I Music and Artificial Intelligence
Conference
Challenges and Opportunities
27th and 28th November 2024
Date
November 27-28, 2024
Location
El Molino,
Barcelona
Barcelona
Schedule
From 10:00 a.m to 06:00 p.m.
I Music and Artificial Intelligence
About
the event
The First Music and Artificial Intelligence Conference will be a meeting point to explore the profound changes that AI technology is introducing to the music world.
Over two days, we will reflect on the challenges this technology presents, as well as the opportunities and risks it may bring to the music industry from an economic, legal, and ethical perspective.
Through roundtable discussions and presentations by renowned experts, we will analyze how AI is transforming the processes of music creation, production, and consumption. But it won’t all be theory: the conference will include live demonstrations where we can see firsthand how AI is driving new forms of creativity and innovation, along with disruptive performances that will showcase the future of music thanks to this technology.
Preliminary
meeting
A few weeks before the First Music and AI Conference, an exclusive closed-door meeting will be held, bringing together prominent professionals from music, philosophy, business, and other strategic sectors.
This session will be a key moment to define the creative sector’s stance on the impact of generative AI, where a document will be drafted with the goal of influencing future legislative reforms.
The conclusions from this preliminary meeting will be presented at the First Music and AI Conference.
You can find more information about the Pre-meeting and get to know the participating professionals in this post.
Program
10:00 – 10:15 h
Hospitality: Welcome and registration
Duration: 15 minutes
10:15 – 10:45 h
Opening remarks
Duration: 30 minutes
10:45 – 11:45 h
Keynote: The cultural sector and AI
Duration: 1 hour
Speaker:
José María Lassalle – Senior consultant at Acento, professor of philosophy of law.
11:45 – 12:15 h
Coffee Break
Duration: 30 minutes
12:15 – 13:00 h
Previous session conclusions
Duration: 45 minutes
Speakers:
Eva Faustino – Lawyer, founding partner of FG Legal.
Eva Soria – Director of Innovation and Cultural Sectors, ICUB, Barcelona City Council.
13:00 – 14:00 h
Panel: AI regulatory framework in the cultural sector
Duration: 1 hour
Speakers:
Teresa Rodríguez de las Heras – Professor of Commercial Law, UC3M. Member of the European Commission Expert Group on Liability and Technologies (AI, Robotics, IoT).
Patricia Gabeiras Vázquez – Founding partner of Gabeiras & Associates and Doctor of Cultural Law.
Moderator:
Abel Martín Villarejo – Director General of AISGE.
14:00 – 15:00 h
Lunch break
Duration: 1 hour
15:00 – 16:00 h
Panel: The potential and challenges of AI
Duration: 1 hour
Speakers:
Míriam Verde – advisor to the Office of the Deputy Secretary at the Ministry of Culture.
Ibán García del Blanco – Lawyer and MEP.
José Luis Martí – Law professor at UPF and AI and democracy researcher.
Moderator:
Miquel Curanta Girona – Director General of the Barcelona Music Lab Foundation.
16:00 – 16:30 h
Presentation: Regulatory learning in experimental environments: testbeds, living labs, and sandboxes
Duration: 30 minutes
Speaker:
Fernando Vilariño Freire – Scientific Director of the UAB-Cruïlla Chair and Associate Director of the Computer Vision Center.
16:30 – 17:00 h
Presentation: Copyright protection in digital and AI-driven environments
Duration: 30 minutes
Speaker:
Daan Archer – CEO and co-founder of Copyright Delta.
17:30 – 18:15 h
Live performance
Duration: 45 minutes
Artist:
Rob Clouth, “Hello World” – A sophisticated, fully improvised audiovisual show where every sound and image is created live without loops. He uses custom algorithms and AI-based techniques to generate a unique live performance of music and visuals in real-time.
18:15 h
End of Day 1
10:00 – 10:30 h
Hospitality: Welcome and registration
Duration: 15 minutes
10:30 – 11:00 h
Opening remarks
Duration: 30 minutes
11:00 – 12:00 h
Panel: The use of AI in music creation
Duration: 1 hour
Speakers:
Marco Mezquida – Pianist and composer.
Yvan Boudillet – Co-founder of Music Tech Europe.
