Events & Conferences in 2004

Events and conferences organised/co-organised by the European Audiovisual Observatory or with an active participation of Observatory team members in 2004.

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9 - 10 December

Public Service Conference (Budapest, Hungary)

organised by Magyar Televizió, the Hungarian public broadcasting service

Participation of Wolfgang Closs, Executive Director of the European Audiovisual Observatory, at this conference organised by Magyar Televizió.

Mr Closs will give the keynote speech of the conference, entitled "Information Services in the Public Service Domaine".

For the full programme (in German only), click here

1 - 2 December

VII SGAE International Copyright Seminar: "The New Spanish Law on Intellectual Property" (Madrid, Spain)

Organised by the Sociedad General de Autores y Editores (SGAE) and the Fundacion Autor

Participation of Francisco Cabrera, Legal Analyst from the Observatory’s Department for Legal Information in the round table on the 1st of December entitled:

The Demands of the Audiovisual.

Website of the SGAE : http://www.sgae.es

29 - 30 November

Working Party On Telecommunication And Information Services Policies (Paris, France)

Organised by the STI - Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry, OECD

Participation of Wolfgang Closs, Executive Director of the European Audiovisual Observatory, who will provide an overview of the Observatory’s activities in the field of broadcasting and multimedia.

Programme here

25 November

Job Forum, Council of Europe (Strasbourg, France)   The European Audiovisual Observatory took part in the Council of Europe’s Job Forum with its own stand. This was the occasion for numerous staff members of the Council to obtain information about the mission and practical work of the Observatory. This was an excellent event organised by the Council’s Human Resources Policy and Development Division which contributed greatly to increasing the visibility of the European Audiovisual Observatory within the Council of Europe.

23 November

Meeting of the European Audiovisual Observatory's Financial Committee
(Strasbourg, France)

19 November

Rencontres internationales des scénaristes européens (Strasbourg, France)

Participation of Francisco Cabrera, Analyst from the Observatory’s Legal Department, and speech on plagiarism.

5 November

Meeting of the European Audiovisual Observatory's Executive Council
(Strasbourg, France)

28-31 October

Les Rencontres de Lille: Europeans and their Films

Annual meeting of the network in the European capitals of Culture organised by the Association of European cities and regions for Culture. 150 to 200 elected members of local governing bodies from the 25 countries of the European Union, from the candidate countries and beyond will take part.

Participation of Wolfgang Closs, Executive Director of the European Audiovisual Observatory, at this plenary session discussion.

For more information about this event click (here)

25 October

Workshop: Collection and analysis of data on film and home video (Strasbourg, France)

Workshop hosted by the European Audiovisual Observatory on current and future developments in research and statistics on the European film and home video industry.

Participation is on invitation only.

23 - 24 October

Lecce Conference (Lecce, Italy)

Organised by CineRegio, the European Coordination of Regional Investments Funds - Audiovisual.

Intervention of Dr. André Lange in the Cine-Regio Conference, Collaboration between Cine-Regio and the Observatory on databases about regional public funds.

Programme here.
To consult the website of Cine-Regio, click here (soon online).

19 October

Meeting of Cinema Expert Group of the European Commission (Brussels, Belgium)

Participation of Dr. André Lange to the Meeting of Cinema Expert Group of the European Commission on: Standardization Mandate to CEN for the harmonisation of technical procedures for the archiving of cinematographic works and associated materials and for the interoperability of film databases.

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Conference: European Television Dialogue - New opportunities and challenges for decision-makers and programme-makers as a result of the EU expansion
(Munich, Germany)

Participation of Wolfgang Closs, Executive Director of the European Audiovisual Observatory, at this conference organised in co-operation with A-Company, gotoBavaria and the Bundeszentrale für Politische Bildung (Federal Agency for Civic Education).

Participation of Mr Closs in the round table discussion on the subject:
"European Television Strategies in the New EU Member States"

For the website of the conference, click here.
For the full programme, click here.

14 - 15 October

20th meeting of the European Platform of Regulatory Authorities (EPRA), Istanbul, Turkey.

Dr. Susanne Nikoltchev, Head of the Observatory’s Department for Legal Information, will attend this conference and participate in the workshops organised. This is a closed conference.

11 October

IRIS Editorial Board Meeting (Strasbourg, France)

Participation of the members of the Editorial Board and also this time of the members of the IRIS Network. Representing the European Audiovisual Observatory are Dr. Susanne Nikoltchev, Head of the Observatory’s Department for Legal Information, Francisco Cabrera, the Department’s Legal Analyst and Michelle Ganter, the Department’s Assistant.

