The Global Media Policy & Regulation Series · 2026 – 27
From Regulation to Revenue
to Renaissance
An executive forum on the commercial collision of media regulation, antitrust, AI and licensing. A curated room of 20–50 senior media leaders per city, under the Chatham House Rule.
Paris event opens in
Why now
The media industry is in a structural reset.
Regulation has become one of the biggest commercial forces shaping media. Issues once seen as legal or political — antitrust, AI licensing, bargaining codes — are now board-level revenue questions.
Today's leaders must understand not only the law, but how to influence it, respond to it, and create value from it.
recovered from Big Tech to date
senior leaders in the room, per city
strategic pillars, from policy to revenue
cities across five regions
Core themes
Six strategic pillars
The programme explores the commercial implications of regulation across six strategic pillars — the same thread runs through every city.
Policy & Government
How legislation is reshaping publishing.
AI & Copyright
Licensing, transparency and content protection.
Competition & Platforms
The changing relationship with Big Tech.
Lobbying & Influence
How industries successfully shape policy.
Revenue Opportunities
Turning legislation into sustainable business models.
The Future
Preparing for the next decade of regulation.
2026 event
The room that launches the series
The format
An executive forum, not a conference
The future of events is not scale — it is relevance, access and engagement. Every element is designed for high-value interaction over headcount.
Executive access
20–50 senior leaders per city. Peers, not an audience.
Operator-level content
Real case studies and first-person accounts, not panels of platitudes.
Candour under Chatham House
For executives handling live regulatory matters, candour needs cover.
A tangible output
An unattributed briefing note within a week — the room's thinking, captured.
The room
Confirmed headliners
A curated line-up of operators, regulators and the lawyers reshaping media economics. Full line-up confirmed closer to each event.
Agence France-Presse (AFP)
Damien Geradin
Founding Partner
Geradin Partners
Prof. Dr. Thomas Höppner
Partner
Geradin Partners
Fabrice Fries
Chairman & CEO
Agence France-Presse (AFP)
Karen Rønde
Director of Regulatory Relations & Big Tech
Amedia
Lexie Kirkconnell-Kawana
CEO
Impress
Mikaël Hervé
Vice President, CRA, European Competition Practice
Charles River Associates (CRA)
The Hon. Paul Fletcher
Former Australian Federal Communications Minister
Paul Fletcher & Associates
Ricky Sutton
Founder & Host
Future Media
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The event doesn't end when the dinner does.
Each forum is captured live and turned — within the week — into the tangible output the format promises: an anonymised briefing note, a searchable record, and a stream of content that carries the conversation from city to city. That is the engine behind a year-round value proposition, and it is powered by Audiobly.
The unattributed briefing note
Every session captured and distilled into the anonymised note the format promises — in the room's own words, within the week.
Searchable transcript
The full conversation, PII-scrubbed and searchable, so a point made at 17:40 is findable forever.
Quote & soundbite cards
Standout lines, auto-surfaced and styled for social — the fuel that drives the next city's sign-ups.
The rolling conversation
Open questions carry from one city to the next, stitched into one cumulative, cross-city intelligence thread.
Insights
The thinking behind the room
Ricky Sutton's Future Media analysis on Big Tech, AI and the economics of publishing — the current that runs through every session.
The events open October 2026
A room worth being in.
Register your seat.
Delegate access is €399 per day. Places are limited and curated — register and we'll confirm your seat.