I Love Radio

Aled Haydn Jones, Head of Programmes for BBC Radio 1 in the UK, speaks to the Radiodays Europe audience about how they have developed their breakfast show.

Charlotte Hager (Founder and Director at Comrecon Brand Navigation in Austria and Mark Barber MBE (Planning Director at the Radiocentre in the UK) spoke about radio and audio in the future, with a particular focus on monetisation.

(Or how to stop brainstorming)! Wade Kingsley (Founder, the Ideas Business, Australia) has done some brainstorming research and proven that brainstorming is one of the least effective ways to create ideas. If you have ever been stuck in a boring brainstorm then you would probably agree. Yet most people conduct brainstorms because they don't know any other way. In this interactive session, Wade will demonstrate proven idea generation techniques that you can take back to your station and implement straight away - for any format. And to prove the techniques work, you will leave with a brand new idea.

With Dave Coplin (Founder & CEO, The Envisioners, UK) The rapid growth of internet-connected devices has brought huge advantages, however the same technology has also disconnected us. We are drowning in a digital deluge, where intelligent agents bring an overwhelming wealth of information to an endless sea of devices, which all vie for our attention to the point where they are beginning to remove us from the real world. Business leaders, meanwhile, worry that they might miss the next big technology trend and fail to realise

With Paula Szuchman and Emily Botein. Paula (Vice President of On Demand Content, WNYC Studios, USA) and Emily (Vice President of On Demand Content, WNYC Studios, USA) dive into their pioneering engagement strategies. WNYC podcasts like Death, Sex & Money and Nancy have built loyal audiences not just with great stories and conversations that speak to their listeners, but from great stories and conversations that allow their listeners to speak to each other.

With Rasmus Kidde (Audience Researcher, DR, Denmark). Our younger audience are adopting new media habits – moving away from traditional broadcast and towards social. This session will give you an updated view of this development and show you how you can optimize the lessons learned in research into your organization.