WISE - The Future Festival & Think Tank

07/09/2024

It´s a wrap!

The inaugural edition of New Visions For Music & Sound ended yesterday in Berlin.

To be honest, if someone had asked me just two weeks ago how I imagined NEW VISIONS would turn out, I never would have guessed that more than 1100 brilliant visitors would show up from all over the & world to network and share their inspiring stories, products and meaningful business insights.

From the moment we opened the doors at 10 a.m. on Thursday, people were lining up, and we could immediately feel the immense positive energy flowing into the Pfefferberg area.

That energy lasted throughout the entire two days and continues even now with all the great feedback we’re receiving.

I feel truly humbled by the entire experience, which, of course, would not have been possible without a fantastic team, the support of Senatsverwaltung für Wirtschaft, Energie und Betriebe & Michael Biel, Initiative Musik & Music Tech Europe Academy (Anna Zòò you rock!) and, most importantly, YOU, the speakers, startups, and guests!

Once again, thank you so much. We will continue our work with WISE - The Future Festival & Think Tank. More soon. Enjoy your weekend!

PS: You can still watch the panels on the theater stage on our website https://newvisions.berlin/

Fotos: Tim Tyson

06/09/2024

While we are starting day two of NEW VISIONS For Music & Sound here some fotos from yesterday. It´s not too late to join.
Here you can see the full program (and join us on the livestream if you can´t make it here physically) : www.newisions.berlin

04/09/2024

⏱ In less than 24 hours, we kick off the first edition of New Visions For Music & Sound

After over 6 months of preparation we finally make this happen.

Too many people to thank for all their work (a few of them you can see in my late post) but for now I´m looking forward to all the amazing speakers, startups and sound installations who will grace our three stages.

Because of you, everybody will leave NEW VISIONS inspired. 🙌

The next two days are going to be incredible. There is still a few tickets left if you want to enjoy the action (and some networking breakfast and free drinks).

Here is the full program: www.newvisions.berlin

In case, you can't be physically present, you can watch the live stream of the Theater Stage here: https://newvisions.berlin/live-stream/

03/09/2024

When I started WISE - The Future Festival & Think Tank in 2018 at UCCA, Beijing’s pioneering contemporary art museum, I wouldn’t have thought that six years later, I would be organizing not one but two music/future related conferences in : WISE and New Visions For Music & Sound

Under the title , WISE held its third Berlin edition just a few months ago, and I’m very pleased that so many attendees and speakers from the ever growing and increasingly international WISE community are joining us at NEW VISIONS this & at Pfefferberg Theater!

The idea behind WISE has always been to connect communities and businesses from the , and fields (especially and ) around the world and to work on positive visions for the future of our industries, while putting the " " in the center.

In times like these, we need positive visions, to see where we COULD be, instead of just looking at the status quo. The Sunday elections in East - Germany made this more than clear.

With NEW VISIONS, we are doing exactly that.

After working in the music industry for over 20 years, including 10 in China, bringing some of the best minds in together in Berlin feels like a dream come true.

I’m very proud and happy that we pulled this event together in such a short timeframe from the first idea last December, to the announcement of being the winner of the Prize for Innovative Events of Senatsverwaltung für Wirtschaft, Energie und Betriebe (special thanks to Michael Biel, and the jury)

Of course, organizing these two events nearly back-to-back would not have been possible without the support of a fantastic team.

Therefore my sincere thanks go out to Yusuf Sahilli and his team, Bjoern Doering , Josephine Schöde, Rene, our venues, the entire production and partner-in-crime Music Tech Germany team, as well as our PR team — Beniashvili, Beniashvili, and Daniel Ciekalski.

And of course my entire WISE team, past and present, Danaja Dogaja Volk, Mirna Matošić, Flores, Shaneen Pohl, and many many more.

Special thanks also to Initiative Musik and Music Tech Europe Academy (and their project lead Anna Zò) for the support and trust. And of course to all the speakers, startups, music installations and volunteers.

Two days until the show begins. It looks like the sun will be shining and we will have a packed house. Did I mention we have some free drinks as well and amazing food?

I am beyond excited.

10/05/2024

We are feeling it. The Summer. The Vibes. The Dance. The Sam Quealy The Vincent Tajan, & The Monte Mai Did you check them out yet?

09/05/2024

As a music professional and as a conference goer I always liked "Sync Panels". Not only because I always learned about how the process of picking a song for a movie, series or ad actually worked, but also because I met the people who often decide over quite substantial budgets.

