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  1. IBC Conference Welcome
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    Speakers
    Sasha Twining
    Sasha Twining, Host - Conference Host
  2. Disrupt, Innovate, Create: How to embrace AI
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    AI is rapidly becoming a powerful force in the creative industries transforming how stories are writ ...
    Moderator
    Sasha Twining
    Sasha Twining, Host - Conference Host
    Keynote
    Eline van der Velden
    Eline van der Velden, Founder and CEO - Particle 6
    Tilly Norwood
    Tilly Norwood, AI Superstar - Particle 6
  3. The Power of Collaboration: Partnering for Growth
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    As viewing habits evolve, broadcasters are looking beyond traditional platforms to reach audiences w ...
    Speakers
    Marc Heufelder
    Marc Heufelder, Country Manager, YouTube Product Partnerships DACH - YouTube
  4. Networking Break
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  5. Live Sports at Scale: Redefining the art of the possible
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    Live sports remains the ultimate test for modern media and technology and in 2026 broadcasters have ...
    Moderator
    Frank Dunne
    Frank Dunne, Editor at Large - SportBusiness
    Speakers
    Oscar Sanchez
    Oscar Sanchez, Head of Host Broadcast Production - FIFA
    Yiannis Exarchos
    Yiannis Exarchos, CEO - OBS
  6. Panel: The New Playbook for Sports: AI, data, fans and rights
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    The sports industry is being transformed in real time. AI and advanced data are changing everything ...
    Moderator
    Frank Dunne
    Frank Dunne, Editor at Large - SportBusiness
    Speakers
    Francisco Antunez
    Francisco Antunez, Chief Content Officer - Liga Portugal
    Guy-Laurent Epstein
    Guy-Laurent Epstein, Executive Director of Marketing - UEFA
  7. Lunch
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  8. Television’s Great Rewiring: Strategy, policy and audience enjoyment in the all-IP era
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    A new settlement is approaching for how television is distributed, found, trusted, regulated and pai ...
    Panellist
    Rebecca Hanson
    Rebecca Hanson, Director-General - North American Broadcasters Association (NABA)
    Richard Lindsay-Davies
    Richard Lindsay-Davies, Chief Executive Officer - Digital Television Group (DTG)
  9. Panel: Choice, Curation and Context? What do audiences want, from where and how?
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    Today’s audiences face more choice and more complexity than ever before. With content spread across ...
    Moderator
    Mary Ann Halford
    Mary Ann Halford, Principal - Halford Media Advisory
    Panellist
    Chris Gregory
    Chris Gregory, Head of Content Development - Samsung TV Plus
    Jane Stiller
    Jane Stiller, Chief Viewer Officer - ITV
    Marion Rathmann
    Marion Rathmann, Group VP Content and Programming Networks - Warner Bros. Discovery
    Sarah Milton
    Sarah Milton, Chief Product Officer - Freely
  10. Networking Break
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  11. The Evolution of Production: Creating Technology Driven Creative Ecosystems
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    Streaming has transformed production scale, enabling international collaboration and instant global ...
    Speakers
    Anna Mallett
    Anna Mallett, VP Production - Netflix
  12. Presentation: Fandom First: How are alliances expanding reach and retention?
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    For broadcasters, fandom-first strategies mean thinking beyond their own channels. Strategic allianc ...
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    Simon Clarke
    Simon Clarke, Director of Digital, Bluey - BBC Studios Digital Brands
  13. Keynote: Too Big to Compete? Media Consolidation in 2026
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    More media companies will be turning to different flavours of consolidation to scale and get ahead i ...
    Keynote
    Claire Enders CBE
    Claire Enders CBE, CEO and Founder - Enders Analysis
Technical Papers Room

