Speakers

Vitaly Stytsko,
Director, Digital TV and new technologies in mass-communications department, Ministry for Communications and Informatization of the Russian Federation

Kalyu Kukk,
Head of research, MNITI

Yuri Pripachkin,
President, AKTR

Mikhail Ilyichev,
General Director, Rutube

Stuart Collingwood,
VP, EMEA, Sling Media

Mr. Collingwood joined Sling Media in June, 2006 and has responsibility for all of the company’s EMEA operations including partnerships, country and territory expansion and strategic planning. For the three years prior to joining Sling Media, Mr. Collingwood advised pay TV providers, digital media companies and technology start-ups on the launch of new digital platforms and technology. He also served as Vice President EMEA for Liberate and spent eight years at Fujitsu-ICL. Mr. Collingwood is based in London.

Nikolay Antonov,
Account manager, Google

Rauf Atamalibekov,
General Director and Producer, United Multimedia Projects, Member of the Sound directors Guild, Motion Picture Arts  Union, Academy of Motion Picture Arts  “Nika”

David Shostak,
Managing Director, Gameland

Andrey Chernikov,
CEO, Dominanta, Vimpelcom Group

Simon Spanswick,
Chief Executive, Association for International Broadcasters

Simon Spanswick is a founder director of the Association for International Broadcasting, the industry association for cross-border electronic media — TV, radio, online and mobile. His career spans both public and commercial sectors and for many years he has been closely involved in digital broadcasting.

Simon joined the BBC in 1986, having contributed as a freelance journalist to World Service English output since 1981. He spent time with BBC Monitoring and then moved to Corporate Affairs, working across the domestic radio and television services. In 1991, he joined BBC World Service.

In World Service, Simon was part of the specialist team that formed part of the UK delegation to WARC 92, safeguarding the BBC's interests in terms of short wave and satellite broadcasting frequencies. In 1993, Simon moved to World Service Corporate Affairs, working on press and public relations initiatives, while at the same time continuing to present the World Service English media programme, Waveguide. He was the Project Manager for the Digital Radio Worldwide consortium that brought together international broadcasters with an interest in satellite-delivered digital radio services.

In 1996, Simon left the BBC to join World Radio Network as Director of Corporate Affairs. He worked on a variety of projects to raise awareness of WRN in the global broadcasting industry, and secured funding from the European Commission to launch pan-European radio services. He also led the project, part funded by Britain's Department of Trade and Industry, to develop the world's first portable DAB receiver.

Simon has managed the establishment and launch of major DAB Digital Radio services in the UK and has worked as a consultant to Digital One, the UK's national DAB multiplex operator.

As Chief Executive of the AIB, Simon leads the organisation’s work on a day to day basis. The AIB is an international network organisation of over 25,000 communicators and media professionals. It focuses on organisations sharing information across borders. The AIB is active in researching trends and opportunities and publishes its findings in regular electronic briefings to members and a quarterly journal — The Channel.

The AIB also celebrates excellence, organising annual awards - the AIBs, now in their sixth year - to recognise excellence in this specialised sector of the industry.

Simon is a regular speaker at industry and consumer conferences about varied aspects of broadcasting and contributes to trade publications about international and digital broadcasting. Simon is married and has an fourteen-year old son, and lives in rural Kent. When not behind his desk or flying to an AIB event around the world, he relaxes in his elderly Land Rover, trying out new off-road trails and exploring the countryside.

Rustem Sultanov,
Partner, Strategist, Head of iMusic TV GmbH Russia

Prof. Dr. Claus Sattler,
Executive Director, Broadcast Mobile Convergence Forum

Prof. Dr. Claus Sattler studied Computer Sciences. He worked 17 years in a scientific institute developing OSI network software. From 1991–2003 he was with Eutelis Consult GmbH in Ratingen, a consultancy for telecommunications and value-added services, during the last years as a managing director. From May 2003 until September 2004 he worked as the Broadcast Mobile Convergence project manager in Berlin, managing the first worldwide DVB-H pilot over a public broadcast network. Since 2005 he has worked as the Executive Director of the bmcoforum, an international industrial relations activity to accompany and support the development of an open market environment for media delivery to mobile devices.

Ilya Ponomarev,
MP, Head of subcommittee on technology development, member of Committee on information policy, IT and communications, State Duma

Gerasim Gadiyan,
General Director, ERA, HD Media

William Saryan,
Dr. of Technology, Deputy Chief Engineer, NIIR

Konstantin Bistrushkin,
Deputy Director, MNITI

Stan Baayens,
Managing Director, Funke Digital TV

Stan Baaijens is the CEO and owner of Funke Digital TV.

Stan Baaijens has set up several commercial and technical innovation projects in Europe, among others in the Middle East and Africa. He has a degree in Economics.

Today Stan Baaijens is already active in the Funke company over 30 years. After having passed all the departments within Funke, he officially has taken over the company in 1992 from his father. Funke Digital TV exists since 1957.

After the big boom in satellite TV 10 years ago, Funke has developed a new vision for digital TV reception. Today Funke is aiming their activities at DVB-T to realise digital TV any time in any place.

Besides his interest in antenna-innovation Stan is also very active as a member of the board of supervisors of the Cooperative Rabobank in Holland.

As president of the Rotary Club Boxtel-Oirschot-Haaren Stan spends his free time to support those who need it most.

Mr. Baaijens is also interested in languages and speaks several.

Together with his wife Tonny, and two sons Emilio (17) and Lorenzo (15), he prefers to visit the cultural highlights of several capitals in the world. Stan and his family visits these capitals by plane because the aeronautics are a big hobby for him.

Vladimir Serak,
Director of TV Centre, Iskratelecom

Dmitry Kolesov,
Head of specialized channels department, TNS Russia

Sergey Mitin,
the head of video division, Central Telegraph Office

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