Welcome
international participants
to the International Marketplace
As a CMW international registered delegate, you are automatically entitled to services provided by the IMP, a business-to-business resource center. We’ll help you pre-plan your meetings and showcase your business. The IMP provides the support you need to connect with Canadian companies who may be looking to do business with you. Benefits include:
Click below
to become a registered CMW delegate
The following International Marketplace benefits
are exclusive to international delegates who have
registered with CMW.
Visibility:
The contact details and objectives you have provided will be listed in the printed edition of the International Delegates Directory, which will be distributed onsite during CMW. These details will also be posted online in advance at www.cmw.net, visible to fellow IMP participants from Canada who may be looking to do business with you.
Meeting Support:
The IMP team can help connect you with the Canadians you are looking to meet. The International Marketplace will be onsite in the Territories Room and the Algonquin Room at the Fairmont Royal Hotel in Toronto during Canadian Music Week.
Business Resource & Presentation Centre - Office facilities & Meeting Support:
The Territories Room is your office-away-from home with dedicated meeting space, computers & wireless internet, telephone and messaging systems, secured storage space and A/V presentation & demonstration facilities. Drop by the Territories Room to meet the IMP team and take advantage of the business facilities and meeting support at your disposal.
Networking Opportunities:
IMP participants are invited to attend cocktail receptions in the Territories Room Thursday or Friday night. Another benefit of the International Marketplace is an invitation to the closing CMW International Marketplace reception at the Hockey Hall of Fame on the night of Saturday, March 8.
Take the guesswork out of doing business in the world market. Follow-up with contacts made at MIDEM, Popkomm and SXSW and meet new ones. Get on site support during CMW. Meet the IMP team in the Territories Room. They can help you connect with the Canadian companies you want to do business with.
The CMW International Marketplace runs for the duration of Rogers MusicStore Canadian Music Week, March 5-8, 2008 in the Territories Room and the Algonquin Room at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel, Toronto.
The CMW International Marketplace is sponsored by the Ontario Development Media Corporation, in partnership with Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada, the Department of Canadian Heritage (Trade Routes Program), the Canadian Independent Record Production Association (CIRPA) and the Canadian Association for the Advancement of Music & The Arts (CAAMA).
2008 International Marketplace International Spotlights
ALGONQUIN
ROOM -
SPOTLIGHTS ON LATIN AMERICA
Thursday, March 6, 2:40 to 3:40 PM Spotlight on Latin America, Round 1
Potential opportunities for Canadians in the Latin American market. Panel topics included the diversity of the music scene; concerts and tours - facts & figures; musical culture. The market for live performances, concerts and touring. Tour management, artistic direction and professional support services. The importance of television . Artist development: opportunities for the indie sector; the impact of live touring on record sales and career momentum. Moderated by Shaw Saltzberg, S.L. Feldman & Associates Canada. Panelists: Daniel Grinbank , DG Medios & Espectaculos Argentina; Carlos Geniso, DG Medios Chile; Fernando Franco, MuchMusic Latin America; Diego Finkelstein, Fenix Entertainment Argentina; Bruno Ramos, Slag Records Brasil; Fabrício Nobre , ABRAFIM (the Brazilian Association of Independent Festivals);
Guillermo Malbran, Guillermo Malbran Organization, Argentina-Peru.
Friday, March 7, 2:40 to 3:40 PM Spotlight on Latin America - Round 2
Potential opportunities for Canadians in the Latin American market. Panel topics included the diversity of the music scene; facts & figures; Efforts for music exports; Latin American musical culture. The internet and the new opinion makers; online piracy and illegal downloading. Distribution - traditional versus virtual - business model and prices. Opportunities for the indie sector. Co-Moderated by Eric So, Synergex Corporation Canada and
David McLoughlin, BMA (Brasil Musica & Artes) Brasil. Panelists: Javier Fainzaig, FaroLatino S.A. Argentina; Gerard Werron, Laser Company / Nuclear Blast Brasil; Mauricio Bussab, Tratore Brasil; Claudio Vicentin, Roadie Crew Brasil; Rafael Reisman, RR Producoes Ltda. Brasil; Eduardo Muszkat, MCD Entertainment Brasi
Saturday, March 8, 12:30 to 1:30 PM
How Does All This Government Stuff Work?
Meet the Funders and Reps. from Canada and Abroad
(Roundtable information session)
From tax credits to international marketing strategies, find the people with the answers you need to move into the world arena. Attending representatives from Canada and abroad included Canada’s department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, the Department of Canadian Heritage (Trade Routes Program), Ontario Media Development Corporation, Toronto Arts Council, Ontario Arts Council, VideoFACT and FACTOR, along with Canadian reps from abroad.
For information contact:
Kathy Hahn, Event Coordinator
The International Marketplace
Tel: 905.858.4747
Fax: 905.858.4848 Kathy@cmw.net
On site during CMW March 11 - 14, 2009
Territories & Algonquin Rooms
Fairmont Royal York Hotel
100 Front St. W., Toronto, ON
Tel: 416.368.2511 Ext. 2533
