FastForward London announces new partners and speakers

FastForward’s latest instalment in London have extended their 16-strong line-up of industry speakers. The one-day event will take place on the 15 September 2017 at the British Library in Kings Cross.

New additions also include Dorothée Imhoff (FUGA) speaking on building the right digital team. Other industry figures include Kelly Bennaton (DHP Family), Phil Patterson (Music Specialist, Department for International Trade), Kellie While (Head of Creative, 7 Digital), Ellie Giles (Various Artist Management) and many more.

New partners announced for this year’s event are music technology company MQA (Master Quality Authenticated), as well as the Association of Independent Music (AIM) who will be joining existing partners Ticketmaster, Vevo, 7digital, Sherry Design and also Media Insight Consulting.

FastForward’s first event in 2017, which was held in Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ in Amsterdam, focused on exploring how audiences and industry experience and consume music and technology. To check out exactly what people learnt from the last conference, see TMN’s top takeaways.)  

FastForward London Speakers

- Alex Clough (Social Media Director, Splendid Communications)

- Bob Workman (SVP Partnerships, Warner Music)

- Charlie Andrew (BRIT Award-winning producer / Square Leg Records)

- Chloé Julien (CEO, Bandsquare, France)

- Chris Carey (CEO, Media Insight Consulting)

- Claudia de Wolff (VP, Creative Content & Programming, UK & International, Vevo)

- Farhana Aboo (Marketing Manager, AEI Media)

- Fiona Bevan (Singer-Songwriter; Ed Sheeran, One Direction)

- Kelly Bennaton (Senior PR & Marketing Coordinator, DHP Family)

- Merck Mercuriadis (CEO, Hipgnosis Music)

- Rebecca Stewart (Reporter, The Drum)

- Samantha Mandel-Dallal (Head of Content Insights, Spotify)

- Sean Adams (Social Media Producer, BBC 6 Music)

- Síofra McComb (Head of International Sales & Marketing, !K7, Germany)

- Stu Dredge (Contributing Editor, Music Ally)

- Sulinna Ong (VP, Artist Marketing, Deezer)