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Citizen Communication in a Crisis as the World-Order is changing

Part of IBC 2025

Sep
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12 Sep 2025 /  
4:30pm - 5:15pm

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Citizen Communication in a Crisis as the World-Order is changing

The days are numbered where citizens of a country gather round a radio or television at the first sign of an emergency or crisis in their country. These days the first sign of an emergency is likely to be shared on social media, that won’t necessarily provide accurate, up-to-date information or instructions. As broadcasters migrate their services to internet delivery and governments work with mobile providers to provide emergency messaging services, this event will explore the history of emergency messaging, what the situation is today, and what the roadmap for future development looks like.

The IET has gathered a panel of European experts across broadcasting, service provision and government to share their insights and provide their perspectives on what the next few years look like and, given the current geo-political tensions, whether plans need to change or accelerate.

Moderated by Stephen Stewart

Contributors:

Kadi Luht-Kallas, Advisor for Emergency Communication at the Estonian Ministry of the Interior
Simon Farnsworth, CTO ITV
Martti Kinkar, Director of Development & Innovation, Levira

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12 Sep 2025 

4:30pm - 5:15pm

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Organiser

  • Media TN

Speakers

Kadi Luht-Kallas PhD

Adviser - Estonian Ministry of the Interior

Since 2021, Kadi has been working as an Advisor for Emergency Communication at the Estonian Ministry of the Interior. She is responsible for issues such as the 112 service (e.g. NG112, accessibility), the state helpline and public warning (EE-ALARM).

Kadi holds a PhD in Education from the University of Tartu and has an extensive background as a lecturer and researcher in risk-taking behaviour, fire risk analysis and prevention work. Since 2021, she has also been coordinating a multidisciplinary project team to integrate a multichannel warning platform in Estonia.

Kadi's Linked In profile

Mark Moran

Head of Technology Resilience - BBC

Mark Moran is Head of Technology Resilience at the BBC, leading strategic resilience planning and major incident response across the organisation’s critical national infrastructure.

With a 32 year career at the BBC, Mark brings deep expertise in resilience and crisis management, along with operational leadership across a breadth of technology related services.

Martti Kinkar

Head of Innovation and Development - Levira

Martti joined Levira about 7 years ago to help with the media services development and projects. Having previously worked for a telecom company, Tele2, for some 6+ years, where he mastered product management, technical project management and technical build, launching tens of services on to the market and also running the implementation projects – he got very experienced in business development and also technical development.

Martti has always been the person who needs to know what makes different things tick - so naturally he took the things apart, learned and put them back together again (most of the time).

Currently Martti is heading the innovation and development team at Levira – responsible for all the innovative new services and models we bring to the market, but also presales support and the delivery aspect towards the customers.

As an ex-Estonian Olympic Team sailor, Martti can often be found offshore racing. Keeping fit, participating in the defence forces training as a reservist (Cyber defence and media operations unit) and enjoying the free time with his family keep the energy levels high. 

Martti's LinkedIn profile

Location

RAI Amsterdam

Europaplein 24
Amsterdam

1078 GZ
Netherlands

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