In The City organisers have announced details of key seminar themes and guest speakers set to appear at this year's conference later this month. Producer and owner of Whitfield Street Studios, Robin Millar, will deliver the Mature Monday keynote on 20 Sep, whilst In The City co-founder Anthony Wilson will interview songwriter Guy Chambers on 21 Sept. Other panel sessions and guests include:
Now I'm a Manager: Marc Marot, Harry Magee, Howard Berman, Paul Conroy and Paul Burger.
The Darkness Story: Korda Marshall (record company boss), Andy Hart (press officer), Marc Brown (plugger), Pete Thompson (distributor and investor). The panel will be moderated by David Owen, The Darkness's biographer.
Keeping It Real: Wayne Hector (Westlife, Pop Idol), Ricky Ross (Deacon Blue, Ronan Keating) and John McLaughlin (Busted, Five).
The Producer Panel: Liam Watson, Dave Eringa, Owen Morris, Mark Hill and Greg Haver discuss the way their craft has evolved in recent times.
How Do We Improve The 10% Hit Rate? Hugh Goldsmith (Atomic Kitten, Blue, Natalie Imbruglia) and Nick Raymonde (Take That, Cooper Temple Clause).
The Mature A&R Panel: Paul Conroy, Mike Pickering and Dave Robinson. The moderator will be Nick Stewart.
Where Have All The Music Journalists Gone? Everett True, John Robb and Casper Llewellyn Smith.
Testing 1, 2 - The Licensing Act in 2005: Feargal Sharkey delivers the keynote.
The Radio Explosion: Mark Goodier moderates a panel looking at the massive growth in UK radio stations in recent times and how this affects both the radio landscape as a whole and the music industry. Former plugger turned record company boss Guy Holmes joins programmer Richard Park, amongst others, to examine the issues.
More, as always, at http://www.inthecity.co.uk