MEDIAMIXX’ 09 CONGRESS PROGRAM
4TH JUNE (10.00 – 10.10)
OPENING SPEECH
Polly Karastoyanova, Director of the Congress
4TH JUNE (10.10 – 10.40)
KEYNOTE SPEECH
“Wikipedia, Wikia, and the Future of Free Culture” by Jimmy Wales, founder Wikipedia, USA
4TH JUNE (10.40 – 12.00)
IS THE WORLD FINANCIAL CRISIS A MEDIA CRISIS? – POWERED BY GFK AUDIENCE RESEARCH BULGARIA
Moderator: Rudi Kobza, Chairman Lowe GGK
| Georges Luks | CEO, GFK Audience Research Bulgaria |
| Hans Mahr | RTL Advisor, Managing Director Mahrmedia, Austria |
| Milen Stamatov | Head of “Digital services” department, MTEL Bulgaria |
| Krassimir Guergov | Media Consultant, Bulgaria |
4TH JUNE (11.30 – 12.30)
PRESSCONFERENCE: Jimmy Wales, founder Wikipedia, USA
4TH JUNE (12.00 – 13.00)
Coffee break, hosted by GFK Audience Research Bulgaria
4TH JUNE (13.00 – 13.30)
KEY NOTE SPEECH“The new world – from Miami via India to the east” by Mario R. Garcia, Chairman Garcia Media Group
4TH JUNE (13.30 – 15.00)
THE FUTURE OF PRINT, POWERED BY STANDART NEWSPAPER:Moderator: Slavka Bouzukova, CEO Standart newspaper, Bulgaria
| Csaba Pankotai | CEO Programata Media Group, Bulgaria |
| Mario R. Garcia | Chairman Garcia Media Group, USA |
| Vera Kiryunina | Co-operation partner WAZ, Russia |
4TH JUNE (15.00 – 15.30)
Coffee break
4TH JUNE (15.30 – 16.00)
Presentation of the Golden Drum President Jure Apih – Best Advertising work in the region
5TH JUNE (10.00 – 12.00)
THE FUTURE OF TV
10.00 - 11.00
1st modul: Development of digitalization
| Dr. Veselin Bozhkov | Chairman, CRC (Communications Regulation Committee) |
| Maria Stefanova | Member, CEM |
| Anna Hadjieva | Member, CEM |
| Martin Zahariev | Member of the BoD, Association of Television Producers |
| Grisha Kamburov | Executive Director, Association of Bulgarian Broadcasters |
| Ivo Atanassov | Chairman, Commission on Civil Society and Media |
| Valeriy Todorov | CEO, Bulgarian National Radio |
Moderator: Polly Karastoyanova, Director of the Congress, Bulgaria
11.00 - 12.00
2nd modul – Powered by Discovery Networks EMEA
| Oliver Schenk | Expert on the European Audiovisual Media Services Directive in the Twinning project of The Ministry of Culture of Bulgaria and the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media in Germany |
| Caleb Weinstein | Senior Vice President, Discovery Enterprises International & Acting GM, Emerging Markets, Discovery Networks EMEA, United Kingdom |
| Tiziana Politi | RAI TV, Italy |
| Jerome Lafond | Piramide TV, France |
5TH JUNE (12.00 – 13.00)
Lunch break
5TH JUNE (13.00 – 14.00)
HOW TO MAKE MONEY IN AND WITH MEDIA BUSINESS?, POWERED BY STUDIO MODERNA
Moderator: Harald Riener – CMO Vienna Insurance Group, Austria
| Andreas Rudas | Member of the Board, RTL Group, Austria |
| Emil Tsenov | Marketing Director, OMV Austria |
| Didier Stoessel | CEO, "Apace Media PLC" and "Diema Vision" |
| Sandi Češko | Chairman, Studio Moderna, Slovenia |
| Radosvet Radev | CEO, Darik Radio Bulgaria |
5TH JUNE (14.00 – 14.30)
Coffee break, hosted by Studio Moderna
5TH JUNE (14.30 – 15.30)
THE FUTURE OF WEB AND MOBILE, POWERED BY OUT THERE MEDIA
Moderator: Kerstin Trikalitis – Out There Media, Greece
| George Marmarokopos | General Manager, Initiative Digital, Greece |
| Georg Műndl | CEO, T-Mobile, Montenegro |
| Dejan Verčič | Founding Manager, Pristop skupina d.o.o., Slovenia & Croatia |
5TH JUNE (15.30 – 16.00)
Coffee break, hosted by Out There Media
5TH JUNE (16.00 – 16.30)
KEY NOTE SPEECH
“The mobile world” by Jonathan MacDonald, Managing Director of Jonathan MacDonald Associates
5TH JUNE (16.30 – 17.30)
ADVERTISING IN THE NEW WORLD OF MEDIA
Moderator: Stephane Delahaye, CEО, EURO RSCG Sofia
| Darek Zatorski | CD DDB Warsaw, Poland |
| Gernot Friedhuber | Founder G.R.A.C.E. Communications, Austria |
| Jonathan MacDonald | Managing Director, Jonathan MacDonald Associates, UK |
| Rudi Kobza | Chairman, Lowe GGK, Austria |
Closing remarks:
| Rudi Kobza - Chairman, Lowe GGK, Austria |










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