Jennifer Bernal is a manager on Google's public policy strategy team for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. She is based in London and primarily works on media regulation and intellectual property issues. Most recently before that, she worked in Google's Washington, D.C. office, where she conducted outreach to the U.S. Congress across all the company's issues and managed relationships with various nonprofit and advocacy groups.

Over his career, Barak has been at the cutting edge of consumer technology and has been critical to the success of both global brands and impactful start-ups. From personal computers to artificial intelligence, over the last three decades, Barak has shown an amazing ability to identify and influence trends that have changed the world.

Barak started his technology career in 1981 as the head of Macy’s Computer Stores, the first national consumer computer chain in the world. In 1985 he was recruited from Macy’s by Apple Computer to head up its efforts in consumer marketing programs. Later he headed-up State and Local Government marketing and led marketing for The Apple Advanced Technology Group’s “Paradigm” project. “Paradigm” spun out of Apple as General Magic.

In 1990 Barak moved to Apple Japan where he created and implemented Apple Japan’s channel strategy. During Barak’s four years in Apple Japan, its sales grew from $200mm to $2bl. After returning to the U.S. in 1994, Barak became the EVP and General Manager of Logitech Americas leading their consumer efforts in the Americas and Asia.

In 1996 Barak joined the internet revolution as VP of Marketing of Infoseek and then become the EVP of and GM at the GO network, the Disney web portal.

In 1999 Barak co-founded OmniSky, the handheld wireless internet innovator, which foreshadowed the iPhone. OmniSky grew to 600 employees in under a year and a half. OmniSky went public in 2000 and was later was acquired by Earthlink.

In 2002 Barak joined the board of Six Apart, the global leader in blogging software. In 2003 he became their CEO and led Six Apart’s growth with leading blogging products that included Typepad, Vox, Movable Type, and Live Journal.

This decade Barak led two successful consumer AI companies. In 2010 he became the Managing Director of Wolfram Alpha the “Computational Knowledge Engine”. In 2012 joined the Cambridge England based True Knowledge as it’s CEO. Soon after joining True Knowledge it changed its name to Evi, to focus on its virtual personal assistant who was later Amazon and is the core in Amazon Alexa.

Barak is currently the Director of Operations and Strategy at the MIT Media Lab as well as a consultant, advisor, and investor in many start-ups.

A futurist with an artist's eye and an inventor’s mind, Monika Bielskyte prototypes culturally diverse, socially and environmentally engaged future world designs for the entertainment industry, technology companies, and cities. A large part of her time is devoted to research and strategy in the immersive media technology space (Augmented, Mixed and Virtual Reality). Monika's work consists in connecting bleeding edge technological innovation with some of the world's most original creative visions.

Monika Bielskyte's clients include major Hollywood & entertainment figures (Ridley Scott Associates, Alex McDowell, Sam Esmail, Guy Laliberte), iconic media brands (Universal, BBC), technology leaders (CERN, Intel, Telefonica, Google), design companies (Rick Owens, Aston Martin) and governments (UAE).

She is also a co-founder of ALLFUTUREEVERYTHING, an agency & a platform for prototyping futures.

Kat co-founded Five by Five, an upstart innovation consultancy, helping organizations of all stripes understand how to work both with and like startups. As Founding Partner, Kat’s focus is on helping corporates building organizational capacity for open innovation-- her expertise ranging from startup-corporate partnerships to go-to- market for open APIs. Other hats include French Tech Ticket Ambassador, founding director of the City of Paris’ Resilient Paris Innovation Fellowship and Techstars Entrepreneur-in- residence.

In a previous life, she was the Director of the Open Data Institute Paris, a Google product strategy expert, communication strategist at the United Nations and member of the French government’s first Open Data Expert Committee.

Kat holds degrees from Science Po Bordeaux and McGill University.

Efe founded MUBI, a curated streaming service, after he discovered that he couldn't watch 'In the Mood for Love' in a café in Tokyo. Previously, Efe was with Goldman Sachs in London and New York, where he worked on IPOs, mergers and acquisitions, and private equity investments. He earned his B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT, and MBA from Stanford.

