In order to address the shifting conditions of music production and consumption, IASPM‐Norden (the Nordic Branch of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music) invites scholars and other interested parties to share their ideas in the "Music, Law and Business" conference. The conference is aimed at industry professionals, officials, scholars and other agents can engage in a mutually beneficiary dialogue. The goal is explicitly multidisciplinary, as the purpose is to bring together experts not only from the conventional areas of music research dominated by humanities and social sciences but also from economics and legal studies.

Confirmed guest speakers of the conference include Adj.Prof. Tarja Rautiainen‐Keskustalo (Department of Music Anthropology, University of Tampere, Finland) and Dr Patrik Wikström (Media Management and Transformation Centre, Jönköping International Business School, Sweden).

The conference is organized by the Nordic Branch of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music with the Finnish Society for Ethnomusicology, University of Helsinki (Musicology), Aalto University (School of Economics/Best Practices of Globalization in Finnish Rock Exports research project), Sibelius Academy and Music Export Finland, in co‐operation with the IPR University Center, Nordic Network on Music Censorship, International Institute of Popular Culture and Statistics Finland.

Proposals for presentations is open until 15 December 2009.