MIP LONDON Sets Kids First Summit Lineup

The Kids First Summit, taking place on February 27 as part of MIP LONDON, is set to feature speakers from BBC, France Télévisions and Rai Kids.

Sessions during the summit will focus on new ways to adapt, collaborate and navigate the shifting dynamics within the kids’ industry. To date, over 1,000 delegates have confirmed their attendance at MIP LONDON, including 600 buyers, 150 of whom are directly relevant to the kids’ sector, such as Cartoon Network, De Agostini, ITV, Nickelodeon, NPO, NRK, Super RTL and The Walt Disney Company.

Confirmed speakers at the Kids First Summit include Patricia Hidalgo, director of children’s and education at the BBC; Claire Heinrich, deputy director and head of acquisitions for children’s and youth at France Télévisions; and Luca Milano, executive director of Rai Kids. Additional confirmed contributors will come from next-generation media company Animaj, AAA-gaming specialist The Gang, digital media and creator platform TheSoul Publishing, digital content studio and network Little Dot Studios and insight specialist Ampere Analysis. The Summit is being moderated by Gary Pope, co-founder of Kids Industries. Further speakers will be confirmed prior to the event.

Also, a Kids Networking Lounge will serve as a central meeting point underpinning the two summits and will host speed matchmaking sessions for delegates.

The Kids First Summit will be preceded by the Global Streaming strategies Summit on February 26, in which Evan Shapiro will be in conversation with streaming and digital platforms.

“The feedback to us from the international kids’ content community at MIPJUNIOR in October could not have been clearer,” said Lucy Smith, director of MIP LONDON and MIPCOM CANNES. “To give the kids’ industry the further opportunity to meet face to face again in Europe at the start of the year, to hear from leading players, to showcase emerging innovative financial and distribution models and help fuel the conversations that can see the sector continue to adapt and reinvent collectively.”