Sustainability Experts Series

All our event videos can be found on the Broadcast Projects YouTube channel.

Event Reports & Info

Read the 2023-01-11 Press Release

Read the 2023-01-31 Press Release

14 February 2023 - Event Report - The Years Ahead: Professional and Personal Challenges in the quest for a Cleaner Planet. Webinar Replay - featuring:

  • Hemini Mehta, EBU

  • Eileen Duggan, RTÉ

  • Jonathan Van de Velde, Medianet Vlaanderen

  • Benjamin Schwarz, CToiC (moderator)

14 March 2023 - Event Report - Sustainable Streaming: Can We Save Energy While Watching? Webinar Replay - featuring:

  • Mike Talbert, President, Broadband Forum

  • Arian Koster, TNO

  • Dan Patton, Ateme

  • Pieter Liefooghe, Broadpeak

  • Benjamin Schwarz, CToiC (moderator)

11 April 2023 - Event Report - The Dark Side of Technology: The Environmental Impact of Digital Webinar Replay - featuring

  • Gerry McGovern, Author of “World Wide Waste”

  • Dom Robinson, CEO and Founder, Greening of Streaming

  • Benjamin Schwarz, CToiC (moderator)

The Sustainability Experts Series on Medianet Vlaanderen - IN FLEMISH

9 May - Event Report - Doing More with LESS: Reimaginging Video Quality or a Sustainable Future Webinar Replay (and presentation links) - featuring:

  • Kristan Bullett, HumansNotRobots

  • Benjamin Schwarz, CToiC (moderator)

11 June 2023 - Event Report - Leveraging the Efficiency of Open Source Software: One of the Keys to Unlocking Sustainability - Webinar Replay - featuring:

17th October 2023 - Event Report - Sustainability Experts Series: Exploring Carbon Calculators & Media Policy Webinar Replay

  • John Enser, CMS, Media Lawyer

  • Featured Guest: Walter Stahel, Founder-Director at the Product-Life Institute

  • Nicki Rocca, Sustainability Administrator, TV Programming, RTÉ

  • Eileen Duggan, Manager Sustainability & Environment Services, RTÉ (Ireland)

  • Tim Wagendorp, Sustainability Coordinator, Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds (VAF)

  • Dom Robinson, Founder, Greening of Streaming

  • Moderated by Jonathan van de Velde, Medianet Vlaanderen

  • Benjamin Schwarz, CToiC (moderator)

Previous Events

Sept 2022: Sustainable Broadband: Involving Subscribers in the Journey to a Cleaner Planet with Deutsche Telekom, Broadband Forum, and Orange. Watch the replay. 

April 2022: TV's Sustainable Future: The Carbon Impact of Delivering Video over IP vs DTT Broadcast, with the LoCaT Project, Fairmile West, and the Ultra HD Forum.

January 2022: Understanding sustainability in the media industry, Episode 2: what perspective should you start with today? Industry initiatives to improve tech: the changing paradigm, taking a global perspective or all three together? With Bark.Today, Bumpconductor, GreeningofStreaming.org, and Global Data.

October 2021: TV's Sustainability Challenge: Engineering a Better World with IET Media Technical Network, Ultra HD Forum, Sky, Deutsche Telekom Europe.