Efe ranked 3rd in the 1994 European Math Championship in Geneva, Switzerland. He currently advises Alejo Vidal-Quadras, Vice President of the European Parliament, on Turkey’s accession negotiations with EU. If he were to give you directions, you'd never get lost, and you'd arrive at least 5 minutes early.

Kristen Davis’ strengths are discovering and leveraging new technologies and techniques and using them to resolve problems or turn great ideas into reality. She has lead teams across Europe, the US, Asia, and the Middle East. She has also worked with the New York Times International as their IT Director and headed up an intrapreneurial Innovation & Development Lab funded by Google. Prior to moving to France Kristen worked for Ziff-Davis APN in Australia and for Future Publishing in the UK.

Kristen Davis is trilingual - speaking English, French and Geek - naturally pragmatic, practical, curious, and loves discovering the world with her backpack whilst meeting people and exploring cultures. She thrives in new environments and periods of change that feed her constant desire to learn and evolve. Kristen an ambassador for women in tech, Secretaire for Quelques Femmes du Numérique, and on the US board of APOPO HeroRats who help rid the world of landmines and TB. Follow Kristen for tech, innovation, disruption, gender, & media updates: @daviskris10

Jeremy Darroch is Group Chief Executive of Sky plc. Jeremy joined BskyB plc as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) in 2004 and was appointed CEO in December 2007.

Jeremy is Group CEO of Sky. He has extensive experience in the retailing and fast-moving consumer goods sectors. Prior to joining Sky, Jeremy was Group Finance Director of DSG International plc (DSG), formerly Dixons Group plc and prior to DSG, he spent 12 years at Procter & Gamble in a variety of roles in the UK and Europe. Jeremy is the Senior Independent Director of Burberry Group plc. He was previously a Non-Executive Director and the Chairman of the Audit Committee of Marks and Spencer Group plc.

Peter Dinges is CEO of the German Federal Film Board since April 2004. He graduated from law at University of Freiburg in 1991, before working several years as a lawyer in commercial law and later as Head of Business at Munich-based licencing company Telepool.

Peter Dinges is member of the advisory board of German Films, the national information and advisory center for the promotion of German films worldwide, as well as of the general assembly of Vision Kino, a non-profit organization which promotes cinema and media literacy for children and adolescents.

In 2008 Peter Dinges was awarded by the French Ambassador with the “Ordre des Arts et des Lettres” for his commitment to promote and foster cooperation between the film industries of France and Germany. In addition he was appointed “Officier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres” in May 2014 by the French Minister of Culture and “Chevalier de l'ordre de la Couronne de Chêne” by the Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel in February 2016. In September 2016, the members of the pan-European network EFAD (European Film Agency Directors) - a non-profit association of the national public film funding institutions in Europe - reelected him Chairman of the Board (President).

Gilles Fontaine is the Head of the European Audiovisual Observatory’s Department for Market Information since June 2015. He was previously the Deputy Director of French media research institute IDATE. In his previous positions, he also dealt with capital investment in the media industries for the SOFIRAD (French public company set up to manage state investment in the media) and the Caisse des dépôts et consignations. He has also held posts within the French Ministry of Culture and the French Embassy in Havana.

Jörgen Gren is a member of the cabinet of Andrus Ansip, Vice-president of the European Commission and responsible for the Digital Single Market.

His career in the Commission started in 1996 and he has held administrator posts in DG TREN and DG REGIO, and head of unit post in DG INFSO/CONNECT. Jörgen Gren served as head of the press/media unit for the 2009 Swedish presidency. Directly prior to the Swedish presidency, he was a member of the cabinet of Ms Hübner, Polish commissioner for regional policy.

He was educated in France (MA, institut d'études politiques) and in the UK at Queens' college, Cambridge (M.Phil, PhD).

