This year’s TR-X, a half-day session produced by Mark Chiolis and Craig German, will examine how the most disruptive changes in technology will fundamentally alter the way each of us practices our craft. When anything is possible, how do you think and behave differently when you create content? What new skill sets will you need in this new era? How will each of us, from new entrants to the workforce to old hands, continue to learn when the pace of change becomes daily? From professional educators to visionaries to industry pioneers, we will explore what it looks like to live and work in a rebooted future.

Among our headline speakers will be Mark Turner of Entertainment Technologists Inc., Josh Stinehour of Devoncroft, and Rodney Grubbs of NASA.

Registration for the half-day TR-X is included in the All-Access registration package and can also be purchased as a standalone registration.

• Mark Chiolis, Mobile TV Group
  

  Mark Chiolis

  Mobile TV Group

  Mark Chiolis is the Director of Business Development for Mobile TV Group (MTVG), which provides facilities for over 4,000 live professional and college sports and entertainment events annually, with more than 35 mobile units, and dozens of remote Cloud Control facilities, based throughout the U.S.  MTVG has been leading the 4K/UHD/HDR/Cloud live event production with key broadcasters, networks and distribution companies.

  Mark is currently working to interface with customers and partners to develop and support MTVG’s entertainment, awards, corporate, concerts, egames, and esports events with current and new trucks, using both broadcast and cine workflows.

  Prior to MTVG, Chiolis worked in marketing, business development, and sales for Grass Valley, Thomson, Technicolor, Philips, and BTS as well as at television stations KMUV, KRBK and KVIE.

  Chiolis is an active board member of the HPA, an associate member of the American Society of Cinematographers, member of the NAB Cine Consortium, member of the SciTech group at the Television Academy (Emmys), member of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS), member of International Association of Aviation Photographers, past section manager of SMPTE, member of STE, SBE and California Broadcasters Association.

• Craig German, HPA
  

  Craig German

  HPA

• Mark Turner, MovieLabs
  

  Mark Turner

  MovieLabs

  Mark Turner is President, Entertainment Technologists Inc and coordinates the Production Technology program for Movielabs that created the 2030 Vision for the future of content creation. In Mark’s 27 years in the global media industry he has always been at the intersection of technology and business. Mark has held roles from product management, to sales, strategy, business development and partnerships for start-ups to multi-billion corporates including Ryff, Technicolor, Levels Beyond, RSTOR, Wasabi, Dolby , Microsoft, BT Media & Broadcast, Eutelsat and Xinsere.

• Josh Stinehour, Devoncroft
  

  Josh Stinehour

  Devoncroft

  Josh Stinehour is a principal analyst with Devoncroft Partners, a provider of market research and strategic consulting services to a wide range of digital media clients and institutional investors. He is a frequent presenter at conferences and trade shows in the media technology sector. Prior to joining Devoncroft, Mr. Stinehour was a managing director at Silverwood Partners in the firm’s Technology, Media and Telecommunications group. While at Silverwood, Mr. Stinehour executed a range of transactions including mergers and acquisitions, valuations, and private placements. Before joining Silverwood, Mr. Stinehour worked in various positions at EMC Corporation including as a software programmer and later as an analyst on integration teams for EMC’s acquisitions of Documentum, Legato, and VMWare. He holds an MBA from the F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College, an MS in computer science from Rochester Institute of Technology, and a BS in computer science from Union College. Mr. Stinehour is a CFA charterholder.

Video has been distributed over IP on the Internet for decades, but professional production and distribution infrastructure is still dominated by traditional technologies. What is the attraction of moving all of it to IP?  Decoupling solutions from proprietary hardware, accelerating innovation from the historical multi-year upgrade cycles, and reimagining our solutions as infrastructure-as-code are just some of the benefits. Join us as we explore the evolution of video distribution infrastructure to the CI/CD (continuous integration and continuous deployment) model that is now commonplace in software development. IP is now moving ahead as facilities and other avenues fully deploy it for use.

• Claire Southey, Amazon
• Mike Cronk, AIMS/Grass Valley
  

  Mike Cronk

  AIMS/Grass Valley

  Michael Cronk is Chairman of the Board for the Alliance for IP Media Solutions and Vice President of Core Technology for Grass Valley. Michael guides the critical development of Grass Valley’s next generation core technologies for both cloud and on-premise topologies. He also leads Grass Valley’s company-wide cyber-security initiative. Michael’s history with Grass Valley originally dates back to 1989 to 2008 when he held a number of growing roles over the period including General Manager of the Server and News business, as well as Vice President of Marketing. During this tenure with the company, Michael led the identification and implementation of Grass Valley’s expansion strategy into the news market. After a hiatus Michael re-joined the company in 2013 as Senior Vice President of Marketing and Product Line Management where he was instrumental in the turn-around of the company prior to its acquisition by Belden. Between 2015 and 2016 he served as Senior Vice President of Strategic Marketing, driving Grass Valley’s product roadmap and strategy.

• Mike Strein, ABC News
  

  Mike Strein

  ABC News

  Mike is the Director of Engineering and Technology at ABC News in NY, part of Walt Disney Television. For the last 30 years he has been at the forefront of just about every technical advancement that the ABC TV network has made, from the conversion from analog to digital, through the HDTV transition to the migration to video over IP and the expansion of streaming platforms. Mike has over 40 Disney Innovation awards that have resulted in 22 US patents, with several others still in process. Mike is fairly active in the standards communities, has been an active SMPTE NY board member since 1997 and is a SMPTE Fellow. Prior to ABC, Mike spent 7 years at Standard Microsystems Corporation as part of a semiconductor design team. He has a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering Technology from SUNY Polytechnic University in Utica/Rome.

• Karl Paulsen, Diversified
  

  Karl Paulsen

  Diversified

  Karl Paulsen is Chief Technology Officer for Diversified. He supports and directs the company’s consulting and technology-driven broadcast engineering services; focusing on long term strategic planning, workflow analysis, media asset management and storage solutions technologies. Karl has held senior engineering management positions at systems integration companies and broadcast television stations since the early-1980s.

  A Fellow of the Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers (SMPTE), he has been active in the SMPTE standards development processes since 1986. Karl is an SBE Life Member, SBE Certified Professional Broadcast Engineer and a member of the VSF, AES and IEEE. His monthly TV Technology column has provided the industry with information on media workflow practices, storage and IP technologies for over 25 years.

• Paul Bonar, Game Creek Video
  

  Paul Bonar

  Game Creek Video

5 Industry Leaders in the know have exactly 2:30 to say where the industry is going, once early on to baseline today’s foundation and once at the end to explore the limits of the future on each of their individual topics. The clock is ticking!

• Automating Metadata: Letting Your Data Write Itself - Stacy Chaet, SIM International
  

  Stacy Chaet

  SIM International

  Stacy Chaet is a Supervising Workflow Producer at Sim. She is involved with the creation and implementation of workflows for television and feature films as well as managing facility needs. She has a genuine curiosity for solving technical issues as well as a love for the merging of art and technology. With over 10 years experience in post production, Stacy aims to keep on the forefront of the ever evolving industry.

• The Future of Media Creation: How to Support a Worldwide Production & Post Workforce - Greg Ciaccio, IMAX
  

  Greg Ciaccio

  IMAX

  Greg Ciaccio, Creative Technologist, is pushing the boundaries of production and post techniques to help usher in the new paradigm of filmmaking through advances in virtual and remote production.
  

  Ciaccio serves as Chair of the ASC Motion Imaging Technology Council’s Workflow Committee, which includes the Advanced Data Management and ACES Subcommittees. He is also helping to lead Production Technology for R&D Projects at the Entertainment Technology Center at USC, working to advance workflows and technical best-practices in Virtual and Remote Production. Their next short “Fathead” dives deeper into Virtual Production use cases, adding virtual humans and expanded remote production as we continue to work through challenging times.
  

  Additionally, he is an ASC Associate Member, Board Member of the SMPTE Hollywood Section, Advisory Board Member of SMPTE Rapid
  Industry Solutions, Member of the Television Academy Science & Technology Group, and a founding member of the Digital Cinema Society.

• Assembling the Best Team for Each of Your Projects and Why Diversity Matters - Nadya Ichinomiya, Sony
  

  Nadya Ichinomiya

  Sony

  Early in Nadya’s life, when dirt was also young, she became obsessed with this question: how do you influence behavior? Her first job at 16 was calling up strangers on the phone, asking them to take a 20 minute survey about legal cases. OOOOF. The question morphed into – how do you inspire employees to unleash their passion, innovation and engagement? What needs to be in place to create highly performing teams? Nadya serves as an Executive Director at Sony Pictures in the role of Enterprise Agile Coach, working with tech teams aiming to improve their responsiveness to change in an industry tackling vast amounts of disruption. Starting out her professional life with a Business degree from USC, Nadya cut her corporate teeth at IBM, working in sales and management behind the Orange Curtain. From there she leveraged her intimacy with the umlaut to land a job as a Vice President with Electronic Data Systems (now Hewlett Packard) in Frankfurt at the young age of 27 – shattering a glass ceiling as the company’s highest ranking woman in the EMEA’s region (22,000 employees) and also was the youngest VP worldwide (out of 117,000 employees.) Never one to shy away from a challenge, Nadya moved from computer screens to movie screens, changing course and rebooting her career as a Hollywood producer. After five years working with Bonnie Hunt in both movies and TV (as a producer on ABC’s Life With Bonnie,) she was ready to return to the corporate world. First in TV Distribution at MGM and now back in technology at Sony Pictures, Nadya’s familiarity with both the wonky and the wacky aspects of Hollywood has provided a wide aperture of both the entertainment business and the tech world. In 2010, Nadya launched a side business as a literary manager, guiding the career of mom blogger, Kelle Hampton, whose first book “Bloom: Finding Beauty in the Unexpected,” debuted two years later at number 11 on The New York Times best seller list. During this time, she created, directed and edited a video for a non-profit which has over 100,000 views on YouTube and raised over $100,000 in the first week. A woman of diverse talents, Nadya also spent time training female boxers and is licensed as a boxing trainer in the states of California and Nevada, earning the ring name of “The Monster.” Six years ago, Nadya co-founded Women In Technology: Hollywood (501c3) – a cross media & entertainment non-profit with 2500+ members from all the major studios where she serves as Chairwoman. Additionally, she was co-Chair of Women in Technology at Sony Pictures, which has 250+ members. In both groups, the mission is to enable women to expand their professional development and build their network as well as empower girls to consider a career in technology, whether it’s in coding itself or code adjacent roles in project management and business analysis. In 2016, Nadya was honored with a Certification of Acknowledgement from Eric Garcetti, Mayor of Los Angeles, for entrepreneurial/start-up service to LA as the founder/thought leader of both influential groups, now in their fourth year. She also received the honor of a Leadership/Education/Advocacy award from Women in Cable Telecommunications. Nadya lives in LA with her husband David, their two sons Mingus and Spike & their Boston Terrier, Dolphy.

• Producing Live Industry Events: Challenges and Solutions in an Age of Unlimited Connectivity, Social Media, and Immediate Gratification - Kristin Petrovich, Createasphere and SOC
  

  Kristin Petrovich

  Createasphere and SOC

  Createasphere is the leading builder of professional communities for content creation technology and media companies. Working with organizations at strategic points in their growth to build new audiences, while engaging current fans.

  Kristin has developed and lead hundreds of community building initiates worldwide from organizations, tradeshows, conferences, digital to educational workshops.

  Kristin is currently privileged to work with the Society of Camera Operators as the Executive Director and with NAB Show consulting on their cinema focused initiatives.

  Her passion is fostering women entrepreneurs through transformative thought leadership.

• Managing Through the Transition to an IP Environment - Renard Jenkins, Warner Bros. Discovery
  

  Renard Jenkins

  Warner Bros. Discovery

  Renard Jenkins is an experienced contention creation and creative technology executive in the Film, Television and Radio industry. He is currently Warner Bros. Discovery’s Senior Vice President, Production Integration & Creative Technology Services where he oversees teams that support 23,500 plus cast/crew members, 8,500 plus content hours and hundreds of global feature film, animation, and syndicated television productions annually. He and his teams provide creative production technology solutions and strategy for film, animation, and television productions worldwide. They also provide application, IP, production pipeline support and workflows as well as work stream design and implementation. A portion of his team are also responsible for the exploration and successful implementation of emerging and creative technologies such as virtual production, multiplatform storytelling, virtual character and meta human development, neuro-technology and better images and sound for cinema and home entertainment.

