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Future Tech
Future Tech launched in 2025 to create a space where the industry could explore the future — bringing together innovation, technology, talent and new ideas in one connected experience.
In 2026, Future Tech is where the future of media and entertainment moves from concept to real-world application.
Located in Hall 14, it brings together global media organisations, technology leaders, start-ups, creators, researchers and future talent to explore the technologies, workflows and ideas shaping what comes next.
With the new Future Tech Ignite Start Up Zone and Stage, the Future Tech Stage, Braindate Lounge and a growing programme focused on creators and next-gen talent, Future Tech has become a dynamic destination for discovery, collaboration and industry advancement at IBC2026.
Future Tech Ignite
Delivered with EIT Culture & Creativity as Innovation Partner, and AWS as Headline Sponsor, Future Tech Ignite brings together emerging companies, investors, creators, students and tech leaders to explore the next generation of media technology. Across the Ignite Start-Up Zone and Ignite Stage, visitors can discover breakthrough companies, hear future-focused ideas and connect with the people developing what comes next.
IBC Accelerator Zone
The IBC Accelerator Media Innovation Programme brings together organisations to tackle real challenges and demonstrate innovation in action. Visitors can explore collaborative projects and meet the teams behind them. Supported by EIT Culture & Creativity as Innovation Partner, and Google as Headline Sponsor, with HP/ AMD & Shure as Associate Sponsors.
Future Tech Stage
The Future Tech Stage, sponsored by Microsoft hosts talks, panels and sessions exploring the technologies, talent and trends shaping the future of media and entertainment.
It should act as the main content destination within Future Tech, connecting the exhibition, Ignite, Accelerators and wider innovation themes.
More information coming soon.
Braindate Lounge
Available through the IBC Exchange pass, Braindate helps visitors join one-to-one and small-group conversations around the topics that matter most to them.
It gives attendees a more structured way to meet peers, share knowledge and make useful connections during IBC.
Future Tech Networking Hub
A central space for meetings, informal networking and conversations throughout the show.
More information coming soon.
2026 Future Tech Agenda
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Future Tech Stage
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Future Tech StageIn a multi-platform world, how are media companies building distribution strategies to realise the f ...
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Future Tech StageThe TV and Film industry struggles to accelerate creative iteration while maintaining standards, ham ...Moderator
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Future Tech StageAI agents can now orchestrate multiple real-time transformations of live content, enabling use cases ...Moderator
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Future Tech StageJoin Quickture for the premiere of our most ambitious release since the company’s launch. We're unve ...Speakers
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Future Tech Stage"In today’s hyper-connected media landscape, live event broadcasters face a major operational challe ...
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Future Tech StageBroadcasters lose audiences they never see: viewers who tune out when commentary is buried, global f ...
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Future Tech Stage"A live demo of practical AI in production: hybrid search, combining full-text matching with semanti ...
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Future Tech StagePoor dialogue intelligibility remains one of the biggest frustrations for audiences, yet there is no ...Moderator
Ignite Stage
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Ignite StageMedia Cartographer and IBC Conference keynote Evan Shapiro opens the 2026 IBC Talent Programme with ...
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Ignite StageRecent research from IAMT seeks to better understand the current landscape for media and entertainme ...
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Ignite StageStrengthening the relationship between the industry and the education sector is seen as ‘mission cri ...Moderator
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Ignite StageHow can Europe help emerging talent turn bold ideas into media experiences people actually want to w ...
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Ignite StageSome of the most important issues facing the industry extend beyond technology and business strategy ...
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Ignite StageEveryone’s using AI now. To write, to edit, to speed things up, to “generate ideas”. But let’s be ho ...
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Ignite StageMeet the technology and business innovators shaping the future of our industry. This session will fe ...
Future Tech Stage
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Future Tech StageThis session demonstrates a fundamental disruption of live streaming core foundations, moving beyond ...Moderator
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Future Tech StageLive rights remain central to the value of sports media, but audiences increasingly expect more than ...
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Future Tech StageAs artificial intelligence becomes embedded across content creation, editorial, localisation, archiv ...
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Future Tech Stage"Imagine opening your Adobe Premiere Pro Productions or DaVinci Resolve Cloud project tomorrow morni ...
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Future Tech Stage"Everyone has heard AI dubbing that reads a script. Drama is where it breaks: overlapping dialogue, ...
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Future Tech Stage"In an age of content abundance, how can media organisations advance their use of AI to better unloc ...
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Future Tech StageEvery newsroom runs on integration. Decades of it teaching our systems to talk to each other. None o ...Moderator
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Future Tech Stage"On 2 August 2026, Article 50 of the EU AI Act became applicable: AI-generated content must carry ma ...Speakers
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Future Tech Stage"Discover how AI is transforming broadcast accessibility with the introduction of live German Sign L ...
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Future Tech StageWe’ll show how plain X is enabling broadcasters to quickly put agency feeds with live translated sub ...
Ignite Stage
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Ignite Stage
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Ignite StageMedia Cartographer Evan Shapiro and Marion Ranchet, founder of Streaming Made Easy, return to the Ig ...
