Technical Papers

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

Delivered by a global lineup of speakers ranging from academics to R&D experts and industry professionals, the Technical Papers programme covers all industry sectors across the media, entertainment and technology industries and will deliver fascinating insights into current innovations and challenges at the IBC2026 Show.

The 2026 Programme is now closed, and we are reviewing the submissions.

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Technical Papers Process

Technical Papers present original, novel research on solutions to real-world problems faced by the international broadcast and digital media industry, and are not overtly commercial in-tone (Tech Paper Guidelines). They can be about any relevant industry topic, but we encourage submissions on the topics that are of most current interest to the IBC audience. 

IBC2026 Technical Papers Agenda

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11:15
  1. Advances in TV Production
    Technical Papers Room
    60 mins
    Three interesting presentations and two strong supporting papers form this session on developments in TV broadcast production. A contribution from NHK on the practicalities of moving audio mixing to t ...
    Moderator
    Stephan Heimbecher
    Stephan Heimbecher, Head of ARD Competence Centre, Production & Infrastructure - Swr
12:30
  1. Audio, Access Services and User Experience
    Technical Papers Room
    60 mins
    Three presentations using technology to improve viewer experiences and access : the first from NHK on developments toward increasing the degree of automation of sign language interpretation from natur ...
14:30
  1. Broadcast Technology
    Technical Papers Room
    60 mins
    This session has 2 papers on the problems and options of distributing accurate time signals, essential to broadcast systems and a wide range of tech, one to be presented from the UK’s National Physica ...
15:45
  1. Antenna to Fibre - the Future of TV Distribution
    Technical Papers Room
    60 mins
    As broadcasters move towards greater distribution of TV over broadband, we have two papers on the issues broadcasters and consumers face. RTE’s paper covers the rationale behind its decision to pursue ...
    Moderator
    Simon Parnall
    Simon Parnall, Principal Advisor, Broadcast Technology - Ofcom
17:00
  1. Coding Developments
    Technical Papers Room
    40 mins
    A session with 2 presentations and one supporting paper on Video coding developments. The first presentation on selective multi-pass encoding for cost-efficient video streaming and the second from TNO ...
10:00
  1. AI Production and Software Tools
    Technical Papers Room
    60 mins
    This session covers developments on improving different aspects of programme production. The presented papers are: the BBC’s work on a low cost virtual camera system for in-camera visual effects; on w ...
    Moderator
    Stephan Heimbecher
    Stephan Heimbecher, Head of ARD Competence Centre, Production & Infrastructure - Swr
11:15
  1. XR & Multiview Developments
    Technical Papers Room
    60 mins
    Developments in augmented reality and multiview covering presentations on: video only camera tracking using venue awareness for graphics overlays; a three-layer reference model spanning the XR experie ...
13:15
  1. Coding the Future
    Technical Papers Room
    60 mins
    An important panel session giving an update from each of the two main codec standards setters. JVET is responsible for all the MPEG compression codecs including HEVC and VVC. AOMedia is responsible fo ...
14:30
  1. Streaming Technology 1
    Technical Papers Room
    60 mins
    The first of two sessions on streaming technology and continuing one of the conference themes - on the future of TV distribution. Presentations are: an update paper from BT Research, UK on its prototy ...
15:45
  1. Streaming Technology 2
    Technical Papers Room
    60 mins
    Continuing with streaming technology, this session has presentations on: using agentic AI for Smart TV quality assurance in a production environment where applications, operating systems, and homepage ...
10:00
  1. AI Indexing and Search
    Technical Papers Room
    60 mins
    The fast-growing field of AI-assisted indexing and search is explored in this three-presentation session, plus one supporting paper. The first presentation, from RAI, covers unlocking documentary arch ...
    Moderator
    Satish Annapureddy
    Satish Annapureddy, Principal GenAI GTM Specialist - AWS
11:15
  1. Trust, Provenance and Authenticity 1
    Technical Papers Room
    60 mins
    This session will have two presentations followed by a panel discussion with a range of experts working in the field.The first presentation from an international project on the first standardised fram ...
    Moderator
    Simon Parnall
    Simon Parnall, Principal Advisor, Broadcast Technology - Ofcom
13:15
  1. Trust, Provenance and Authenticity 2
    Technical Papers Room
    60 mins
    This session on trust and provenance features three presentations tackling identity protection and content authenticity. The first, from BBC R&D, presents AI-driven visual anonymisation that preserves ...
    Moderator
    Satish Annapureddy
    Satish Annapureddy, Principal GenAI GTM Specialist - AWS
14:30
  1. Software Production Infrastructures - Dynamic Media Facility Developments
    Technical Papers Room
    60 mins
    The presentations cover: the Media eXchange Layer (MXL), an open-source SDK project hosted by the Linux Foundation in collaboration with the EBU and NABA, from an international collaboration; addressi ...
15:45
  1. RF Network and Distribution Developments
    Technical Papers Room
    75 mins
    This session will discuss developments in RF networks and distribution technologies. The session will present papers on a wide range of topics including energy saving techniques for terrestrial radio ...
    Moderator
    Phil Kesby
    Phil Kesby, Technology Consultant - Arqiva

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