02 December, Sala Apolo Barcelona
Where European MusicTech takes collective action.
A one day summit that combines Musictech Ethics, rights infrastructure, AI policy and the economic reality of independent distribution in a single room with a concrete output – a whitepaper delivered to the EU Commission on music, AI and copyright
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02 December, Sala Apolo Bercelona
Where European MusicTech
takes collective action.
A one day summit that combines Musictech Ethics, rights infrastructure, AI policy and the economic reality of independent distribution in a single room with a concrete output – a whitepaper delivered to the EU Commission on music, AI and copyright
Convened by
Backed by
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The Summit is something unique: it's where the European MusicTech community goes beyond talk and opinions to produce positions and take action.
Jose Luis Zagazeta
MTH Co-Founder & Chairman of the Board
The Music Tech Summit is the starting point of a document that will outlast it.
The Barcelona Ethical MusicTech Principles Report
Shape the future of European MusicTech
The Music Tech Summit is the starting point of a document that will outlast it. By attending, participating, and sharing your perspective, you are contributing directly to The Barcelona Ethical MusicTech Principles Report, a document that will inform policy, industry, and investment conversations across Europe.
The report will be sent to the European Commission and other relevant institutions by December 8, 2026, just days after the Summit. It is our way of making sure the conversations that happen in Barcelona have a life beyond the day itself.
Let the EU hear our voices on
the future of AI and copyright
Leaders from culture, music and tech come together to share their positions on the future of music tech in Europe. The summit culminates in a report co-authored by all attendees and delivered to the EU Commission on music, AI and copyright.
Who's in the room?
Sector & Social Reps
Policy makers, collecting societies, legal experts.
You're here to shape the framework the rest of the ecosystem has to live inside.
Music Professionals
Artists, labels, distributors, managers.
You're here because these decisions are already affecting your catalogue, your royalties, your career — with or without your input.
Music Tech Sector
Founders, engineers, researchers, investors.
You're here because you're building the infrastructure this debate assumes exists — or should.
Three rooms. One day.
A full ecosystem in motion.
The Music Tech Summit has been designed as a journey through the essential elements of the music life cycle: from ideation to distribution, from identification to rights management.
We've built the program together with partners who are specialists in each of these fields, so the day flows naturally from one essential question to the next.
Two content rooms, running in parallel.
Each room hosts a different strand of the conversation, with a mix of panels, keynotes, workshops and demos. You choose where to be, when to move and how to participate.
Whether you're a startup founder, a researcher, a lawyer, a manager or an artist, the day is designed so you can find the conversations that matter most to you — and contribute to them.
One open space, where conversation doesn't stop.
Between and around the sessions, you'll have access to a dedicated space for continuous digital interaction. Here, the conversation doesn't stop when a panel ends.
You'll be able to respond to live questions about the sector's main debates, see what others are saying in real time, and help shape the questions that feed into the day's conclusions.
No passive audiences.
This is a day to be inspired, to participate, and to help voice what the community needs. MTS gives you the depth and the room to react, connect, and contribute.
Agenda
A blend of keynotes, workshops and panels all aimed towards producing the Barcelona Principles Report to be delivered to the EU Commission
Morning
From the Lab to the Studio: How Research Reaches the Industry
Playing the Long Game: A European Project for AI and Music
Metadata: The Problem That Blocks Everything Else
Conclusions from the Road: Desafía Miami
Who Owns the Pipeline? Independent Distribution in the Age of AI
Speak Easy: Unconventional talks of the music industry
Afternoon
Is Talent Ready to Solve These Issues?
Live Music & Tech: The Special Relationship
Lost and Found: How Europe Is Reclaiming Unpaid Royalties
Especulative Lab: Futures about Digital Musical Platforms
Disagreeing Agreeably: Is Consensus Even Possible?
From Diagnosis to Proposal: The Barcelona Principles
Live Music Closing
NØTWORKING : The unusual AFTERWORK
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A unique summit
Convened by Music Tech Hub
Music Tech Hub (MTH) is the first professional association in Southern Europe dedicated to the musictech sector. Headquartered in Barcelona, and with members across Spain, MTH represents more than 100 companies, institutions and professionals of the musictech ecosystem, and is cofounder of Music Tech Europe.
MTH’s mission is to consolidate the sector as a motor of innovation, investment and economic development.Through MTS, Music Tech Hub aims to connect and strengthen the European MusicTech ecosystem — research, industry, rights, and policy in the same conversation.