Even more speakers have joined this year’s Radiodays Asia, the leading radio and podcasting conference in the Asia-Pacific, to be held 5-6 September in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Guy Dobson, Director, Asia Radio Concepts
Guy Dobson’s audio career spans over 40 years and includes a global footprint that encompasses launching and consulting to radio stations in China, Europe, Malaysia, Thailand, India, New Zealand and Australia. As CEO of Austereo Pty Ltd he drove it to further success and oversaw its sale to Southern Cross Media for $900 million. As Managing director of ESP Mediaconsulting under the guise of the wise Greg Smith, the company became the first international consultants into China reformatting the SMG (Shanghai Media Group) from block programming to format radio. Recently Guy’s been involved in podcast consulting for Sony Music Entertainment, and for radio network ownership in Australia and the USA. Right now, with Asia Radio Concepts he’s excited about taking super brands like LFC (Liverpool FC) to terrestrial media.
Philippe Generali, President/CEO RCS worldwide
Philippe joined RCS USA in 1996 as Product Manager and served as Vice President of Operations. In 2000, Philippe was promoted to President of RCS.In 2003, he created a new division, Media Monitors, the highly successful market research company that employs RCS fingerprinting technology with several data production centres around the world. In 2007, Philippe added the duties of President/CEO of Florical Systems division, a leading television automation company. In 2010, he took the helm of Mediabase. Prior to moving to the United States, Generali was the head of RCS Europe, where he spearheaded the company’s growth for more than a decade. Generali is an established leader in computer technology and management, stemming from his early school days in radio, with a technical engineering background. He was the driving force behind the US music research index, Mscore and the listening analysis tool, Audience Reaction, for which he was recently granted several patents. He is a member of EGTA and sits on the IRTS board.
Barbara Gruber, Program Director, DW Akademie, Germany
DW Akadamie is the journalism training and media development division of Deutsche Welle, Germany’s International Broadcaster, and leads the Akademie’s PodcasTraining Project Team. Since the beginning of 2021, the team has partnered with MethodKit in Sweden to develop the new MethodKit for Podcasts and designed various PodcasTraining modules that have been implemented in Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Malawi, Namibia, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Cambodia, Thailand and Ukraine.
Radiodays Asia is a collaboration between Radiodays Europe, the world´s largest and leading conference for radio, audio and podcast, and broadcasting and podcast partners in Asia and Australia. The 2023 edition will run over two days in two tracks with 50 sessions. Top international speakers and industry leaders as well as successful producers and market experts will share their insights.
Register for Radiodays Asia 2023 here.