Events & Conferences in 2003

Events and conferences organised/co-organised by the European Audiovisual Observatory or with an active participation of Observatory team members in 2003.

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15 December

Working meeting on cultural diversity (Paris)

Participation of André Lange to a working meeting organised by the Consultative Committee of the General Secretariat of Francophonia in order to define the relevant fields for a study which will be carried out in parallel to the negotiations concerning the adoption by the UNESCO of a Convention on cultural diversity.

More information on the activities of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie on their website.

27 - 30 November

8th Europa Cinemas annual Conference (Prague) : Europa Cinemas at the time of EU enlargment

The 8th Europa Cinemas annual Conference will gather in Prague from 27 until 30 November the network's exhibitors and many professionals from Europe, Mediterranean countries and, for the first time, from Africa.

Presentation of André Lange on: "Film market trends in the new member states of the European Union" [PDF]

More on the website of Europa Cinemas!

26 November

European cinema and audiovisual days (European Parliament, Brussels)

Participation of Wolfgang Closs to the seminar on "The role of regions in the Europe of images: a true cultural diversity".

Programme, here [PDF in French] - More information, here [PDF]

24 - 25 November

Conference on regional film funds

organised by the Turin Media Antenna (Turin, Italy)

Analyst Tim Westcott will be present to speak at this conference.
More information on the website of the Media antenna: http://www.antennamedia.to.it/flash.htm

For an updated version of the presentation made by Tim Westcott on "Public funding for the film and audiovisual sector in Europe: the role of regional funds" please refer to the presentation made at the occasion of the Cine-Regio Conference (Mons, Belgium) on 19 - 20 February (see under February 2004).

21 - 23 November

EU XXL film - Forum (Vienna, Austria)

Film Forum for professionals taking place in the framework of the EU XXL film - Filmwoche (20-27 November 2003).

Analyst Susan Newman-Baudais will participate to the panel discussion on the "Distribution and Audiovisual Policy in Europe" on Saturday 22 November 2003 (for the detailed programme, click here).

For further information on the programme EU XXL film, go to the website of the organising company, Afterimage Productions, by clicking here.

20 November

Conference: "Film Financing in Europe – policy, strategy and effect"

This conference is organised by the European Audiovisual Observatory in collaboration with the European Investment Bank (BAFTA, London).

Analyst, Tim Westcott will present the Observatory’s new report on the funding of the film and audiovisual industry in Europe. Guest speakers will include John Woodward, chief executive of the UK Film Council, David Kessler, director-general of France’s CNC, Renate Roginas, Executive Secretary of Eurimages, and John McVay, chief executive of PACT.

Programme of the conference here [PDF].

Interview (in French) of André Lange on the Council of Europe's website.

Presentation of Tim Westcott on: "Public funding for the film and audiovisual sector in Europe" [PDF]
Presentation of Philippe Reynaert, Director of the Regional Fund “Wallimage”: "The regional film funds or the mushroom theory" [PDF].
Presentation of Olivier Debande, European Investment Bank on: "The financing of the European AV market: the role of private investors" [PDF]
Presentation of Constantin Christofidis, Director – Industry & Services Department Project Directorate on: "EIB Group’s European Audiovisual Industry Initiative" [PDF]

For details, mail to: Alison.HINDHAUGH@coe.int

14  November 2003

"Financial situation of the European audiovisual industry" (Taormina, Italy)

Presentations by André Lange and Wolfgang Closs during the conference organized by the Italian Presidency of the European Union (Taormina, November 14-16, 2003).

• The financial situation of the various branches of the European Union audiovisual industry (by André Lange)
  
• European films on European television (by Wolfgang Closs)

More information under: http://www.ueitalia2003.it/

Programme here [PDF].

3 November 2003

"The development of digital television in Europe" (Rome, Italy)

Presentation by André Lange within the framework of the Annual Conference of the CDMM (Council of Europe’s Steering Committee on the Mass Media) (Rome, Italy).
Click here to see André Lange's presentation [PDF].

