If you are a brand owner do you want to bring your brand to life with music? If you are a music maker do you want to meet top brands and explore what you can do to raise the profile of your music? If this sounds like you then Music & Brands is the conference to steer you in the right direction. Music & Brands, brought to you by Music Week magazine, is a new addition to the conference options available to you. However, it is unique in giving you the hows, where's and why's of bringing the music and brands sectors together.

Music brings a product to life, stirs emotions and alters perceptions in a unique way. It can differentiate a brand in a heartbeat - if you get it right. Music & Brands will show you how to get it right and put you in the room with a range of like-minded individuals who can show you the way.

Special Features

• The keynote address delivered by pop impresario and entrepreneur, Lou Pearlman.
• Practising what we preach - music branding Music & Brands. Music & Brands will feature unique music designed for us by Delicious Digital
• The Music and Brands Toolkit. This is more than your average conference proceedings. From a map of music rights to case studies and a glossary of terms, the Toolkit is almost worth the entrance fee alone! The Toolkit will be loaded onto a USB key and will be available within the delegate bag.
• The Evening reception will feature performances from The Automatic, The Young Knives and Richard Hawley with Radio One's Rob Da Bank DJing.

The audience will be a mixture of:

The venue for the inaugural event is The Landmark Hotel in London and the date to put in your diary is Wednesday 19th July. Early bird discounts are available now. Don't miss it.

The event is a day long event incorporating up to a dozen conference sessions. Speakers will represent both sectors. Look out for Robbie Williams' Manager, Tim Clark, Michael Jackson's Business Manager, Guy Holmes and on the brand side, Carling, Nokia, T-Mobile and Vodafone. Bands will be showcased throughout the day in video slots and will be invited to play live during the evening reception. Lunch, coffee and evening refreshments will be provided. So, Music & Brands will be an entertaining as well as educational experience with the chance to network forming a core part of the day.

Forget the stereotype of a conference as a day of PowerPoint tedium. Music & Brands will be based around the premise of interactivity, delivering networking opportunities and live music alongside knowledge gathering, talking head segments and video spots where delegates will be able to register interest by mobile phone.

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The opportunities and challenges that come with music and brands partnerships 

• What a brand looks for in a perfect music partner 
• Managing the artist relationship 
• Whether the emerging digital channels change the dynamics of the music/brand relationship 
• Targeting signed vs unsigned acts

For the full programme click on the programme button on the top tool bar.

Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

Both the Chartered Institute of Marketing and the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising are offering CPD hours for delegates attending Music & Brands. So, as well as being packed full of useful information the event can contribute to employee development at every level.

Enjoy yourself

Music & Brands is about bridging the knowledge gap between brand owners and music makers. It's also about introductions and making new contacts. Registration, morning coffee, lunch and the evening reception are all excellent opportunities to meet existing contacts and generate new ones.

Your next big idea could be at Music & Brands.

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