ipprThe Institute for Public Policy Research (ippr) is the UK’s leading progressive thinktank, producing cutting-edge research and innovative policy ideas for a just, democratic and sustainable world. For over 21 years, ippr has helped shape the progressive thinking that is now the political centre ground. Independent and radical, we are committed to combating inequality, empowering citizens, promoting social responsibility, creating a sustainable economy and revitalising democracy. Best known for our influential work in Whitehall and Westminster, we now work in more than 25 countries around the world. Ippr’s media programme reflects the need for a reassessment of the justifications of interventions in media markets, and the search for innovative new ways of interpreting the public interest in media and communications policy. It accepts that there is an increased role for the market where there is increased consumer choice, but argues that there remains a proactive role for policy in furthering progressive goals in media policy.

For further information please visit ippr.org

MediaGuardianMediaGuardian is published free with the Guardian every Monday. It is the UK’s leading newspaper media section, offering authoritative news, opinion-forming comment and the latest gossip on the media industry, as well as dominating the jobs market in this sector. Alongside this, MediaGuardian.co.uk has taken the brand and transformed it into an industry-leading website, with more than 700,000 users. The site offers breaking news, as well as in-depth analysis of all media sectors. In an industry that thrives on insider knowledge, MediaGuardian has long been the must-read newspaper supplement for all those involved in the sector, a service which is now offered minute by minute via its website as well as week by week.

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OrganisersOxford Media Convention 2010

For further information on partnership opportunities contact Dan Collins on 020-3353 2717 or email dan.collins@guardian.co.uk

About the Oxford Media ConventionThis one-day conference, organised by ippr in partnership with MediaGuardian, returns for its eighth year. The Oxford Media Convention 2010 will focus on the realities of a converged media world as senior government and industry figures come together to discuss current and forthcoming challenges and opportunities around media policy, strategy and regulation.

Seen by many as the industry defining event, the Oxford Media Convention provides an important opportunity for senior figures from new and traditional media, academia and regulatory bodies to think creatively about the regulatory framework we want to see develop to guarantee the success of our creative and media industries.

Who should attend?• Corporate affairs executives and strategists who want to gain an early insight into the future

policy direction of media regulation and understand the long-term impact on their business.• Solution, technology and content providers who want to understand the economic and practical

challenges emerging from convergence, and how policy may respond.

What can you expect?• Policy-focused debate on the regulatory implications of the changing media world.• Long-term thinking and solutions to address the challenges facing our changing media and

communications market.• Insight from the elite of the UK government and regulators and the leading lights from the domestic and global media industries. • Networking opportunities and your chance to meet the people making the headlines.

Register now at guardian.co.uk/oxfordmediaconvention

Thursday 21 January 2010 Saïd Business School, University of Oxford

Organised by ippr in partnership with MediaGuardian

Speakers include:

Richard Allan, director of public policy, Facebook

Neil Berkett, chief executive officer, Virgin Media

Dame Patricia Hodgson, trustee, BBC Trust

Jeremy Hunt MP, shadow secretary of state for Culture, Media and Sport

Luke Johnson, chairman, Channel 4

Alan Rusbridger, editor-in-chief, the Guardian

Oxford MediaConvention 2010In the public interest? Plotting the future of Britain’s creative industries

guardian.co.uk/oxfordmediaconvention

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PROGRAMME

08:45 Registration and coffee09:30 Introduction and welcome Lisa Harker, co-director, ippr

09:40 Opening keynote Media in the third dimension Andy Duncan, former chief executive, Channel 4

10:15 Coffee

10:45 MORnIng paRallel panels Delegates have a choice of panel sessions 1, 2 or 3

11:55 Keynote speech Britain’s creative industries: what future?

