Antonio Arcidiacono is the EBU’s Director of Technology & Innovation. Antonio has extensive experience in conceiving, developing and taking new products and services to market. He is an internationally acclaimed expert in digital television, satellite communications, IP-based multimedia services and mobile telecommunications. With strong knowledge of the European market, he has worked closely with the leading players in the fields...
Read MoreM. Toussaint Tiendrebeogo Chef de l’Entité de la Diversité des expressions culturelles Secrétaire de la Convention de 2005 sur la protection et la promotion de la diversité des expressions culturelles Secteur de la Culture – UNESCO Au cours de sa carrière, il a occupé différents postes dans le domaine du cinéma et de l’audiovisuel. Il a également travaillé en tant qu’expert pour plusieurs organisations...
Read MoreEric Scherer is Director, News MediaLab and International Affairs at France Televisions and is currently EBU News Committee, Chair. He has spent his career working for Agence France-Presse, Reuters and France Télévisions in a wide range of functions spanning journalism, management, business development, strategy and new media in locations across the globe including Japan, North America and Europe. He very often blogs...
Read MoreOliver Roethig UNI Europa Regional Secretary, Belgium Oliver Roethig heads UNI Europa, the European service workers union with 7 million members, as its Regional Secretary, first elected in 2011. He is a member of the Management Committee of the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI) and the Executive Board of UNI Global Union, which represents 20 million workers, since 2011. He was a member of the governing body of the EU’s digital...
Read MoreCarole Tongue, is a former Member of the European Parliament for London East (from 1984 to 1999) and Deputy Leader of the European Parliamentary Labour Party (from 1989 to 1991). From 1994 to 1999 she was Coordinator for the Socialist Group on Culture, Media, Sport, Education and Youth. She was also spokesperson on public service broadcasting. In this role, in 1995, she established a TV/Film consortium of trades unions and creators’...
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