European Affairs Delegate - SES Global, ASTRA European Affairs Delegate - SES Global, ASTRA
Cécil Ameil joined SES in September 1998 to open the company's offices in Brussels. Now one of the two representatives of SES Global in Brussels, he is in charge of public affairs and regulatory matters with European bodies active in relevant fields for the company, in particular EU institutions, the Council of Europe and the CEPT. Cécil is also an active member of the Satellite Action Plan Regulatory Working Group (SAP REG) which puts together the satellite industry companies and operators involved in close relations with the European Commission and the CEPT.
Since the year 2000, Cécil is in charge of coordinating SES' regulatory efforts pursued at national level to enable its multimedia operations in Europe. This notably covers all authorisations / licences needed to allow customers to market two-way satellite communications from anywhere within the EU.
Cécil looks back at more than seven years of experience in dealing with Community affairs, and he is specialised in European policy in telecommunications, audio-visual and copyright sectors. He also covers some aspects of European competition law for SES.
Before joining SES, Cécil was with the European public affairs consultant Adamson Associates, in Brussels for more than three years, and, beforehand, had an assignment with the European Parliament's research services providing expertise to MEPs on information society and information technologies (IT) matters, in Luxembourg. Prior to this, he worked with the telecommunications department of the European Commission (ex DG XIII) dealing with telecommunications and IT dossiers.
Cécil also gained valuable experience in Brussels working in the French Permanent Representation (DATAR Department) and in the car industry trade association ACEA. He earned a Masters in political sciences with a specialisation in international and European monetary affairs, and he also has a high degree in mathematics.
Editor in Chief - Europe by Satellite
The European Union's TV news agency Europe by Satellite (EbS) is a service providing EU related information for professionals working in television and radio stations and for institutions. EbS is directly available to local, regional, national, EU and international organisations, in the Union, the Mediterranean area, and Central and Eastern Europe.
Lawyer - CentreBar Association
French lawyer, specialised in media, audiovisual and advanced technologies law, is the founder of the Law Centers, President of CIDAC (International Center of Audiovisual and Communication Rights Association) ; he takes part in many conferences and symposia linked to audiovisual matters and advanced technologies in the communication and media field. He is the author of numerous articles and memoranda as well as the works entitled « les droits dérivés, Licencing et Character Merchandising » and « Le droit du sponsoring » published by Dalloz (Delmas Collection).
Head of Acquisitions and International Sales - TVC-Televisio de Catalunya
Responsible for the pre-selection, screening and acquisition - Free TV and Pay TV - of feature films, tv movies, series, documentaries, music concerts, children's programming.
Leading and coordinating the acquisition of television programming for the FORTA ( Federation of the Regional Television Stations in Spain).
Since its conception, Televisió de Catalunya has sought to reflect the identity of a country and acted as a media of public communication which seeks to give a response to the concerns of Catalans regarding news, entertainment and culture. TVC is the leading television in Catalonia with 6 television channels:
- TV3 is a channel which has a highly varied and entertaining program content, of a general nature in an attempt to reach the widest audience posible.
- Canal 33 is characterized by a more specialized and select content, addressed to an audience segmented by specific interests and needs. Together, TV3 and Canal 33 have more than 15,000 hours of broadcasting annually.
- TVC International. A channel which broadcasts our own productions via the satellite Astra in Europe and the satellite Hispasat for broadcasts addressed to America. This channel is addressede to Catalans who live outside of Spain.
- Club Super 3 is a children´s channel produced for Via Digital, which incorporates the brand and distinctive elements of Club Super 3.
Head of Marketing Services - Publisuisse
Manager Market Intelligence - IP Belgium
After a Master in Journalism and Mass Communication at the VUB and a couple of years in product management in the paper industry at Wiggins Teape, entered the media business as a media planner at J. Walter Thompson in the mid eighties. Continued his career in the TV department of Space, a Belgian media agency. From Space he went to Carat Crystal, Belgian media agency of the Aegis Group, where he was head of the TV department for 5 years. These last seven years he is working in the marketing department of IP Belgium, the sales house of the RTL-Group, where he took up various managerial functions in the areas of R&D, Market Development, Marketing and Market Intelligence.
