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The Popakademie Baden-Württemberg is a barrier-free building. The building has barrier-free access, the bus stop in front of the building is also barrier-free and therefore easy to reach by public transport. The Popakademie has a handicapped parking space, a handicapped accessible WC with a pull cord and emergency call switch, the doors are suitable for wheelchair users according to DIN18040 and can be operated by pushbuttons and are equipped with finger protection. A lift with Braille lettering and a stretcher are available in case of failure. In the house there are generous movement areas with turning possibilities and there are no thresholds. A pictorial description with common pictograms ensures easy orientation in the house. Ramps and fall protection are available for the stages. Additional ergonomic barriers for staff, students and visitors are available by appointment.

For all questions regarding accessibility in the house, please contact Alexandra Reiter Alexandra.Reiter@popakademie.de.

The Popakademie Baden-Württemberg is an higher education institution and competence centre for the music and creative industries and their pop cultural scenes. By focusing its study programmes on popular music - in economic as well as artistic terms - it offers an academic education that is unique in Germany's public university landscape. Numerous successful careers of musicians and creatives have been founded here.

Parallel to its function as a teaching institution, the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg, as a competence centre, realises numerous projects in a regional, national and international context.


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16. May 2024

Future Music Camp 2024 - Program & schedule published

On Thursday, June 6 and Friday, June 7, the Future Music Camp will take place at the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg. This year's focus is "Music Rights & Marketing", and the program and schedule have now been finalized.


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15. May 2024

Student honored with sustainability award

Anna Schocke, a student on the Music and Creative Industries Master's degree program at the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg, was awarded a sustainability award (Nachhaltigkeitspreis) for students by the City of Mannheim's Economic Development Agency.


13. May 2024

Popakademie at About Pop in Stuttgart

About Pop is a festival and platform for a top-class, diverse and curated music program with international, national and local live acts. About Pop is the only event for current topics relating to pop culture and pop music in Stuttgart.

This year, three Popakademie acts will be playing: Kiki on 17.05., Soffie on 18.05. and Clara John on 18.05. In addition, the Popakademie will be represented on a panel.


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Popakademie Talks
On Tuesday, 04.06.2024 at 7 pm, Prof:In Dr:In Kristine Ringsager will be a guest at the Popakademie. Ringsager is a professor at the Faculty of Arts and Cultural Studies at the University of Copenhagen. Her research focuses on the anthropological study of music, with an emphasis on racialized and gendered cultures and infrastructures and the use of music in processes of social change. She is the leader of the research project Gendering Music Matter (2022-2024), which investigates gender inequalities in the Danish popular music industry. A particular focus is on how the infrastructure of the popular music industry influences the experiences and navigation of women and gender minoritized music makers in pursuing their careers in the field. She was previously involved in the projects Music as Social Intervention and Contemporary Music from the Middle East (2020-2022). Ringsager completed her PhD on the Danish-language rap scene with a focus on citizenship, migration politics, experienced otherness and social transformation.
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Popakademie, Raum 001
06 Jun

07 Jun
Future Music Camp
On Thursday, June 6 and Friday, June 7, the Future Music Camp will take place at the Popakademie Baden-Württemberg. Experts from the music and creative industries will talk about innovation topics: This year's focus is on the future of music rights and marketing.

The importance of rights management is currently growing, influenced by AI-supported tools in marketing and music production as well as changing licensing requirements. The Future Music Camp (FMC) 2024 will therefore address current and future challenges in the music and creative industries.
Top-class keynote speakers from Warner Chappell, TikTok Music, Soundcloud, ICE, Bermvda and Place Called Home, among others, will address questions such as: What are best practices and future prospects in the data-driven work of music publishers? How and with what innovations are streaming and video platforms reacting to the latest developments in the field of artificial intelligence? Which new technologies can (DIY) artists use to reach their fans and communities? And last but not least, how are collecting societies dealing with this issue, what challenges exist and what projects are being initiated to address them?

The FMC invites you to discuss these questions together, debate innovative solutions and set the course for the future of the music industry.

The FMC invites you to discuss these issues together, debate innovative solutions and set the course for the future of the music industry.

In addition, sessions held by participants will be offered; the format will be determined by the participants themselves. Proposals can be submitted until April 22. All information on the sessions, examples from previous years, submission of proposals online at: https://www.futuremusiccamp.de/call-for-sessions-2024/

Participation in the FMC is free of charge, places are limited. Registration at: https://www.futuremusiccamp.de/anmeldung-2024/

The FMC was launched in 2009 and has established itself as an innovative conference format for executives and young professionals from the music and creative industries. Here, the Popakademie connects experts from the field with students from the relevant specialist areas of music, media, culture and creative industries. David Stammer, Project Manager Digital Innovation, is responsible for the Future Music Camp and also moderates it.