Stuart Fleming is the Senior Manager of Writer Relations in Scotland & Northern Ireland for PRS for Music. With a background as a songwriter & producer, Stuart has worked for both major and independent record labels, an independent publisher and in artist management. Stuart’s role as Senior Relationship Manager at PRS oversees the relationship and royalty distribution assurance for many of the most successful Scottish and Irish songwriters and composers of the modern era…

Hannah Peel is a Northern Irish artist, composer, producer and broadcaster. Her solo record career includes the shortlisted 2021 Mercury Music Prize electronic album, Fir Wave; 2016's Awake But Always Dreaming, which became an ode to her grandmother’s mind as she lived with dementia; and the space-themed Mary Casio: Journey to Cassiopeia, scored for synthesisers and a 30 piece colliery brass band. Peel navigates synthesisers, electronics, classical orchestral work, hand punched music boxes and unique sound world compositions for TV and film as well as her own solo albums. Following her Emmy-nominated score for Game Of Thrones...

Deepa Mann-Kler is CEO Neon; Director Belfast XR Festival; Visiting Professor in Immersive Futures Ulster University, Artist and member BAFTA Connect. Neon harnesses the power of immersive technologies to create authentic augmented and virtual reality narrative driven experiences. As Director and Producer, Neon has won multiple awards most lately with Discover ME. Neon launched AR Peace Wall and AR Street Art apps freely available on iOS and Play Store. A TEDx speaker…

Ciaran Scullion is the Head of Music & Opera at the Arts Council of Northern Ireland where he leads the support and development of the NI music sector at home and abroad. An award-winning musician and arts manager he is a sought after artistic advisor to key cultural institutions in the UK and Ireland.

Bekah Molony is an artist manager, music booker and creator, who is motivated to see positive changes within the spaces that she occupies. Currently she manages rapper Celaviedmai and Neo-Soul duo Negro Impacto, while working with multiple artists from a mentor / booking capacity. Bekah also books contemporary urban / electronic lineups…

Westley is a Grants and Programmes Manager at the PRS Foundation, working across The Open Fund for Music Creators, the Open Fund for Organisations, The International Showcase Fund, and the Oram Awards. Before joining the PRS Foundation he was the International Coordinator at the New Zealand Music Commission helping to launch and grow the international careers of a diverse range of artists…

Séamas is a writer from Derry. He has weekly columns in the Observer and Irish Examiner and is also features editor of London satirical magazine The Fence. His first book ‘Did Ye Hear Mammy Died?’ was named Biography of The Year at the 2022 Irish Book Awards. He has written for the New York Times, The Guardian, The Irish Times, and BBC Radio 4, and has been conducting talks for AVA Festival for five years.

Dylan Murphy is a journalist, broadcaster, podcast host, manager and taste maker from Belfast. Operating as Head of Content at District Magazine in Dublin, he oversees live events across the country, documents alternative culture in Ireland and has interviewed acts like slowthai, JPEGMAFIA, Annie Mac, Arlo Parks, Mike Skinner and more. He also manages fellow Belfast native and rising teenage producer WhipItConall…

Chris Cooke is co-Founder and MD of CMU, a company that helps people navigate and understand the music business. It does this through media like the CMU Daily bulletin, Setlist podcast and CMU Library; consultancy unit CMU Insights; and future talent programme CMU:DIY. Via CMU, Chris writes, talks, teaches and consults about the music industry. He also programmes the core conference strands at The Great Escape showcase festival and wrote the ‘Dissecting The Digital Dollar’ book and ‘Music Copyright Explained’ guide…

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Sarah McBriar is the Founder & Creative Director of AVA & UP Productions, specialising in large-scale festival and conference creation, production design and programming across the audio, visual arts (AVA) sector.

Sarah’s experience and passion for the sector this year earned her a nomination for the title of ‘Underground Hero’ in DJ Mag’s Best of British Awards for notably promoting the music sector, while her creation AVA has been described as ‘A cultural catalyst’ - The Independent , ‘Ireland’s most innovative electronic music festival’ – The Irish Times, ‘One of the top ten city music festivals in the UK’ – The Guardian , ‘One of the world’s most exciting electronic festivals’ - Mixmag

With over 12 years’ experience across the live entertainment, events and cultural sector, Sarah focuses on concept creation, production design, producing and fundraising for live events. She has partnered with a number of high profile brands including the BBC, Avant Arte, Boiler Room and Broadwick Live.

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Phil Jones is Vice President of Artist Management at MNRK Music Group who manage the careers of Ailbhe Reddy, Pitbull, Powfu, Yumi Zouma, waterbaby and more.

Channeling the music of her ancestors, Clare Sands is a unique force in Irish music. Weaving traditional roots with Contemporary sounds and influences, Sands sings for the young and the old, brave and the bold. A 6th generation fiddler & bilingual singer, Sands has been wowing audiences around the world with her groundbreaking fearless folk style and infinite warrior energy. These electrifying live performances see Clare on fiddle, guitar, percussion, vocals & cassette recordings. An unmissable & raw live performer, she brings her audience on an exhilarating journey of celebration, resilience and hope. Throughout 2021 Clare collaborated with Ireland’s finest Folk & Traditional musicians – Susan O'Neill, Steve Cooney & Tommy Sands, BRÍDÍN & Liam Ó Maonlaí. This unique project ‘Tírdhreacha agus Fuaimdhreacha’ was described by The Folk Show, BBC2 as ‘Hypnotic, Tribal, and Full of Life.'

Tony Arthy is the founder of brand and music partnerships agency Worn Out Creative based in London. He started the agency in 2008 after having worked in marketing, pr and entertainment for multiple action sports distribution companies and brands including Insight, Paul Frank, RVCA, Vestal Watches and Atticus clothing. Tony’s worked with hundreds of bands including Coldplay, The Prodigy, Oasis & Muse…

Hannah Gibson is Northern Ireland’s very own Engagement Officer for Help Musicians. In her role she advises and supports artists who are interested in applying for our funding or knowing more about the charity. You can find her based in the Help Musicians hub on the second floor of the Oh Yeah Music Centre. In her free time, Hannah also co-runs Soup Ink Co-op, which allows her to obtain insight on the ground across Belfast's creative scenes.