Producer - Pater TV
Italian Company which organizes events, services, production and distribution of TV programmes using all multimedia technical supports offered by the most updated techniques.
This innovative project in the audiovisual industry and in social communications aims at favouring the co-operation with Christian broadcasters and producers in order to unite the efforts of different charisms and professional skills, and to spread Christian values addressing all people, including non believers.
Legal Researcher - European Audiovisual Observatory
Spanish lawyer specialised in Intellectual Property Law, he joined the European Audiovisual Observatory in 1999 and is in charge of research projects on legal aspects related to the digitalization of audiovisual works. He is also responsible for publishing the trilingual newsletter IRIS, Legal Observations of the European Audiovisual Observatory. The objective of IRIS is to publish information on all legal and law related policy developments that are relevant to the European audiovisual sector.
Head of Culture department - SF DRS
Marketing Director, Sales - Carlton Media
After reading English at Wadham College, Oxford, Fran left in 1983 and started her career at ad agency Valin Pollen, as a media planner buyer working on a range of UK and international accounts.
She then moved to London Weekend Television where she helped to set up their corporate and financial sales development unit. Desiring then to move from media sales to media marketing she took a job at More O' Ferrall Adshel, the outdoor media company, as Marketing Controller. While she was there she studied for and obtained an MA in Marketing at the University of Westminster in 1990.
In 1992, when Carlton Television, joint owner of ITV, Europe's most successful commercial television channel, won the licence for the London weekday television station, she moved back to television and helped establish the research department. Carlton Television took over Central Television in 1994, Westcountry Televison in 1996, and HTV in 2000. She was made Marketing Manager in 1994 and Marketing Director in 1996. She has experience of interactive televison and advertising through the creation of Carlton Active, and helped to develop the internet division Carlton Interactive.
Chairman - WRTVC, the World Radio and Television Council
Since March 2001, chairman of WRTVC, the World Radio and Television Council, a UNESCO sponsored civil society initiative in favour of public broadcasting.
Until then director general of TSR, the French speaking national television of Switzerland.
Formerly a sociologist (European Centre for Culture, Geneva Public Education), a journalist (Tribune de Genève), a public relations executive (Chrysler International) and a theatre director ( Théâtre de Carouge), he joined TSR in 1975.
For the last five years, he has chaired Swiss Solidarity, the largest charity organisation of Switzerland.
He recently directed Sophocles' Ajax for the stage and published a book of memoirs entitled CHE.
He writes articles on media and society issues in «Le Temps», supervises all radio and television programmes of the Swiss Broadcasting Corporation at Expo.02, the Swiss national exhibition (May-October, 2002) and is actively engaged in the preparation of the UN World Summit on the Information Society, Geneva, December 2003.
Executive Director - ARCA - Romanian Association for Audiovisual Communications
He studied theatre and film critics and worked as scientific researcher at the Institute for History and Theory of Art of the Romanian Academy. He had a various PR experience as presidential expert for press affairs in the Romanian Presidency, as chief press officer and spokesman of the National al Bank of Romania and as head of the Public Relations Department of the Bucharest Stock Exchange
As journalist, he had more than one thousand regular columns in a financial newspaper and various contributions in cultural magazines.
Since 1997, as executive director of the Romanian Association for Audiovisual Communications - the main association of Romanian Private Broadcasters he was involved in major issues of the development of the audiovisual domain in Romania: the making of the audiovisual law and regulations, setting up projects for the enhancement of the use of the radio spectrum resources, implementing the copyright legislation.
- Morning Star
Documentary/film director (own Swiss production company Morning Star Sàrl)
After a Theater & Cinema Critic Diploma at the Tashkent University (Uzbekistan) and experience as movie actress, Almira used to work as program producer at Asman TV, an independent local TV company, and as director for studio ORDO production company, both in Bishkek (Kyrgyz Republic).
General manager - Radio Eska Nord
Wieslaw Cybulski is the General Manager of Radio Eska-Nord, the top local radio station in the three neighbouring cities of Gdansk, Sopot and Gdynia. He started his radio career as a recording engineer and producer at radio Plus in Gdansk. As a musician and composer, he performed in several European countries and in the USA. Still today, he composes songs, music for radio jingles and radio spots.
