11th European Forum on Music
8 - 10 June 2023, Budapest (HU)

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Thursday, 8 June

Friday, 9 June

Saturday, 10 June

Thursday, 8 June 2023

Location: House of Music Hungary

13:00     Registration and welcome coffee

14:00     Opening
               with

               Szuanna Zsalka, House of Music Hungary
               David Zsoldos, Papageno, JM Hungary, Hungarian Music Council
               Victoria Liedbergius, European Music Council
               Audrey Guerre, European Music Council
               Georg Häusler, European Commission (video message)


               Musical intermission
               Performers: Maxim Rysanov and Valentin Magyar

14:30     Keynote on "Concepts of Sustainability"
               by Matt Brennan, University of Glasgow

15:00     Panel discussion "Sustaining Music in Ukraine and beyond"
               with
               Mariana Bondarenko, Ukrainian Institute
               Olga Bekenshtein, Am I Jazz? Festival
               Dmytro Savkiv, 32 Jazz Club
               Alona Dmukhovska, Music Export Ukraine
               Moderator: Joanna Grotkowska, European Music Council

16:00     Coffee break

16:30     Project exchange session "Sustaining Music in practice"

17:30     End of sessions

20:00     Concert
               Performers: Ferenc Ségercz, Mohamad Zatari and Lehel Vitályos
                                     Komák Ensemble

Friday, 9 June 2023

Location: House of Music Hungary

09:00     Registration and welcome coffee

09:30     Introduction and Q&A to "Sustaining gender equity: our aim in the music sector"
               by
               Aysha Hussain, Keychange

              Panel discussion on "Sustaining gender equity: our aim in the music sector"
               with
               Gretchen Amussen, AEC/PRIhME
               Szonja Balogh, Karton Foundation/first.wave
               Martha Lomelí, JMI/Play it Loud
               Yohann Floch, Fresh Arts Coalition (FACE)/SHIFT
               Moderator: Victoria Liedbergius, European Music Council

11:00     Coffee break
               with info desk on EU funding with Gábor Mondik (CED Hungary)
               and Gábor Németh (CED Hungary)         

Parallel sessions - focus groups

11:30     Focus group I (Concert Hall)
               Safe spaces and events
               facilitated by Martha Lomelí
11:30     Focus group II (Dining room, 2nd floor)
               Intersectionality and underrepresented voices
               facilitated by Aysha Hussain
11:30     Focus group III (Library, 2nd floor)
               Gender balance across the music sector
               facililated by Szonja Balogh

12:30     Musical intermission
               Performers: Monika Ruth Vida and Kristóf Tóth

13:00     Lunch break - Etno Bistro
14:00     Coffee - Cafeteria in the House of Music
               with info desk on EU funding with Gábor Mondik (CED Hungary)
               and Gábor Németh (CED Hungary)
               and info desk on SHIFT eco-certificate with Ruth Jakobi (EMC)

14:30     Introduction on "Sustaining music in the digital arena"
               by Alfons Karabuda, IMC

              Panel discussion and Q&A "Sustaining music in the digital arena"
               with
               Alfons Karabuda, IMC
               Yvan Boudillet, Utopia Music
               Zahra Mani, ECSA
               Gerard Assayag, expert on AI
               Xavier Serra, Music Technology Group Universitat Pompeu Fabra

16:00     Coffee break - Cafeteria in the House of Music
               with info desk on EU funding with Gábor Mondik (CED Hungary)
               and Gábor Németh (CED Hungary)
               and info desk on SHIFT eco-certificate with Ruth Jakobi (EMC)

16:30    Info session "EU strategies and policies on music"
              with
              Tomasz Frankowski, Member of the European Parliament (video presentation)
              Susanne Hollmann, European Commission (video presentation)
              Benjamin Feyen, European Parliament Cultural Creators Friendship Group
              Michalis Karakatsanis, European Music Council

Parallel sessions

17:15     What do we envisage for Music Moves Europe?
               for national and local music organisations
               (Cafeteria, 1st floor)
               moderated by Katharina Weinert, European Music Council
17:15     What do we envisage for Music Moves Europe?
               for European music organisations
               (Library, 2nd floor)
               moderated by Simone Dudt, European Music Council

18:00     End of sessions

Location: The Workshop (Paulay Ede utca 16, 1061 Budapest)
20:00     MOST evening reception and concert
               Performing: Dina e Mel, Alice in WonderBand
               Welcome by Ruth Jakobi, EMC, and Klára Nagy, Hangvető