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Chair of the Board of NFF (the Dutch Film Festival, since 2017)

Since 2017 Ruurd is Chair of the Board of the NFF (the Dutch Film Festival). The Nederlands Film Festival is both the home of Dutch cinema and the leading platform for the Netherlands’ national film culture.

Chair of the Board of VNPF (since 2016)

Since september 2016 Ruurd Bierman is active as Chair of the Board of the 'Vereniging Nederlandse Poppodia en -Festivals (VNPF)'. The Association of Dutch pop music venues and festivals. You can read more at: vnpf.nl/nieuws/ruurd-bierman-nieuwe-voorzitter-vnpf (dutch article)

Executive Director of the Dutch Cultural Media Fund (January 2015 – June 2017)

The Dutch Cultural Media Fund subsidizes high quality programs on tv, radio and online, and promotes debates with program makers and producers about their craft.

EBU Consultant (since August 2014)

Participation in strategic projects (like Contribution to Society, Global Competition, Co-Production Models, Generation What) and moderating strategy sessions.

Contribution to Society

The EBU develops a tool for assessing the contribuition of public service broadcasters to their respective audiences and societies. Together with the Hans Bredow Institute in Hamburg and a group of EBU members, indicators are [...]

Generation What

Generation What is a transmedia format, aimed at the younger population. It has been succesfully introduced in France. France Television, Upian, Yammi2 and the EBU develop this currently into an international project. Ruurd is involved [...]

UPCOMING EVENTS

  • - Prix Europa, Masterclass moderation, 19 October 2018 (Berlin)

  • - ZDF Germany, strategy presentation, 6 December 2018 (Frankfurt)

RECENT EVENTS

  • - NFF Festival, 27 September - 2 October 2018 (Utrecht)

  • - EBU Drama presentation, 14 June 2018 (Hilversum)

  • - Digital Transformation Workshop, 5 February 2018 (Brussels)

  • - Directors NL Academy, panel, 22 January 2018 (Amsterdam)

  • - EBU Media Department, moderating workshop, 13 December 2017 (Brussels)

  • - Workshop EBU/VRT/Nordvision, moderating, 10 November 2017 (Brussels)

  • - Digital Transformation Workshop, 21 September 2017 (Brussels)

  • - EBU GA, moderation, 29-30 June 2017 (Dublin)

  • - EBU TV Assembly, presentation and moderation, 1-2 June 2017 (Bratislava)

  • - RUV Iceland, strategy presentation, 18 May 2017 (Reykjavik)

  • - Review RTE, 7-10 May 2017 (Dublin)

  • - EBU Workshops TV Drama, latest on 5 May 2017 (Brussel)

  • - EBU Radio Assembly, moderator, 3 May 2017 (Pilzen)

  • - EBU Strategy Seminar, 21-23 April 2017 (Leuven)

  • - EBU RTV Assembly, moderating session on advocacy 22 April 2016 (Basel)

  • - EU Conference, moderating session Going Glocal, on March 3 2016 (Amsterdam)

  • - EU DG Connect, Expert Meeting in Brussels (February 2016)

  • - Future of Radio session, in Amsterdam (November 2015)

  • - Think Bigger, at Saami RTV meeting in Finland (November 2015)

  • - The Digital Shift, at the Prix Europa in Berlin (October 2015)

  • - PBI Final Session, in Munich (September 2015)

  • - Knowledge Exchange (moderation, panel, interviews) in Geneva (September 2015)

  • - Global Competition in local Markets, at the GA EBU in Prague (June 2015)

  • - PSM in Europe, at SRG in Berne (June 2015)

  • - Future of PSM, at the Danish Ministry of Culture in Copenhagen (March 2015)