Conference Committee

The IBC conference committee brings together key individuals from the broadcasting and media industry that work and research in the content management and delivery fields. They contribute their time and ideas to ensure that the conference programme generates up-to-the-minute discussions and reflects the real needs of this rapidly changing industry.

Conference Committee Chairman
Michael Lumley, IBC conference committee chairman

Conference Committee
Jon Block, developer - broadband, ITV
Kate Bulkley, business journalist
David Crawford, professor, University of Essex
Neil Dormand, consultant
Simon Fell, director, Innovizr Ltd
Andy Finney, CEO, ATSF
Chris Forrester, editorial director, Rapid TV News
Carolyn Giardina, freelance journalist
John Ive, consultant and technologist
George Jarrett, freelance writer
Colin Light, director - TMT Practice, PwC
Lesley Marr, founder and head, Fast Tortoise
Terry Marsh, director, The WISE Campaign
Kristin Mason, learning executive, BBC
David Meares, freelance consultant
Peter Owen, chairman, IBC Council
Reinhard Penzel, managing director, Live-Production TV GmbH
Matthew Postgate, controller BBC R&D, BBC
Adrian Scott, consultant
Chris Swires, director, Swires Research
Lieven Vermaele, director, EBU Technical
Ian Volans, consultant
Niko Waesche, partner/european media and entertainment leader, IBM  
Anil Wanvari, founder/CEO/editor in chief, indiantelevision.com
Phil White, chairman/CEO, Shooting Partners Group
David Wood, deputy director, EBU Technical

Since the very first IBC in 1967, the event has been recognised as the place to unveil the latest in engineering innovation and technological thinking. The technical papers programme remains the cornerstone of the conference. The technical papers committee is drawn from the leading engineers and technologists available, which carefully peer review each paper submitted - therefore, only truly innovative work is presented at IBC.

Technical Papers Committee Chairman
Nick Wells, section lead - distribution core technologies, BBC R&D

Technical Papers Committee
Jon Block, developer - broadband, ITV
David Bull, professor of signal processing, University of Bristol
David Crawford, professor - University of Essex, and director - Teamcast
John Emmett, technical director/CEO, Broadcast Project Research Ltd
Paul Entwistle, chief technologist (IP), Pace
Konstantin Glasman, professor/head of video systems department, St.Petersburg State University of Film and Television
Nick Lodge, media technology consultant
Neil McArthur, chairman, TalkTalk Technology
Ken McCann, director, ZetaCast
David Meares, freelance consultant
Chris Swires, director, Swires Research
Dietrich Westerkamp, director of standards co-ordination, Technicolor
Jim Wilkinson, engineering consultant, Wellspring Digital