  Prior to joining WarnerMedia, Jenkins served as Vice President, Operations, Engineering & Distribution at PBS, where he was responsible for the strategic direction, technology development, engineering, and operational management of PBS’s entire media-supply chain. He and his teams were responsible for the successful simultaneous launch of the Live Linear and Cloud-based PBS Kids Channel plus Live Streaming App which also contained games and VOD. It remains as one of the most popular kid’s applications and destinations today. He also created PBS’s Advanced Format Center. He has also worked for TV One, Discovery, ESPN and Turner Broadcasting where he received multiple awards for his work in Film & Television Production, Post Production and R&D, including two national Emmys. Jenkins was also awarded the Innovator of the Year award in 2017 for his cutting-edge work and accomplishments in UHD, HDR, NGA and supply chain technology through the PBS Advanced Format Center and other industry activities.

  Jenkins is a SMPTE Fellow and currently serves as President of SMPTE. He sits on the boards of MovieLabs, the Hollywood Professionals Association, the UltraHD Forum, the Content & Entertainment Council as well as the Microsoft and Oracle Advisory Boards. He is also a recipient of a Peabody, 2 Headliners and a 2020 Broadcasting and Cable Technology Leadership award to name a few others.

  He is a champion and advocate for inclusion, diversity, equity and accessibility in the technology and media industries. He is a Strategic Advisor to the Board of Directors of the Washington, DC Chapter of the National Association for Multi-Ethnicity In Communications (NAMIC), chairs the Warner Bros. Discovery Technology and Operations Equity and Inclusion Council, the SMPTE Global Inclusion Working Group and he also Co-Chairs, HPA ALL which advocates for and promotes diversity, better equity and increased inclusion and accessibility in the media and entertainment industry.

  When he is not working, he enjoys spending time with his wife and best friend of over 30 years, his daughters, and his grandchildren. He loves travel photography / filmmaking and only has one more continent left to explore. He is also a certified sound engineer and is passionate about the visual arts. When time permits, he loves to provide pro bono location sound, live mixing, studio recording, post-production and finishing services for aspiring filmmakers, animators, and musicians. His family moto is “In all things integrity and integrity in all things.”

Regulatory constraints are being removed from the gaming industry, and technology now makes it possible to place bets in real-time from any device as an integrated event experience. What will happen when betting expands beyond its traditional realm, into esports, on-line games, and even general entertainment like TV and movies? What are the basics of today’s technology, and where are the best business opportunities? How will betting data be used to drive stories, camera angles, spinoffs, etc.? How does this change the way that workflow and personnel are deployed throughout the industry over the next 5-10 years or more? Will this be the crumbling of our moral fabric, is there a rainbow waiting at the end of this, or do we find a new middle ground? Come find out!

• Jason Dachman, SVG / Sports Video Group
• Steve Byrd, Sportradar
  

  Steve Byrd

  Sportradar

  Steve Byrd is head of strategic partnerships at Sportradar. A thirty-year veteran of the sports industry, Steve joined Sportradar’s U.S. operation as chief commercial officer in May 2015. After building out the U.S. sales team, Byrd transitioned into his current global role in May 2017. This follows a stint during which he served as a consultant and advisory board member for a number of global digital sports firms. Previously, Byrd was co-chief operating officer at STATS, leading their growth and relationships with leagues, federations, broadcasters, brands, and technology firms for nearly two decades. Byrd is a founding board member of the Fantasy Sports Trade Association and serves as an executive-in-residence for his alma mater, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

• Del Parks, EVP/CTO, Sinclair Broadcast Group
  

  Del Parks

  EVP/CTO, Sinclair Broadcast Group

  Delbert R. Parks, III is the Executive Vice President / Chief Technology Officer of Sinclair Broadcast Group. Del has been serving Sinclair since 1972 and has held various operations and engineering positions with Sinclair over the last 48 years. In his role, he supports the company’s current and future Engineering, Technical Operations, and Facilities for Sinclair.

   

  Currently, he is responsible for the deployment of the new broadcast standard, the Next Generation Broadcast Platform, and co-leads Sinclair’s technical and operational integration of the twenty-one recently purchased FOX Regional Sports Networks, the Marquee Sports Network (Chicago Cubs), the Tennis Channel’s new IP digital facility in Los Angeles, and the transformation of the company’s media and broadcast operations as they migrate to the cloud and their future state.

  Del is a retired Army Lieutenant Colonel who has held various commands during his 26-year reserve career. Retiring in 1998 as the Battalion Commander of the 175^th Infantry (5^th Maryland), Maryland Army National Guard.

  He is a member of the Society of Motion Pictures and Television Engineers and in 2015 was honored as a SMPTE Fellow. In 2007, he was the recipient of Broadcasting and Cable’s Technology Leadership Award and is a member of the Society of Broadcast Engineers. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Baltimore Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America and has been active in the scouting program for many years with his two Eagle Scout sons.

  Favorite sayings: “Never suffer in silence” and “If you want something done…give it to someone who’s busy.”

   

• Ron Luniewski, InPlay Studios
  

  Ron Luniewski

  InPlay Studios

  CEO InPlay Studios a first to market digital streaming company in the fast-growing sports betting space. Prior to InPlay Ron for 16 years Ron built Xpressbet and Global Wagering Solutions(GWS) into a respected global leader in wagering. This multi-platform gaming company generates $300+ million in annual revenue placing $2 billion in wagers each year. Prior to Xpressbet Ron was COO\CEO of a startup to IPO; Youbet.com.

• Chris Grove, EK Gaming
  

  Chris Grove

  EK Gaming

  Chris Grove is a partner at Eilers & Krejcik Gaming where he heads the firm’s sports betting practice. His research and insights are regularly cited by policymakers, media, publicly-traded companies, and financial analysts. Grove is also a founder and managing partner at SGIF, a VC fund investing in startups focused on the legal U.S. sports betting opportunity.

Sponsored by Adobe

• Poppy Crum, Chief Scientist at Dolby Laboratories, Dolby
  

  Poppy Crum

  Chief Scientist at Dolby Laboratories, Dolby

  Poppy Crum works to bridge the gap between technology and insightful, effective human interaction. As a multi-dimensional advocate of empathetic technology, she builds technologies that best leverage human physiology to enhance our experiences and how we interact with the world.

   

  Poppy serves as the Chief Scientist at Dolby Laboratories and as an Adjunct Professor at Stanford University in the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics and Program in Symbolic Systems.

   

  Poppy is dedicated to the development of immersive technologies that leverage human physiology and perceptual realities to enhance our experiences and interactions in the world. She has advanced a mission to democratize the way people of all abilities benefit from sensory technologies – and how effectively technology communicates back to each of us. She believes the power of intelligent technologies is only realized with dynamic optimization and learning of as much of our personal and contextual data as possible.

   

  At Dolby, Poppy directs the growth of internal science. She is responsible for integrating neuroscience and sensory data science into algorithm design, technological development, and technology strategy. At Stanford, her work focuses on the impact and feedback potential of new technologies including gaming and immersive environments such as Augmented and Virtual Reality on neuroplasticity and learning.

Real time spatial computing is changing the experiences of tomorrow.  The lines between Reality, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, and Mixed Reality have melted.  From producing The Blair Witch Project to the latest Electronic Arts story mode, Robin Cowie has 26 years in theme parks, feature films, and computer games. Joining him is John Buzzell, a strategic and creative leader focused on real time content for Epic Games and their Unreal engine.  Together they’ll share some of the most exciting projects they are currently working on and where they think experience content is going.

• Robin Cowie, HELO Technology
  

  Robin Cowie

  HELO Technology

  Robin Cowie is the Director of Experience Technology for Helo (www.flyhelo.com), a global experiential creative studio. He has 26-years creating film, television, theme park, theatre, and computer game experiences. His first feature, The Blair Witch Project, was followed by 8 other successful feature films, 2 television series, 6 video games, and a role as the Creative Director for the $600 million Dr. Phillips Center. He is the winner of numerous awards including the Producers Guild of America Award, the Prix De Jeuvenes from the Cannes Film Festival, and the Independent Spirit Award. Further, he is a founding partner for Experientia XR Limited, an original content development company located in London, England.

• John Buzzell, Epic Games
  

  John Buzzell

  Epic Games

  John Buzzell is an award-winning veteran of the digital industry. In his role at Epic Games, John helps creative agencies, animation studios, and AR and VR creators leverage Unreal Engine’s real-time visuals for breakthrough experiences and compelling storytelling. His past credits include emerging technology for WarnerMedia, National Geographic, Coca-Cola, Porsche, and Discovery, Inc. John lives near Epic’s headquarters in Raleigh, North Carolina, where he also leads the VR/AR Association’s local chapter. 

5 Industry Leaders in the know have exactly 2:30 to say where the industry is going, once early on to baseline today’s foundation and once at the end to explore the limits of the future on each of their individual topics. The clock is ticking!

• Automating Metadata: Letting Your Data Write Itself - Stacy Chaet, SIM International
  

  Stacy Chaet

  SIM International

  Stacy Chaet is a Supervising Workflow Producer at Sim. She is involved with the creation and implementation of workflows for television and feature films as well as managing facility needs. She has a genuine curiosity for solving technical issues as well as a love for the merging of art and technology. With over 10 years experience in post production, Stacy aims to keep on the forefront of the ever evolving industry.

• The Future of Media Creation: How to Support a Worldwide Production & Post Workforce - Greg Ciaccio, IMAX
  

  Greg Ciaccio

  IMAX

  Greg Ciaccio, Creative Technologist, is pushing the boundaries of production and post techniques to help usher in the new paradigm of filmmaking through advances in virtual and remote production.
  

  Ciaccio serves as Chair of the ASC Motion Imaging Technology Council’s Workflow Committee, which includes the Advanced Data Management and ACES Subcommittees. He is also helping to lead Production Technology for R&D Projects at the Entertainment Technology Center at USC, working to advance workflows and technical best-practices in Virtual and Remote Production. Their next short “Fathead” dives deeper into Virtual Production use cases, adding virtual humans and expanded remote production as we continue to work through challenging times.
  

  Additionally, he is an ASC Associate Member, Board Member of the SMPTE Hollywood Section, Advisory Board Member of SMPTE Rapid
  Industry Solutions, Member of the Television Academy Science & Technology Group, and a founding member of the Digital Cinema Society.

• Assembling the Best Team for Each of Your Projects and Why Diversity Matters - Nadya Ichinomiya, Sony
  

  Nadya Ichinomiya

  Sony

  Early in Nadya’s life, when dirt was also young, she became obsessed with this question: how do you influence behavior? Her first job at 16 was calling up strangers on the phone, asking them to take a 20 minute survey about legal cases. OOOOF. The question morphed into – how do you inspire employees to unleash their passion, innovation and engagement? What needs to be in place to create highly performing teams? Nadya serves as an Executive Director at Sony Pictures in the role of Enterprise Agile Coach, working with tech teams aiming to improve their responsiveness to change in an industry tackling vast amounts of disruption. Starting out her professional life with a Business degree from USC, Nadya cut her corporate teeth at IBM, working in sales and management behind the Orange Curtain. From there she leveraged her intimacy with the umlaut to land a job as a Vice President with Electronic Data Systems (now Hewlett Packard) in Frankfurt at the young age of 27 – shattering a glass ceiling as the company’s highest ranking woman in the EMEA’s region (22,000 employees) and also was the youngest VP worldwide (out of 117,000 employees.) Never one to shy away from a challenge, Nadya moved from computer screens to movie screens, changing course and rebooting her career as a Hollywood producer. After five years working with Bonnie Hunt in both movies and TV (as a producer on ABC’s Life With Bonnie,) she was ready to return to the corporate world. First in TV Distribution at MGM and now back in technology at Sony Pictures, Nadya’s familiarity with both the wonky and the wacky aspects of Hollywood has provided a wide aperture of both the entertainment business and the tech world. In 2010, Nadya launched a side business as a literary manager, guiding the career of mom blogger, Kelle Hampton, whose first book “Bloom: Finding Beauty in the Unexpected,” debuted two years later at number 11 on The New York Times best seller list. During this time, she created, directed and edited a video for a non-profit which has over 100,000 views on YouTube and raised over $100,000 in the first week. A woman of diverse talents, Nadya also spent time training female boxers and is licensed as a boxing trainer in the states of California and Nevada, earning the ring name of “The Monster.” Six years ago, Nadya co-founded Women In Technology: Hollywood (501c3) – a cross media & entertainment non-profit with 2500+ members from all the major studios where she serves as Chairwoman. Additionally, she was co-Chair of Women in Technology at Sony Pictures, which has 250+ members. In both groups, the mission is to enable women to expand their professional development and build their network as well as empower girls to consider a career in technology, whether it’s in coding itself or code adjacent roles in project management and business analysis. In 2016, Nadya was honored with a Certification of Acknowledgement from Eric Garcetti, Mayor of Los Angeles, for entrepreneurial/start-up service to LA as the founder/thought leader of both influential groups, now in their fourth year. She also received the honor of a Leadership/Education/Advocacy award from Women in Cable Telecommunications. Nadya lives in LA with her husband David, their two sons Mingus and Spike & their Boston Terrier, Dolphy.

