Halina Rice is an 'immersive first' electronic music producer and AV artist. Her music ranges from ethereal soundscapes to beat-driven IDM with critically acclaimed releases including latest album UNREALITY available in Dolby Atmos format. Launching the NEW WORLDS project in 2020 she creates AV shows and installations in which to envelop her audience - frequently incorporating immersive technologies such as spatial audio, 360 visuals and metaverse environments. With her sold out headline shows - described as “part rave, part art-happening” - she has toured the UK and internationally including appearances at Amsterdam Dance Event, MUTEK Montreal, MUTEK Japan, Wonderfruit Thailand and Polygon London Live - the UK’s first festival delivered in 360 spatial audio.

Doeshka Vrede is Co-Founder of the Amsterdam-based venue The Other Side and an entrepreneur who seamlessly bridges the gap between artistic vision and business strategy. With a background in Production and Operational Management, she specializes in transforming complex creative concepts into high-quality, immersive experiences. Her career began on stage as a professional solo artist, providing her with a firsthand understanding of the performer's perspective. She later transitioned this energy into the professional art world as a manager at the Moco Museum Amsterdam, where she led a team of 25 under the executive board. Today, Doeshka is one of the few female club owners in the Amsterdam nightlife landscape. Her work focuses on nightlife entrepreneurship with a particular specialization in live electronic music and spatial audio. For her, The Other Side represents the ultimate synergy between cutting-edge technology, art, and community.

Ralf Kollmann formed mobilee in partnership with Anja Schneider, and what began as a side project quickly expanded into a fully fledged career as mobilee blossomed from a small, homegrown label into a full music and entertainment enterprise. mobilee is committed to facing the realities of rapid change within the music industry and adapts to technological and cultural transformations through a continual process of reinvention. More a fully fledged company than just a traditional record label, mobilee looks towards an integrated clubbing experience, bringing label management, artist management, publishing, promo, and artist studios together under one roof, while placing an explicit primacy on developing and utilizing innovative modes of music distribution and promotion for its artists. 2025 marks the 20th anniversary of the label, and it is still going and growing. Kollmann works tirelessly behind the scenes to hone the mobilee sound, championing the label’s artists and unearthing future forward new talent that will contribute to pushing the mobilee vision forward. Unafraid to journey off the well worn path, he continues to move the label and its ever growing collective in dynamic directions. In 2015, he became an Executive Board Member of AFEM (Association For Electronic Music), representing the Rights Holders section and pushing the Get Played Get Paid initiative, which aims to change the distribution of royalty fees by connecting track identification technology to the global system of collecting societies such as GEMA, SACEM, PRS, etc. In 2017, he also joined the Board of Bridges For Music, a nonprofit organization building an academy for music education and entrepreneurship in Langa, Cape Town, South Africa. His artist management company, I-AM-MGMT (Individual Artist and Music Management), looks after artists such as Anja Schneider, Rodriguez Jr., Squire, M.E.M.O., and all connected label brand activities.

Jay Ahern is Chief Strategy Officer at the Association for Electronic Music (AFEM), the global trade body representing the electronic music ecosystem across culture, commerce and technology. He leads AFEM’s strategic initiatives across music technology, AI, metadata and rights management, aligning creators, businesses and collecting societies around practical, future-facing solutions. His work centres on identifying key industry challenges and shaping collaborative frameworks that support innovation while protecting creators and rightsholders. This includes advancing dialogue around generative AI, consent, attribution and fair compensation in a rapidly evolving digital landscape. Jay’s career spans PIAS Recordings, Domino Records, Beatport and Hard Wax, before moving into creator tool development with Native Instruments and LANDR. There, he worked closely with generative AI teams developing music creation tools, as well as analytical AI systems for recommendation, tagging and search. Throughout his career, Jay has worked on the business and strategic side with artists including Four Tet, Arctic Monkeys, Richie Hawtin and Moby. As a music producer, he has released numerous records and performed internationally at venues including Fabric and Berghain, as well as clubs across Europe, Japan and North America.