SPEAKERS
Adrian Moynes
Managing Director of Radio, RTÉ
A native of Co. Armagh, Adrian joined RTÉ in 1979, after a five year teaching commitment at further and higher level.
During his time in RTÉ Adrian has worked as a producer, in both radio and TV, as the editor of Young People’s Programmes and as Head of Scheduling in TV. Since 1997 he has worked in the Director-General’s Office, initially as Special Assistant and subsequently as the Head of the office. In his current post Adrian has reporting responsibility for Raidió na Gaeltachta, RTÉ Music, Freedom of Information and is a management representative on the Industrial Relations Tribunal.
Adrian is an Irish speaker and holds an MA in English from Balliol College, Oxford.
Alex Pumfrey
Programme Director, Digital UK
Alex is Programme Director for Digital UK, the independent not-for-profit company established to manage the implementation of the UK’s digital television switchover. She is responsible for project delivery of the 72 switchovers that will take place across the UK between 2008 and 2012, working with Government, Ofcom and the Switchover Help Scheme. She oversees project management, research and tracking, and policy issues. She was previously Director of Strategy & Policy at Digital UK. Prior to joining Digital UK in 2005 Alex worked in Strategy at Channel 4 on issues including switchover and the impact of new digital technologies. Prior to that she worked for several years for a US telecoms and media strategy consultancy assisting major telecoms companies including AT&T, Bell Canada and BT in the development their television and new media strategies.
BCI Conference Chair: Claire Byrne
Broadcaster, Journalist & MC
Currently the co-anchor on Newstalk's Breakfast Show from 6.30am to 9am Monday to Friday, Claire has a wealth of broadcasting experience spanning 13 years in the business.
She began her career in radio and worked for the BBC in the Channel Islands as a broadcast journalist before becoming News Editor with a Channel 103FM.
Nine years ago Claire returned to Ireland and began working with TV3 as early morning News Anchor with the station's breakfast programme, Ireland AM. Following two and a half years of early starts, editing and producing her own bulletins, she moved to London to take up a position as News Anchor with Channel 5 and the ITN News Channel.
But it wasn't long before TV3 beckoned once again and Claire returned to Ireland to take up the job of Ireland AM presenter. From there, she became the main evening News Anchor on TV3 before making the move back to radio and Newstalk 106 to 108.
Claire Byrne is also a columnist with the Sunday Tribune and is a regular host and MC at awards events and ceremonies throughout the year.