Michael Gubbins is the co-founder of analysis and consultancy company SampoMedia and chair of UK film fund, Ffilm Cymru Wales.

Gubbins was editor of titles, including Screen International and Screen Daily, and Music Week in a 25-year career in newspapers and magazines.

He writes influential reports on the changing media and cultural environment in Europe; and is a sought-after and experienced moderator, keynote speaker and organiser of conferences, Think Tanks and events around the world.

SampoMedia clients have included Film4, Canadian Media Fund, Europeana, CineRegio, Europa Cinemas, Europa Distribution, Telefilm, BFI, Curzon Film World, Film London, FilmiVast Sweden, MEDIA programme, the Marche du Film at Cannes, and Cinemart (Rotterdam) and the Media Business School.

He is a an Honorary Visiting Fellow of the University of Exeter, a member of the West Midlands Film Bureau, and sits on the advisory boards of Power to the Pixel and the Met Film School.

Indrek Ibrus is professor of media innovation at the Baltic Film, Media, Arts, and Communication School (BFM) at Tallinn University. He is also the head of Tallinn University Centre of Excellence in Media Innovation and Digital Culture (MEDIT). He has authored several publications on media innovation and evolution, media standardisation, mobile media, cross- and transmedia and data management. He advises on a regular basis Estonian government, EU Commission and the Council of Europe on media and cultural policy making. He holds a PhD from London School of Economics and Political Science and a MPhil from the University of Oslo.

Director of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) in charge of Public Affairs & Communications, Guillaume Klossa is also responsible for media research, knowledge management and strategic events. He has been since June 2015 EBU Big data initiative project leader, with the objective to develop an interdisciplinary, innovative, cooperative and open ecosystem on big data challenges between European public service media.

Before joining the EBU early 2013, his career combined business and media experience including columnist for the European daily Metro, programme-maker/presenter for several TV channels (Bolloré and Vivendi group), and senior top executive positions such as Bureau Veritas group digital director, and Vice President of McDonald’s France with extended responsibilities to Southern Europe.

In the public sphere, Guillaume was special adviser to Jean-Pierre Jouyet, secretary of State in charge of the French presidency of the European Union. He became then sherpa to the European Council's Reflection Group on the Future of Europe, and finally director of the ‘Innovation & Production in Europe Mission’ of the French Ministry of Economy & Finance.

A writer, Guillaume published ‘Une jeunesse Européenne’ in 2014. He also created the EuropaNova think tank, and the EU 40under40 European young leader programme. He is an alumnus of HEC Paris (MBA), the London School of Economics (CEMS MIM Master) and Sciences Po Paris (Master in Public administration). He taught at HEC, ENA, College of Europe and spoke at many international conferences worldwide.

Marc Goldberg is the founding partner of Maslow Capital Partners a global growth merchant bank focus on the information industry.

Prior to founding Maslow, Marc was a founding member of the Reuters Greenhouse Fund and Occam Capital. He Sold Occam Capital to Bryan Garnier & Co. to launch BGPI. Marc brings more than 20 years of investment experience in TMT Europe/USA with more than 50 transactions as principal and 50 transactions as advisor, as well as 15 years of IT operation background in Europe/USA as the former Chief Architect of Reuters

Marc is the executive producer and co-host of Kinnernet Europe, and completed a BS/MS Paris VI University, Post Graduate Stanford, IHEDN session 61. He is an avid explorer and long distance runner and lives between Paris and Avallon.

Matthijs Wouter Knol is the director of the European Film Market (EFM) since 2014. Since 2001, Matthijs Wouter Knol worked as creative producer and in 2006 he co-produced with Arte the digital edition of the re-mastered works of Dutch documentarian Johan van der Keuken. In 2007, Matthijs Wouter Knol started working for the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), working in the co-production and sales markets, and the IDFAcademy training programme, initiating the successful IDFAcademy Summer School. From 2008 to 2014 he was programme manager of Berlinale Talents. At the helm of the EFM since 2014, adapting the world’s second-largest film market to the quickly changing film industry has been his main focus. The EFM is constantly expanding its portfolio with new innovation platforms, in which new distribution, sales and marketing strategies can be developed and the newest relevant technological and forward-looking trends can be discovered.