- Telenorba
Member Board of Directors - OLON-Organization of (Public) Local Broadcast Stations in the Netherlands (Nijmegen)
Producer/director of radio and tv shows on movies, architecture, arts, theatre and ballet.
Art and film critic. Organisation advisor for a government agency.
Co-founder of an access station in the town of Arnhem, the Netherlands.
International delegate to the International conferences of the Alliance for Community Media in Washington DC, Milwaukee, Cincinnati and Tucson . Appointed member of the International Committee of the Alliance.
Participating on behalf of OLON in activities regarding the founding of a Pan-European platform for community- and access media Conferences in Brussels.
- Meridian Design
François de Marignac has an architectural degree from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL). His thesis project was the implementation of a new TV station with audience studios in Times Square. After working several years in Geneva, he joined Meridian Design Associates in New York as a project manager. He worked and managed several projects for the broadcast industry, such as the CBS Early Morning Show studio, Studio City New York and the WB11 Newsroom. François is now in charge of Meridian Design's Geneva office and is a partner of dpx architectes in Geneva.
Along with his practice, François is also working as research collaborator at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology.
- Pro Radio
PRO RADIO is the reference point in the distribution of innovation; the mission of the company is "Make Stations Feel Better". PRO RADIO is more than a provider of products for the boradcasters; since 1995, PRO RADIO helps stations to increase their performance in Management, Engineering, Programming, and Marketing & Sales areas, thanks to specific consultancy services.
PRO RADIO provides editorial consultancy services using a tested on field method, and training to radio people, too.
PRO RADIO has more than 90 clients in Italy. All the best stations both on the national and on the local level are among PRO RADIO customers: RAI, RDS, RTL 102.5, RADIO ITALIA, RADIO 105, RADIO MONTECARLO, etc.
Swiss media and broadcasting consultant
His first career in financial and administrative activities gave him a strong professional background in management, accounting, banking, taxes and finance, as he faced important responsibilities at a very young age in an international environment, including management in France, England and USA. Later on, his long time hobby became a job and he turned out to be a successful DJ in both regional and national radio stations in Switzerland, before becoming a broadcasting expert by getting a wide and solid experience in almost every position a media requests, including management, head of programs, head of music, computers, technique, communication, sales and education. He now works as a media and broadcasting consultant.
Media Consultant - Media Art Service International
Writer, producer, TV director.
Works as Trainer/Consultant for IREX/PROMEDIA, Washington DC, in Serbia.
Created and edited THE LOCAL TV IN 60000 WORDS AND A FEW PICTURES (Manual for Local TV Broadcasters, included 20 authors from five countries) for RTV BB, Bajina Basta (Published in 2001.)
Director of several documentary programmes.
Founded with Mrs. Eva Dekanovska and Mr. Marcel Dekanovsky CITY TV FOUNDATION for supporting local TV broadcasting (festivals, contacts, exchanging of programmes, know-how, co-productions, training, etc.) and Head of Programme and Development Department in Steering Committee at Festival of Local TV Broadcasters in Kosice (SK).
- Pro Radio
PRO RADIO is the reference point in the distribution of innovation; the mission of the company is "Make Stations Feel Better". PRO RADIO is more than a provider of products for the boradcasters; since 1995, PRO RADIO helps stations to increase their performance in Management, Engineering, Programming, and Marketing & Sales areas, thanks to specific consultancy services.
PRO RADIO provides editorial consultancy services using a tested on field method, and training to radio people, too.
PRO RADIO has more than 90 clients in Italy. All the best stations both on the national and on the local level are among PRO RADIO customers: RAI, RDS, RTL 102.5, RADIO ITALIA, RADIO 105, RADIO MONTECARLO, etc.
President - Fibre Lac
Has been active in the fields of telecommunications for more than 28 years. He followed all the evolution of the telecommunication, from the relay switches to TV over IP. Fibre Lac, which provides telecom services trough its own network covering the principal towns of Switzerland, is convinced that TV over IP will revolutionize the communication by the image and wishes to be one of the engines of this progress.
General Director - City Channel
- UNESCO
Rosa M. Gonzalez has been working with UNESCO's Communication Development Division for the last ten years. Based in headquarters (Paris), she is responsible for the programme on promoting local audio-visual production and public service broadcasting.
