KEYNOTE AND PANEL: UTOPIA AND REALITY OF AI IN MUSIC
Popakademie Mannheim – Zukunft Pop 12/21

ZUKUNFT POP CONFERENCE 21: POP CULTURAL UTOPIAS
This year’s conference poses the question of future perspectives in pop music and addresses the topics of gender and diversity, music in Namibia, and artificial intelligence.

In the panel „Utopia or Reality: AI and Music, “ Jovanka von Wilsdorf (musician, AI Song Contest DIANA), Moisés Horta (artist), and David Stammer (Project Manager Digital Innovation Popakademie Baden-Württemberg) will discuss current developments in Artificial Intelligence (AI) in music. Andrea Götzke (curator and cultural producer Music Pool Berlin) will be the moderator.

In her keynote, Jovanka von Wilsdorf will provide insights into the topic of equality in the context of Artificial Intelligence.
A conversation between Betina Quest (musician) and Pamela Owusu-Brenyah will also shed light on the situation of musicians in Ghana. Betina Quest and Engin will close the conference with a concert.

The live stream of the conference will be available on Saturday, Dec. 04, starting at noon.

The Popakademie’s conference format was initiated in 2009 by Prof. Udo Dahmen and is supported by the Landesanstalt für Kommunikation Baden-Württemberg.