AGENDA RAD-SPG 21824 05/04/2019

Day 1 – Thursday 11 April 9.00-17.30

MORNING Session Chair: Graham Ellis, Chairman, EBU Radio Committee

09:00 WELCOME Alexander Velev, Director General, Bulgarian National Radio Raina Konstantinova, Chair of Bulgarian National Radio Public Council Boil Banov, Minister of Culture,

09:15 INTRODUCTION • Chairman’s Introduction: Graham Ellis, Chairman, EBU Radio Committee • Approval of minutes • Media Department update: Jean Philip De Tender, Media Director, EBU

09:45 EBU RADIO UPDATE: WORK PLAN, PRIORITIES AND EVENTS Graham Dixon, Head of Radio, EBU

10:20 A VISION FOR PUBLIC SERVICE MEDIA Tony Hall, President, EBU in conversation with Cilla Benkö, Director General, Swedish Radio Discussion and Questions

11:00 COFFEE

11:30 KEYNOTE: DEVELOPING THE EBU STRATEGY

Noel Curran, Director General, EBU Discussion and Questions

12:10 RADIO DEVELOPMENTS IN BULGARIA Alexander Velev (BNR)

12:25 MUSIC WORKPLAN, 20 YEARS EUROSONIC Pascale Labrie, Head of Music, EBU

12:50 INNOVATION FUND 1: Netherlands Lisette Elstgeest (NPO)

13:00 LUNCH

AFTERNOON Session Chair: René Zavoral

14:30 PANEL: DELIVERING THE TRUTH… Moderator: Vanessa O’Connor (EBU)

Cilla Benkö (SR) Christophe Deloire (Reporters without Borders) Antoine Harary (Edelman Intelligence)

15:30 COFFEE

16:00 EBU RADIO KNOWLEDGE HUB David Fernández Quijada, Manager of Media Intelligence Service, EBU

16:15 MAJOR CHANGE AT DANISH RADIO

Gustav Lützhøft (DR)

16:35 PANEL DISCUSSION: HOW DO WE MEASURE SUCCESS FOR PUBLIC RADIO? Moderator: Gabriel Byström (SR)

Tomas Coppens (VRT) Roberto Suarez Candel (EBU) Edita Kudláčová (CR) Philippa de Roten (RTS)

17.30 END OF DAY ONE

Day 2 – Friday 12 April 9.00-16.00

MORNING Session Chair: Serge Schick ()

09.00 RADIO AND DIGITAL: THE BIG PICTURE Michael Reichert, BR

09:15 SECURING THE FUTURE: DISTRIBUTION AND CARS Moderator: Ben Poor (EBU)

Presentations: Distribution: JP Coakley (RTÉ) Cars: Helwin Lesch (BR)

1. Ekaterina Borisova (BNR) 2. Paolo Casagranda (Rai) 3. Knut Henrik Ytre-Arne (NRK)

Conclusion: Ben Poor (EBU): How is the EBU supporting these developments?

10.35 INNOVATION FUND 2: France Matthieu Beauval (Radio France)

10:45 COFFEE

11.15 DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION How can we get ready for the next stage of digital? Tinatin Berdzenishvili (GPB Georgia) Ezra Eeman (EBU)

11:40 INNOVATION FUND 3: Serbia Ksenija Stevanovic (Radio Belgrade)

11:50 YOUNG AUDIENCES Moderator: Jim Jennings (RTÉ)

Overview of EBU Youth Stations: David Fernández Quijada, Manager of Media Intelligence Service, EBU

Youth Research: Siobhan McMenemy (BBC)

Panel: Sharid Alles (NPO) Hanne Kautto () Mirko Stular (RTVSLO)

13:00 LUNCH

14:00 ELECTIONS

15:45 CONCLUSIONS

16:00 END OF DAY TWO