For further information, contact the Media Section of the Council of Europe by clicking here.

23 - 26 October 2003

13th Rencontres cinématographiques de Beaune (Chapelle Saint Etienne – Beaune, France)

Under the patronage of Alain Corneau and with the support of the MEDIAProgramme.
Organised by the Société civile des Auteurs-Réalisateurs-Producteurs (l'ARP), the event will cover issues on digital cinema, DVD and the enlargement of Europe or cultural diversity.

Participation of André Lange on 24 and 25 October 2003.

Contact: ARP - 7 Avenue de Clichy - 75017 Paris
Tel.: +33 (0)1 53 42 40 00 / Fax: +33 (0)1 42 93 57 58

Free entrance every day from 9:00 to 18:00.

19 - 22 October 2003

EUROVISIONI Conference: "New strategies and new tools for the support to the audiovisual industry: European versus USA model" (Rome, Italy)

Presentation by André Lange on: "Broadcasting of films by pay-TV channels in Europe" (Monday 20 October 2003).

Draft programme of the conference here [PDF].
For more information, click on Eurovisioni.

7 - 18 October 2003

30th Flanders International Film Festival-Gent

Theme: The impact of music on film.

Participation of Susan Newman-Baudais, analyst in the Dept Markets & Financing, at the round table organised by the Flemish Media Desk on 10 October on: "Film distribution in Europe: The circulation of non-national European films and the European support policy". For further information, mail to: info@mediadesk-vlaanderen.be

For further information on the festival, click here.

7 - 8 October 2003

Conference: Media Collections in Germany in the International Spectrum. Resources and Access
(Bonn, Germany)

Symposium of the Network of Multimedia Resource Centres organised by the Stiftung Haus der Geschichte der Bundesrepublik Deutschland in cooperation with the National German Broadcasting Archives (DRA) and supported by the Köllen Druck-Verlag and WDR 3.

Participation of Francisco Cabrera, Analyst at the Department of Legal Information at the European Audiovisual Observatory who will make a presentation entitled:
"Incompatible or inseparable? The conflict of interests between rights holder and user from a European Perspective".

Full English programme here.

Link to the conference site here.

27 September 2003

"Vertical Limits - New Challenges for Media Regulation?" (Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Workshop on the impact that controlling technical bottlenecks has on the digital television market and the realisation of information policy goals for digital television

Co-organised by IVIR (Institute for Information Law) and the European Audiovisual Observatory with the support of the EMR (Institute of European Media Law).
Venue: Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Participation of Susanne Nikoltchev, Head of Department Legal Information of the European Audiovisual Observatory, and Francisco Cabrera, Analyst.

Closed workshop, only upon invitation.

Full details on the programme here [PDF].

25 – 27 September

15th European Television and Film Forum: Youth and Television Forum (Berlin, Germany)

organised by the EIM, European Institute for the Media, Düsseldorf, Germany.

The European Audiovisual Observatory will be present, represented by Markus Booms, Marketing Manager, to present its products and services.

Full programme and registration form here.

20 September 2003

Conference: "The broadcast of non-national European works by television channels within an enlarged Europe" (Gdansk, Poland)

Organised by the Polish Ministry of Culture, the Association of Polish Filmmakers, TVP Polish television, the FERA and the AIDAA.

Wolfgang Closs, Executive Director of the European Audiovisual Observatory, will make the opening speech entitled : “The broadcast of non-national European works by television channels within an enlarged Europe: the current situation”.

Full programme in French here [WORD format].

11 September 2003

"Financing of public broadcasting in Europe"

Presentation by André Lange as part of the annual conference of the statistical data network of the European Broadcasting Union (UER-EBU)(Bucarest, September 11-12, 2003).

