Westminster Media Forum: European media policy - preparing for the converged landscape

ETNO is pleased to announce that Director Daniel Pataki will be speaking at the Westminster Media Forum: European media policy - preparing for the converged landscape on 12 February 2014 in London.

Guests of Honour: Robert Madelin, Director General, Directorate General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology, European Commission (subject to diary) and Louise McElvogue, Principal, Mcleod Media and Member, Convergence Review Committee, Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Australia

This seminar will examine the emerging commercial, regulatory and public policy challenges for the European audiovisual sector in the context of the European Commission Green Paper, Preparing for a Fully Converged Audiovisual World: Growth, Creation and Values.

The conference will offer delegates an opportunity to examine the impact of convergence on media, telecoms and technology markets - in particular the effects on competition, innovation and sector financing, the emerging priorities for reform of the AVMS Directive and options to deliver a future regulatory framework able to keep pace with a rapidly evolving landscape.

We are delighted that Robert Madelin, Director General, Directorate General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology, European Commission (subject to diary) and Louise McElvogue, Principal, Mcleod Media and Member, Convergence Review Committee, Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Australia have agreed to deliver keynote addresses at the seminar.

Other confirmed keynote speakers include John Cunliffe, Chief Technology Officer, Central and Western Europe, Ericsson; Richard Lindsay-Davies, Director-General, Digital Television Group; Dr Damian Tambini, Research Director, Department of Media and Communications, London School of Economics and Political Science and Daniel Wilson, Head of International Policy, BBC. Additional speakers are currently being approached.

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