The General Manager of the Amsterdam Dance event (ADE)
With the support of Buma (the Dutch Artist rights organisation) and the Amsterdam city-hall, Richard Zijlma is responsible for elevating the Dutch music industry to become the leading and most influential place in the electronic music world today.
The Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) is the world’s leading electronic dance music conference and the biggest club based festival. ADE has grown to become the ultimate platform to meet international business partners, introduce businesses to a worldwide audience and get in touch with new people, new music and new trends.
Today ADE hosts more than 2100 dj’s and live acts that perform at 450 events in 80 locations across the city of amsterdam – attracting more than 300,000 people over 5 nights.Founded 18 years ago, ADE first came to light in 1996 as a small conference with a few hundred music professionals and a festival program of 3 clubs with 30 DJs.
ADE 2013 day conference was sold out – with 5000 worldwide electronic music industry professionals attending panels, showcases and business meetings for 5 consecutive days.
Richard Zijlma is currently one of the most influential people in Music biz today, via the ADE he navigates the worldwide industry for the years to come.