INTERNATIONAL MUSIC BUSINESS RESEARCH DAYS

International Music Business Research Days is an annual academic conference. The conference brings scholars from many disciplines together with music business professionals every second year in Vienna and in an international location each other year. The conference provides a platform for the presentation of the latest music business research, and a forum for debate and the exchange of ideas.

The field of music business studies is multidisciplinary; scholars who research the economics of the arts, musical creativity, the sociology of music, the law, culture and technology come together for this event in order to enhance our understanding  of the creation, dissemination, and reception/consumption of music.

POPLIVE organised the 12th International Music Business Research Days on November 3-5, 2021 in Rotterdam, Netherlands. This following report provides an overview of the contents of the conference. The link to the online video’s of keynotes and industry panels can be found here. We would like to thank all participants for making this conference a great success:

CONFERENCE ARCHIVE

The 8th Vienna Music Business Research Days conference took place in 2017. The  conference theme was “Unchaining the Digital Music Business?”. The conference took place on September 12-14 at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna.

The full program from the conference, as well as papers presented, audio recordings and a full conference archive are available via the following links:

The 2015 conference theme was “Financing Music in the Digital Age”. The conference took place on October 1 at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna in cooperation with Waves Vienna Music Festival & Conference.

The full program from the conference, as well as papers presented, audio recordings and a full conference archive are available via the following links:

The 2014 conference theme was “The monetization of Music in the Digital Age”. The conference took place on October 3 at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna in cooperation with Waves Vienna Music Festival & Conference.

The full program from the conference, as well as papers presented, audio recordings and a full conference archive are available via the following links:

The 2013 conference theme was “The future of Music in licensing”. The conference took place on June 21 at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna in cooperation with Waves Vienna Music Festival & Conference.

The full program from the conference, as well as papers presented, audio recordings and a full conference archive are available via the following links:

The 2012 conference theme was “New Music Distribution Models”. The conference took place on June 30 at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna in cooperation with Waves Vienna Music Festival & Conference.

The full program from the conference, as well as papers presented, audio recordings and a full conference archive are available via the following links:

VMBRD 2011 PROGRAM