AIB Diner Pensant and
Awards 2007
Clothworkers’ Hall, City of London
Tuesday 20 November 2007
Some
cancelled places available
Mishal
Husain, anchor on BBC World – last year’s AIB Channel of the Year
– will host the 2007 AIB Media Excellence Awards in the
wonderful surroundings of Clothworkers’ Hall, one of the City of London’s
ancient livery companies, on Tuesday 20 November.
146 guests from all over the world are attending this
glittering, inspiring occasion where everyone will take something away at the
end of the evening. That’s because instead of simply having a conventional
awards ceremony, the AIB is bringing two inspiring speakers to the event who
will be in conversation during the dinner.
Tomi
Ahonen is a strategy consultant in the mobile space, with an established
career in digital media and communications. A former senior executive at Nokia
where his remit included the company’s 3G research centre, Ahonen is a
best-selling author on media and the digital environment. His latest book,
Digital Korea,
co-authored with Jim O’Reilly, is a study of the most advanced country in
digital convergence, South Korea. While much of the book sounds like science
fiction, it is in fact a portrait of the reality of life in Korea today.
Ahonen will be sharing some of his research
into digital media around the world with the AIB’s guests at its Diner
Pensant, and will be exploring some of the ways in which media owners and
broadcasters need to position themselves for the all-embracing – and rapidly
approaching – digital world.
Our
second speaker is Jean-Yves Bonsergent, Chief Operating Officer at
France 24, the international TV channel operating in French, English and
Arabic that launched in December 2006. Bonsergent will be in conversation with
the AIB, talking about the first 12 months of the channel’s operations, how its
strategy is developing and about its future plans for further language services
for different geographic areas.
As the French government moves its review of
the country’s international broadcasting – which includes Radio France
Internationale, TV5 and France 24 – into its final stages, this is an ideal time
to discuss how France sees itself in the international media marketplace.
On 19
November, we have four cancelled places available so to attend, book now.
Join us for the glamour, fun and insight that the AIB’s
Diner Pensant and Awards provides.
AIB members £90 plus UK VAT @
17.5%
Non members £155 plus UK VAT @ 17.5%
Reserve your place online
here.