She was in charge of UNESCO's CreaTV programme (2000-2001) and is now devoping new strategies in this field in order to increase cultural diversity in the media. MITIL will be a source of
inspiration, contacts and new ideas for her work in the future.
Content Manager and Radio producer - WOW - Women on Work
WOW - Women On Work Onlus is a non-profit social welfare association founded in 1993 in Tuscany by a group of women of different backgrounds and that pursues exclusively social and solidarity aims. WOW works in Italy and Europe in a network with other public and private organisations in the fields of communication, professional training, multimedia activities and high-quality television and radio broadcasting.
Secretary General - EGTA
CEO - M-1 and M-1 plius
Hubertas Grusnys was born in Vilnius, Lithuania in 19.06.1961. After finishing secondary school he was recruited for the Soviet Army. From 1984 he was studying in Vilnius University law department. In 1989, together with his partner, he launched first private radio station in Eastern Europe and called it M-1. He was running private radio stations for more then 12 years, including national TV network, which one he sold in 1998. All these years of independent Lithuania his main business was focused on media developing and running radios. Also he took part in Lithuanian association of broadcasters, holding position of Vice president. Need to mention, that he was representative of broadcasters for Lithuanian media commission of ethics.
At present he remains owner of five radio stations in Lithuania with more than 30 transmitter sites - three national networks and two local stations all together having around one third part of the total radio market of Lithuania.
Media Consultant - BCI
Director Media Management Consulting - INTERMEDIA
Dennis Israel recently joined to expand InterMedia's services in the area of media management consulting. His varied experienced in the broadcast field includes consulting projects for government and corporate clients around the world on issues ranging from public relations to business operations. Mr. Israel has held various management positions with companies ranging from RCA to the Caribbean Satellite Network to Media America Studios. He has worked in a variety of markets to help broadcast outlets maximize their revenue potential and increase their productivity, and is experienced working with both public and private concerns. He also taught communications at NYU and Barry University.
Prior to joining InterMedia, Mr. Israel worked in Kosovo as Chief of Party and Resident Advisor for the International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX) where he was responsible for overall management of all in-country operations. Mr. Israel has a PhD in Communications from Pacific Western and experience working internationally in varied countries, including Hungary, Czech Republic, Finland, Mexico, and the Caribbean.
President - Internet Radio 101, Sales Director Autoradio
His radio career began at a time when private commercial radio was just making its first cautious steps upon Russian land. Graduated from the Faculty of International Journalism of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations, he first worked as an editor for TASS news agency and then joined Gosteleradio, a radio and TV monopoly in the Soviet era. From 1997 through 1991 he headed the department of radio broadcasting for Great Britain and Northern Ireland. In 1991, he co-founded one of the first independent radio stations in Russia, "Radio 101, 101.2FM", which launched its first broadcasts in January 1992 . After the station was sold, Yuri Kostin registered a Russian Internet radio (www.101.ru). Currently, being the president of The Internet Radio and a part of Autoradio team, he is working on a project which will result in creating a radio holding, consisting of four radio stations in Moscow and 200 stations in other Russian cities plus an Internet music portal and a production center with a new record label.
Marketing Services Controller, Sales - Carlton Television
Tara started her career at Initiative Media working as a media buyer on the Unilever account in 1990.
In 1992, a move to Lowe Howard-Spink followed, where Tara developed her media skills on several major blue chip accounts, including the UK's market leading breakfast cereal. Promoted to a Media Account Manager in 1997, she was made responsible for the Carlton Television advertising account, Carlton being joint owner of ITV, Europe's most successful commercial television channel.
After a number of years running the Carlton account, Tara took her planning skills and television knowledge to Carlton Television where she took up a position as the Business to-Business Marketing Manager. In 2001 Tara was promoted to Marketing Services Controller.
President - Gala Radio
Joseph C. Lemire is an investor in several European and former Soviet Union companies. In that capacity, he acts as the president of GalaMedia, a multimedia company composed of Gala Radio, GalaNet, GalaTV. Gala Radio is the leading radio company in Ukraine since 1995 and winner of the 1999 NAB International Broadcasting Excellence Award. Mr. Lemire is also president of GalaNet, a leading internet service content provider in Ukraine and Russia, and GalaWeb a leading webdesigner. GalaTV which focuses on TV production in Russia and Ukraine also produces events such as President Clinton's recent visit to Ukraine and other events and/or concerts.
