Program

Journalist, Autor, Moderator

10:30 - 12:00 Blue Stage

MEDIENTAGE Summit

Realities

Henry Ajder

Latent Space Advisory

Markus Breitenecker

ProSiebenSat.1 Media

Klaus Brinkbäumer

Esther Busch

Serviceplan Gruppe

Rieke Havertz

ZEIT ONLINE

Dr. Thorsten Schmiege

Eva Schulz

Bayerischer Ministerpräsident

Dr. Markus Söder

Philipp Welte

Vorstand, Hubert Burda Media / Vorstandsvorsitzender, Medienverband der freien Presse (MVFP)

Dr. Katja Wildermuth

13:30 - 14:15

13:30 - 14:15 Blue Stage

Future Video

Our path is cooperation

Andreas Briese

Katharina Frömsdorf

Marco Hellberg

Malte Hildebrandt

Dr. Jörn Krieger

Jonathan Thompson

13:30 - 14:15 Green Stage

Disinformation and digital resilience

How AI is changing the media and society

Albrecht Bähr

Vorsitzender der Gremienvorsitzendenkonferenz (GVK) und Vorsitzender der Versammlung der Medienanstalt Rheinland-Pfalz

Dr. Eva Flecken

Medienanstalt Berlin-Brandenburg / ZAK / DLM

Simone Oldenburg

Ministerin für Bildung und Kindertagesförderung des Landes Mecklenburg-Vorpommern & 1. Vizepräsidentin der KMK

Prof. Dr. Bernhard Pörksen

Universität Tübingen

13:30 - 14:15 Yellow Stage

Content creators as targets of hate speech

What to do against hate speech online?

Josephine Ballon

HateAid

Alessandro Capasso

Content Creator

Georg Eisenreich, MdL

Bayerischer Staatsminister der Justiz

Stefanie Reger

Dr. Thorsten Schmiege

Jens Taubert

Insight

Vereinigung der Bayerischen Wirtschaft

13:30 - 14:15 Red Stage

Building digital expertise in media companies

Sigrid Diewald

Dr. Katharina Herrmann

Hubert Burda Media

Prof. Dr. Thomas Hess

13:30 - 14:15 Purple Stage

Thomas Hinrichs

Live Cloud Production on AWS

Removing on-premises Capacity Limits and enabling new Growth

Klaus Geiger

ProSiebenSat.1 Tech & Services

Julian Lang

Amazon Web Services

14:15 - 15:30

Reality TV Star, DJane, Erotikmodel

14:30 - 15:15 Blue Stage

"The Regels are the Regels"

The state of reality TV in Germany

Thomas Münzner

studio flitz

Anja Rützel

Autorin

Micaela Schäfer

Fabian Tobias

EndemolShine Germany

Lars Tönsfeuerborn

Unternehmer, Podcaster, Aktivist

14:30 - 15:15 Yellow Stage

40 years of dual media system

Fit for the future?

Alex Dorow

Medienpolitischer Sprecher der CSU-Fraktion im Bayerischen Landtag

Claus Grewenig

Vorstandsvorsitzender, VAUNET / Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, RTL Deutschland

Dr. Susanne Pfab

ARD

Dr. Markus B. Rick

Verband Bayerischer Zeitungsverleger (VBZV)

Diemut Roether

epd medien

Stil-Ikone & Internetpersönlichkeit

14:30 - 15:15 Red Stage

Video Trends 2024

Touchpoints – wie Nutzende mit Vielfalt in Berührung kommen

Laura Bäck

RTL Deutschland

Günther Krabbenhöft

Karsten Samland

TikTok

Dr. Thorsten Schmiege

Teresa Sickert

Dr. Mathias Wierth

mindline media

14:30 - 15:15 Purple Stage

From idea to reality

Gen AI solutions for media and entertainment using the cloud

Stefan Christoph

Amazon Web Services

Oliver Christian Möller

15:45 - 17:40

15:45 - 16:15 Blue Stage

Entrepreneurial revolution

How Content Creators are redeveloping Networks with out-of-the-box Ideas

Karo Kauer

Influencerin und Unternehmerin

Senta Krasser

Premium Leaders Club Germany

Thomas Mai

Thomas Mai Entertainment

Ramy Nasser

15:45 - 16:15 Green Stage

The art of talking to each other

A small school of democracy

Richard Gutjahr

Prof. Dr. Bernhard Pörksen

Universität Tübingen

15:45 - 16:15 Yellow Stage

What artificial intelligence can and cannot (yet) do for moving images and the entertainment industry

