Events & Conferences in 2005

Events and conferences organised/co-organised by the European Audiovisual Observatory or with an active participation of Observatory team members in 2005.

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15 - 16 December 2005

Congreso Internacional Copia Privada y Piratería de Obras Protegidas por el Derecho de Autor
(International Congress on Private Copying and Piracy of Works protected by Copyright)

Logroño, Spain.
Organised by the University of La Rioja.

Participation of Francisco Cabrera, Legal Analyst from the Observatory’s Department for Legal Information and speech entitled: "Regulation of private copying at a European level and recent jurisprudence concerning Peer to Peer networks".

For further information on this congress in Spanish click here.

12 – 13 December 2005

"The taste of the others" - Cinema on Television

Rome, Italy

Conference organised by the Italian Independent Producers and Authors Alliance (API - autori e produttori indipendenti). Participation of the Observatory’s Executive Director, Wolfgang Closs, in this conference.

1 December 2005

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. The Observatory’s Executive Director, the Administrator, Expert, Analysts and Heads of the Units were present on the stand and were able to give information about the mission and practical work of the Observatory. This was a successful 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 – 29 November 2005

EU XXL Forum and Festival of European Films

Vienna/Krems, Austria

Participation of the Observatory’s Executive Director, Wolfgang Closs. Presentation of the results of the Observatory’s work and Chair of the working group ‘Formation of Clusters’.

• For more information on this event, click here: http://www.eu-xxl.at/

18 November 2005

10th Annual Europa Cinemas Conference (17 – 20 November)

Budapest, Hungary

Participation of Susan Newman-Baudais, Analyst from the Observatory’s Department for Information on Markets and Financing. Speech by Mrs. Newman-Baudais entitled: Study of the Development of Film Attendance in Europe.

• Download the presentation here [PDF].

For more information on this event, click here.
Download the agenda here.
Europa Cinemas website: http://www.europa-cinemas.org/

16 - 18 November 2005

The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)

Tunis, Tunisia

Participation of the Observatory’s Executive Director, Wolfgang Closs.

For more information on this conference, see: http://www.itu.int/wsis/tunis/index.html

15 November 2005

Rencontres cinématographiques d'Alsace : Euromed - Un autre regard (16 - 22 November 2005)

Odyssée, Strasbourg, France

Participation of André Lange, Head of the Department for Information on Markets and Financing, in the panel discussion on European cinema in the framework of Euromed, organised by the Partenaires Culturels Européens (Strasbourg, 17:00 at the Headquarters of ARTE).

For the programme in French, click here [PDF]

28 October 2005

3rd Meeting of the European Film Agencies Research Network

Paris, France

Dr. André Lange, Susan Newman-Baudais and Dr. Teresa Hoefert de Turegano of the Observatory’s Department for Information on Markets and Financing will attend the 3rd meeting of this network, hosted by the CNC in Paris.
Participation by invitation only.

23 – 25 October 2005

EUROVISIONI XIX International Cinema and Television Festival : ‘Journées internationales’
‘The Tele(com) vision in Europe’

Rome, Italy

Participation of Wolfgang Closs, Executive Director of the European Audiovisual Observatory, and of André Lange, Head of the Department for Information on Markets and Financing, on the following topic: "The financial situation of television companies in the European Union" [PDF].

• For further details on the programme of the festival, click here [in French]
• For further details on the preliminary programme of the new charter of the BBC, click here.
• To enroll, click here [Word document].

• Eurovisioni website: http://www.eurovisioni.com/

19 - 21 October 2005

22nd meeting of the European Platform of Regulatory Authorities (EPRA)

Budapest, Hungary at the invitation of the ORTT

Participation of Dr. Susanne Nikoltchev, Head of the Department for Legal Information at this conference and at the workshops. This is a closed conference.

