3 March 2010Hotel de Rome, Berlin

Reflecting Cultural Relations

GReen MusiC DinneR

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DR. PatRiCk HaRtDirector, British Council Germany

Over the last five years the British Council

in Germany has pioneered works which bring together art and climate change.

We believe that cultural relations, bring-ing people together to find common pur-pose beyond the range of traditional government-to-government diplomacy, has an important contribution to make for a global issue such as climate change. Barriers to an effective response exist on all levels from the individual to the institutional but cultural relations have a key role in overcoming these barriers, bringing us closer to a global solution.

The Green Music Dinner is an ex-ample of the value of working in partner-ship with other organisations to create new networks for effective action. By bringing together the creativity and sus-

tainability agendas, we are discovering many new ways of addressing the problem of climate change. We hope that through the relationships forged at this event and the discussion of effective initiatives in the music industry, we can energise and inspire further responses to climate change.

It is these positive stories about dea-ling with climate change that we need to share and spread widely, and the British Council is committed to support this endeavour.

british council

In 2009 the British Council, the United King-dom’s international organisation for cultural relations, marked its 75th anniversary worldwide and celebrated 50 years of working in Germany. During this time and especially in recent years, the British Council has developed from a traditional cultural institute, with a main focus on bilateral exchange and a British events programme, into a Cultural Relations organisation focussing on a mainly multilateral approach and long-term strategic cooperation with other international Cultural Relations partners.

Foreword

I would like to congra-tulate the British Coun-

cil most warmly on its 75th anniversary and at the same time on its 50

year presence in Germany. For us, the British Council is an important and stimulating contact. I hold the Council in high esteem as a chair of debates, as a network organization and as an initiator of partnerships across Europe. These are also the spheres with which there is con-nection to and interaction with German cultural relations policy and our public diplomacy.

The extent to which the work of the British Council has broken new ground and pointed the way forward in recent years is illustrated by the fact that despite rigorous efforts we have yet to find a suitable German expression for the term public diplomacy. Yet we certainly agree that public diplomacy is becoming ever more important if we are to convince people around the world of the ideas and values of which we ourselves are con-vinced and which we feel are important.

That is why I congratulate the British Council on its choice of topic for this evening’s anniversary. Climate change is going to remain one of the major inter-national challenges in the years to come. If strategies to tackle it are to be successful, we need technological change, increased energy efficiency, a global environment policy as well as moves to further develop renewable energies such as the Desertec project. But whether or not we actually manage to tackle climate change depends very much on a new awareness which politics and science have to communicate to a broad public. This new awareness has to be initiated and supported by public diplomacy and by culture – film, theatre and not least music, for example, can all make a major contribution. Music plays a central role because it has a direct impact on our consciousness – ideally it will come to embody a new spirit. With today’s event, the British Council is im-pressively demonstrating the close links between climate protection and public diplomacy. The Federal Foreign Office and the Goethe-Institut are also setting a new focus with «KulturKlima». This pro-vides a perfect opportunity for even more intensive cooperation between the Federal Foreign Office and the British Council in the next fifty years.

… and when in fifty years we celebrate the next Green Music anniversary dinner we will hopefully have completed the journey to sustainable climate policy!

MaRtin kobleRDirector-General for Culture and Communication, Foreign Office Germany

Foreword

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Climate change is one of the biggest chal-

lenges of the 21st century. Adjustments need to be made in all areas of life.

But why is it that while thinking about climate change we are being confronted with an awful long list of «Not-To’s»? Why are we always told what we are supposed not to do? Can it be that mostly scientists and politicians set the tone? Why do we get either «Doom & Gloom» scenarios or utter neglect of scientific facts from mainstream media? Can it be that the cultural sector has lost its lead role in explaining the world? Why not reclaim this role?

The music and entertainment in-dustry has global reach and can unleash imagination and passion like few other industries. It produces role models, dreams and questions which can pave the way into a low carbon future.

Through exemplary actions, relevant actors can function as role models for the implementation of vital climate protection measures. This way of thinking would create demand and supply of innovative and sustainable strategies – both from climate and business points of view.

