Australian Music Week, the Sydney-based music conference taking place over three days in November, has revealed the first round of speakers and delegates for its 2016 event.

AMW made a successful debut in 2015, and the conference of talks, industry pow-wows and showcases is returning to Cronulla this year with some heavyweights from Australia and overseas. Jed Hilly, the director of the Americana Music Association, will be there, as will Bluesfest director Peter Noble.

Key partners for AMW 2016 include theEast Coast Music Association (ECMA), Canadian Independent Music Association (CIMA) and BreakOut West presenting a Canadian Blast showcase, andShowcase Scotland Expo, which will host a reception.

The full list of industry delegates and speakers is:

Jed Hilly – Americana Music Association (US)
Peter Noble – Bluesfest
Andy McLean – East Coast Music Association (Canada)
Lisa Whytock – Showcase Scotland Exop/Active Events (UK)
Diesel – Mark Lizotte
Robyn Stewart / BreakOut West – Western Canadian Music Alliance (Canada)
Rod Yates – Rolling Stone
Iain Shedden – The Australian
Keith Welsh – Velocer
Stuart Coupe – Laughing Outlaw Records
Larry Heath – The AU Review
Zenon Els – Artist Network
Nathan Farrell – Nathan Farrell Entertainment
Edwin Tehrani – New World Artists
Troy Barrott – Hub Artist Services
Vanessa Picken – Comes with Fries
Basil Cook – Four / Four – ABC Music
John Zucco – The Right Profile
Peta Chew – ABC Music
Scott Mesiti – MJR Presents
Geoff Trio – Code One – Indica Australia
Aaron Girgis – Space 44 / Sounds of The Suburbs
Marshall Cullen – Damien Gerard / Foghorn Group
Luke Girgis – Shock Records / Be Like Children
Beth Deady – MGM
John Wardle – Live Music Office
Damian Cunningham – Live Music Office
Jon Howell – Rhythm Section
Geoff Bell – Laing Entertainment
Adrian Buckley – Wollombi Music Festival, Folk In Broke, Narara Music Festival
Chris Johnson – AMRAP
Phaedra Watts – Nannup Music Festival
Rob Scott – Source Music
Tracey Collier-Griffiths – Kick Music
David Sleishman – Sleishman Drums
Charlton Hill – Uncanny Valley
Daniel Antix – Def Wolf Music
Jamie Croft – Sofar Sounds
Justine Crowther – Fly By Night
Kyle Druery – Dinosaur Records
Paul Camkin – Waves
Peter Paterson – Perfect Pitch
Anthony Harrison – True Tone
Tony Cini – Blues Explosion

Photo: Ashley Mar

Australian Music Week 2016 takes over venues around Cronulla from Wednesday November 2 – Friday November 4.

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