Music Sustainability Alliance Announces Topics For Annual Summit In April

The Music Sustainability Alliance announced session topics for the Music Sustainability Summit (MSS26) to be held April 14 at Solotech Studios in Los Angeles.

Inclusive of the live and recorded music industry, the Summit has become an information provider and idea generator for venue operators, labels, vendors, promoters and production teams as well as artists and their agents, managers and fan engagement teams.

The theme for MSS26 is “Turning Ideas Into Action,” a focus on how to scale the many ideas and initiatives that are beginning to shape the music industry’s sustainability agenda.

“The Summit is our annual gathering of professionals seeking to elevate their impact in aligning the music industry with industry, community and planetary goals,” states Amy Morrison, MSA’s co-founder and CEO in a release. “While the climate crisis is increasingly upending weather patterns, supply chains and daily life, the solutions are growing, too, demonstrating the potential for artists, venues, fans and others to harness the power of music and culture for the benefit of all.”

MSS26 features a full slate of sessions led by industry experts, who will be announced in January. Alongside the mainstage sessions, the event features an awards presentation honoring leadership in music industry sustainability, panels featuring industry experts, facilitated networking and a “Music Sustainability Bootcamp,” designed to bring both new players and industry veterans up to speed on the full spectrum of sustainability challenges and solutions.

Among the MSSS26 topics and sessions:

• Beyond Concert Tees: What Merch Says About Who We Are
• Carbon: Ensuring That What Gets Measured Gets Managed
• Designing Mega Events to Leave a Legacy of Sustainability
• Fan Travel: Getting There Is Half the Fumes
• From Fan Engagement to Real Impact
• Getting into Gear: Instruments, Materials and Nature
• Getting to Zero: Best Practices in Offsets and Their Alternatives
• Regulation, Reporting and Digital Product Passports
• Sh*t Happens (and What to Do When It Does)
• Small Venues, Big Solutions: Sustainability in Small and Midsize Venues
• Thought for Food: Putting Foodservice Sustainability on the Menu
• Under the Lights: How Music and Sports Can Team Up on Sustainability

In addition to the Summit, MSA (a 501c3 nonprofit) hosts The Green Room, a webinar series on music sustainability topics; a series of Working Groups to address solutions to industry challenges; and a variety of online resources.