EURALVA - The European Alliance of Listeners' and Viewers' Associations
Activities
Date: Monday, 10th November 2008
Title: Building Circles of Trust - the Future Relations between Citizens and Public Service Broadcasters in Europe - programme
12th International Conference
Venue: IESE - Instituto de Estudios Superiores de la Empresa, Madrid, Spain
Date: 8th & 9th October 2007
VLV's 11th International Conference
Venue: Co-op House, Copenhagen, Denmark
Address given by Professor Vincent Porter
Previous Meetings and Conferences
Date: 11th February 2005
VLV's 10th International Conference
Venue: The Royal Society, London SW1
Keynote speakers included:
Ken Clark, CEO, Fiji Broadcasting Corporation; Karol Jakubowicz, Vice-Chairman, Steering Committee on the Mass Media, Council of Europe and Expert, National Broadcasting Council of Poland; Richard Sambrook, Director, BBC World Service and Global News; Adam Singer, Content Board Member, UK Office of Communications & former Group CEO, Telewest, & CEO, Flextech, and Verena Wiedemann, Head of European Affairs, ARD, Germany.
The Copenhagen Conference started with a visit to the Danish Broadcasting, DR, at its new headquarter near Copenhagen City. Among the participants are here from the left, Nuno de Campos, Portugal, Manfred Kops, Germany, in the background Lars Peter Melchiorsen, Denmark, and to the right Ian Morrison, Canada.
Information about the Public Service Broadcasting in the UK was given by the chairman of VLV, Jocelyn Hay.
The conference coordinator: Preben Sørensen, Denmark, General Secretary, EURALVA.
Another very active participant at the Copenhagen Conference: Andrew Taussig, UK
Participants at the international EURALVA Conference in Copenhagen in October 2007
The President of EURALVA, professor Vincent Porter, U.K., in his speech in October 2007, when the participants in the international conference visited the Danish National Public Service Station, DR.
Participants at the EURALVA Conference in Copenhagen who came from East and Central Europe.
Date: 26th - 27th April 2004
EURALVA Annual Meeting and Conference on Broadcasting and Civil Society In The Digital Age
Venue: The Royal Society, Carlton House Terrace, London SW1.
EURALVA held its 7th annual meeting in London on 27 April, 2004, prior to VLV's 9th International Conference.
VLV's 9th International Conference examined the implications for civil society of the increasingly rapid convergence of communications technology, the proliferation of new services and the opportunities for controlling access which digital technology makes possible.....
Date: 24th - 26th April 2002
'VLV's 8th International Conference: Terrorism, Trade and Truth - the role and responsibilities of the broadcasters in times of rapid political, economic and technological change'.
Held at the Royal Society of Arts, Strand, London WC2.
Date: 6- 8 June 2001
VLV 7th International Conference
At the Royal Society of Arts, London WC2
Public Service Broadcasting & Citizens in the Global Information Society
Key issues discussed included
- the role and funding of public service broadcasting in the digital environment
- the new round of WTO negotiations\European audio visual policy initiatives
- the funding and production of indigenous children's programmes
- media literacy and lifelong learning