Jacques Alomo

Head of AI Innovation, youknow & Founder creamlabs AI

Albert Bozesan

Storybook Studios

Alina Fichter

Journalistin & Innovationsberaterin

15:45 - 16:15 Red Stage

MTM MEDIA DEVELOPMENTS 2024

Magnus Gebauer

15:45 - 17:30 Purple Stage

Content Research 2024

How to stop lagging behind on social media and news

Hermann del Campo

Zaibr Innovations

Seven.One Media / Seven.One Entertainment Group

16:30 - 17:00 Blue Stage

Brave new streaming world

Can complex also be simple?

Nicole Agudo Berbel

Lisa Jäger

Simon-Kucher

Maximilian Orgonyi

RTL Deutschland

Evelyn Rothblum

Sky Deutschland

Rene Rummel-Mergeryan

Torsten Zarges

16:30 - 17:00 Green Stage

Challenges and opportunities

The current state of digital publishing

Dr. Oliver Friedmann

Süddeutscher Verlag

16:30 - 17:00 Yellow Stage

Secure Elections in Uncertain Times

Strategies for Securing Democracy in the US

Noreen Gillespie

Microsoft

Richard Gutjahr

Werbung & Marketing

RMS. Der Audiovermarkter.

16:30 - 17:00 Red Stage

Audibly different

What does the future of audio advertising sound like?

Lena Herrmann

No Noise Studio

Tina Jürgens

ZEBRALUTION-Gruppe

Stefan Mölling

Isabell Santa Olalla

480Hz

Prof. Dr. Stefan Sporn

Audio Innovation Lab

Journalistin / Fernsehmoderatorin / Autorin

17:10 - 17:30 Blue Stage

Narratives of the Middle East conflict

On the media's view of a region in a state of emergency

Natalie Amiri

Richard Gutjahr

17:10 - 17:30 Green Stage

The Future of Television

Torsten Zarges

DWDL.de

17:10 - 17:30 Yellow Stage

The Apple Vision Pro is here

How media professionals can create new media experiences with Apple's new platform

Robin Sho Moser

EPAM

Silke Schmidt

XR HUB Bavaria, Medien.Bayern

Werbung & Marketing

17:10 - 17:40 Red Stage

Audio strategy

And who advertises on conventional radio?

Lena Herrmann

Andreas Lang

Maria Miersch

Daniel Schmidt

We, 23.10. Th, 24.10. Fr, 25.10.

Time

Topic

Panel

Location

09:15 - 11:00

10:00 - 11:00 Blue Stage

TV Summit

Consolidate or cash in – TV and streaming in the distribution battle

Katja Hofem

Netflix

Inga Leschek

RTL Deutschland

Henrik Pabst

ProSiebenSat.1 Media

Clement Schwebig

Warner Bros. Discovery

Christine Strobl

Marcus Wolter

Torsten Zarges

10:00 - 10:30 Green Stage

From Chaos to Clarity

Transforming Perceptions in a Negativity-Driven World

Richard Gutjahr

Anna Rosling Rönnlund

Gapminder

10:00 - 10:30 Yellow Stage

Is it Real?

When AI makes audio

Maximilian Conrad

Hypecast

Eva Deinert

Matthias Leitner

Lukas Schöne

iconkids & youth international research

10:00 - 10:30 Red Stage

Generation Alpha

How are Media Brands Adapting to the New Generation?

Axel Dammler

Inge Kutter

Zeitverlag

Dr. Michael Patrushev

Travely24

Sebastian Prokop

Österreichischer Rundfunk

Helmut van Rinsum

10:00 - 11:00 Purple Stage

Building an Efficient Media House

Dennis Bappert

Moritz Mücke

10:00 - 10:30 Pink Stage

Strengthening trust

With technology against fake news

Kim Seidler

Konstantin Teepe

10:40 - 11:00 Yellow Stage

Is the hype over?

