05/19/2026
For four years, a guitar has been sitting in Rick Altman's background on camera at the Presentation Summit. For four years, producer John Chen has been asking when Rick is actually going to play the thing.
On September 14, he finally plays it. 🎸
That's because Emil Ernebro is joining us — and Rick is going to serve as his accompanist while Emil does something genuinely extraordinary live on our virtual stage.
Emil is a world-class fingerstyle guitarist from the west coast of Sweden. Around 100 concerts a year. Three albums. 200,000+ Instagram followers and 90,000 YouTube subscribers. Co-founder of ProGuitar.com, a fingerstyle school with a global student base. And — this part matters — someone who figured out how to build a meaningful online presence and connect with audiences he couldn't see in the room, about a decade ago, long before it became necessary for everyone.
On September 14, Emil is going to take a Beatles song and walk us through his entire creative process — live. How he hears it. How he adapts it for solo guitar. Every decision that turns something familiar into something with his fingerprints all over it.
Why does this belong at a presentation conference? Because Emil doesn't just play beautifully — he tells stories. He makes an audience feel like they're part of something. He figured out how to teach, perform, and connect on camera in a way that feels personal and not manufactured. That's exactly what every person who presents for a living is trying to do.
Rick will be on guitar alongside him. The accompanist role. We'll leave it at that. 😄
September 13–16, 2026 | Fully virtual | Early-bird $450 through June 1
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