IMI Annual Event 2022 | Initiative for Media Innovation

IMI Annual Event 2022

On 10 February 2022, IMI and its members held their annual event at EPFL and online under the title: “Partnerships between media companies and innovation ecosystems: results and perspectives”.

The event featured leading researchers, media/industry experts and entrepreneurs who presented the results of IMI-supported projects and shared their insights on European media innovation ecosystems. What are the mechanisms for interaction with research, industry and start-ups? How should collaborative spaces involving different types of actors and sectors be organized? How can we foster the operationalization of results by media companies at the end of an innovation round?

A total of 160 people took part in this event, many of them on site, but some also online.

Video playlist

Event clip

“Insights from European media innovation ecosystems” panel discussion

“Media Laboratory” project presentation

“MILBOT” project presentation

“Social network Architectures of Disinformation II (#sad II)” project presentation

“Automatic Labeling of Visual Data Based on Human Actions, Objects and Their Relationships” project presentation

“CompaSciences 2.0” project presentation

“PASSAGE: Subtitling of Swiss German into Standard German” project presentation

“The Holmenkollen Project” project presentation

“Personalized Recommendation: from Polarization to Discovery” project presentation

Full conference

Watch on YouTube

Photo gallery

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Key speakers

Prof. Yves Flückiger

Rector of UNIGE Chairman of the IMI Board as the Triangle Azur representative

Prof. Martin Vetterli

President of EPFL

Mounir Krichane

Director of IMI

Jean-Pierre Besnard

Program Manager at OFF7, Project Manager at Ouest-France

Prof. Johanna Björklund

Project Manager at WARA-Media and Language, Co-founder & CTO at Adlede and Codemill

Sarah Geeroms

Head of Future Media Hubs, Innovative & Strategic Partnerships at VRT

Severin Klingler

Managing Director at ETH Media Technology Center

Madiana Asseraf-Jacob

Head of Business Development & Young Audiences at EBU Moderation

Featured start-ups

Program

16h30: Registration
17h00: Welcome message – Prof. Yves Flückiger
Rector of UNIGE and Chairman of the IMI Board as the Triangle Azur representative
17h05: Opening remarks – Prof. Martin Vetterli
President of EPFL
17h15: Word from the Director – Mounir Krichane
Director of IMI
17h25: Panel discussion – “Insights from European media innovation ecosystems”
- Jean-Pierre Besnard
  Program Manager at OFF7, Project Manager at Ouest-France
- Prof. Johanna Björklund
  Project Manager at WARA-Media and Language, Co-founder & CTO at Adlede and Codemill
- Sarah Geeroms
  Head of Future Media Hubs, Innovative & Strategic Partnerships at VRT
- Severin Klingler
  Managing Director at ETH Media Technology Center
18h10: Projects overview
- Media Laboratory
  Jérémie Rappaz (EPFL), Andrew Robotham (UniNE) & Sarah Sermondadaz (Heidi.news)
- MILBOT – Millennials and public media: building stronger ties and engagement through the chatbot
  Prof. Giovanna Di Marzo Serugendo (UNIGE)
- Social network Architectures of Disinformation II (#sad II)
  Nicolas Aspert (EPFL) & Lucie Loubère (READ-Text)
- Automatic Labeling of Visual Data Based on Human Actions, Objects and Their Relationships
  Prof. Alexandre Alahi (EPFL)
- CompaSciences 2.0
  Agathe Chevalier (Universities of Western Switzerland – RTS)
- PASSAGE: Subtitling of Swiss German into Standard German
  Prof. Pierrette Bouillon (UNIGE)
- Personalized Recommendation: from Polarization to Discovery
  Jean-Gabriel Piguet & Gaetano Manzo (HES-SO Valais-Wallis)
- The Holmenkollen Project
  Adam Scholefield (We Play Sport / EPFL)
19h15: Showcase of projects and start-ups, informal networking
On location only
19h45: Cocktail reception
By reservation only
20h30: End of event

Moderation: Madiana Asseraf-Jacob, Head of Business Development & Young Audiences at EBU

Location

EPFL
Rolex Learning Center
Route cantonale
1015 Lausanne

Coming to EPFL

Parking spaces