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2017 SVG Europe Membership
SVG’s goal is simple: to bring the entire sports industry closer together so that it can more effectively share information about best practices and new technologies that impact the industry.  Your SVG Europe membership will enable you to benefit from our continued conference and networking opportunities as well as multiple print and online resources.

SVG Europe membership is free to qualified applicants working in European broadcast, sport production.

SVG EUROPE BENEFITS INCLUDE:

  • Free attendance to selected SVG Europe Summits and Events
  • SVG Europe Insider newsletter, providing valuable and timely information on new tools and techniques that improve the quality of sports production and the value of sports rights.
  • Annual SportsTech Journal, the engineering resource for sports production for HD, broadband and mobile devices.

2017 EVENTS CALENDAR

  • Sports Venue Technology Summit@ ISE 2017  
    9 February    RAI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands  
    Now an established part of the SVG Europe calendar, the Sports Venue Technology Summit will examine digital signage, VR and new content production innovations at its 2017 edition. The programme will again be prepared in conjunction with eminent consultant Roland Hemming.
  • DACH Summit    
    21 March    Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany
    The 2015 SVG Europe DACH Summit was a huge success, bringing together broadcasters, consultants, service providers and other stakeholders to discuss the present and future of sports broadcasting in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Now returning for its second event, the 2017 DACH Summit will take place in Munich on the eve of the Football Production Summit.
  • Football Production Summit 2017    
    22 March    Allianz Arena, Munich, Germany    
    Football remains a major driver of sports broadcast technology innovation throughout Europe. Visiting Munich for the first time, the Football Production Summit will again provide broadcasters, OB providers, federations, leagues and clubs with an opportunity to find out more about the production technologies and workflow developments set to impact upon this most dynamic of sports.
  • Chairman’s Forum    
    21 April    Las Vegas, USA  
    Scheduled ahead of the NAB 2016 Show, the Chairman’s Forum offers a unique Platinum sponsor-only conference, networking and golf event that provides an ideal entry point to a productive week on the showfloor.
  • Pre-Game Party at NAB    
    23 April    Las Vegas, USA  
    The Pre-Game Party provides a special opportunity to network with colleagues from across the globe over cocktails and nibbles before the NAB exhibition gets underway the following day.
  • SportTech Europe 2017    
    7 June    Emirates Stadium, London, UK    
    After its debut visit to Dublin in 2016, SportTech Europe returns to London for its 2017 event. Delegates should anticipate a characteristic blend of sessions examining emerging technologies such as VR and HDR, as well as tantalising previews of some of the summer’s major sports events and the production workflows set to deliver them.
  • Sport Production Summit 2017  
    14 September    IBC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands    
    Sport Production Summit has become SVG’s flagship European event, providing insights and reflections on host broadcast and unilateral first-screen and second-screen case studies from the summer’s major sports events.
    As ever, the summit is scheduled to precede Europe’s premier broadcast exhibition, IBC.
  • Sport Production Awards 2017    
    16 September    IBC Amsterdam, The Netherlands    
    In the wake of the best-attended Sport Production Awards to date, SVG Europe will honour more key examples of outstanding production and technical achievements in the fi eld of broadcast sports. The event also serves as a welcome social ‘break’ during the reliably frenetic week of the IBC conference and exhibition.
  • Audio Summit    
    November    London, UK    
    Following an inaugural edition last November at Dolby’s Soho Square facility in central London, SVG Europe will return to audio over-IP, immersive and personalised audio, and other technologies currently shaping the future of broadcast sound for sports.
  • FutureSport 2017  
    29 November    Kia Oval, London, UK  
    FutureSport has emerged as SVG Europe’s premier future-facing event, looking ahead to the emerging technologies that are beginning to be adopted by the sports broadcast production community – or are still just a little way off. Expect analysis and discussion of topics such as 4K, HDR, IP, OTT, VR… and other popular acronyms!
  • SVG Events in the USA