• Producing Live Industry Events: Challenges and Solutions in an Age of Unlimited Connectivity, Social Media, and Immediate Gratification - Kristin Petrovich, Createasphere and SOC
  

  Kristin Petrovich

  Createasphere and SOC

  Createasphere is the leading builder of professional communities for content creation technology and media companies. Working with organizations at strategic points in their growth to build new audiences, while engaging current fans.

  Kristin has developed and lead hundreds of community building initiates worldwide from organizations, tradeshows, conferences, digital to educational workshops.

  Kristin is currently privileged to work with the Society of Camera Operators as the Executive Director and with NAB Show consulting on their cinema focused initiatives.

  Her passion is fostering women entrepreneurs through transformative thought leadership.

• Managing Through the Transition to an IP Environment - Renard Jenkins, Warner Bros. Discovery
  

  Renard Jenkins

  Warner Bros. Discovery

  Renard Jenkins is an experienced contention creation and creative technology executive in the Film, Television and Radio industry. He is currently Warner Bros. Discovery’s Senior Vice President, Production Integration & Creative Technology Services where he oversees teams that support 23,500 plus cast/crew members, 8,500 plus content hours and hundreds of global feature film, animation, and syndicated television productions annually. He and his teams provide creative production technology solutions and strategy for film, animation, and television productions worldwide. They also provide application, IP, production pipeline support and workflows as well as work stream design and implementation. A portion of his team are also responsible for the exploration and successful implementation of emerging and creative technologies such as virtual production, multiplatform storytelling, virtual character and meta human development, neuro-technology and better images and sound for cinema and home entertainment.

  Prior to joining WarnerMedia, Jenkins served as Vice President, Operations, Engineering & Distribution at PBS, where he was responsible for the strategic direction, technology development, engineering, and operational management of PBS’s entire media-supply chain. He and his teams were responsible for the successful simultaneous launch of the Live Linear and Cloud-based PBS Kids Channel plus Live Streaming App which also contained games and VOD. It remains as one of the most popular kid’s applications and destinations today. He also created PBS’s Advanced Format Center. He has also worked for TV One, Discovery, ESPN and Turner Broadcasting where he received multiple awards for his work in Film & Television Production, Post Production and R&D, including two national Emmys. Jenkins was also awarded the Innovator of the Year award in 2017 for his cutting-edge work and accomplishments in UHD, HDR, NGA and supply chain technology through the PBS Advanced Format Center and other industry activities.

  Jenkins is a SMPTE Fellow and currently serves as President of SMPTE. He sits on the boards of MovieLabs, the Hollywood Professionals Association, the UltraHD Forum, the Content & Entertainment Council as well as the Microsoft and Oracle Advisory Boards. He is also a recipient of a Peabody, 2 Headliners and a 2020 Broadcasting and Cable Technology Leadership award to name a few others.

  He is a champion and advocate for inclusion, diversity, equity and accessibility in the technology and media industries. He is a Strategic Advisor to the Board of Directors of the Washington, DC Chapter of the National Association for Multi-Ethnicity In Communications (NAMIC), chairs the Warner Bros. Discovery Technology and Operations Equity and Inclusion Council, the SMPTE Global Inclusion Working Group and he also Co-Chairs, HPA ALL which advocates for and promotes diversity, better equity and increased inclusion and accessibility in the media and entertainment industry.

  When he is not working, he enjoys spending time with his wife and best friend of over 30 years, his daughters, and his grandchildren. He loves travel photography / filmmaking and only has one more continent left to explore. He is also a certified sound engineer and is passionate about the visual arts. When time permits, he loves to provide pro bono location sound, live mixing, studio recording, post-production and finishing services for aspiring filmmakers, animators, and musicians. His family moto is “In all things integrity and integrity in all things.”

The limits of camera engineering are being pushed at every extreme, from the microscopic to the gargantuan, from Arctic to volcanic, from oceanic floors to the outer reaches of space, and at every square inch around us. Can we see everything we’d ever want to see? And if we can, what will that tell us? Your eyes will be tantalized by the image menagerie we have in store. NASA, Oceanic Exploration, other far sighted opportunities that we can relate to M&E.

• Rodney Grubbs, NASA
  

  Rodney Grubbs

  NASA

  Rodney Grubbs began his career as a co-op motion picture photographer at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center while a student at the University of Alabama. He is currently the NASA Imagery Experts Program Manager and chairs the NASA Digital Television Working Group. He is responsible for the NASA video distribution architecture including NASA TV and internet video distribution. He has been a Principal Investigator for flights of High Definition Television (HDTV) and Digital Cinema cameras and related experiments on the Space Shuttle and International Space Station (ISS), including the first ever live HDTV program from a spacecraft and more recently, the first ever Ultra High Definition program from a spacecraft. He is currently Principal Investigator for the National Lab’s Red Digital Cinema camera on the ISS and the Imagery Subsystem Lead for the Lunar Gateway. He also chairs the Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems Motion Imagery and Applications Working Group. www.linkedin.com/in/rodgrubbs @rod4dtv on twitter

• Paul Debevec, Netflix/ICT
  

  Paul Debevec

  Netflix/ICT

  Paul Debevec recently joined Netflix as Director of Research, Creative Algorithms and Technology, on the Data Science and Engineering team, where he oversees R&D around new technologies in computer vision, computer graphics, and machine learning with applications in VFX, virtual production, and animation. Techniques from Paul’s work have been used to create key visual effects sequences in The Matrix, Spider-Man 2, Benjamin Button, Avatar, Gravity, Furious 7, Blade Runner: 2049, Gemini Man, numerous video games, and to record a 3D Portrait of US President Barack Obama. His light stage facial capture technology has helped numerous tech companies, video game studios, and visual effects companies create photoreal digital actors and advance ML datasets for facial appearance. Paul’s work in HDR imaging, image-based lighting, and light stage facial capture has been recognized with two technical Academy Awards and SMPTE’s Progress Medal. Paul is a Fellow of the Visual Effects Society and serves on the Academy’s Visual Effects Branch Executive Committee, and is a past co-chair of the Academy’s Science and Technology Council and Vice President of ACM SIGGRAPH. More info at: www.debevec.org.
  

• Reza Rassool, Real Networks
  

  Reza Rassool

  Real Networks

  Reza Rassool, Chief Technology Officer, joined RealNetworks in April 2016. Mr. Rassool is a serial startup professional and inventor bringing a wealth of knowledge from companies such as DirectTV, CBS, and Panasonic. He founded Kwaai Oak – CTO-as-a-Service™, a technical consulting firm specializing in digital entertainment platforms. Previously, Mr. Rassool served as chief technology officer at Zya and as chief engineer and vice president of product development at Widevine Technologies, a Seattle-based video technology startup that was sold to Google in 2010. Developer and architect whose innovations have earned a Technical Oscar™, Technical Emmy™, and over 20 patents, Mr. Rassool holds a B.Sc. in Physics from King’s College London.

• Michael Mansouri, Radiant Images
  

  Michael Mansouri

  Radiant Images

  Michael is known as one of the industry’s most knowledgeable, inventive and passionate technologists. Born into a family of filmmakers, he has produced and directed several high-impact documentaries, most recently, for the United Nation’s Geneva Summit for Human Rights. His documentaries help raise awareness of human and animal rights violations around the world to provide a voice for the voiceless. Always interested in the overlap between film and technology, Michael co-founded Radiant Images in 2005. His work and innovations in film led to his acceptance as an associate member of the American Society of Cinematographers, an invite-only membership group limited to less than 400 experts with distinguished credits in motion picture industry. He also received several other prestigious honors that include the Lumiere Award from The Advanced Imaging Society, Tech Innovations Award from Definition magazine and the Mario Award, which recognizes significant technological breakthroughs, and landed a spot on The Studio Daily’s as the top 50 creatives & technologists in Motion picture industry. Mr. Mansouri’s efforts in filmmaking led to NASA / JPL’s 2018 Emmy win for Outstanding Original Interactive Program for Cassini’s Grand Finale, which was NASA’s first recognition in the film community. At Radiant, he hopes to break the technology barriers surrounding digital innovation and provide a more meaningful impact that connects and engages humanity. Always interested in the overlap between film and technology, Michael co-founded Radiant Images in 2005. His work and innovations in film led to his acceptance as an associate member of the American Society of Cinematographers, an invite-only membership group for experts with distinguished credits in film. He also received several other prestigious honors such as the Lumiere award, Tech Innovations Award, 2019 Artificial Intelligence Award and the Mario Award, which recognizes significant technological breakthroughs, and landed a spot on the Studio Daily’s list of The Top Creatives & Technologists. Mr. Mansouri’s efforts in filmmaking led to NASA / JPL’s 2018 Emmy win for Outstanding Original Interactive Program for Cassini’s Grand Finale, which was NASA’s first recognition in the film community. At Radiant, he hopes to break the technology barriers surrounding digital innovation and provide a more meaningful impact that connects and engages humanity.

• Mark Turner, MovieLabs
  

  Mark Turner

  MovieLabs

  Mark Turner is President, Entertainment Technologists Inc and coordinates the Production Technology program for Movielabs that created the 2030 Vision for the future of content creation. In Mark’s 27 years in the global media industry he has always been at the intersection of technology and business. Mark has held roles from product management, to sales, strategy, business development and partnerships for start-ups to multi-billion corporates including Ryff, Technicolor, Levels Beyond, RSTOR, Wasabi, Dolby , Microsoft, BT Media & Broadcast, Eutelsat and Xinsere.

• Josh Stinehour, Devoncroft
  

  Josh Stinehour

  Devoncroft

  Josh Stinehour is a principal analyst with Devoncroft Partners, a provider of market research and strategic consulting services to a wide range of digital media clients and institutional investors. He is a frequent presenter at conferences and trade shows in the media technology sector. Prior to joining Devoncroft, Mr. Stinehour was a managing director at Silverwood Partners in the firm’s Technology, Media and Telecommunications group. While at Silverwood, Mr. Stinehour executed a range of transactions including mergers and acquisitions, valuations, and private placements. Before joining Silverwood, Mr. Stinehour worked in various positions at EMC Corporation including as a software programmer and later as an analyst on integration teams for EMC’s acquisitions of Documentum, Legato, and VMWare. He holds an MBA from the F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College, an MS in computer science from Rochester Institute of Technology, and a BS in computer science from Union College. Mr. Stinehour is a CFA charterholder.

