Lord Puttnam to Speak at IBC2016

LONDON: Lord David Puttnam, an Oscar-winning producer, educationalist and politician, has been lined up to deliver a keynote address on September 11 during this year’s IBC Conference.

In his speech, Puttnam will discuss such topics as the growth of Facebook and YouTube; the impact of technology on creativity; the likely effects of the U.K.’s EU referendum vote on the creative sector; and the media’s role and responsibility in trying to reverse the loss of public trust.

Puttnam currently serves as chair of Atticus Education. He spent three decades as an independent producer of such award-winning movies as The Mission, The Killing Fields and Local Hero, to name a few. From 1994 to 2004 he was the VP and chair of trustees at BAFTA and secured a BAFTA fellowship in 2006.

Puttnam retired from film production in 1998 to concentrate on his work in public policy for education, the environment and the creative and communications industries. He has also served as deputy chairman of Channel 4 Television; chair of The Sage Gateshead; founding chair of the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA) and, for a decade, chair of both the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television and the National Film and Television School.