media.think.tank
Conference for Innovation, Knowledge Transfer and Networking in the Film and Media Industry
The media.think.tank brings together experts from industry, politics, and science every two years to discuss current developments and future topics.
Platform for Exchange and Future Topics
The media.think.tank is a conference for knowledge transfer and networking at the intersection of media, technology, and politics. Together with the Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF, the Erich Pommer Institut organises a platform that focuses on current developments in the film and media industry.
Experts from practice, research, and politics discuss key challenges and present perspectives for the future of audiovisual content.
Photo: MTT 2024 | EPI © Melanie Macher
Key Topics
Technological developments in the media industry
Artificial Intelligence & Big Data
Production processes & innovation
Monetisation & new business models
Opportunities, risks, and responsibility
What to expect
Keynotes
Leading experts from industry, academia, and politics provide informed insights into current developments surrounding media, technology, and innovation. They contextualise trends, present perspectives, and offer impulses for practice.
Panels
Interdisciplinary discussions bring together different perspectives and illuminate key questions from legal, economic, and creative viewpoints. The exchange allows for a deeper understanding of complex developments.
Networking
The media.think.tank creates space for personal exchange and new connections between industry players. In an informal atmosphere, conversations, collaborations, and new impulses for future projects emerge.
Outlook 2026
Die nächste Ausgabe des media.think.tank findet im Herbst 2026 statt. Im Fokus stehen Fragen rund um das Filmemachen von morgen. Der media.think.tank bleibt damit eine zentrale Plattform für den Austausch über die Zukunft der audiovisuellen Medienproduktion.
The media.think.tank at a glance
SinceXXX
Established as a platform for exchange on future topics
mtt 2024
Focus on generative AI and Big Data
Thematic focus: Developments, opportunities and risks of generative AI and Big Data in the production of audiovisual content and an overview of current AI tools.
mtt 2026
Nächste Ausgabe im Herbst
Fokus auf das Filmemachen von Morgen
Insights into the latest issues
mtt 2022
Skilled professionals, new work models and technologies
The 2022 edition focused on skills shortages, new working models and technological developments in film production. Topics discussed included innovative recruitment strategies, diversity, and the impact of new technologies on professions and working structures.
Workshops and panel discussions provided an opportunity for direct discussion on topics such as virtual production, new ways of working and future skills requirements.
mtt 2024
Generative AI in the production process
media.think.tank.24 focused on the development and application of AI technologies throughout the entire audiovisual media production process – from content development to distribution.
Through keynote speeches, panel discussions, case studies and roundtable sessions, participants gained practical insights into the use of generative AI, learnt about specific examples of its application, and engaged in interdisciplinary discussions on the opportunities, risks and potential solutions.
With around 130 participants and 30 experts, the conference provided a platform for in-depth discussion between industry, academia and the political sphere.
The media.think.tank examines technological developments along the entire value chain – from development through production and post-production to distribution and marketing.
Partners & Sponsors
The media.think.tank is realised in collaboration with strong partners from the media and innovation landscape.
