What is going on inside younger people’s minds? What motivates them the most and draws their attention? These are questions that this session intended to answer. Joeri Van den Bergh, a Future Consumer Expert from Belgium, along with other speakers, gave a deep insight into the mental-based needs of the younger generations

When the haters strike, content creators often face an uncontrollable storm of hate speech. Maria Amanatidou, with 25 years of experience in the radio field, opened up about her experience and empowered attendants from all around the world.  “Authenticity is your superpower”- Maria Amanatidou Strong audiences are built around honesty and vulnerability. When journalists

Kids make up 27% of the world’s population. To what extent do companies recognize their power as a potential target audience? Henriette Høj Gharib in her speech for the “Audiobooks Summit III: Why kids are an important audience?” shed light on this exact question. Henriette herself has set up several platforms and apps

Mike Russell (Founder, CREATOR MAGIC) appeared on the stage with one message: 2025 is the year of AI agents. If you're in radio, podcasting, a top notch youtuber or a content creator of any kind and you're not using AI, you’re already falling behind. Russell with over 25 years in the industry, is

“Most of the time, when people don’t like the audiobook, then they don’t like the voice” Ruth De Jager, Vice President Content Development at Storytel, stated. Maybe that’s why Storytel published its first fully AI-produced audiobook using voice switcher technology as well? Voice switcher is a functionality which allows listeners to change between

Sofia Tawast, opened with a simple question: what is disability? The audience was puzzled by this, because some of them have never thought about it. Around 16% of the world’s population is disabled and is still treated as an exception. The word disability is still considered a taboo itself.  With this summit, the

AI isn’t coming—it’s already here. It’s embedded in Public Service Media (PSM), but using it effectively? Now, that’s a challenge. At AI Summit II: Building Your AI Strategy, MADIANA ASSERAF (Head of Corporate Development & Strategic Initiatives, EBU) and JUSTIN KINGS (Head of EBU Academy, EBU) laid out the roadmap and a

During “Podcast Summit II: Why Have All the Best Podcasters Become Video Producers?”, the Podcast Panel discussed how there is a fine line between incorporating video in podcasts organically and choosing the video format for the sake of trends. In this day and age, when three out of five people prefer video to

“The vibes are good” at BBC Radio 2! Helen Thomas, Head of BBC Radio 2, the radio station that nearly a quarter of the UK’s population listens to every day, shared her experience on how to run a radio station in an ever-changing world in front of a hall full of people.

Host, Sam Bonham, began this summit by highlighting that talent hunting and inviting high profile attendees at a podcast is of utmost importance. But, just a big television or radio name won’t survive the competition wars at the podcast market. “A podcast sucks when it is only being made because they are a