VLV's Previous Conferences in 2009

The End of the BBC’s Licence Fee Monopoly?

VLV’s 26th annual autumn conference

Thursday, 26th November 2009

10.30am – 3pm (Registration 10.15am)

At the Geological Society, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1

Programme

10.15: Registration & coffee

10.30: Digital Radio – Getting Closer

The Digital Britain Report recommended that VHF radio transmissions should cease in 2015; but what will that mean for radio listeners? With:

Gerry Thorn, Technical Director of Roberts Radio, (presentation) and

Graham Plumb, Head of Distribution Technology for the BBC (presentation).

In the chair: Roger Bolton, presenter of Feedback, BBC Radio 4

11.30 Beyond 2012: The Future for the BBC

Speaker: Mark Thompson, Director-General, BBC (speech)

In the chair: Sir John Tusa, former Managing Director, BBC World Service

12.30: Alex Thomson, Channel 4 News Chief Correspondent, will present the prizes

for VLV’s 2009 Student Essay Competition (Winners - press release)

13.00: Lunch

14.00: How a Conservative Government would Tackle Broadcasting.

Speaker: Jeremy Hunt, MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media & Sport

In the chair: Tom Bradby, ITV News Political Editor.

15.00: Close of Conference & Tea

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'Brave New World? Children' s Media Beyond Television’

The 15th Annual Conference of the VLV Forum for Children’s Broadcasting

With support from the British Board of Film Classification

Thursday, 12th November 2009 – 9.50am – 4.15pm (Registration 9.30am)

At the Geological Society, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1 (entrance via Piccadilly)

Programme

0930 Registration and coffee

0950 Welcome, and introduction of Joe Godwin, Director, BBC Childrens

Richard Lindley, Chairman, Voice of the Listener & Viewer

1000 Keynote

Speaker: Prof Tanya Byron broadcaster and author of ‘Safer Children in a Digital World’

Chair: Colette Bowe, Chairman, Ofcom

1030 All Change? What the research shows

Speakers: Prof Sonia Livingstone, LSE – Trends in Children’s Media Use (presentation)

Ben Williamson, Futurelab – children in new media landscapes (presentation)

Hamish McPharlin, Decipher – changes in the digital home (presentation)

Chair: Prof Máire Messenger Davies, University of Ulster

1130 Coffee

1200 ‘Full of Noises …’ Examples of new and developing media

Speakers: Matt Deegan, Station Manager, Fun Kids Radio

Alex Evans, Media Molecule, producers of Little Big Planet

Chair: Gary Pope, Director Kids Industries

1300 Lunch

1400 ‘That give Delight and Hurt not …’ Keeping new media safe

Speakers: Pete Johnson, Head of Policy & Business Development, British Board of Film Classification

Alex Nagle, Head of Harm Reduction, Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre

Tamara Littleton, Chief Executive Officer, eModeration (presentation)

Rebecca Newton, Head of Safety, Crisp Thinking (presentation)

Chair: Prof Jeanette Steemers, University of Westminster

1510 Tea

1530 Summing up

Speakers: Marc Goodchild, Head of Interactive and On Demand, BBC Childrens

Kate Bulkley, Media Journalist

Lizzie Jackson, Deputy Director, Communication Media, Ravensbourne College

Anthony Lilley, Chief Creative Officer and CEO, Magic Lantern

Chair: Anna Home, Chair, Save Kids TV and Showcomotion

1615 End of Conference

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Westminster Evening Seminar in the Palace of Westminster, London SW1 with

The Rt Hon Ben Bradshaw, MP, Secretary of State for Culture, Media & Sport

Tuesday, 3rd November 2009 6.30pm - 7.30pm in the Grand Committee Room

Topics discussed: Should the Licence fee that currently goes entirely to the BBC be 'top-sliced' to help other broadcasters? Why does Ben Bradshaw want to lift the ban on 'product placement' in television programmes? How does he plan to keep non-BBC regional news programmes going? Questions were taken from the audience.

