Allie Bruni — Community Over Competition
Discover how collaboration and resource sharing can create a stronger, more inclusive creative community. This discussion explores mutual support, visibility, equitable representation, fair compensation, and sustainable ways for artists and organizers to work together.
 

Carmen — Becoming a Live Act
Explore the creative journey of developing a live electronic music performance. Carmen examines how intuition, experimentation, technological limitations, and the relationship between artist and machine can shape a distinctive sound and performance identity.
 

Cloverdale — Learn From My Mistakes: Building a Live Workflow That Works for You
Halifax producer and DJ Cloverdale explores the challenges of developing an effective live electronic performance workflow. The title and presenter are confirmed, but the source files do not yet provide a detailed workshop description.
 

Gabriel “Fortuna” Soto — Ableton Workflow and Production
A music-production session focused on working with Ableton Live, presented by Calgary-based Ableton Certified Trainer Gabriel “Fortuna” Soto of Beat Drop. A more detailed description of the specific techniques covered is not yet available in the files.
 

Michael Falk — Change Their Lives: Take Audiences on a Journey Beyond the Stage
Explore how interdisciplinary art, creative technology, and innovative performance spaces can transform the audience experience and deepen connections between artists and audiences.
 

Michael Rancic — A Nation of Tinkerers
Explore Canada's electronic music history from 1945 to 1985 with Toronto music journalist and author Michael Rancic. Drawing on his new book, Michael will share stories of pioneering artists and technologies, accompanied by demonstrations of historic synthesizers from the National Music Centre's collection.
 

Michelle Allman-Esdaille — The Sync Inside: An Introduction to Music Synchronization
Discover how musicians can license their music for film, television, advertising, and video games. This interactive workshop introduces sync licensing, music supervisors, metadata, and practical strategies for preparing and pitching music professionally. Presented by Sustainable Creative Living in partnership with The HOOK Sync Group.
 

Paul Brooks — Find Your People: Audience Development for Independent Artists
Learn how independent musicians can build and sustain an audience through publicity, community radio, digital distribution, and artist development. Drawing on more than 20 years of music industry experience, Paul will share practical examples, real campaigns, and strategies relevant to independent Canadian artists.
 

Rob Albus — Writing Electronic Music Literally from Scratch
What happens when musicians build their instruments and composition systems through computer programming? Rob demonstrates how simple building blocks can become powerful tools for creating electronic music. No programming experience is required.