About PBI
CBC/Radio-Canada is delighted to host the 2024 Public Broadcasters International (PBI) Conference in Ottawa, the nation’s capital!
Located above the Ottawa River in the Gatineau hills, Ottawa is a beautiful city in all seasons — especially in Autumn as the leaves change colours and before the snow settles in. It’s also the home of Canada’s government and Parliament, where legislative and regulatory decisions are made.
Public service media face a range of challenges today — in some cases, existential challenges. This forum brings together the most senior leaders in the field to discuss — and tackle — some of the most important issues we face.
This year, for the first time since 2016, the PBI Conference is returning to Canada.
Collage of landscape of Ottawa the capital of Canada in the fall.
Images ©rabbit75_ist, DenisTangneyJr, Matthew Lloyd
The very first annual conference of PBI was held in Toronto in 1991 — a collaboration of TV Ontario and NHK Japan.
Since then, PBI has travelled the world — Oslo, Macao, Munich, Rio de Janeiro, Maputo, Krakow, Washington, Prague, Tokyo, Cape Town, Kuala Lumpur, Arles, Singapore, Seoul, Stockholm, Hong Kong, and so many more. And PBI has grown — more than 80 public service broadcasters, from all over the world, have become members.
About CBC/Radio-Canada
CBC/Radio-Canada is Canada’s national public broadcaster. With a mandate to inform, enlighten, and entertain, we provide a broad range of television, radio, and digital programming to communities from coast to coast to coast.
News and non-news programming are offered in both official languages (English and French), in addition to content in eight Indigenous languages.
Local connections are at the heart of CBC/Radio-Canada — with a presence in more than 80 communities across the country, and international bureaus across the world.
Learn more about Canada’s public broadcaster here.
Previous PBI Conferences
2023
Prague, Czech Republic
Czech Television
2018
Seoul, South Korea
KBS
2014
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
EBC
2022
Tokyo, Japan
NHK
2017
Sinaia, Romania
Radio Romania
2013
Washington, USA
PBS
2021
Brussels, Belgium
VRT/RTBF
2016
Montreal, Canada
CBC/Radio-Canada
2012
London, UK
BBC
2019
Helsinki, Finland
Yle
2015
Munich, Germany
ARD/BR
2011
Singapore
MediaCorp