Dr Nicolas Lodge has spent his professional career leading the research, development and commercial exploitation of cutting-edge of television and advanced media technologies. In this time he has initiated very many award-winning European collaborative research consortia and international standardisation activities, notably in: video compression, digital terrestrial TV, audio description, 360° immersive media, and visual modelling. He also champions technologies for sensory-impaired media users.

Throughout the 1990’s Nick was head of strategic R&D and international standards for the all the UK’s commercial television broadcasters. Throughout most of the next decade he was Chief Executive of ProVision Communications, a high tech wireless media company based in Bristol. Currently, Nick runs his own successful technology consultancy, Lodgical Media. He holds BSc, MBA and PhD degrees and is a Fellow of the IET and of the Royal Television Society.