Informative, educational and/or controversial – present your topics, projects and passions to the Classical:NEXT delegates in our conference programme! The conference section of Classical:NEXT offers presentations, many types of group discussions and interactive formats as well as individual and group mentoring. In addition, regional meet ups, sector meet ups and meetings for established networks offer platforms for specific sector and special-interest groups.
The main aims of the conference are to help delegates with burning issues, examine today’s challenges and find solutions together, to stay up-to-date with new developments to shape the future of art music, be it early, classical, contemporary, genre-blending, boundary-pushing or tradition-intermingling. A broad range of topics are addressed, from artistic topics to audience outreach and engagement to business- and communication-related issues. Topics must be relevant to multiple sectors and regions. Our focus lies on open, participatory and interactive formats. These can be debates, presentation/group discussion blends, world-cafés, fishbowls or mini-workshops. The Classical:NEXT team will gladly assist in giving the optimum shaping to selected conference session proposals. Traditional panel discussions are accepted only as exceptional cases and will be kept to a minimum.
The programme should cover a range of formats and topics. The following are its guiding themes, and the final, overall, total conference programme must address each theme area. Please note that conference topics are not limited to the ones listed below.
Especially desired are insights and new developments from non-art-music areas (sports, film, theatre, non-music business, etc.) from which the art music field could learn. Please note that the final programme speaker line up must reflect the norm of the general population as regards gender, ethnicity and other factors.
Every format is possible (see “how to apply – tips” on the right). For most Conference sessions the length is usually 60 minutes.
Should you wish to offer yourself as a mentor, please contact us at conference@classicalnext.com for further information.
Submission deadline is Sunday, 29 September 2019.
Please note that Classical:NEXT aims to feature a high number of interactive formats in 2020. Our goal is to ensure each conference session is the most effective and successful it can be! Our decade-long experience has shown that including the audience actively in the session tends to be more rewarding for them than passive listening in most cases.
Thus, in your proposal, we ask you to focus on the key issue(s) to be explored, why that issue is so important and what outcome you hope to achieve with the session. Should your proposal be selected, the Classical:NEXT team will design a suitable format together with you. We may invite a facilitator to help you realise the agreed session design so that you can concentrate on the content in your preparations and during the session itself.
Note also that the maximum number of speakers on each session’s programme is three. Conference session length is usually 60 minutes.
Put yourself in the jury’s shoes – they review hundreds of proposals, make their job easy! Here’s how:
The main aims of the conference are to help delegates with burning issues, examine today’s challenges and find solutions together, to stay up-to-date with new developments to shape the future of art music, be it early, classical, contemporary, genre-blending, boundary-pushing or tradition-intermingling. A broad range of topics are addressed, from artistic topics to audience outreach and engagement to business- and communication-related issues. Topics must be relevant to multiple sectors and regions. Our focus lies on open, participatory and interactive formats. These can be debates, presentation/group discussion blends, world-cafés, fishbowls or mini-workshops. The Classical:NEXT team will gladly assist in giving the optimum shaping to selected conference session proposals. Traditional panel discussions are accepted only as exceptional cases and will be kept to a minimum.
Conference Sessions
The programme should cover a range of formats and topics. The following are its guiding themes, and the final, overall, total conference programme must address each theme area. Please note that conference topics are not limited to the ones listed below.
- New markets and the future of funding and financing
- Future listeners and audience engagement
- New music, new formats, sonic influences and inspirations
- Music for positive change (for the self, for society)
- New technology & promising start up initiatives
- New/better ways of getting things done at the desk and behind the scenes (business/management)
- Future of Journalism, PR, Marketing, Communication
Especially desired are insights and new developments from non-art-music areas (sports, film, theatre, non-music business, etc.) from which the art music field could learn. Please note that the final programme speaker line up must reflect the norm of the general population as regards gender, ethnicity and other factors.
Every format is possible (see “how to apply – tips” on the right). For most Conference sessions the length is usually 60 minutes.
One-to-One Mentoring / Roundtable Mentoring
Mentoring sessions offer free one-to-one consultations (5x15 minutes) or roundtable consultations (1x45 minutes) with experienced experts from a wide variety of fields, such as live production & touring, label & publishing, PR, new technologies, etc.Should you wish to offer yourself as a mentor, please contact us at conference@classicalnext.com for further information.
Meetings for Specific Groups
Specific groups can use Classical:NEXT as a platform for meeting with each other and additional Classical:NEXT delegates. These can be Regional Meet Ups, Sector Meet Ups or Meetings for Established Networks. Meeting slots are usually 45 minutes in length. If you are interested in coordinating a network meeting, please contact us at conference@classicalnext.com. Slots are very limited!off C:N Presentations
If you are interested in booking an off C:N presentation, please contact us at conference@classicalnext.com.Submission deadline is Sunday, 29 September 2019.
Focus on Interactive Session Designs!
Please note that Classical:NEXT aims to feature a high number of interactive formats in 2020. Our goal is to ensure each conference session is the most effective and successful it can be! Our decade-long experience has shown that including the audience actively in the session tends to be more rewarding for them than passive listening in most cases.
Thus, in your proposal, we ask you to focus on the key issue(s) to be explored, why that issue is so important and what outcome you hope to achieve with the session. Should your proposal be selected, the Classical:NEXT team will design a suitable format together with you. We may invite a facilitator to help you realise the agreed session design so that you can concentrate on the content in your preparations and during the session itself.
Note also that the maximum number of speakers on each session’s programme is three. Conference session length is usually 60 minutes.
How to Apply – Tips
Put yourself in the jury’s shoes – they review hundreds of proposals, make their job easy! Here’s how:
- When writing your proposal, keep it as short, informative and convincing as possible.
- State the issue at hand, why it is important, and what questions will be addressed in your session.
- If you have ideas about how to design your session, put this into your proposal. However, be aware that it is the excellence of the idea and key participants which matter most in the jury selection. The specific design of the session can be developed after selection, so don’t worry if you are not a “workshop whiz”.
- We seek open, participatory and interactive formats. Each Classical:NEXT session aims to actively involve as many delegates in the room as possible. The Classical:NEXT team will gladly assist in giving the optimum shaping to selected conference session proposals. Traditional panel-type discussions are not desired and will be allowed only in exceptional cases.
- The jury-selected conference programme is not the place for project or product pitches. To present artistic projects in a quick-fire slot with video, you can propose for a Project Pitch; for presenting new services or offers to business in a longer, conference-style slot, you might consider booking an off C:N Presentation.
- For more hints and tips, see here.