Domenico La Porta is a film journalist and a Transmedia author/producer. He is managing Wallimage Creative, a new media fund in Belgium and he is also the founder and director of the R/O institute, a storytelling incubator for narrative intellectual properties designed to be unfolded across platforms.

David Terence Puttnam, Baron Puttnam, CBE, is a British film producer and educator.

David set up his own production company, Enigma Productions, in 1976 and he also chairs Atticus Education, his online education company which he founded in 2012. Atticus Education delivers audio-visual seminars to students all over the world, In addition to this, he is a member of the House of Lords where he pursues an active role in a variety of areas, from educational and environmental issues to digital skills.

He is the President of the Film Distributors’ Association; Chair of the TSL Advisory Board; Chair of Nord Anglia International School, Dublin; Life President, National Film & Television School, a UNICEF Ambassador, and Adjunct Professor of Film Studies and Digital Humanities at University College Cork.

David spent thirty years as an independent producer of award-winning films including The Mission, The Killing Fields, Local Hero, Chariots of Fire, Midnight Express, Bugsy Malone and Memphis Belle. His films have won ten Oscars, 25 Baftas and the Palme D'Or at Cannes. From 1994 to 2004 he was Vice President and Chair of Trustees at the British Academy of Film & Television Arts (BAFTA) and was awarded a BAFTA Fellowship in 2006.

After an twenty year 'career break' from film production he has recently returned to the sector and is currently overseeing pre-production of ‘Arctic 30’ - Ben Stewart’s account of the Arctic 30 incident, Don’t Trust, Don’t Fear, Don’t Beg.

During the break from film production, David focused on his work in public policy as it relates to education, the environment, and the creative and communications industries. In 1998 he founded the National Teaching Awards, which he chaired until 2008, also serving as the first Chair of the General Teaching Council from 2000 to 2002.

From July 2002 to July 2009 he was president of UNICEF UK, engaging with issues as diverse as water security and child trafficking.

David was Chancellor of the Open University (2006-2014) following ten years as Chancellor of The University of Sunderland.

He was Deputy Chairman of Channel 4 Television (2006 - 2012) and The Sage Gateshead (2007- 2012), founding Chair of the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA) and Chair of both the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television and the National Film and Television School for ten years.

He has also served as a trustee of the Tate Gallery, the Science Museum, the Thomson Foundation and a great number of other organisations.

In 2007 he was appointed Chairman of the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the Draft Climate Change Bill, having performed the same role on the 2002 Communications Bill.

He has been Chairman of two Hansard Society Commission Reports on the relationship between Parliament and the Public and has served as a non-executive director on a number of public companies.

In 2012 he was appointed the UK Prime Minister’s Trade Envoy to Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia.

In 2016 he was appointed as International Ambassador for WWF.

David was awarded a CBE in 1982, a knighthood in 1995, and was appointed to the House of Lords in 1997. In France he was made a Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters in 1985, becoming an Officer in 1992, and a Commander in 2006.

He is the recipient of over 50 Honorary Degrees, Diplomas and Fellowships from the UK and overseas.

Toomas Luhats is Board Member and Commercial Director of Cinamon Holding, one of the leading cinema chains in the Baltics. Previously as a Content Acquisitions Director, he looked after smartTV channels and VOD offer in Telia. In Estonian Public Broadcasting, working as a Buyer - he was responsible for choosing movies and TV shows for ETV and ETV2, he was also an Executive Producer for the documentary series ‘’9th graders’’ and has hosted different shows in ETV, Radio 2 and Vikerraadio for 11 years. Before Public Broadcasting he worked in the field of PR and for different teams of private TV channel shows. Luhats has graduated from the Estonian School of Diplomacy and the Concordia International University Media Department.

