{"id":11132,"date":"2021-07-06T11:59:05","date_gmt":"2021-07-06T15:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/rts-cambridge-convention-speakers-unveiled\/"},"modified":"2021-07-06T12:12:25","modified_gmt":"2021-07-06T16:12:25","slug":"rts-cambridge-convention-speakers-unveiled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2021\/07\/06\/rts-cambridge-convention-speakers-unveiled\/","title":{"rendered":"RTS Cambridge Convention Speakers Unveiled"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Royal Television Society (RTS) has announced that its biennial Cambridge Convention will go ahead in person for 2021, as well as the event&#8217;s first confirmed speakers.<\/p>\n<p>Dana Strong, Sky\u2019s group CEO, is set as the first international keynote for the conference. The initial lineup of industry leaders also confirmed to speak at the conference includes Tim Davie, director-general of the BBC; Alex Mahon, CEO at Channel 4; Carolyn McCall, CEO of ITV; Richard Sharp, chair of the BBC; and Mark Thompson, chairman of Ancestry.com and former president and CEO of The New York Times Company. Further high-profile speakers will be announced in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p>The 2021 event, titled Broadcast Britain: Reshaping Britishness on the Global Stage, will take place September 15 and 16 at King\u2019s College in Cambridge. The principal sponsor for the RTS Cambridge Convention 2021 is YouTube.<\/p>\n<p>Theresa Wise, CEO at the Royal Television Society, said: \u201cAfter such a challenging and distanced 18 months for the industry, we are thrilled to be bringing everyone together in Cambridge to hear from leading global executives on the future of British broadcasting. We are delighted to have Ben McOwen Wilson and YouTube on board as Chair of the Convention and Principal Sponsor for this year\u2019s Convention and are working hard to ensure we have the measures in place to welcome the industry safely in September.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ben McOwen Wilson, managing director YouTube for the U.K. and Ireland and convention chair, added: \u201cAfter a challenging period for the industry, the nation and our viewers\u2014we are looking forward to welcoming RTS members back to Cambridge. With the help of a fantastic Advisory Committee, I believe we have pulled together a thought-provoking agenda with an outstanding speaker lineup from across the U.K. and international markets. In 2021, British broadcasting faces a unique array of local challenges, on top of the waves of change that are reshaping television globally. I hope that the convention will help us to challenge ourselves on how we inspire and expand to build a thriving broadcast sector that better celebrates and represents voices from every corner of today\u2019s diverse modern Britain and is prepared for the decade ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Royal Television Society (RTS) has announced that its biennial Cambridge Convention will go ahead in person for 2021, as well as the event&#8217;s first confirmed speakers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1033,"featured_media":11133,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[240],"class_list":["post-11132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-royal-television-society"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>RTS Cambridge Convention Speakers Unveiled - TVEUROPE<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2021\/07\/06\/rts-cambridge-convention-speakers-unveiled\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"RTS Cambridge Convention Speakers Unveiled - TVEUROPE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Royal Television Society (RTS) has announced that its biennial Cambridge Convention will go ahead in person for 2021, as well as the event&#039;s first confirmed speakers.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2021\/07\/06\/rts-cambridge-convention-speakers-unveiled\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVEUROPE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-07-06T15:59:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-07-06T16:12:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2017\/07\/Strong-Dana-Sky-721.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"410\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Chelsea Regan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Chelsea Regan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2021\/07\/06\/rts-cambridge-convention-speakers-unveiled\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2021\/07\/06\/rts-cambridge-convention-speakers-unveiled\/\",\"name\":\"RTS Cambridge Convention Speakers Unveiled - TVEUROPE\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2021-07-06T15:59:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-07-06T16:12:25+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/#\/schema\/person\/2a2c6d8fb3c7c8b4220b8877ecffb79a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2021\/07\/06\/rts-cambridge-convention-speakers-unveiled\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2021\/07\/06\/rts-cambridge-convention-speakers-unveiled\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2021\/07\/06\/rts-cambridge-convention-speakers-unveiled\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"RTS Cambridge Convention Speakers Unveiled\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/\",\"name\":\"TVEUROPE\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/#\/schema\/person\/2a2c6d8fb3c7c8b4220b8877ecffb79a\",\"name\":\"Chelsea Regan\",\"description\":\"Chelsea Regan is the managing editor of World Screen. 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