Proposals should be sent by email to: portomusical [at] portomusical.com.br with the following subject line: CONFERENCE PROPOSAL – (NAME OF PRESENTER)

How to submit a showcase proposal

In order to submit a showcase proposal, send an email to the organisers with the following information: (1) artist’s or band’s name, (2) number of participants, specifying their functions, (3) country of origin, (4) country of residence, (5) website, (6) short promotion information (one sentence), (9) detailed promotion information (100 to 150 words), (10) latest release, (11) record label contact (if any), (12) booking contact. In case the band is chosen to play at the Porto Musical, the organisers will provide for food and accommodation, venue, technical equipment, copyright and promotion. Taxes and travel costs should be covered by the artists and their partners.

Submissions should be sent by email to: portomusical [at] portomusical.com.br with the following subject line: SHOWCASE PROPOSAL – (NAME OF THE BAND)

1. Synchronization and strengthening of the independent ones – Maurício Tagliari (Brasil)
2. Pannel: Distribution – César Prado , Maurício Bussab e João Moreirão (Brasil)
3. Export through new channels of distribution: A challenge for the decade – Michel Perrin (França/Brasil)
4. Raggae Sunsplash – The transformation: local Festival to a Global Brand – Wayne Sinclair (Jamaica)
5. Music rebirth: the end of labels as we know them? – Brad Powel (EUA)
6. Rhythm Science – Paul Miller a.k.a. DJ Spooky (EUA)
7. Acess, Authorrship and autonomy: from netlabels to cooperatives. Na Outlook on entertainment micro industries – H.D. Mabuse (Brasil)
8. Pannel: Investing in product quality – Carlos de Andrade e Mate Lelo (Brasil)
9. Pannel: Musical presence: how to appear among a million songs – Pena Schimidt, Beni Goldnberg (Brasil)
10. Presenting and promoting brazilian music outside Brazil – Jack O´neil (EUA)
11. Go International! Go Global! How can a brand-new brazilian artist meet success outside Brazil? – Hanna Gorjaczkowska (Bélgica)
12. Publicity strategies for music that góes beyond cultures – Dmitri Vietze (EUA)
13. Lawyers, weapons and money – William Hochberg (EUA)
14. Monetising the Anarch: trading granularity for a Blanket – Peter Jenner (Reino Unido)
15. Pannel: independent music and solidarity economy festivals – Luciano Canez, Dione Manetti , Fabrício Nobre e Ary Moraes (Brasil)
16. Pannel: Public TV and Radio – Israel do Vale, Kiko Ferreira e Gabriel Priolli (Brasil)
17. Independent recording studios – a business outlook – João Augusto (Brasil)
18. World Music and digital music: Navigating in a changing market – Peter Jenner (Reino Unido)
19. Pannel: Support to brazilian music – Cláudio Jorge, Valéria Barros e Pedro Lapa (Brasil)
20. Pannel: Actions for the development of the productive chain of music – Demian Fiocca, Gilberto Gil, Paula Porta e Alfredo Manevy (Brasil)
21. The active listening – François Pachet (França)
22. Golden age of videoclip – Alexandre Matias (Brasil)
23. Pannel:  regional strategies for the promotion, diffusion and development of local culture industries – Agustina Peretti (Argentina) e Octavio Arbeláez (Colômbia)

SHOWCASES

Coletivo Rádio Cipó (Pará – Brasil)

Z´África Brasil (Rio de Janeiro – Brasil)

Axel Krieger (Argentina)

Cabruêra (Paraíba – Brasil)

Autoramas (Rio de Janeiro – Brasil)

Otto (Pernambuco – Brasil)

La Kinky Beat (Spain)

Axial (São Paulo – Brasil)

Vulgue Tostoi (Rio de Janeiro – Brasil)

Bossacucanova (Rio de Janeiro – Brasil)

Nation beat + Maracatu Estrela Brilhante (USA e Brasil)

Anis (France)

