This year,
Europareise c/o pop is offering a new network platform to make the extensive contacts of the Europareise project available to all those participating at c/o pop Convention!
With an
international matchmaking scheme involving 18 festivals from
Europe, Canada, Mexico, India, Vietnam and
China we give you -
label operators, bookers, agents and other protagonists from the music and creative industries - the chance to quickly and simply hook up with potential
partners!
Participating festivals in the matchmaking are: Amsterdam Dance Event Karsten ter Hoeven - Events Program & Production Coordinator

Amsterdam/ NL
www.amsterdam-dance-event.nl The Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) is Europe’s leading electronic music conference as well as the worlds biggest club festival. Celebrating its fourteenth year, it´s the ultimate platform to meet international partners and get in touch with new people and music. Karsten is responsible within the dynamic organisation Buma Cultuur, (initiator of ADE) for the ADE Conference program, ADE Next (talent program) and the production of the Conference. He`s also involved in events like EuroSonic Noorderslag and Muzikantendag.
by:Larm Henning Krane - Artist Booking

Oslo/ NO
www.bylarm.no Henning is a part of the booking team for the annual nordic new-talent festival by:Larm which consists of a festival and a conference. The conference is a meeting place for the Norwegian and foreign music industries. In 2009 the festival held almost 350 showcases with the best new artists from all of the nordic countries. Henning also does the booking for Norway’s 2nd biggest open air festival called Slottsfjell Festival in Tønsberg.
c.sides Ronni Shendar - Director & Co-Curator

Tel Aviv/ IL
www.csides.net Ronni Shendar is a photographer and video artist, Till Rohmann is known to many by his DJ and musician moniker glitterbug. Together they organize c.sides, Isreals biggest festival of its kind, offering electronic music and arts, as well as a platform for networking and examining social/political contexts.
Electron Jerôme Soudan- Artistic Director

Geneva/ CH
www.electronfestival.ch Jerome Soudan is the main promoter of Electron, which is the biggest electronic music and arts festival in the French part of Switzerland. Classical music educated, he came to electronic music first as a musician, then as a composer & producer. He released numerous CD with various bands such as his solo project MIMETIC.
Global Groove Amit Saigal - Managing Director

Dehli/ IN
www.globalgroove.in Amit Saigal started the Rock Street Journal in 1993. It was India’s first and only rock music magazine, making efforts to promote the independent music scene in India and Nepal. The monthly magazine has a circulation of over 40.000 copies. His most recent initiative in collaboration with the Goethe-Institute is GLOBAL GROOVE, an electronic music festival scheduled in India in December 2009.
Hanoi Sound Stuff Tri Minh - Director & Festival Organizer

Hanoi/Vietnam
www.facebook.com/Triminh05#/event.php?eid=96078126839 Since 2008 Tri Minh has been a main person in organizing the first international music festival in Hanoi, Vietnam »Hanoi Sound Stuff«. The festival focuses on music, culture, art community’s development and also raising awareness among audience through music and culture on environmental issue.
Iceland Airwaves Thorsteinn Stephensen – Festival Director & Booking

Reykjavik/ IS
www.icelandairwaves.com Thorsteinn Stephensen is the owner and manager of Mr. Destiny, an Icelandic music promoting company which among other things promotes the annual Iceland Airwaves festival in Reykjavík every October. Mr.Destiny has also done Airwaves events in other countries such as Denmark, UK, USA, Belgium and France, promotes concerts and club nights in Reykjavík and has also been involved in Theater projects and production.
MELT! und Berlin Festival Hendryk Martin - Head of Marketing, Sponsorships and Cooperations

Gräfenhainichen/ DE
www.meltfestival.de Hendryk Martin is head of the sponsorship department of Intro Publishing since 2004. He is responsible for cooperations concerning events and projects like Melt! Festival or Berlin Festival. Beside his work in the event business he is releasing music with his one-man project called Napoli Is Not Nepal.
MIGZ Alexey Shcherbina - Art Director
MoTA Spring Festival Pomladi Martin Bricelj – Managing Dierctor

Moskau/ RU
www.migz.ru Alexey Shcherbina, Director of the International Festival of Contemporary Music and Media Art MIGZ. Promoter, photographer, journalist. In 1998 he started the first online magazine about electronic music in Russia (www.44100.com). In association with Anton Kubikov (SCSI-9) Alexey was promoting the most famous Techno-thursdays in Moscow. Since 2008 hes` the mastermind of the annual festival MIGZ.
MUTEK Canada Taïca Replansky - Development & Marketing Coordinator

Montreal/ CA
www.mutek.org Part of MUTEK since 2007, Taïca is currently working as Development and Marketing Coordinator. As part of this, she is actively working in tourism, and in developing partnerships and diversifying private funding for MUTEK. In 2009 she began her involvement with the ICAS network (International Cities for Advanced Sound), and is recently researching strategies for the sustainable development of festivals.
MUTEK Mexico Damian Romero - General & Artistic Director

Mexico/ MX
www.imecamusic.com/mutek For the past six years, Damian Romero has been the General and Artistic Director of the MUTEK Festival in Mexico, with five annual editions and many individual MUTEK events in between. He also directs IMECA, a music focused, multi-tasking company in Mexico which organizes MUTEK, as well as many worldwide concerts and parties. IMECA also provides creative and communication services to outsiders.

