Going Global

More international speakers have been confirmed for New Zealand's Going Global 2026.

Going Global Music Summit, Aotearoa’s biggest music industry event, has revealed the final lineup for thr 2025 event. 

Independent Music New Zealand and the NZ Music Commission have revealed the first international speakers for Going Global Music Summit 2025. 

Mastering the ever-expanding worlds of streaming and social media are essential skills in today’s music business – but don’t lose sight of the more traditional media platforms either.

With self-releasing becoming an increasingly popular option for new artists, is there still a need for indie labels?

Before NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern had even finished her address at Going Global, one US delegate had already asked if she had a clone to lead America, and an artist had given her his band T-shirt and apologised for the "naked figure on the front".

Australia's contingent grows for Going Global in New Zealand.

Musicians should always be thinking about how they can license their work to other media according to The Sound Pound founder Tyler McLoughlan.

The Going Global 2018 speaker line-up includes Chapter Music co-founder Ben O’Connor, BIGSOUND's Maggie Collins, Seventh Street Media's Poppy Reid and Unknown Mortal Orchestra's Ruban Nielson.