19 September, 3.00pm
We are thrilled to announce that we have the pleasure of welcoming Prof Joshua Reiss on 19 September at 3pm, online for our first Entrepreneurs Club of the term. Josh is a serial entrepreneur and Entrepreneur-in-Residence for Science and Engineering; He has a long track record of commercialising academic research. He co-founded the highly successful spin-out company, LANDR, an award-winning automated music mastering service with over 3 million subscribers. More recently he co-founded Waveshaper AI, offering deep learning services for audio enhancement, RoEx, offering intelligent music production, and Nemisindo, offering sound design services based around innovative procedural audio technology.
We encourage everyone to join us as we share insights into the challenges and opportunities presented by the entrepreneurial journey.
Please feel free to share this event with your colleagues, everyone is welcome.
To join please register here
About the Speaker:
Josh Reiss is a Professor with the Centre for Digital Music at QMUL. He has published over 200 scientific papers which have been widely cited, and co-authored books on Intelligent Music Production, Audio Effects, and the Web Audio API. He is the Outgoing President and a Fellow of the Audio Engineering Society (AES).
Beside his academic successes, Josh is co-founder of multiple spin-out companies focusing on state-of-the-art signal processing techniques for sound design and audio production. LANDR his most successful spin-out so far is a creative platform for musicians offering a selection of AI-powered music mastering plugins, collaboration, promotion and sample packs. LANDR was launched in 2014 and has since helped millions of musicians all around the world. The most recent spin-out RoEx an AI-powered mixing service, just received £420K seed funding.
As Queen Mary’s Entrepreneur in Residence, he works to strengthen entrepreneurship and commercial impact across Queen Mary in fields such as AI, Computer Science and Electrical Engineering. A key component of his role is to use his wealth of experience and expertise to guide researchers on their entrepreneurial journey.
About the Entrepreneurs Club:
The Entrepreneurs Club provides a platform for sharing experiences, exchanging ideas, and learning from one another’s successes. We are keen to bring in different perspectives on entrepreneurship and inspire our colleagues with the many opportunities’ entrepreneurship can create for them, particularly those who may not consider this pathway yet.
We encourage you to bring your questions, experiences, and an open mind to engage in a dynamic and thought-provoking discussion. Whether you are just starting out or have already established a successful business the Entrepreneurs Club offers valuable insights and fresh perspectives that will benefit all attendees. The Entrepreneurs Club is chaired by Professor Dr Andrew Livingston, Vice Principal for Research and Innovation who is committed to foster and nurture QMUL’s entrepreneurial ecosystem.
If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact Anna Klockner, a.klockner@qmul.ac.uk.