The music and entertainment industry has a unique possibility – through positive examples and practical solutions – to guide society towards a more climate-friendly future and help our political lea-ders to bring about the required global transformation.

At this year’s Green Music Dinner on the eve of the Echo music awards, 100 selected British, German and French representatives from music, arts, science, politics, environmental associations and media will discuss how innovative ap-proaches in the music and entertaiment industry can lead to concrete results in the reduction of carbon emissions.

prof. dr. fritz reusswig Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research —

Fritz Reusswig studied soci-

ology and philosophy at the

J.W. Goethe University in

Frankfurt am Main. Among

his academic teachers were

Iring Fetscher, Alfred Lorenzer and Jürgen

Habermas. He wrote his diploma thesis in

sociology on Adorno, and his philosophical

dissertation on Hegel.

At that time he started to work on the relation

between modern lifestyles and the envi-

ronment, documented in his study «Lifestyles

and Ecology», published in German at IKO

press (Frankfurt). In 1995, Fritz Reusswig

joined the Potsdam Institute for Climate

Impact Research (PIK), a leading interdisci-

plinary research center for Global Environ-

mental Change, and climate issues in parti-

cular. In his habilitation thesis «Consuming

Nature. Modern Lifestyles and Their Environ-

ment» (2008) he expanded this view towards

a comprehensive analysis of the history and

present role of consumption in Western

societies.

Fritz Reusswig is currently doing research in

the domain of urban development and climate

change. He is teaching at various universities

and holds a professorship at the Hamburg

University of Fine Arts (HFBK).

www.pik-potsdam.de

sPeakeRsJaCob bilabelFounder of the Green Music Initiative

green music initiative

The Green Music Initiative acts as a plat-form coordinating the music and entertainment industry’s efforts to minimise their climate impact. CO2-reduction strategies are implemen-ted in close cooperation with scientific institutes, stakeholders and artists, paving the way for others to follow. GMI showcases best practise with the objective to create industry-wide demand for innovative and sustainable solutions – both from the climate and business point of view. www.greenmusicinitiative.de

Foreword

groove to save the world?The Role of the Culture Industry in the Fight against Climate Change

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Speakers Speakers

mark ward Proper Productions, Hyde Park Festival, Isle of Wight Festival (UK) —

Mark Ward has a long list of

tour production credits rang-

ing from Coldplay to Tina

Turner and Roger Waters and

has produced shows from

Düsseldorf to the Dominican Republic and all

points in between.

His credits include: Party in the Park, the lar-

gest single stage live music event in Europe

with a prime site in central London’s Hyde

Park, for six years – working with artists as

diverse as Elton John, Destiny’s Child, Bon

Jovi, Ricky Martin, Backstreet Boys and

Queen, production director on the Isle of

Wight Festival from 2002–2004 (acts includ-

ed David Bowie and The Who) and Capital

(Radio, London) Christmas Live event at Earls

Court for 2002/3 (acts included Sting and

Enrique Iglesias), tour manager on the Rolling

Stones «Bigger Bang» and «Bridges to Baby-

lon» stadium tours, Madonna’s «Reinven-

tion» tour, two David Bowie tours as well as

a host of other European arena tours.

Mark is passionate about the impact that the

music business has on the world’s climate

and has been influential in persuading compa-

nies to look for alternative fuels and methods.

www.properproductions.org

The Green Music Initiative launched a pilot

project on sustainable event operation and

audience travel. Germany’s solar industry will

showcase the future of re-newable energy in

the Ferro-Solar Project. Ferropolis will be-

come Futurepolis.

www.ferropolis.de

thies schröder Managing Director Ferropolis (DE)—

Ferropolis, the City of Steel

is a giant lignite mine in

Gräfenhainichen in Northern

Sachsen-Anhalt: a place where

decades of industrial power

and environmental sins went hand in hand.

