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Events and conferences organised/co-organised by the European Audiovisual Observatory or with an active participation of Observatory team members.
To consult the events and conferences organised in 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004 or in 2003, click on the appropriate year.
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5 - 7 June 2012
Summer University of the EPP / Commitee of Regions, “EU story telling – for local and regional television”
(Brussels, Belgium)André Lange, Head of Department for Information on Markets and Financing, will make a presentation on local and regional television in the European Union.
Further information on the website of the European People's Party Group (EPP) here.
| May 2012 | |
30 May - 1st June 2012
35th EPRA meeting at the invitation of the Post and Electronic Communication Agency of the Republic of Slovenia (APEK)
(Portorož, Slovenia)Susanne Nikoltchev, Head of the Department for Legal Information of the Observatory, will attend the conference and participate in the various workshops. Participation of 140 representatives of audiovisual regulatory authorities from over 40 countries in Europe.
This is a closed event. Participation upon invitation only.On the agenda:
– New Media and Regulation (scope revisited)
– Jurisdiction
– Local and Community Media
– Regulatory approaches to News and Current Affairs
– The Future of Commercial Communication
23 May 2012
Round-table with film agencies of third countries, development of the VoD markets
(Cannes, France)Organised by the European Audiovisual Observatory, the CNC and the EFARN (on invitation only).
Presentation by André Lange, Head of Department for Information on Markets and Financing.
21 May 2012
Annual Regional Meeting Cine-Regio
(Cannes, France)Presentation “Public funding up-data – with a focus on Cine-Regio-members” by Susan Newman-Baudais, film analyst of the Department for Information on Markets and Financing.
This is a closed meeting (on invitation only).
19 May 2012
Levelling the playing field? Towards new European rules for film funding
Salon des Ambassadeurs, Level 4, Palais des Festivals, from 11:00 to 13:00
(Cannes, France)The Observatory’s annual Cannes workshop promises to tackle the current debate on the European Commission’s Cinema Communication.
For further information or to register, click here! (link to the press release and the registration form)
19 May 2012
EUROPA Cinemas conference (afternoon)
(Hotel Majestic, Cannes, France)Presentation of film markets trends 2011 by Martin Kanzler, film analyst of the Department for Information on Markets and Financing.
14 - 16 May 2012
Training workshop of the UNESCO international Working Group on Media Statistics (WGMS)
(Paris, France)Organised by UNESCO's Institute for Statistics.
André Lange, Head of the Department for Information on Markets and Financing, will make a presentation of the Observatory's strategy for data collection on television, radio and on-demand audiovisual services.
8 May 2012
“Rethinking Public service Media”
(Lisbon, Portugal)International conference organised by the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences of the New University of Lisbon (FCSH-UNL) and the Centro de Investigação Media e Jornalismo (CIMJ).
André Lange, Head of the Department for Information on Markets and Financing, will make a presentation on the financial situation of public broadcasters in the European Union.
Further information on the CIMJ's website.
Detailed programme in Portuguese, here.
| April 2012 | |
27 - 28 April 2012
A definition of pluralism in the media sector. Comparing the results of the European projects with an interdisciplinary approach.
(Centre for Media pluralism and Media Freedom, European University Institute, Florence, Italy)Susanne Nikoltchev, Head of the Observatory’s Department for Legal Information, will present the IRIS Special project on "Regulation of Market Power in a Converged and Connected Audiovisual Media Sector" at the workshop.
Further information on this event can be found here.
23 April 2012
CARTOON Feature
European training seminar focusing on all aspects of animated feature films, from concept to distribution
(Munich, Germany)Susan Newman-Baudais, Film Industry Analyst will present the Observatory's report on Audiovisual Media for Children: The Theatrical Circulation of European Children's Films.
Further information on this event can be found here.
| March 2012 | |
31 March 2012
19th annual conference and 18th General Assembly of the COPEAM
(Marrakesh, Morocco)Dr. Sahar Ali will present the results of her data gathering work in the framework of the European Audiovisual Observatory’s collaboration with the Euromed Audiovisual III project.
More information here.
29 March 2012
Steering Committee on Media and Information Society (CDMSI)
(Strasbourg, Council of Europe)Susanne Nikoltchev, Head of the Observatory’s Department for Legal Information, will present two of the Observatory’s latest E publications on the Council of Europe’s actions in the field of standard-setting regarding freedom of expression in the media:
23 March 2012
'Tomorrow's Cinemas - The Regional Digital Cinema Forum',
organised by the Aquitaine regional government, ECLA Aquitaine and the ACPA,
(Bordeaux, Hôtel de la Région Aquitaine, France)Susan Newman-Baudais, Film Industry Analyst, will take part in a round table on regional and national policies with regard to digital cinema and will present the findings of the recent report on digital cinema published by the Observatory and MEDIA Salles, The European Digital Cinema Report.
Further information on this event on ECLA's website (here) and on Aquitaine Numérique's website (here).To consult Susan Newman-Baudais' presentation at this round table, click on its title hereafter:
Cinéma numérique en Europe : Etat des lieux de la transition [PDF in French].
2 March 2012
Debate « Mesurer la diversité culturelle : livre, musique enregistrée et cinéma »
(Measuring the cultural diversity: books, recorded music and cinema")
Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication, Salle Molière, Paris (France)In the framework of the morning of presentation and debate organised by the French Ministry of Culture and Communication, Florence Hartmann will present her publication "Une mesure de la diversité des marchés du film en salles et en vidéogrammes en France et en Europe".
Programme here [in French].
| February 2012 | |
20 - 22 February 2012
The International Media Congress “Golden Section”
André Lange, Head of the Department for Information on Markets and financing, will participate on 20 February 2012:
The First International Media Forum “Fourth Estate”
(Strasbourg, Palais de la Musique et des Congrès, Place de Bordeaux)
The European Audiovisual Observatory and its work to improve the understanding of the Russian audiovisual system in Europe - The circulation of Russian films in the European Union [PDF].
To consult the detailed programme, click here.
14 - 16 February 2012
Journées d’études internationales Chaire UNESCO de l’Université de Strasbourg : « Les médias de l’expression de la diversité culturelle : Constats et perspectives »
(Strasbourg, France)André Lange, Head of the Department for Information on Markets and financing, and Florence Hartmann, Analyst from this Department, will participate to this event on 16 February 2012 on the following topics:
- Regional television in Europe - Les télévisions régionales en Europe (André Lange),
- Cultural diversity and cinematograhic exchanges - Diversité culturelle et échanges cinématographiques (Florence Hartman).
More information on the website of the University of Strasbourg, here [in French].
13 February 2012
Meeting of the European Film Agency Directors (EFAD)
Berlinale (Berlin, Germany)Participation of Wolfgang Closs, Executive Director of the European Audiovisual Observatory, who will present the result of the Observatory’s work.
| January 2012 | |
30 January 2012
Information session on the Commission's proposal for the Creative Europe Programme
(Auditorium Madou, Brussels, Belgium)Participation of Wolfgang Closs, Executive Director of the European Audiovisual Observatory.
More information on the Commission's website here.
Set up in December 1992, the European Audiovisual Observatory's mission is to gather and distribute information on the audiovisual industry in Europe. The Observatory is a European public service body comprised of 37 member states and the European Union, represented by the European Commission. It operates within the legal framework of the Council of Europe and works alongside a number of partner and professional organisations from within the industry and with a network of correspondents. In addition to contributions to conferences, other major activities are the publication of a Yearbook, newsletters and reports, the compilation and management of databases and the provision of information through the Observatory's Internet site.