Christoffer Forssell is a Localization and Accessibility expert and currently Heads the Localization, Translation and Accessibility services at the Finnish Public Broadcasting Company Yle. He has been working in the broadcasting media for over 15 years, with a background in the music industry. More recently, Christoffer has focused on improving and developing Yle’s accessibility services as well as looking for new ways to better serve Yle’s minority audiences. He is the founder and chairman of Yle’s Accessibility Experts Group and the “Yle Council”, consisting of Yle customers with disabilities.
Christoffer is also involved in several projects researching how to utilize speech technology and automated audiovisual analysis in different segments of the media industry. He is skilled in broadcasting and VOD process development as well as agile leadership methods.