The Going Global Summit happens from 12:00 noon until 4:00pm in the stunning NZ2011 Business Lounge, upstairs at the waters edge of Auckland's newest venue, The Cloud. Seminars will be at every hour, on the hour, featuring speakers from the UK, USA and Australia, direct to us from the Big Sound conference in Brisbane, Australia. For the full programme, go to our website – www.indies.co.nz
The speakers are: Jen Long, BBC (UK); Natalie Judge, Matador Records (UK); Graham Ashton, Big Sound (AU); Paul Hanly, French Kiss Records (US); Adam Lewis, Planetary Group (US); Dick Huey, Toolshed (US) and Will Larnach-Jones, Parallel Management (AU).
From 6:00pm, the Going Global Showcase will take place in Shed 10 – right next door to The Cloud. Ten acts will appear over a four hour show, in a venue so new, it is not even open yet!
Appearing at the Auckland Showcase are: The Sami Sisters, Collapsing Cities, Vietnam War, Seth Haapu, The Stereo Bus, Bang Bang Eche!, Computers Want Me Dead, Zowie, The Transistors and Ghost Wave.
Entry to the showcase is free and it's open to the public.