Then, suddenly, brown coal had no future

anymore. What to do? Demolish and remove

all traces? Or build on the past and dare a

new beginning? The region decided for the

latter. Today Ferropolis hosts a museum of

industrial monuments and a steel sculpture

festival area. Still there: the five giant exca-

vator dinosaurs from the mine’s past. Their

presence is celebrated by international festi-

vals such as melt!, Splash and artists like

Herbert Grönemeyer, Die Toten Hosen,

Linking Park or Bjork attracting more than

160’000 visitors each year. Ferropolis has be-

come a symbol of the transformation of a re-

gion and will become a symbol of the age of

sustainability.

jacob bilabelGreen Music Initiative / THEMa1 (DE)—

Jacob is Founder of the

Green Music Initiative, which

provides a platform for the

music and entertainment in-

dustry to coordinate projects

in the fight against climate change – with the

objective to create demand for innovative

and sustainable strategies – both from the

climate and business points of view.

Prior to that he worked as VP Communications

and New Business at Universal Music Ger-

many. In the following years he set up

MySpace’s operations in Germany and be-

came part of the social media advisory board

of the Green Party. In the 2005 elections he

was a personal consultant to Mr. Joschka

Fischer, Germany’s Foreign Minister.

Jacob Bilabel holds a Magister Artium from

University of Hamburg in Linguistics and

Social Anthropology. Today, he is Managing

Director of Berlin based Think-Do Tank

THEMA1 specialized in accelerating the tran-

sition to a Low Carbon Society. He is a mentor

at the Akademie der Künste (University of

the Arts) in Berlin and Founding Member of

the ReDesign Deutschland initiative.

www.greenmusicinitiative.de

alison tickell Julie’s Bicycle (UK)—

Alison set up Julie’s Bicycle

in April 2007. JB is a not-for-

profit company helping the

UK music industry cut its

greenhouse gas emissions

and create a low carbon creative future. Pre-

viously she led the music consultation for the

National Skills Academy, was the Music

Director at Creative and Cultural Skills (which

she helped set up) and prior to this had spent

fifteen years developing the community

music sector at Community Music.

Alison trained as a musician and teacher. Her

advisory roles have included the Live Music

Forum, Music Manifesto Steering Group, and

the Music Business Forum. She is on the

Board of Sound Connections.

In 2007 JB commissioned the Oxford Envi-

ronmental Change Institute to undertake the

study «First Step: UK Music Industry Green-

house Gas Emissions». This led to a better

understanding of the climate impact of tour-

ing, CD production and energy management

of venues. In 2009 Julie’s Bicycle published

the «Green Music Guide».

www.juliesbicycle.com

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Guests100 selected British, French and German representatives from music, art, science,politics, environmental associations and media

sir michael arthurBritish Ambassador to Germany.Sir Michael has held posts with the UK Foreign Office in the USA, France and Germany.

matthew Beavers Project Coordinator at the British Council Germany. Matthew coordinates various projects in the fields of science and climate change and is responsible for monitoring and reducing the environmental im-pact of the British Council‘s opera-tions in Germany.

michi Beck Artist from «Die Fantastischen Vier» and «Turntablerocker». Founding member of the German-speaking rap band «Die Fantastischen Vier», since 1996 DJ and Producer, since 1999 partner of the booking and artist agency Four Artists.

ulrike Beck Artist at Encore. She worked as an assistant to Executive Producer at Trigger Happy Productions, coordinator for commercials, short movies and documentaries and now runs her own production company stung by jellyfish.

Peter esser Founder of the Silent Climate Parade. Manager, bass player and environmental activist. Initiated the Silent Climate Parade in Berlin 2009. Changing society must be fun to be sustainable.

milena Fessmann Dj and Music Show Presenter Host at Berlin-based radio station Radio 1 and Founder of Cinesong. Cinesong is a com-pany for music supervising for movie and media with a portfolio of over 80 movies, projects such as the last Wim Wenders Movie, Vorstadtkrokodile II, Fatih Akin’s Solino and many more.

michael Fritz Founding Member of Viva con Agua de Sankt Pauli and Chairman of Viva con Agua Switzerland. He is responsible for events, musicians, artists and the development of Viva con Agua in other cities.

