Have you ever considered how many different skills you’ve picked up while working in the music industry, yet don't have the credentials to show for it?

We understand that there are highly skilled people working in the Victorian contemporary music community who may not recognise the significance of their experience acquired throughout their professional working lives.

CLOCK is an international organisation providing learning and professional development programs designed to help everyone, regardless of background, recognise and accredit skills needed to work in different roles across the Creative Industries.

For the next instalment of VMDO Links, join us for a panel discussion with international guests Denise Stanley, Michelle Escoffery, Claudia Matera and Ximo Peris from CLOCK, in conversation with N’fa Forster Jones, lecturer at Box Hill Institute. The team will be sharing more info about their work and mission to make invisible skills visible and valued.

The session will be followed by a music industry mixer. Drinks & catering will be provided.

This is a free event, taking place in-person at Music Market and livestreamed online via YouTube.

RSVP is required to attend.

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About the Clock Your Skills Program:

The Victorian Music Development Office, CLOCK Your Skills, and RMIT Forward are currently offering Victorian music professionals the chance to discover, recognise and validate their skills with formal qualification credits.

The CLOCK Your Skills program aims to help music business professionals identify and consolidate their strengths and transferable skills as well as contribute to formalised qualifications. This program is open to professional creatives who want to validate their skills at a master’s level, irrespective of any previous formal qualifications.

VMDO previously introduced CLOCK Your Skills to Australia through a program in 2020.

Read more about our current program and past participants here.

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VMDO Links is a monthly networking event, connecting the Victorian music industry to key topics locally and globally. These events intend to strengthen conversations linked to growth drivers, business innovation, new technology and alternative revenue streams.

VMDO Links offers the music industry a chance to connect with the presenters, as well as with their peers, aiming to develop and sustain key relationships. This event will be delivered in a in person at Music Market.

Demographics & Identity questions: For more information about our demographics and identity questions in the registration process, please head to: musicvictoria.com.au/demographics-and-identity

Accessibility Info

The event space is located on the upper level of Music Market and is accessible from Johnston Street either by ramp or lift. The stage is also accessible via a ramp.

There are accessible and ambulant all gender bathrooms on this level.

The space features hearing loop facilities. Guide Dogs and Assistance Animals are welcome.

Although the venue doesn’t have a permanent dedicated low stimulation room, this can be set-up upon request.

Auslan interpretation is available upon request – please get in touch with our team.
For any other specific access requirements or questions, please email info@vmdo.com.au

For more info on how to find and access the venue, please click here.

Companion card tickets are available.

COVID Info

Masks are no longer required to be worn, but are available upon request. Hand sanitiser is also available.

The venue is a large indoor space. Doors can be propped open for ventilation, and there are four reverse cycle air con units throughout the space to assist with air circulation.

VMDO acknowledge the Traditional Owners, the Wurundjeri People of the Kulin Nation, on whose unceded land we come together for conversation, collaboration and creation. We pay our deep respects to Elders past and present as well as to all First Peoples of this land.

The Victorian Music Development Office is an initiative of the Victorian Government delivered by Music Victoria.