Broadcaster and journalist Claire Byrne will chair the conference, with a host of national and international guest speakers participating in the two day event.

On the theme of digital delivery, speakers in the session include Lucy Gaffney, Chairperson, Boxer DTT; Alex Pumfrey, Programme Director, Digital UK and James Cridland, Head of Future Media and Technology, BBC Audio and Music Interactive. While Jonathan Marks, media anthropologist; and Philip McCartney, Head of Sales, Bebo Ireland, will be on hand for the New Media discussions.

2008 also marks the 20th anniversary of the 1988 Radio and Television Act, which heralded the beginning of commercial radio and television in Ireland. This year’s conference will look at the growth of radio and television in Ireland in the intervening years and examine the future implications for the sector through a panel debate. A number of workshops linking in with the conference theme will complete the conference line-up.