President of the Management Board - Audiovisual EUREKA (Brussels)
At present acts as representative of Belgium-the Flemish Community within the National Coordinators' Committee and as President of the Management Board of AV-Eureka.
Upon his return from AMSTERDAM (1991), where he directed the FLEMISH CULTURAL CENTRE "De Brakke Grond" for almost 10 years, Mr LEROUGE was appointed Inspector-General of the new Media Directorate and ad interim Director-General for Permanent Training and Education at the Ministry of the Flemish Community.
Especially devoted to developing international relations, Walter LEROUGE was appointed representative to the intergovernmental multilateral authorities for the audiovisual, media and mass communications by the Flemish Government.
At the level of the EUROPEAN UNION, Walter LEROUGE has been a member of the Media Committee and the Group of Experts on Culture-Audio for the Council of Ministers for over 10 years.
He is also a member of the Management Committee of the pan-European co-production fund EURIMAGES at the COUNCIL OF EUROPE and of the Executive Council of the EUROPEAN AUDIOVISUAL OBSERVATORY, both in Strasbourg.
As a national coordinator and president of the Management Board of AUDIOVISUAL EUREKA, he was one of the founding fathers of the organization he will be leading.
Last but not least, he coordinates the professional jury which annually selects the Belgian competitor for the AWARD FOR BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM.
With Stijn CONINX' "DAENS" in 1991 and, recently this year, Dominique DERUDDERE's "IEDEREEN BEROEMD", Flemish cinema added two important Oscar nominations to its record.
Head of International Research - The WIT
Olivier Levet has been in charge of the International Research at the Wit for 2 years.
He is specializing in international TV formats and regional and local TV stations' programming strategies.
Publisher, Editor in Chief - Moderne Zeiten Verlags
Manager, CEO - TeleTicino (Melide)
Born in Bellinzona, studied law at the University of Fribourg, worked in Brussels from 1981 to 1987 as Secretary General of the EYCD-European Young Christian Democrats.
In 1999, elected to the Swiss Parliament as one of the two Representatives of Cantone Ticino in the "Council of States" (the Swiss Senate) for the Christian Democratic Party.
As journalist, he became Chief Editor of the daily paper "Giornale del Popolo" in Lugano (1987-95).
In 1996 he founded the private TV channel "TeleTicino", where he still acts as CEO.
Speaker of Telesuisse, the Association of all swiss private TV.
Programme Coordinator - Radio L
At the same time General Manager of cmsplus! gmbh and cmsmultimedia, Gergor Loser is also the Programme and Marketing Manager of Radio L - a private radio station that has become the national radio station of the Principality of Liechtenstein. Gregor Loser was trained at the publicly funded Austrian radio ORF / Ö3 and pursues several mandates as coach and trainer of radio staff.
Media Consultant TBSC - The Brand Support Company
Base his work as a consultant at The Brand Support Company upon more then ten years of experience in market research and as a PR Manager in the media branch. He studied Social Sciences in Nuremberg and Leeds (UK). After five years of specialisation in media research he is now in The Brand Support Company responsible for strategic programme research & brand development for music TV channels and the development of lifestyle-oriented research concepts for the entertainment industry. His approach: Only the strongest brands that really stand for something special and important will survive!
Software Engineer - Etere
He graduated in 1988 at University of Macerata where he has taken up
"Journalism", after he finished staging for one semester in a U.S. College.
He also graduated in a U.S. high-school.
He is part of the Etere Support Service where he assists clients, does
courses and he collaborates with the department of Text & Manualistic.
Communication Consultant
Former Assistant Director-General of UNESCO for Communication and Information, recognized worldwide for his unwavering commitment to freedom of expression. In particular, he is the initiator of the UNESCO proposal which led to the decision by the General Assembly of the United Nations to proclaim May 3 " World Press Freedom Day ".
In June 2001, Alain retired from UNESCO and opened an office in Geneva, Switzerland, as communication consultant. His main activities involve the preparation of the " World Summit on the Information Society " and being an adviser to UNESCO and the Swiss Federal Administration.
