ADE 2026

Thu 22 – Fri 23 · not jam-packed, high quality · everything walk-in with your Pro badge except the app bits.

Thursday 22 — you land in the morning

In the taxi: the two app items. Everything else is badge + feet.

• taxi
  ADE app → log in → book Meet the AI Players matchmaking, Fri 10:30The only thing needing a signup. If the window is gone, drop in anyway — they rarely fill the room on badge holders.
• taxi
  Clear the DMsRe-anchor Arya Goudarzi (his Wednesday arrival slipped past). Park Sunny Music Group + the ghost-production pitch.
• 14:15
  Suno: Where Dancefloor Instinct Meets Frontier AIFelix Meritis · Paul Sinclair + Todd Terry. Your room. The anti-Suno with receipts, in the seat where it counts.
• 14:45
  OR (same window, pick one): Leaky Pipes — Fraud, AI and the Tools Deciding Who Gets PaidBeatDapp + Beatport. Closest to your analyzer domain if you want a smaller room.
• 15:45
  OR: A panel on the (positive) use of AI in musicJean-Michel Jarre et al. Second AI session of the afternoon.
• 17:45
  Dutch Nighttime Alliance session + mixerLast Pro thing of the day; the bridge into the evening.
• eve
  Andaz Business Hub / Rosewood Matchmaking HubBoth open to your Pro pass. Fallback if someone wants company: STMPD 10yr @ AFAS (17:00), Eric Prydz @ Gashouder (18:00) — relationship time.

Friday 23

• 10:30
  Meet the AI PlayersRosewood. ElevenLabs, UnitedMasters, Bandcamp, Beatport, LANDR, AWAL, Twitch, YouTube Music, Abbey Road, The Orchard in the room.
• 13:45
  Artists on AI — A No-BS RoundtableMathame, BT, Portrait XO, Dave Clarke. The honest complement to Thursday.
• 13:00
  Backup: Funding Under FireOr 12:30 State of Things keynote (Cliff Fluet). Only if a slot frees.
• —
  Send the Rishi Patel introPlus Eight Equity (Hawtin/Acquaviva VC), delegate directory, his profile literally invites investors+startups. Two lines, your words. Ask and I'll draft.

After the trip

• —
  Rotate the ADE passwordIt sat in the mail files in plaintext.