7-9 NOVEMBER | THE QUEEN ELIZABETH II CONFERENCE CENTRE
ABOUT THE CONFERENCE
The provisional Conference agenda is as follows:
WEDNESDAY, 7 NOVEMBER
19:30 Welcome reception
Marlborough House, Blenheim Saloon.
Hosted by the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association.
Historical home of the Commonwealth Secretariat and Commonwealth Foundation, Marlborough House is a 300-year-old Royal Palace, designed by Sir Christopher Wren for Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough. The magnificent building and its gardens are situated in the heart of London, in Pall Mall, just a short distance from Buckingham Palace.
THURSDAY, 8 NOVEMBER
08:30 Accreditation
The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, Mountbatten Suite.
Welcome - David Jordan, Director of Editorial Policy & Standards, BBC.
09:30 Opening Address
Lord Patten of Barnes, Chairman of the BBC Trust.
Questions and answer session hosted by Nik Gowing.
10:10 Session one: Covering elections, the great impartiality test for Public Service Broadcasters. Hosted by Lyse Doucet. Panel includes Paul Chadwick, Director of Editorial Policy, ABC, Asun Gómez Bueno, News International Affairs TVE, Marcel Gelauff, Editor-in-Chief of NOS News and David Kansas, Chief Operating Officer/SVP of Content, American Public Media/MPR.
11:10 Coffee break
11:40 Session two: Sports rights – should PSBs stay in the game? Hosted by Tanya Beckett. Panel including Brian Barwick, Partner, Barwick Media and Sport, Nelson Breve, President of EBC, Ingrid Deltenre, DG of EBU and Ms Yoojin Lee, Head of International Sport at KBS.
12:55 Lunch
14:15 Session three: New models for funding Public Service Broadcasters. Hosted by Stephen Evans. Panel including Hubert T Lacroix, President and CEO of CBC/Radio-Canada, Yoshihiko Shimizu, Managing Director, NHK, Rémy Pflimlin, CEO, France Télévisions and Cilla Benkö, Director General, Swedish Radio.
15:15 Coffee break
15:45 Session four: The role of landmark content in PSB strategy, with Sir David Attenborough. Hosted by Ros Atkins. Panel including Paula Kerger, President of PBS and Piv Bernth, Head of Drama, DR and producer of "The Killing".
17:00 End of conference Day 1
19:30 Gala reception, hosted by BBC Worldwide at the Park Plaza Riverbank Hotel.
FRIDAY, 9 NOVEMBER
08:30 Accreditation
The Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, Mountbatten Suite.
08:30 Coffee
09:15 Session five: The role of Public Service Broadcasters at times of civil disorder. Hosted by Robin Lustig. Panel includes Moneeza Hashmi, President of CBA and General Manager, International Relations, HUM-TV, Pakistan, William Nygaard, President, NRK, Prudence Lulama Mafubedu, Journalist, South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) and Al Anstey, Managing Director, Al Jazeera English.
10:15 Coffee break
10:45 Session six: Universal broadcasting: addressing fragmentation in a digital world. Hosted by Stewart Purvis. Panel includes John Tate, Director, Policy & Strategy, BBC, Oliver Werner, Westdeutscher Rundfunk Köln, Direktion Produktion und Technik, Chefingenieur, John McCoskey, Chief Technology Officer, PBS, Kip Meek, Special Adviser, Everything Everywhere and Mark Scott, MD of ABC.
11:45 Closing session: Broadcaster priorities for 2013, with George Entwistle, Director General of the BBC. Hosted by Ros Atkins.
12:30 Lunch
14:00 Tour of New Broadcasting House
19:30 Farewell Dinner - London Film Museum
The London Film Museum is located in a spectacular setting on the River Thames within County Hall, next to the London Eye. It's a beautiful listed museum which displays some of the most unique movie memorabilia in the world.