A reality check on the podcast myth

Susanne Klingner

hauseins

Lukas Schöne

Mediengruppe Wiener Zeitung

10:40 - 11:00 Red Stage

Transformation of the Wiener Zeitung

The Good, the Bad, the Ugly

Martin Fleischhacker

11:00 - 12:10

11:15 - 12:00 Green Stage

Artificial intelligence – friend or foe of the publishing industry?

Eva-Maria Bauch

Mediengruppe Oberfranken

Beate Gerold

Heise Medien

Prof. Dr. Thomas Hess

Katja Modder

KPMG

11:15 - 12:00 Yellow Stage

Audio Trends 2024

Regina Deck

Bayerische Landeszentrale für neue Medien

Robert Hecklau

Saarländischer Rundfunk

Simone Jost-Westendorf

Landesanstalt für Medien NRW

Tobias Lammert

WDR mediagroup / ARD MEDIA

Christian Schalt

RTL Radio Deutschland

Uwe Wollgramm

Audio Media Service Produktionsgesellschaft

Ex-Profifußballerin, Sportjournalistin und Moderatorin

11:15 - 12:00 Red Stage

The supersports year

What do we take away from this?

Jochen Gundel

Warner Bros. Discovery

Ruth Hofmann

Laschet Media

Valentina Maceri

Bernd Reichart

A22 Sports Management

Frank Robens

11:15 - 12:00 Purple Stage

Advertising in the Digital Age

Dennis Bappert

Carlos Bracho

12:10 - 12:30

12:10 - 12:30 Blue Stage

Revolutionizing Media

AI, Cloud and the Future of Entertainment

Miguel Almeida

Stefan Christoph

12:10 - 12:30 Yellow Stage

Sounds like a Melody

What AI means for the music industry

Ralph Kink

GEMA

Julia Niebler-Kaiser

GEMA

Lukas Schöne

12:10 - 12:30 Red Stage

Project work for the future of media

research that takes the industry forward

Christian Simon

13:30 - 15:30

13:30 - 13:50 Blue Stage

What do we really know?

Realities and the search for truth in crisis areas

Richard Gutjahr

Sophie von der Tann

13:30 - 14:30 Green Stage

Nachhaltigkeit

What do journalistic responsibility, AI and sustainability have to do with each other?

The Media Sustainability Pact

Ilse Aigner

Präsidentin des Bayerischen Landtags und Schirmherrin des Nachhaltigkeitspakts Medien

Andreas Dürr

Radio Fantasy

Thomas Eckl

Medienplattform Bayern "Wotsch"

Prof. Dr. Till Krause

Hochschule Landshut

Dr. Susanne Pfab

ARD

Stefanie Reger

Dr. Thorsten Schmiege

13:30 - 14:30 Yellow Stage

Audio Summit

Listen to Reality

Christian Berthold

Antenne Thüringen

Diane Dotzauer

Norddeutscher Rundfunk / Bayerischer Rundfunk

Victoria Koopmann

Marco Morocutti

RADIO NRW

Katja Ostrowsky

radio.de

Konstantin Seidenstücker

York Strempel

13:30 - 14:30 Red Stage

Democracy, media diversity, attitude and sustainability

What responsibility do advertisers have?

Tobias Conrad

BCN

Dr. Christian Hahn

Deutsche Telekom

Juliane Paperlein

Omnicom Media Group Germany

Nadja Schick

GroupM Germany

Holger Thalheimer

Ina von Holly

WE DO communication

Prof. Dr. Lisa-Charlotte Wolter

IU International University of Applied Sciences

13:30 - 15:30 Purple Stage

AI in the media industry

Practical tips and use cases

Benedikt Höck

KPMG

Tom-Lucas Säger

KPMG

13:30 - 14:30 Media Idol Stage

ARD/ZDF Sponsorship Award Ceremony

Women + Media Technology

Michael Eberhard

Direktor Technik und Produktion, SWR / Vorsitzender, Produktions- und Technik-Kommission (PTKO)

