Events

Organised by BBM/BMC (BritishBlackMusic.com/Black Music Congress) and RE:IMI (Race Equality: In Music Industry) with support from University Of Westminster Students Union, BECTU, BASCA & MU

Panellists: Janice Turner (BECTU Equalities officer), Vick Bain (BASCA CEO), Alex Mann (MU London regional officer), Rachel Akiboye (Creative Access marketing); chair: Kwaku (BBM/BMC founder)

Preceded by screening of a few short documentaries on the state of British black music.

The conference is aimed at representatives of music industry organisations, music and media industryites, and anyone with an interest in diversity issues particularly addressing ethnicity and 'race'. The primary aim is to find out what good practice has been taking place and what we can adapt or take forward in order to improve diversity and ethnicity/'race' engagement within the music industry.

When: Wednesday July 8, 6-9pm

Where: Room G.03 Little Titchfield Campus, University of Westminster, 4-12 Little Titchfield Street, London W1W 7BY (Oxford Circus tube)

Cost: Free, but need to pre-book http://bit.ly/ethnicityconfab

Twitter hashtag: #BBMMEthnic