Every two years, the EBU Technical Assembly elects a new team to drive the broadcasting technology and innovation agenda forward. The new EBU Technical Committee will continue to be chaired by NPO’s Egon Verharen who was re-elected for a second term this year.
Egon is responsible for research and development at the public broadcaster, NPO, in The Netherlands and brings with him valuable experience in innovation as well as his familiarity with running the EBU Technical Committee. The new vice-chairs of the EBU Technical Committee will be Klaus Illgner-Fehns, Managing Director of IRT and Gino Alberico, Head of Study & Research of RAI.
This leadership is joined by nine other committee members, including:
- Kazimir Bacic (HRT, Croatia)
- Per Bjorkman (SVT, Sweden)
- Galina Fedorova (RTR, Russia)
- Grigoris Maliotis (CyBC, Cyprus)
- Michel Nugent (ERT, Greece)
- Judy Parnall (BBC, UK)
- Thomas Saner (SRG SSR, Switzerland)
- Olli Sipila (YLE, Finland)
- Bruno Tezenas du Montcel (GRF/FFM, France)
- Richard, Waghorn (RTE, Ireland)
The tasks of the Technical Committee will include bringing together the next EBU Technology & Innovation Workplan 2017-2019 as well as ensuring that EBU Members are well prepared for future broadcasting technology developments.
Simon Fell, EBU Director of Technology & Innovation and Secretary of the Technical Committee, stated: “A warm welcome to the new team! We are pleased to have such talented and committed Members in place to help represent the work of technology and innovation in the EBU and at Members for the years to come.”