Dr. Eva Flecken

Medienanstalt Berlin-Brandenburg / ZAK / DLM

Dominique Hoffmann

WDR

Maike Kaiser

ARD/ZDF Förderpreisträgerin 2024

Anja Koebel

Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk

Lea Piaskowski

ARD/ZDF Förderpreisträgerin 2024

Sarah Rotter

ARD/ZDF Förderpreisträgerin 2024

Media Idol Stage

13:30 - 14:30 Media Idol Stage

Political Influencers in Social Media

An Award Ceremony by the Hanns Seidel Foundation

Susanne Breit-Keßler

Hanns-Seidel-Stiftung

Dr. Thorsten Schmiege

Universität der Bundeswehr München

Prof. Dr. Jonas Schützeneder

Florian Schwegler

Bayerischer Rundfunk, ARD, BR24

Media Idol Stage

Education & Recruiting

13:30 - 14:30 Pink Stage

Mindset Empowerment

Making a career and staying true to yourself

Prof. Dr. Sarah Diefenbach

Pink Stage

Freie Presse Mediengruppe

14:45 - 15:30 Blue Stage

Future Stream Innovations: The future of personalised and cross-media offerings

Tech companies und media companies

Joachim Abel

Telekom Deutschland

Dr. Daniel Daum

Dr. Florian Kumb

ZDF

Henrik Nyhuis

Jonas Rashedi

Data & Digital Advisor

14:45 - 15:30 Green Stage

Council for the future

What's next for ARD and ZDF in 2025?

Dr. h.c. Roger de Weck

College of Europe

Prof. Dr. Kai Gniffke

ARD-Vorsitzender & Intendant Südwestrundfunk

Gerda Hasselfeldt

ZDF

Prof. Dr. Annika Sehl

Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt

Aurelie von Blazekovic

Torsten Zarges

14:45 - 15:30 Yellow Stage

What's the New Real?

Innovations for the audio industry

Johannes Busching

AudioIndex

Christian Hufnagel

ARD / Südwestrundfunk

Alex Kind

STAR FM MAXIMUM ROCK Deutschland

Maximilian Knop

Konsole Labs

Marcel Tuljus

Digital Media Consulting

Nina Wüst

Acast

Werbung & Marketing

14:45 - 15:30 Red Stage

Balance of power in the advertising market

Will the cards be redistributed?

Klaus Böhm

Qvest

Stefanie Jäckel

Ad Alliance

Dr. Andrea Malgara

Mediaplus Group

PD Dr. habil. Tino Meitz

Universität Münster

Juliane Paperlein

15:45 - 18:45

Seven.One Media / Seven.One Entertainment Group

16:00 - 16:45 Blue Stage

Next Gen Streaming

The future of the streaming market in Germany

Nicole Agudo Berbel

Matthias Heinze

Warner Bros. Discovery

Thomas Lückerath

Henning Nieslony

Caterina Preti

16:00 - 16:45 Green Stage

Networks, co-operations or subscriptions

What does digital publishing need today?

Nina Graf

We.Publish Foundation

Steffen Klusmann

WEB.de / GMX

Senta Krasser

Dr. Gregor Peter Schmitz

STERN

16:00 - 16:45 Yellow Stage

In-car media

How radio will remain present in the connected car of the future

Robert Andrä

Prof. Dr. Thomas Hess

Consumer Panel Services GfK

Gwendolin Niehues

Dr. Bernd Riefler

Christian Winter

16:00 - 16:45 Red Stage

Can AVoD and FAST open up new advertising pots?

Katharina Baumann

pilot München

Christoph Freier

Jörg Meyer

Zattoo

Juliane Paperlein

16:00 - 17:30 Purple Stage

Radical Transformation Through Radical Collaboration

Evan Shapiro

eshap

16:00 - 16:45 Pink Stage

Conflicts in journalism

When contradiction leads to dialogue

Sabrina Harper

The What If (Media for Peace Fellowship)

Michelle Simon

Dirk von Gehlen

SZ Institut

Pink Stage

ndf: Hamburg / ndf Gruppe

17:00 - 17:45 Blue Stage

26. Film Industry Forum

The Power and Influence of Film on Society

Aelrun Goette

Regisseurin / Autorin

Claudia Lehmann

maz & movie

Karoline Meichsner-Sertl

ZDF Studios

Nina Peters

Tania Reichert-Facilides

OneGate Media

Christian Sommer

Motion Picture Association

17:00 - 17:30 Yellow Stage

From Z to Alpha

What do the Gens really want to hear?

