Neill Dixon is captain of the Canadian Music Week ship as it celebrates its 42nd edition this year. Still the pre-eminent industry event in Canadian music, the festival and conference continues to expand with recent developments such as the company’s inaugural Scotiabank Arena Bursary Program, a partnership with Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment that offers 15 aspiring music executives passes to this year’s summit. CMW has become an umbrella of sorts, with the Live Music Industry Awards, The Indies awards, Jim Beam National Talent Search, Radiodays North America and the Canadian Sync Awards – all influential in their own right – taking place at the event, which brings the music business to Toronto for a week every year.