Ali Barter, Kira Puru & More Confirmed As Indie-Con 2020 Speakers

Independent music industry conference Indie-Con has announced a stacked speaker line-up for next month’s event.

Its 2020 program, running online from October 1-2, has been “directed by the need to diversify and adapt to the challenges presented to the industry from COVID-19”, with Ali Barter, Charlotte Abroms (Hear Hear Group, Ainslie Wills, Angie McMahon), Leigh Treweek, Emily Ulman (Isol-Aid), Jamie Gough (Native Tongue) and Marcus Walkom (Media Arts Lawyers, We Are Golden) tackling monetisation around virtual touring and copyright protection, while tips and tricks on releasing music in iso come from Andrew Stone, Tim Nelson (Cub Sport), Alex The Astronaut, Melody Forghani and Mardi Caught (The Annex).

Other speakers confirmed to appear include Blake Rayner (The Orchard), John Ferris (TMRW), Maya Janeska (Believe Digital), Jacqui Louez Schoorl (JAXSTA), Vo Williams, Terry McBride (Nettwerk Music Group), Kira Puru, Ari Herstand (Ari’s Take), Johann Ponniah (IOHYOU), Meg Williams (Inertia), Hazel Savage (Musiio), Shav Garg (indify), John Watson (ELEVEN: A Music Company, Missy Higgins, Birds Of Tokyo) Jaguar Jonze, Ben Dennis (Peking Duk) and more.

Indie-Con will once again coincide with the AIR Awards, taking place on October 1 via a special one-hour special broadcast on YouTube from 8pm ACST with performances from Stella Donnelly, Angie McMahon, The Teskey Brothers and The Soul Movers and host Dylan Lewis.

Check out the full Indie-Con 2020 schedule and list of speakers, as well as how to tune in, here.