FastForward Amsterdam announces final speakers and full 2018 program

FastForward, the future-focused music business conference, has revealed its full 2018 Amsterdam program.

The Amsterdam leg will take place from February 15 to 16, before FastForward makes its much anticipated Australian debut in April.

14 new speakers have been confirmed as inclusions, taking the full speaker lineup to 50.

Keynotes will come from Live Nation Entertainment director of diversity and iclusion Genevieve O’Neil on ‘Diversity: Complacency, Confidence & Creativity’, professional rapper and manga author ShaoDow on ‘Artist Entrepreneurship’, Dr Jo Twist OBE on ‘Insight, Monetisation, and Strategies in the Gaming Sector’ and ex-Sky News’ Owen Braben on ‘The Future Of News’.

They’ll be joined by Catherine Luckhoff, Chris Evans, Chris Scott, Emmy Buckingham, Grazia Tribulato, Jess McCarten, Lara Baker, Leanne Joseph, Quirijn Smits, Russel Coultart, Sebastian Simone and Vaughn McKenzie as speakers.

Live Nation, Warner Bros Records, AEI Group, Deezer and Communion Music have also joined the speaker lineup.

The ‘FastFifteen’ segment is also returning, where experts will speak on specialist topics during a quick-fire presentation.

The full list of speakers and session details is available at FastForward Amsterdam’s official website.

The first round of speakers and for full details for FastForward Sydney was revealed in November last year.