The Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE), the world’s biggest festival and industry meeting for electronic music, has completed its ADE Pro 2025 conference program, which includes a wide roster of speakers, artists, and professionals.
Some of the major additions to the ADE Pro lineup are KI/KI, Chris Stussy, DJ Bone, Daft Punk Creative Director Cédric Hervet, TikTok influencer DJ AG, and Insider Knowledge sessions with Spotify, YouTube with TxC, and Epic Games. Performances and expertise from Armin van Buuren, Hannah Laing & Joris Voorn, Voices From The Lake, ANNA, and Grammy-winning producer Focus are some of the special features being showcased at the event.
Highlights of ADE Pro 2025 focus on world-class talent, with sets by Skepta, Más Tiempo, ANOTR, Scuba, DBN Gogo, Eris Drew & Modeselektor, Luke Slater & Chris Liebing, Nicole Moudaber, and Vintage Culture. Attendees will also interact with leading tech platforms such as Google DeepMind, YouTube, Spotify, SoundCloud, Twitch, Bandcamp, Beatport, Netflix, Epic Games, and COLORS, and leading music industry brands such as Sony Music, Warner Records, STMPD RCRDS, MOJO, Tomorrowland Brazil, Armada Music, Helix Records, Kompakt, WME, UTA, Defected, Warp Records, LVRN, !
K7 Records, UnitedMasters, and No Art.
One of the biggest highlights is Epic Games’ “Press Play! The Daft Punk Experience” in Fortnite, with Daft Punk’s Cédric Hervet and Epic Games’ Brett Marks and Alex Rigopulos, who present on how the interactive experience was created. Career development sessions feature Chris Stussy, KETTAMA, Enzo Sarigusa, and DJ AG, sharing tips on growing fanbases, and Helix Founder Patrick Moxey discussing methods for artists to succeed in the very competitive music release market.
The Insider Knowledge sessions with Spotify, YouTube, and SoundCloud focus on digital growth and innovation. Spotify features Thakzin discussing Afro House, while YouTube showcases strategies with rising Amapiano duo TxC. SoundCloud’s session “Beyond the Beat: AI, Law and the Future of Music Careers” explores AI’s impact on the music industry with Ama Walton and Jack Bridges.
ADE Green brings together ethical issues in music, such as investment relationships and international controversies, with Dan Lambert, Ellen Evers, Henk Willem Smits, and Ruth Daniel.
This rounds out the ADE Pro 2025 festival with more than 200 in-depth sessions of industry intelligence, innovation, and strategy. The complete schedule is available with the ADE Pro Pass. ADE, produced by the Amsterdam Dance Event Foundation, is a not-for-profit dedicated to promoting electronic music culture and bringing the international industry together. The Amsterdam Dance Event is still the global biggest electronic music festival and conference, featuring more than 3,000 artists and 600 speakers in almost 200 venues within Amsterdam, welcoming visitors from over 150 nations.
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