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  1. Advances in TV Production
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    Three interesting presentations and two strong supporting papers form this session on developments i ...
    Moderator
    Stephan Heimbecher
    Stephan Heimbecher, Head of ARD Competence Centre, Production & Infrastructure - Swr
  2. Audio, Access Services and User Experience
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    Three presentations using technology to improve viewer experiences and access : the first from NHK o ...
  3. Broadcast Technology
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    This session has 2 papers on the problems and options of distributing accurate time signals, essenti ...
  4. Antenna to Fibre - the Future of TV Distribution
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    As broadcasters move towards greater distribution of TV over broadband, we have two papers on the is ...
    Moderator
    Simon Parnall
    Simon Parnall, Principal Advisor, Broadcast Technology - Ofcom
  5. Coding Developments
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    A session with 2 presentations and one supporting paper on Video coding developments. The first pres ...
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  1. IBC Conference Welcome Day 2
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    Speakers
    Sasha Twining
    Sasha Twining, Host - Conference Host
  2. CTO Perspectives - how AI is reshaping the business of media?
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    From personalised content discovery to automated production workflows, AI is rapidly transforming th ...
    Moderator
    Laurent Colombani
    Laurent Colombani, Partner - Bain & Company
    Speakers
    Sotiris Salamouris
    Sotiris Salamouris, CTO - OBS
    Stéphane Baumier
    Stéphane Baumier, CTO - Canal+
  3. Networking Break
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  4. The Creator Economy Rules
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    Media mapper, Webby Winner, and professional provocateur Evan Shapiro will detail Media's New Rules ...
    Speakers
    Evan Shapiro
    Evan Shapiro, Media Cartographer - ESHAP
  5. Panel: The Winners and Losers in the Creator Economy: Who will be the New Media Elite?
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    An all-star panel of big brains debates the future of media - is it all about creators, or will the ...
    Moderator
    Evan Shapiro
    Evan Shapiro, Media Cartographer - ESHAP
    Panellist
    Helen O'Donnell
    Helen O'Donnell, Interim VP. Content & Creators - BBC Studios Digital Brands
    Jorrit Eringa
    Jorrit Eringa, Head of Content Partnerships for the Benelux and Nordics. - Snap Inc
    Sami Qasem
    Sami Qasem, Director of Creator and Content Partnerships - Tubi
    Tim Haubeil
    Tim Haubeil, Channel Director - Sidemen Entertainment
    Will Pithers
    Will Pithers, Strategic Partner Manager, Sport - META
  6. Lunch
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  7. Panel: Global scale or local wins: Who can sustain both?
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    Scale globally or win locally? The reflex answer is both. This session treats both as the demanding ...
    Moderator
    Marion Ranchet
    Marion Ranchet, Founder - Streaming Made Easy
    Panellist
    Jill Kellie
    Jill Kellie, VP Commercial Strategy, Commercial and International - Fremantle
    Liz Riemersma
    Liz Riemersma, Vice President - Strategy, Business Development & International - Sling TV
  8. Networking Break Sat 2
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  9. Panel: Brands as Media: Reinventing the relationship between content and advertising
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    Brands are no longer just advertisers - they’re becoming publishers, creators, and media platforms i ...
    Moderator
    Mary Ann Halford
    Mary Ann Halford, Principal - Halford Media Advisory
    Panellist
    Carlotta Rossi Spencer
    Carlotta Rossi Spencer, Global Head of Branded Entertainment Business Development - Banijay
    Gau Narayanan
    Gau Narayanan, MD Europe - Vice Media Group
    Ksenija Koženkova
    Ksenija Koženkova, Head of non-standard Media Partnerships & Innovation - Vinted
    Noëlla Neffati
    Noëlla Neffati, Director of Sport & Entertainment / Head of M+C Saatchi House Amsterdam - M&C Saatchi Sport and Entertainment Europe
  10. Panel: Winning in the Attention Economy: The rise of Microdrama
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    Content is everywhere but our attention spans are not keeping up. The question isn’t just what conte ...
    Moderator
    Maria Rua Aguete
    Maria Rua Aguete, Global Head of Media & Entertainment - Omdia
    Panellist
    Anatolii Kasianov
    Anatolii Kasianov, Co-Founder and Co-CEO - HOLYWATER TECH
Technical Papers Room