Charlotte Lund Thomsen provides legal, policy and strategic advice to FIAPF and its members, on all relevant matters of international, EU and national policy and legislation.

Following her LL.M. (cand.jur.) from the University of Copenhagen with a specialization in intellectual property law and EU competition law, Charlotte practiced EC competition law for a number of years with the law firm Forrester Norall & Sutton, now White & Case Brussels, before focussing her work on legal, policy and strategy advice in the film and audiovisual sector.

Alessandro Mantelero is professor of Law at the Polytechnic University of Turin and programme coordinator of the Double Degree program in Management and IP Law (Polytechnic University of Turin - Tongji University of Shanghai).

In 2016, he was appointed expert consultant by the Council of Europe to draft the Guidelines on personal data in a world of Big Data (2017).

He has held visiting appointments at Harvard University (Berkman Center for Internet & Society), University of Oxford (Oxford Internet Institute), Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology (School of Public Administration) and Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (Internet Interdisciplinary Institute, Faculty of Law and Political Science). His research interests cover the field of law & technology, with a special focus on data protection, big data, AI, IoT, robotics and smart cities. He is member of the Editorial Board of Computer Law & Security Review and Associate Editor at European Data Protection Law Review.

As a specialist in intellectual property, Stan’s key responsibility is to work with partners across the region to promote policies and enforcement practices that help the region to enjoy the jobs, growth, and cultural dividends of a vibrant creative sector.

Stan joined the MPA in 2014 as Senior Vice President & Regional Policy Director. He became President and Managing Director on 1 January 2015.

Prior to joining the MPA, Stan served as Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Intellectual Property and Innovation in the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative.

Studied political sciences at the University of Potsdam, graduating with a Diplom. After contributing to Polylux at ARD, reporting for ARTE formats and working on Foyer for 3sat, he spent many years as an online editor and TV author for ZDF’s investigative magazine Frontal21. Parallel to his career in television, he has been involved since the late nineties in conceiving and implementing numerous award-winning online projects.

He moved to ARTE in 2013, where he developed the platform ARTE Future and laterjoined the editorial board of the magazine SQUARE IDEE. Following the success of Polar Sea 360°, he continued exploring content from a 360° video and virtual reality perspective.

Conceptual and editorial work on many again award-winning thriving, innovative web formats such as scroll docs and web documentaries – examples: GPS-Jagd nach Elektroschrott/Follow the Money, Netwars, Polar Sea 360°, Atterwasch, Falcianis Swissleaks: The Great Bank Data Robbery.

Numerous distinctions, including three Grimme Online Awards, Deutscher Reporterpreis, two times Deutscher Wirtschaftsfilmpreis, LEAD Award, French-German Journalism Award.

David Rowan is founding Editor-in-chief and now Editor-at-large of WIRED’s UK edition, and technology columnist for The [UK] Sunday Times. He’s taken 125 flights in the past year to investigate the companies and entrepreneurs changing our world, recently spending time with the founders of WhatsApp, LinkedIn, Google, Spotify, Xiaomi, Nest, Twitter and countless other ambitious startups from Tel Aviv to Shenzhen. For a book, he’s currently on a global quest for successful examples of corporate innovation in the face of technology-led disruption. His recent keynote talks have included events for banks, governments and Fortune 100 companies, and recent stage interviews have ranged from will.i.am to James Murdoch and David Cameron. David has been a columnist for The Times, GQ, Condé Nast Traveller and The Guardian. At WIRED he has extended the brand into conferences and a consulting business. He's an early-stage investor in 40 tech companies and co-founder of FlowJourneys.com, taking amazing people for weekend adventures in the world’s most extraordinary locations. And he is still searching for the future.

Amber Price is an US exp audit manager who consults public clients (including Fortune 50 and 500 companies) and private clients primarily in the technology industry to solve complex financial and business process issues. Her primary experience includes identifying and responding to business and financial reporting risks and assessment of internal controls through completion of audits under US GAAP, US GAAS and PCAOB requirements. Technical skill set includes accounting for business combinations, business valuations, and audits of carve outs businesses and IFRS audits. She manages 8+ team members across multiple projects with emphasis on providing on the job coaching and real time feedback.