Alain is also associated, as a senior partner, with INTERMEDIA-Consultants, Bern, a private company specialized in the development of communication, which carries out various programmes in developing countries on behalf of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, the World Bank and the International Organization of the French-speaking countries.
Manager - AER Association
Milagros Mostaza has been Manager of the Association of European Radios (AER) since 1996. Her position in AER implies overall responsibilities for the daily running of the AER office in Brussels. She is also responsible for all the public affairs and lobbying activities of the association.
Prior to this appointment, she worked as a media consultant for various companies in Spain. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration and a Master's degree in European Studies
After having taken his first steps in radio business in California, USA, Martin Muerner lived the very first years of Swiss Private radios in the early 80s in Berne, working for Radio Förderband. In 1987, he co-founded Radio BeO in the Bernese Oberland, and has been its station manager since. Furthermore, he is the CEO of Pool 2000 and the Vice-President of the Association of Swiss Private Radios VSP/ASRP, where he is the expert for all questions around radio audience measurement techniques.
Editor in Chief - SwisswatchTV (Lausanne)
Studied in Switzerland and in the United States.
After obtaining his law degree, he worked for two years in the appeals court before turning to journalism.
For the next ten years, he travelled the world over, covering news stories for the newspaper 24 Heures.
His active and continuing involvement in video, which he discovered in 1971, led him to create his own company, NVP Nicolet Video Productions.
When the Lausanne regional television channel, TVRL, was created in 1994, Philippe Nicolet established and directed the news department.
He produced a science fiction series, and wrote and directed a full-length movie in 2000.
The same year, he co-founded SwissWatch TV with the Swiss Watch Journal.
He is currently preparing the launch of "Dreamer", a series of travel programmes.
Managing Director TBSC - The Brand Support Company
Leading companion of The Brand Support Company. For now more then six years he advises electronic media brands such as BBC Radio, SWR and Antenne Bayern on all matters of research and positioning. After leading several years the media department of puls Market & Media Research GmbH he set up The Brand Support Company in December 2001 together with his partners Jochen Lukas and Marc Arzenheimer. He is especially concerned in the long-term strategic building up of real media brands which have far more to offer then 'only' good products. Brands need a soul!
President & CTO - NeoCast
NeoCast S.A. leverages its extensive experience from the traditional broadcasting industry and its expertise in streaming technologies to provide the solutions that Broadcasters, Content Delivery Network Operators, Content Owners or Corporations need to successfully and economically create and manage multimedia and synchronization services over IP networks.
NeoCast has developed and commercializes its Media Suite, a software platform that integrates content management applications to handle the entire value chain of multimedia services.
NeoCast is presently working on different ADSL projects in Europe.
- Pro Radio
PRO RADIO is the reference point in the distribution of innovation; the mission of the company is "Make Stations Feel Better". PRO RADIO is more than a provider of products for the boradcasters; since 1995, PRO RADIO helps stations to increase their performance in Management, Engineering, Programming, and Marketing & Sales areas, thanks to specific consultancy services.
PRO RADIO provides editorial consultancy services using a tested on field method, and training to radio people, too.
PRO RADIO has more than 90 clients in Italy. All the best stations both on the national and on the local level are among PRO RADIO customers: RAI, RDS, RTL 102.5, RADIO ITALIA, RADIO 105, RADIO MONTECARLO, etc.
Coordinator - ANEM TV Network (Belgrade)
Studied at the Faculty of Political science in Belgrade, worked as a journalist in national daily news, magazines and regional TV.
From 1997, was editor in chief at SOKO TV, independent station in eastern Serbia, member of ANEM.
In March 1999, at the begining of the NATO air strikes, the Federal Ministry of Telecomunications closed down the station, as it was re-transmitting parts of SKY, CNN, BBC, DW and other news programmes of an independent nature by satellite.
He stuck ANEM posters with critical message about press freedom on the windows of the station, and was arrested by the Secret Police on April 12, 1999.
Accused of spreading "false news", spent 339 days in prison.
Now, coordinator of ANEM TV Network.