• Website of the EPRA: http://www.epra.org/

17 - 19 October 2005

MIP COM (Cannes, France)

Presence of Wolfgang Closs, Executive Director of the European Audiovisual Observatory, and André Lange, Head of the Department for Information on Markets and Financing at the MIP COM in Cannes.

• For their contact details at this market, call + 33 (0) 388 14 44 00.
• For further information on this event, click here.

5 – 7 October 2005

The Creative Economy and the Value of Intellectual Property

London, England

Participation of Francisco Cabrera, Analyst from the Observatory’s Department for Legal Information, at this conference organised under the UK Presidency of the European Union.

• For more information on this conference, click here
• or visit the site of the UK Presidency of the EU: http://www.eu2005.gov.uk/

30 September 2005

La società dell’informazione : libertà, pluralismo, risorse
(“The information society : freedom, pluralism, resources”)

Università degli Studi di Urbino : Centre Internazionale per lo Studio del diritto comparato, San Marino

Participation of the Observatory’s Executive Director, Wolfgang Closs, in this meeting and presentation entitled: “Political Debate and the Role of the Media”

20 - 22 September 2005

Audiovisual conference: Between Culture and Commerce (Liverpool, United Kingdom)

Participation of Dr. André Lange, Head of the Observatory’s Department for Information on Markets and Financing, and of Dr. Susanne Nikoltchev, Head of the Department for Legal Information in this conference organised as part of the United Kingdom’s Presidency of the European Union. This conference will aim to facilitate expert discussion of the revision of the "Television Without Frontiers" Directive.

• For further information on this conference, click here.

15 - 24 September 2005

Donostia/San Sebastian International Film Festival (San Sebastian, Spain)

Dr. Teresa Hoefert de Turegano, Analyst from the Observatory’s Department for Information on Markets and Financing, will take part in this festival and make a presentation on European regional film funding with reference to the Observatory’s KORDA database and will also present the Observatory’s activities.

• For more information about this event, click here.

30 August - 2 September 2005

Medienwoche Berlin-Brandenburg (Berlin, Germany)

Participation of Dr. Susanne Nikoltchev, Head of the Department for Legal Information.
Dr. Nikoltchev will also visit the IFA (Internationale Funkausstellung – International Television Exhibition).

• For further information on this event, click here.

1-2 July 2005

Monitoring Cultural Policies and Trends in Europe
4th Annual Authors Meeting of "Compendium of Cultural Policies and Trends in Europe"

Hosted by the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (the Hague) at the Boekman Foundation (Amsterdam)

Participation of Dr. André Lange, Head of the Department for Information on Markets and Financing in the round table entitled : "Reaching Out: Exploring Synergies, Sharing Methodologies/ Indicators".

• Agenda
• For further information see: http://www.culturalpolicies.net/

17 June 2005

Meeting of the European Audiovisual Observatory’s Executive Council

under the Slovak Presidency of the European Audiovisual Observatory (Bratislava, Slovak Republic)

16 June 2005

The Film Industry in Central Europe – Market and legal aspects
(13.30 – 17.30, Hotel Danube, Bratislava, Slovak Republic)

Workshop co-organised by the Slovak Ministry of Culture and the European Audiovisual Observatory in the framework of the Slovak Presidency of the European Audiovisual Observatory.

Participation of Wolfgang Closs, Executive Director of the European Audiovisual Observatory, André Lange, Head of the Department for Information on Markets and Financing and Susanne Nikoltchev, Head of the Department for Legal Information.

• Programme

Présentation by André Lange : "The Film Industry in Central Europe – Film Market and Public Aids"

26 – 27 May 20005

6th EURO-MEI Film and TV Production Conference (Budapest, Hungary)

Participation of the Observatory’s Executive Director, Wolfgang Closs, and presentation entitled: "The European Film Economy: An Overview"

• For the programme of this conference, click here.
• Website of UNI-MEI.