To be confirmed

12:30 lunch

13:40 aFteRnOOn paRallel panels Delegates have a choice of panel sessions 4, 5 or 6

14:50 Coffee

15:20 panel: Citizens, ethics and the media in a global age Citizens have never been more powerful or politicised in this

media age. Yet at a time when individuals can showcase their talents on a global TV stage or find their story instantly beamed around the world, new questions arise about how equipped we are to withstand the pressure of overnight global exposure. Where is the line between media empowerment, exposure and exploitation? Do citizens need new forms of protection or are they still the masters of the media? What does it mean to have a private life in this day and age?

Chair: David Levy, director, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism

Speakers include: Matt Brittin, managing director, Google UK Oona King, head of diversity, Channel 4 David Yelland, partner, Brunswick Group

16:25 Closing keynote Britain’s creative industries: the Conservative’s perspective Jeremy Hunt MP, shadow secretary of state for Culture, Media and Sport

17:00 Close followed by drinks reception

Register now at guardian.co.uk/oxfordmediaconvention

BOOKING FORM Register now at guardian.co.uk/oxfordmediaconvention

Terms and conditions: This booking form constitutes a legally binding agreement. Payment must be received in full before the event. We are not responsible for the non-arrival of confirmation documents. If, by seven days prior to the conference, you have not heard from us, contact us using the phone number on the programme. Cancellations made in writing before Friday 18 December 2009 will be subject to an administration fee, amounting to 35% of the liable fee. All cancellations made after this date will be liable for the full delegate fee. Although substitutions will be accepted if notified in writing prior to the event, non-arrivals will be liable for the full fee.

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parallel panel sessions (please select one morning panel and one afternoon panel to attend)

Morning panel 1: Local media: what will it look like in 10 years time? Afternoon panel 4: In the public’s interest: what should taxpayers subsidise?

Morning panel 2: Our digital future: can Britain’s digital infrastructure compete? Afternoon panel 5: Is social media changing the way we live?

Morning panel 3: What principles should govern our use of data in the media? Afternoon panel 6: Is the BBC Trust fit for purpose?

How to pay: (Please note that payment needs to be received prior to the conference)

Media and commercial companies £436 + 15%Vat (£501.40 inc) £545 + 15%Vat (£626.75 inc)

government departments and agencies, local authorities £276 + 15%Vat (£317.40 inc) £345 + 15%Vat (£396.75 inc)

ngOs, charities, academic institutions and trade unions £196 + 15%Vat (£225.40 inc) £245 + 15%Vat (£281.75 inc)

Cheque I enclose a cheque for £......................................................... payable to Institute for public policy Research(Vat number: 629 5819 00) (Please write your name and address on the back of the cheque)

Please note that VAT rates will rise to 17.5% on 1 January 2010.

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MORNING PARALLEL PANELS

paRallel panel 1 local media: what will it look like in 10 year’s time?Chair: David Levy, director, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism

Speakers include: Sly Bailey, chief executive, Trinity Mirror Helen Boaden, director, BBC News Stewart Purvis, content and standards partner, Ofcom Alan Rusbridger, editor-in-chief, the Guardian Rick Waghorn, founder, MyFootballWriter, Addiply

Where will people get their local news from in future? Is local media too important to fail or should the market decide? Will the BBC’s Out of London strategy and Channel 4’s investment in the regions help to sustain a creative bedrock to support the provision of local content for local media? Should public funding be used to support local media or are other funding models necessary?

paRallel panel 2 Our digital future: can Britain’s digital infrastructure compete? Chair: Damian Tambini, senior lecturer, department of media and communications, London School of Economics

Speakers include: Anna Bradley, chairman, Ofcom Consumer Panel John Cass, director, Creative Industries KTN Jock Given, author, Turning off the TV: Broadcasting’s Uncertain Future Ilse Howling, managing director, Freeview Kip Meek, chairman, Broadband Stakeholder Group

Governments around the world are increasingly recognising the importance of investing in digital infrastructure. The UK government’s universal service commitment will ensure that all households have access to a 2Mbps connection by 2012. Will Britain’s digital infrastructure compete globally? And will this bring an end to the UK digital divide?