- UNICEF
Chris Schuepp works as media consultant with UNICEF in Geneva. Formerly a radio and TV journalist in Germany, Schuepp worked as Country Director for Internews Network in the Kyrgyz Republic (Central Asia) in 2000 and 2001 before joining UNICEF as coordinator of the Young People's Media Network. Schuepp holds a university degree from the Faculty of Journalism at the University of Dortmund in Germany.
- Meridian Design
Mr. Sherwood has worked in public sector telecommunication policy, planning and management field and provided consulting services for over twenty-six years. As a specialist in designing services for local franchising authorities and nonprofit cable access management organizations, Mr. Sherwood's experience includes developing and implementing strategic plans and public policy in a converging telecommunications landscape. His expertise includes review of existing public, educational and governmental access programming services, conducting community needs assessments in conjunction with cable franchise renewals, development of management structures, operational and capital budgets and community media production equipment and maintenance packages to create community programming content and opportunities for public participation. Other areas of planning and implementation experience include board development, human resources and operational policy development, marketing and public relations programs and strategies as well as development and fundraising.
- OFCOM
Technical Adviser - TV Pirot (Pirot)
Expert in the development and delivery of cost-effective and high-performance media information systems solutions. Application software design and delivery.
Production Manager - TV B92
Ksenija studied at the University of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade from 1987 - 1992 (Radio, Theatre, Film and TV) and is currently taking a postgraduate course in media.
Her professional training covered attendance at Forums and training spells in Austria, Denmark, Greece and the U.K.
Ksenija's career over the last 12 years or so has provided her with a solid experience which, in 1999, led her to becoming Production Manager of TVB92 and as an executive producer for B92 she has received a number of awards at European and International level.
Manager - Canal 3 (Bienne)
Frederik Stucki has worked with more than 30 independent radio and TV stations in Switzerland and Germany, starting as a show host and news speaker, later on as a programme adviser and consultant in training and copyright issues.
Today, he successfully runs the bilingual radio Canal 3 in Biel-Bienne (CH) and hosts a weekly talk show on TeleBielingue TV.
He is a member of the executive committee of the Swiss Private Radio Association VSP, the Swiss delegate for the European Radio Association AER in Brussels, and Vice-President of the "Prix Walo"-Academy (Swiss Showbusiness Awards).
Media Consultant - BCI
Lawyer - CentreBar Association
Arnold Vahrenwald is a lawyer in Munich, Professor at MAGICA (Rome), a European school for training in the audiovisual sector. He is the author of numerous works, amongst others, « Recht in Online and Multimedia », published by Luchterhand.
Manager - Meridian Design
A 20-year-old design and planning firm, lead by Bice C. Wilson, AIA, and Antonio Argibay, AIA. Wilson and Argibay are architects whose unique backgrounds include pioneering interactive telecommunications and video art in the 1970s. Now, with offices in New York's Soho district, Miami, and Geneva, Switzerland, and an association with a firm in New Delhi, India, ongoing clients include CBS/Viacom, Tribune, CNN, AOL Time Warner, ABC, NBC, Spanish Broadcasting System, and many other companies throughout the industry. Meridian Design Associates also works in the high-end hospitality and residential fields.
Actor, writer, director - YT&T (Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow)TM
Actor, writer, director who trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (R.A.D.A.) London.
With his company YT&T (Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow)TM he intends to work in documentary and fiction.
After working in theatre and TV in the UK, he was Founder-Director of "Florence Rep" English Theatre (Firenze, Italia 1978-83), while at the same time producing-writing-presenting "The News in English" and "Faces Behind the News" for Canale 48, Florence, Italy.
He is Writer/Director/Narrator of "Destination: Malta", "Cities of the World: Valletta", "World Discoveries: Calypso's Isle" and "World Discoveries: BirguFest"; he also provides the narration for the 3 series: "Cities of the World", "World Discoveries" & "Destinations".
From 1988 to 1996 he was a faculty member at Art Center College of Design (Europe).
At present he is a member of British Actors' EQUITY (UK);
Scam -Société civile des auteurs multimedia (F)
and
EDN - European Documentary Network (DK)
Ariane Zeuner works for the first German community radio, Radio Dreyeckland (www.rdl.de) in Freiburg. As a member of AMARC (www.amarc.org), Radio Dreyeckland initiated the anti-discrimination-project Polyphonia, which Ariane Zeuner accompanied as project manager.