27 April 13:00Fållan, Slakthusområdet

The Value of Music

Streaming revenues are measured in billions. Sweden's musical trade surplus is unique in Europe. Investors are circling the catalogue market. But behind the numbers, fundamental questions remain open, about who captures value, how copyright and soft power relates to each other, how data shapes decisions, and whether the conditions that made Sweden a global outlier can be sustained.

Stockholm Music Week and STIM are convening a half-day conference that brings the Swedish music industry's most pressing questions into one room. Four themes. One afternoon.

Attendance is by invitation. Capacity is limited.
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Program

The program features leading voices from the global music economy, rights organisations, tech, investment and the creative community. Full speaker line-up to be announced.

This is not a panel day about trends. It is an afternoon where the industry looks at its own economics, its leverage and its blind spots, with the data on the table.

The economics of streaming: who gets paid when you press play, and how is that changing?

The politics of data: labels, publishers and managers all read the same numbers. They reach different conclusions. Why?

Music as geopolitical currency: how Sweden and South Korea became the only two small nations to build global music export machines. What investors see. And what Stockholm needs to stay competitive.

The creative engine: a conversation with some of the songwriters and producers behind the biggest records in the world.

Stockholm Music Week is a new international meeting place in one of the world's leading music nations. For one week, the music industry, the tech sector, business, government and academia come together to address the questions that will shape the future of the industry.

Stockholm Music Week takes place 22–29 April 2026 across Slakthusområdet, Stockholm. For inquires please contact info@stockholmmusicweek.se