guido axmannManaging Director of Thema1 and Co-Founder of the Renewables-Grid-Initiative. THEMA1 is an independent Berlin-based think-do-tank specialised in accelerating the transition to a low carbon society.

catherine Bottrill Researcher on UK Music Industry Greenhouse Gas Emissions at the Oxford University’s Environmental Change Institute. Focusing her research on the capacity of businesses and individuals to reduce carbon emissions, she has been the lead researcher from Oxford University’s Environmental Change Institute to estimate the CO2 emissions of the UK music industry.

maren Balkow journalist at the Deutsche Welle Radio.

martin Brem Managing Director of Brand Engineering Solutions and Member of Board of All2gethernow. After a career in the music industry as Vice President International Marketing at Sony Music London and Managing Director of Columbia Records and Sony Classics, Germany, Martin Brem and a few media and music biz executives answered the cancellation of Popkomm with the spontaneous setup of All2gethernow, a new music convention in Berlin.

daniel Barkowski Head of Popkomm and YOU. Popkomm is an international music and entertainment business trade show, with over 14.000 trade visitors and more than 400 bands from all over the world. YOU is a youth fair for music, sports, lifestyle and education. Both events take place on the former aiport Berlin Tempelhof.

antonella Battaglini Senior Scientist at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. She is also the Managing Director of The Compensators*, a non-profit organi-zation that provides individuals with the possibility to have a say about climate policy and to become carbon-free, as well as the Co-Founder of the Renewables-Grid-Initiative.

kenny anderson aka King CreosoteFence Records. Fence Records is a collective of musicians, artists, craftsfolk, chancers and slackers based in Scotland. It is the micro-indie excuse of a record label that brings ‘em all together. Here be: The Fence Collective, King Creosote, The Pictish Trail, FOUND and many more.

lucile BarrasProject Manager of the Green Music Initiative and the Renewables-Grid-Initiative at Thema1. She has been a research assistant at the Potsdam In-stitute for Climate Impact Research and an advisor to the German Federal Ministry for the Environment.

maria endrich Music Curator of the Sommertheater Festival Hamburg and Head of Booking at Buback.

sandra delasauceHead of Content for ZaoZa and VivendiME. She is responsible for licensing all digital entertainment content for the German platform of ZaoZa, as well as creating own copyrights and own formats with local talents and artists.

Jean yves delattreCo-founder of the festival Fiesta des Suds and Director of Dock des Suds in Marseille. Dock des Suds is a venue for concerts and cultural events in Marseille. Formerly an international professional press photographer, he believes in the wealth of the melting pot and militates for exchange in all cultural domains.

dirk dreyer Managing Director of the Design Hotel Lux11 in Berlin Mitte, attracting the music and media scene. Formerly a successful DJ, he has also been working for major record companies and was manager for Mark Medlock.

Joel Berger Managing Director of MySpace Germany. Prior to Fox, Joel Berger was a member of the management board at MTV Networks Germany and worked as director of new media at Sony Music.

Jan hendrik Becker TV-host, journalist and producer.He hosted the LEAD awards, developed the discussion format «Netzrauschen» for the Tagesschau and reports once a month from Eastern Europe for the tele-vision magazine programme «Hanseblick» on NDR. With his production company he aims to bring pop music, politics and journalism together.

daniel BoeseEditor of Zitty Magazine. Editor of the magazine Zitty and Berlin-correspondent for Artforum. He reports about the global climate youth movement.

christoPh Borkowskyaka AKbArPresident of the Piranha Group (Piranha Kultur, Piranha Musik & IT and Piranha WOMEX) and Board Member of the Berlin Music Commission. Action anthropologist, he is one of the leading independent producers for inter-national musical exchange.

Pia ehlers Head of Marketing and Communica-tions at the British Council Germany. She oversees the British Council‘s public relations and brand-building efforts.

