Wallifornia, the MusicTech hub based in Liège (Belgium) is embarking on a tour to build international bridges. First stop : Barcelona !
About this Event
Digital transformation is picking up in Wallonia/Belgium. Already known for its world class festivals, the Region has now become an international Musictech Hub, thanks to major players such as Wallifornia, Les Ardentes and LeanSquare but also a bunch of creative startups. Supported by public funded initiative Digital Wallonia, Wallifornia is embarking on a tour to build international bridges.
First stop : Vibrant Barcelona!
PROGRAM
13:00 - 16:00 ONE-TO-ONE MEETINGS VC – STARTUPS
16:00 - MEETUP
16:15 - Intro KEYNOTE
16:30 – SHARING VISIONS
- Panel : Investing in Music (John Acquaviva @ Plus8 Equity; Xavier Péters @ LeanSquare ; Adriana Freitas @ Muster Ventures; Moderated by Joan Jofra @ 4YFN)
- Panel: Festival & Tech (Jean-Yves Reumont @ Les Ardentes ; Daniel Flechter @ Primavera Sound; Moderated by Yvan Boudillet @ TheLynk
- Panel: Music Ecosystem (Ventura Barba @ Sonár; Sara Herrlin @ STHLM Music City; Gerome Vanherf @ Wallifornia MusicTech; Moderated by Azucena Mico @ Sound Diplomacy
18:00 – STARTUP COMPETITION
6 startups from Catalunya and 3 from Wallonia (Belgium)
- Prize for Catalan Start-up : invitation to the Wallifornia MusicTech Acceleration Program in 2020
- Prize for Walloon Start-up : 2x Delegate tickets + 1x pitching/demo slot at xside Hub
Our Jury (Mireia Madroñero Tarraco @ ICEC / John Acquaviva @ PlusEight / Joana Fusté @ Barcelona Tech City / Turo Pekari @ Teosto Futures Lab / Xavier Peters @ Noshaq - LeanSquare / Gerome Vanherf @ Wallifornia MusicTech)
MusicTech startup? Apply now to be part of it !
8:00 – 10:00 PM SHOWCASE – COCKTAIL – NETWORKING
- HLO Playground Showcase
- John Acquaviva DJ set
ORGANIZERS
- WALLIFORNIA MUSICTECH
Wallifornia is a sunny MusicTech hub based in Liège (Belgium), where startups, music professionals, investors, developers and hackers develop together the future of the music industry.
www.walliforniamusictech.com / www.lesardentes.be
- LEANSQUARE
LeanSquare‘s is a seed and pre-seed (From 25k€-500k€) investment fund that invests in digital startups. For now, the fund has already co-invested around 60 millions € in around 60 startups.
www.noshaq.be / www.leansquare.be
- DIGITAL WALLONIA / WALLONIA EXPORT - INVESTMENT
Wallonia is the Southern Region of Belgium. As a digital strategy, platform and brand, "Digital Wallonia" sets the framework for all of the Walloon Government’s actions in terms of digital transformation.
Wallonia Export-Investment, the Trade Promotion Agency of the Government of Wallonia is supporting "Digital Wallonia" in its international endeavors.
https://www.digitalwallonia.be/en - http://en.investinwallonia.be/
- THE LYNK
THELYNK is an advisory company dedicated to connect the dots between Creative Industries & Startups with a focus on Music.