paRallel panel 3 What principles should govern our use of data in the media?Chair: Charlie Beckett, director, Polis, London School of Economics

Speakers include: Richard Allan, director of public policy, Facebook Neil Berkett, chief executive officer, Virgin Media Matt Brittin, managing director, Google UK Joe Turow PhD, Robert Lewis Shayon professor of communication, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania

In the digital age, we are facing new choices over the way data about citizens is handled and protected. For some, targeted advertising offers the chance to save the ad-supported content model, for others it is a fundamental and unacceptable abuse of privacy laws. Is there a middle ground? What principles should govern such decisions?

AFTERNOON PARALLEL PANELS

paRallel panel 4 In the public’s interest: what should taxpayers subsidise? Chair: John Makinson, chief executive, Penguin Group

Speakers include: Lord Puttnam Caroline Thomson, chief operating officer, BBC David Wheeldon, director of policy and public affairs, BSkyB

Debate is still raging on the best way to fund Britain’s public service content. At the same time the government is considering other spending priorities such as whether to introduce tax relief to promote the sustainable production of “culturally British” videogames. In an economic downturn where should taxpayers’ money be directed to secure the public’s best interests?

paRallel panel 5 Is social media changing the way we live?Chair: Bill Thompson, journalist and commentator

Speakers include: Julian March, executive producer, online, Sky News Kerry McCarthy MP, new media campaigns spokesperson Tom Watson MP, former minister for digital engagement

So media has changed the way people discover and share news and information. But is it changing the way we live?

paRallel panel 6 Is the BBC trust fit for purpose? Chair: Emily Bell, director of digital content, Guardian News & Media

Speakers include: Dame Patricia Hodgson, trustee, BBC Trust Luke Johnson, chairman, Channel 4

The BBC Trust is the chief guardian of public service broadcasting, but is it the right form of governance?

EARLY BIRD RATE STANDARD RATE

PROGRAMME

08:45 Registration and coffee09:30 Introduction and welcome Lisa Harker, co-director, ippr

09:40 Opening keynote Media in the third dimension Andy Duncan, former chief executive, Channel 4

10:15 Coffee

10:45 MORnIng paRallel panels Delegates have a choice of panel sessions 1, 2 or 3

11:55 Keynote speech Britain’s creative industries: what future?

To be confirmed

12:30 lunch

13:40 aFteRnOOn paRallel panels Delegates have a choice of panel sessions 4, 5 or 6

14:50 Coffee

15:20 panel: Citizens, ethics and the media in a global age Citizens have never been more powerful or politicised in this

media age. Yet at a time when individuals can showcase their talents on a global TV stage or find their story instantly beamed around the world, new questions arise about how equipped we are to withstand the pressure of overnight global exposure. Where is the line between media empowerment, exposure and exploitation? Do citizens need new forms of protection or are they still the masters of the media? What does it mean to have a private life in this day and age?

Chair: David Levy, director, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism

Speakers include: Matt Brittin, managing director, Google UK Blake Chandlee, director, EMEA, Facebook Oona King, head of diversity, Channel 4 David Yelland, partner, Brunswick Group

16:25 Closing keynote Britain’s creative industries: the Conservative’s perspective Jeremy Hunt MP, shadow secretary of state for Culture, Media and Sport

17:00 Close followed by drinks reception

Register now at guardian.co.uk/oxfordmediaconvention

BOOKING FORM Register now at guardian.co.uk/oxfordmediaconvention

Terms and conditions: This booking form constitutes a legally binding agreement. Payment must be received in full before the event. We are not responsible for the non-arrival of confirmation documents. If, by seven days prior to the conference, you have not heard from us, contact us using the phone number on the programme. Cancellations made in writing before Friday 18 December 2009 will be subject to an administration fee, amounting to 35% of the liable fee. All cancellations made after this date will be liable for the full delegate fee. Although substitutions will be accepted if notified in writing prior to the event, non-arrivals will be liable for the full fee.

