What advice would you give to a first-time visitor to help them make the most of their experience at IBC? Plan ahead and make use of the IBC app to identify the exhibitors, IBC Conference sessions and networking opportunities most relevant to you. With more than 1,200 exhibitors and a packed content programme, having a plan will help you make the most of your time. The best starting point is to think of IBC as a business investment: what decisions do you need to make, which partners do you need to meet, and what insight will help you move projects forward? Visitors can also use the new personalised event planner on the IBC website, entering their job title and company to receive tailored recommendations for sessions to attend and exhibitors to visit. IBC’s strength has been bringing together companies from across the entire media technology ecosystem. How do you see collaboration between broadcasters, network The industry’s biggest challenges almost always require collective solutions. Whether the focus is applying AI to media workflows, migrating critical operations to the cloud, strengthening content trust or developing next-generation connectivity, no single organisation can address these issues alone. That’s why collaboration has become such an important theme across IBC. The Accelerator Programme exemplifies this, bringing together broadcasters, network operators, technology vendors, academic institutions and research organisations to solve big picture, industry-wide challenges. The IBC Innovation Awards also showcase collaboration in action – including many successes from the Accelerator Programme – recognising projects where organisations have worked together to deliver tangible innovation. We have an outstanding list of finalists this year, including breakthrough projects from the English Premier League and Microsoft, BBC India, Brazil’s Globo and Formula E. operators, tech vendors and content providers evolving?
Sum up IBC in three words.
Innovation. Collaboration. Opportunities.
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