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NORDIC MEDIA FESTIVAL
Bergen, Norway May 5. - 7. 2010

The Nordic Media Festival is the largest annual media conference in the Nordic region, gathering more than 1300 delegates every year. The conference offers a unique arena where the media industry can come together, debating the key issues of today and be informed of the current trends and prophecies for the future. In addition, the festival is an important arena for networking within the broad media industry, both national and internationally.

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     45 sessions / workshops / screenings                                                                          

     More than 1300 delegates

     Approx. 110 national and international speakers 

     A separate media exhibition

     50 accredited journalists

     80 volunteers

     Live sessions on our web tv (gathered 60.000 viewers in 2009)    

     NMF Young: Separate project and conference for high-school students

     9 evening social events

     Gullruten (Norwegian equivalent of Emmy Awards)

"The 2009 Nordic Media Festival was an extraordinary event, and proved immensely valuable to me as a journalist. During the day, I found myself drawn to panel after panel as speakers from around the world offered fresh perspectives on a media landscape undergoing volcanic change. At night, the conference organizers arranged lavish dinners and reseptions in one of the world's most beautiful venues. I ended the trip with a tour of the fjords, a trip I shall never forget."

Bob Drogin, Pulitzer winner and Staff Writer, LA Times

“The Nordic Media Festival has become the most important gathering for the Norwegian media industry. It is the happening you can’t miss if you want to keep up with what’s going on in the business.”

Founded in 1988, the festival is a non-profit foundation. Over the years, the festival has established itself as being of the highest quality in regard to professional relevance, current topics and variation in subject matter. More than 1300 delegates got together to get inspiration and knowledge in May this year, and they review the Nordic Media Festival as being both entertaining, provocative, informative and - perhaps just as important - fun!

“It is the place to be when you work within the media segment”

"The Nordic Media Festival is like work candy"
Feedback from delegates

Our speakers and delegates come from the wide media industry; from TV, Internet, media distribution companies (Telenor / Sonofon, Canal Digital, Canal+, Viasat), newspapers, radio, PR, media branch organisations, human rights organisations, politics and teaching institutions.

Journalists, editors, director generals, producers, technicians, students, communication advisors, scientists, media professors and trend analysts are all present. The Nordic Media Festival is the only conference in the Nordic region that manages to bring together such a wide variety of professions and media. The main percentage comes from Norway, but the other Nordic countries are represented as well. All our delegates, as Norwegians in general, speak English fluently.

In addition to the conference and social events for the media industry, the Nordic Media Festival organize happenings in the city centre and a variety of projects for high-school students. NMF Young gives youth a unique opportunity to gain insight and access to the media industry. The festival culminates in the prestigious Gullruten Award Show, which is the Norwegian equivalent of the Emmy Awards. 

The conference venue is in beautiful Bergen, Norway, at Grieghallen conference centre, the most prominent conference arena in the city. More on Bergen here.

Pictures (from above):
1) Festival Director Guri Heftye at the official opening ceremony for the Nordic Media Festival 2009. Photo: Gaute Singstad.
2) From the Gullruten Award Show. Photo: Se & Hør
3) Editor of The Guardian, Alan Rusbridger, speaks at the Nordic Media Festival 2009. Photo: Gaute Singstad.
4) War correspondent of 20 years, Christina Lamb, in conversation with Editor of Culture in NRK, Hege Duckert. 2009. Photo: Kristin Torsteinsson.
5) Documentarist Louis Theroux (Weird Weekends, Louis Theroux meets...) in conversation with journalist Anne Lindmo. 2009. Photo: Gaute Singstad.
6) Superhero Sportacus, from the worldwide tv-hit LazyTown, leads on in the Nordic Media Festivals children's marathon. 2009. Photo: Gaute Singstad.