1. The future of independent Music – Brad Powell (EUA)
2. Southamerica, internet and music of the world – Jorge Maldonado (México)
3. Fostering the creative industries in Pernambuco and Brazil - José Carlos Cavalcanti (Brasil)
4. INEC- International Network e-Communities – Bas Boorsma (Holanda) orris (EUA)
5. The sampler and musical composition – Filipe Luna (Brasil)
6. Recording companies X móbile telecommunications– Gian Ucello (Brasil)
7. Exporting brazilian Music – Jerome Vonk (Brasil)
8. Exporting brazilian Music – Michel Nicolau / Sérgio Sá Leitão (Brasil)
9. TV and Rádio Cultura – Ney Messias (Brasil)
10. Excellent networking creates networks of excellence – Johannes Theurer (Alemanha)
11. Eyes on the Prize – The BBC Experience – Alex Webb (Reino Unido)
12. Tintin in Mangueland – Jeroen Revalk e Zjakki Willems (Bélgica)
13. Releasing foreign artists and labels in Brazil – Alexandre Teiman e Cláudio Silberberg (Brasil)
14. Envisioning and realizing cross cultural collaborations – Frank London (EUA)
15. Cultural diversity and the promotion of World Music – Jean-François Michel (França)
16. A guide to the brazilian music market – Marinilda Bertolete (Brasil)
17. Entertainment laws in Brazil – Débora Sztanjnberg (Brasil)
18. Foreign artists in Brazil – Toy Lima (Brasil)
19. Overmundo – Hermano Vianna (Brasil)
20. Digital Content on demand – Alecandre Matias e Fred Leal (Brasil)
21. Patterns, culture, content and digital convergence – Silvio Meira (Brasil)
22. Production on international tours – Iran Gomes (Brasil)
23. Metallica, Marilyn Manson and Silvério Pessoa – Peter Hvalkof (Dinamarca)
24. developing brazilian´s northeast music abroad since 90´s – Marc Régnier (França/Brasil)
25. Music for Spies – Fran Ilich (México)
26. Independent labels and festivals in Brazil – Fabrício Nobre e Rodrigo Lariú (Brasil)
27. Sucess of the Year of Brazil in France – Bruno Boulay (França/Brasil)
28. México: Gateway to the Américas, a performing arts encounter – bringing together ideas, people, network and resources from throughout the American Continent – Cristina King Miranda (México)
29. Doing music business in South Africa – David Alexandre (Alemanha)
30. Sesc São Paulo and the brazilian music scene – Mônica Carnieto (Brasil)
31. How to survive in the music industry– Gerald Seligman (EUA)
32. Successfully promoting artists in the digital world – Marc Benaiche (Brasil)
33. The past of the future – Lu Edmonds (EUA)
34. Conference speakers and you – Hosted by Geraldo seligman “Looking Ahead”. Guest: Lenine (EUA / Brasil)

SHOWCASES:

Virgínia Rodrigues (Bahia – Brasil)

Dj Mr. Bongo (United Kingdom)

Bumcello (França)

Alex Sant´Anna (Sergipe – Brasil)

Debayres (Argentina)

DJ Cliffy – Future World Of Funk (United Kingdom)

VJ Yellow (Pernambuco – Brasil)

Bonsucesso Samba Clube (Pernambuco – Brasil)

The Gift (Portugal)

DJs Guga de Castro e Marquinhos – Farra na Casa Alheia (Ceará – Brasil)

VJ Dowling (Paraíba – Brasil)

Isaar (Pernambuco – Brasil)

La Pupuña (Pará – Brasil)

Think Of One – Trafico (Belgium / Pernambuco- Brasil)

Dj Bruno Pedrosa (Pernambuco – Brasil)

VJ Victor (Paraíba – Brasil)

