Vice-President Viviane Reding to speak at 2nd Annual Future Media Lab. Conference -- 23 April 2013 // Brussels

Thursday, January 10, 2013

Ms. Viviane Reding, Vice-President of the European Commission, has confirmed she will present the closing keynote address at the Future Media Lab. conference on 23 April 2013.

The conference, titled “Shaping the Future of Media: Understanding disruption and how it drives innovation in the media sector,” aims to examine at how media consumption trends, technological innovation, funding content creation and business development impact the future of media.

With the media landscape undergoing constant changes resulting from new technological developments, there has been an increase in the convergence of media services, with a visible move towards intertwining traditional broadcast and the Internet. During her speech at the 3rd Annual European Data Protection and Privacy Conference on 4 December 2012, Vice-President Reding said, “1995 was a long time ago. In terms of digital technologies, a different age. Since then, the internet has blossomed. Social networking has boomed. Cloud computing has taken off. These changes have fuelled an explosion in data processing. Digital data is everywhere now. It has generated new industries and new opportunities.”

The Future Media Lab. conference will provide participants with the opportunity to exchange information, build knowledge, meet experts and key stakeholders within the media sector and, of course, initiate dialogue with politicians and share insights regarding the future of media.

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For more information about the conference, please visit the Future Media Lab. website: www.futuremedialab.info

You can also find the Future Media Lab. on Twitter: @fml_eu

The Future Media Lab. is hosted by the European Magazine Media Association (EMMA), the unique and complete representation of Europe’s magazine media. EMMA represents 15.000 publishing houses, publishing 50.000 magazine titles across Europe in print and digital. For more information about EMMA, visit the website or follow us on Twitter @magazinemedia.

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