Hosted by: The League for Media and Higher Education International Secretariat Organized by the School of Arts and Music The School of Music and Recording Arts Media Alliance for Higher Education Secretariat Launching the "International Professor's Workshop" in 2011 is an academic dialogue between our university and a world-class university. The establishment of a stable, The interdisciplinary cooperation platform for international teaching practice with regular and substantive effects is jointly organized by the Union Secretariat and various colleges and universities. More than 20 major scholars and professors from the international mainstream media such as the University of Southern California, New York University and other major international media such as the BBC and NBC have been invited Experts come to school. The "Music Industry" studio invited Prof. Patrik Wikstrom from Queensland University of Technology Australia to give lectures on the topics of the future distribution of the music industry and to conduct academic and research visits. Organizers for the Faculty of Arts Department of Music and Recording Arts, welcome to participate. For the latest information on international professors' studios and registration application, please pay attention to the official website of Media Alliance for International Higher Education and the official Weibo on Sina Weibo or email to Union Secretariat at mleague@163.com for registration. Union official website: http://mleague.cuc.edu.cn/ Alliance Sina Weibo: Media Union of Higher Education Course Name: The Future of the Music Industry in an age of Digital Distribution. Teaching the Professor: Professor Patrik Wikstrom Open Class Introduction: The talk will cover how the music industry has changed due to digital technologies. During the talk I will look at how the changing balance between live music, music licensing and recorded music. I will also discuss online music subscription services and whether they might a a future for music distribution in China and elsewhere in the world. It will also look at how music artists and composers are affected by this change. 15:30 AM) Venue: Building A408, Building 48 Languages: English Current International Professors' Workshop Speaker Profile: Professor Patrik Wikstrom is a Principal Research Fellow at the Center for Creative Industries and Innovation at Queensland University of Technology in Australia. Wikstrom's research concerns innovation and learning in the cultural industries and most of his publications have been focused on the digital transformation of the industries for music and literature.