The IBC Council is a long-established advisory group drawn from senior media and entertainment leaders and executives.
Its role is to advise IBC on key strategic issues and is key to informing the development of compelling IBC events for the future, ensuring that we continue to evolve and deliver as the essential global business and technology communications platform and marketplace for the media and entertainment industry.
Council membership comprises more than 20 senior industry leaders and executives, as well as affiliate members from IBC’s owners: the RTS, IABM, SMPTE, SCTE, IET and IEEE.
Mark Smith has spent more than 30 years in the Media, Entertainment & Telecommunications sectors globally, focused on industry-level technology evolution, innovation & collaboration programmes and international scale events. He was Marketing & Communications Director for the GSMA, the industry organisation for global mobile network operators and owners of the Mobile World Congress trade show and global sister events, where he led communications through the evolution of mobile communications from 2G through to 5G. Over the last decade, he has focused on the intersection between the communications, technology and media & entertainment sectors, working with world leading media brands. His deep technology marketing experience has helped him launch, develop and lead the acclaimed