Amber Price enjoys a challenging work environment that leads to continuous learning. Outside of work her interests include friends and family, traveling, tennis, food and wine and staying healthy.

Indrek Saar, born February 20, 1973, Minister of Culture of the Republic of Estonia, incumbent since April 9, 2015. Indrek Saar is a member of the Social Democratic Party and Deputy Chairman of the party since 2015.

Sten-Kristian Saluveer is Estonian film and audiovisual media producer, festival manager and content & technology entrepreneur focusing on East-Asian cinema and film industries specifically Japan and South-Korea.

He holds a BA in Electronic Media (film and television production, communications) from Concordia University Estonia, MA with honors from The University of Tokyo, and is currently finishing his dissertation on the transformation of the film and festival industries. He has further educated himself in New Media & Communications (Jönköping University, Sweden), Cultural Management (Estonian Music Academy), and Japanese Studies (Tallinn University, Estonia).

He has served as Industry Director and Asian programmer for Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival - one of the 15 A class film festivals in the world, the Festival Director of Haapsalu Horror & Fantasy Film Festival, the CEO of Plektrum - the Festival of Visual Sound, and has served as a jury member, consultant and advisor for several festivals, and govermental organizations including the European Commission, the European Capital of Culture, the Cannes Marche du Film film market, Estonian National Broadcasting, and the Udine Far East Film Festival on co-productions, film, restoration, technology and media digitalization and innovation.

Sten has been the driving force behind the pioneering film collaboration agreement between the Korean Film Council and Estonian Film Institute, and has kickstarted Asian co-productions with Northern Europe including Angry Painter (2014, Korea-Estonia, dir. Jeon Kyuhwan), Man and Woman

(2015, Korea, dir. Lee Joon ki,) Dearest Sister (2016, Laos-France-Estonia dir. Mattie Do), and Magic Kimono (2017, Japan-Latvia, dir. Maris Martinsons) Most recently he works as a founder and CEO of content, IP and media technology incubator - Storytek Creative Hub launching in Autumn 2017 (storytek.eu).

He frequently writes on film, technology and Asia related topics for local and international media including Eesti Ekspress, Müürileht and Screen International.

Lõpetasin 1986. aastal Tallinna 1. keskkooli ja asusin tööle filmistuudiosse „Tallinnfilm“ režissööri assistendina. Aastal 1992 asusin õppima filmirežiid, lõpetasin õpingud magistri kraadiga Inglismaal. Peale õppimist töötasin filmitootmisega seotud ettevõtetes režissööri ja tootjana Eestis ja Suur-Britannias. Peale lapse sündi, töötasin projektijuhi ja õppejõuna Balti Filmi- ja Meediakooli ning lisaks juhtisin veel Tallinna Ülikoolis rahvusvahelist suvekooli. Aga 2011. aastal pöördusin tagasi filmimaailma ja asusin tööle EV Kultuuriministeeriumis filmikunsti valdkonna nõunikuna. Alates 2013. aastast juhin Eesti Filmi Insituuti.

Ms Janneke Sloetjes is Netflix’ director for European Public Policy and has been working for Netflix since 2014. Her work focuses on building relations with key EU Member States as well as the EU institutions with respect to issues around net neutrality, AV legislation, copyright and competition. Prior to joining Netflix, Ms Sloetjes worked as a digital rights advocate and practised law as an attorney.

Eric B. Stein is a leading industry professional in the new media distribution space, with over 15 years of proven success in licensing, programming, business development and strategy. He has broad, deep and relevant knowledge of new media distribution opportunities in the film, television, gaming and music space. Throughout his career Eric has worked with established content producers and distributors, playing an integral role in the transformation from traditional content distribution into the vast avenues of the new technology platforms.