Ljubljana/ SI
www.festivalpomladi.com Martin B. Bricelj is a media artist and a cultural activist. He has exhibited in galleries and spaces worldwide. He is co-founder of multimedia society Code.Ep, the director of Pomladi Festival in Ljubljana and started MOTA/Museum of Transitory Art, a network of AiR studios and platform for transitory, live and public art. Latest projects: CLIMAX, a new live cinema piece, and Public Avatar, a research about the idea of real virtuality.
Pop Montréal Melanie Turner - Grant & Marketing Manager

Montréal/ CA
www.popmontreal.com Melanie Turner is Grant and Marketing Manager of POP Montreal International Music Festival, an annual 5-day music, symposium, film, artisan fair and visual art event. She has been working in grants, marketing and sponsorship but was involved in all other aspects like booking, promotion and production. Prior to POP Montreal, Melanie worked for the band LOE and with the touring artist-book/zine library BookMobile.
Spot Festival Jesper Borup - Booking Agent

Ärhus/ DK
www.spotfestival.dk During his studies Jesper Borup had been working for ROSA - The Danish Rock Council – the organisation behind the annual SPOT Festival in Aarhus/Denmark. In this period he was part of the office administration as well as the production team. This year Jesper worked as the main booker at the festival, and next year will be the coordinator of the international festival day at SPOT.
Spring Festival Stephan Auer - Managing Director

Graz/ AT
www.springfestival.at Promoter, DJ and record label owner Stefan Auer works in Graz, Austria and surrounding countries as Slovenia and Croatia. Stefan is co-founder of springfestival in Graz, Austrias biggest club culture festival, and styrianstylez, a festival to support the local music scene.
The Great Escape Martin Elbourne - Creative Director

Brighton/ UK
www.escapegreat.com Martin has worked with independent bands for the last thirty years, and is best known for his work with the Glastonbury Festival. Martin worked with many cool indie bands including The Smiths, New Order, The Fall, Sisters Of Mercy. He sold Michael Eavis (owner of Glastonbury) The Smiths - the first really hot new act he had put on. Martin co-founded The Great Escape and books the main stages for Glastonbury, Lovebox, Jersey Live and part-books Guilfest.
Wilsonic Tibor Holoda – Managing Director

Bratislava/ SK
www.wilsonic.sk Wilsonic Festival impresario, DJ, music evangelist and technology enthusiast. »If there was one person who represents the past and the present of the Slovak electronic scene, it has to be Tibor Holoda, a renowned DJ and currently also one of the leading festival promoters in Central Europe thanks to his festival Wilsonic. Tibor almost single-handedly kickstarted the fledgling techno scene in the early nineties – when he together with his buddies Toky and Dalo – built the legendary Bratislava venue U.Club. Even after nearly fifteen years on the scene, Tibor remains an in-demand DJ and music connoisseur.«
Whisper Festival Neebing – Managing Director

Shenzen/ CN
www.diymusic.com/whisper Neebing is the festival organiser, arts curator, film music supervisor, promoter of the Whisper Festival He also works as a DJ and as a music, arts & design journalist in beijing,china and is the owner of the pr agency lychee productions.
The matchmaking sessions will take place on
Friday 14 August, 2 - 5.30pm at the festival HQ/ Schauspielhaus Cologne.
How it all works:* each meeting will be held for 10 Minutes where you have the chance to introduce your company/business
* then you move on to another table for your next meeting
* after the matchmaking sessions are over, you will of course have time to meet with the other participants! We will provide you with a complete programme and the list of attendees of the Europareise c/o pop
What you have to do:* follow
this link* see the list of representatives of the participating festivals
* fill out the form and send us your choice of representatives you would like to meet with
by 31 July!
* we will then organize the meetings and get back to you with your personal schedule and instructions
PLEASE NOTE:The participation in the Matchmaking is
free of charge for Convention-Ticket Holders.
If you have any questions please feel free to contact us via email:
europareise@c-o-pop.de or call us on: 0049 221 998 911 22.
We look forward to hear from you!
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