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  1. AI Production and Software Tools
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    This session covers developments on improving different aspects of programme production. The present ...
    Moderator
    Stephan Heimbecher
    Stephan Heimbecher, Head of ARD Competence Centre, Production & Infrastructure - Swr
  2. XR & Multiview Developments
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    Developments in augmented reality and multiview covering presentations on: video only camera trackin ...
  3. Coding the Future
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    An important panel session giving an update from each of the two main codec standards setters. JVET ...
  4. Streaming Technology 1
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    The first of two sessions on streaming technology and continuing one of the conference themes - on t ...
  5. Streaming Technology 2
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    Continuing with streaming technology, this session has presentations on: using agentic AI for Smart ...
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  1. IBC Conference Welcome Day 3
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    Speakers
    Sasha Twining
    Sasha Twining, Host - Conference Host
  2. Keynote: Innovating to Deliver the News of Tomorrow
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    There is not doubt that technology is transforming the news industry through artificial intelligence ...
    Speakers
    Alex Charalambides
    Alex Charalambides, SVP and CTO - CNN
  3. Panel: Security, Authenticity and Provenance: How can we trust the content we have now and in the future?
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    Security now more than ever is an essential pillar for the future of broadcast media.  Authenticity ...
    Moderator
    Darren Long
    Darren Long, Media Content and Technology Transformation Leader - Sasolo Media
    Panellist
    Jose Ignacio Carrillo de Aibornoz
    Jose Ignacio Carrillo de Aibornoz, Audio Visual Anti Fraud - LALIGA
    Mauricio Felix Vasconcellos
    Mauricio Felix Vasconcellos, Technology Director - GLOBO
    Toby Scales
    Toby Scales, CISO Media and Entertainment - Google
  4. Networking Break
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  5. Panel: Technology Fit for The New Era of Broadcasting and Media
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    How do you keep innovating when technology moves at such a pace? How do you build a new platform and ...
    Moderator
    Rob Ambrose
    Rob Ambrose, Co-Founder - Caretta Research
    Panellist
    Annsofi Eriksson
    Annsofi Eriksson, CTO - EBU
    Jamie Allan
    Jamie Allan, Director of AI for Sports, Adtech, and Media - NVIDIA
    Rajat Nigam
    Rajat Nigam, Head of Media Technology & Operations - JioStar
    Samir Ahmed
    Samir Ahmed, SVP Engineering - Crunchyroll
  6. Lunch
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  7. AI in Practice: Case Studies Across the Media Value Chain
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    AI has undoubtedly been one of the most hyped technologies in recent years - and while the buzz is j ...
    Moderator
    Maureen Kerr
    Maureen Kerr, Partner - Kerr & Partners
    Panellist
    Alex Serdiuk
    Alex Serdiuk, CEO & Co-Founder - Respeecher
    Carsten Mönning
    Carsten Mönning, VP Technology - Bertelsmann Corporate Tech & Data and Bertelsmann AI Hub Lead
    Tim Forrest
    Tim Forrest, Head of Content Delivery and Commercial Innovation - ITN
  8. The IBC Innovation Awards 2026
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    The presentation of this year's prestigious IBC Innovation Awards, where the winners of the four cat ...
    Speakers
    Sasha Twining
    Sasha Twining, Host - Conference Host
Technical Papers Room

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  1. AI Indexing and Search
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    The fast-growing field of AI-assisted indexing and search is explored in this three-presentation ses ...
    Moderator
    Satish Annapureddy
    Satish Annapureddy, Principal GenAI GTM Specialist - AWS
  2. Trust, Provenance and Authenticity 1
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    This panel session will have two presentations followed by a panel discussion with a range of expert ...
    Moderator
    Simon Parnall
    Simon Parnall, Principal Advisor, Broadcast Technology - Ofcom
  3. Trust, Provenance and Authenticity 2
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    This session on trust and provenance features three presentations tackling identity protection and c ...
    Moderator
    Satish Annapureddy
    Satish Annapureddy, Principal GenAI GTM Specialist - AWS
  4. Software Production Infrastructures - Dynamic Media Facility Developments
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    The presentations cover: the Media eXchange Layer (MXL), an open-source SDK project hosted by the Li ...
  5. RF Network and Distribution Developments
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    This session will discuss developments in RF networks and distribution technologies. The session wil ...
    Moderator
    Phil Kesby
    Phil Kesby, Technology Consultant - Arqiva

 

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