Westminster Media Forum

Forthcoming events

The Westminster Media Forum aims to provide the premier environment for policy makers in Parliament, Whitehall and government agencies to engage with key stakeholders. These include industry representatives and their advisors, interest groups, local authorities, the voluntary sector and academia along with representatives of the reporting press.

In planning its programme of events, the Forum consults Parliamentarians, senior departmental officials, regulators, industry representatives and major interest groups.

The Westminster Media Forum is completely impartial and has no policy agenda of its own. While we are grateful for the support and advice on themes that we receive from sponsors, all editorial decisions remain with the Forum in order to maintain impartiality.

Should you have any booking queries, please email jayne.cole@westminsterforumprojects.co.uk.

Stephen Carter

Stephen Carter

Britain's Digital Future

Thursday, 2nd September 2010
Congress Hall, Congress Centre, 28 Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3LS

Guest of Honour: Stephen Carter, Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing, Strategy & Communication Officer, Alcatel-Lucent

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Peter Tatchell

Peter Tatchell

Reflecting diversity - the LGBT community and the media

Thursday, 30th September 2010
Central London

Guest of Honour: Peter Tatchell, co-founder, OutRage!

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David Moody

David Moody

Gary Carter

Gary Carter

New approaches to marketing the UK creative industries internationally

Wednesday, 20th October 2010
Central London

Guests of Honour: David Moody, Director of Strategy and Managing Director, Digital Media, BBC Worldwide and Gary Carter, Chief Operating Officer, FremantleMedia

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Richard Halton

Richard Halton

Peter Johnson

Peter Johnson

Video-on-Demand, IPTV and catch-up television and the internet

Tuesday, 9th November 2010
Central London

Guests of Honour: Richard Halton, Director, Project Canvas and Peter Johnson, Chief Executive Officer, ATVOD

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Payment for content online 2011 - paywalls and new structures for digital business

Thursday, 2nd December 2010
Central London

Guest of Honour: Dominic Young, Director of Strategy and Product Development, News International

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Local news and media

Q4 2010
Central London

Media, technology and the Games

Q1 2011
Central London

In Production

The following issues are being considered for future events:

  • The future of commercial PSB
  • Video games part 3
  • Future regulation of the UK media
  • Media and privacy
  • Health reporting and the media
  • The European Commission and the 'digital agenda'
  • Commercialisation of childhood
  • Funding the Arts
  • Adjusting cost bases for the digital world
  • Tweets for Seats: UK digital political engagement
  • Programming, funding & the UK's creative future

Core Sponsors

The core sponsors of the Westminster Media Forum are BBC, Clifford Chance, ISBA, KPMG, Viacom and Virgin.

The BBC logo is a trade mark of the British Broadcasting Corporation and is used under licence. BBC logo © BBC 1996. KPMG International's Trademarks are the sole property of KPMG International and their use does not imply auditing by or endorsement of KPMG International or any of its member firms.

Parliamentary Patrons of the Forum

Lord Alli, Rt Hon Baroness Anelay of St Johns, Viscount Astor, Lord Avebury, Rt Hon the Lord Barnett, Anne Begg MP, Henry Bellingham MP, Rt Hon John Bercow MP, Lord Birt, Crispin Blunt MP, Baroness Bonham-Carter of Yarnbury, Rt Hon Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone, Lord Bragg, James Brokenshire MP, Chris Bryant MP, Richard Burden MP, Baroness Buscombe, Rt Hon Dr Vincent Cable MP, Alistair Carmichael MP, Christopher Chope OBE MP, Lord Corbett of Castle Vale, Stephen Crabb MP, Rt Hon Baroness Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde, Lord Dubs, Rt Rev the Lord Eames, Louise Ellman MP, Natascha Engel MP, The Earl of Erroll, Nigel Evans MP, Michael Fabricant MP, Paul Farrelly MP, Don Foster MP, Roger Gale MP, Lord Gordon of Strathblane CBE, Mike Hancock CBE MP, Nick Harvey MP, Lord Hastings of Scarisbrick OBE, John Hemming MP, Charles Hendry MP, Lord Hollick, Baroness Howe of Idlicote CBE, Lord Inglewood, Huw Irranca-Davies MP, Alan Keen MP, Rt Hon the Lord Kilclooney, Norman Lamb MP, Rt Hon Andrew Lansley CBE MP, Ann McKechin MP, Professor the Lord Lewis of Newnham, Lord Lipsey, Tony Lloyd MP, Tim Loughton MP, Peter Luff MP, Lord Luke, Rt Hon the Lord Macdonald of Tradeston CBE, Fiona Mactaggart MP, Lord Maxton, Rt Rev Nigel McCulloch the Lord Bishop of Manchester, Rt Hon the Lord McNally, Rt Hon Alun Michael MP, Rt Hon David Miliband MP, Andrew Miller MP, Maria Miller MP, Baroness Miller of Hendon MBE, Austin Mitchell MP, Baroness O'Cathain OBE, Sandra Osborne MP, Lord Patel, Lord Puttnam CBE, Baroness Rawlings, Professor the Lord Renfrew of Kaimsthorn, John Robertson MP, Andrew Rosindell MP, David Ruffley MP, Adrian Sanders MP, Andrew Selous MP, Rt Hon Lord Smith of Finsbury, Jo Swinson MP, Hugo Swire MP, Lord Taylor of Warwick, Viscount Tenby, Andrew Turner MP, Rt Hon the Lord Wakeham, Robert Walter MP, John Whittingdale OBE MP, David Willetts MP, Phil Woolas MP and Tim Yeo MP. Please note: parliamentary patrons take no financial interest in the Forum.