The activities of the International Council are made possible by generous grants from our sponsors and hosts:

IC 2009 Berlin Sponsors

Booz & Company

Accenture 

IC 2008 India Sponsors

Booz & Company

Gustave M. and Rita E. Hauser

Nielsen Media Research

O'Melveny & Myers LLP

PricewaterhouseCoopers

UBS

IC Hosts

The IC has been held in twelve countries across the globe, and, beginning with its second meeting, has been hosted by the leading media companies of each country it has visited.

Berlin 2009
Host: Markus Schächter, ZDF

New Delhi and Bangalore 2008
Host: Subhash Chandra, Zee Entertainment Enterprises; and Azim Premji, Wipro Technologies; Cohosts: Prannoy and Radhika Roy, NDTV

London 2008
Hosts: BBC and WPP

Silicon Valley 2007
Cohosts: Eric Schmidt, Google; Jonathan Schwartz, Sun Microsystems; and Terry Semel, Yahoo!

Istanbul 2006
Host: Aydin Dogan, Dogan TV & Radio; Cohost: Ferit Sahenk, Dogus Group

Montreal 2005
Host: Leonard Asper, CanWest Global Comm.; Cohosts: Robert Rabinovitch, CBC/Radio-Canada; Ivan Fecan, CTV; Louis Audet, COGECO; and André Desmarais, Power Corp.

Cape Town 2004
Hosts: William Kirsh, Primedia Ltd; and Peter Matlare, SABC

Beijing 2002
Hosts: Bruno Wu, Sun Media Group Holdings; and Daniel Mao, SINA.com

Vienna 2001
Host: Gerhard Weis, ORF

London 2000
Cohosts: Tony Ball, BSkyB; Michael Green, Carlton Communications; Barclay Knapp, NTL; Adam Singer, Telewest; and Mark Schneider, United Pan-Europe Communications

Madrid 1998
Host: Jose Maria Mas, Antena 3 Television; Cohosts: Emilio de Ybarra, Banco Bilbao Vixcaya-BBV; Leopoldo Rodes Castañé, Media Planning; and Fernando López-Amor, RTVE

Paris 1999
Host: Pierre Lescure, Canal+

Berlin 1996
Host: Helmut Thoma, RTL

Rome 1995
Host: President Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, Italian Government