Data protection: The personal information you provide will be held on a database by ippr and MediaGuardian. We would like to keep you up to date with other products and services provided by ippr and MediaGuardian. Please tick here if you would prefer not to receive this information. Please tick here if you would prefer not to receive information by post from our supporting partners. Please tick here if you would like to receive information by email and/or telephone from our supporting partners.

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Signature .................................................................................................................................................................................... Date ....................................................

parallel panel sessions (please select one morning panel and one afternoon panel to attend)

Morning panel 1: Local media: what will it look like in 10 years time? Afternoon panel 4: In the public’s interest: what should taxpayers subsidise?

Morning panel 2: Our digital future: can Britain’s digital infrastructure compete? Afternoon panel 5: Is social media changing the way we live?

Morning panel 3: What principles should govern our use of data in the media? Afternoon panel 6: Is the BBC Trust fit for purpose?

How to pay: (Please note that payment needs to be received prior to the conference)

Media and commercial companies £436 + 15%Vat (£501.40 inc) £545 + 15%Vat (£626.75 inc)

government departments and agencies, local authorities £276 + 15%Vat (£317.40 inc) £345 + 15%Vat (£396.75 inc)

ngOs, charities, academic institutions and trade unions £196 + 15%Vat (£225.40 inc) £245 + 15%Vat (£281.75 inc)

Cheque I enclose a cheque for £......................................................... payable to Institute for public policy Research(Vat number: 629 5819 00) (Please write your name and address on the back of the cheque)

Please note that VAT rates will rise to 17.5% on 1 January 2010.

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MORNING PARALLEL PANELS

paRallel panel 1 local media: what will it look like in 10 year’s time?Chair: David Levy, director, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism

Speakers include: Sly Bailey, chief executive, Trinity Mirror Helen Boaden, director, BBC News Stewart Purvis, content and standards partner, Ofcom Alan Rusbridger, editor-in-chief, the Guardian Rick Waghorn, founder, MyFootballWriter, Addiply

Where will people get their local news from in future? Is local media too important to fail or should the market decide? Will the BBC’s Out of London strategy and Channel 4’s investment in the regions help to sustain a creative bedrock to support the provision of local content for local media? Should public funding be used to support local media or are other funding models necessary?

paRallel panel 2 Our digital future: can Britain’s digital infrastructure compete? Chair: Damian Tambini, senior lecturer, department of media and communications, London School of Economics

Speakers include: Anna Bradley, chairman, Ofcom Consumer Panel John Cass, director, Creative Industries KTN Jock Given, author, Turning off the TV: Broadcasting’s Uncertain Future Ilse Howling, managing director, Freeview Kip Meek, chairman, Broadband Stakeholder Group

Governments around the world are increasingly recognising the importance of investing in digital infrastructure. The UK government’s universal service commitment will ensure that all households have access to a 2Mbps connection by 2012. Will Britain’s digital infrastructure compete globally? And will this bring an end to the UK digital divide?

paRallel panel 3 What principles should govern our use of data in the media?Chair: Charlie Beckett, director, Polis, London School of Economics

Speakers include: Richard Allan, director of public policy, Facebook Neil Berkett, chief executive officer, Virgin Media Matt Brittin, managing director, Google UK Joe Turow PhD, Robert Lewis Shayon professor of communication, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania

In the digital age, we are facing new choices over the way data about citizens is handled and protected. For some, targeted advertising offers the chance to save the ad-supported content model, for others it is a fundamental and unacceptable abuse of privacy laws. Is there a middle ground? What principles should govern such decisions?