1. Evolution of storage, David Hare, Stellus Technologies
2. Challenges in implementing HDR online dailies, Hugh Calveley, Moxion.io
3. Would a users group speed 2110 implementation? Mark Chiolis & Wendy Aylsworth
4. Everything GPU, Thomas True, NVIDIA
5. IP/PTP best practices & lessons, Karl Kuhn, Telestream
6. UHD/HDR/WCG production tools, Gopi Lakshmanan, Telestream
7. SFP-based processing: new way to build SMPTE ST 2110 systems, Roy Folkman, Riedel (Embrionix)
8. Immersive Audio Delivery Now, Ken Tankel, Telos Alliance
9. Next-generation facility architecture, Mike Strein, ABC, & Stan Moote, IABM
10. Live content and localization for OTT services (gambling?), Vince Maza, Red Bee Media
11. What should we call the SMPTE ST 2110 ecosystem? Bruce Devlin, SMPTE
12. Trusted Partner Network: security assessment Q&A with an assessor, Juan Reyes, Convergent Risks
13. VFX in the cloud: tell us what works for your projects, Anthony Magliocco, EMTM

Sponsored by:

• Adobe
• AWS
• Blackmagic
• Google Cloud
• Key code Media
• Nutanix
• Ownzones
• Red Bee Media
• SDVI
• Signiant
• Stellus

For the first time at the Retreat, this year’s Supersession will present a live production – from acquisition through post – of a short movie, in near real-time.  The culmination of the production will be a screening of “The Lost Lederhosen” at the day’s conclusion. Joachim “JZ” Zell, Vice President of Technology at EFILM, is at the helm of this year’s event.

• Seth Hallen, HPA President

• Joachim Zell, EFILM
• Steven Shaw, ASC DGA SAG
• Peter Moss, ASC ACS
• Roy Wagner, ASC
• Sam Nicholson, Stargate ASC
• Ricardo Mejia, 616 Music Lab

• Sam Nicholson, Stargate ASC

• Snehal Patel, Zeiss
• Cahlab Knueven, Nuke
• Dan Duran, RED

Sponsored by:

• Adobe
• Blackmagic
• Nutanix
• Ownzones
• AWS
• Google Cloud
• Key code Media
• SDVI
• Signiant
• Stellus
• Red Bee Media
• Avid
• LaCie
• Zeiss
• Sohonet
• Frame.io

• David Morin, Epic Games
  

  David Morin, Epic Games

  David Morin is Head of the Epic Games Los Angeles Lab. He is also Executive Director of the Academy Software Foundation. At Epic Games, David works to develop the use of the Unreal Engine in the Film and Television industries. At the Academy Software Foundation, David works for the Premier Members to develop the use of open source software in the motion picture industry. Previously David was president of David Morin, LLC, a diversified consultancy specializing in immersive production with clients such as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Arri Inc., Autodesk, Epic Games, Shotgun Software and others. David is also chairman of the Joint Technology Committee on Virtual Production, the Joint Technology Committee on Virtual Reality, and a past co-chair of the Joint Technology Subcommittee on Previsualization. Heearned a B.Sc.A. in computer science from Laval University (Quebec City, Canada) and has participated in the development of motion capture and 3D software since “Jurassic Park” at companies such as Softimage, Microsoft, Avid Technology, Autodesk and now Epic Games.

• Mark Bender Aerials and Associates

• Joachim Zell, EFILM
• Josh Pines, Technicolor
  

  Josh Pines

  Technicolor

  Joshua is currently in charge of imaging and color science projects at technicolor digital intermediates, which provides the motion picture industry with digital color correction processes for theatrically released films.

  he joined Technicolor after more than 10 years at Industrial Light & Magic, where he supervised their film scanning/recording department from its inception, and worked extensively with both traditional and digital cinema technologies. he started his career teaching film courses at the cooper union in New York city after earning his degree in electrical engineering there. he began working in visual effects at MAGI in 1982 at the tail end of their work on “Tron”, went on to lead the computer graphics division at R/Greenberg Associates in New York city, and then supervised film effects and film recording at Degraf/Wahrman in Los Angeles before working for ILM. he has received two technical achievement awards from the academy of motion picture arts and sciences and the Herbert Kalmus award from SMPTE, has had his gender identity confirmed when SMPTE named him a fellow, and has credits on several zillion feature films.

  Joshua has always thought that computers could be a useful tool in making movies better, and he still hopes that one day this may come true.

• Tyler Pruitt, CalMan Portrait

• Peter Postma, FilmLight

Sponsored by:

• Adobe
• Blackmagic
• Nutanix
• Ownzones

• Patrick Renner, Pomfort
  

  Patrick Renner

  Pomfort

  Patrick Renner is a specialist in designing and developing applications for media management and video processing in production and post-production workflows. He co-founded the software company Pomfort that develops applications and services that are used in professional film productions around the world. Prior to that he was involved in research and teaching as a research assistant for software engineering at TUM in Munich, Germany. He acquired knowledge about professional film productions as an IT professional in a large post production facility, and helped to build and run one of the first DI facilities in Europe. Patrick Renner is committee member of the ASC MITC for data management, and is participating in the ACES Implementation Technical Advisory Council.

• Patrick Southern, Frame.io
• Michael Cioni, Frame.io

• Bruno Munger, Colorfront

• David Benson, BeBop Technology

• Richard Miller, Pixelworks

Sponsored by:

• Adobe
• Blackmagic
• Nutanix
• Ownzones
• AWS
• Google Cloud
• Key code Media
• SDVI
• Signiant
• Stellus
• Red Bee Media
• Avid
• LaCie
• Zeiss
• Sohonet
• Frame.io

• Steve Morris, Skywalker Sound
• Iris Wu, Ambidio

• Keith Hogan, Pixspan

• Jack Wenzinger, Amazon
• Bruno Munger, Colorfront
• Nick Nelson, Ownzones
• Greg Cox, Graymeta
• Keith Hogan, Pixspan
• Usman Shakeel, Amazon
• Matt Herson, Amazon

• Zach Medow, Freelance Colorist

• Miguel Angel Doncel, SGO

• Joachim Zell, EFILM

URL after the screening

• Zach Medow, Freelance Colorist

• Seth Hallen, HPA President

Sponsored by CP Communications

Sponsored by Adobe

1. High frame rate: keeping it cinematic, Richard Miller, Pixelworks
2. Challenges in implementing HDR online dailies, Hugh Calveley, Moxion.io
3. Automating the digital distribution supply chain, Carl Segal, Prime Focus Technologies
4. Would a users group help drive ACES for TV? Mark Chiolis & Wendy Aylsworth
5. LED for TV & cinema display, Pete Putman, ROAM Consulting
6. Modern production/post workflows, Greg Ciaccio, ASC Motion Imaging Tech Council
7. Open Services Alliance & (micro) services in media, Chris Lennon, MediAnswers
8. IP/PTP best practices & lessons, Karl Kuhn, Telestream
9. UHD/HDR/WCG production tools, Gopi Lakshmanan, Telestream
10. SFP-based processing: new way to build SMPTE ST 2110 systems, Roy Folkman, Riedel (Embrionix)
11. What should Adobe AI tackle next? Van Bedient, Adobe
12. Immersive Audio Delivery Now, Ken Tankel, Telos Alliance
13. Monitoring, compliance, & other cool stuff, Jay Gedanken, Actus Digital
14. Live content and localization for OTT services (gambling?), Vince Maza, Red Bee Media
15. Intelligent metadata for media workflow, John Ying, GrayMeta
16. Workflow challenges: dailies to finishing, Weyron Henriques, Deluxe
17. Virtual studio in the cloud, Buzz Hays, Google
18. UHD/HDR ecosystem interoperability. What could go wrong? Juan Reyes, Convergent Risks
19. VFX in the cloud: tell us what works for your projects, Anthony Magliocco, EMTM
20. Dolby Vision content creation tools and workflows, Tom Graham, Dolby Laboratories

Sponsored by:

• Adobe
• AWS
• Blackmagic
• Google Cloud
• Key code Media
• Nutanix
• Ownzones
• Red Bee Media
• SDVI
• Signiant
• Stellus

See program below for dedicated Innovation Zone hours

• Seth Hallen, HPA President

• Mark Schubin, Program Maestro, HPA Tech Retreat
  

  Mark Schubin

  Program Maestro, HPA Tech Retreat

  Multiple Emmy-award winning SMPTE Life Fellow Mark Schubin is the world’s greatest expert on the intersecting histories of media technology and opera. He helped create the hotel in-room movie business, the first live nationwide stereo simulcast network, the first live multi-language cinema subtitles, and what was probably the first HDR-to-SDR converter (though no one knew what HDR was at the time). He has worked on moving-image projects on all seven continents (including Antarctica), including news in Kazakhstan, cable TV in Hong Kong, and the television transmission system of Barbados. He also worked on the standardization of the VU meter. His bedroom was an official test site of the ATSC, his paper on aspect ratios was cited by the FCC, and his blog at SchubinCafe.com is archived by the Library of Congress. He once piloted the Fuji blimp and has been known to wear shoes.

A lot has happened in the legislative/regulatory/legal world since last year. How does it affect you? Find out from our resident expert.

• Jim Burger, Thompson Coburn LLP
  

  Jim Burger

  Thompson Coburn LLP

  Jim is a partner in the Thompson Coburn Lobbying & Policy and Intellectual Property Groups. He has worked extensively on legal and policy issues arising from the intersection of digital technology, intellectual property, communications, and government regulation. Jim has represented the Computer Industry Group and other information technology entities in efforts to secure copy protection rules for DVDs, Blu-ray/UHD discs and digital music downloads. He advises technology clients on artificial intelligence IP issues. Jim has represented technology clients before the Administration, Congress, and the FCC in regard to the Digital TV Transition, the Broadcast Flag, and international agreements affecting U.S. intellectual property law. For the past three years Jim has taught Copyright Law at Georgetown Law School. Jim also served seven years as an adjunct professor at the University of Virginia Law School, where he taught Advanced Administrative Law.

• Peter Putman, ROAM Consulting
  

  Peter Putman

  ROAM Consulting

  Peter Putman is president of ROAM Consulting LLC in Doylestown, PA. A 44–year veteran of the commercial AV and home theater industries, Pete has authored hundreds of columns, tutorials, and feature articles for 35 years on topics as diverse as display technology, digital video, RF and wireless signal propagation, and signal interfacing; all for a wide range of magazines and media outlets.
  

  He has presented, instructed, and moderated panel discussions multiple times at major trade shows and technical conferences, among them SMPTE, the NAB West and East trade shows, the Hollywood Professional Association Technology Retreat, CEDIA Expo, and Integrated Systems Europe.
  

  Pete taught seminars and workshops annually at the InfoComm trade show for 20+ years and a Senior Academy member of AVIXA University™ faculty. He was one of the first candidates to earn InfoComm’s Certified Technology Specialist (CTS) designation, and was also named InfoComm’s 2008 Educator of the Year.
  

  Pete earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications from Seton Hall University and a Master of Science degree in Television and Film from Syracuse University. He has also been a licensed Amateur Radio operator for 51 years, and currently holds Extra Class callsign KT2B. Pete is a Life Member of SMPTE and recently authored an online course on the fundamentals of ultra–high–definition television for the organization.

Sponsored by:

• Adobe
• Blackmagic
• Nutanix
• Ownzones
• AWS
• Google Cloud
• Key code Media
• SDVI
• Signiant
• Stellus
• Red Bee Media
• Avid
• LaCie
• Zeiss
• Sohonet
• Frame.io

Beyond all the noise and nonsense of the world’s biggest consumer tech show, there were, once again, important messages for the media and entertainment industry. This presentation reveals the trends that really matter; and sets them in the context of broader, transformational, trends developing over time.

• Mark Harrison, DPP
  

  Mark Harrison

  DPP

  Mark began his career as an Historian at Cambridge University, before moving into the media industry. He spent many years as a Director, Producer and Executive Producer, and won numerous awards for his filmmaking, including an International Emmy and a BAFTA nomination.

  Mark held senior roles within the independent production sector and the BBC. He was MD of an independent production company before being appointed BBC Head of Arts, and then Head of Multiplatform Production. He was subsequently Controller of Production for BBC North and leader of the BBC’s End-to-End Digital programme, before becoming Director of Transformation for BBC Design & Engineering.

  In 2015 Mark became CEO of the DPP – the international network for media and technology, which he founded. Today the DPP has over 500 member companies from across the whole media supply chain – from global tech giants to broadcasters, and from media tech vendors to production companies. The DPP works with its member companies to generate strategic insight and create business opportunities.

