How do broadcast, news and online publishers live and work together?

The multiplatform revolution – including second screen offering – and the place of print, are among topics canvassed in the eleventh Australian Broadcasting Summit, in Sydney from February 26-28.

Among emerging technologies changing broadcasting are the concepts of ‘connected’ and ‘social’ TV, and the role of the consumer as the driver of content engagement.

The two-day event includes a stellar cast of speakers from regulatory, broadcast, advertising and technical backgrounds.

Technical speakers include Niall Duffy, chief executive of the UK’s Mediasmiths and Mark Dando, the ABC’s head of online and mobile, plus senior technical officers from the Seven, Nine and Prime networks. Other contributors include Brightcove chief marketing officer Jeff Whatcott and Grass Valley senior vice president and chief marketing officer Graham Sharp, both of which are gold sponsors.

A session exploring broadcasting and internet convergence is addressed by Seven Media group technical services general manager Trevor Bird, while Yahoo!7 chief executive Stuart Sayers discusses multi-screen usage and social TV as “the game changer of the future”, looks at responses to Fango and prospects for gamification in social TV.

Whatcott and Duffy join Foxtel broadcast operations director Adam Scott in a panel discussion on the revolutions in content management and security, monetising broadcasting  and file-based workflows. Later Jack Matthews, chief executive of Fairfax Media’s metro media division examines the convergence of print and broadcast media in 2013.

More information from the website at http://www.acevents.com.au/broadcasting/index.html