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Ignite StageRecent incidents and TPN STAR Report findings suggest many companies wouldn't be. Join TPN, ACE, NBC ...
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Ignite Stage
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Ignite Stage"Meet the technology and business innovators shaping the future of our industry. This session will f ...
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Ignite StageEurope produces world-class creativity, research and media innovation, yet too few European companie ...
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Ignite StageEurope has the talent. Why isn't it winning? Drawing on new independent research from Ampere Analysi ...
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Ignite StageSecuring funding is only the beginning. Turning an innovative idea into a successful media business ...
Future Tech Stage
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Future Tech Stage"Deepdub, a foundational voice AI company trusted by major Hollywood studios and global streaming pl ...
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Future Tech Stage"Video has become the world's dominant medium, but language remains its biggest barrier. Every day, ...Speakers
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Future Tech Stage"EYZFlow is an AI-powered platform for intelligent, automated video workflows across accessibility, ...
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Future Tech Stage"Weather content production is undergoing a fundamental shift, and this session showcases how Baron ...
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Future Tech StageThis team of world-leading broadcasters and mobile network operators will discuss and demonstrate Po ...Moderator
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Future Tech Stage"While breakthrough creative tools capture the headlines, the day-to-day business of media depends o ...
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Future Tech Stage"Discover how to eliminate costly, manual media tasks and seamlessly bridge the gap between traditio ...
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Future Tech Stage"Media companies are sitting on a fortune - held back by the Rights and Royalties workflows that sho ...
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Future Tech StageEluvio will discuss the first commercially available means to replace legacy satellite distribution, ...
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Future Tech Stage"As media organisations move beyond AI experimentation, the focus is shifting towards building the A ...
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Future Tech Stage"Every broadcast application ships its most valuable intellectual property directly to potential att ...
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Future Tech Stage"Highlight production has passed through two eras: manual editing that could not keep pace with live ...Speakers
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Future Tech StagePhotorealistic Immersive 3D applications have been enriched by recent advances in Neural Radiance Fi ...
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Future Tech Stage"Join this live demonstration of SPAIQ Linq, an AI-powered Visual Intelligence Transport technology ...Speakers
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Future Tech StageThis exciting, immersive-focussed IBC Accelerator united the finest cohort of broadcasters, academia ...Moderator
Ignite Stage
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Ignite Stage
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Ignite StageEurope's next generation of media innovators takes the stage. In this fast-paced showcase, EIT Cultu ...
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Ignite StageThis session, led by Caretta Research, will explore the new media landscape driven by the creator an ...
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Ignite Stage"Last year, Women in Industries of Tomorrow challenged audiences to ""Persevere and Get Sh*t Done"", ...
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Ignite StageRapidly changing technology – such as the explosion of Gen AI, hybrid workflows, and immersive enter ...Moderator
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Ignite StageAllyship in media and entertainment can unlock potential by improving access, visibility, and develo ...
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Ignite Stage"Meaningful professional connections can open doors to new opportunities, ideas and collaborations. ...
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Ignite StageMeet the technology and business innovators shaping the future of our industry. This session will fe ...
Future Tech Stage
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Future Tech StageWhen standard delivery methods fail, what matters most isn't perfect picture quality - it's ensuring ...Moderator
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Future Tech Stage"Audiences are no longer limited by geography but reaching them requires media organisations to reth ...Panellist
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Future Tech Stage"Everyone's shipping an MCP server right now — and most are making the same mistake: wrapping an exi ...Speakers
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Future Tech Stage"Suitest is introducing a dedicated solution for network operators and pay TV providers that combine ...Speakers
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Future Tech StageThis Accelerator will showcase and discuss its work to prototype, test and validate a practical, dec ...Moderator
Ignite Stage
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Ignite Stage
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Ignite StageMeet the technology and business innovators shaping the future of our industry. This session will fe ...
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Ignite Stage
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Ignite Stage"This two-part session will showcase the skills of the next generation. Part 1 will be led by repres ...
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Ignite StageTo close the Ignite Stage programme, we hand the forum of discussion over to the young people who wi ...
Future Tech Ignite
Future Tech Ignite is the home of start-ups, emerging talent, future skills and entrepreneurial thinking at IBC2026.
Delivered with EIT Culture & Creativity as Innovation Partner, Future Tech Ignite brings together students, creators, technologists, start-ups, investors, educators and industry leaders to explore how new ideas can become real opportunities for the media and entertainment industry.
Across the four days of the show, the Future Tech Ignite Stage will host talks, panels, showcases and pitch sessions covering the major forces changing the industry, including artificial intelligence, the creator economy, sustainability, cybersecurity, entrepreneurship, education and future skills.
Future Tech Exhibition
Explore the technologies shaping the next era of media and entertainment.
Including Microsoft, Vionlabs, NHK, Mosys, Magycal, AudioShake, Deepdub, Avid and Orange Logic.
Future Tech brings together emerging companies, innovators and established technology leaders, showcasing breakthrough solutions and real-world applications - giving visitors direct access to the ideas, technologies and companies shaping what comes next.