• Moderator: Matthew Goldman, Sinclair Broadcast Group
  

  Matthew Goldman

  Sinclair Broadcast Group

  Matthew Goldman is Senior Director Media Engineering & Architecture at Sinclair Broadcast Group. He has been actively involved in the development of digital television systems for 30 years. In the 1990s, he was a prominent participant in the Moving Picture Experts Group where he helped create the MPEG-2 Systems standard, the baseline transport technology used in direct broadcast satellite, digital cable, and terrestrial broadcasting. He also served as project editor for the MPEG-2 DSM-CC standard, the control signaling used in video-on-demand systems, switched digital video, and for DTV data downloads and carousels. Mr. Goldman was a co-developer of the Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) Program and System Information Protocol (PSIP) standard. In the mid-2000s, he defined the broadcasting industry’s first compressed-domain program splicer. Four of his projects have been later recognized by Technology & Engineering Emmy® Awards. A technical paper on high dynamic range that he co-wrote received the Best Paper Award of the 2015 NAB Broadcast Engineering Conference. He is an author of the 2007 and 2017 editions of the NAB Engineering Handbook, and has been published in the IEEE Proceedings and the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) Motion Imaging Journal. Mr. Goldman received bachelor (high honors) and master of sciences degrees in electrical engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute. He holds six patents related to digital video transport. A SMPTE Fellow and former President, he is also a senior member of the IEEE, and an inductee of the Academy of Digital Television Pioneers.

• Dave Folsom, Pearl TV
• Richard Friedel, FOX TV
  

  Richard Friedel

  FOX TV

  Richard Friedel is Executive Vice President of Engineering, Operations & Technology for Fox Television Stations, supporting 21st Century Fox’s twenty-eight local stations throughout the United States and overseeing their rollout of ATSC 3.0 Previously, Mr. Friedel headed Fox Network Engineering & Operations, responsible for their national and regional television businesses. Early in his time at Fox, he was a member of the team that launched Fox News Channel. Mr. Friedel is a fellow of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers and life member of the Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers. He serves as President of the Video Services Forum, President of the North American Broadcasters Association and is the former Chairman of the Advanced Television Systems Committee. He was previously awarded a lifetime achievement Emmy by the National Academy of Arts and Sciences.

• Del Parks, EVP/CTO, Sinclair Broadcast Group
  

  Del Parks

  EVP/CTO, Sinclair Broadcast Group

  Delbert R. Parks, III is the Executive Vice President / Chief Technology Officer of Sinclair Broadcast Group. Del has been serving Sinclair since 1972 and has held various operations and engineering positions with Sinclair over the last 48 years. In his role, he supports the company’s current and future Engineering, Technical Operations, and Facilities for Sinclair.

   

  Currently, he is responsible for the deployment of the new broadcast standard, the Next Generation Broadcast Platform, and co-leads Sinclair’s technical and operational integration of the twenty-one recently purchased FOX Regional Sports Networks, the Marquee Sports Network (Chicago Cubs), the Tennis Channel’s new IP digital facility in Los Angeles, and the transformation of the company’s media and broadcast operations as they migrate to the cloud and their future state.

  Del is a retired Army Lieutenant Colonel who has held various commands during his 26-year reserve career. Retiring in 1998 as the Battalion Commander of the 175^th Infantry (5^th Maryland), Maryland Army National Guard.

  He is a member of the Society of Motion Pictures and Television Engineers and in 2015 was honored as a SMPTE Fellow. In 2007, he was the recipient of Broadcasting and Cable’s Technology Leadership Award and is a member of the Society of Broadcast Engineers. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Baltimore Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America and has been active in the scouting program for many years with his two Eagle Scout sons.

  Favorite sayings: “Never suffer in silence” and “If you want something done…give it to someone who’s busy.”

   

• Skip Pizzi, NAB
  

  Skip Pizzi

  NAB

  Skip Pizzi is Vice President, Technology Education and Outreach, at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) in Washington, DC, USA. His career has spanned the radio, television and digital media industries, working for 13 years in production engineering and technical training at NPR, and for 11 years in content creation, media standards development and technical policy analysis at Microsoft. He also spent 7 years as an editor at Broadcast Engineering magazine, and has been a columnist for numerous other industry publications. He has authored, co-authored or edited several books, most recently A Broadcast Engineering Tutorial for Non-Engineers, 4th edition, and the NAB Engineering Handbook, 11th edition, both published by Focal Press.

  Skip is a frequent speaker at media technology conferences around the world, and manages all of NAB’s technical education programs. He has also been involved with numerous media standardizations efforts, and currently serves as Vice-Chair of the Advanced Television Standards Committee (ATSC) Technology Group 3 (TG3)—which has developed the ATSC 3.0 standard—and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Ultra HD Forum. In 2017, Skip was presented with the ATSC’s Bernard J. Lechner Outstanding Contributor Award. He is a graduate of Georgetown University, where he studied Fine Arts, International Economics and Electrical Engineering.

• Phil Lelyveld, Immersive Media Initiative Program Lead, Entertainment Technology Center at the University of Southern California
  

  Phil Lelyveld

  Immersive Media Initiative Program Lead, Entertainment Technology Center at the University of Southern California

  Philip Lelyveld runs the Immersive Media (VR/AR/MR/LBE) Initiative at the University of Southern California’s Entertainment Technology Center (ETC@USC), a think tank within the School of Cinematic Arts. He also runs the Executive/Student Coffee program which creates structured, casual discussion and networking opportunities around topics of interest to the industry.

   

  The ETC@USC is funded by the major Hollywood studios, Verizon, Microsoft, and related service, technology, telco/internet, and consumer electronics companies to advise them on emerging technology-related opportunities, project out where entertainment will be in the 3-5 year timeframe, connect them with start-ups and communities of interest, help accelerate adoption of promising technologies, and work to drive standardization and avoid format wars. Learn more at www.ETCenter.org and www.PhilipLelyveld.com .

• Jerry Pierce, Inter-Society Digital Cinema Forum, National Association of Theatre Owners
  

  Jerry Pierce

  Inter-Society Digital Cinema Forum, National Association of Theatre Owners

  Jerry Pierce, Chairman ISDCF and NATO Technology Advisor Jerry Pierce serves as the Technology Advisor for NATO (National Association of Theater Owners). He provides technology guidance in conjunction with the NATO Technology Committee. Jerry serves as the Chairman of ISDCF (Inter-Society Digital Cinema Forum) a multi-industry open group that addresses digital cinema issues. His passions in the semi-retired state of mind include backpack hiking, photography and sculling (rowing). He was previously Senior Vice President, Technology, Universal Pictures. He joined Universal in 1995 and established the New Technology Department for Universal Pictures in 2000. He was responsible for the technical launch of DVD for Universal and was responsible for Digital Cinema activities for Universal. He was chairman of the SMPTE Digital Cinema Mastering group, a member of the Studio’s Digital Cinema Consortium (DCI), was an associate member of the American Society of Cinematographers, was Vice President of the Hollywood Post Alliance, and was on the Board of USC’s Entertainment Technology Center. He established the joint project with Universal and Panasonic for DVD disc authoring and High Definition Telecine Transfers. He was part of SRI International (Stanford Research Institute) for over 13 years. Jerry holds a MSEE degree from Stanford University and an BSEE from UC Berkeley.

International Cinematographers Guild in Cooperation with the Art Directors Guild

• Moderator: Michael Chambliss, International Cinematographers Guild
  

  Michael Chambliss

  International Cinematographers Guild

  Michael Chambliss, the advanced production technology specialist for the International Cinematographers Guild (ICG), IATSE Local 600, focuses on the integration of new forms of programming and emerging production methods into the craft of cinematography and camera crew practices. He is active on the American Society of Cinematographers’ (ASC) Motion Imaging Technology Council (MITC) as well as being the ICG’s representative on the Entertainment Technology Center @ USC projects, NAB’s Cine Consortium Educational Subcommittee and additional industry forums.

  Prior to shepherding the ICG’s technology initiatives, Michael was a principal of the commercial production company Chambliss-Wolff Films and a consultant for media technology investment groups. He worked as a director of photography and camera operator on commercials, motion pictures and television series for more than 20 years as well as earning a Peabody Award as the director/DP on the documentary “It Works.”

• Ramy Katrib, DigitalFilm Tree
  

  Ramy Katrib

  DigitalFilm Tree

  Ramy Katrib is an award-winning filmmaker and CEO / Founder of DigitalFilm Tree (DFT) https://www.digitalfilmtree.com, an 18 year old post-production and software development company. Ramy started his career in media & technology over 25 years ago, as filmmaker, negative cutter, and telecine colorist. In all the organizations and projects he propels, Ramy champions a multidisciplinary work culture, led by world-class creatives and technologists working hand in hand to solve huge problems. DFT played a key role in transitioning the media and entertainment industry to digital post and file-based workflows, on projects like Cold Mountain and Scrubs. Today DFT is the leading provider of IP based production, post, story visualization services and software solutions. DFT clients include ABC, A&E, CBS, Disney, Fox, HBO, Netflix, Turner, Warner Bros, and first-time storytellers alike.

• Eliot Mack, Lightcraft Technology
  

  Eliot Mack

  Lightcraft Technology

  Eliot earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in mechanical engineering at the University of Michigan and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He then went to work at Walt Disney Imagineering, designing the backbone for an 11,000 pound walking dinosaur robot. In 2000, he joined iRobot as the lead mechanical engineer for the Roomba, the world’s first successful home robot. In 2004, having had his fill of chasing dust bunnies, Eliot followed his interests in visual effects and motion tracking and founded Lightcraft Technology, applying robotic techniques to the motion picture industry to create what would become the Emmy Award-winning Previzion and Halide FX virtual studio systems.

• Benjamin Nowicki, art director
  

  Benjamin Nowicki

  art director

  Benjamin Nowicki has 25 years of experience in the Art Department of mainstream film productions (DreamWorks, Sony, Paramount, Universal, Warner Bros., among others), collaborating with directors such as Christopher Nolan, Damien Chazelle, Sam Mendes, Gore Verbinski and Robert Altman. He was Art Director for Dunkirk (Oscar nominated), Art Director for First Man (Oscar nominated). As a Graphic Artist, he worked on numerous international box office hits and also Emmy-winning TV shows, such as The Morning Show, Big Little Lies, FlashForward and The Unit. Benjamin is a member of The Art Directors Guild where he is currently serving as Chair of the Professional Development Committee.

• David Stump, ASC
  

  David Stump

  ASC

  David Stump ASC has been working in motion pictures and television production as Director of Photography, as Visual Effects Director of Photography, as Visual Effects Supervisor, and as Stereographer, (including both live action work and 2D to 3D conversion work), earning an Emmy Award, an Academy Award for Scientific and Technical Achievement, an IMAGO Technical Achievement Award and an International Cinematographers Guild Award. His credits include projects like Little Fires Everywhere, The Morning Show, Skyfire, The Happytime Murders, American Gods, The Unwilling, Immortals, Quantum of Solace, Flight Plan, Fantastic Four, X-Men 1 & 2, Into the Blue, Garfield, Batman Forever, Hollow Man, Men of Honor, Deep Blue Sea, Stuart Little, The Sphere, Contact, Batman & Robin, Mars Attacks, Executive Decision, Stargate, and Free Willy, among many, many others. He is currently chairman of the Camera Committee and the Metadata Committee of the ASC Motion Imaging Technology Council. Under his guidance, the combined efforts of the Producer’s Guild of America and the American Society of Cinematographers produced both the ASC / PGA Camera Assessment Series, and the ASC / PGA Image Control Assessment Series, side by side comparisons of virtually all of the high end digital cinema cameras against film. He has lectured and taught classes in Cinematography and Visual Effects at the American Film Institute, UCLA, Art Center College of Design, Woodbury University, Arizona State University, Global Cinematography Institute, IATSE Local 600, TV Globo Rio De Janeiro Brasil, Savannah College of Art and Design, The Beijing Film Academy and most recently the ARRI Academy in Beijing. He has spoken at many conferences and trade shows including the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB), the International Broadcast Convention (IBC), Cinegear Expo, DV Expo, the PGA Produced By Conference, the Hollywood Post Alliance Retreat, the Cinegrid Conference, the IMAGO Conference, the Lisbon Film Festival, the Todos En Alta Conference in Zaragoza Spain, and many others. David authored the book “Digital Cinematography – Fundamentals, Techniques and Workflows”, and is a contributing author to the “VES Handbook”. http://www.amazon.com/Digital-Cinematography-Fundamentals-Techniques-Workflows/dp/0240817915 http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_12?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=ves+handbook+of+visual+effects&sprefix=VES+handbook%2Cstripbooks%2C324

• David Morin, Epic Games
  

  David Morin, Epic Games

  David Morin is Head of the Epic Games Los Angeles Lab. He is also Executive Director of the Academy Software Foundation. At Epic Games, David works to develop the use of the Unreal Engine in the Film and Television industries. At the Academy Software Foundation, David works for the Premier Members to develop the use of open source software in the motion picture industry. Previously David was president of David Morin, LLC, a diversified consultancy specializing in immersive production with clients such as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Arri Inc., Autodesk, Epic Games, Shotgun Software and others. David is also chairman of the Joint Technology Committee on Virtual Production, the Joint Technology Committee on Virtual Reality, and a past co-chair of the Joint Technology Subcommittee on Previsualization. Heearned a B.Sc.A. in computer science from Laval University (Quebec City, Canada) and has participated in the development of motion capture and 3D software since “Jurassic Park” at companies such as Softimage, Microsoft, Avid Technology, Autodesk and now Epic Games.