AFTERNOON PARALLEL PANELS

paRallel panel 4 In the public’s interest: what should taxpayers subsidise? Chair: John Makinson, chief executive, Penguin Group

Speakers include: Lord Puttnam Caroline Thomson, chief operating officer, BBC David Wheeldon, director of policy and public affairs, BSkyB

Debate is still raging on the best way to fund Britain’s public service content. At the same time the government is considering other spending priorities such as whether to introduce tax relief to promote the sustainable production of “culturally British” videogames. In an economic downturn where should taxpayers’ money be directed to secure the public’s best interests?

paRallel panel 5 Is social media changing the way we live?Chair: Bill Thompson, journalist and commentator

Speakers include: Julian March, executive producer, online, Sky News Kerry McCarthy MP, new media campaigns spokesperson Tom Watson MP, former minister for digital engagement

So media has changed the way people discover and share news and information. But is it changing the way we live?

paRallel panel 6 Is the BBC trust fit for purpose? Chair: Emily Bell, director of digital content, Guardian News & Media

Speakers include: Dame Patricia Hodgson, trustee, BBC Trust Luke Johnson, chairman, Channel 4

The BBC Trust is the chief guardian of public service broadcasting, but is it the right form of governance?

EARLY BIRD RATE STANDARD RATE

PROGRAMME

08:45 Registration and coffee09:30 Introduction and welcome Lisa Harker, co-director, ippr

09:40 Opening keynote Media in the third dimension Andy Duncan, former chief executive, Channel 4

10:15 Coffee

10:45 MORnIng paRallel panels Delegates have a choice of panel sessions 1, 2 or 3

11:55 Keynote speech Britain’s creative industries: what future?

To be confirmed

12:30 lunch

13:40 afteRnOOn paRallel panels Delegates have a choice of panel sessions 4, 5 or 6

14:50 Coffee

15:20 panel: Citizens, ethics and the media in a global age Citizens have never been more powerful or politicised in this

media age. Yet at a time when individuals can showcase their talents on a global TV stage or find their story instantly beamed around the world, new questions arise about how equipped we are to withstand the pressure of overnight global exposure. Where is the line between media empowerment, exposure and exploitation? Do citizens need new forms of protection or are they still the masters of the media? What does it mean to have a private life in this day and age?

Chair: David Levy, director, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism

Speakers include: Matt Brittin, managing director, Google UK Oona King, head of diversity, Channel 4 David Yelland, partner, Brunswick Group

16:25 Closing keynote Britain’s creative industries: the Conservative’s perspective Jeremy Hunt MP, shadow secretary of state for Culture, Media and Sport

17:00 Close followed by drinks reception

Register now at guardian.co.uk/oxfordmediaconvention

BOOKING FORM Register now at guardian.co.uk/oxfordmediaconvention

Terms and conditions: This booking form constitutes a legally binding agreement. Payment must be received in full before the event. We are not responsible for the non-arrival of confirmation documents. If, by seven days prior to the conference, you have not heard from us, contact us using the phone number on the programme. Cancellations made in writing before Friday 18 December 2009 will be subject to an administration fee, amounting to 35% of the liable fee. All cancellations made after this date will be liable for the full delegate fee. Although substitutions will be accepted if notified in writing prior to the event, non-arrivals will be liable for the full fee.

Data protection: The personal information you provide will be held on a database by ippr and MediaGuardian. We would like to keep you up to date with other products and services provided by ippr and MediaGuardian. Please tick here if you would prefer not to receive this information. Please tick here if you would prefer not to receive information by post from our supporting partners. Please tick here if you would like to receive information by email and/or telephone from our supporting partners.

Please complete the form below in block capitals (photocopy this form for additional delegates) and either send it, together with payment, or fax it, to: events team, ippr, 30-32 southampton street, london WC2e 7Ra Tel: 020-7470 6105 Fax: 020-7470 6111 Email: events@ippr.org

title ....................................................... name ........................................................................................................................................................................

position .....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

Organisation ....................................................................................................... address ......................................................................................................

....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

.............................................................................................................................. postcode ......................... tel no ...............................................................

fax no .......................................................... email (essential for confirmation) ..................................................................................................................

special requirements, eg wheelchair access, food allergies etc .........................................................................................................................................