Finn Peters – Flutist and composer.
Speaker:
Bruno Sokolowicz – Host of LOS40 Classic and creator of ScannerFM.
12:00 – 12:30 h
Coffee Break + Workshop setup
Duration: 30 minutes
12:30 – 13:30 h
Panel: AI in the music industry
Duration: 1 hour
Speakers:
Mathias Birkel – Senior Manager at Goldmedia.
Xavier Serra – Director of the Music Technology Group, UPF.
Amaia Ramón Gómez – Senior Manager, Legal & Business Affairs, Sony Music Publishing.
Speaker:
Jordi Herreruela – President of the Barcelona Music Lab Foundation and Director of the Cruïlla Festival.
13:30 – 14:00 h
Conference conclusions
Duration: 30 minutes
14:00 – 15:00 h
Lunch break
Duration: 1 hour
15:00 – 16:00 h
Interactive workshop “Harmonies of the Future”
Duration: 1 hour
Description :
The primary goal of this workshop is to demonstrate, practically, how AI can be integrated into real-time artistic creation, offering a new dimension to live performances. It will include both a theoretical section on how AI tools can enhance a creator’s work and a practical one where the audience will interact with AI to create music together. The workshop will be led by Mark d’Inverno and Matthew Yee-King, computing professors at Goldsmiths and jazz musicians. With the technical support of Artificia.
16:45 – 17.45 h
AI jam session: “JAIZZZZ”
Duration: 1 hour
Participants:
An informal jazz jam session with AI participating as an equal musician. The AI has been trained by musicians for months to improvise in real-time. The performance will also feature visuals by Alex Tentor, indicating when the AI is creating music.
Technical team:
Carles Marigó: Piano and artistic direction
Nùria Andorrà: Percussion
Finn Peters: Flute and saxophone
Alex Tentor: Visual projections and AI programming
Marcelo Avilés: Technical direction and setup
ARTIFICIA: Executive direction
17:45 h
End of Day 2
Workshop
Harmonies of the Future
A workshop where the audience will interact with AI in real time, creating music together.
We will demonstrate, in a practical way, how artificial intelligence can be integrated into real-time artistic creation, offering a new dimension to live performances.
The workshop will be led by Mark d’Inverno and Matthew Yee-King, professors of computing at Goldsmiths (University of London) and jazz musicians. With the technical support of Artificia.
Performances
Hello World, Rob Clouth
A sophisticated and completely improvised audiovisual show, where every sound and image is created live without using loops. It employs customized algorithms and AI-based techniques to generate a unique real-time music and visuals performance.
JAIZZZZ, Jam Session
Jam Session featuring different jazz musicians playing together improvisationally and without prior rehearsals, but also involving various AIs that have been trained for months by these musicians, which will improvise with them like another musician. With: Carles Marigó, Núria Andorrà, and Finn Peters.
Registrations
To attend as an audience member at the First Music and AI Conference, we offer you two options: a two-day pass or daily tickets.
Both options include attendance and participation in the workshop and performances.
50€/PASS
If you plan to attend both days of the Conference, this is the best option: a pass for all days. It also includes attendance at the workshop and the live performances scheduled during the Conference.
30€/DAY
If you can only attend one of the two days, we offer you the option to purchase a daily ticket. This ticket includes attendance at the live performances scheduled for the day you select.
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FAQs
There will be sessions in Spanish, Catalan, and English, depending on the language of each participant. Simultaneous translation will be provided in some sessions.
No, the Conference is designed to be enjoyed in person to take full advantage of the benefits that face-to-face interaction provides: participating in the practical workshop, meeting other industry professionals, attending live performances, … For this reason, we have chosen the best venue to hold the Conference, the El Molino theater.
Yes, spots are limited. We recommend registering as soon as possible to secure your place.
Yes, access to the interior of El Molino with a ticket for the Conference can be done at any time throughout the day. If a presentation, roundtable discussion, or performance is taking place at the time of entry, respect is requested for both the participants and the attending audience.
No, the preliminary meeting is held behind closed doors. During the Conference, we will share the conclusions drawn from the preliminary meeting with all attendees.
If you need to get in touch with us or would like to make a comment, you can do so by writing to fundacio@bcnmusiclab.com.
