The Open Forum: The all-stars

CHAIR: MARIA MAY, CAA (UK)

ILMC’s annual state-of-the-nation opening session is consistently the biggest debate of the conference. And with CAA’s Maria May returning to chair the session, and a soon-to-be announced lineup of senior industry leaders discussing the biggest topics across the business, if there’s one ILMC session to squeeze in between meetings and deal-making, it’s this one.

With record levels of business for A-list names, and new markets and new venues springing up around the globe, many would agree that the live business is in strong-growth mode right now. But with costs and competition hotting up and a recession squeezing spending power, is everything truly rosy in the industry’s garden?