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Registration for Europe's largest Broadcast Technology trade show and Conference IBC opened today.
People can now register for a free exhibits-only ticket. Or receive €100 off on all conference passes, when registering before 8 June.
The conference runs from September 13 to 17. With the exhibition starting on Friday September 14, closing on the following Tuesday, September 18.
Covering 15 halls with over 1,700 exhibitors this year once again 'the IBC Exhibition is the place to discover tomorrows world of media and entertainment', the show organisers promise.
The Conference features around 400 speakers led by opening Keynote Speaker Tim Davie, CEO, BBC Studios. Davie wil open the conference on Thursday 13 September.
Since 1 April 2018, Tim Davie has been CEO of the newly formed BBC Studios (formerly BBC Worldwide and BBC Studios), providing a simplified organisational structure with integrated programme production, sales and distribution in a single BBC offering, in line with many major global players, and with a vision to build BBC's brands, audiences, commercial returns and reputation across the world.
Jean-Briac 'JB' Perrette, President and CEO, Discovery Networks International (DNI), will keynote ahead of the afternoon's Global Gamechangers stage. The Global Gamechangers stage, is a new section of the IBC Conference this year. It welcomes the biggest names in business, digital, creative, transformation and news, all future-facing talent making waves around the world.
JB Perrette, oversees and sets the strategy for all of Discovery's business outside the United States. He returns to the IBC Conference Keynote stage to discuss what has happened in the three years since his last appearance, during which time, Discovery has strengthened its presence in key markets through numerous transactions including the acquisition of Scripps Networks Interactive (now Discovery Inc), and Eurosport, which led to the ground-breaking agreement with the International Olympic Committee making Discovery and Eurosport the home of the Olympic Games across Europe through to Paris 2024.
On the Friday Neal Mohan, Chief Product Officer at YouTube, kicks-off the afternoon Conference sessions on Friday 14 September 2018, his keynote also heralds the start of IBC2018 Exhibition.
Neal Mohan is responsible for all YouTube products globally across every device and platform. He will share insights into the future of entertainment and the ways that technology can help broadcasters reach more people in new ways. He will discuss the next era of television, when the power of online video, cutting edge hardware and innovative software have aligned to give audiences a seamless, interactive and immersive entertainment experience.
The inaugural IBC Global Gamechangers stage on Thursday 13 September invites creative minds and business influencers to the stage to give a big picture view. It welcomes to the stage Lindsay Pattison, Chief Transformation Officer, GroupM and WPP Global, Jette Nygaard-Andersen, EVP, CEO of MTG International Entertainment & MTGx Digital Video Content at Modern Times Group (MTG), Lisa Tobin, Executive Producer, Audio at The New York Times and Mohamed Abuagla, CIO and CTO at Al Jazeera.
Jette Nygaard-Andersen will talk about MTG's investment in digital platforms and the behavior of the biggest disrupters to the TV industry, the Millennials and Gen Z's, tracing their consumption patterns and ways of watching video. Lisa Tobin, the editor on "The Daily," a news podcast produced five days a week, which draws on the considerable intellectual resources of its colleagues in The New York Times's newsroom. They and Mohamed Abuagla, CIO/CTO and Executive Director for Technology and Operations at Al Jazeera Media Network, will also discuss what's happening in news; the shape and feel for the modern studio, reporting in the field and the opportunities and challenges they face from fake news, start-ups and the consumer reporter.
People can now register for a free exhibits-only ticket. Or receive €100 off on all conference passes, when registering before 8 June.
The conference runs from September 13 to 17. With the exhibition starting on Friday September 14, closing on the following Tuesday, September 18.
Covering 15 halls with over 1,700 exhibitors this year once again 'the IBC Exhibition is the place to discover tomorrows world of media and entertainment', the show organisers promise.
The Conference features around 400 speakers led by opening Keynote Speaker Tim Davie, CEO, BBC Studios. Davie wil open the conference on Thursday 13 September.
Since 1 April 2018, Tim Davie has been CEO of the newly formed BBC Studios (formerly BBC Worldwide and BBC Studios), providing a simplified organisational structure with integrated programme production, sales and distribution in a single BBC offering, in line with many major global players, and with a vision to build BBC's brands, audiences, commercial returns and reputation across the world.
Jean-Briac 'JB' Perrette, President and CEO, Discovery Networks International (DNI), will keynote ahead of the afternoon's Global Gamechangers stage. The Global Gamechangers stage, is a new section of the IBC Conference this year. It welcomes the biggest names in business, digital, creative, transformation and news, all future-facing talent making waves around the world.
JB Perrette, oversees and sets the strategy for all of Discovery's business outside the United States. He returns to the IBC Conference Keynote stage to discuss what has happened in the three years since his last appearance, during which time, Discovery has strengthened its presence in key markets through numerous transactions including the acquisition of Scripps Networks Interactive (now Discovery Inc), and Eurosport, which led to the ground-breaking agreement with the International Olympic Committee making Discovery and Eurosport the home of the Olympic Games across Europe through to Paris 2024.
On the Friday Neal Mohan, Chief Product Officer at YouTube, kicks-off the afternoon Conference sessions on Friday 14 September 2018, his keynote also heralds the start of IBC2018 Exhibition.
Neal Mohan is responsible for all YouTube products globally across every device and platform. He will share insights into the future of entertainment and the ways that technology can help broadcasters reach more people in new ways. He will discuss the next era of television, when the power of online video, cutting edge hardware and innovative software have aligned to give audiences a seamless, interactive and immersive entertainment experience.
The inaugural IBC Global Gamechangers stage on Thursday 13 September invites creative minds and business influencers to the stage to give a big picture view. It welcomes to the stage Lindsay Pattison, Chief Transformation Officer, GroupM and WPP Global, Jette Nygaard-Andersen, EVP, CEO of MTG International Entertainment & MTGx Digital Video Content at Modern Times Group (MTG), Lisa Tobin, Executive Producer, Audio at The New York Times and Mohamed Abuagla, CIO and CTO at Al Jazeera.
Jette Nygaard-Andersen will talk about MTG's investment in digital platforms and the behavior of the biggest disrupters to the TV industry, the Millennials and Gen Z's, tracing their consumption patterns and ways of watching video. Lisa Tobin, the editor on "The Daily," a news podcast produced five days a week, which draws on the considerable intellectual resources of its colleagues in The New York Times's newsroom. They and Mohamed Abuagla, CIO/CTO and Executive Director for Technology and Operations at Al Jazeera Media Network, will also discuss what's happening in news; the shape and feel for the modern studio, reporting in the field and the opportunities and challenges they face from fake news, start-ups and the consumer reporter.