Delegates

Creative Arts Manager, The Ark Children’s Cultural Centre.

Graduated from Louis Lumiere's school (French school for cinema and broadcasting industry) in sound engineering, Alexis Pawlak began his carreer at le Periscope as sound technician and stage manager …

Alice Rouffineau has been running cultural and educationnal programmes at Périscope venue in Lyon for four years now.  She coordinates projects involving musicians and people of all kinds (children, seniors …

Curator and CEO of G Livelab Tampere

Cultural projects manager.

Marketing Director of Improvised Music Company (IMC) in Dublin. 

Communication manager for different concert venues in Lyon (France).

Promotor, co-funder of the Druga Godba organisation, director for jazz & world music at Cankarjev Dom (Ljubljana), member of Europe Jazz Network. 

Producer, concert tour manager, promotor, founder of Vapaat äänet. 

Founder and Music Programmer of the "Pardon, To Tu" club in Warsaw.

Musicologist and cultural professional. Since January 2018 she is Head of production of the International Music Festival DRUGA GODBA in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Jazz Danmark.

Writer, editor in chief for the web magazine salt-peanuts.eu, former editor in chief for the Norwegian jazz magazine Jazznytt, board member of several jazz festivals.

Freelance music journalist, reviwer, translator, musician and rhythm teacher. Since the beginning of 2019 he is Editor in Chief of the German print magazine JAZZTHETIK.

Managing Director, Nasjonal jazzscene – Victoria, Oslo.

Karolina Juzwa – coordinator in the Wytwórnia Foundation, manager of the Wytwórnia venue.

Artistic Director of Improvised Music Company (IMC), Ireland’s leading promoter of jazz & ethnic music and a dedicated resource organisation for Irish jazz musicians.

An improvising artist and composer immersed in the jazz and improvised music scene. Whether as a performer, teacher or a producer, her passion lies in the strength of improvised music …

Maaike Wuyts runs the Aubergine Artist Management agency based in Brussel, offfering management, production, promotion, administrative and tour support to some of Belgium’s most talented jazz artists.

An arts broker and creative producer.

Institute of Culture Katowice / Europe Jazz Network.

Mary Wakelam Sloan manages the Jazz Programme at Town Hall Symphony Hall, Birmingham presenting a year round range of concerts and talent development programmes. At Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, Mary holds …

 An alternative and jazz music curator, promotor at Adam Mickiewicz Institute.

Unbound musics presenter essayist; radio broadcasting expert; columnist; alternative theorist

Head of PR and promotion of the Druga Godba festival.

Head manager of the Vortex Jazz Club in London, and label manager at babel label, Oliver Weindling is an inspiring figure on the european scene. 

One of the founders of the Periscope, jazz club and creative artistic scene in Lyon, France. 

Artistic Director of the Jazztopad Festival in Wroclaw, Poland, curator of Improvised Contemporary Music and Jazz at Pierre Boulez Saal in Berlin.

Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia.

Composer, trombonist and leader of nine-piece brass band outfit Young Pilgrims.

French musician, arranger, composer and improviser, with a unique style and artistic will. In 2017, he set up the 4000 company. 

The president of Helsinki Jazz which runs jaZZanti concert series in Helsinki.

Jazz Cerkno program director.

Musician, creating in the field of street theatre, music and vocal performances.

Production manager at AJC (Association Jazzé Croisé).

Programme Adviser to the Cheltenham Jazz Festival and Jazzlines.