More information under: http://www.ebu.ch

4 September 2003

"The Information Society": Between myths and realities (Strasbourg, France)

Scientific conference organized by the CERIME (Robert Schuman University - Strasbourg), under the patronage of the French National Commission for UNESCO and of the French Society for the Sciences of Information and Communication (Strasbourg, 4 - 5 September 2003)

Information: CERIME cerime@urs.u.-strasbg.fr

Presentation of André Lange on the topic: «Is it possible to measure the digital break in Europe?»

29 August 2003

Conference: "Quality Standards in the Media: Time for new Forms of Training and Supervision?"

Organised by Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, German Parliamentary Group (Berlin, Germany)

Participation of Susanne Nikoltchev, Head of the Legal Department of the European Audiovisual Observatory in the debate: “Quality guarantee by regulatory authorities: do the existing authorities really contribute to guaranteeing quality or is it time for a change?"

Full programme here [PDF].

28 - 31 August 2003

Ministerial Seminar of the Ministers of Culture of the European Union: “The Circulation of European Works of Art inside the European Union: Support Mechanisms & New Technologies”

Organised by the Italian Presidency of the European Union, the MiBAO and DGC in conjunction with the 60th International Film Festival of Venice and with the support of the European Commission and the European Audiovisual Observatory (Venice, Italy).

Participation of Executive Director of the European Audiovisual Observatory, Wolfgang Closs, who will make the opening speech at the workshop: “How to improve the Distribution of non-national European Films across Europe” on the afternoon of the 28th of August.

"The fragmented universe of film distribution companies in Europe" - Contribution to the workshop "Distribution of European films".
To get to the presentation, click here [PDF].

20-21 June 2003

Cartoon Master: "The Economy and Production of Animated Feature Films"

Organised by Cartoon (Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom)

Participation of Tim Westcott, Analyst at Dept Market and Financing Information of the European Audiovisual Observatory, who will make a keynote speech on "The market for animated feature films and the European situation".

Full details on the programme here [PDF].

12 June 2003

"Digital Content - The Need for an Information and Means for its Collection"
(Haikko Marnor, Porvoo, Finland)

Round Table organised by the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture, the Foundation for Cultural Policy Research and the European Audiovisual Observatory.

Programme here [PDF].
If you wish to receive one or the other presentation, please send us your request by e-mail at obs@obs.coe.int.

30-31 May 2003

Workshop on self-regulation

Workshop organised by the Robert Schuman Centre European Forum and the European Private Law Forum
(Florence, Italy)

Participation of Susanne Nikoltchev, Head of Dept Legal Information of the European Audiovisual Observatory, who will who will give a presentation on the subject "Self-regulation and the media".

25-27 May 2003

Conference on the future of cinema and the audiovisual sector within the framework of European Union enlargment: "From Cultural Diversity to a European Identity"

Conference organised by the Greek Presidency of the EU, Thessaloniki, Greece

Participation of Wolfgang Closs, Executive Director of the European Audiovisual Observatory.

In this conference representatives not only from the 25 European member states that will constitute the new European reality, will participate in order to collect their sensibility and their thoughts in the search for solutions to the increasing problems that cinema and audiovisual industry will face after the enlargment of the European Union. The aim of Thessaloniki conference will be an overall reflection, in order to submit some concrete suggestion in the field of cinema and audiovisual sector and to form some positions on a European policy that will connect the artistic creation with the initiatives taken by the Community institutions with the expectations of certain sectors of the European audiovisual industry.

Presentation of the report "Distribution on the European Market: Films from Central and Eastern Europe, the Mediterranean Basin, Africa, Latin America and Asia".
To download the report, please click here [PDF].

21 May 2003

The Database Day at the Observatory's Stand

Palais des Festivals, Marché du Film, Stand A4, Riviera (Cannes, France) from 10.00 to 17.00

Three databases can be accessed online:

• LUMIERE, database on cinema admissions in Europe
• KORDA, database on the public funding of films and audiovisual productions in Europe
• IRIS MERLIN, database on legal information relevant to the audiovisual sector in Europe

The presentation of these databases will be performed by Markus Booms.

