#IBC2024
19 UNITING TO SUPPORT THE M&E INDUSTRY
Six leading international partner bodies make up the IBC Partnership which owns and runs IBC. Leaders from the IABM, IEEE BTS, IET, RTS, SCTE and SMPTE make up the IBC board, utilising their extensive skills and experience to set its direction as the leading global media, entertainment and technology show and ensuring IBC continues to be run by the industry, for the industry
IABM, the international trade and business organisation for the broadcast and media industry, connects, supports and informs the entire MediaTech ecosystem. The organisation helps make sense of the digital transformation happening in the broadcast, media and entertainment technology landscape, keeping the industry abreast of transformative media technologies and connecting media companies to the MediaTech community.
Lucinda Meek, Executive Director, IABM, sits on the IBC board.
IEEE BTS is the Broadcast Technology Society within the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Its aim is to drive the advancement of technology in the industry, while enhancing the professional knowledge of its members by keeping them informed of the latest research results and their practical applications. The society has around 2000 members and chapters worldwide.
Bill Hayes, Past President, IEE BTS, sits on the IBC board.
IET – the Institution of Engineering and Technology – is dedicated to inspiring, informing and influencing the global engineering community to engineer a better world. It is one of the world’s largest engineering institutions with more than 154,000 engineering and technology professionals in 148 countries. The IET in its current form has existed since 2006, but its roots can be traced as far back as 1871 with the creation of the Society of Telegraph Engineers.
IET is represented on the IBC board by Ed Almond, Chief Executive and Secretary.
RTS, the Royal Television Society, is an educational charity promoting the art and science of television. It is open to anyone with an interest in the medium. Originally founded as the Television Society in 1927, the society was granted its royal title in 1966. The society now has 4000 engaged members and is supported by global broadcasters, producers and consultants.
RTS CEO Teresa Wise represents the society on the IBC board.
Through technological leadership and innovation, SCTE – the Society for Broadband Professionals – has served as the applied science leader for the cable telecommunication industry for more than five decades. As a not for profit, member organsation, SCTE moves member companies forward through continuous training for the workforce of tomorrow and by putting leaders into the conversations that matter.
Dr Roger Blakeway, SCTE CEO, is an IBC board member.
SMPTE, a global society of more than 5000 media professionals, technologists and engineers working together to drive the industry forward, is perhaps best known as the most important standards-setting body in the industry. Its more than 800 engineering standards and guidelines are developed to advance global interoperability of hardware and software.
David Grindle, Executive Director of SMPTE, sits on the IBC board.
Find out more about the work of IBC’s six owners in the Owner Pavilion in Hall 8, where you can engage with representatives, arrange meetings, digest specially curated content and learn about all their latest initiatives.
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