1. Digital distribution of music and on-line medias – Marc Benaiche (França)
2. The democratization of electronic music in the digital era  - Ady harley (Reino Unido)
3. Qualify your content – Stefanie Marcus (Alemanha)
4. Music is a form of life? – John Perry Barlow (EUA)
5. Digital distribution: A matter of changing habits or changing conduts? – Felippe Llerena (Brasil)
6. Into the Digital Groove – Marc Benaiche, Ady Harley, Stefanie Marcus, John Perry Marlow , felippe llerena
7. Musical Technology in Pernambuco – Geber Ramalho e Silvio Meira (Brasil)
8. How to succeed in the music business – Gerald Seligman (EUA) e Robert Urbanus (Reino Unido)
9. Caranguejos com cérebro: the Recife Manguescene – Hélder Aragão a.k.a DJ Dolores (Brasil)
10. Eletronic music in Brazil: A brief reporto n the evolution on the eletronic scene throught advertising agencies, clubs and festivals – Marcos Boffa (Brasil)
11. The music production chain in Brazil  - Luis Carlos Prestes Filho (Brasil)
12. Acquiring music licenses for online and móbile use. The european perspective – Dr. Jur. Martin Schaefer (Alemanha)
13. Technological Innovations and their effects on musical creation and copyright system -  Caio Mariano (Brasil)
14. The Creative Commons and the new forms of creative collaboration – Ronaldo lemos e Cláudio Prado (Brasil)
15. Touring Brazil with the Brazilian Music Guide – Bruno Boulay (França/Brasil)
16. Tax incentives in Brazil: A source os funds for music? – Cristiane Olivieri (Brasil)
17. Understanding music distribution in Brazil…Key issues from promotion to taxation– Eduardo Muszkat  (Brasil)
18. Releasing foreign artists (Carlos Eduardo Miranda (Brasil)
19. How to build a national music export Office – the experience of 1 year of German Sounds – Peter James (reino Unido / Alemanha)
20. Record Producers: cheaper yhan therapy? – Bem Mandelson (Reino Unido)
21. Swimming among sharks: Global strength for local labels– Bettina Schasse de Araújo (Alemanha)
22. Breaking brazilian music in the european market – Jenny Adlington e Jody Gillet (Reino Unido)
23. French festivals and the  year of Brazil – Bertrand de Laporte (França)
24. Best practices for entering the U.S. market via radio, print, television, e-commerce of digital downloads – Sean Barlow (EUA)
25. Independent labels in Brazil – A good way? – Silvio Pellacani (Brasil)
26. The current copyright challenge in Brazil – Fernando Yasbek (Brasil)
27. ABMI- The brazilian independent label network – Pena Schimidt (Brasil)
28. Re:Combo – Na experience in collective, decentralized and open creativity – H.D. Mabuse (Brasil)
29. The new music and cultural industries in China and Africa – Dagfinn Bach (Noruega)
30. Games: a soundtrack for music – André Araújo (Brasil)
31. Virtual figures? Sheet Music? Karaokê? How to make money through virtual music teaching on the internet – Américo Amorim (Brasil)
32. MSN Music na the Smithsonian Folkways archive – a music and technology collaboration – Jon Kertzer (EUA)
33. South-South cultural connections – Brazil and Southern Africa  - Roshnie Moonsammy (África do Sul)
34. Brazilian Music: the seductive global muse – Beco Dranoff (Brasil)
35. Punk meets global – Aki Nawaz (Paquistão/Reino Unido)
36. Booking foreign artists – Tônia Schubert (Brasil)
37. Impasses in musical coverage in the digital age – Israel do Vale (Brasil)
38. ses São Paulo´s music and market iniciatives – Paulo Casale (Brasil)
39. Is culture a business? The importance of Professional training in the culture market – Ary Scapin (Brasil)

SHOWCASES:

Samba de Côo Raízes de Arcoverde  (Pernambuco – Brasil)

Domenico +2 (Rio de Janeiro – Brasil)

Mei tei Sho (France)

Dj Dolores (Pernambuco – Brasil)

Maciel Salú e o Terno do Terreiro (Pernambuco – Brasil)

Helder Vasconcelos e Imaimaná (Pernambuco – Brasil e Colômbia)

Chico Correia e Eletronic Band (Paraíba – Brasil)

Re: Combo (Pernambuco – Brasil)

Orquestra Popular da Bomba do Hemetério (Pernambuco – Brasil)

Cabruêra (Paraíba – Brasil)

La Phaze e Manu Chao (France)

Aki Nawaz (United Kingdon)