Training at IBC 2025: talent program and hackfest

The talent show returns in IBC 2025, offering on September 12 several opportunities to enhance skill development, encourage professional development and discover new details about inclusion and diversity. Additionally, a hackfest co-organized with Google Cloud (September 13-14) will invite the industry to design the future of broadcast with AI tools.

Presented by I would be Lunny, award-winning podcaster and event emcee, the IBC talent show 2025 brings together industry leaders and young professionals for a day of debate, career advice, mentoring and inspiration. The sessions, which will take place on the stage of the Talent Program at Future Tech, will cover fields such as hiring, retention and representation, with the participation of SMPTE, RTS, ITN, Christy Media and Global Media and Entertainment Talent Manifesto; a talent showcase, led by Global Media and Entertainment Talent Manifesto; “mentoring in action”, with Rise, #GALSNGEAR, Women in Streaming Media and Women in Immersive Tech Europe; a session on “untapped talent” and an hour of networking with quick introductions from companies such as BBC, ITN, HBS, RTS, Grass Valley and others, followed by open networking.

To James McKeown, coordinator of the IBC 2025 talent program, the second edition of this initiative will explore the professional landscape “in its broadest sense.” “Regardless of where you are in your media career, there is a ton of knowledge and advice to offer from incredible speakers who will inform and inspire you,” he emphasizes.

To the talent program at Future Tech, another event aimed at education and skills development is added: the IBC x Google Cloud hackfest (September 13-14), in which more than 150 developers, creatives y technicians of the media will compete in a two-day race to create prototypes of new solutions broadcast based on artificial intelligence. In addition, quick presentations will be promoted Ateme, Bitmovin, Formula E, Monks, Norsk, Shure, TechX, Vizrt y Zixi, among many other manufacturers, to address practical technical analyzes carried out in real companies in the sector.

Mark Smith, Founder and Director of IBC Accelerator and Chairman of the IBC Board, believes that "the talent program and hackfest together reflect IBC's commitment to training the next generation of innovators, while offering established professionals a platform to experiment with the technologies that shape our industry. By combining skills development, mentoring and real-time collaboration with global leaders like Google Cloud, we are creating an environment where talent can thrive and innovative ideas can take shape."