And we've just published our CMU Insights Brighton Briefing for all you CMU Daily subscribers, providing context to this year's discussions.
Don't forget, the convention side of The Great Escape kicks off a day earlier this year - at 10am on Wednesday 16 May - with our Education Conference, putting the spotlight on the crisis in music education today. This is open to all TGE delegates and convention pass holders, or you can buy a standalone ticket for just £65.
Then on the Thursday and Friday of TGE we respectively present our AI Conference and China Conference, each running from 10am-4pm. The former looks at the technologies that will most impact on the business of music in the next decade, while the latter provides a comprehensive beginner's guide to a key emerging music market.
All three conferences take place at Brighton's brilliant Dukes at Komedia cinema complex and will be packed with a unique mix of insights, talks, interviews and lively debates. Meanwhile in Dukes Two we'll be recording a series of interviews for the Setlist podcast.
You can download the CMU Insights Brighton Briefing, which includes programme outlines and background reading for all three conferences, by clicking here. Or read on to find out more about the basics of each conference.
To access the CMU Insights conferences - plus the wider programme of TGE delegate panels and parties - get yourself a delegate or convention pass here. Standalone tickets are also available for the Education Conference here.
Following numerous reports about music education in England being 'in crisis', we bring music educators and music employers together to discuss how music education and the music industry could be more closely aligned. CLICK HERE FOR FULL PROGRAMME.
Sessions include:
 Mapping music education
 Music education - in crisis?
 Informing the curriculum
 A music education manifesto
 Make it happen
Organisations taking part include:
Audioactive, RSL, Incorporated Society Of Musicians, BIY People & Talent, Musicians' Union, Arts Council England, Featured Artists Coalition, Bella Union, Live Nation, The Roundhouse, Trinity Laban, Youth Music and Berklee College Of Music.
Some of the questions we'll answer:
 What do we even mean by music education?
 Should music education include more business and career skills?
 Why is there a crisis in music education?
The Education Conference takes place on Wednesday 16 May at Dukes at Komedia. Standalone tickets are available for £65 here. Access is also open to TGE delegates.
With a focus on AI, we'll consider audio-ID technologies, automated messaging, innovative uses of fan data and software that composes music. CLICK HERE FOR FULL PROGRAMME.
Sessions include:
 What is AI?
 Where next for music and technology?
 Monitoring music
 Automated messaging
 Maximising data
 Machines that make music
Organisations taking part include:
Ents 24, Ticketmaster, JAAK, Rotor, Believe, Reed Smith, 7digital, Deviate, Instrumental, Jukedeck, MXX Music, Mycelia, Crown Talent, Laika Network, POP, Lewis Silkin, The Orchard, Sussex University and Middlesex University.
Some of the questions we'll answer:
 Which music technologies will shape the next decade in music?
 How are Shazam-like technologies quietly revolutionising the music business?
 Where will the fan conversation go next?
 Will machines write the pop hits of the future?
The AI Conference takes place on Thursday 17 May at Dukes at Komedia.
Across the day we will provide a full beginner's guide to this key emerging market looking at recent trends, the local copyright regime, and streaming, social media and touring in China. CLICK HERE FOR FULL PROGRAMME.
Sessions include:
 Recorded music in China
 Music rights in China
 Streaming in China
 Reaching an audience in China
 An artist perspective
 Going live in China
Organisations taking part include:
IFPI, British Council, NetEase Cloud Music, Outdustry, Fake Music Media, Musicinfo, Horus, Kanjian Music, Modern Sky, Believe Distribution, Coda and China-Britain Business Council.
Some of the questions we'll answer:
 Which streaming services dominate in China?
 How can we enhance and enforce music copyright in China?
 How can you capitalise on the imminent "explosive growth" of live music in China?
The China Conference takes place on Friday 18 May at Dukes at Komedia.
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