2015 Convention Speakers
Alex Kerr-Wilson
Co-founder, Discovery Talent
Davy Wales
PPL
Lester Dales
Dales Evans Chartered Accountants
Shain Shapiro
Sound Diplomacy
Alex Knight
A&R, FatCat Records
David Balfour
Record of the Day
Lorraine McCauley
Musician
Stephen Jones
Talent Consultant, X Factor
Beverley Whitrick
Director, Music Venue Trust
Derk Van Der Woude
YouTube
Monika Satkova
Pohoda Festival
Vic Galloway
BBC Radio Scotland
Caroline Sewell
Musicians' Union
Jake Beaumont-Nesbitt
IMMF
Nick Roberts
Co-founder, Electric Fields Festival
Chris Tams
British Phonographic Industry
Cecile Communal
Agent, 2 For The Road
Keith Harris
PPL / Artist Manager
Nicola Meighan
Music Journalist
Michael Lambert
Director, Born To Be Wide
Claire Sawers
Music Editor, The List
Keren McKean
We Make Music Work
Peter Gregson
Musician / Composer
Olaf Furniss
Director, Born To Be Wide
Previous Wide Days Speakers
Alan McGowan (ILMC & MAMA) * Alex Knight (FatCat Records) * Ally McCrae (BBC Radio 1) * Andrew Dubber (Birmingham City University) * Andy Carr (The Kids Are Solid Gold) * Andy Zondervan (Buma/Sterma) * Anna Hildour (Nordic Music Export) * Anny Deery (Inner Ear) * Bruce Findlay (Manager, Simple Minds) * Caroline Winn (Hebrides Ensemble) * Cathie Rae (Scottish Jazz Federation) * Claire Thompson (Music Lawyer) * Dan Millington (PPL) * Dave Corbet (Promoter, DF Concerts & T in the Park) * Dave Hook (Stanley Odd) * David Balfour (Record of the Day) * David McGinnis (Mute Song Publishing) * Davie Gardner (Atlantic Edge Music) * Dawn Barraclough (Music Lawyer) * Donald MacLeod (CPL Entertainment Group) * Dougal Perman (Inner Ear / Walking Heads) * Ellie Giles (Jigsaw Management) * Euan Robertson (Photographer, NME) * Findlay Napier (Singer-songwriter) * Gavin Bain (The Great Hip-Hop Hoax) * Grant Dickson (Two Thumbs Management) * Hannah Currie (MILK Glasgow) * Helen Chalmers (Wickerman Festival) * Huw Williams (Soundtrack Film Festival) * Jamie Gilmour (Artist Manager) * Jamie Webster (Instinctive Racoon) * Jannica Honey (Music photographer) * Jason Edwards (Booking Agent, Coda) * Jay Taylor (Promoter, The Ruby Lounge) * Jeff Thompson (Un-Convention) * Jennifer Hunter (Musicians' Union) * Kai Robole (Waterfall Music Publishing) * Katie McPhee (Eventbrite) * Keith Harris (Manager, Stevie Wonder) * Keren McKean (We Make Music Work) * Malcolm Lindsay (Composer) * Mark Williamson (Director, Spotify) * Martyn Boyle (Club Fandango/Fierce Panda Records) * Matthew Young (Song, By Toad Records) * Mike Bailie (Manager, The 1990s) * Mike Jardine (Rare Management) * Mike Shorter (University of Dundee) * Murray Buchanan (Music Lawyer) * Neil Cooper (The Herald) * Nicola Meighan (The Herald) * Nigel McCune (Musicians' Union) * P.C Rae (Slottsfjell, Norway) * Pete Irvine (Hogmanay Edinburgh) * Peter Dyson (London Metropolitan University) * Rab Andrew (Manager, Texas & Primal Scream) * Richard Cassar (Un-Convention) * Rob Howell (Bluemungus) * Robert Hicks (Rockness, Belladrum) * Ruth Daniel (Un-Convention) * Sarah Liversedge (Bucks Music Group) * Scott Cohen (Founder, The Orchard) * Shannon Davies (Rock n Roll Marathon) * Shaun Arnold (GoNorth) * Steve Mayall (Music Ally) * Steven Fisher (Music Lawyer) * Tommy Perman (FOUND) * Vic Galloway (BBC Radio Scotland) * Will Page (Director of Economics, Spotify)