09:00 – 10:00

Opening Breakfast on the Deck

10:00 – 10:30

WELCOME AND OPENING

Annette Barrett, President IMPF and Jaime Martinez, Mayor of Palma (tbc)

OPENING KEYNOTES

The Creator in the Modern Economy

Speakers to be announced.

10:30 – 11:15

Japan in Focus: Publishers, partnerships and opportunities

We are pleased to shine the spotlight on Japan this year as the focus country across the three-day programme of the Summit. We welcome the Japanese delegation to Palma with: Hiroyuki Tachimoto, President, Fujipacific Music Inc. /Chairman, MPA Japan and Robert Levine, Music Industry Journalist and Moderator.

More speakers to be announced.

11:15 – 12:15

The creator-publisher partnership: How great songs find their way

Great songs rarely travel alone. Behind every successful work sits a network of relationships between creators, publishers, managers and A&R teams who help guide how music is written, developed and brought to the world.  This conversation will look at how those partnerships work in practice. Leading songwriters, producers and publishing professionals will discuss the journey of a song from idea to global release, the evolving role of publishers in creative development, and how collaboration between creators and publishers is changing. The panel will also consider what makes these relationships succeed in today’s music landscape.

Sarah Liversedge Platz, Creative Director, Bucks Music Group and Owner/Managing Director, BDi Music, Bucks Music Group; Cutfather, Producer and Songwriter; Sacha Skarbek, Producer, Songwriter and Founder, Skarbek Songwriting Academy; Pam Sheyne, Co-Founder and Owner, Shampeyne Songs & SongWriterCamps; Emilio Morales, Managing Director, Rimas Publishing; Jamie Hartman, Artist, Songwriter, Producer and Moderator.

12:15 – 12:30

The launch of the Digital Licensing Handbook with IMPEL and IMPF

12:30 – 16:15

Lunch break – delegate networking – bilateral meetings

13:00 – 13:45

Networking Lunch by invitation sponsored by

15:30 – 16:15

Closed door Invitational meeting of the Music Publishers Associations

Best practice, project sharing and exchange is the focus of this meeting of MPAs.  The conversation will centre on how MPAs are operating today and where they are heading, while navigating the different regulatory and political environments.  Chaired by Birgit Böcher, Managing Director, DMV – Verband Deutscher Musikverlage.

16:15 – 17:15

Accessing capital:  How independent publishers can finance growth

Independent publishers are facing a tougher financial reality. Advances are rising, catalogue prices are climbing, and competing with major companies increasingly requires access to serious capital. Too often, the only apparent route to funding has been selling the company itself. This session examines the emerging ways independent publishers can raise capital while retaining control of their businesses. Bringing together perspectives from the investment community and from publishers who have already navigated this path, the conversation will examine how financing deals are structured, what investors are looking for, and how independent companies can secure the resources they need to grow, sign writers and compete in today’s market.

This session examines the emerging ways independent publishers can raise capital while retaining control of their businesses with: Fred Davis, Partner, The Raine Group; Mandó Chastouki, Director, Music Business Consultant, Lyst Music Publishing, Casini Corporate Finance; Mia Hallesby, Chief Executive Officer, NM Publishing; Jaime Gough, Managing Director ANZ, Concord Music Publishing and Emmanuel Legrand, Editor, Creative Industries News and Moderator.

17:15 -18:30

The US music publishing landscape: Termination rights, mechanical streaming royalty rates and what comes next

The session opens with a keynote from Danielle Aguirre, Chief Legal Officer and Chief Operating Officer NMPA offering an overview of the current music publishing landscape in the US. The law firm Reed Smith will then unpack US termination rights.  A discussion will follow with: Danielle Aguirre, Chief Legal Officer and Chief Operating Officer NMPA, Melanie Santa Rosa, Head of Copyright, Third Side Music / AIMP; Reed Smith and Robert Levine, Music Industry Journalist and Moderator.

More speakers to be announced.

18:30 – 19:30

Welcome Cocktail Reception – Sponsored by

0900 – 1000

Breakfast on the Deck sponsored by 

10:00 – 10:30

THE MORNING KEYNOTE

Glenn Micallef, European Commission for Intergenerational Fairness, Youth, Culture and Sport (tbc) and Elena Segal, Global Senior Director, Music Publishing, Apple.

10:30 – 11:30

Collective and rights management in transition

As collective management organisations modernise their licensing and data capabilities, they are also strengthening cross-border cooperation to meet new demands in a fast-changing music market. This session will look at how societies are reshaping international networks and services, supporting a global community of songwriters, composers and publishers, and responding to the needs of independent creators and music publishers as rights management becomes increasingly interconnected.

This session will look at how societies are reshaping international networks and services, supporting a global community of songwriters, composers and publishers, and responding to the needs of independent creators and music publishers as rights management becomes increasingly interconnected. With: Prof. Dr. Christian Baierle, Owner, ROBA Music Verlag; Karin de Groot, Chief Executive Officer, Buma Stemra; Adriana Moscoso del Prado Hernández, General Director, GESAC; Helienne Lindvall, President, European Composer & Songwriter Alliance, Jules Parker, Chief Business Officer, MusicInfra and Moderator.