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Guests

Patrick JacoBshagenManaging Director of Filmrecht, film and entertainment industry lawyer. Author of «Filmrecht – Die Verträge» and «Filmbusiness». He studied law and busi-ness sciences, working as a set director at the same time. As a lawyer he is repre-senting directors, actors and authors.

dr. Patrick hart Director of the British Council Germany. His operational responsibi-lities include the strategic manage-ment of science work. His focus is on fostering the links between artists and scientists with a view to fostering more effective communication around the issue of climate change. steFan kiwit

Managing Director of Exit Media Brand Entertainment. A trained lawyer, he previously worked as a Managing Director for, amongst others, TBWA advertising agency in Düsseldorf as well as being responsible for the commercial operations of Nikon Optik in Germany.

andreas klassen Desk Officer in the Strategy and Planning section at the German Federal Foreign Office.

inga königstadt Perfomance Artist/Bella Berlin.

dr. christine kolmar Executive Board-Member at WWF Germany. She is responsible for politics, communication, campaigns and environ-mental education. Previously she was Head of Politics and Deputy Editor in Chief at n-tv and Head of Communications at EUROPARC.

Petra husemann-renner Managing Director of Motor Music. Motor Music is a Berlin-based label, publisher, and management company, supporting artists such as Super 700, Phillip Boa and the Voodooclub and Peter Licht.

dr. ulF Jaeckel Head of Division at the German Federal Ministry for the Environment. He is also Chair of the Advisory Committee of the UN Marrakech Process on Sustainable Consumption and Production and Vice-Chair of the Commission on Sustainable Development, 18th session.

oliver Janik Managing Director of juniper Group. The Junipergroup develops and implements alternative communications solutions, specialising in sports marketing, co-operative arrangements and event marketing.

lutz grimm Managing Director of TPA Communi-cations Design. Besides various developments of brands for design projects like YOO by Philippe Starck or design offices, Lutz Grimm focuses on developing brands for ecologically sustainable projects.

matthias geBauer Chief Correspondent for Spiegel Magazin. His focus is on the global war on terrorism and its side effects. He has also covered natural disasters such as the tsunami in South Asia and the hurricane Kathrina in New Orleans.

andreas geBhard Managing Director of All2getherNow and Founder and CEO of Newthinking. Communications Newthinking Com-munications is an agency for digital culture and the digital society, based in Berlin.

FinJa götz Project Manager of MELT! and M!-Eco.She is responsible for selected projects concerning the MELT! Festival, especially the green issue, and has been working on this issue with partners like the Green Music Initiative.

matthias von hartz Director and Managing Director of Impulse Theater Festival & Sommer-theater Festival Hamburg. Previously he was an economist. Political topics that were pressing, but difficult to bring on stage such as globalisation, made him develop artistic projects. He made green issues a core of the HIF – in the program-me as well as in the infra-structure.

richard hawtin Founder Beatport, Dj, Producer.He is one of the most revered electronic music artists and was recently voted number 1 DJ in the world by users of Resident Advisor.net. Richie owns the Berlin-based music labels Minus and Plus8.

matthew hawtin Visual Artist. Matthew is a visual artist and DJ and works for the electronic music label M-nus. He is completing an MSc in Sustainable Development at the University of Surrey.

matthias kind Managing Director of Kobalt Music Publishing Germany. Kobalt Music Group is the 5th largest music publisher world-wide with artists like Herbert Grönemeyer, Gwen Stefani, Barry Manilow and Trent Reznor.

saBine Funk General Manager of the Rheinkultur Festival in Bonn. She works as a counsellor and teacher to improve health, safety and environmental protection issues not only for Rheinkultur Festival, but for all kinds of events.

Joachim ganse Managing Director of Deloitte Cert.He is also Head of the Service Line Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability (CR&S) Germany and Lead Auditor according to EMAS, ISO 14001, ISO 9001 and greenhouse gas verifications.

inanna Fronius Projects Intern, British Council Germany. B.A. in Literary, Cultural and Media Studies, M.A. in Cultural and Creative Industries.

Freddy Paul grunert Freelance Artist, Intellectual and Founder of selph2.The organization selph2 is an insti-tutional interface for the promotion of immaterial values. Grunert has also worked on the realization of eco-logically-sound projects for residential living spaces and environments.

