Published 9 April, 2020

On Wednesday 29th April, Michelle Mannering (aka Mish Manners, Hackathon Queen) will be speaking in conversation with Lewis Mitchell (Partnerships Lead AU & NZ, Twitch) and Ahilleas Papantos (Talent Agent & Business Manager, AZYT Global Talent) about the rise of the livestream platform, Twitch and how music streamers can thrive and grow their audience.

The panel will be taking a deep dive into all things Twitch and what you need to know as a music streamer. Do you need to be a gamer? How does monetisation on Twitch work? What do you need to know about growing an audience? Entire books have been written on the subject and now is a great time to learn more about this booming platform.

These events aim to bring together the emerging through to the established of the Victorian music business community to share ideas, catch up and collaborate. These networking breakfasts will host a variety of special guests from around the state, country and international music community, and will become an opportunity for regular industry connection during the COVID-19 social distancing restrictions.

Breakfast guests will present on industry trends, analysis, business learnings and opportunities. Settle in with a cup of coffee or tea and connect with your music community.

We'd like to encourage you to join us at 9.00am sharp. To begin with, the VMDO team will be taking participants through the new format for VMDO Virtual Networking Breakfasts, which will be as close to the in-person format as possible. You'll have the chance to interact and ask the speakers questions, as well as network with your peers in Zoom breakout rooms before and after the presentation.

Speakers:

Host: Michelle Mannering

Michelle is a Content Producer in the realms of innovation and technology. Known as the “Hackathon Queen” you'll often find her on stage MC’ing or speaking on a range of topics from artificial intelligence, to business, community engagement, the future of work, and esports. With a background in both science and arts, Michelle writes extensively on a range of topics including innovation, startups, corporate culture, esports, business development, and more. She has a passion for gaming and combines this with her experience in a range of industries.

Speaker: Lewis Mitchell

Lewis Mitchell is the Partnerships Lead for Australia and New Zealand at Twitch where he oversees the on-boarding and management of content creators in the region. Prior to Twitch, Lewis was the Product Specialist at Spiral Media, now known as SHOWDOWN, managing distribution of Twitch media in the Asia Pacific region.

Speaker: Ahilleas (Louis) Papantos

Ahilleas (Louis) Papantos has successful and award winning career spanning across the music and esport industries. Previously, Co-Founder at ROAM Esports, one of Australia's top esport specialist agencies and a partner of Outpost Management (Kimbra, Bertie Blackman, Hopium). Ahilleas began his career in the music business co-founding Zero Through Nine, notably known for finding and managing Japanese Wallpaper. He’s recently joined AZYT Global Talent – one of the top global esport and gaming talent agencies.