AIM Event: Women In Entertainment
News: 15th April 2010 by Louise Dodgson under
In association with Midem
21st April 2010, 6-10pm, Cargo, London
AIM’s next event, taking place at Cargo in London on 21st April 2010, will celebrate the successes of women in the entertainment industry.
Women In Entertainment, held in association with Midem, will give women (and men!) the opportunity to hear from some of the entertainment industry’s most successful and influential women, as well as the chance to meet, network and drink.
Despite notable female successes in the entertainment industry, recent research conducted by the Cultural Leadership Programme found that male leaders in the creative industries outnumbered female leaders by two and a half to one in 2009. This event will examine this imbalance and explore ways to address this.
The event will feature opening remarks from:
• David Worthington - Acting Chairman of Creative & Cultural Skills, Chairman Media Square
• Alison Wenham - Chairman and CEO of AIM
• Ana Vogric Martinez - Worldwide Director, Sales & Business Development, Midem (Event Sponsor)
There will also be well as panels and interviews featuring some of the industry’s top women. Sessions will include:
In Conversation With Geoff Travis & Jeannette Lee – Owners of Rough Trade
The iconic label, retailer and indie story that is Rough Trade has been associated with Geoff Travis for 35 years. Few people know that Jeannette Lee is co-founder and long-term business partner of Geoff, who attributes much of Rough Trade’s success to her. This is the first time Geoff and Jeannette have been interviewed together about their partnership, and will be unmissable.
Women in Independent Music
In recent years AIM’s Board of Directors, voted for by the membership, has evolved from an all male group to a more diverse and representative collection of music industry entrepreneurs, including 5 women. How has this reinvigorated the Board and impacted on AIM and the independent music sector as a whole? Could all companies and organisations benefit from moving away from the all-male look?
Moderated by AIM’s Alison Wenham, speakers include:
• Julie Weir - Visible Noise
• Natalie Judge - Matador Records
• Kerry Harvey-Piper - Red Grape Records
• Doug D’Arcy - Songlines
Closing remarks will be from Maria Kempinska, founder of comedy and music empire Jongleurs.
The event will finish with networking drinks, giving attendees the chance to make new contacts over complimentary drinks.
The event will be held from 6-10pm on 21st April 2010 at Cargo, 83 Rivington Street, London, EC2A 3AY.
This event is open to anyone working in the music and entertainment industries, book via the AIM website - www.musicindie.com via the Events section.
Tickets are £15 for AIM members, £30 for non-members. Drinks are included in the price. Men are welcome (and encouraged) to attend!
About Our Sponsor:
Midem
Midem is the one place for the world’s music community to make connections, source business, find solutions and gain knowledge. Meet professionals from the recording, publishing, digital, live music, images & brands and artist management sectors.
7200 professionals, 3200 companies, 78 countries, 400 journalists
MIDEM: 23-26 January 2011, MidemNet: 22-26 January 2011
www.midem.com
About AIM
AIM is a trade body established in 1999 to represent the UK independent music industry. Now in its 10th year, AIM acts for over 90% of the independent market, with over 800 members from small start-ups to the largest and most respected independents in the world. AIM promotes this exciting and diverse sector globally, leveraging the sector’s power as a fifth major to enable members to grow, grasp new opportunities and break into new markets.
The independent sector regularly accounts for 30% of all UK artist album awards (silver, gold, platinum/multi-platinum). In 2009, independent albums made up half of the fifty “best albums of the year” according to the UK music press, and independents claimed seven of the top ten releases. This confirms the sector’s undoubted lead in A&R.
Artists signed to AIM member labels include: Adele, Animal Collective, Arctic Monkeys, Basement Jaxx, Big Pink, Bjork, Bloc Party, Bon Iver, Coldcut, Fleet Foxes, Franz Ferdinand, Friendly Fires, Future of the Left, Grizzly Bear, Jack Penate, Jarvis Cocker, Jay Sean, Justice, Katie Melua, Lost Prophets, M.I.A., Maximo Park, Mr. Scruff, Radiohead, Reverend And The Makers, Rodrigo Y Gabriela, Roots Manuva, Royksopp, Sufjan Stevens, Super Furry Animals, The Cribs, The Futureheads, The Horrors, The Prodigy, The Raconteurs, The Strokes, The White Stripes, Vampire Weekend, Wild Beasts, The XX and thousands of others.
www.musicindie.com
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