RDE2023 welcomes René Zavoral, Director General of Czech Radio
In 2001, René Zavoral started his career at Czech Radio as a Marketing and PR manager. While he then decided to take on the challenge of working for Komerční banka (one of the biggest commercial banks in the country) for almost two years in the field of corporate communication, he returned to
Announcing Guy Fränkel, Executive Director, ROCK ANTENNE
Born in Munich, Guy has been with ROCK ANTENNE since 2000. First as music director, since 2006 as program director and since 2014 as managing director of ROCK ANTENNE GmbH & Co. KG and since 2017 managing director of ROCK ANTENNE GmbH in Austria. From 2011 to 2017 he was managing director
Czech Radio data journalist Jan Cibulka to speak in Prague
Jan Cibulka is a data journalist at Czech public service broadcaster Czech radio. Mostly focused on transparency of public bodies, FOIA, surveillance (both state and private), privacy protection and tech in general.
Announcing Jonny Kanagasooriam, Head of Content Strategy for BBC Sounds
Jonny Kanagasooriam is Head of Content Strategy for BBC Sounds. He and his team use data, editorial insight, and market intelligence to set on-demand speech & music commissioning strategies across BBC Radio & Music as well as for audio teams across the BBC (Nations, Regions, News, Children’s & Education, and World Service)
RDE2023 welcomes Head of Innovation at Radio France, Matthieu Beauval
His job is to rhyme innovation and radio, technology and audio creation, podcasts and new formats, AI and intrapreneurship, open innovation and immersive audio
Hear Head of Recruitment Marketing & Employer Brand, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Faustine Ladeiro-Levent speak at RDE2023
Faustine (she/they) is a recruitment marketing and employer branding specialist and an advocate for diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace and beyond. As the Head of Recruitment Marketing & Employer Brand at Diversifying Group, a diversity & inclusion services organisation, she works with media organisations such as Global, Amazon Entertainment, TikTok, NBCUniversal
Markus Knoll, Managing Director and CEO, Funkhaus Ortenau to speak in Prague
Markus Knoll has been Managing Director and CEO at HITRADIO OHR, Offenburg since 2000. He founded Schwarzwaldradio as local radio station in 2008, which he then launched as the first private radio station on DAB+ in Baden-Württemberg. The station then joined the nationwide DAB+ offering in 2016. He has previously worked at
Announcing International Radio Consultant, John Simons
John Simons works as a Consultant for some of the biggest radio companies around the world. He began his career in radio as a presenter over 35 years ago and is now one of the leading experts in regional programming. His huge contribution to the industry was recognised in 2004 when he won the Gold Sony
RDE2023 is delighted to welcome Director of Broadcasting and Content at Global, James Rea
James Rea is Global’s Director of Broadcasting and Content. Promoted to the role in September 2019, James oversees all programming, content and output for Global’s radio brands – Heart, Capital, Capital XTRA, Smooth, Classic FM, LBC, LBC News, Radio X, Gold and Global’s Newsroom – as well as Global Player. James is also on
Announcing BBC News Podcasts’ Senior News Editor, Sam Bonham
Sam is currently the Senior News Editor at BBC News Podcasts, running Newscast, Americast, Ukrainecast and Eurovisioncast. Previously Sam has worked at VICE UK, Dazed, BBC Radio 6 Music, BBC Introducing and Digital Radio UK. Sam has been working with Radiodays Europe for several years, but this is his first year on
