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BIME PRO.Bizkaia International Music Experience 2014Bilbao, SpainBEC! Bilbao Exhibition Centre 29 Oct - 01 Nov 2014BIME Pro is the first European fair that is firmly committed to the Latin American music industry and provides a meeting place for exploring the new avenues opened up for the music industry by digital tools such as videogames. BIME is concentrating on some of these essential areas in order to find the keys to the current music business. The event features the first three-day Spanish Festivals Conference and a legal conference focused on the music industry, which is equally pioneering. The guest country at this year’s second fair was the United Kingdom, the epicentre of the music industry and a leader in the creative industries sector.BIME has the support of AC/E through the PICE visitors programme for the internationalisation of Spanish culture, which facilitated the participation of international programmers Alicia Zertuche (SXSW, USA), Benji Rogersn (Pledge Music, USA), Steve Schnur (EA Electronic Arts Inc., USA), Francisca Valenzuela (Feria Pulsar, Chile), Herminio Gutierrez (Mexico), Matias Loizaga (Pop Art Music, Argentina), Melina Hickson (Porto Musical, Brazil) and Tomas Cookman (LAMC, USA).Music194Results ‘14