Launchpad Conference Speakers 2024

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Nichal Sethi
Nichal Sethi

Head of UK Artist Services - TikTok

Rachel Young
Rachel Young

EUR Product Operations Lead - TikTok

Maeve Florsheim
Maeve Florsheim

Musician - Lucky Iris

Satnam Galsian
Satnam Galsian

Vocalist

Michelle Myrie
Michelle Myrie

Grants and Learning Officer - Youth Music

Graft
Graft

Artist - Graft

Frank Wilkes
Frank Wilkes

Big Cheese - Kycker

Jasmine Sidhu
Jasmine Sidhu

Publicist - Hanglands

Katherine Cantwell
Katherine Cantwell

Social Media Manager + Apprentice Manager - Heavenly Recordings

Philip Morris
Philip Morris

Regional Officer for the North of England - Musicians' Union

Rachael Flaszczak
Rachael Flaszczak

Venue Operator - The Snug Coffee House

Kate Lowes
Kate Lowes

Head of Programmes - Brighter Sound

Aisling Doherty
Aisling Doherty

Festival Manager / Programming Administrator - Leeds Jazz Festival / Serious

Scott Lewis
Scott Lewis

Label Manager - EMI North

Ben Richardson
Ben Richardson

Promoter - Independent, Waves Festival

Melissa Avdeeff
Melissa Avdeeff

Lecturer in Digital Media - University of Stirling

Chris Brain
Chris Brain

Musician / Promoter - Chris Brain / Hyde Park Folk Club / Meanwood Folk Club

Mark Casci
Mark Casci

Head of Policy - West & North Yorkshire Chamber

Tom Kiehl
Tom Kiehl

Interim Chief Executive - UK Music

Yaw Owusu
Yaw Owusu

Creative Consultant - Nothin But The Music

Chelsea Wood
Chelsea Wood

Artist Manager & Sync Agent - Wood Management

whiskas (Sam Nicholls)
whiskas (Sam Nicholls)

Director - MusicLocal

Dan Jones
Dan Jones

Relationship Manager - PRS for Music

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Oliver Morris
Oliver Morris

Director of Education & Skills - UK Music

Ruth Barlow
Ruth Barlow

Director of Live Licensing/Chair of AIM - Beggars Group/Association of Independent Music

Sarah Unwin
Sarah Unwin

Freelance Producer & Project ManagerLecturer - University of Salford, BIMM InstituteDirector, The After Lab

Iain Bennett
Iain Bennett

Creative Alchemist - The Fifth Sector

Marie-Claire Daly
Marie-Claire Daly

Head of Culture - Greater Manchester Combined Authority

Elizabeth Sills
Elizabeth Sills

Grants and Programmes Manager - PRS Foundation

Emma Thompson
Emma Thompson

Director - From the Other (sounds from the other city, Fat Out, Samarbeta)

Alice Fuller
Alice Fuller

Deputy CEO - Generator

Simon Benger
Simon Benger

Relationship Manager - Arts Council England

Jay Auty
Jay Auty

Engagement Officer - Help Musicians

Emily Pilbeam
Emily Pilbeam

Presenter - BBC Introducing

Nicola Greenan
Nicola Greenan

CEO - Nic Greenan

Craig G Pennington
Craig G Pennington

Chief Executive & Co-Founder - Future Yard CIC

Lucy Scott
Lucy Scott

Senior Producer Contemporary and Artist Development - The Glasshouse International Centre for Music

Sarah Wall
Sarah Wall

Senior Events and Partnerships Manager - PPL

Nishla Smith
Nishla Smith

Programmer, Artist - Opera North

Nathan Clark
Nathan Clark

Brudenell Social Club / Brudenell Presents

Leo O'Brien
Leo O'Brien

Member Development Manager - PPL

Evan Majumdar-Swift (96 Back)
Evan Majumdar-Swift (96 Back)

Evan Majumdar-Swift (96 Back) - Musician, Record Producer

Phil Nelson
Phil Nelson

Director - Pathways Into Music (also First Column Management)

Akemi Fox
Akemi Fox

singer

Alice Banister
Alice Banister

Creative Lead / Artist Manager - Kycker

Tony Ereira
Tony Ereira

Director - Come Play With Me CIC

Hussein Boon
Hussein Boon

Principal Lecturer- Black Music Research Unit - University of Westminster