11:30 – 12:30

Music in the machine:  Attribution, licensing and AI

AI is raising urgent questions about attribution, influence, and compensation for songwriters and rightsholders. With vast catalogues of music already being used to train AI systems without permission in many cases, the industry is now moving to assert control. Licensing deals are beginning to emerge, but on a fragmented, case-by-case basis, as publishers and rights organisations test how training data is accessed, valued and controlled. At the same time, questions remain around how influence can be recognised in practice and how value created through AI flows back to rights holders.  We will open with an introduction from Jennifer Mitchell, co-chair of IMPF’s AI working group, setting out where things stand and the key issues shaping the debate. From there, the conversation will broaden into a panel bringing together industry and policy perspectives. It will examine new licensing models for AI training, practical approaches to attribution, and how value created through AI is shared between recording and publishing rights. It will also consider workable licensing frameworks as technology evolves.
With: Jennifer Mitchell, Chief Executive Officer, Red Brick Songs; Iban Garcia del Blanco, International Affairs Director, Lasker Public Affairs; Molly Neuman, President, CD Baby; Tamay Aykut, Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Sureel.ai; Linda Collin, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Rights Intelligence and Per Strömbäck, Managing Director, Dataspelsbranschen and Moderator.

12:30 – 16:15

Lunch break – delegate networking – bilateral meetings

13:00 – 13:45

Networking Lunch by Invitation sponsored by

16:15 – 16:45

The neural network of music publishing

Behind every licence, royalty payment and catalogue deal sits one critical asset: data. As the global music ecosystem becomes more complex, the ability to identify works, connect data sets, and ensure rights flow correctly across platforms has become central to the business of publishing. In this joint session with BMAT and IMPEL, the focus turns to the data technology infrastructure supporting independent publishers worldwide and its interconnectivity. The discussion will explore how better data, smarter tools and collaborative systems are helping publishers track repertoire, improve licensing efficiency and ensure the right people are paid.

In this joint session with BMAT and IMPEL, the focus turns to the data technology infrastructure supporting independent publishers worldwide and its interconnectivity. With Iñigo Ugarteburu, Chief Executive Officer, BMAT and Sarah Williams, Chief Executive Officer, IMPEL.

16:45 – 17:45

Collecting global digital royalties across platforms: Access, complexity and collaboration

As music consumption increasingly takes place on digital platforms, publishers depend on platform rights management systems to identify works, manage claims and ensure songs are properly monetised. Alongside this, collective management organisations (CMOs) continue to play a role in licensing, data matching and revenue collection, particularly where direct platform access is limited.  How do these systems operate in practice and how do publishers interact with them across different platforms? The discussion will explore how access to rights management tools works today, how publishers work with both platforms and CMOs across different parts of the value chain, how publishers can make the most effective use of them, and how platforms and rightsholders can continue improving transparency, data flows and collaboration in the digital ecosystem

The discussion will explore how access to rights management tools works today, how publishers work with both platforms and CMOs across different parts of the value chain, how publishers can make the most effective use of them, and how platforms and rightsholders can continue improving transparency, data flows and collaboration in the digital ecosystem.  With: Tomas Ericsson, Chief Executive Officer, AMRA; Naomi Moran, Executive Vice President, Operations, Mint Digital Services; Indi Chawla, Head of International Relations, The MLC; Julien Dumon, EVP, Digital and Development, SACEM; Panimalar K, Strategist, RaaCho Music Publishing; Cristina Perpiñá-Robert Navarro, Chief Executive Officer, SGAE and Edward Ginis, Co-Founder, OpenPlay and Moderator.

17:45 – 18:30

Inside the platforms:  What is changing for publishing?

In this session, representatives from leading global platforms share how they work with publishers today and explore how systems, content formats and platform specific behaviours are reshaping the creative and commercial landscape, especially for independent songwriters. The discussion will also explore the growing importance of data including what data publishers can access today, and what they still need, as well as how transparency and insights can strengthen collaboration between platforms and publishers.  With: Graham Davies, President and Chief Executive Officer, Digital Media Association (DIMA) and Jakue López Armendáriz, International Partner Engineering Manager, Music Publishing, YouTube. More speakers to be announced.

17:45 – 18:30

Closed door invitational meeting of publishers of Classical Music and other genres

Chaired by Cecilia León Rodrigo, President, Ediciones Joaquín Rodrigo

18:30 – 19:30

Sundowner Cocktail Reception – Sponsored by

10:00 – 11:00

KEYNOTE CONVERSATION

Speakers to be announced.

11:15 – 12:15

Case Study 1 – Emilia Pérez

With: Pierre-Marie Dru, Music Supervisor, Pigalle Production and Emmanuel Delétang, Chief Executive Officer, 22D Music Group.

11:15 – 12:15

Case Study 2 – Music from Japan

Speakers to be announced.

12:30 – 16:30

Lunch break – delegate networking – bilateral meetings

13:00 – 13:45

Networking Lunch by invitation sponsored by

14:30 – 16:30

Music Supervisor Roundtable by invitation

We want to score a picture at the roundtables this year. Each participant will receive a scene and/or brief which needs music placement. The participants will be able to provide one song and their company info to the music supervisors in advance of the event. The music supervisors will then each select a song that they feel is the best fit for the brief or scene.  With: Nicky Bignell, Head of Music Licensing, BBC; Sue Crawshaw, Founder Pick and Mix Music; Pascale Khalaf, Global Director of Creative and Licensing, ABKCO Music; Rupert Hollier, Co-Founder and Creative Director, Redfive; Madison Policastri, A&R Manager, 507 Publishing and Reel Muzik Werks; Jonas Schroeter, Creative Music Consultant, Jung von Matt Music; Marjorie Scheker, Music Executive, Amazon Music and Naomi Baudin, Head of Copyright, Velvetica Music.

16:30 – 16:45

Wrap up of Rountable Session

with Emmanuel Delétang, CEO, 22D Music Group and Teri Nelson Carpenter, President and CEO, Reel Muzik Werks.

17:00 – 17:45

CLOSING SYNC KEYNOTE WITH Q & A

Speakers to be announced.

18:30 – 19:30

Closing Reception on the Deck sponsored by

Followed by a Playback Party