ILMC Futures Forum gears up for fifth edition
ILMC Futures Forum, the biggest gathering of young and emerging professionals working in the international live music industry, is returning for a fifth edition in 2025.
The one-day conference will take place at London’s Royal Lancaster Hotel on Friday 28 February 2025, the final day of the International Live Music Conference (ILMC).
More than 500 executives, including ILMC delegates, will explore the evolution of the live music business during the biggest-ever edition of Futures Forum.
Attendees can expect non-traditional conference formats, dynamic discussions, immersive workshops, mentoring opportunities, and TED-style ‘Soapbox’ presentations by thought leaders.
The agenda will once again be steered by a council comprising some of the brightest minds in the business, alongside affiliated associations, the ILMC agenda team and the IQ editorial team.
The 2025 flagship will capitalise on the success of Futures Forum’s 2024 satellite events, which included an artist development workshop hosted alongside MMF and a series of Soapbox Sessions curated alongside LIVE.
More than 500 executives will explore the evolution of the live music business during the biggest-ever edition of Futures Forum
Futures Forum has taken place in 2019, 2020, 2023 and 2024 featuring keynote interviews with Dua Lipa and her father Dugi, Team Mumford & Sons (Lucy Dickins, Ben Lovett and Adam Tudhope), Wasserman Music’s Marty Diamond and and Team Kilimanjaro Live (Stuart Galbraith, San Phillips and Alan Day).
The 2024 edition of Futures Forum included speakers such as Connie Shao (AEG Presents), Holly Rowland (Wasserman Music), Marc Saunders (The O2), Beckie Sugden (CAA), Sally Dunstone (Primary Talent), Vlad Yaremchuk (Atlas Festival), Niklas Magedanz (Goodlive Artists) and Kerem Turgut (All Things Live).
Futures Forum takes place as part of ILMC, which runs from 25-28 February 2025 at London’s Royal Lancaster Hotel.
The 37th edition will welcome around 2,500 live professionals to explore ‘current’ affairs, plumb the depths of the business, and chart the new waves of headliners, as they navigate the ever-changing seas of the live music industry.
Passes for Futures Forum 2025 start from £149 + VAT. For more information or to buy tickets, click here.
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