MW combines conference and Vodafone Live Music Awards.

Further details have been announced for Music Week's Live And Direct 2007 conference, in association with Vodafone Live.

The conference will take place on September 19, the same day as the Vodafone Live Music Awards 2007, with every delegate treated to VIP access to the evening awards.

The conference will be staged at the 175-year-old St Mary's Church, in Marylebone, during the day, before coach transfers will transport delegates to Earls Court's Brompton Hall, for the Vodafone Live Music Awards at the end of the day.

Music Week publisher Ajax Scott says, "Live And Direct will be a fresh new conference for a thriving, developing business and our choice of venue - a classic old church which has now been transformed for modern- day use - is evidence of this.

"This will be a focussed one-day event, with the spotlight on the changing nature of the live industry, the new business models it is throwing up, the executives who are transforming it and the issues that are shaping it. It promises to be a fantastic day - more details of which will be unveiled over the coming weeks."

The key topics have been finalised for the conference, which will put the spotlight on the executives who are driving the live music industry forward, through the current period of unparalleled success for the sector.

The Breaking Down The Barriers panel will examine the changing relationship between live and the rest of the music business, as record companies look to acquire agencies, agencies ...