Speaker lineup for the first European edition of Tomorrow Comes Today partially unveilled

The Speaker lineup for the first European edition of Tomorrow Comes Today (TCT) is currently in development. However, there are already featured speakers to the panels of this international music conference that will take place in Porto, in October 2017, on the 12th and 13th.

The event, organised in partnership with BBC Music, will bring together prominent experts and stars from the world's music industry, namely Simon Raymonde, who was already part of the Cocteau Twins and today runs the publishing house Bella Union; also Jon Eades, head of the new technologies and innovation department of the famous Abbey Road Studios, in London.

Also confirmed are Yale Evelev (from Luaka Bop, publisher founded by David Byrne), James Stirling (from BBC Music), Josh Saunders (from Warner Music UK), Chris Sharp (the contemporary music programmer at the Barbican Centre), Richard Kivel (MIT technology specialist) and Beatie Wolfe (singer-songwriter, author of the first app of a virtual reality album).

The conferences main stage will be the Customs building in Porto and the panel "Music meets Sports" will be hosted at Museu of FC do Porto.

This huge event of world music will hold sessions engaging world class speakers on topics such as music tech innovations, reforming streaming and licencing regulations.

Influential bands, labels, managers, publishers, promoters, entrepreneurs, investors and brands will discuss the present and imagine the future of music.

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