Olsberg•SPI has been commissioned to analyse the feasibility of CECI and design the future structures and mechanisms to incite co-operation by professionals and public broadcasters of the region, and synergies that can enhance both production and circulation of films from the region.

The Film Export Group (FEG), representing a range of stakeholders, bodies and organisations including the British Council, UK Trade & Investment, Film Export UK, UK Screen Association, and the UK Film Council, has been working across the film sector since 2002 to coordinate strategic action for film export activity.

Jonathan Olsberg was a keynote speaker at the 2010 SPAA annual conference, where the key findings contained in SPI's forthcoming report on building sustainable film businesses were discussed. The session addressed strategies for creating successful, international film businesses in a rapidly changing digital world.

Olsberg•SPI carried out a research and analysis study into two important programmes which Northern Film and Media ran in recent years: The Network Television Investment Fund and the subsequent Content Fund Extension.

As part of the Nordic Film Prize 2010, Jonathan Olsberg on behalf of AGICOA, a not for profit membership organisation that collects retransmission royalties, delivered and moderated a session on how producers/rights holders could build sustainable content businesses.

Film Location Finland is a two-year EU-funded project carried out by the POEM Foundation designed to market and maximise Finland as a shooting location for screen product.

The theme of this year's Screen International’s Annual Film Summit was "Building sustainable film businesses fit for new commercial realities".

For the University of Glamorgan SPI created a development strategy for a new film academy focused on the needs of the UK’s audiovisual sector.

In July 2010, Olsberg•SPI was commissioned by Screen West Midlands to conduct high-level market research and intelligence to capture and analyse Screen West Midlands' funded clients, networks, and stakeholders’ perceptions of the quality of its services, and more generally, its overall offer.

SPI produced a report in 2010 about the facilities sector in the UK and its sizeable contribution to the UK’s wider film and television industry.

In his lecture to an audience of over 200 at the film industry event held in Munich, Jonathan Olsberg discussed to what extent tax-incentive models could make the film industry more sustainable and developed.

Jonathan Olsberg chaired a seminar on how to make the best use of the co-production treaty between the UK and India, at the Frames Entertainment Conference, organised by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) in 2009.

At the Santiago Film Seminar hosted by La Universidad de las Comunicaciones (UNIACC), Jonathan presented on the subject of new modes of distribution to an audience of selected producers, distributors and cinema owners invited by APCT.

Jonathan Olsberg presented an overview of tax shelter models for the film industry, with a special focus on the European context.

In his presentation to the APCT, Jonathan Olsberg explored in detail the increasingly relevant topic of branded entertainment and brand association in film finance and distribution.

Jonathan Olsberg delivered a bespoke presentation on global fiscal incentives, examining a number of regions including Europe, the Americas and Asia.

Jonathan Olsberg delivered a bespoke presentation on tax incentives for audiovisual production at a round table seminar organised by the law firm Marriott Harrison, on the creative media sector.

Jonathan Olsberg has been invited by the San Francisco Film Society to teach a course on international co-productions for aspiring film producers.

SPI carried out an evaluation into the potential structure of and market for a new MBA-style academy delivering business skills to executives in or wanting to join, the UK film sector.

For the Northern Ireland Film and Television Commission, SPI custom-designed a programme of workshops and focused mentoring for ten Northern Ireland screen entrepreneurs.