Conferences program

1/ Promoting the African musical heritage

Venue: Mohammed VI Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art

Schedules: 10am-11:30am

Moderator: Mohamed Mahdi – Socio-Anthropologue et Professeur (Morocco)

Speakers:

• Galen D T Bresson- Director PI at the Institut de la Culture Seychelloise ( Seychelles)
• Barbara Kanam – CEO of the Cultural Promotion Fund (Democratic Republic of the Congo)
• Charles Bouetoumoussa – Rapporteur of the rumba scientific committee (Republic of Congo)
• Solange Cesarovna – African artist and composer and Director of SOLMUSIC, Business and Rights (Cape Verde)

2/ African successes & best practices in the francophone creative and cultural industries

Venue: Mohammed VI Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art

Schedules: 12pm-1:30pm

Partner: L’Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie

Moderator : Oumy Régina Sambou – Founder and editor of Africulturelle (Senegal

Speakers:

• Dorine Rurashitse – Africalia Director (Belgium)
• Bilia Bah – Director of the Cultural Division at La Muse (Guinea Conakry)
• Fatoumata Pindra – DG Optimiste Produktions (Senegal)
• Mohammed Ben Said –  DG Akacia Productions (Morocco)

3/ What does Jazz owe to Africa ?

Venue: Instituto Cervantes

Schedules: 2:30pm-16pm

Partner: Europe Jazz Network

Moderator: Ibtissam Ghazoui – Responsable Culturelle American Arts Center (Maroc)

Speakers:

• Anselme Sawadogo – Coordinator of the Jazz Ouaga Festival (Burkina Faso)
• Jamaaladeen Tacuma – Jazz Artist (United States)
• Frank Bolder – Program Director of North Sea Jazz Festival (The Netherlands)
• Nadin Deventer – Artistic Director of JazzFest Berlin (Germany)

Masterclass: Creative musical process in video games

Venue: Mohammed VI Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art

Hours: 10H-11H30

Partner: Institut Français du Maroc

Speakers: Wladimir Pandolfo – Music Business Director at Ubisoft (France)

2/ International Creators’ Dialogue : Fixing music streaming, ensuring a viable ecosystem for music creators

Venue: Instituto Cervantès

Schedules: 10am-11:30am

Partner: ECSA ; International Music Council

Moderator: Zahra Mani – Composer, Vice-President of the European Composer and Songwriter Alliance (Austria)

Speakers:

• Benoît Machuel – General Secretary of the International Federation of Musicians (France)
• Alfons Karabuda – President of the IMC (Sweden)
• Didier Awadi – Artist, Director of Studio Sankara (Senegal)
• Sharon Onyango-Obbo – Project Manager Santuri East Africa, DJ/Producer (Kenya)
• Habib Achour- Director of International Development at SACEM (France/Tunisia)
• Noelia Salas Muñiz – Account Manager at AIE (Spain)

3/ Underrepresented cultures : Between particularism and integration in the music industry

Venue : Mohammed VI Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art

Schedules: 12pm-1:30pm

Partners: International Music Council ; British Council

Moderator: Silja Fischer – IMC Secretary General (France-Germany)

Speakers:

• Mustapha Jlok – Anthropologist and professor (Morocco)
• Jubantouja – Amazighe artist (Morocco)
• Maria Claudia Parias – Batuta Fondation President (Colombia)
• Arnaud N’Gaza – Artist Jazz/Funk (Ivory Coast-Morocco)

1/ The Future of music creation in the age of artificial intelligence

Venue: Mohammed VI Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art

Schedules: 10am-11:30am

Partners: CISAC ; BMDA ; SACEM

Moderator: Victoria Nkong – Consultant and Event Producer (Nigeria)

Speakers :

• Samuel Sangwa – Directeur CISAC AFRICA (Rwanda)
• Habib Achour – Directeur Développement international de la SACEM (France)
• Mohammed Cherifi – Expert et Consultant en nouvelles technologies (Maroc)
• Jotam Matariro – CEO de CAPASSO (South Africa)

Masterclass : Spotify Written By : Live

Venue: Mohammed VI Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art

Schedules : 1am-3am

Partner: Spotify Arabia

Speakers :

• Kouz1 – Pop/Rap Artist (Morocco)

Masterclass Spotify For Artists

Venue: Mohammed VI Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art

Schedules: 15H30-17H

Partner: Spotify Arabia

Speakers:

• Naoufal El Amrani – Senior Manager for Artist and Label Partnerships at Spotify (Morocco)
• Mark Abou Jaoude – Head of Music Middle-East/North-Africa & South Asia at Spotify (Lebanon)