Daniel Nordgård (NO) will be giving a keynote speech at SPOT+, focused on the challenges facing the music industry in the wake of the shift to digital distribution and streaming of music.

In 2013, Nordgård lead the government-appointed Nordgård-committee which looked at streaming and he also wrote a comprehensive report on the Norwegian streaming market. He has previously been very active on the music-scene in Kristiansand, and has extensive experience from volunteer work at and as manager of the Quart festival, as well as on various projects and initiatives around the live sector and festival industry.

Nordgård teaches music business at the master’s programme of the Music Management programme at the University of Agder, Norway. His research is on the international music business, and changes in relation to the digitalization process – with special focus on streaming. He is currently completing a PhD on the subject.

Read the Nordgård-rapport here (in Norwegian]

Saturday May 2nd at SPOT+, the Sueica conference hall is dedicated to Streaming+ – and the challenges and opportunities of the new digital reality. Read more about the Streaming+ programme here.