Šimon Holý was born in Prague in 1994. He graduated from the Department of Feature Film Directing at FAMU. His feature debut Mirrors in the Dark premiered in 2021 at Karlovy Vary and travelled around the world. The movie was nominated for two Czech Film Critics Awards including Newcomer of the Year.

Charlotte Pudlowski is Louie Media's President and co-founder. She is one of the podcast pioneers in France, notably with the creation of Transfert, Entre and Ou peut-être une nuit. The latter, a documentary series about intra family sexual violence was listened to by more than one million people and adapted into a

Michal Merenda has been program director of the largest Czech regional Hitradio network since 2021. Originally a journalist, he started his career in radio in 2010. His career experience includes roles such as content manager, editor in chief and proud father. Since 2022 he has been a senior consultant of the radio

2023 is a very significant and busy year for public service broadcaster Czech Radio! May 18th marks 100 years since the start of regular radio broadcasting in the Czech Republic (then Czechoslovakia). The centennial is setting the tone for all of Czech Radio’s events in 2023, including Radiodays Europe, and it is

Daniel Anstandig is a tech futurist, passionate about the convergence between tech and media. He's founder and CEO of Futuri, whose AI-driven audience engagement and sales intelligence technology, like TopicPulse, POST, TopLine, and RadioGPT(tm), is used by thousands of broadcasters and digital publishers worldwide. The company has been named to the Inc.

Sarah Toporoff navigates the shifting relationship between media and technology. In her role at Bababam, she works with newsrooms to drive podcast listens and revenue via publishers' owned audience channels. Sarah previously worked at NETIA and Global Editors Network. She is passionate about trivia, podcasts, and trivia podcasts.

David is the Co-founder and Research Director of South 180, a media management consultancy advising companies and regulators on the future of media, corporate strategy and how to measure the value and impact generated by media outlets beyond traditional metrics. Previously, he was Head of Media Intelligence at the European Broadcasting Union.

Karen has worked with radio and podcast in different media companies for more than 15 years most recently developing podcast formats for the young audience at P3 DR. "

With a career in the radio industry spanning more than 30 years, Raoul Wedel is CEO of Wedel Software, a leading international provider of broadcast software solutions.  In 2021 he launched the Adthos Ad Platform, bringing broadcast-quality AI and synthetic voice technology to the audio advertising industry for the first time. The