20 May 2003

International Conference: "Portuguese Audiovisual and the Migration to Digital"
(Lisbon, ISCSP, Portugal)

Participation of Tim Westcott, Analyst at Dept Market and Financing Information of the European Audiovisual Observatory, who will give a presentation on the subject "The State of the Art in Europe; Counterpoint Europe / United States".

More details on the conference programme here.

19 -20 May 2003

17th Conference on International Audiovisual Law: Music in films

Organised by the Institute of World Business Law (ICC), the International Bar Association (IBA) and the International Association of Entertainment (IAEL)
(Cannes, France)

Participation of André Lange, Head of Dept Market and Financing Information of the European Audiovisual Observatory, who will give an opening presentation on the subject of "Trends in the World Film Markets" (click here to download the presentation in Powerpoint).

Participation of Susanne Nikoltchev, Head of Dept Legal Information of the European Audiovisual Observatory, who will present the IRIS MERLIN database.

Conference programme [PDF]

For further details on the conference, click on the subject that interests you:
General Information - Programme - Speakers - Practical Information - Registration

16 May 2003

Presentation of the KORDA database

Salle de conférence, Palais des Festivals, Level 01, Aisle 2 (Cannes, France) at 16:00

More than 150 public funds with more than 500 different funding programmes for film and audiovisual productions making annual grants of a total of 1.2 billion EUR.

The KORDA database will be presented by Tim Westcott, Analyst, Dept Market and Financing Information of the European Audiovisual Observatory.

13 - 14 May 2003

"European Film Crossing Borders"

Workshop organised by Sociedad General de Autores y Editores (SGAE) and Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques (SCAD) with the support of the MEDIA Programme
(Cannes, France)

Participation of André Lange, Head of Department "Market and Financing Information" of the European Audiovisual Observatory, who will make a presentation of: Markets Monitoring: Industry Profile in EU and Abroad.

Workshop programme [PDF]
or go to the European Film Crossing Borders' website on http://www.eufilmscrossingborders.com/

For more details on the workshop, please address yourself to:

Arantxa Franco de Sarabia Rosado
Departamento de Estudios y Formación
Fundación Autor (SGAE)
c/ Bárbara de Braganza, 7
28004 Madrid
Spain
Tel.: +34 91 503 6877
Fax: +34 91 503 6876
E-mail: asarabia@sgae.es

11 - 12 May 2003

"Audiovisual Media and Advertisement: Achieving a Balance Between Viability and the Social Role of the Media"

Conference organised by the Ministry of Press and Mass Media of the Hellenic Republic
(Corfu, Greece)

Participation of Wolfgang Closs, Executive Director of the European Audiovisual Observatory, in the workshop on Advertisement Trends and Prospects - New Media, Means & Techniques - Challenges & Gaps in the Legal Framework.

25 April 2003

Workshop: "Television in the Russian Federation"
(9.00 - 12.30, Hotel Kampinsky, Moscow, Russia)

Workshop organised by the European Audiovisual Observatory.

The workshop is free of charge to participants and upon prior registration. Please confirm your participation to Internews (irving@internews.ru or fossato@internews.ru).

More details on the workshop programme here.

6 - 7 April 2003

Conference: The European cultural film and audiovisual industry, enlargening and cooperation with third countries (provisional title)
(Athens, Greece)

Participation of André Lange, Head of Department "Market and Financing Information" of the European Audiovisual Observatory.

More details on the conference programme here (in French only).

3 - 6 February 2003

Imagina 2003 - The International Festival for Digital Images
(Monte-Carlo, Principauté de Monaco)

Participation of Susan Newman-Baudais, Research Assistant in the Department "Market and Financing Information" of the European Audiovisual Observatory, to a round-table on interactive television. Her intervention will deal with the state of the industry of TVI in Europe and the presentation of Volume 4 of the Yearbook 2002 : Multimedia and New Technologies.

For more details on the conferences programmes, click here.