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Announcing the Opening Singer for Radiodays Europe 2023 – Tea Sofia!
Emerging Czech Singer and Songwriter to light up the stage in the opening session. Tea Sofia is an emerging Czech singer and songwriter who stirred

RDE Youth Summit welcomes Radio Host Šimon Holý
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

RDE welcomes Louie Media President and co-founder Charlotte Pudlowski
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

Hitradio Program Director Michal Merenda joins the speaker line-up
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

Host partner Czech Radio celebrates its centennial!
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

Announcing Futuri Founder and CEO, Daniel Anstandig
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

Sarah Toporoff of Bababam joins Radiodays in Prague
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

David Fernández Quijada, Research Director, South 180, joins the speaker line-up
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

Announcing Karen Albertsen, Development producer P3 DR
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

Raoul Wedel, CEO of Wedel Software, to speak at RDE2023
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

RDE2023 welcomes Matt Deegan, co-founder of Folder Media, to Prague
Matt started his career at the Radio Academy, before bidding for FM and digital licences for GWR and GCap (now Global) including leading strategic projects

RDE2023 welcomes Ben Schuman-Stoler, Director of Content Development at Blinkist
Ben Schuman-Stoler is Director of Content Development at Blinkist and co-host of the author-interview show Simplify.

Announcing Andrew Davies, Digital and Audio Content Development, ABC RN and Audio Studios
Andrew Davies leads one of the ABC’s digital teams. ABC RN is the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s specialist talks and features network. Audio Studios is the

Head of News and Factual Podcasts at Global, Vicky Etchells, to join RDE in Prague
Vicky is Head of News and Factual Podcasts at Global, the Media & Entertainment group. She oversees the UK’s most successful daily news podcast, The News

RDE welcomes Danish Broadcasting Corporation audience researcher Malene Kaasgaard Christiansen
Malene Kaasgaard Christiansen has worked as an audience researcher with the Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR) since the summer of 2022. Her academic background includes a

Ondřej Cikán, Program Director of FAJN and ROCK radio, Media Bohemia, joins the speaker line-up
Ondřej Cikán is a moderator with many years of experience. For the last years he has been working as a program director of young czech

Announcing Martin Hroch, General Manager, Radio United Broadcasting
Martin began his career in the radio industry 30 years ago at what was back then Prague’s radio station Kiss 98. His responsibilities as a

Media Consultant Nessa McGann to join RDE in Prague
Nessa McGann is an independent media consultant with over 25 years’ experience in radio programming and management. A member of the Programming committee for Radiodays

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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,

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

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