Features Programme

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IBC2026 will offer a comprehensive line-up of innovative show features, designed to reflect the current landscape of media and entertainment and shape the future of technology through collaboration and education.

From this year's prestigious IBC Innovation Awards and our returning IBC Future Tech, the ultimate destination for groundbreaking advancement, to our Accelerator Media Innovation Programme, enabling fast-track, collaborative experiments to solve some of the complex challenges of transformative new technologies, catch up on all the features IBC2026 offered here.

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IBC2026 Features

 

IBC Accelerator Zone

The Accelerator Programme continues to grow in scale and impact, with Google as Headline Sponsor and EIT Culture & Creativity as Innovation Partner.

In 2026, there is a clear focus on real-world innovation, creative energy and skills development.

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IBC Owner Pavillion

At the IBC Owner Pavilion, visitors can engage with representatives from each of IBC's owners, arranged meetings, digested specially curated content and learn about all our owners' latest initiatives.

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IBC Future Tech

From live demos and hands-on experiences to inspiring talks and unique networking opportunities, IBC2026 Future Tech is the fastest-growing area of the show, reflecting what makes IBC unique: innovation not just imagined, but built, tested, and applied in a real-world context.

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IBC Innovation Awards

A central pillar of IBC, the Innovation Awards celebrate real-world projects that demonstrate how collaboration can overcome creative, operational, and commercial challenges, recognising the very best in content creation, content distribution, content everywhere and social impact.

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IBC Technical Papers

The IBC Conference hosts IBC’s world-renowned & peer-reviewed Technical Papers, which have formed the backbone of the Conference for many years. 

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IBC Talent Programme

Bringing the industry together to bridge the looming talent gap in media and broadcast. Future Tech, Hall 14, will once again offer attendees a free-to-attend programme of sessions focusing on next-generation talent, skills & development and dedicated student initiatives.

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IBC2026 Content Programme

The IBC2026 core pillars - Shifting Business Models, Transformative Tech and People & Purpose – will form a thread that runs through the entire event, from the innovations on the showfloor, to the features and content programmes taking place across the RAI.

At IBC2026, a line-up of over 325+ speakers across an expanded number of theatre halls will take to the stage to champion new technologies, future business models, and creative innovations that broaden the horizons of media and entertainment.

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