How did you hear about the conference?

Direct mail email Website advertisement Colleague/word of mouth

Other (please specify) ......................................................................................................................................................................................................

I have read and agree to the terms and conditions below

Signature .................................................................................................................................................................................... Date ....................................................

parallel panel sessions (please select one morning panel and one afternoon panel to attend)

Morning panel 1: Local media: what will it look like in 10 years time? Afternoon panel 4: In the public’s interest: what should taxpayers subsidise?

Morning panel 2: Our digital future: can Britain’s digital infrastructure compete? Afternoon panel 5: Is social media changing the way we live?

Morning panel 3: What principles should govern our use of data in the media? Afternoon panel 6: Is the BBC Trust fit for purpose?

How to pay: (Please note that payment needs to be received prior to the conference)

Media and commercial companies £545 + 17.5%Vat (£640.38 inc)

government departments and agencies, local authorities £345 + 17.5%Vat (£405.38 inc)

ngOs, charities, academic institutions and trade unions £245 + 17.5%Vat (£287.88 inc)

Cheque I enclose a cheque for £......................................................... payable to Institute for public policy Research(Vat number: 629 5819 00) (Please write your name and address on the back of the cheque)

Please note that VAT rates will rise to 17.5% on 1 January 2010.

Credit card for credit card bookings, please visit ippr.org/omc

BaCs (For payments via this method please use the reference OMC and email your remittance advice to events@ippr.org)

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sort code: 08 60 01

International monetary transfersaccount no: 20198426

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IBan: gB11CpBK08005150073210

swift: CpBKgB22 BIC: CpBKgB22

MORNING PARALLEL PANELS

paRallel panel 1 local media: what will it look like in 10 year’s time?Chair: David Levy, director, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism

Speakers include: Sly Bailey, chief executive, Trinity Mirror Helen Boaden, director, BBC News Stewart Purvis, content and standards partner, Ofcom Alan Rusbridger, editor-in-chief, the Guardian Rick Waghorn, founder, MyFootballWriter, Addiply

Where will people get their local news from in future? Is local media too important to fail or should the market decide? Will the BBC’s Out of London strategy and Channel 4’s investment in the regions help to sustain a creative bedrock to support the provision of local content for local media? Should public funding be used to support local media or are other funding models necessary?

paRallel panel 2 Our digital future: can Britain’s digital infrastructure compete? Chair: Damian Tambini, senior lecturer, department of media and communications, London School of Economics

Speakers include: Anna Bradley, chairman, Ofcom Consumer Panel John Cass, director, Creative Industries KTN Jock Given, author, Turning off the TV: Broadcasting’s Uncertain Future Ilse Howling, managing director, Freeview Kip Meek, chairman, Broadband Stakeholder Group

Governments around the world are increasingly recognising the importance of investing in digital infrastructure. The UK government’s universal service commitment will ensure that all households have access to a 2Mbps connection by 2012. Will Britain’s digital infrastructure compete globally? And will this bring an end to the UK digital divide?

paRallel panel 3 What principles should govern our use of data in the media?Chair: Charlie Beckett, director, Polis, London School of Economics

Speakers include: Richard Allan, director of public policy, Facebook Neil Berkett, chief executive officer, Virgin Media Matt Brittin, managing director, Google UK Joe Turow PhD, Robert Lewis Shayon professor of communication, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania

In the digital age, we are facing new choices over the way data about citizens is handled and protected. For some, targeted advertising offers the chance to save the ad-supported content model, for others it is a fundamental and unacceptable abuse of privacy laws. Is there a middle ground? What principles should govern such decisions?

