Oxford Media Convention 2007 Beyond broadcast: responding to change Organised by ippr in association with MediaGuardian and University of Oxford. Thursday January 18 2007 Saïd Business School, University of Oxford Keynote speakers: Michiel Bakker, executive vice president, managing director, MTV Networks UK, Ireland and Nordic Andy Duncan, chief executive, Channel 4 The Rt. Hon. Tessa Jowell MP, secretary of state for culture, media and sport Ed Richards, chief executive officer, Ofcom Lead sponsor Associate sponsors The 2007 Oxford Media Convention, organised by ippr in association with MediaGuardian and the University of Oxford will look ahead to identify the policy, governance and business challenges that face media and traditional broadcast industries now as they prepare for a postanalogue age in 2012. Consumers are only just starting to enjoy more control over content, including more choice about what to watch, where to watch it and when. These shifts are challenging traditional business and policy models built for an analogue age. Little is known about the long term impacts these changing habits, particularly apparent amongst youth, will have for policy makers and media industries. This Oxford Media Convention will bring together senior figures from broadcasting, policy, academia and regulatory bodies, to explore the national and global implications of these shifts from analogue to digital for media industries. Who should attend? ● Content producers who want to understand the challenges in a postanalogue age and from those who will regulate it. ● Corporate affairs and strategists who want to understand the long term impact on their business. What will happen? ● Policy focused debate on the regulatory implications of the changing media world. ● Long term thinking on the challenges for our changing media and communications market. ● Appearances from the elite of the media industries, government and regulators. Programme 09.30 13.30 Introduction and welcome Afternoon parallel panels Ian Kearns, deputy director, ippr 15.10 09.35 Afternoon keynote: Channel 4’s future Michiel Bakker, executive vice president, managing director, Andy Duncan, chief executive, Channel 4 MTV Networks UK, Ireland and Nordic 15.50 09.45 Coffee break Opening keynote Ed Richards, chief executive officer, Ofcom 16.10 The regulator has a number of priorities in 2006-2007, Plenary panel: Mind the funding gap with the first market impact assessment on the BBC iplayer, Anne Bulford, group finance director, Channel 4 a review of C4’s funding, and a review of news. As the Andrew Chitty, managing director, Illumina Digital digital era takes hold, a key question for the regulator is Christy Swords, director of regulatory affairs, ITV the funding of future public service content. Ed Richards Caroline Thomson, chief operating officer, BBC will outline some of Ofcom’s core reviews and key thinking Dr Jo Twist, senior research fellow, digital society around the future of publicly funded media. and media, ippr (chair) The UK’s media industries are a driver of economic growth, 10.30 but they are also key to the cultural and democratic life Coffee break of the nation, particularly public service communications. In the wake of the BBC licence fee settlement, and as Ofcom reviews C4’s future, what next for public service 11.00 broadcasting plurality? What do we expect PSB plurality Morning parallel panels to look like in the digital age, how can it be secured, and if public funds are required, what form should that take? 12.30 Lunch 17.00 sponsored by Closing keynote The Rt Hon Tessa Jowell MP, secretary of state for culture, media and sport 17.30 Drinks reception Wireless internet connection This facility will be available to all delegates attending the Oxford Media Convention. Sponsored by Parallel panels Morning: 11.00-12.30 Afternoon: 13.30-15.00 Panel 1 Panel 1 Changing behaviour: Learning from networked Show me the money: Economics of convergence generations Tess Alps, chief executive, Thinkbox Angel Gambino, vice president, commercial, strategy and Edward Boddington, chief executive officer Harvest digital media, MTV Networks Media Group Jon Gisby, vice president, media & communications, Fru Hazlitt, chief executive, Virgin Radio Yahoo! Europe Ian Kearns, deputy director, ippr (chair) Peter Phillips, partner, strategy & market developments, Anthony Lilley, managing director, Magic Lantern Ofcom Alice Taylor, vice president, digital content, The challenge of convergence is how to capture economic BBC Worldwide Americas return from emerging opportunities. As consumers demand Dr Jo Twist, senior research fellow, digital society innovative, quality content on their own terms, and as and media, ippr (chair) disaggregated audiences become the norm, there are significant problems with funding content production. Media industries recognise that consumers are forming new This panel considers how digital media services can be media habits and relationships with content providers in a monetised, how willing consumers are to pay, the changing digital age. With more choice available, what do we know role of advertising and the best regulatory approach to about the different kinds of experiences people want and make the UK a world-leading creative economy. how media industries are responding? The panel will explore how people are interacting with media in different digital contexts, such as online 3D worlds, games, and networked Panel 2 social media sites. Caring in context: Balancing regulation for digital natives David Buckingham, professor of education, Institute Panel 2 of Education, London University Whose news is it anyway? Democracy in a digital Martha Lane Fox, non-executive director, Channel 4 public sphere Jocelyn Hay, director, Voice of the Listener and Viewer Emily Bell, director of digital content, Guardian News Martin Moore, director, Media Standards Trust (chair) and Media Sue Palmer, consultant and author of Toxic Childhood Yahya Birt, research fellow, Islamic Foundation Stephen Coleman, professor of political communication, At a time of rapid technological and cultural change University of Leeds concern over the impact of media and technology on Martin Fewell, deputy editor, Channel 4 news, ITN younger consumers across different kinds of digital Tim Gardam, principal, St Anne’s College, University contexts and platforms presents come key challenges of Oxford (chair) for industry and Government. This panel examines where Alison Preston, senior research associate, Ofcom their responsibilities now lie, and what kind of regulatory approach is needed to balance a duty to protect with The net and digital technologies have changed the way incentives to create innovative children’s content. news is produced and consumed. But there are questions about how these changes impact the purpose, value and relevance of news in a digital age. This panel explores how Panel 3 people’s relationship with news has changed and how news Policing the pipes: New networks, new rules? providers can maintain relevance with those who are adept Tony Ageh, controller, Internet, BBC at accessing more sources of opinion and fact through Martin Goswami, chief executive, Aggregator multiple digital channels. Alan Lazarus, head of regulatory policy and strategy, BT Bill Thompson, technology analyst (chair) Rachel Whetstone, european director of communications Panel 3 and public affairs, Google Digital dividends: Creating value for all? Lindsey Annison, co-founder, Access to Community As content distribution evolves from familiar broadcast Broadband to internet-based (IP) models, in a non-linear and user Guy Giles, operations manager, DigiTV scheduled fashion, regulatory intervention may need David Levy, controller, public policy, BBC rethinking. The panel will consider the complex interplay Tanya Field, head of content development, 02 between innovation, competition and the needs of the Dr Damian Tambini, London School of Economics (chair) citizen-consumer which may not be shaped by unregulated markets. What principles will guide decisions and responses The 2003 Communications Act gave Ofcom the duty to to new challenges, who should enforce new rules, and how further the interests of citizens and consumers by promoting might creativity, freedom of speech and public service be competition. After digital switchover in 2012, the regulator maintained in an IPTV world? will need to ensure that any use of freed-up airwaves for new services best benefits society. With so much potential competition for spectrum from HDTV, local high bandwidth wireless, and mobile TV services, what mix best supports an inclusive, converged and competitive digital Britain. Booking form Please complete the following in block capitals (please photocopy this form for additional delegates). Complete the form below and either send it together with Book online now at payment or fax it to: The Guardian Conference Team, 65 Knowl Piece, Wilbury Way, media.guardian.co.uk/ Hitchin, Herfordshire, SG4 OTY. 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