From: sounni.ali@gmail.com   
      
   The 23rd edition of the Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) has come to an end in the   
   early hours of Monday morning. For the first time ADE welcomed over 400,000   
   visitors from more than 100 countries for an extensive day and night program   
   featuring over 1000    
   events and leading artists and speakers from around the world. From 17 to 21   
   October there were more than 450 night and 600 daytime events spread over 200   
   locations, with over 2500 performing artists and around 600 speakers   
   participating in keynotes,    
   workshops and master classes on a variety of topics. The conference and   
   festival program by day saw an increase in numbers attending with daytime   
   activities exceeding more than 600.   
      
   ADE General Manager Richard Zijlma looks back on a ‘fantastic edition’.   
   This was the last edition under his supervision, with new director Mariana   
   Sanchotene taking over.   
      
   A major focus was the anniversary of 30 years of Dutch Dance. Celebrations   
   included the premiere of a three-part VPRO documentary and the l   
   unch/presentation of a reference book featuring the scene’s leading lights.   
   South Korea was the focus country    
   this year, consequently much attention was paid to the rapidly growing South   
   Korean music scene. Several conference and festival events illustrated that   
   musically and culturally South Korea has a lot to offer the rest of the world.   
   Other countries    
   highlighted as one to watch were Australia, Belgium, Brazil, China, Columbia   
   and Mexico, with special industry network sessions and a growing number of   
   artists performing in the day- and night-time program.   
      
   A Growing Cultural Destination   
   The Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) has grown into a five-day poly-cultural event   
   hosting more than 2500 music artists across all participating clubs and   
   concert halls. Undoubtedly the biggest electronic music conference in the   
   world, ADE hosted a myriad of    
   events from countless panels discussions at the main conference through to   
   pop-up performances, audiovisual installations, film screenings, tech schools   
   and charity events. Some of the diverse and exciting speakers involved in this   
   year’s conference    
   program included; Albert van Abbe, Bonobo, Bruce Carbone, David Guetta,   
   Headhunterz, Imogen Heap, Jayda G, Jean Michel Jarre, Jillionaire, Kerry   
   Trainor, Lena Willikens, Nile Rodgers, Orbital, Paula Temple, Ralph Echemendia   
   a.k.a. The Ethical Hacker,    
   Yann Pissenem, Xosar, Zoe Margolis, and more.   
      
   Dutch journalist, musician and event organiser Gert van Veen received the   
   Amsterdam Dance Event Lifetime Achievement Award for his enormous and crucial   
   contribution to the dance scene, the city and ADE, only the second person in   
   the history of the event    
   to have received the honour.   
      
   For a visual overview of the best things that took place at ADE 2018 look at   
   the website here: https://www.amsterdam-dance-event.nl/live/   
      
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