Jahn harrison Head of Radio at Universal Music.He is responsible for the radio promotion of internationally signed artists of the Universal music group in Germany and believes that strong partners in media can raise awareness and communicate solutions for the challenges we face.

nina hillekum Student of Communication and Cultural Management at the Zeppelin-University. As a Research Assistant for Prof Nico Stehr at the Karl-Mannheim-Chair of Cultural Sciences, she is researching the climate consciousness and climate strategy of the German music and enter-tainment industry.

christian hochFeld Managing Director of the Öko-Institut.Berlin His main fields of work include the Integration of the Vision of Sustainable Development and Climate Protection in Corporate Strategy and Practice, Climate Protection in Transport and Life Cycle Assessment.

claudia Jericho Project Manager at C/O POP Cologne. Previously she was a project manager for the Federal Cultural Foun-dation‘s «Projekt Migration», which brought together art, the social scienc-es and history. At c/o Pop, she deve-lopes an innovative trade fair and exhi-bition concept for creative industries.

ProF. dr. michael Jeismann Head of the Department Communication and Internet of the Goethe Institut in Berlin. In 2004 he received the Jean-Améry-Prize for essay writing for his book «Auf Wiedersehen Gestern. Die deutsche Vergangenheit und die Politik von morgen» (DVA 2001).

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dr. otmar lell Policy Officer of Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband, a German consumer organization. He is working to find a path of transition into sustainable ways of consumption, presently with a focus on transport issues. He is a trained lawyer and in his spare time a painter, which marks his interest for both analytical and holistic approaches to reality.

hagen lieBing Music Editor of TIP Magazin in Berlin.From 1986 to 1988 he performed on various stages as bassist in the rock group «Die Ärzte». In 1990 he completed his diploma as a media adviser and also engages in voluntary work as the head of the football club Tennis Borussia Berlin.

dr. seraFine lindemann Director of the Forum Artcircolo / Overtures, which highlights the topics «climate change and water as an increasingly scarce resource». She is committed to an experimental and internationally oriented exhibition pro-gramme. In collaboration with artcirculo‘s core competencies in art, technology, science, economics and design, it pro-vides a scope for action for cross-societal questions and further design.

Jenny ludwig Co-Founder of the environmental initiative Goth for Earth. The initiative encourages fans, artists and companies in particular in the gothic/independent scene to make the ecological transfor-mation through public events, a know-ledge platform and practical support.

walter lindner Commissioner for Crisis Management at the German Federal Foreign OfficeHe served as a diplomat among others in Turkey, Nicaragua, New York and as German Ambassador in Nairobi. As a mu-sician, he has also released several CDs.

dr. dirk notz Head of the Research Group on Sea Ice in the Earth System at the Max-Planck-Institute for Meteorology. He organised and participated in a number of research expeditions to the high Arctic and Antarctic, international Youth Camps on Climate Change and student summer schools, and won several prizes for Intel-ligible Science.

andrea manoDesk Officer in the Strategy and Planning section at the German Federal Foreign Office. She is responsible for developing and promoting new initiatives such as Kultur-Klima, which searches for ways in which culture can contribute to informing on the universal responsibility in preventing a climate change, modify indi-vidual and collective behaviour.

dr. lutz nitscheAdvisor to the Executive Board of the Kulturstiftung des Bundes. He studies German Literature and History of Art in Freiburg, London, Tübingen and San Diego and holds a PhD in Film studies.

dr. hermann ott Member of the Parliament Bündnis 90/Grüne. He studied international environ-mental law, holds a PhD in international environmental regimes and worked at the Wuppertal Institute‘s Climate Policy Division. He regards Climate Change as the biggest threat to humanity.

steve redmond Consultant at Brit Awards. Cinesong is a company for music supervising with a portfolio of over 80 movies, projects such as the last Wim Wenders Movie, Vorstadtkrokodile II, Fatih Akin’s Solino and many more.

kristin reissig Climate Policy and Environment Officer at the British Embassy Berlin. She works on issues like international climate nego-tiations, renewables, and energy efficiency.