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Visions of the Future: Scottish Broadcasting in the Digital Age'

18th Annual Scottish Conference

With support from Napier and Stirling Universities

Thursday, 1st May 2009

at the Scottish Storytelling Centre (Netherbow Threatre), Edinburgh 2pm - 5.30pm

Speakers includes:

Jeremy Peat, BBC Trust

Bobby Hain, Managing Director of Broadcasting & Regulatory Affairs, STV

Donald Campbell, Chief Executive, MG Alba

Alan Stewart, Ofcom (Scotland)

Dave Rushton, Institute of Local TV

John Ritchie, Black Diamond FM and

Stewart Lochhead, Leith FM

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‘The End of Broadcasting As We Know It?’

VLV’s 26th Annual Spring Conference,

Thursday, 30th April 2009 1000 - 1600 (Registration 0930)

at the Geological Society, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1,

Programme

0930: Registration and coffee

1000: Session one: ‘Local Television – Is it Really a Runner?’

Chair: Steve Hewlett, television journalist and consultant, and presenter of BBC Radio 4’s Media Show

Speakers: Peter Williams, independent television producer and former ITV This Week Reporter

James Thickett, Director of Research & Market Intelligence, Ofcom

1130: Session two: ‘Deregulation in the Public Interest’

Chair: Roger Bolton, presenter of Radio 4’s Feedback, and former editor of Panorama

Speaker: Michael Grade, Executive Chairman, ITV

1245: Lunch

1345: Sarah Montague, from Radio 4’s Today programme, will present VLV’s 2008 Awards for

Excellence in Broadcasting sponsored by The Voice of the Listener Trust

1430: tea

1450: Session three: ‘What’s the Point of Ofcom Now?’

Chair: Tim Suter, former BBC executive and Founding Partner of Ofcom

Speaker: Colette Bowe, Chair, Ofcom

1600: End of conference

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' Making the Most of New Media'

How the over 50s can get to grips with digital broadcasting and new media

Wednesday, 1st April 2009

at the New Connaught Rooms, 61-65 Great Queen Street, London WC2

A conference organised by Voice of the Listener & Viewer with support from Ofcom and BT

Programme

10.30 Welcome & introduction: Richard Lindley, Chair, VLV, and Philip Graf, Deputy Chair,

Ofcom Board & Chair of Content Board

10.40 The Broadcasters & Media Literacy for Adults

Speakers: Carmel Giblin, Corporate Responsibility & Accessibility Unit, BSkyB; Jane McCloskey, Regional Director, ITV West & Westcountry; Adam Gee, Commissioning Editor, Factual, Channel 4;

Tony Ageh, Controller, Archive Development, BBC.

Chair: Roger Bolton, Broadcaster & Independent Producer

11.40 Coffee Break

12.00 Preparing for the Digital Age

Lindsey Etchell Principal Researcher (RICABILITY) on choosing equipment for Digital Switch-over and DAB. Chair: Gillian Reynolds, Media Commentator & Radio Critic

1210 The Social Advantages of the Internet

Rachel Thomson, Senior Development Officer, NIACE; Emma Solomon, Managing Director, Digital Unite; Anne Faulkner, Head of Policy & Business Development, UK online; Mike Cushman, Information Systems & Innovation Group, Department of Management, LSE. Chair: Gillian Reynolds

1pm: Lunch and time to meet the exhibitors from RICABILITY, NIACE, NUANCE (voice-activated software), UK online & others.

2pm What Research tells us

Speaker: James Thickett, Director of Market Research, Ofcom, presents his latest findings as they apply to older people. Chair: Sandy Chalmers, Broadcaster & Media Consultant

2.30pm The Internet: Into the Future

Speakers: Nick Lansman, Director General, Internet Service Providers’ Association; Peter Barron, Head of Public Relations, Google UK; Jim Sanders, Head of Production, Vodafone UK; David Barrett, Inclusion & Accessibility Manager, BT. Followed by questions from the audience. Chair: Evan Davis, BBC Dragons’ Den & Radio 4’s Today

3.15pm A Giant Leap

Television presenter Martyn Lewis guides the audience through a live demonstration of systems which may appeal to the over 50s. Patricia Routledge, tries out voice activated software and makes overseas video calls using the computer. Plus Simon Lewis co-founder of WAYVE the new touch screen communications device and BT Futurologist Robin Mannings.

4.15pm: Conference ends with tea and further visit to exhibitors

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