The Nordic Media Festival is the largest media conference in the Nordic region.
Held annually in Bergen, Norway, the Festival features 100 speakers, and around 1,860 delegates attend, representing the full spectrum of the industry. Founded in 1988, the festival is a non-profit foundation. In addition to the conference and unique networking events, a variety of projects are organized for high-school students: NMD Ung gives youth an opportunity to increase their competence and gain access to the media industry. The festival culminates in the Gullruten Award Show, the Norwegian equivalent of the Emmy Awards.
Previous speakers
Some of the previous speakers at the conference: Adam B. Ellick, Senior Video Correspondent, The New York Times Brad Berens, Advisor and Principal at Big Digital Idea Consulting Gunilla Herlitz, CEO Bonnier News, Dagens Nyheter, Dagens Industri and Expressen Tim Pool, Director of Media Innovation Fusion Louise Roug, Global News Editor, Mashable Alan Sepinwall, Writer and TV critic Lola Landekic and Will Perkins, Editors of Art of the Title Dana Chivvis, producer of 'Serial Dee Forbes, President and Managing Director of Discovery Networks Western Europe Chad Oakes and Michael Frislev, producers of Fargo Kelly Merryman, Vice President of Content Acquisition, Netflix Ilene Landress, Executive Producer of Girls Maria and Andre Jacquemetton, Writers and Executive Producers, Mad Men Claudia Weinstein, Story Editor, 60 Minutes Simon Sutton, President, HBO International and Content Distribution Gareth Neame, Executive Producer, Downton Abbey Rory Albanese, Writer and Executive Producer, The Daily Show Piv Bernth, Executive Producer of the Danish TV series The Killing and The Bridge Jeff Jarvis, Blogger and author Louis Theroux, Documentarist Matt Stone and Trey Parker, Creators of South Park Elisabeth Murdoch, CEO, Shine Jeffrey Cole, Director, Center for the Digital Future, Annenberg Lord Michael Dobbs, Executive Producer and author House of Cards Adam Price, creator of Borgen Clay Shirky, Author and Internet evangelist Aron Pilhofer, Editor Interactive News, New York Times Robert G. Picard, Director of Research, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism Raju Narisetti, SVP and Deputy Head of Strategy at News Corp. Meredith Bennett & Opus Moreschi, Executive Producer and Head Writer, The Colbert Report Professor Hans Rosling, TEDtalk favorite Sagar Savla, Computer Science researcher and Product executive, Google Peter Lord, Creative Director and Co-owner of Aardman Animations Alan Rusbridger, Editor, The Guardian Steve Rasch, Picture Editor for Curb Your Enthusiasm Tristan Davies, Executive Editor, The Sunday Times Brian Seth Hurst, CEO, The Opportunity Management Group Betsy Hubbard & Debra Jasper, Mindset Digital Brian Storm, CEO, MediaStorm Jonathan Spencer, Creative Director, BBC News Baratunde Thurston, Writer and Director of Digital, The Onion Mario García, Designer, Garcia Media Keri Lewis Brown, Managing Director, K7 Media Photographer Todd Stanley and Deck boss Edgar Hansen, Deadliest Catch Juan Antonio Giner, President, Innovation International Media Consulting Group Magnús Scheving aka "Sportacus", LazyTown Entertainment Lucy Bowden, Executive Producer, Dragonfly Film & TV Productions Ltd.