ID Africa, owners of theNETng and producers of Nigerian Entertainment Conference (NECLive) have opened registration for this year’s edition of the conference which is slated for April 22, 2020 at the Landmark Events Centre, Lagos.
This year’s theme, “Building The Future”, explores various ways of maximizing the potential and impact of recent strides in distribution, cinemas, events, promotions, exhibitions, productions and festivals. It will also focus on how stakeholders can erect the infrastructure necessary to build the desired future for Nigeria’s creative and entertainment industry.
In its 8th edition, NECLive is expanding its format to accommodate new activities, events and programmes in order to deepen its impact and shore up its contributions to Nigeria’s entertainment and creative industry.
“We set up NECLive eight years ago as an intervention to rally everyone towards building the industry of our dreams. Eight years on, we are glad to witness and facilitate the transformation of our home entertainment, our music and our media. And we are calling on the government, practitioners, fans and investors to come to the party,” said Founder and Convener of NECLive, Ayeni Adekunle.
For the past seven years, the conference has run as an intensive full day, nine-hour event featuring powerful panel sessions, insights from industry leaders and critically innovative conversations.
NECLive8 will feature keynote speeches, panel discussions, training workshops and masterclasses, product exhibitions, an awards show, concert and multiple satellite events holding in venues around Lagos for a three-day period.
Speaking on the development, CEO, ID Africa, Femi Falodun said: “Since the 2019 edition of NECLive, we have been working hard behind the scenes to redesign the entire NECLive experience. Our goal is to offer more value to all attendees, our brand partners, entertainment industry professionals, performers and creatives in Nigeria, and we believe the 2020 edition will deliver this objective.”
Past editions of NECLive have had over 12,000 attendees, reached over 60 million viewers online and via live TV, and hosted over 450 industry experts as speakers and panelists, including MI Abaga, 2Baba, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, Simi, Davido, Bayo Adekanmbi, D’Banj, among others.
Students with valid ID cards are allowed into the live conference at no cost.
