May Edition

Olivier Bastard – Vice President of EMEA Sales – Synamedia

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Olivier has over 20 years’ experience in the pay-TV industry providing technology to EMEA’s media companies and video service providers. Before his current role at Synamedia, Olivier was managing director of sales at Cisco EMEA. He held a similar position at NDS prior to that. He also held project management and software engineering positions at Canal+ and Médiane Système at the start of his career.

Augusto Silva – Head of TV Product Delivery Projects – Deutsche Telekom

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Augusto Silva is Head of TV Products Delivery Projects at Deutsche Telekom, and is an experienced TV Industry Enthusiast. Augusto has 24 years of experience in Telcos, having previously held roles at NOS, Celfocus and BT, leading product definition, program management, technology and finance strategy. Augusto is highly experienced in Open source and commercial platforms/communities, and delivering key developments and software. Augusto holds a Master of Computer Science degree and an Advanced Studies Diploma in Networks and Telecommunication Systems, from Instituto Superior Técnico, in Lisbon.

Jörn Krieger – Freelance Journalist

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Jörn Krieger has been working as a freelance journalist, specialised in digital media, broadcast technology, convergence and new markets, since 1992. His articles are published by German and international industry publications such as Broadband TV News, InfoDigital, Digitalmagazin, Cable!vision Europe and Medien Bulletin. Jörn also takes up University lectureships, conducts workshops and seminars and hosts panel discussions at industry events such as ANGA COM, Medientage München, IFA Berlin, HbbTV Symposium and Awards, BREKO Fiberdays and Deutsche TV-Plattform Symposium.

Julian Clover – Journalist and Broadcaster

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Julian Clover is a Media and Technology journalist based in Cambridge, UK. He is the editor of Broadband TV News, an online business-to-business publication and is a presenter on Cambridge 105 Radio. An accomplished conference moderator, Julian is a regular chairman at Cable Congress, ANGA COM and the Broadband TV News Business Breakfasts. He has also chaired election hustings for the 2017 and 2019 General Elections and the 2019 European Election.

Monique van Dusseldorp – Curator and Moderator – Van Dusseldorp BV

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Monique van Dusseldorp is a well-known curator of seminars and conferences on creativity, innovation, and technology. Over the last 20 years, she initiated and organized a series of internationally renowned events, all with a top line of speakers. She was in charge of the European Television and Film Forum as organized by the European Institute for the Media in the UK and Germany and worked as an online strategist at Dutch publisher Wegener, before starting her own company.

Inga Alika-Stroda – Entertainment/Media Business Director – Tet

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Experienced female executive with 20 years of management experience exploring tomorrow of TME (Technology, Media, Entertainment). My experience includes various executive and managerial positions within telecom, cable companies. Leadership, business transformation, defining and executing strategy while putting customer first are areas that I am passionate about. Currently serving as Business Director for TV/Entertainment at leading telco operator Tet. Tet is number #1 pay TV player in Latvia.