10 October

IRIS Think Tank 2004 - Round Table Discussion with the IRIS Network (Strasbourg, France)

At the end of this year, IRIS Legal Observations of the European Audiovisual Observatory celebrates its tenth anniversary. On this occasion, the Observatory is inviting to its headquarters in Strasbourg all of its correspondents and partner organisations who create the content of this newsletter in collaboration with the Observatory. It is our goal to draw up an appraisal of this extremely successful publication as well as of its sister publications which have been created over the past few years (IRIS plus and IRIS Special) and the IRIS Merlin database and to plan the future of these publications.

Taking part will be Wolfgang Closs, Executive Director of the European Audiovisual Observatory, Dr. Susanne Nikoltchev, Head of the Observatory’s Department for Legal Information, Francisco Cabrera, the Department’s Legal Analyst, Michelle Ganter, the Department’s Assistant as well as other members of the Observatory’s team.

Participation is on invitation only. You can find further information about the programme here.

4 October

Meeting of the European Audiovisual Observatory's Bureau
(Paris, France)

30 September

Annual Conference of the Information Statistics Network of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU-ISN), (Mainz, Germany)

Participation of Wolfgang Closs, Executive Director of the European Audiovisual Observatory, and Dr. André Lange, Head of the Department for Information on Markets and Financing.
Presentation entitled : "Financing of the public broadcasting sector in Europe"

EBU homepage: http://www.ebu.ch

25 - 27 September

European Audiovisual Conference "New Horizons for Europe's Audiovisual Sector" (Utrecht, The Netherlands)

organised by the Dutch Presidency of the European Union

Participation of Dr. André Lange, Head of the Department for Information on Markets and Financing.
Introductory report by Dr. Lange entitled : “The European film market”

For further information, see the following website: http://www.filmfestival.nl/hfm/hfm008.html

23 - 24 September

Forum "West meets East" (Utrecht, The Netherlands)

Participation of Dr. André Lange, Head of the Department for Information on Markets and Financing at the EAVE (European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs) Co-production Forum "West meets East".

Introductory report by Dr. Lange entitled "Film funding in Europe".

For further information, see EAVE's website : http://www.eave.org/forum.html

9 - 10 September

Workshop: Next Generation Electronic Media Content Services (Saarbrücken, Germany)

Jointly organised by the European Audiovisual Observatory and the Institute of European Media Law (EMR) in Saarbrücken.

Participation of Susanne Nikoltchev, Head of the Observatory’s Department for Legal Information and Francisco Cabrera, the department’s Legal Analyst, at this workshop.

Participation on invitation only.

4 - 8 September

Presidents’ Forum of Chinese-Foreign Radio and Television Stations (Beijing, China)

Participation of Dr. André Lange, Head of the Department for Information on Markets and Financing, at the conference organised by the Television School of the Beijing Broadcasting University with a presentation entitled :

"Developments of digital television in Europe"

1 - 3 September

The key role of public service broadcasting in European Society in 21st Century (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

Participation of Wolfgang Closs, Executive Director of the European Audiovisual Observatory, at this conference organised by the Dutch Presidency of the European Union. Participation upon invitation only.

2 - 10 July

Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (39th Festival)

Participation of Tim Westcott, Analyst from the Department for Information on Markets and Financing of the European Audiovisual Observatory, in the workshop organised by the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic and the Czech MEDIA Desk:

"European Audiovisual Market - Current Trends" - 7 July 11am-2pm

Presentation by Tim Westcott entitled: "The European Film Market in 2003"

To the ofiicial site, click here.

24 - 25 June

CARTOON Master Conference (Bremen, Germany)

Presentation by Tim Westcott, Analyst from the Department for Information on Markets and Financing of the European Audiovisual Observatory, entitled :

“Overview of the European TV Market”

For the presentation, click here
For the full programme click here.

19 June

Round Table: The changing hues of political expression in the media
(Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

Jointly organised by the European Audiovisual Observatory and the Institute for Information Law (IViR) of the University of Amsterdam.

Participation of Susanne Nikoltchev, Head of the Observatory’s Department for Legal Information and Francisco Cabrera, the department’s Legal Analyst, at this workshop.

18 June

New Technologies and Piracy : a Challenge to the Audiovisual Industries.
Conference organised within the framework of the French Presidency of the European Audiovisual Observatory (Paris, France)

This conference will bring together the major players concerned by audiovisual piracy: industry representatives, companies, associations, government institutions and the media. The opening speech will be made by Mr Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres, the French Minister for Culture and Communication. The panels discussions and debates will be based on 3 topics: - Where does piracy start? - What is the impact on the audiovisual industries? - From the findings to action : the solutions.

