott Brannen (Director, Tempo Tax & Accounting)
• Em Burrows (Presenter, RTRFM/Audience Development Officer, WAM/Performer, Em Burrows and the Bearded Rainbow/Co-Founder, Group Therapy Records)
• Glenn Dickie (Export Music Producer, Sounds Australia — NSW)
• Hayley Ayres (Manager, Melody Pool/Booker, The Floors, Demon Days, Jacob Diamond, Timothy Nelson, Telete, Coco Blu/Venue Booker, Satchmo's Café/Director, 360 Artist Logistics/Performer, Telete, Timothy Nelson & The Infidels)
• Jef Vreys (Music Director, New Noise - Chengdu, China)
• Katie Rynne (Booker, Select Music Agency — NSW)
• Maggie Collins (Executive Programmer, BIGSOUND/Managing Director, FANS Creative Management/Manager, DZ Deathrays/Presenter & Producer, triple j — NSW)
• Matt Johnson (Label Director, Walking Horse Music/Manager, Boat Show, The Love Junkies, Dream Rimmy, Patient Little Sister/ Music Business Lecturer, North Metropolitan TAFE)
• Scott Adam (Head of Programs, Events, Hospitality & Tourism, North Metropolitan TAFE/ex-Manager, Ruby Boots/ex-Label Owner, Qstik Records)
• Stefan Emslie (Agent, Vita Artists/General Manager, Mutual Friends — Vic)
• Susan Cotchin (Director, The IRR Music Company — Vic)
• Vanessa Picken (Director, Comes With Fries — NSW)
• Will Backler (Music & Interviews Coordinator, Production Coordinator, Presenter, RTRFM)