CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

 
Wednesday September 17th
18.30-19.30 Registration & Reception
19.30-20.00


 Ministerial Address
Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural
Resources Mr. Eamon Ryan, T.D.
20.00 Conference Dinner
 
Thursday September 18th
8.30-9.00 Registration, Tea & Coffee
9.05-9.15

 Welcome Address:
Ms. Claire Byrne, Conference Chairperson

9.15-9.30

 

 BCI Conference Address: Does the Medium Matter?
Mr. Conor J. Maguire, Chairperson BCI
Session One: The Digital Arena
9.30-11.15









DTT: the Boxer Proposition
Ms. Lucy Gaffney, Chairperson, Boxer DTT Limited

Digital Switchover-The Lived Experience
Ms. Alex Pumfrey, Programme Director, Digital UK

Scenarios for Radio’s Digital Future
James Cridland, Head of Future Media &
Technologies, BBC Audio & Music Interactive


Panel Question & Answers

11.15-11.45

 Tea & Coffee
Session Two: New Media
11.45-1.30

The Audience is Up to Something: Anticipating Tomorrow’s Surprises
Mr. Jonathan Marks, Media Anthropologist

Social Media-Engaging your Consumer
Mr. Philip Macartney-Director of Sales Ireland, Bebo

 

New Media, New Challenges: Why Media Literacy Matters

Dr. Helen McQuillan, Dublin Institute of Technology
1.30-2.15 Lunch

Session Three: Parallel Workshops
2.15-3.15

Workshop 1:
Measuring your Audience-Radio
Mr. Damian Loscher, Managing Director, TNS mrbi


Workshop 2:
Measuring your Audience-TV
Mr. Tim Farmer, Managing Director, AGB Nielsen Media Research


Workshop 3:
Measuring your Audience-Community Media
Dr. Helen Manchester,The Open University

3.15-3.30 Tea/Coffee

Session Four: Panel Debate:

Great Expectations? Considering Ireland's Media Future
3.30-3.45

Setting the context: PricewaterhouseCoopers
Mr. Gary Healy
3.45-4.45








 Panel Discussion-Panel Participants:
Mr. Michael O’Keeffe, Chief Executive, BCI
Mr. Willie O’Reilly, Chairperson
Independent Broadcasters of Ireland (IBI)
Ms. Niamh Farren, Board member, Dublin Community Television, former Chairperson, CRAOL.
Mr. Adrian Moynes, Managing Director of Radio, RTÉ,
Mr.Gary Healy, PricewaterhouseCoopers
4.45 Conference Close
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