15 May 2005

Partnering Europe The Observatory morning in Cannes, Sunday 15 May 2005, 10:00 -12:30 Conference Room, Village International, Marché du Film (Cannes, France) Conference organised during the Cannes International Film Market to present the latest results of the Observatory's work. This conference will deal with the various ways in which non-European countries can work in partnership with the European cinema industry.

The presentations :

• Access to the European market for non-European films - a statistical analysis
  by Susan Newman-Baudais, Analyst, Department for Information on Markets and Financing, European Audiovisual Observatory

• Legal definitions as gateways to accessing support systems in Europe
  by Dr Susanne Nikoltchev, Head of the Department for Legal Information, European Audiovisual Observatory

will be followed by a round table discussion bringing together key representatives from European funding bodies, government organisations and the legal sector.

Access to this conference is free to all those who have an accreditation to the Cannes Film Market. For the complete programme click here For the registration form click here [Word] For further information about this conference, send an Email to: cannes@obs.coe.int To the photo gallery, click here.

12 - 13 May 2005

Money Matters for Movie Making: New sources for co-production financing and other current issues affecting film producers & media companies (Palais des Festivals, Cannes, France)

19. Conference on International Audiovisual Law organised by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and co-organised by the International Bar Association (IBA) and the International Association of Entertainment Lawyers (IAEL) in the framework of the Marché du Film.

Participation of:

• André Lange, Head of the Department for Information on Markets and Financing, with a presentation on public funding for film and audiovisual works in Europe
  
• and of Francisco Cabrera, Analyst from the Department for Legal Information, with a presentation on Co-production treaties in Europe .

• See the programme of this conference here

11 - 13 May 2005

21st meeting of the European Platform of Regulatory Authorities (EPRA)
(Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina)

Participation of Susanne Nikoltchev, Head of the Department for Legal Information at this conference and at the various workshops. This is a closed conference.

• Website of the EPRA: http://www.epra.org/

25 April 2005

Workshop: Co-/Self-Regulation Bodies in the Mass Media (Moscow, Russia)

Workshop jointly organised by the Moscow Media Law and Policy Center (MMLPC) and the European Audiovisual Observatory with the Grand Jury of the Russian Union of Journalists supported by the Federal Agency for Press and Mass Communication.

Participation of Wolfgang Closs, Executive Director and Susanne Nikoltchev, Head of the Department for Legal Information.

Venue: Marble Hall (2nd Floor), Central House of Journalists, 8A, Nikitsky boulevard, Moscow.

• For more information and to consult the agenda, click here
• For further information and inscriptions, contact Andrei Richter of the Media Law and Policy Centre: richter@medialaw.ru

9 April 2005

Round Table : ‘Must carry’ obligations (Amsterdam, 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 Department for Legal Information and Francisco Cabrera, the department’s Legal Analyst, at this workshop.

This is a closed event. Participation upon invitation only.

• To consult the agenda, click here .

31 March - 3 April 2005

Society for Cinema and Media Studies annual conference (London, United Kingdom)

Participation of Dr. Teresa Hoefert de Turegano, Analyst from the Department for Information on Markets and Financing. Presentation by Dr. Hoefert de Turegano of a paper entitled: "International Cinematographic Co-production: Independent North-South Collaboration”

• For more information on this conference, see the website of the Society for Cinema and Media Studies.

17-18 March 2005

Quality News for All (Brussels, Belgium)

5th EBU Conference on Public Service Broadcasting.
Participation of André Lange, Head of the Department for Information on Markets and Financing.

• More information here
• Programme

16 March 2005

Die Dienstleistungsrichtlinie und die Anliegen der Medien (Brussels, Belgium)

(“The Directive on Services in the internal market and related media interest”)

Conference organised by the Institute of European Media Law, Saarbrücken. Participation of the Observatory’s Executive Director, Wolfgang Closs, in this meeting.

• For more information on this conference, see the website of the European Media Institute:
  http://www.emr-sb.de/
• To consult the programme in German, click here

15 March 2005

Meeting of the European Parliament’s Committee on Culture and Education (Brussels, Belgium)

Participation of the Observatory’s Executive Director, Wolfgang Closs, in this meeting and introductory speech: "How to define audiovisual service?"

