from 9.15a.m.

 COFFEE AND CROISSANTS 

9.45a.m.

 OPENING 

Maria Victoria Haas – Host

Ladina Heimgartner – Co-organizer IPMC and deputy Director General SRG SSR

10a.m.

 STATEMENT 
Federal Councillor Simonetta Sommaruga – Head of the Federal Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications DETEC

10.20a.m.

 KEYNOTE «Public service media beyond the digital hype: Are public broadcasters making a difference in 
 European societies?» 

Karen Donders – Head of Media unit, researcher center imec-SMIT, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Language: En

10.50a.m.

 EXECUTIVE PANEL «More challenging then ever, more challenged than ever» 

Karola Wille – Director-General MDR, Germany
Jean-Paul Philippot – Administrator-General RTBF, Belgium
Cilla Benkö – Director-General Sveriges Radio, Sweden
Gilles Marchand – Director-General SRG SSR, Switzerland
Languages: De, Fr, En

12 noon

 KEYNOTE «The Enduring and Unique Value of Public Service Media« 

Noel Curran – Director-General European Broadcasting Union EBU
Language: En

12.20p.m.

 LUNCH 

1.45p.m.

 CASE PRESENTATION FROM DENMARK: «Ramasjang Saves the World»  

Lærke Vindahl – Head of children's content productions DR, Denmark
Language: En

2.10p.m.

 PRESENTATION OF THE SURVEY «Service public. Akzeptanz bei jungen Zielgruppen und 
 Zukunftschancen» 

Ulla Autenrieth – Project manager HTW Chur/University of Basel, Switzerland
Fiona Fehlmann – Scientific Collaborator, HTW Chur, Switzerland
Matthias Künzler – Head of Research, Institute for Multimedia Production, HTW Chur, Switzerland
Language: De

2.30p.m.

 CASE PRESENTATION FROM SCOTLAND: «BBC The Social» 

Kirsty Drain – Senior Content Producer, BBC Scotland, United Kingdom
Language: En

2.55p.m.

 PRESENTATION OF THE SURVEY «Service-public-Medien im digitalen Zeitalter – die Sicht europäischer 
 Regulierungsbehörden» 

Samuel Studer – Media Specialist, Federal Office of Communications, Switzerland
Language: De

3.20p.m.

 CASE PRESENTATION FROM SWITZERLAND: «Info Verso: le média en transparence»  

Christophe Chaudet – Director News and Sports RTS, Switzerland
Language: Fr

3.45p.m.

 CLOSING REMARKS 

Otfried Jarren – President Federal Media Commission FMEC, Switzerland                                             

4.p.m.

 EVENT CLOSE