Maddah and Chugg among speakers at inaugural Global Rock Summit

A new rock-focused conference created by A&R Worldwide President Sat Bisla is slated to debut this April in Hollywood.

The Global Rock Summit will be held at the famed Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel on April 4 and 5, with promoters AJ Maddah and Michael Chugg among the impressive list of speakers, which also includes Radio 1 DJ Dan Carter, Warner Bros Records (US) Senior A&R Vice President Jeff Sosnow, XFM’s Head of Music Mike Walsh, and PledgeMusic’s Head of Business Development John Lenac.

The introduction of the Global Rock Summit means that Bilsa’s A&R Worldwide now hosts four music-related conferences in Hollywood during April, with Musexpo, Worldwide Radio Summit, and the Global Synch and Consumer Brands Summit also being held during the month.