• For more information on this conference, see the website of the European Parliament.
• To consult the programme in French, click here

10-11 March 2005

7th European Ministerial Conference on Mass Media Policy
“Integration and Diversity: the new frontiers of European media and communications policy”
(Kyiv, Ukraine)

Participation of Wolfgang Closs, Executive Director of the European Audiovisual Observatory, in this major European conference on media policy.

• For more information on this conference, click here (Council of Europe website) or go on the website of Infomedia (conference organiser’s website).

27 February 2005 - 1st March 2005

Media Seminar - Creativity and Market Access: The role of training, development and marketing in European film distribution (Luxembourg)

organised by the Luxembourg Presidency of the Council of the European Union in association with the Department of Media and Communications and the Film Fund Luxembourg - with the support of the European Commission.

Dr. Teresa Hoefert de Turegano, Analyst from the Department for Information on Markets and Financing, will take part in this media seminar.

• Link to the site of the Luxembourg Presidency of the European Union and information on the seminar :
  http://www.media.eu2005.lu/

25 February 2005

Co-Production meeting of the CIRCOM (European Association of Regional Television)
(Rome, Italy)

Dr. André Lange, Head of the Department for Information on Markets and Financing, will take part in this meeting organised by the CIRCOM Regional. He will also meet with representatives of the RAI who deal with audiovisual statistics.

• To consult the programme, click here .
• Website of CIRCOM.

9 February 2005

A Chinese visitor at the European Audiovisual Observatory

On the 9th February, Wolfgang Closs, Executive Director of the European Audiovisual Observatory, will celebrate the Chinese New Year by welcoming Dr. Qinq LUO, a researcher from the Communication University of China in Beijing. Dr Qing LUO is conducting a field investigation in Germany, Belgium, France and Italy about the regulation and the development of the television market and the policy and economy of the audiovisual sector in Europe. Her report will be submitted to the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service), the CSC (China Scholarship Council) and to the State Administration for Radio, Film and Television of China (SARFT). The Observatory is helping Dr Qing LUO in organising her interviews with European experts and professionals. In Strasbourg, she will visit the Media Division of the Council of Europe, Eurimages, the Centre universitaire européen de journalisme (CUEJ), ARTE, la CIRCOM Régionale (an association of regional television broadcasters whose Secretariat is in France 3 Alsace) and the Fonds de soutien de la Communauté urbaine de Strasbourg (Strasbourg’s regional aid for audiovisual production). “The Chinese television market is in rapid evolution with the development of digital television. According to official statistics there are almost 3000 television channels in China”, explains André Lange Head of the department for Information on Markets and Financing at the Observatory. “This evolution raises new regulatory issues. The Observatory is very happy to contribute to the reviewing of Chinese broadcasting regulation by explaining the basic values of the audiovisual policy in Europe and helping to understand the wide range of national television landscapes and regulatory models”.

Berlinale - 55th Berlin International Film Festival (10-20.02.05, Germany)

Participation of André Lange, Head of the Department for Information on Markets and Financing at the 2nd Encounter of European Film Commissions.

Speech by Dr. Lange entitled “European Film Market Trends”.

• Official website: http://www.berlinale.de

20 January 2005

Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science (The Hague, The Netherlands)

Visit of Wolfgang Closs, Executive Director of the European Audiovisual Observatory, to the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science in order to present the Observatory’s activities.

11-12 January 2005

EFADs (European Film Agency Directors) Anti-Piracy meeting (London, United Kingdom)

Dr. André Lange, Head of the Department for Information on Markets and Financing, will take part in this meeting hosted by the UK Film Council. The aim is to consider the establishment of a Europe-wide platform under the aegis of the European Film Agency Directors (EFADs) to co-ordinate anti-piracy initiatives.

• Agenda