The people behind Pixies, The Smiths, The Strokes, Alt-J, Years and Years, Paolo Nutini and more are some of the men and women who'll be attending next month's HWCH Conference Ireland.

Weekend tickets to the conference, including the opening networking night are on sale now (priced €25.00 for conference only or €55.00 for conference & live showcases).
On Thursday 28th September, the opening night, a targeted industry networking event will take place in the Chocolate Factory where all the international delegates will have the chance to meet with their Irish counterparts and artists perfoming at and attending the HWCH conference. (This is free to all musicians with a Breaking Tunes profile, advance booking is essential).

This opening Conference event will feature two keynote interviews from visiting international industry. The first is with John Seabrook from the New Yorker and author of the bestseller The Song Machine: Inside The Hit Factory. And secondly, Richard Jones, owner of Key Music Management Ltd. who manage artists worldwide including Pixies, Agnes Obel, Dead Can Dance and more. Tickets to attend this opening network event are included in the price of purchase of the conference ticket. Find out more here and see below for the latest additions.

Today’s additions:

Fiona McGugan -Music Manager’s Forum (MMF) UK
Dawn Barger -Post Hoc Management
Jennifer Lyon -MeanRed Productions /Brooklyn Electronic Music Festival
Sean Adams -Drowned in Sound /Social Media Producer at BBC 6 Music
Darren Hemmings -Motive Unknown
Bilge Morden - Creative Artists Agency
Eric Cazes -POP Montreal
Alumudena Heredero -Primavera Pro
Sophie Roberts -13 Artists Agency
Richard Jones -Key Music Management Ltd, manages Pixies, Agnes Obel, Dead Can Dance
Gary Welch - Film Music Supervisor /Eyehear
Steve Farris - 13 Artists Publishing
Tom Bownes -Live Nation. Tom works at Live Nation promoting mostly new acts and feeds directly into The Great Escape
Hilary Saunders - Paste Magazine
Phil Harrison - freelance culture journalist, contributes to The Guardian, The Quietus
Lynden Campbell - Domino Publishing

They will join:

John Seabrook -The New Yorker
Martin Hewett - On The Beach
Ryan Leas - Stereogum
Claire Southwick - Primitive Management, MMF UK
Erika Elliott - City Parks, SummerStage New York City
Andrea Madden - Made In Chelsea sync, Monkey Kingdom
Geoff Travis -Rough Trade
Will Vincent - Prescription PR
Dominic Bastyra -Wake The Town, Theodore
Mikey B. Rishwain - M for Montreal
Ruth Barlow - Beggars Group
Philip Taggart – BBC Radio 1, Vevo
Casper Mills - SXSW
Evelyn Sieber - Reeperbahn
Lisa Hresko - A2IM
Marc Ventosa -Last Tour
Oskar Strajn - ESNS
Sarah Besnard - ATC
Jason Edwards, CODA
Laura Parker - Freelance
Darryn King - Freelance

A comprehensive schedule of panels, workshops, masterclasses and speed sessions will be released shortly .