The IET Media Technical Network is hosting an afternoon of talks on Sustainability in Media Technology on Monday 21st March at Savoy Place, London. The event will start at noon with registration and a networking lunch.
These talks had been scheduled to run at IBC in December. As many of you in the industry will know, IBC had to be cancelled due to Covid-19 precautions. However, we were keen to rearrange this event as we believe that we must keep the issue of sustainability high on the agenda. This is true even in a time of war. While we must send all good wishes and practical help to the Ukrainian people in their fight for freedom and democracy, the planet can’t wait for this war to finish before we resume our battle to pass on a livable planet to future generations.
The latest report from the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change reiterates the need for urgent action. While we can't avoid significant impact from human cause global heating, we can reduce impacts and avoid the very worst scenarios if we act now.
As media technology engineers and practitioners, most of us are not experts on climate change or sustainability, but we do know how to build systems to meet given requirements. The requirement now is to engineer our technology within planetary limits. As with any large system, part of this engineering effort is to share information, ideas, new approaches and to iterate to find the best solutions.
We have brought together a panel that will help you frame the problem, define the objective and discuss the ways we can collaborate to bring our partners and supply chains into a sustainable future.
Danielle Mulder, Group Sustainability Director, BBC will be talking about the BBC’s approach to sustainability, net-zero and climate risk.
Glynn Roberts, from Carnstone and DIMPACT, will talk about their methodology, developed with the University of Bristol, to quantify the greenhouse gas emissions associated with digital content. This can be used to quantify impacts with consistency and transparency which, in turn, allows us to consider the data, take decisions and act.
Dom Robinson, will share information about his organisation Greening of Streaming, which is a new member-based not-for-profit organisation focusing on the carbon emissions and other environmental impacts of streaming in the home and in data centres. They plan to work collaboratively to measure these impacts and then work on ways to reduce them.
Martin Koehring is head of the Economist’s Sustainability Project which combines “insights, innovation and influence to convene and actively engage global stakeholders with the power to effect real change” covering Net Zero and Energy, Resilience and Adaptation, Circular Economics, Ecosystems and Resource and Social Sustainability. Martin will cover these themes applicable to media and broadcast technology
Tim Miller’s talk will introduce Plum Consulting’s work on the role of spectrum policy in tackling climate change and how a structured methodology can be applied to defining policies for sustainable technology.
Places are limited and free of charge, so book yours now at this link
