INDUSTRIAL REFERENCE GROUP
| Country | Name | Institution |
| Sweden | Anders Engström | Picnic Publishing / Warner Chappel and MNW Publishing |
| Norway | Asbjørn Slettemark | Editor of FaroJournalen Norway |
| Finland | Ahti Vänttinen | President of the Finnish Musicians Union and editor of the Musician Magazine Finland |
| Iceland | Steinar Berg Isleifsson | Publishing |
| Denmark | Jesper Bay | Musicmatters, Denmark |