RDE2023 is pleased to welcome Cathinka Rondan, Head of Radio, NRK
Cathinka Rondan was appointed Head of Radio, NRK in September 2019. She has worked with radio more than twenty years and came to the position from Head of Radio & Podcast at Rubicon, a production company where she started and built up their radio and podcast department the last four years. Her first job
Announcing Emma Conneely, Head of Metadata, BBC Sounds
Emma Conneely leads BBC Sounds’ Metadata team providing support and advice about in-house publishing tools and podcast best practice. As part of a broader Content Discovery team, she is driving initiatives to improve the BBC’s podcast processes and offers expert support to commissioners and producers. Emma is particularly interested in the balance
Founder and Managing Director of detektor.fm, Christian Bollert, joins the speaker line-up
Christian Bollert is founder and managing director of the German podcast-radio detektor.fm, one of the leading podcast-labels and onlineradios in Germany. The team has won the German Radioprize for "best innovation" (2012) and for "best podcast" (2021), is a four time nominee for the Grimme Online Award and has won the "Ernst-Schneider-Preis
Announcing Managing Director for commercial radio trade body RadioMedia, Stefan Möller
Stefan Möller currently wears two hats. The Managing Director for commercial radio trade body RadioMedia in Finland and the President for the Association of European Radios (AER) based in Brussels. AER represents some 5000 radio stations across the EU countries, and UK and Switzerland. Stefan´s career started as a drummer before joining the public service broadcaster
Thierry Mars, Radio Director at egta joins the line-up at RDE2023
Thierry Mars, Radio Director at egta - a non-profit association based in Brussels that represents the interests of television and radio sales houses across more than 40 markets. It is egta’s role to assist and empower TV and radio sales houses in their efforts to monetise audio and/or audio-visual content through advertising
Dino Sofos: Founder CEO, Persephonica, joins the speaker line-up
Dino Sofos, is the name behind the UK’s most successful news and current affairs podcasts. Deadline said “he has had a mighty impact on the British broadcasting news landscape” Dino has brought some of the most high-profile and respected journalists into the podcasting space, including Emily Maitlis, Laura Kuenssberg and Jon Sopel. During his 14 years
RDE2023 welcomes Katerina Borovska, Senior Marketing & Innovation Manager at egta
Katerina Borovska, Senior Marketing & Innovation Manager at egta - a non-profit association based in Brussels that represents the interests of television and radio sales houses across more than 40 markets. It is egta’s role to assist and empower TV and radio sales houses in their efforts to monetise audio and/or audio-visual
Charles-Emmanuel Bon, Secretary General of Radio France, to speak at Prague
Charles-Emmanuel is Secretary General of Radio France. He is a member of the Executive Board and is responsible for strategic and cross-company projects, distribution, internal and external governance and public and international affairs. Prior to joining Radio France in 2023, he was Director of Operations and Information Technology at Lagardère News. Charles-Emmanuel has
Announcing Estelle Cognacq, Editorial Director of franceinfo.
Estelle Cognacq began her career in 1998 in the Lagardère group as a reporter for Europe 1 and europe1.fr, before becoming the site's editor in 2005. She then coordinated cross-functional projects for the group's four news sites: europe1.fr, JDD.fr, ParisMatch.com and Le Lab. In July 2012, she joined franceinfo as deputy editor-in-chief
RDE2023 welcomes Slow Burn host and Slate Executive Editor, Susan Matthews
Susan Matthews is Slate’s executive editor and the host of the seventh season of Slow Burn, on Roe v. Wade. Before becoming Slate's executive editor, Susan edited the science and jurisprudence sections of the magazine. Before joining Slate, she launched and edited Audubon.org. She is a graduate of Dartmouth College, and lives