Speakers | 2024

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Leo Barraclough serves as international features editor at Variety, where he assigns articles about the international film and TV business, as well as writing numerous news and features stories himself. He also edits many of Variety's e-Show Dailies. He previously served as one of the magazine's international correspondents, covering the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, and Central and Eastern Europe. Prior to joining Variety, he was features editor, and then managing editor of Screen International. He started in film and TV trade journalism at Moving Pictures International, where he was news editor and then deputy editor. He is a member of BAFTA.

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Since January 2021, Mathilde Fiquet is the Secretary General of CEPI, the European Audiovisual Production association, representing independent television and film producers. CEPI's role is to supports the activities of its film and television producers, helping them to inform and engage with European policy makers and promoting the importance of sustainable cultural and economic growth in the European Audiovisual sector. Before joining CEPI, Mathilde spend 10 years, at FEDMA, the Federation of European Data and marketing, dealing with privacy, data protection and digital advertising.

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Michael Pickard is editor of C21 Media's Drama Quarterly magazine and website, which is focused on the creative side of international television drama, speaking to the people who make the shows we want to watch and finding out how they do it. He previously worked as a senior reporter for C21 Media, covering the international television drama business for C21Media.net and flagship magazine C21 International, and has experience as a reporter and editor working for local and national newspapers.

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Laurent Puons, has been CEO of Monaco Mediax since 2012, a Monegasque organisation producing the Monte-Carlo Television Festival, SPORTEL Monaco, the SPORTEL Rendez-vous international event series, SPORTEL Awards and Monaco Mediax Events among other projects.

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Rémi Tereszkiewicz is an expert of OTT services and TV series marketing. Having served since 1994 as VP or SVP in sales and marketing positions for various companies such as Warner Brothers (2016), Lagardère Studios (2014), Netgem (2004) or Eurosport (1994), he led the creation and launching of numerous TV services and xVOD offers. He is currently CEO of Betaseries, a media platform running recommendation services for a community of 5 million monthly TV series fans and analysing TV series & OTT usages for the media industry.