Beatport Connect Heads to Brooklyn for a One-Day Industry Summit

Get ready, New York. Beatport Connect is coming to Brooklyn on June 12, bringing a full day of music industry insight, networking, and community-building to Refuge.

Following previous Beatport Connect editions in cities like Los Angeles, the one-day summit is designed to bring rising artists, established industry voices, labels, and music professionals into the same room for a day of conversation, connection, and proper scene-building.

The first wave of New York speakers is officially locked in, with a stacked lineup spanning streaming, artist development, marketing, publishing, community, and club culture:

• Alyssa Byrne (Director, Writer & Publisher Relations, TuneCore)
• Alyssa Vera (Director of Membership, Association for Electronic Music)
• Andrew Salsano (Vice President, Nervous Records)
• Ariel Palitz (Global Gov't & Industry Advisor, AP Enterprises Inc)
• Bianca Terán (Artist, Talent & Program Manager, FEMME HOUSE)
• Bina Fronda (VP Marketing, Ultra Music)
• Erez Davids (Director, Raw Cuts)
• Justin Strauss (Artist)
• Lauren Flax (Artist)
• Mona Dehgan (VP Marketing, Mute)
• Oscar Nn / Papi Juice (Artist)
• Patrick Topping (Artist)
• Ronny Ho (Head of Dance and Electronic Development, Spotify)
• sim0ne (Artist)

Across the day, sessions will dig into the full electronic music ecosystem, covering release strategy, DJ career-building, mental health, sampling, and the evolution of New York’s queer club culture. Attendees will also get access to an Industry Mixer at the end of the summit, closing out the day with more space to meet, connect, and keep the conversations moving.

For anyone working in electronic music, trying to break into the industry, or looking to better understand where the scene is heading next, Beatport Connect New York is built as a high-value day of access, insight, and opportunity.

Come connect, learn, and be part of this gathering of the global electronic music community.

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20% of all ticket proceeds will go to support MusiCares.