• Moderator: Mark Chiolis, Mobile TV Group
  

  Mark Chiolis

  Mobile TV Group

  Mark Chiolis is the Director of Business Development for Mobile TV Group (MTVG), which provides facilities for over 4,000 live professional and college sports and entertainment events annually, with more than 35 mobile units, and dozens of remote Cloud Control facilities, based throughout the U.S.  MTVG has been leading the 4K/UHD/HDR/Cloud live event production with key broadcasters, networks and distribution companies.

  Mark is currently working to interface with customers and partners to develop and support MTVG’s entertainment, awards, corporate, concerts, egames, and esports events with current and new trucks, using both broadcast and cine workflows.

  Prior to MTVG, Chiolis worked in marketing, business development, and sales for Grass Valley, Thomson, Technicolor, Philips, and BTS as well as at television stations KMUV, KRBK and KVIE.

  Chiolis is an active board member of the HPA, an associate member of the American Society of Cinematographers, member of the NAB Cine Consortium, member of the SciTech group at the Television Academy (Emmys), member of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS), member of International Association of Aviation Photographers, past section manager of SMPTE, member of STE, SBE and California Broadcasters Association.

• Nick Garvin, Mobile TV Group
  

  Nick Garvin

  Mobile TV Group

  Nick Garvin is Chief Operating Officer and Managing Partner at Mobile TV Group (MTVG). Nick
  oversees all of MTVG’s operations, which includes over half of all NBA, MLB, and NHL
  broadcasts across the country and over 4,000 live events annually. Based in Denver, MTVG
  has offered high quality broadcast engineering for nearly 30 years. In 2020, the company
  introduced Cloud Control, the first fully remote production managed service, in response to the
  evolving industry and its needs. Cloud Control allows clients to go live from over 3,000 miles
  away from the on–site event without making any production sacrifices, and maintaining their
  complete production staff. This technology is reshaping the way that events are produced and
  Cloud Control has been an overwhelming success for MTVG and all of its clients. Nick is a
  member of Forbes’ 2018 30 Under 30 class and continues to lead and inspire MTVG as it
  innovates the live production industry.

• Scott Rothenberg, NEP Group
  

  Scott Rothenberg

  NEP Group

  Scott Rothenberg is NEP’s Senior Vice President of Program and Planning. Scott is responsible for setting up the project management office (PMO) for all of NEP’s global projects. Scott and the PMO team are responsible for putting into place the standards, tools and processes to implement and manage global projects and programs. Scott also continues to oversee NEP’s capital budgeting, equipment planning and coordination.

  In his previous role as SVP of Technology and Asset Management, Scott focused on understanding and matching clients’ needs with NEP’s technical capabilities and capacity, working tirelessly across all of NEP’s divisions to ensure that the right equipment is always in the right place, we have the right technology for our clients’ needs —and that NEP is always working to develop technical solutions to meet emerging client needs.

  Scott started with NEP in 1995 as a maintenance engineer after working as a freelance technician when he provided engineering and operational support for television crews and solving all manner of problems under the pressure of live television. Scott has been a member of three Emmy Award-winning NEP technical crews (twice for NASCAR and once for PokerDome) and won a CableACE Award in 1995 for his work on “Ripken’s 2131st Game” for HTS. Scott truly loves being a member of the NEP team and enjoys sharing the outstanding dedication and commitment with his extraordinary peers and colleagues.

• Ron Williams (Coachella & Billie Eilish)
  

  Ron Williams (Coachella & Billie Eilish)

  Mr. Williams is the CEO of The LANDMARK Group, a systems integration, design, and consulting company for 3 decades. As a veteran in the broadcast and film industries, with ABC Network, architect of the FOX network and Technical Director for several Olympic games, and design for feature films. He now is working with AIMS alliance members for advanced IP designs. His work with Camera manufactures on image development, he has helped push imaging quality forward.

  With the advent of single chip cameras integrated with the broadcast industry, Ron has engineered several major entertainment shows for streaming and live broadcast. Working to educate both industries on the merge, of technologies and operations. He is an active member of SMPTE, AMPAS, DCI HPA SVG and has chaired and contributed on a variety of technical committees and standards groups

• Felicia Yue, Amazon Prime Video
  

  Felicia Yue

  Amazon Prime Video

  Felicia is a computer science dropout who took a while to figure out what she wanted to be when she grew up. After learning to code and play the piano from her mom (a classically-trained concert pianist and illegal immigrant turned IBM software developer), Felicia got a degree in Economics and started her career in corporate finance. After three years in power suits, she ran away from her nice, stable corporate life and joined the TV circus by becoming the only woman on the crew of Monday Night Football. There, she helped develop and launch virtual enhancements like the Emmy-winning 1st & Ten line (a.k.a. “the yellow line”) for NFL fans, along with other products for fans of the Olympics, Major League Baseball, the NBA, and the Champions League. Along the way, she got her MBA from Columbia Business School, dabbled in Product Marketing for Procter & Gamble, scrubbed penguin guano at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, and worked as a ranch hand on a humane pig and chicken farm in the Bay Area (note: will work for bacon). Now, as a Product Manager for Amazon, Felicia is focused on bringing sports fans the next wave of innovative features that will make watching sports a best-in-class experience on Prime Video.

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• Michael Zink, Warner Bros.
  

  Michael Zink

  Warner Bros.

  As Vice President of Technology at Warner Bros., Michael Zink is responsible for exploring emerging technologies to enhance WB’s capabilities for production, post-production, and distribution. This includes assessing new technologies; and assisting with the setup and integration of digital workflows. Michael also participates in a number of standards associations such as BDA, CTA, DCI, SMPTE, UHDA, among others. Prior to joining Warner Bros. in 2014, Michael worked at Technicolor for over 10 years, most recently as Vice President of Technology Strategy, where he was responsible for launching the production efforts around various new optical disc formats. Additionally, Michael was responsible for the promotion and adoption of Technicolor technology solutions within industry groups. Earlier in his career, he worked for several media production facilities in Germany.

• Brian Vessa, Sony Pictures
  

  Brian Vessa

  Sony Pictures

  Brian Vessa is a dedicated audio professional with over 35 years of experience in the industry. After attending UCLA Engineering School he became a recording engineer, producing albums and recording orchestras. His passion was hot-rodding studio gear and discovering novel recording techniques. Brian transitioned into film post as a music editor and sound editor, became a re-recording mixer at Cannon Films and MGM, then handled audio restoration at NT Audio. He was hired by Sony Pictures in 1998, and today is their Executive Director of Digital Audio Mastering and representative to DCI. Brian is a member of the Academy Sound Branch, AES, and is a Fellow of SMPTE. He is the founding chair of the SMPTE TC-25CSS Technical Committee on Cinema Sound Systems and serves on many SMPTE and AES committees. As one of the founding fathers of IMF, Brian was a member of the original committee that conceived and created the concept, helping write a fully detailed standard for IMF prior to it being brought to SMPTE. He then continued the work with SMPTE to create the IMF specifications suite. He has been instrumental in standardizing the IAB immersive audio distribution bitstream for Cinema and IMF as well as a host of related standards. Brian is the current chair of the DCI Technical Committee, and has written many independent audio specifications, including a white paper on near-field mixing for home theater that has been widely adopted. Brian enjoys recording jazz, rock and mixing live sound. He is a drummer and keyboardist in the LA area, an avid backpacker and an award-winning home wine and beer maker.

• Marc Zorn, HBO/WarnerMedia

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• John Harris, Cambridge Research Systems
  

  John Harris

  Cambridge Research Systems

  John Harris has worked within the Broadcast Film and TV industry for over 35 years. Initially beginning as an analogue and digital electronics specialist and growing into Sales, Marketing and Business Development roles for companies like Abekas, Ampex and Avid before co-founding root6 in London. In 2013 John emigrated to Vancouver, Canada and is now providing Business Development roles for Cambridge Research and Cinedeck.

• Josh Pines, Technicolor
  

  Josh Pines

  Technicolor

  Joshua is currently in charge of imaging and color science projects at technicolor digital intermediates, which provides the motion picture industry with digital color correction processes for theatrically released films.

  he joined Technicolor after more than 10 years at Industrial Light & Magic, where he supervised their film scanning/recording department from its inception, and worked extensively with both traditional and digital cinema technologies. he started his career teaching film courses at the cooper union in New York city after earning his degree in electrical engineering there. he began working in visual effects at MAGI in 1982 at the tail end of their work on “Tron”, went on to lead the computer graphics division at R/Greenberg Associates in New York city, and then supervised film effects and film recording at Degraf/Wahrman in Los Angeles before working for ILM. he has received two technical achievement awards from the academy of motion picture arts and sciences and the Herbert Kalmus award from SMPTE, has had his gender identity confirmed when SMPTE named him a fellow, and has credits on several zillion feature films.

  Joshua has always thought that computers could be a useful tool in making movies better, and he still hopes that one day this may come true.

• Jerry Pierce, Inter-Society Digital Cinema Forum, National Association of Theatre Owners
  

  Jerry Pierce

  Inter-Society Digital Cinema Forum, National Association of Theatre Owners

  Jerry Pierce, Chairman ISDCF and NATO Technology Advisor Jerry Pierce serves as the Technology Advisor for NATO (National Association of Theater Owners). He provides technology guidance in conjunction with the NATO Technology Committee. Jerry serves as the Chairman of ISDCF (Inter-Society Digital Cinema Forum) a multi-industry open group that addresses digital cinema issues. His passions in the semi-retired state of mind include backpack hiking, photography and sculling (rowing). He was previously Senior Vice President, Technology, Universal Pictures. He joined Universal in 1995 and established the New Technology Department for Universal Pictures in 2000. He was responsible for the technical launch of DVD for Universal and was responsible for Digital Cinema activities for Universal. He was chairman of the SMPTE Digital Cinema Mastering group, a member of the Studio’s Digital Cinema Consortium (DCI), was an associate member of the American Society of Cinematographers, was Vice President of the Hollywood Post Alliance, and was on the Board of USC’s Entertainment Technology Center. He established the joint project with Universal and Panasonic for DVD disc authoring and High Definition Telecine Transfers. He was part of SRI International (Stanford Research Institute) for over 13 years. Jerry holds a MSEE degree from Stanford University and an BSEE from UC Berkeley.

