Detlef Schwarte
Hamburg, Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Germany
Detlef Schwarte (born 1969) - The sociologist is co-founder of the Reeperbahn Festival, Germany´s largest club festival and most important conference for the music and digital industry. As managing director Schwarte is responsible for the international conference of the Reeperbahn Festival that includes a programme of more than 150 sessions, networking events, showcases and award shows and hosts more than 3,000 delegates from 35 countries.
Furthermore as partner and managing director of Inferno Events, a Hamburg public events agency, he designs and implements corporate and public events such as Night of Knowledge, Hamburg Night of Theatre or German Unification Day 2008.
Schwarte attends international conferences year round and speaks regularly on panels, e.g. at Eurosonic Noorderslag (NL), Canadian Music Week (CA), By:larm (NOR), PrimaveraPro or BIME (ES).