There is more than one story out there, where musicians who got a sync in an ad, bought a house after.

Is it still like that? How does AI change the game? And how is it to work with Pharrell Williams & Rosalía? Just a few questions we will tackle in this panel.

06/05/2024

Following a packed schedule with 20+ speakers discussing the effects of AI on Music & The Creative Industries for our daytime Summit on May 14 at HOUSE OF MUSIC join us on May 14 at FLUXBAU for WISE BY NIGHT & NIGHT. Enjoy some good drinks & great music with 6 very special acts from Berlin, London & Glasgow.

📍WISE BY NIGHT at Fluxbau (May 14)
🪩Acts: .sivan , *, .blend, , ,
🎟️ Grab your tickets at wisenotwise.com
*GOTOPO kindly supported by / : LIVE

06/05/2024

One week to go and here is a little primer by WISE Founder Philipp Grefer on what to expect at this years WISE (+ some fun origin story from China) Thanks to Jakob Wredstrøm for the invitation.

In this episode, Jakob talks to Philipp Grefer, the founder of WISE - The Future Festival & Think Tank. Philipp shares the inspiring story behind starting th...

04/05/2024

We not only have Vincent we also have Tajan. Vincent by day / Tajan also by day (and by night). Is it confusing? Don´t worry come to WISE BY DAY & WISE BY NIGHT to see Vincent/Tajan day and night. On May 14&15. It´s worth it. Really! 100% wisenotwise.com

Somebody wrote about Vincent Tajan the man, the legend:

"When he´s not busy being the head of music supervision at VUITTON working alongside the likes of Off-White c/o Virgil Abloh(RIP), Nicolas Ghesquiere and now Pharrell Williams Williams, Vincent is DJing obscure Disco records under his last name TAJAN at infamous Paris clubs with even more infamous Paris names like the now defunct Paris Paris or Le Petit Palace.
Legend has it that he once ran a radio show called Achtung Radio in San Diego & Tijuana, alongside PG WISE (formerly known as Metro Tokyo) and Eli Cohen of Alliance Upholstery/Magic Words fame and he was the first french man playing Justice on US Radio."

Join him on the night Sam Quealy comes to join us at Badehaus Berlin togehter with Monte Mai(May 15, that is)

Tickets: https://ra.co/events/1902707

04/05/2024

Join us on May 14th at FluxBau for WISE BY NIGHT with , Gotopo, SLIX, & Local Su***de &

Tickets at wisenotwise.com

02/05/2024

Check out our schedule for May 14th at House of Music Berlin & FluxBau including following speakers and artists:

Sabine Frank, YouTube
Marco-Alexander Breit, Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action
David Bennett, Mimic Productions
Martin Clancy, AI:OK
Sean Keenan, Utopia
Michael Duderstädt, GEMA
Hazel Savage, SoundCloud
Thierry Baujard, Mediadeals
Xavier Péters, LeanSquare
Florian Steger, Deutsche Telekom Hubraum
Jakob Wredstrøm, Amplitude Ventures
Julian Krohn, Scholz & Friends
Milena Fessmann, Cinesong
Frederic Schindler, Too Young Ltd.
Sari Torbiörnsson, Ohlogy
Vincent Tajan, Louis Vuitton
Patrick Joest, musicwise Patrick Joest GmbH
Jovanka v. Wilsdorf
Alaa Elhadba, DJOID
Thomas Quenoil, MNGRS.AI
Rory Kenny, LOUDLY
Liguirre, AIBeatz
Marine Rivollet
Christopher Wieduwilt (The AI Musicpreneur)
Josh Savage, Artist
Harriet Davey, Artist
Philipp Grefer, WISE | New Visions
Gotopo, Artist
Nadav Sivan, Artist
Slix, Artist
Local Su***de, Artist (Ninja Tune, Iptamenos Discos)
and more...

02/05/2024

Don´t miss BENZII at FluxBau for WISE BY NIGHT on May 14th. Alongside
Nadav Sivan (London)
Benzii (Berlin)
Local Su***de (Berlin)
SLIX (Glasgow)
Harriet Davey (Berlin)
Gotopo (Berlin)

Tickets at
wisenotwise.com
https://ra.co/events/1902679

02/05/2024

Don´t miss Sam Quealy at Badehaus Berlin for WISE BY NIGHT on May 15th. Get tickets here:
wisenotwise.com
https://ra.co/events/1902707

02/05/2024

Only 12 days left until we launch the third Berlin edition of WISE under the title "Me, Myself & AI"