Program

	MAY 23 THE CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
4:00 PM	Welcome Reception / Introduction An introductory speech on the motivations for initiating this congress. Martina Guzman and Dimitri Hegemann will give a short overview of the program for the rest of the day.
4:30 PM	Presentation Berlin Based Projects 7 organizations from Berlin’s creative industry / 8 mins for each project to introduce themselves WOMEX / Classic:NEXT / C3 Festival (Jennifer Dautermann) Das Musicboard (Katja Lucker) newthinking / re:publika (Andreas Gebhard) Electronic Beats (Max Dax) Club Commission (Lutz Leichsenring) Holzmarkt (Mario Husten) Tresor / Kraftwerk Berlin (Dimitri Hegemann)
6:00 PM	Break (refreshments and time to mingle/connect)
6:30 PM	Panel of the Detroit-Berlin Connection A moderated discussion panel will include Detroit based companies and projects, including: Martina Guzman, feature reporter and producer for WDET/National Public Radio and reporter for the award-winning Detroit-Berlin Connection series in 2011. Mike Huckaby, Detroit producer, DJ, Youthville Instructor, label owner of S Y N T H and Deep Transportation, Educator at the Detroit Public Library, Tresor artist Dominic Arellano, founder and executive director of Forward Arts Detroit. Cornelius Harris, label manager for the iconic Underground Resistance Records as well as founder of Alter Ego Management Francis Grunow, community and economic development advocate and consultant for New Solutions Group and Global Detroit. Moderator: Walter Wasacz, Detroit writer, editor, consultant (Model D / XLR8R ) The aim of this discussion is to bring projects and state institutions from each city together, for them to learn from each other. It will include general discussion of projects in Detroit that can benefit from examples in Berlin, as well as discussion on how to publicly finance new initiatives.
7:30 PM	Break
8:00 PM	Panel Continuation Summarizing the outcomes of the first part of the Panel and closing the talk with focusing on a joint project for both cities called the “the Living Archive for Electronica,” which includes the history of music in Detroit, from Motown to the present.
9:00 PM	Closing with food, drinks & music at MOCAD