Juliane Prochnow Project Manager of the Yellow Lounge.About once a month Universal Classics/ Deutsche Grammophon is holding classical concerts with their top artists in various atmospheric club surroundings in Berlin, making them as entertaining as performing DJ's and live acts.

Julia rawlins Head of Climate Change and Transatlantic Relations at the British Council Germany. Previously she was a Project Manager at British Council Brussels and studied Modern & Medieval Languages and Environmental Policy.

nilgün öz Corporate Communications at Universal Music and OZ Berlin.

doris PaPenBroock Strategic Adviser for Public Relations, Communication and Marketing at Ad Press. Previously, she was an editor and foreign correspondent in New York, USA.

rasmus Priess Project Leader of the Product Carbon Footprinting initiatives PCF Projekt and PCF World Forum at Thema1.He is also a consultant in energy efficiency and climate protection.

Guests

kalle laar The Temporary Sound Museum. In his recent artwork he focused on environ-mental and ethic themes, most notably in «Calling the Glacier» introduced at the Venice Art Biennial 2007, a public live telephone connection to a melting glacier.

roland leesker Managing Director at the music marketing agency rockit Gesellschaft für BrandMusic. Rockit exploits the mutual marketing potential between brands and bands. With an extensive network of contacts in marketing and music industries rockit seeks innovative models for brand/music cooperations.

seBastian körBer Deputy Secretary General and Head of the Media Department at the Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen. Previously he worked as a journalist in Strasbourg and Brussels, and was Editor in Chief of the culture magazine Kulturaustausch.

Jochen sandig Co-Founder, Artistic Director and Manager of RADIALSYSTEM V – New Space for the Arts in Berlin. He also founded the Tacheles Gallery and co-initiated the contemporary dance company Sasha Waltz & Guests and the Sophiensaele. He was a Member of Artistic Direction as well as dramaturge at Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz.

amy saundersSpecial Projects Manager at Edinburgh Festivals. She works on strategic projects across Edinburgh‘s 12 major festivals, especially with the Festival‘s environmental working groups, to implement their joint strategy in delivering a low carbon festival future.

FranzJoseF schaFhausen Deputy Director General for Environment and Energy at the German Federal Ministry for the Environment. He is the Chairman of the Interministerial Working Group on «Co2-Reduction», of the Working Group on «Emissions Trading» and of the German Mirror Group (DIN AA 7) to ISO TC 207 WG 5.

tilman santariusHead of International Climate and Energy Policy at the Heinrich Böll Foundation and Member of the Board of Environment and Development at Germanwatch. He is also a Board Mem-ber of the environment and development NGO Germanwatch.

dr. elke ritt Head of Creative Europe Programmes at the British Council Germany.Elke Ritt has managed the Arts programme of the British Council in Germany since 1993.

tim renner Managing Director of Motor Music. Motor Music is a Berlin-based label, publisher, and management company, supporting artists such as Super 700, Phillip Boa and the Voodooclub and Peter Licht.

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manFred tari Founder of Pop 100. He has been working in the music industry for over 25 years and is a founding member of the music convention Popkomm. Besides publishing Pop 100 he is also a correspondent for VIP News (DK/UK) and IQMagazine (UK)

detleF thelenMedia & Evaluation Manager for Germany at the British Council. He is also Web Manager for the British Council‘s Our Shared Europe programme which looks into perceptions of Muslims in Europe.

dr. Bodo schwiegerManaging Director of Team Red Mobility Managment Consultants. He is leading this innovative consultant company and contributes his expert knowledge to projects concerned with mobility issues, such as the innovative mobility planning for the MELT! Festival at FERROPOLIS

michael schiewack Programme Director of jUMP, a MDR radio channel for pop and rock music.Previously he managed the transfer of East German radio channel DT64 to Mittel-deutscher Rundfunk channel SPUTNIK.

Jan seiFert Environmental Adviser at the Heinrich Böll Foundation in Berlin. He works on designing intelligent economic frameworks and policies for a climate-friendly future.

andy smithFirst Secretary Environment and Energy at the British Embassy Berlin.

