How to create the next mega global event

Los Angeles - Milken Global Conference.  Mobilium Global chief executive Ralph Simon & Hugh Evans, founder of Global Citizen plotting how to create the next mega global event. Hugh founded Global Citizen, as a movement of engaged citizens to end extreme poverty by 2030. With over 30m followers & growing, The Global Citizen Festival is an annual music festival since 2012, organized by the Global Poverty Project. In 2015, the organization announced that Coldplay lead vocalist Chris Martin would serve as the festival's curator for the next 15 years. Each year Global Citizen stages a major festival graced by the world’s top music superstars, & blessed by the United Nations & governments around the world.


The 2018 California-China Summit

Beverly Hills, California: The 2018 California-China Summit: Mobilium Global chief executive Ralph Simon leading a capacity session at the Milken California-China Summit titled "The Rise of the Machines & the A.I. Revolution", as he introduces keynote speaker, Mr. Yang Chao, Vice Chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce, China. This session included Sid Voorakkara, Deputy Director of External Affairs for the California Governor Jerry Brown's Office of Business & Economic Development & Gordon Hinkle, Senior VP of the California Center & specialist in California-China relations.


Canadian Music Week in Toronto with leading writer, Bob Lefsetz & U2 producer Steve Lillywhite

Toronto. Canadian Music Week 2018 keynote stage: Keynote interviewer Ralph Simon, the prolific creative industries writer & diarist Bob Lefsetz, & renowned record producer Steve Lillywhite have a chat after Lillywhite's exhilarating CMW interview with Ralph, where Steve spoke of his new & fascinating life in Jakarta, the transformation of the music biz he has brought about there, the great new music he is uncovering & the legendary recording artists & recordings he has produced around the world over the last three decades.


Top Artist Managers talk Artist Earnings, Management Strategies & Live Income

Hollywood, California. Global Artist Managers' Futurecast/A&R Worldwide’s Musexpo conference - top artist managers talk artist earnings, management strategies & "live" income: l to r: Ian Montone, founder & CEO of Monotone Inc., manager of LCD Sound System & The Dixie Chicks, in LA; Greg Thompson - President, Maverick Music management - a conglom of the most powerful artist management companies, in LA; moderator & interviewer Ralph Simon of Mobilium Global; Colin Lester - founder of JEM Music, London who manages Craig David & others; Tarsame Mittal - Founder of TM Talent, Mumbai, India; & Jeremy Gruber, Head of Digital Marketing & Strategy, Friends At Work Management - managers of John Legend & Lindsay Sterling.


Grand opening of the Pioneers Festival in Vienna

Vienna, Austria - Pioneers. The grand opening of the Pioneers Festival, one of the world’s most significant innovation conferences bringing the globe's best & brightest innovators & start-up companies for a 2-day celebration of 'what’s coming next' in the grand reception rooms of the Royal Hapsburg Palace.

Seen l to r: Long-time Pioneers consiglieri Mobilium Global’s Ralph Simon being honoured by Pioneers co-founder, Juergen Furian, before a capacity audience of 2,500 attendees from all across Austria, Europe & the world


Musexpo’s "Digital Revolution" keynote session in Hollywood

Hollywood, California. William D. Simon - Global Sector Leader/Media Entertainment & Senior Client Partner at Korn Ferry; Livia Tortella - Founder & CEO of Black Box; Mobilium Global chief executive & moderator/interviewer Ralph Simon; Bob Roback - CEO of Ingrooves &, the great Benji Rogers - co-founder & CEO of Dot Blockchain Media & Pledge Music - seen after their compelling session “The Digital Revolution - Streaming, Mobile, Experiential & New Conversion Platforms” at Sat Bisla’s Musexpo, the key entertainment industry conference held recently in Hollywood. These experts showed just why the future of the Digital Revolution in music & the creative industries is so bright!


What it takes to be in the World’s Top 100 Innovation Cities with Austrian Minister of the Economy, Margarete Schramböck

Hofburg Palace, Vienna. Austria Dr Margarete Schrambock, the Austrian Federal Minister of Digital & Economic Development has an engaging chat with Mobilium Global chief executive, Ralph Simon, as he advises the Federal Minister about what it takes to be in the world’s top 100 Innovation Cities & what can be done to get Austria's cities into the Top 15 innovation hubs worldwide. Vienna is currently at no. 20.


Austria: Visionary UK Silicon Valley Hall of Famer with Dr. Hermann Hauser

Austria. Mobilium Global chief executive Ralph Simon & Dr Hermann Hauser KBE, Ph.D., co-founder of Amadeus Capital Partners, Cambridge & London reconnecting & talking A.I. In his distinguished career as a data entrepreneur & VC, Hermann has invested in over 100 start-ups, founded ARM, & the next gen DNA sequencing tech company Solexa, + many others across 26 different industries. A Fellow of the Royal Society (UK) in recognition of his contribution to the translation of science into business, Hermann is a unique & amazing visioneer, scientist & entrepreneur, & a member of the British Government’s Council for Science & Technology. Amadeus Capital are global leaders in where AI is going & investable.


Midem International 2018 in Cannes, France

Cannes, France: Midem International 2018. Seen just before the packed special focus session highlighting the commercial importance of Indonesia's Creative Industries, music & live entertainment are top Indonesian industry leaders l. to r.: Concert promoter Dino Hamid, Managing Director of Berlian Entertainment; Irfan Aulia, MD of the Music Publishing Association of Indonesia; Andy Ruswar - Ministry of Creative Industries & Economy, Indonesia; Ralph Simon, Chief Executive of Mobilium Global & moderator/interviewer who conducted the gathering; Gumilang Ramadhan, Chairman of ASIRI, the Sound Recording Industry Association of Indonesia; Jusak Sutiono - Director of SELMI Music Licence Co.; Adib Hidayat - Indonesian Media representative & ASIRI's Ventha Lesmana.
With 262m people & 410m mobile subscribers, Indonesia is an essential market for global creative industries.