Events, meetings and conferences for media professionals looking to network with the best in the industry
The EBU continues to monitor the situation and assess the potential impact of COVID-19 on its events in Geneva and across Europe in line with WHO guidelines and updates from national authorities. Please get in touch with your EBU event coordinator in case of any changes to the event programme and/or discuss your concerns and, if necessary, make alternative arrangements.
Kids and Online Platforms: Quarterly Meeting
Quarterly meetings with the Kids community and the Digital Unit discussing Online Platforms
Virtual meeting
Contact Email: zakka@ebu.ch
Music programming in the age of streaming
This online event is part of the Music and Radio 60-minute sessions organized by the EBU Music Unit.
Virtual meeting
Contact Email: foerster@ebu.ch
Platform/Content Regulation Groups Joint Meeting
Joint meeting of the Content Regulation and the Platform (Business) Regulation Experts Group (Focus Access to Data Specific Issues).
Virtual meeting
Contact Email: alexandre@ebu.ch
Verifying the source / date / location of eyewitness material
At the Eurovision Social Newswire (ESN), every piece of content is verified and cleared for use b...
Virtual meeting
Contact Email: johannyy@eurovision.net
Drama, Co-Production & Public-Service TV
This meeting will present some conclusions and discussion points arising from the EBU's work in the domain of public-service TV drama during 2020, with an emphasis on co-production and collaboration.
Virtual meeting
Contact Email: trustram@ebu.ch; simha@ebu.ch
Scenario Planning for Public Service Media
The BBC’s Corporate Strategy team will give an overview of the Scenario Planning techniques.
Virtual meeting
Contact Email: deflorin@ebu.ch
Platform/Content Regulation Groups Joint meeting
Joint meeting of the Content Regulation and the Platform (Business) Regulation Experts Group (Focus on DSA).
Virtual meeting
Contact Email: alexandre@ebu.ch
Platform/Content Regulation Groups Joint meeting
Joint meeting of the Content Regulation and the Platform (Business) Regulation Experts Group (Focus on DMA).
Virtual meeting
Contact Email: alexandre@ebu.ch
This online event is part of the Music and Radio 60-minute sessions organized by the EBU Music Unit.
Virtual meeting
Contact Email: foerster@ebu.ch
Legal and Policy Committee Meeting
The Legal and Policy Committee is a body elected by the Legal and Public Affairs Assembly
Virtual meeting
Contact Email: alexandre@ebu.ch
The winter assembly offers heads of public service media the opportunity to network and discuss the EBU's priorities for the upcoming year. Join us at our headquarters in Geneva.
Location: Geneva
Eurovision Children's Drama & Documentary Series
Production meeting for the 2015 Eurovision Children's Drama and Documentary Series, and screenings of the films from 2014
Location: BBC MediacityUK, Salford/Manchester
Eurovision Youth News Exchange Annual Meeting
News for kids and teens – The expertise of the Eurovision Youth News Exchange group
Location: BBC MediacityUK, Salford/Manchester
Eurovision Children Experts Annual Meeting
The focus of the meeting this year is on multi-platform programmes, on successful radio/TV/online collaborations in the area of children’s programming and on determining what the needs, requirements and challenges are within the different children’s channels and departments today and in the near future, how these can be faced and how members adapt to the fast pace.
Location: BBCMediacityUK, Salford/Manchester
Contact Email: kornmann@ebu.ch
Civil Society Media Seminar 2014: European media and informed citizenship
The EBU is a partner to the 8th civil society media seminar, organised annually by the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) for communication experts and media specialists. This year's seminar will focus on news reporting on the European Union, both within the EU itself and in its neighbouring countries. Several specialists from the EBU and its membership will be giving their perspective on these subejcts as panel speakers.
Location: Milan, Grand Conference Hall of the Province of Milan
Tom McGann Memorial Summit: Engineering the Future
The Tom McGann Memorial Summit is a new initiative from the IABM Educational Foundation1, t...
In 2013, the EBU joined forces with EGTA and ACT to promote UN World TV Day on 21 November and honour a medium that holds a central place in the lives of millions of people, and to highlight the many services it offers in this era of multi-screening.
As part of the 6th European Innovation Summit and European Satellite Day 2014, the EBU is partner to a policy debate in the European Parliament on the future distribution of video content organised by the European Satellite Operators Association and hosted by MEPs Sabine Verheyen and Lambert van Nistelrooij.
Location: European Parliament, Brussels (Room to be confirmed shortly)
Contact Email: charlene.selmer@forum-europe.com
Partnership Programme: Public service media and building trust with people
The EBU Partnership Programme, in cooperation with EU, OSCE, UNESCO and RTSH, is holding a workshop in Tirana, Albania looking at best practices on accountability mechanisms, interactivity with citizens, and dealing with audience expectations, requests and complaints. Speakers will include representatives of the OSCE Presence in Albania, UNESCO, representatives from the media ombudsmen institutions from Switzerland, Slovenia and Germany, and media professionals from ARD/ZDF, ORF and the BBC. Other participants will include managers, members of steering boards, producers, PR managers and audience members. The meeting is part of the EBU-EU project entitled "Enabling the Democratic Role of Public Service Media in the EU Accession countries".
Location: Tirana