AFTERNOON PARALLEL PANELS

paRallel panel 4 In the public’s interest: what should taxpayers subsidise? Chair: John Makinson, chief executive, Penguin Group

Speakers include: Lord Puttnam Caroline Thomson, chief operating officer, BBC David Wheeldon, director of policy and public affairs, BSkyB

Debate is still raging on the best way to fund Britain’s public service content. At the same time the government is considering other spending priorities such as whether to introduce tax relief to promote the sustainable production of “culturally British” videogames. In an economic downturn where should taxpayers’ money be directed to secure the public’s best interests?

paRallel panel 5 Is social media changing the way we live?Chair: Bill Thompson, journalist and commentator

Speakers include: Julian March, executive producer, online, Sky News Kerry McCarthy MP, new media campaigns spokesperson Tom Watson MP, former minister for digital engagement

So media has changed the way people discover and share news and information. But is it changing the way we live?

paRallel panel 6 Is the BBC trust fit for purpose? Chair: Emily Bell, director of digital content, Guardian News & Media

Speakers include: Dame Patricia Hodgson, trustee, BBC Trust Luke Johnson, chairman, Channel 4

The BBC Trust is the chief guardian of public service broadcasting, but is it the right form of governance?

STANDARD RATE

ipprThe Institute for Public Policy Research (ippr) is the UK’s leading progressive thinktank, producing cutting-edge research and innovative policy ideas for a just, democratic and sustainable world. For over 21 years, ippr has helped shape the progressive thinking that is now the political centre ground. Independent and radical, we are committed to combating inequality, empowering citizens, promoting social responsibility, creating a sustainable economy and revitalising democracy. Best known for our influential work in Whitehall and Westminster, we now work in more than 25 countries around the world. Ippr’s media programme reflects the need for a reassessment of the justifications of interventions in media markets, and the search for innovative new ways of interpreting the public interest in media and communications policy. It accepts that there is an increased role for the market where there is increased consumer choice, but argues that there remains a proactive role for policy in furthering progressive goals in media policy.

For further information please visit ippr.org

MediaGuardianMediaGuardian is published free with the Guardian every Monday. It is the UK’s leading newspaper media section, offering authoritative news, opinion-forming comment and the latest gossip on the media industry, as well as dominating the jobs market in this sector. Alongside this, MediaGuardian.co.uk has taken the brand and transformed it into an industry-leading website, with more than 700,000 users. The site offers breaking news, as well as in-depth analysis of all media sectors. In an industry that thrives on insider knowledge, MediaGuardian has long been the must-read newspaper supplement for all those involved in the sector, a service which is now offered minute by minute via its website as well as week by week.

For further information please visit MediaGuardian.co.uk

Associate sponsor Supported by

OrganisersOxford Media Convention 2010

For further information on partnership opportunities contact Dan Collins on 020-3353 2717 or email dan.collins@guardian.co.uk

About the Oxford Media ConventionThis one-day conference, organised by ippr in partnership with MediaGuardian, returns for its eighth year. The Oxford Media Convention 2010 will focus on the realities of a converged media world as senior government and industry figures come together to discuss current and forthcoming challenges and opportunities around media policy, strategy and regulation.

Seen by many as the industry defining event, the Oxford Media Convention provides an important opportunity for senior figures from new and traditional media, academia and regulatory bodies to think creatively about the regulatory framework we want to see develop to guarantee the success of our creative and media industries.

Who should attend?• Corporate affairs executives and strategists who want to gain an early insight into the future

policy direction of media regulation and understand the long-term impact on their business.• Solution, technology and content providers who want to understand the economic and practical

challenges emerging from convergence, and how policy may respond.

What can you expect?• Policy-focused debate on the regulatory implications of the changing media world.• Long-term thinking and solutions to address the challenges facing our changing media and

communications market.• Insight from the elite of the UK government and regulators and the leading lights from the domestic and global media industries. • Networking opportunities and your chance to meet the people making the headlines.

