Dr. Thorsten Schmiege is President of the Bavarian Regulatory Authority for New Media (BLM) since October 2021. He began his work for BLM in September 2019 as Managing Director. As part of the nationwide working group of the state media authorities, he ist currently Deputy Chairman of the Directors‘ Conference of the State

Stefan Sutor is CEO of Medien.Bayern GmbH, which bundles eight initiatives for a strong media location Bavaria. He is also responsible for the XPLR Media in Bavaria initiative, the Munich Media Days and the Lokalrundfunktage. Prior to this, the graduate historian was responsible for the radio organization at the Bavarian Regulatory Authority

Alexis Karakastanis is Digital Audio Manager at Audiomax in Greece. He also collaborates with BCI Research & Consulting as radio consultant and he is the Country manager for Radioplayer Greece. Alexis owns and runs Press Play, an in-store music service company operating in SE Europe. He is actively involved in radio and audio

Andrea Zuska is SVP Content Strategy at RTL Deutschland GmbH, overseeing audio streaming content at RTL+, the broadcaster’s all-inclusive entertainment app. She drives forward the music content partnership with Deezer as well as the RTL+ audiobook offer, created in partnership with both Penguin Random House and Deezer. Within her role, she oversees

Edita Kudláčová is the Head of Radio at the European Broadcasting Union. She works with EBU members as well as wider radio and podcast industry on advocacy for radio, especially focusing on distribution via connected screens and dashboard. With the relevant international committees and professional groups, she has been developing work around the