Philipp Grefer
Philipp is CEO of WISE - The Future Festival and Think Tank which he founded 2018 in Beijing at the intersection of music, art, AI & technology. After a total of seven editions, WISE will take place for the fourth time in Berlin in May 2025.
WISE also organized events during SXSW, ART BASEL & SHANGHAI BIENNALE and will return to Shanghai in November.
He is also co-founder of NEW VISIONS for Music & Sound, a new event format taking place in Berlin Sept 5+6.
Philipp has more than 20 years of experience in the global music & events business in various roles (agent, promoter, PR, label, publishing, management, project management) 11 of which he lived in China, where he co-founded 360-degree music agency FakeMusicMedia in 2009. He brought over 200 artists to China / Asia (e.g. members of Hot Chip, Massive Attack, The Smiths, Die Toten Hosen, Royksopp,), and has taken chinese rockstars NOVA HEART around the world, securing them various sync deals for Netflix, HBO as well as airplay at Triple J, BBC, EinsLive etc.
2022 he was commissioned to organize the government funded German House at SXSW, to lead the first EU financed Music Trade Mission to Mexico and was recruited as a consultant for German PRO GEMA for which he ran their 2023 SXSW activation, which included booking TANGERINE DREAM´s first North American show in a decade.
Company bio:
WISE - The Future Festival & Think Tank is a global summit at the intersection of Music, Art & Technology connecting thought leaders of the creative industries, science and the tech community and engaging them in an intersectional, societal dialogue.
Additionally WISE showcases exceptional emerging as well as established creative & diverse talent from Berlin and the world,
WISE also consults government institutions, businesses, artists and the global creative community on all things China, helps curate likeminded conferences / festivals and is active in the European Music Export.
WISE is connecting local communities globally and facilitates business & cultural- and knowledge exchange through music, art & technology.