Events
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.
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Pre-Buy Network: Pitching session
Pitches of the projects submitted to the Collective Pre-Buy Network and selected by the board.
Online
Contact Email: simha@ebu.ch
Youth brands study visit at funk
This visit at funk (ARD/ZDF) will gather a group of Members who have similar youth strategies and priorities, in an effort to facilitate the exchange of knowledge and insights between EBU Members working around youth content.
Location: Mainz, Germany
Contact Email: sequeira@ebu.ch
AIDI Spotlight on RTVE's AI work
In this AIDI session, Spanish broadcaster RTVE showcases their work on AI and data
Online
Contact Email: gaye@ebu.ch
The 32nd Sports Assembly is a unique opportunity to interact and discuss the changing sports rights market and sports broadcasting today.
Location: Helsinki, Finland
Contact Email: ulp@eurovision.net
The Voice of Public Service Media: United by music
Join us for this exclusive event for communications professionals where we’ll go behind the scenes to hear more about the preparations for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest.
Online
Contact Email: rainford@ebu.ch
The Sustainability Summit 2023 is an online event for all things broadcast sustainability. The full day programme provides insights in areas such as production and technology, with a mix of presentations and discussions from EBU Members and industry specialists sharing relevant insights.
Online
Contact Email: ecoffey@ebu.ch
This online event is part of the Music and Radio 60-minute sessions organized by the EBU Music Unit.
Online
Contact Email: schuetz@ebu.ch
The role of paper in your marketing strategy
This is a session of the Media Ensemble Marketing community
Online
Contact Email: schuetz@ebu.ch
Media Freedom Act Ad hoc Group
Meeting of the EBU Ad Hoc EMFA Group
Online
Contact Email: alexandre@ebu.ch
Meeting of the EBU Intellectual Property Group
Location: Copenhaguen, Denmark
Contact Email: alexandre@ebu.ch
Fiction Bureau Meeting
Meeting of the Fiction Bureau
Online
Contact Email: simha@ebu.ch
Kids' Documentary Series 2023 - Production Meeting
Production meeting for EBU Members (incl. production teams) participating in the 2023 series.
Online
Contact Email: simha@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...
Eurovision Documentary Experts Group Meeting
The Eurovision Documentary Experts Group consists of commissioning editors and other professionals from EBU members working in documentary.
Location: Stimuleringsfonds Nederlandse Culturele Mediaproducties, Herengracht 609, 1017 Amsterdam
Contact Email: duret@ebu.ch
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
WBU International Satellite Operations Group Forum
The forthcoming World Broadcasting Unions International Satellite Operations Group (WBU-ISOG) For...
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