• Annie Chang, Universal Pictures
  

  Annie Chang

  Universal Pictures

  Annie Chang is the Vice President, Creative Technologies for Universal Pictures, responsible for developing strategies and designing innovative next-generation workflows across film and emerging immersive media experiences. Prior to joining Universal Pictures, Chang was the VP, Technology for Marvel Studios and held various roles during more than a decade tenure at The Walt Disney Studios. Chang is the AMPAS ACES Project Co-Chair and served as the Co-Chair of the AMPAS SciTech Council until 2022. She was the Chair of the Interoperable Master Format (IMF) Working Group at SMPTE. She is an SMPTE Fellow and is a recipient of the SMPTE Workflow Systems Medal Award, Advanced Imaging Society’s Distinguished Leadership award and StudioDaily’s 2018 Exceptional Women in Production and Post. In 2020, The Hollywood Reporter named Chang on their list of top “Hollywood Innovators.” In 2021, Hollywood Professional Association honored Chang with the HPA League Honor of “The Catalyst” which recognizes a leader who has successfully inspired and sparked positive change and innovation in entertainment as a “mover and shaker,” and TVNewsCheck recognized Chang with their Women in Technology Futurist Award. In 2022, Women in Technology Hollywood honored Chang with their WiTH Leadership Award.

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1. Washington-update follow-up, Jim Burger, Thompson Coburn
2. Would a users group lead to mass HDR acceptance? Mark Chiolis & Wendy Aylsworth
3. Advanced wireless (5G, etc.), Pete Putman, ROAM Consulting
4. Karl Paulsen & Merrill Weiss ask each other questions
5. Hey, you; get off of my cloud, Chris Lennon, MediAnswers
6. Immersive Audio Delivery Now, Ken Tankel, Telos Alliance
7. Dynamic dynamic range, Walter Gish, Dolby Laboratories
8. Technology & trends roadmap for 2020, Stan Moote, IABM
9. Monitoring, compliance, & other cool stuff, Jay Gedanken, Actus Digital
10. Live content and localization for OTT services (gambling?), Vince Maza, Red Bee Media
11. Non-automated QC in the cloud, Greg Cox, GrayMeta
12. Media preservation & archive migration, Buzz Hays, Google
13. What should we call the SMPTE ST 2110 ecosystem? Bruce Devlin, SMPTE
14. Live cinema multicam, Ron Williams, The Landmark Group

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• Rich Berger, MovieLabs
  

  Rich Berger

  MovieLabs

  Richard Berger joined MovieLabs as CEO in 2017, arriving with an extensive digital strategy background and a proven and unique ability to bring companies together to solve the most challenging problems and achieve profound industry change. He is responsible for the overall direction of MovieLabs and oversees technology initiatives on behalf of the major studios. Rich led the development of the “2030 Vision” which has become the industry’s reference for the future of media creation.

  Rich came to MovieLabs with over 20 years of experience in digital innovation, and more than a decade leading new media and technology efforts at Sony Pictures Entertainment. He served most recently as SVP of Worldwide Digital Strategy & Advanced Platforms, where he built a reputation for innovation, particularly around emerging digital platforms and formats such as Movies Anywhere and UHD (4K-HDR). Rich also was one of original founders of UltraViolet and helped launch the DECE consortium.

  Other roles at Sony included SVP New Media & Technology, where he was responsible for establishing digital policy across all Sony Pictures digital distribution businesses. Rich also worked at Sony Music Entertainment’s New Media Department where he developed Sony Music’s first Enhanced CDs. Rich holds a Masters in Interactive Telecommunications from Tisch School of the Arts and a Bachelors in Computer Science from Rutgers College.

As our workflows move to the cloud we need to agree on structures and processes that will run from cloud storage instead of local storage.  This panel will explore some of the opportunities and challenges inherent in supporting cloud-based storage including across both private, hybrid, and public clouds.  It will focus on Object vs. File, using the S3 ‘standard,’ architectures to support everything from big archives to WiP productions. Can the cloud act like local storage today; if not, when? Hybrid storage models use ultra-fast on-premises storage combined with cloud models.

• Moderator: Erik Weaver, Entertainment Technology Center at USC
  

  Erik Weaver

  Entertainment Technology Center at USC

  Erik Weaver is Emmy-nominated producer and is currently running Virtual & Adaptive production for the Entertainment Technology Center@ University of Southern California (ETC). Projects include Executive Producer on Ripple Effect a production-focused in Covid safety and Virtual Production and Fathead. Mr Weaver graduated from the 3rd Unreal Fellowship and 3rd ICVFX Fellowship.

  Mr Weaver is considered a leading authority in all aspects of OSVP. An early pioneer in executing shows from beginning to end. Running teams of industry experts to define LED testing and standardize the evaluation of panels, lighting, and color science. He worked on the team that built the largest stage in America for Amazon studios and has delivered portable stages to several national conferences. His experience also included both small and large VAD builds and orchestrating the development of assets globally.

• Tony Gaughan, RSTOR
  

  Tony Gaughan

  RSTOR

  Tony Gaughan is the Chief Technology Officer at RStor. With over 25 years of experience in various product development and executive roles within both small and large companies, Gaughan was previously chief technical officer at Proofpoint (formerly Cloudmark) and Marketron. He also held chief executive and senior product officer positions at Serenhipity, SGI, Satmetrix, Computer Associates, and Oracle.

• David Phillips, Cloudian
  

  David Phillips

  Cloudian

  A media technologist with over twenty years of experience in the design and deployment of media and entertainment workflows, David Phillips brings a unique set of creative problem solving skills to every project or design. After 10 years architecting feature film restoration and finishing pipelines for The Criterion Collection, David joined Rohde&Schwarz-DVS as a Solutions Architect in 2012. While at R&S, he designed SAN and workflow solutions for a wide variety of enterprise customers in North America. David joined NBCU in 2014 to manage the Entertainment Systems division, responsible for designing and building the infrastructure supporting the late night and cable entertainment production units in New York City. Seeing the exponential storage capacity requirements on the media space horizon, and the market need for storage platforms that facilitate key data analytics, David joined Cloudian in 2018 to provide next generation cloud-native designs for media enterprise customers.

• Hossein ZiaShakeri, Spectra Logic
  

  Hossein ZiaShakeri

  Spectra Logic

  Hossein ZiaShakeri is Spectra Logic’s Senior Vice President of Business Development and Strategic Alliances. Hossein is an executive on the company’s technology team tasked with maintaining the company’s leadership position in product innovation and business success. Hossein has more than 30 years of experience in design, engineering and management of storage subsystems, with a special focus on the M & E industry.

• Eric Bassier, Quantum
• Tridib Chakravarty, StorageDNA

What happens when a major television network is acquired or a major market station makes a temporary move? The long term future suddenly becomes an opportunity to transform in the present.

• Glen Sakata, Dalet
  

  Glen Sakata

  Dalet

  Glen is a Sr. Account Executive at Dalet with three decades of product, market and sales development experience across the broadcast, entertainment and enterprise markets. He has an extensive track record of launching post-incubation technologies such as studio robotics, master control automation, video processing, statistical multiplexing and media logistics with transformative outcomes at top media companies worldwide.

From archive in the cloud to blockchain to VFX standards, learn about some of the work being done at ETC and how you can get involved.

• Seth Levenson, Entertainment Technology Center at USC

What does cloud-based production look like in the real world? What are the benefits? And could it actually bring a competitive advantage? The DPP has researched production innovation at ten companies, ranging from a small digital agency to a Hollywood studio.

• Mark Harrison, DPP
  

  Mark Harrison

  DPP

  Mark began his career as an Historian at Cambridge University, before moving into the media industry. He spent many years as a Director, Producer and Executive Producer, and won numerous awards for his filmmaking, including an International Emmy and a BAFTA nomination.

  Mark held senior roles within the independent production sector and the BBC. He was MD of an independent production company before being appointed BBC Head of Arts, and then Head of Multiplatform Production. He was subsequently Controller of Production for BBC North and leader of the BBC’s End-to-End Digital programme, before becoming Director of Transformation for BBC Design & Engineering.

  In 2015 Mark became CEO of the DPP – the international network for media and technology, which he founded. Today the DPP has over 500 member companies from across the whole media supply chain – from global tech giants to broadcasters, and from media tech vendors to production companies. The DPP works with its member companies to generate strategic insight and create business opportunities.

The Movie Labs 2030 Vision paper calls for foundational new technology and approaches that innovate beyond today’s cloud workflows to support the radical opportunities of the entertainment industry in the next decade. This case study will show a new supply chain approach deployed at MGM studios based on a new substrate platform that is neither cloud nor CDN in today’s sense and that implements many of the MovieLabs principles.

Key technology capabilities and learnings will be described. The substrate is a single backend source for master asset servicing including media, metadata and code, with inherent linking of components, re-use, rights, and versioning.  Streaming and file-based video presentation is delivered just in time from the source objects. There are no file copies, and the content security does not trust the infrastructure (trust less).

• Michelle Munson, Eluvio
  

  Michelle Munson

  Eluvio

  Michelle Munson is the co-founder and CEO of Eluvio and co-creator of the content fabric protocol, an open and decentralized Internet protocol for owner-controlled streaming, storage and monetization of digital content at scale. She leads the Berkeley based company and is co-inventor on 11 patents.

  Michelle is an Emmy-award winning technologist who previously co-founded Aspera in 2004 and led the company as CEO until May 2017, including through acquisition by IBM in 2014. She co-invented the Aspera FASP™ transport technology.

  Michelle is a recipient of the David Sarnoff Medal from the Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers (SMPTE); the Charles Swartz Award from the Hollywood Professional Association (HPA); IABM’s Woman Entrepreneur of the Year; and named one of the top 25 “People to Watch by TV Technology.

  Michelle was inducted into the College of Engineering Hall of Fame at Kansas State University in 2021. She was also the 2019 Kansas State University Commencement Speaker for the College of Arts and Sciences and the 2006 Alumnus of the Year for the College of Engineering. She holds dual B.Sc. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Physics from Kansas State University, where she was a Goldwater Scholar for achievement in Science and Mathematics. She was also a Fulbright Scholar at Cambridge University where she received a postgraduate diploma in Computer Science.

• Chris Crook, MGM Studios

Production in the cloud offers the opportunity for creative people to work from anywhere. But securing and accessing content in that workflow requires new thinking. We can no longer rely on physical or network-perimeter security as the primary defense. This security sea change will be discussed in the context of the MovieLabs 2030 security principles.

• Moderator: Jim Helman, MovieLabs
  

  Jim Helman

  MovieLabs

  Jim is CTO at MovieLabs, a technology joint venture of five major Hollywood studios. At MovieLabs, Jim leads technical work on the 2030 Vision for media creation in the cloud and has led industry initiatives including driving worldwide standards for high dynamic range video. Jim also led the design and implementation of the Entertainment Identifier Registry (EIDR), for which he was awarded an Engineering, Science and Technology Emmy.

  Prior to MovieLabs, Jim was chief software architect at Liberate Technologies, where he led the development of a web platform for delivering interactive cable services. Prior to Liberate, he worked at Silicon Graphics, developing real-time 3D systems for VR, location-based entertainment, and visual simulation. Jim holds M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Applied Physics from Stanford and a B.A. in Physics and Math from Washington University.

• Guy Finley, The Trusted Partner Network
  

  Guy Finley

  The Trusted Partner Network

  Guy Finley is President of CDSA (Content Delivery & Security Association) and MESA (Media & Entertainment Services Alliance). He is the CEO of the Trusted Partner Network, a joint venture launched in 2018 between CDSA and MPA (Motion Picture Association), that helps companies prevent leaks, breaches, and hacks of their customers’ movies and television shows prior to their intended release through by creating a single, global directory of “trusted partner” vendors. Guy started his career in the entertainment industry as a successful performer and producer, making music with industry giants such as Phil Ramone, Elliott Scheiner, and Dave Grusin in the 1990s. His New York City based group was signed to Larry Rosen’s N2K Encoded Music, the first record company to distribute music via digital downloads. In 2000 he joined the home entertainment industry as President of LFA, Inc., providing home video brand and business consulting services for a worldwide clientele. His firm represented JVC in North America, licensing the loading and duplication of VHS videocassettes bearing the VHS Logo Trademark. In 2005 he joined the Content Delivery and Security Association (then IRMA, International Recording Media Association) where he pioneered the CDSA Daily News Portal. In 2008 Guy founded MESA as a coalition of service providers to the Hollywood studios, independent content holders, video game publishers, software publishers and music labels. Through MESA’s media, events, working groups and initiatives, MESA facilitates ongoing discussions about collaboration and innovation in the entertainment industry along four key verticals: supply chain, data, security and IT. MESA also manages the business affairs and calendars of CDSA, WiTH (Women in Technology: Hollywood) Foundation, a 501(c)3 charitable organization, and EIDR (Entertainment ID Registry). With over 150 member companies worldwide, MESA is a leading voice in the global media & entertainment industry.

