Summary

IMPF has planned several in-person international networking and business events for independent music publishers and professionals from connected industries.  See the calendar of Meetings and Events for 2023 here.

Activity

The first Open call for 2023 was issued to IMPF members in December 2022. The open call asked for proposals to host the next General Assembly Meeting and Conference in 2023. See the Open Call details here.

Edition Bjorlund made a successful application to host the event and Stockholm has been announced as the venue for the next General Assembly meeting on 20 – 21 April 2023.

IMPF was delighted to welcome members and friends over two days for a series of talks from high-level industry executives during the Assemblies in Stockholm. The event kicked off with the launch of the 3rd edition of the Global Market View Report. The General Assembly was followed by panels and speakers including: Casper Bjørner (CEO, STIM); Mona Aghai Berg (founder of All About Music); Kerstin Mangert (Chair, Swedish Music Publishers Association); Helienne Lindvall (President, ECSA); Aman Khullar (General Counsel, Musixmatch); Abbie Triggs (Director of Operations and Business Development, On Music); Robert Singerman (The Belem Project); Niclas Molinder (WIPO for Creators and co-founder, Music Rights Awareness Foundation); Annette Barrett (IMPF President); Oskar Pollinen (A&R Manager, Elements Music Publishing); Hampus Olsson (Head of A&R, Ten Music Group); Anna Kornelia Åberg (entrepreneur and founder of BLNK Music); Corey Johnson (founder, Defenders Entertainment); Eva Karman Reinhold (Artist Law & Rights Management, Smilodon); Emmanuel Legrand (Legrand Network) and with Per Strömbäck (Netopia) moderating. The event was widely publicised.  See news here and here. Images from the event can be viewed here.

A second Open call for 2023 was issued to IMPF members in March 2023.  The open call asked for proposals to co-host the 2nd Edition of the Global Music Entrepreneurial and Creative Industry Summit in Palma de Mallorca from the 8 to the 11 October 2023.  See the Open Call details here.    

In June 2023 IMPF announced the following Partners for the Palma event:

22D Music Group

Roba Music Verlag

Strictly Confidential Music Publishing

Kemper Music Group

The event is also supported by Creative Europe.

Additionally, the following companies are sponsors:

Premier Sponsors

Reservoir Media

Bucks Music Group

Downtown Music Publishin

Beggars Music

Spotify

GC Partners

Gold Sponsors

ICE Services

Reel Muzik Werks

On Music

Session Studio

OYEZ!

In June 2023 IMPF co-hosted events both in Toronto Canada and in New York, USA.

On June 06 IMPF and Music Publishers Canada held a joint reception preceding the ‘Inside the Song’ event.  IMPF was particularly pleased that the Creative Europe network project of the European Union could assist with the recent valuable exchanges between songwriters and publishers in Europe and Canada, and that we were able to facilitate Fiona Bevan, published by IMPF member Concord and who, as part of our outreach to the Ivor’s Academy, joined the Toronto “Women in the Studio” sessions as a mentor.  See news piece here and you can watch video highlights here.

On June 8 IMPF hosted a panel during Canadian Music Week.  See the event details here.

On June 12 IMPF participated in a session during the AIMP Music Publishing Summit looking at how Independent Music Publishers approach a global market.  See the event details here. IMPF hosted a joint luncheon with AIMP.

Summary

IMPF established a new, in-person international networking and business event for independent music publishers and professionals from connected industries. 

Activity

In March 2022, IMPF began an open call process that saw members present proposals for events they could run to the benefit of the international, independent music publishing community. A survey carried out prior to the open call suggested that members wanted an event that could act as a hub at a well-connected location that was easy to get to – potentially going some way to replacing Midem. Out of the various proposals the open call generated, the Board decided that the proposal for an event in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, in mid-October best fitted the requirements as had been identified in the criteria for the open call. The Palma Music Entrepreneurial and Creative Industry Summit took place from October 9 – 12. The event was attended by 200+ delegates representing some of the world’s most successful independent publishing companies, with high profile industry speakers covering a range of topics including metadata, royalty collection, buy-outs, AI-assisted creation and the metaverse. A five-day song-writing camp ran alongside the conference hosting 27 songwriters who produced more than 40 tracks in total. You can view images from the events here.

Who we worked with

22D Music Group, Alondra Music, Kemper Music Group, Musixmatch, Downtown Music, Budde Music, On Music, Session Studio.

Beneficiaries

The event was attended by 200+ music publishing delegates, songwriters and associated interested parties.

Outcomes/Next Steps

The response to the event was overwhelmingly positive. An evaluation of the event saw the location rated 4.86/5, the overall summit 4.57/5, content of the panels 4.52/5, networking opportunities 4.79/5 and the social events 4.60/5. The next round of open calls for a follow-up event will be sent out in early Spring 2023.

This report is available for download here below.