To see the programme and some of the contributions, click here. Participation on this conference is by invitation only. For further information, please contact: Alison.HINDHAUGH@coe.int

2-4 June

19th meeting of the European Platform of Regulatory Authorities (EPRA), Stockholm, Sweden.

Susanne Nikoltchev, Head of the Observatory’s Department for Legal Information, will attend this conference and participate in the workshops organised. This is a closed conference.

28-29 May

Barcelona Forum 2004 Dialogue
Global Broadcasting, Cultural Diversity and Regulation.

Participation of the Observatory’s Executive Director, Wolfgang Closs, in the plenary session and panel discussion to take place on the 28 of May on the subject:

Broadcasting, between Culture and Market: the Role of Regulation

For more information on this conference, click here.

18 May

"Has television killed the cinema?"
Conference organised by the 'Assocation Démocratie Médias' at the Fondation Singer Polignac, Paris.

Participation of Susan Newman-Baudais, Analyst from the Information on Markets and Financing Department on the theme of films on television: the respective importance of French and American cinema, the role of thematic channels and a European comparison.

15 May

The Observatory afternoon in Cannes
Salle des Conférences, Palais des Festivals, Level 01, Aisle 2 (Cannes, France)

Presentation of the latest results of the Observatory's work.
Moderator: Wolfgang Closs, Executive Directeor of the European Audiovisual Observatory.

If you wish to participate to the event and/or have more information on the programme of the afternoon, click here.

13 May

18th ICC Conference on International Audiovisual Law
"Books, movies and remakes: Adapting literary works to cinema and remaking films" (Cannes, France)

hosted by the Marché du Film on the occasion of the 57th International Cannes Film Festival and co-organized by the International Bar Association (IBA) and the International Association of Entertainment Lawyers (IAEL).

Participation of our Analyst from the Department for Legal Information, Francisco Cabrera, who will give a speech on the subject of plagiarism.

For further information on the conference, click here.

12-23 May

(click on the logo for the official website)

To the dossier on cinema and audiovisual published on the Council of Europe's website, click here.

23-24 April

Annual Meeting of the EBU Fiction Executives (Copenhagen, Denmark)

Participation of André Lange on the issue of: "Financial situation of television companies in Europe and evolution of the European market of TV fiction".

19 March

Conference: “The new decree for the audiovisual sector – the point of view of those concerned” (Brussels, Belgium)

organised by the Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel de la Communauté française de Belgique and the Centre de droit de l'information (Université libre de Bruxelles).

Dr. André Lange, Head of the Department for Information on Markets and Financing, will make a presentation at the conference.

For further information, please contact:
Fabienne Mordant
Centre de droit de l'information
Faculté de Droit de l'ULB - CP 137
Avenue F.D. Roosevelt, 50
B-1050 BRUXELLES
cdicom@ulb.ac.be

19 March

Audiovisual Training Forum (Warsaw, Poland)

organised by CARTOON with the support of the MEDIA Programme

Speech by Tim Westcott, analyst, entitled "Media markets in the new member states of the EU".

1 - 3 March

Informal Ministerial Conference on Broadcasting (Ireland, Dublin/Drogheda)

organised by the Irish Presidency of the EU, this Ministerial conference on the theme :

"The impact of transfrontier broadcasting services on television markets in individual Member States"

will be attended by the Executive Director of the Observatory, Wolfgang Closs, and the two Heads of Department, André Lange (Department for Markets and Financing) and Susanne Nikoltchev (Department for Legal Information).

Presentation of a specially written background paper at this conference entitled:
"Transfrontier television in the European Union: market impact and selected legal aspects"

19 - 20 February

Cine-Regio Conference (Mons, Belgium)

organised by the EUROPEAN COORDINATION OF THE REGIONAL INVESTMENT FUNDS - AUDIOVISUAL (ECRIF-AV)

Contact: ECRIF-AV, 27 Rue des Anges, 4000 Liège, Tel :+32 4 226 00 06, office@cine-regio.org

5 - 15 February

Berlinale 2004 - 54th Berlin International Film Festival (Germany)

Participation of Wolfgang Closs, Executive Director, Tim Westcott, Analyst, and Markus Booms, Marketing Officer.

More information on the festival here.

14 January

Meeting of the Intergroup Audiovisual Policy: "Reflections on the Consistency, Comprehensibility and User Friendliness of EC Media Law" (European Parliament, Strasbourg, Room SDM-S 3, 14.30 - 15.30 h)

Participation of Wolfgang Closs, Executive Director of the European Audiovisual Observatory, who will speak at the meeting.