FAQ’s

GENERAL

What is EMC?

EMC is a conference and festival held annually in Sydney, Australia each November. The conference is held over two days and the festival is held over five days and nights.

The conference includes networking and relationship building events, inspirational keynotes and in-conversations, workshops, masterclasses, panel and roundtable discussions. Past guest speakers include Alison Wonderland, Andrew Weatherall, Armin Van Buuren, Carl Cox, Dillon Francis, Diplo, Flume, Gilles Peterson, Greg Wilson, Hermitude, Honey Dijon, Nina Kraviz, Nina Las Vegas, Peking Duk, Rainbow Chan, Sasha, The Presets, Tiesto and many, many more. \

The festival is five days and nights of parties, showcases, pop-ups and film screenings. Over 70 artists perform across a variety of parties and venues, covering a range of different electronic music genres. Past artists who have performed at EMC include Cosmo’s Midnight, Crooked Colours, Disclosure, Dom Dolla, Fred P, Gilles Peterson, Greg Wilson, Hayden James, LDRU, Miss Blanks, Motez, Muto, Nicole Millar, Rainbow Chan, SAFIA, Sampology, Sasha, Set Mo, Touch Sensitive, UV Boi and many, many more.

EMC also co hosts a forum called Global Cities After Dark during EMC week. Global Cities After Dark is a forum focussed on future nightlife. For more info, head HERE.

EMC is the leading music industry event of its kind in the Asia Pacific region. Whether you are a brand new artist starting to make electronic music or one of the world’s most influential figures in electronic music, EMC provides an annual destination where we come together for a week and leave having learned a lot from one another, and having been inspired by each other.

EMC 2019 is supported by Australia Council for the Arts, NSW Government through Create NSW, City of Sydney, MusicNSW, Muzeek, Roland and TAME. 2019 speakers, program, special events will be continually announced, so sign up HERE for latest news.

Who goes to EMC?

EMC’s participants include people from:

Artist/DJ/Producer/Songwriter
Artists Manager
Audio/Sound Engineer
Booking Agent
Brand
Education
Events
Event Production
(Event Producer, Production Manager, Stage Tech, Audio Engineer, Stage Manager, Security)
Festivals
Government
Media
Marketing/Content Marketing/Digital Marketing
Photographer/Videographer
Promoter
Publicist
Publishing
Record Label
Retailers (Record Stores, Instruments, Production Gear & Hire)
Streaming Platform
Student
Tech Company
Technologist (VR, Gaming, AI, Software Engineer)
Ticketing Company
Venue Operator
VJ / Live Video Director

When is EMC?

EMC’s 2019 conference is Wednesday 13 November and Thursday 14 November.

EMC’s 2019 festival is Wednesday 13 November – Sunday 17 November.

Global Cities After Dark 2019 is Friday 15 November.

Where is EMC?

EMC conference is held at the Dr Chau Chak Wing Building at UTS, Ultimo Road, Ultimo.

EMC’s festival events, parties, showcases and pop-ups are held at various venues in Sydney. Festival program updates will be announced throughout September and October so be sure to sign up HERE for the latest festival announcements.

What happens on what day?

Tuesday November 12: EMC welcome party

Tuesday November 13: Wednesday November 13: EMC conference, Dr Chau Chak Wing Building, UTS (12pm – 7pm)

Wednesday November 13: EMC LIVE, The Landsdowne (8pm – 2:30am)

Thursday November 14: EMC conference, Dr Chau Chak Wing Building, UTS (12pm – 7pm)

Thursday November 14: EMC LIVE, The Landsdowne (8pm – 2:30am)

Friday November 15: Global Cities After Dark (12pm – 7pm)

Friday November 15 – Sunday November 17: EMC festival at various parties, club nights, pop ups and film screenings across Sydney.

What can I expect to get out of EMC?

  1. Inspiration
  2. Knowledge and Insights from experts and from your peers
  3. National connections with the electronic music sector
  4. International connections with the electronic music sector
  5. Motivation
  6. Business development and employment opportunities
  7. Practical tips, hacks, tricks and knowledge in music production, songwriting and music creation
  8. Quality time with colleagues and peers that you don’t see throughout the year
  9. Experiencing the best electronic music coming out of Australia right now
  10. Bucketloads of fun throughout the whole week!

 

 

PARTICIPATING

Can I be a speaker at EMC?

The door is always open for any ideas you have whether it’s putting forward a speaker recommendation, a cool idea for a session, workshop or a kick arse keynote.

Please send through your proposal or ideas via our contact page

 

I’m an artist that wants to showcase/perform at EMCPLAY. How do I go about this?

Applications to perform at EMC LIVE are open until 11:59pm on Sunday 15 September, 2019. You can apply to showcase here.

I’m in the media and would like to attend EMC to cover it. How do I go about this?

You will need media accreditation to cover EMC. Media accreditation requires approval. Applications for media accreditation opens on Monday October 15 at 9am. We will send an email to all media with the form to apply for accreditation on this date.  

 

I’m in the media and would like to interview one of EMC’s speakers/artists. How do I go about this?

Please send media requests to celia@prshed.com