Hong Kong-based music-industry conference Music Matters is heading west – to Mumbai, to be exact.

Supported by Indian labels body the Indian Music Industry and mobile-phone maker Nokia, Music Matters has organized a one-day conference titled “Nokia Music Connects – The Indian Music Forum” that will be held at the Taj Lands End hotel in Mumbai on Aug. 26.

The conference will be India’s first large-scale music-industry event, underlining global music companies’ growing interest in the Indian market’s potential.

The following is a partial list of delegates scheduled to attend the conference:

•    Vijay Lazarus, IMI
•    Seymour Stein, WMG
•    Atul Churamani, Saregama
•    Shridar Subramaniam, Sony Music
•    Neeraj Roy, Hungama
•    Ashish Patil, MTV Networks
•    Vikram Sahkuja, GroupM
•    Brian Tellis, Fountainhead
•    Sabbas Joseph, Wizcraft
•    Ralph Simon, MEF
•    Vijay Singh, Fox Star Studios
•    Bhushan Kumar, T Series
•    Madhu Mantena, Big Bang
•    Rob McDermott, Manager, Linkin’ Park
•    Santosh Kanekar, Diageo
•    Anthony D’Souza, Director “Blue”
•    Saleem Mobani
•    John McLellan, Haldanes
•    Vipul Pradhan, PPL
•    Ashutosh Pathak, Blue Frog