List of Professors

The IAB can draw on the knowledge and expertise of the most prominent personalities from the worlds of broadcasting, academia and industry. All of the people listed below have either lectured or presented at IAB events and courses over the years. Active in different fields of broadcasting, they have been able to share with IAB students, not only their extensive knowledge, but also their valuable first-hand experience of the electronic media.

Mr Kohei Ando (JP) Director / Producer, Vice-President Media Planning Division, Tokyo Broadcasting System

Dr Paolo Baldi (CH) Head of Strategic Information Service, EBU

Mr Paul Brown (GB) Chief Executive of CRCA

Mr Gianfranco Barbieri (IT) Consultant, Former Director Research Centre, RAI

Mr Per Boehler (NO) Head Studio Department, NRK

Mr Robert Briskmann (US) President, CD Radio Systems

Mr Jean Cavalli (CH) Member of the General Directorate, SUISA

Sir Michael Checkland (GB) Broadcasting Administrator and Manager, former Director General, BBC

Mr Barry Cockroft (GB) Prize-winning author of documentary programmes

Mr William Dennay (GB) Broadcasting Executive, Consultant, Quantel

Mr Vasco Dones (CH) Producer Editor documentary programmes, TSI

Mr Christoph Dosch (DE) Specialist satellite technology, Head of Department, IRT

Dr John Emmett (GB) Project supervisor, Thames Television

Dr William Faith (US) Professor and Director of International Communications Studies Programme, University of Southern California

Mr Dan Georgakas (US) Media journalist, Co-Editor of Cineaste Magazine, Lecturer at New York University

Mr Jerry Good (CA) Radio Manager and Professor, Ryerson Polytechnic, Toronto

Dr Lynne S. Gross (US) President KOLB Associates, Professor, Pepperdine University

Mr John Hefin (GB) Producer, television drama programmes, Executive Director, Ffilm Cymru, Cardiff

Dr Paul Hendriksen (NL) Media researcher. Director, Auri Audience Research, Special Consultant, NOS

Prof. Ray Hills (GB) Professor, School of Engineering De Monfort University

Ms Anna Home (GB) Director The Children’s Film & Television Foundation, Former Head of Children’s Programmes, BBC

Dr Andrew Horton (US) Scriptwriter and Film Critic, Professor, University of Oklahoma

Dr Tim Hudson (US) Professor, University of Oklahoma

Dr Kari Ilmonen (FI) Television Engineering Specialist. Special Lecturer, Helsinki University of Technology

Mr. Arsenije Jovanovic (YU) Prize-winning Author experimental radiophonic programmes, Director, Composer

Mr Paul Kafno (GB) Prize-winning Director music and artistic programmes (Prix Italia, BAFTA, Royal Television Society, etc.), Managing Director HD Thames production company

Prof. Dr Mark Krivocheev (RU) Head Scientific Department, Ministry of Communications of Russia.

Mr Branko Krizanic (AT) Radio and Television Engineering Specialist

Prof. Dr Murat Kunt (CH) Director of Signal Processing Laboratories, Professor, Lausanne Polytechnic

Mr Eamonn Lawlor (IE) Presenter, Current Affairs, Music programmes, RTE

Mr F. de Leeuw (NL) Leading world specialist, picture sources, BTS NV

Mr Louis McRedmond (IE) Extern-examiner in Communications Dublin City University, former Editor-in-Chief "Irish Independent", Head of Information, RTE

Mr Momcilo Martinovic (YU) Producer and Editor of sports programmes, Director of live coverage, European Soccer Cup Finals, Winter and Summer Olympic Games, Mediterranean Games, etc.

Mr Peter Meneer (GB) Media Research Consultant, former Director, BBC Audience Research Department

Dr Thomas Neumann (DE) Marketing Expert, Consultant, former Director of Media and Programming, Procter & Gamble Europe

Mr Jean-Jacques Peters (CH) Former Head of Radio and Television Production Development, EBU

Mr Nenad Puhovski (HR) Television Director and Producer, Professor and Head of Television Department, Academy of Dramatic Arts, Zagreb

Ms Maya Ramati (CH) Actress (And the Violins Stopped Playing, The Assisi Underground)

Prof. Dr Ulrich Reimers (DE) Professor, Braunschweig University, Chairman, Technical Group for the Development of Digital Television in Europe

Mr Alan Rosenthal (IL) Producer/Director of documentary programmes, Professor, Hebrew University, Jerusalem

Mr Giuliano Rossi (CH) Head, Radio Communication Study Group Dept. ITU

Mr Horst Schachlbauer (DE) Video tape recording expert, Head of Department, IRT

Mr Dietrich Schwarzkopf (DE) Broadcasting Administrator, Manager, Lecturer, Bavarian Academy of Advertising

Prof. Dr Michael C. Sexton (IE) Professor and Head of Department Electrical Engineering and Microelectronics, University College, Cork

Mr Nigel Shephard (GB) Independent producer, Director of HDTV programmes, Lecturer, BBC Training Centre

Mr Geraint Stanley-Jones (GB)Former Chief Executive, Channel 4 Cymru, Cardiff and Chairman of the Television Programme Committee, EBU

Mr C. Stanner (CA) Prize-winning film and television Director, Lecturer in media communications

Dr. Toby Syfret (GB) Marketing and Media research specialist, Consultant to MTV Europe, Astra, EBU, etc. Lecturer at Hatfield Polytechnic

Prof. Aleksandar Todorovic (CH) Director and Dean, IAB

Mr John D. Tucker (GB) Consultant, Broadcast engineering specialist, Lecturer, University of Westminster

Mr. Franco Visintin (IT) Former Technical Director, RAI

Dr Michael Wagner (CH) Senior Legal Adviser, EBU

Mr Steve Warren (US) Radio broadcasting executive and lecturer

Dr George T. Waters (IE) President, IAB Council, former Director General, RTE

Prof. George Wedell (GB) Professor Emeritus Manchester University, former Director General, European Institute for the Media

Mr. John Wills (GB) Lecturer, Cambridge University, former Director General, Harris Allied Europe

Mr. David Wood (CH) Head of New Technology, EBU

Dr. Paolo Zaccarian (IT) Leading world specialist in magnetic recording, Consultant, former Chairman of Working Parties on magnetic recording, EBU and ITU

Mr Leonid Zolotarevsky (RU) EMI Award-winning broadcaster, Director of International Department, Radiotelevidenie Ostankino, Lecturer, Moscow State University

Mr Arnon Zuckerman (US) Broadcaster, Producer, Director, International Broadcasting Program, New York University