Register now at guardian.co.uk/oxfordmediaconvention

Thursday 21 January 2010 Saïd Business School, University of Oxford

Organised by ippr in partnership with MediaGuardian

Speakers include:

Richard Allan, director of public policy, Facebook

Neil Berkett, chief executive officer, Virgin Media

Dame Patricia Hodgson, trustee, BBC Trust

Jeremy Hunt MP, shadow secretary of state for Culture, Media and Sport

Luke Johnson, chairman, Channel 4

Alan Rusbridger, editor-in-chief, the Guardian

Oxford MediaConvention 2010In the public interest? Plotting the future of Britain’s creative industries

guardian.co.uk/oxfordmediaconvention

Secure your place today at guardian.co.uk/oxfordmediaconvention

ipprThe Institute for Public Policy Research (ippr) is the UK’s leading progressive thinktank, producing cutting-edge research and innovative policy ideas for a just, democratic and sustainable world. For over 21 years, ippr has helped shape the progressive thinking that is now the political centre ground. Independent and radical, we are committed to combating inequality, empowering citizens, promoting social responsibility, creating a sustainable economy and revitalising democracy. Best known for our influential work in Whitehall and Westminster, we now work in more than 25 countries around the world. Ippr’s media programme reflects the need for a reassessment of the justifications of interventions in media markets, and the search for innovative new ways of interpreting the public interest in media and communications policy. It accepts that there is an increased role for the market where there is increased consumer choice, but argues that there remains a proactive role for policy in furthering progressive goals in media policy.

For further information please visit ippr.org

MediaGuardianMediaGuardian is published free with the Guardian every Monday. It is the UK’s leading newspaper media section, offering authoritative news, opinion-forming comment and the latest gossip on the media industry, as well as dominating the jobs market in this sector. Alongside this, MediaGuardian.co.uk has taken the brand and transformed it into an industry-leading website, with more than 700,000 users. The site offers breaking news, as well as in-depth analysis of all media sectors. In an industry that thrives on insider knowledge, MediaGuardian has long been the must-read newspaper supplement for all those involved in the sector, a service which is now offered minute by minute via its website as well as week by week.

For further information please visit MediaGuardian.co.uk

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OrganisersOxford Media Convention 2010

For further information on partnership opportunities contact Dan Collins on 020-3353 2717 or email dan.collins@guardian.co.uk

About the Oxford Media ConventionThis one-day conference, organised by ippr in partnership with MediaGuardian, returns for its eighth year. The Oxford Media Convention 2010 will focus on the realities of a converged media world as senior government and industry figures come together to discuss current and forthcoming challenges and opportunities around media policy, strategy and regulation.

Seen by many as the industry defining event, the Oxford Media Convention provides an important opportunity for senior figures from new and traditional media, academia and regulatory bodies to think creatively about the regulatory framework we want to see develop to guarantee the success of our creative and media industries.

Who should attend?• Corporate affairs executives and strategists who want to gain an early insight into the future

policy direction of media regulation and understand the long-term impact on their business.• Solution, technology and content providers who want to understand the economic and practical

challenges emerging from convergence, and how policy may respond.

What can you expect?• Policy-focused debate on the regulatory implications of the changing media world.• Long-term thinking and solutions to address the challenges facing our changing media and

communications market.• Insight from the elite of the UK government and regulators and the leading lights from the domestic and global media industries. • Networking opportunities and your chance to meet the people making the headlines.

Register now at guardian.co.uk/oxfordmediaconvention

Thursday 21 January 2010 Saïd Business School, University of Oxford

Organised by ippr in partnership with MediaGuardian

Speakers include:

Richard Allan, director of public policy, Facebook

Neil Berkett, chief executive officer, Virgin Media

Dame Patricia Hodgson, trustee, BBC Trust

Jeremy Hunt MP, shadow secretary of state for Culture, Media and Sport

Luke Johnson, chairman, Channel 4

Alan Rusbridger, editor-in-chief, the Guardian

Oxford MediaConvention 2010In the public interest? Plotting the future of Britain’s creative industries

guardian.co.uk/oxfordmediaconvention

Secure your place today at guardian.co.uk/oxfordmediaconvention