Filiz Meryem de Campos Oliveira

Roland Lehmann

Schiwa Schlei

Antonia Schlosser

17:00 - 17:30 Red Stage

One half of the consumers

Why the 50+ gen cannot be ignored

Jeannette Bohné

Serviceplan Berlin

René Coiffard

OMD Germany

Juliane Paperlein

Nathalie Vogt

Allianz Deutschland

17:30 - 18:45 Yellow Stage

Let’s Shape Our Business!

Female Talent in VFX, VP and Animation

Christina Caspers-Roemer

Julia Piaseczny

Christine Resch

Lina Timm

17:45 - 18:30 Red Stage

Kassensturz und Ausblick nach dem Ende des Nebenkostenprivilegs

Constanze Gilles

Zattoo

Markus Härtenstein

Exaring AG, Betreiber von waipu.tv

Christian Heinkele

Nicole Offergeld

Dr. Jörg Richartz

17:45 - 18:45 Pink Stage

AI in BUSINESS – from EXPERIMENT to REALITY

Interactive event for members of the WOMEN IN MEDIA network

Please attend here in advance

Dr. Ursula Feindor-Schmidt, LL.M.

Angela Kesselring

Michaela Stauch

We, 23.10. Th, 24.10. Fr, 25.10.

Time

Topic

Panel

Location

09:15 - 12:10

Journalistin & Innovationsberaterin

10:00 - 10:30 Blue Stage

Social Media and Online Hate Speech

Taking a Stand Against Right-Wing Extremism and Anti-Democracy

Alina Fichter

Fabian Grischkat

Content Creator

Anna-Lena von Hodenberg

HateAid

10:00 - 11:00 Green Stage

AI Summit

Getting it Right

Alessandro Alviani

Süddeutsche Zeitung Digitale Medien

Dr. Florian Herrmann

MdL, Leiter der Bayerischen Staatskanzlei, Staatsminister für Bundesangelegenheiten und Medien

Tino Krause

Meta Platforms

Prof. Dr. Claudia Paganini

Universität Innsbruck

Jens Redmer

Anne Kathrin Thüringer

Deutsche Welle

10:00 - 10:30 Yellow Stage

More working-class children in the media!

Fdiversity of perspectives, against skills shortages

Laura Bohné

Deutsche Journalistenschule

Katarzyna Karpinska

Franziska Mozart

Lukas Schöne

10:00 - 11:00 Red Stage

Opening of Europe Day & Keynote

Who will interpret media freedom in the future - the BVerfG or the ECJ?

Prof. Dr. jur. Peter M. Huber

Stephanie Jacobs

Bayerische Staatskanzlei

Prof. Dr. Stephan Ory

Dr. Thorsten Schmiege

Manfred Weber

Europäisches Parlament

10:40 - 11:00 Blue Stage

TV Meets Social

Tobias Schiwek

We Are Era

Petra Schwegler

10:40 - 11:00 Yellow Stage

Swipe, Like, Learn

How do you teach news on TikTok?

Vanessa Bitter

#UseTheNews

Alicia Fricke

Roland Hindl

11:15 - 12:00 Blue Stage

Future of Search

How AI is changing internet search and what this means for media companies

Dr. Dennis Ballwieser

Wort & Bild Verlag

Jacqueline Hoffmann

MedienNetzwerk Bayern

Wolfgang Kerler

Ole Reißmann

Sarah Stein

Marcus Tandler

11:15 - 12:00 Yellow Stage

Fake News and Disinformation

How They Threaten Our Democracy

Sabine Frank

Bayerischer Staatsminister für Digitales

Markus Knall

Ippen.Media

Dr. Fabian Mehring

Christian Nitsche

Manfred Weber

Europäisches Parlament

Budapest Business University

11:15 - 12:00 Red Stage

Media law from Brussels

What remains for national law?

