Registration is open for Music & Drama Education Expo, Europe’s largest free-to-attend conference for music and drama education. The 2017 event will take place on 9 & 10 February at London’s Olympia Central and each year attracts up to 2,500 delegates from over 40 different countries.

Across two days, the conference offers over 60 workshops, seminars and debates from award-winning teachers, academics and practitioners. Speakers from across Europe, the US and Australia will share best practice and current trends in music and drama education. Highlights from the 2017 programme include:

•    Influencing politics, policy and funding
•    Diversity, inclusion and youth voice in national music education policy and practice
•    The challenges of progress for the digital age student
•    Disrupting practice through pedagogical partnerships
•    Keynote address from UK Schools Minister Nick Gibb MP

The exhibition floor will feature over 150 arts organisations from exam boards, publishers and tour agencies to suppliers, manufacturers and professional associations. Delegates will have the opportunity to try the latest products and meet representatives from exhibitors including ABRSM, the Royal Opera House, Oxford University Press, the Royal Albert Hall, Yamaha, Universal Edition, European String Teachers Association, Faber Music, Hal Leonard MGB, Hammerstein Theatricals Europe and Steinberg.

Registration for the conference is now open. Book your free ticket and view the full conference programme at www.mdexpo.co.uk