Eric has held position at small start up (Content Licensing and Business Development - CinemaNow), major Tech (Digital Entertainment Services team at HP) and major studio (Sales, Programming and Acquisitions - Warner Bros) companies. Eric has expertise and experience on both sides of the negotiation table, licensing music, film and TV rights (out and in) in digital distribution platforms ranging from cable, satellite, OTT, broadband, Consoles, mobile, hotels, etc. Currently Eric is Founder of Impact Global Media – one of the leading digital distribution consulting firms in the industry, managing and optimizing the media transition.

Eric has been a lecturer at USC and UCLA on the topics of Cinema, Entertainment Studies, and Performing Arts as well as guest speaker to the Independent Film & Television Alliance (IFTA) New Technology Opportunities Committee, and panelist at Sundance Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and SXSW 2013. Eric is a Member of Coleman Research Group’s Elite Executive Forum on Entertainment Industry and New Media to aid institutional investors.

Eric is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh where he received his BA in Film Studies and attended the University of London/Imperial College, London, UK.

Guido van Nispen’s privileged position in governance, advisory and investment roles inside powerful, both seasoned and young, innovative and market-leading organisations and networks exposes him to many industry trend and player, and pads his network with a roster of interesting and influential contacts.

Guido prefers working in social enterprise environments as that offers the opportunity to put real change into action in a sustainable way whilst creating a solid business. As CEO of ANP Guido created one of the most efficient news agencies and increased digitalisation and entry in to the SaaS-based BtB market of news and information management. A dynamic area with substantial growth potential. ANP is the largest independent BtB news and information supplier to all Dutch media and organisations in public and private sectors. Next to news and information, ANP supplies integrated tools and content that helps customers with itinerary setting, analysing, monitoring and producing content.

Guido is furthermore among other on the supervisory board of Triodos Cultuurfonds and Schouwburg Amstelveen and Advisor to the Dutch Council for Culture. Guido is active as jury /mentor and expert roles for activities and organisations. These activities give Guido the opportunity to have an insight at the frontiers of finance, media and technology developments and to spot talent.

Guido was one of the fund managers of the Dutch Creative Industry Fund investing seed funding software companies with Sanoma, Telegraaf Media Group, V-Ventures and IDG Netherlands participating as equity partners.

Guido held several executive and director positions, in different European countries both in general and venture management and consulting among other with BT.

Parallel to his commercial roles Guido has held non-for-profit Board positions at the Amsterdam Crossmedia Week foundation (PICNIC festival), Lift-conference, MINDS International and IPAN the interactive professionals organisation of The Netherlands.

Ville Vilén (1963). Master of Arts in Education. Creative Director (Yle) since 2011. Member of the Management Group since 2006. Key work experience: Director of Programming at Yle, Yle Vision (director of Yle's radio strategy and new services; responsible for children's programmes, youth programmes, popular music, popular culture, entertainment) in 2006–2010; Director of Programming, Radio Suomi in 2005–2006; Director of Programming, YleQ in 2004–2005; Director of Programming, YleX in 2003–2005; Head of Music, Radiomafia in 1998–2003; freelance editor, Länsi-Savo in 1995–1998; comprehensive school teacher, Savonlinna in 1991–1992; editor, Radiomafia and Radio Savonmaa in 1990–1998 Key positions of trust: Savonlinna Opera Festival, council member, 2015–present; Nose Day Foundation, member of the Board of Directors, 2012–present; Helsinki Music Centre, member of the Board of Directors, 2011–present; Pori Jazz, member of the Board of Directors, 2008–present.

Andreas Wiseman has been at Screen International since 2009. He is currently deputy editor but has previously served as reporter, chief reporter and news editor. His stories have been picked up by hundreds of news outlets including the BBC, The Guardian, The Huffington Post and CNN and he has been interviewed by the BBC, Al Jazeera, TF1 and The Guardian, among others. Prior to joining Screen, Andreas worked on film productions including Jane Campion’s Bright Star and Ralph Fiennes’ Coriolanus. He also worked at the Literary Review.