Join global trends, become part of the Belarusian video creators community
Wisla Video Forum is an international conference organized by Press Club Belarus, aiming to explore the potential of different video formats to reach various audiences. The Forum will bring together leading international media professionals and Belarusian newsrooms and influencers.
Are you a media manager? Producer? Video journalist? Or an independent creator of socially important but not strictly news-related content? Then this Forum is for you! Hurry up, seats are limited!
What will you get?
Expertise from global and Belarusian media professionals, networking opportunities, and a chance to pitch your project.
Forum highlights
- Secrets of sustainable growth on platforms
- News in the Digital Era
- Low-budget videos potential
- Young audience reach and engagement
- A come-back of long video formats
- Real-time masterclasses
- Pitch your project
- Fuckup Night
Speakers
Erika Marzano
Audience Development Editor, Deutsche Welle
Matthew Champion
Consulting Editor, The News Movement. Former Editor-in-Chief of VICE News
Sarah Lawryniuk
Senior Producer, Journalist, The Economist
Jeremy Skeet
Social Media Strategist, ex-head of social media for BBC News (Instagram, TikTok)
Stsiapan Putsila
Journalist, founder of the NEXTA media project
Julia Gaurylava
Production director, Belarusian investigative center
Serge Sacharau
Co-publisher, chief editor of the internet journal CityDog
Denis Misyulya
CEO of @mlk_agency, Brandologist, Brand Consultant
George Zahainau
Chief advertising specialist, Democratic Media Institute
Zoya Charles
Experienced journalist, editor, and media development expert
Maksim Parshuta
Media manager, blogger
Liza Zakreuskaya
YouTube creator
Ruslan Kulievich
Editor-in-chief of MOST Media, author of the video projects 'We’ll be back' and 'Belarusians Can'.
Aliaksanda Hanievich
The oldest Belarusian video blogger, host of the blog 'Aliaksandra Hanevich
Lena Zhivoglod
Head of "Honest People" NGO, expert in marketing
Aliaksandr Charnuha
Author of the YouTube channel 'Ministry of Sepultura'
Julia Leidik
Author of the project KANAPLEV+LEIDIK, photographer
Yaugen Kanaplev
Author of the project KANAPLEV+LEIDIK, photographer
Jaraslau Pisarenka
Sports journalist, author of the YouTube channel 'Chestnok'.
Aliaksandr Garadko
producer and director of documentary projects
Nasta Rouda
Director of 'Nasha Niva' (Nashaniva.com) and host of the YouTube channel TOK
Natallia Bibikava
Artistic producer and director of the YouTube channel "Baybus"
Anastasia Kаstyugova
mediamanager, co-founder of Stratcomlab
Daniel Rzasa
News Lab Lead, CEE, Google
Piotr Żaczko
Communication Manager TikTok CE
Lidiya Nesmachnaya
Director, expert in video creation
Sasha Elbaum
journalist, influencer, host of the Zerkalo.io TikTok
Lukasz Dulniak
TikTok Head of Content Operations, Central and Eastern Europe
Natalia Żaba
Google Teaching Fellow for Central and Eastern Europe
Tatsiana Yanutsevich
Senior Broadcast Journalist, BBC Russian
Program
Piotr Żaczko and Lukasz Dulniak, TikTok CE
Daniel Rząsa, Google News Initiative
Matthew Champion, The News Movement
Sarah Lawryniuk, The Economist
Workshop with Lidiya Nesmachnaya, Ukrainian film director and AI expert
Moderator: Maksim Parshuta
Nasta Rouda, Nasha Niva
Jerzy Sałodki, Vot-tak.tv
Liza Zakreuskaya, Ovoschevoz / Padabajka
Anastasia Kastyugova, Stratcomlab
Aliaksandr Charnuha, Ministry of Sepultura
Yaraslau Stseshyk, Vot Tak
Tatsiana Yanutsevich, BBC
Julia Gaurylava, Belarusian Investigative Center
Erika Marzano, Deutsche Welle
Jeremy Skeet, social media strategist, former BBC News TikTok
Stsiapan Putsila, NEXTA
Lena Zhivoglod, “Honest People” NGO
Workshop with Zoya Charles, EU4 Independent Media
Workshop with Natalia Żaba, Google News Initiative
Moderator: Serge Sakharau, CityDog
George Zahainau, Democratic Media Institute
Denis Misyulya, Moloko Creative Agency
Sasha Elbaum, Zerkalo
Yaraslau Pisarenka, ChestnOK
Up to 10 projects
Contact us
Any questions? Get in touch with our team via this email address video.conference@solidarityby.eu
Q&A
No, participation is free of charge.
The number of participants is limited. Preference will be given to well-completed applications.
The Forum will be held in the center of Warsaw. We will provide the exact location upon successful registration.
Absolutely! Please tell us more in your application, and we will consider your proposal.
This may be possible. We will consider each application individually.
The working languages of the forum are Belarusian, Russian, and English.
Synchronous translation will be provided to and from Russian/Belarusian.
Supported by
This event was organized with the financial support of the European Union.
About Press Club Belarus
Press Club Belarus is a community of Belarusian media professionals dedicated to the values of freedom of speech and human rights. They strive to uphold the standards of journalism, ensuring that even in the most challenging circumstances, the media can provide vital information to the Belarusian audience.
Press Club Belarus is a member of the International Association of Press Clubs.
Warsaw,
September 13-14, 2024