Dr. Judit Bayer

Prof. Dr. Mark Cole

Wissenschaftlicher Direktor, Institut für Europäisches Medienrecht / Professor für Medien- und Telekommunikationsrecht, Universität Luxemburg

Dr. Martin Rupp

Sky Deutschland

Dr. Matthias Traimer

Bundeskanzleramt-Verfassungsdienst Österreich

12:10 - 12:30

12:10 - 12:30 Yellow Stage

Book Talk

Why We Need to Save Journalism from the Media

Dr. h.c. Roger de Weck

Torsten Zarges

Medienanstalt Berlin-Brandenburg / ZAK / DLM

12:10 - 12:30 Red Stage

Realities of Cross-border Law Enforcement

Insights to See Through

Dr. Eva Flecken

Prof. Dr. Stephan Ory

13:30 - 14:30

Start Into Media, Medien.Bayern

Education & Recruiting

13:30 - 14:15 Blue Stage

Securing skilled labour in the media industry

Innovative ideas for recruiting and training

Susanne Ambros

QualityMinds

Klaus Kranewitter

MEDIASCHOOL BAYERN

Lea Thies

Augsburger Allgemeine

Insa Wiese

MA Elisabeth Woditschka

Mediengruppe Wiener Zeitung

13:30 - 14:15 Green Stage

Foresight Strategy for the Media Industry

Monika Bielskyte

Protopia Futures

Christian Simon

13:30 - 14:15 Yellow Stage

Stay relevant!

How news literacy strengthens trust in the media

Minusch Afonso

Lars Gräßer

Grimme-Institut

Leonhard Ottinger

RTL Journalistenschule

Alexander Sängerlaub

Judith Schönicke

13:30 - 13:40 Red Stage

Results of the Minister Presidents' Conference on broadcasting issues

Prof. Dr. Stephan Ory

Staatskanzlei Rheinland-Pfalz

Heike Raab

13:40 - 14:15 Red Stage

Artificial intelligence

What rules apply to the media?

Prof. Dr. Stephan Ory

Dr. Annette Schumacher

Dr. Jörg Ukrow

14:30 - 15:30

Journalistin, Autorin, Podcasterin

Book Talk

14:30 - 15:00 Blue Stage

Trumpocalypse Now?

Why the Republican Party is Setting Washington on Fire

Annika Brockschmidt

Richard Gutjahr

14:30 - 15:00 Yellow Stage

It’s All About the Money

How Will Journalism be Financed in the Future?

Michael Husarek

Verlag Nürnberger Presse

Nina Labaute

XPLR: MEDIA in Bavaria, Medien.Bayern

Johannes Ott

Radio Gong 2000

Dr. Cornelia Wallner

Ludwig-Maximilian-Universität München

Dr. Bartosz Wilczek

Petra Winter

Beautiful Minds Media

14:30 - 15:30 Red Stage

A Reality Check on Effective Child and Youth Media Protection

What are the benefits of the new EU legislation?

Christina Etteldorf

Direktor, Medienanstalt Rheinland-Pfalz & Vorsitzender, Kommission für Jugendmedienschutz (KJM)

Dr. Marc Jan Eumann

Sebastian Gutknecht

Bundeszentrale für Kinder- und Jugendmedienschutz

Dr. Alexander Kleist

Me vs. We

Where People Find Authentic Recommendations and Like-Minded Communities

Julia Theissen

15:10 - 15:30 Green Stage

Arrested for the truth

When authoritarian regimes threaten journalism

Richard Gutjahr

Julia Hahn

Deutsche Welle

Hazal Ocak

Education & Recruiting

15:10 - 15:30 Yellow Stage

Diverse Recruiting

Practical Strategies for the Media Industry

Tareq Nassery

Schauspieler

Insa Wiese

Start Into Media, Medien.Bayern

15:45 - 16:45

15:45 - 16:45 Blue Stage

Journalism Summit

Reality Under Construction – Quality journalism between claim and reality

Dr. Helge Fuhst

PREMIUM-GRUPPE

Richard Gutjahr

SOCIUM, Universität Bremen

Dr. Nils Kumkar

Dr. Gregor Peter Schmitz

STERN

Sonja Schwetje

Programmgeschäftsführerin, ntv / Chefredakteurin Wirtschaft und Netzwerke, RTL News

Natascha Strobl

Politikwissenschaftlerin und Publizistin

Justus von Daniels

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