BoB shahrestani Founder of Partysan and MD of Thaibreak. Partysan is Germany‘s first techno- and house- fanzine, distributed for free. Besides editing the fanzine, Bob and his companion also organize their own events.

andro steinBorn Managing Director of NEU! Filmproduktion.

klaus-d. stoFFers Strategic Adviser for Public Relations, Communication and Marketing and Founding Director of Markt- & Medien- Kommunikation He is also a Board-Member of the environment and development NGO Germanwatch.

rainer trauBe Head of Arts and Culture at Germany’s international broadcasterDeutsche Welle In its programmes, DW-TV provides a European perspective to audiences around the world and promotes cultural dialogue and exchange.

caroline varrall Project Manager Sustainable Development at the Marsatac Festival in Marseille, France She is responsible for the implementation of sustainable develop-ment actions at the Marsatac Festival for electronic and urban cultures in Marseille.

verena vehlingManaging Director of Exit Media Brand Entertainment She is also a founding member of the Green Music Initiative and worked in the music industry, amongst others for Universal Music Germany and EMI Music.

marco voigt Managing Director of Clean Tech World and Founder of the Clean Tech Media Award He is also a founding member of PIN AG, the main non-governmental organi-zation for postal service in Germany.

ProF. dr. harald welzer Director of the Centre for Inter-disciplinary Memory Research in EssenHe supervises projects within Climate & Culture, a new research area at the In-stitute for Advanced Study in the Humanities in Essen. He is the author of several books such as «Klimakriege. Wofür im 21. Jahrhundert getötet wird».

Brigitte werneBurg Arts Editor of TAZ She has published numerous works on contemporary art and photograpy and also teaches «history of photography» at the Beuth-Hochschule für Technik in Berlin.

anita tillmannCo-Founder and Co-Owner of the Premium Exhibitions GmbH. She established PREMIUM GREEN Luxury – supporting brands with focus on sustainability and hosting panel discussions on the topic since 2007.

norBert tillmannCo-Founder and Co-Owner of the Premium Exhibitions GmbH. At PREMIUM he focusses on finance and business development, such as the opening of the PREMIUM fashion store F95 and the national trade shows in Düsseldorf and Munich

christian tJaBen Consultant and journalist at the Reeperbahn Festival He works as a free-lance writer and is involved in creating a new media environment for music at the awardwinning webradio ByteFM

ole tillmann Member of Störungsmelder, German Actor, TV-Presenter and CoachHe has hosted the German version of «Top of the Pops» on RTL, played parts in several crime-serials and sitcoms and recently did the official speakercoaching for the TEDxBerlin-speakers.

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detleF schwarte Managing Director of Reeperbahn Festival Hamburg/Inferno Events. Detlef Schwarte’s current focus is the creation of the «Reeperbahn Campus», a specialist platform for the music and creative industry which takes place alongside the Reeperbahn Festival.

rainer schmidt Editor in Chief of Rolling Stone, Musikexpress and Sounds.He took over at these music magazines early 2010 and is based in Berlin

knut schlinger Editor of Musik Woche. He is a graduate of Literary Studies, gained experience as an author and has followed national and international developments in the music industry for over ten years as editor of MusikWoche

markus von wollank Author and Columnist of 030 Berlinand Berliner Zeitung / Technical University of Berlin He learned how to optimise communication and under-standing of values in companies, assets which are strongly needed in times of climate change and financial crisis. He is also a chronicler taking a satirical look at Berlin’s cultural life.

ec zander Head of Music Radio Fritz

heiko zwirner Editor in Chief of TIP Magazin in Berlin TIP is Berlin‘s biggest magazine, carefully selecting on a biweekly basis Berlin‘s most interesting cultural events. TIP runs comprehensive reviews on films, theatre, dance, concerts, exhibitions and records.

matthias willenBacher CEO of juwi Holding, Founder «100% Erneuerbar» juwi offers services in all business sectors of renewable energies: solar, wind, bio, hydropower and geo-thermal energy and is led by the vision of a 100% regenerative energy supply.

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