Music Tectonics Conference unveils first wave of heavy-hitting speakers

Limited early bird tickets now on sale for music innovation conference October 24-26, 2023, in Santa Monica, CA

The first wave of confirmed Music Tectonics speakers are big thinkers from music industry companies who bring a high-level view over the future of the business to the fifth annual conference:

• Keynote: Meng Ru Kuok, BandLab Technologies CEO & Co-Founder 

• Angela Abbott, TIDAL Senior Manager, Business Affairs + Music Licensing

• Lauren Apolito, HFA/Rumblefish SVP, Strategy & Business Development

• Dani DiCiaccio, Splice VP of Content

• Bruce Hamilton, Mech Ventures General Partner

• Rishi Patel, Plus Eight Equity Partners General Partner

• Michael Pelczynski, SoundCloud VP Strategy

• Daniel Rowland, LANDR Head of Strategy and Partnerships

• Máuhan M Zonoozy, Spotify Head of Innovation & Market Intelligence

Coinciding with this first wave of speaker announcements, Music Tectonics has opened ticket sales with a limited number at the “Super Early Bird” rate of $199. They’ll be available until May 19, unless they sell out first! Then the early bird rate of $249 goes into effect until August 15.

The fifth annual Music Tectonics conference takes place over three days and an eclectic variety of venues in Santa Monica, California. 

Conference Schedule Overview:

• Tuesday, October 24: Santa Monica Pier Carousel 

Keynote, Music Tech Carnival, Startup Carousel Demo Day,Opening Party

• Wednesday, October 25: Annenberg Beach House 

High-Energy Panels, Startup Pitch Competition Finals, Exhibitors around the Pool, and Off-the-Wall Activations

• Thursday, October 26: Expert DOJO and Universal Music Group offices

Startup Pitch Competition Winner Announced, Workshops, and UMG Startup Programming

Music Tectonics Conference programming responds to where the innovation is bubbling up now, and where it’s about to break out. “We were talking about current buzzwords before they were cool!” explains conference director Dmitri Vietze. “At our first conference in 2019 we held an ‘AI talent show’ and a ‘blockchain cage match’ to spark conversations about controversial emerging technologies. We continue to scan the horizon for the next seismic shifts while we keep space for maturing those conversations.” 

Since that first 2019 conference, Music Tectonics has made its name as a conference that brings leading innovators together from all over the music industry ecosystem to connect and make deals. Varied experiences and unexpected venues set the stage for making meaningful connections, scheduling meetings, and serendipitous encounters.

“We’ve held the conference in hotels, online, in the metaverse, and on a carousel by the beach, but wherever we gather the focus is on getting business done,” conference planner Shayli Ankenbruck remarks. “We just might do business while riding on a colorful horse or watching a sunset over the Pacific Ocean.”