Remi Fairweather Stride (she/her), Insights Manager at Youth Music. With 7 years of research experience across the charity and commercial sectors, I currently drive our Insights strategy at Youth Music. My role focuses on reinforcing evidence-led and equitable decision-making across the organisation, by transforming data into actionable insights that support young people making, learning and earning in music. I am passionate about amplifying the voices of children and young people as the true experts of their own lives. I also serve as the Chair of the IDEA (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility) Working Group. Outside of work, I'm a music and motorcycle enthusiast. https://youthmusic.org.uk/

Tareic Alphonse (he/him) is a A creative, hard-working professional with a passion for social justice and community development. He currently works as a Membership Manager for The Ivors Academy within the music sector. Tareic has previously stated that he enjoys his job as it allows him to "create a better industry for musicians and music creators".

Gavin Miller currently is the owner of Studio, Commercial Audio Installations & Consultancy Company Arcadia Solutions. However, Gavin's experience and expertise go far beyond just this sector. Gavin is extremely knowledgeable about AI and its impact on the industry as a whole, as he has previously worked as a studio owner and in music management too. Gavin is joining this panel to share his thoughts on this timely topic. 

Dr Robin Laney

 is a Professor of Computational Musicology at the Open University. He has a BSc. in Micro-computers and Applications from Westfield College, University of London, and a PhD. In Computer Science from King’s College, University of London.

Dr Anna Xambo Sedo

is a Senior Lecturer in Music and Audio Technology at De Montfort University (Leicester, UK) and a member of the Music, Technology and Innovation - Institute of Sonic Creativity (MTI²). Her research and practice focus on sound and music computing systems looking at novel approaches to collaborative, participatory, and live coding experiences.She is PI of the EPSRC HDI Network Plus funded project "MIRLCAuto: A Virtual Agent for Music Information Retrieval in Live Coding" and has taken leading roles in organisations with a special interest in improving the representation of women in music technology: Women in Music Tech.

Dr Geraint A. Wiggins 

Is Professor of Computational Creativity in the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and the School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science at Queen Mary, University of London.

Dr Oded Ben-Tal

I am a composer with complementary research interests at the intersection of Music, Cognition, and Computing. My compositions range from instrumental works to interactive pieces combining live performers with electronics, and include multimedia collaborations with artist from other domains such as video, dance, and visual design.

I studied composition with Jonathan Harvey and Brian Ferneyhough as part of my doctoral studies at Stanford University where I also worked with Jonathan Berger on research projects. Since 2016 I have been collaborating with Dr. Bob Sturm applying machine learning and AI methods to music.