2009 Conference Review

The comprehensive IBC2009 conference programme successfully responded to the changing industry needs and introduced a series of high profile business sessions to complement the well established technical and creative themes. Follow the links to listen to the sessions as MP3s (right-click and "save target as" to download).

Among more than 60 thought-provoking sessions at IBC2009, there was pioneering insight into 'what can stereo 3D offer', the MPEGIF master class on the 'future of digital television' and a lively debate on UGC with an international panel of students. The conference also provided a unique opportunity to study both the ASC and BSC digital camera tests and question the experts behind them, and experience extraordinary demonstrations of ways in which news and sports content will be delivered in homes and on mobile devices in the future.

This was truly a global forum for content: more than 300 high-profile international speakers addressed conference delegates, with keynotes as diverse as a strategy supremo (IBM's Saul J Berman) to an editorial sage (Hindustan Times' Vir Sanghvi) to an advertising guru (Ogilvy Group’s Rory Sutherland).

And with 10% of delegates from the rapidly growing markets of Asia and the Middle East, there were speakers and sessions that addressed their needs in the form of TK Kurien, Wipro Ltd, India; Dick van Motman, DDB China Group; Yan Mostovoy, Harmonic, Israel; and Koji Nakao, NHK, Japan; Liliana Nakonechnyj, SET/TV Globo, Brazil and Andrei Boltenko, Channel One, Russia.

View the IBC2009 Conference Schedule.

Much of the far-reaching industry insight is captured in the Executive Daily - a compendium of knowledge shared by many of the thought leaders who addressed the 2009 IBC Conference.

For example, in 'New money for smart investments' CBC's Steve Billinger, Across Technology's Peter Hinssen and HSBC's Stuart Mills give insights into what financiers are really looking for in their investments. Or, in 'Is the broadcast journalist a threatened species?'  Current TV’s James Baker, Sky’s Andrew Hawken, Guardian journalist Sarfraz Manzoor, media commentator Raymond Snoddy and Hindustan Times’ Vir Sanghvi discuss whether there’s life left in the Fourth Estate.

Most of the IBC2009 conference sessions are available as free downloadable MP3s.

IBC2009 VIP Gold Pass members can also access most of the session presentations here (username and password required).