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
1998
Biarritz, France
France Télévisions
1994
Stockholm, Sweden
SVT
1997
Washington DC, USA
PBS
1992
Brussels, Belgium
BRTN
1996
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
RTM
1991
Toronto, Canada
TV Ontario in association with NHK
1995
Prague, Czech Republic
CTV