• Spencer Stephens, TechXMedia
• Omer Farooq, Independent Security Evaluators
  

  Omer Farooq

  Independent Security Evaluators

  Omer Farooq is a Cloud Security Principle at Independent Security Evaluators who is focused on Media and Entertainment vertical. Over 10 years of experience in cloud consulting, building security programs, secure software development and DevOPs. Currently architecting, building, securing and assessing post-production security, studio-in-the-cloud, virtual desktop infrastructure, and improving overall data mobilization and delivery across the entire entertainment industry.

• Michelle Munson, Eluvio
  

  Michelle Munson

  Eluvio

  Michelle Munson is the co-founder and CEO of Eluvio and co-creator of the content fabric protocol, an open and decentralized Internet protocol for owner-controlled streaming, storage and monetization of digital content at scale. She leads the Berkeley based company and is co-inventor on 11 patents.

  Michelle is an Emmy-award winning technologist who previously co-founded Aspera in 2004 and led the company as CEO until May 2017, including through acquisition by IBM in 2014. She co-invented the Aspera FASP™ transport technology.

  Michelle is a recipient of the David Sarnoff Medal from the Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers (SMPTE); the Charles Swartz Award from the Hollywood Professional Association (HPA); IABM’s Woman Entrepreneur of the Year; and named one of the top 25 “People to Watch by TV Technology.

  Michelle was inducted into the College of Engineering Hall of Fame at Kansas State University in 2021. She was also the 2019 Kansas State University Commencement Speaker for the College of Arts and Sciences and the 2006 Alumnus of the Year for the College of Engineering. She holds dual B.Sc. degrees in Electrical Engineering and Physics from Kansas State University, where she was a Goldwater Scholar for achievement in Science and Mathematics. She was also a Fulbright Scholar at Cambridge University where she received a postgraduate diploma in Computer Science.

• James Wilson, IBM Aspera

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• Avid
• LaCie
• Zeiss
• Sohonet
• Frame.io

Based on the foundations of Cloud and Security, this session to explore what we can now do to build workflows on top.  We’ll look at what companies are doing to enable software defined workflows today, what is working, and what to expect in the future with multi-cloud initiatives and the role of industry wide APIs/software interchange layers.

• Moderator: Mark Turner, MovieLabs
  

  Mark Turner

  MovieLabs

  Mark Turner is President, Entertainment Technologists Inc and coordinates the Production Technology program for Movielabs that created the 2030 Vision for the future of content creation. In Mark’s 27 years in the global media industry he has always been at the intersection of technology and business. Mark has held roles from product management, to sales, strategy, business development and partnerships for start-ups to multi-billion corporates including Ryff, Technicolor, Levels Beyond, RSTOR, Wasabi, Dolby , Microsoft, BT Media & Broadcast, Eutelsat and Xinsere.

• Richard Duke, Avid
  

  Richard Duke

  Avid

  As the Chief Cloud Solutions Architect at Avid, Richard is responsible for helping customers “Cloudify” their workflows and infrastructure using Avid’s industry leading tools, including the Avid NEXIS | VFS storage platform, Avid’s Creative Editing tools, Media Composer and Pro Tools, and the Media Central solutions. Richard has been working in the film and broadcast industry for over 20 years and has developed and deployed some of the most industry leading solutions in public and private clouds.

• Kenneth Cuomo, Vimond IO
  

  Kenneth Cuomo

  Vimond IO

  Having worked as a cameraman and editor for close to 20 years, covering some of the biggest news events around the world, I have seen how the demands in the industry have shifted. The need for efficiency and flexibility is greater than ever before.

• Steve Morris, Director of Engineering, Skywalker Sound
  

  Steve Morris

  Director of Engineering, Skywalker Sound

  Steve Morris is a 30-year veteran in the audio engineering industry and has worked in every facet of the media business, including music, film and video post-production, as well as broadcast television. Steve is a member of SMPTE, AES, and the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences.

• David Cole, IPV
  

  David Cole

  IPV

  David is an industry visionary and technology leader in the media and entertainment sector. David’s strategy and innovation drives IPV’s leadership in production and management of video assets across multiple platforms, devices and geographies.

• Chris Lennon, Ross Video
  

  Chris Lennon

  Ross Video

  Chris Lennon serves in Ross Video’s Office of the CTO as Director, Standards Strategy. He is responsible for Ross’ activities in global standards and trade organizations

  Chris also serves as Executive Director of the Open Services Alliance (OSA), a global industry organization focused on interoperability among microservice oriented media systems. The OSA produced the media industry’s first microservices standards, working closely with SMPTE, in 2020, and continues to lead the way in this rapidly evolving area.

  Chris has held a variety of leadership positions in the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE), including Standards Director, Local Section Manager, Technology Committee Chair, and currently, Western Region Governor. He is a SMPTE Fellow and recipient of SMPTE’s prestigious 2008 Citation.  He also has served in a variety of roles, including Secretary of the SMPTE Rocky Mountain Section.

• Renard Jenkins, Warner Bros. Discovery
  

  Renard Jenkins

  Warner Bros. Discovery

  Renard Jenkins is an experienced contention creation and creative technology executive in the Film, Television and Radio industry. He is currently Warner Bros. Discovery’s Senior Vice President, Production Integration & Creative Technology Services where he oversees teams that support 23,500 plus cast/crew members, 8,500 plus content hours and hundreds of global feature film, animation, and syndicated television productions annually. He and his teams provide creative production technology solutions and strategy for film, animation, and television productions worldwide. They also provide application, IP, production pipeline support and workflows as well as work stream design and implementation. A portion of his team are also responsible for the exploration and successful implementation of emerging and creative technologies such as virtual production, multiplatform storytelling, virtual character and meta human development, neuro-technology and better images and sound for cinema and home entertainment.

  Prior to joining WarnerMedia, Jenkins served as Vice President, Operations, Engineering & Distribution at PBS, where he was responsible for the strategic direction, technology development, engineering, and operational management of PBS’s entire media-supply chain. He and his teams were responsible for the successful simultaneous launch of the Live Linear and Cloud-based PBS Kids Channel plus Live Streaming App which also contained games and VOD. It remains as one of the most popular kid’s applications and destinations today. He also created PBS’s Advanced Format Center. He has also worked for TV One, Discovery, ESPN and Turner Broadcasting where he received multiple awards for his work in Film & Television Production, Post Production and R&D, including two national Emmys. Jenkins was also awarded the Innovator of the Year award in 2017 for his cutting-edge work and accomplishments in UHD, HDR, NGA and supply chain technology through the PBS Advanced Format Center and other industry activities.

  Jenkins is a SMPTE Fellow and currently serves as President of SMPTE. He sits on the boards of MovieLabs, the Hollywood Professionals Association, the UltraHD Forum, the Content & Entertainment Council as well as the Microsoft and Oracle Advisory Boards. He is also a recipient of a Peabody, 2 Headliners and a 2020 Broadcasting and Cable Technology Leadership award to name a few others.

  He is a champion and advocate for inclusion, diversity, equity and accessibility in the technology and media industries. He is a Strategic Advisor to the Board of Directors of the Washington, DC Chapter of the National Association for Multi-Ethnicity In Communications (NAMIC), chairs the Warner Bros. Discovery Technology and Operations Equity and Inclusion Council, the SMPTE Global Inclusion Working Group and he also Co-Chairs, HPA ALL which advocates for and promotes diversity, better equity and increased inclusion and accessibility in the media and entertainment industry.

  When he is not working, he enjoys spending time with his wife and best friend of over 30 years, his daughters, and his grandchildren. He loves travel photography / filmmaking and only has one more continent left to explore. He is also a certified sound engineer and is passionate about the visual arts. When time permits, he loves to provide pro bono location sound, live mixing, studio recording, post-production and finishing services for aspiring filmmakers, animators, and musicians. His family moto is “In all things integrity and integrity in all things.”

• Annie Chang, Universal Pictures
  

  Annie Chang

  Universal Pictures

  Annie Chang is the Vice President, Creative Technologies for Universal Pictures, responsible for developing strategies and designing innovative next-generation workflows across film and emerging immersive media experiences. Prior to joining Universal Pictures, Chang was the VP, Technology for Marvel Studios and held various roles during more than a decade tenure at The Walt Disney Studios. Chang is the AMPAS ACES Project Co-Chair and served as the Co-Chair of the AMPAS SciTech Council until 2022. She was the Chair of the Interoperable Master Format (IMF) Working Group at SMPTE. She is an SMPTE Fellow and is a recipient of the SMPTE Workflow Systems Medal Award, Advanced Imaging Society’s Distinguished Leadership award and StudioDaily’s 2018 Exceptional Women in Production and Post. In 2020, The Hollywood Reporter named Chang on their list of top “Hollywood Innovators.” In 2021, Hollywood Professional Association honored Chang with the HPA League Honor of “The Catalyst” which recognizes a leader who has successfully inspired and sparked positive change and innovation in entertainment as a “mover and shaker,” and TVNewsCheck recognized Chang with their Women in Technology Futurist Award. In 2022, Women in Technology Hollywood honored Chang with their WiTH Leadership Award.

Wendy’s Maxims: Tips and truisms gathered along the venturesome path of career and family life.

(This lunch session is by invite only)

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• Wendy Aylsworth, Walden Pond
  

  Wendy Aylsworth

  Walden Pond

  Wendy Aylsworth is CEO of Walden Pond, providing entertainment technology consulting and strategic board guidance for entities focused on emerging ecosystems and nascent technologies. Her entertainment career has spanned 30+ years at Warner Bros. and Disney bringing emerging technologies into production and distribution usage, as seen in such hits as Lion King and Space Jam, and new technologies such as high frame rate, as seen in the Hobbit trilogy.

  Wendy is a frequent speaker and moderator at key industry conferences, and is involved in many organizations to share knowledge and grow the next generation of entertainment professionals; currently acting as Secretary of the Board of the Hollywood Professional Association, as Governor of the Television Academy’s brand new Science & Technology Peer Group, and as President Emeritus of the USC Entertainment Technology Center (ETC). A Lifetime Fellow, former president, and former VP of Engineering (Standards) at SMPTE, Wendy has been honored with many awards, including the Charles F. Jenkins Lifetime Achievement Emmy Award, the Bob Lambert Technology Leadership Award from the ETC, and SMPTE’s Progress Medal.  Wendy holds a BSCE from the University of Michigan and an MS/MBA (Beta Gamma Sigma) from USC.

• Coordinator: Annie Chang, Universal Pictures
  

  Annie Chang

  Universal Pictures

  Annie Chang is the Vice President, Creative Technologies for Universal Pictures, responsible for developing strategies and designing innovative next-generation workflows across film and emerging immersive media experiences. Prior to joining Universal Pictures, Chang was the VP, Technology for Marvel Studios and held various roles during more than a decade tenure at The Walt Disney Studios. Chang is the AMPAS ACES Project Co-Chair and served as the Co-Chair of the AMPAS SciTech Council until 2022. She was the Chair of the Interoperable Master Format (IMF) Working Group at SMPTE. She is an SMPTE Fellow and is a recipient of the SMPTE Workflow Systems Medal Award, Advanced Imaging Society’s Distinguished Leadership award and StudioDaily’s 2018 Exceptional Women in Production and Post. In 2020, The Hollywood Reporter named Chang on their list of top “Hollywood Innovators.” In 2021, Hollywood Professional Association honored Chang with the HPA League Honor of “The Catalyst” which recognizes a leader who has successfully inspired and sparked positive change and innovation in entertainment as a “mover and shaker,” and TVNewsCheck recognized Chang with their Women in Technology Futurist Award. In 2022, Women in Technology Hollywood honored Chang with their WiTH Leadership Award.

• Patrick Renner, Pomfort
  

  Patrick Renner

  Pomfort

  Patrick Renner is a specialist in designing and developing applications for media management and video processing in production and post-production workflows. He co-founded the software company Pomfort that develops applications and services that are used in professional film productions around the world. Prior to that he was involved in research and teaching as a research assistant for software engineering at TUM in Munich, Germany. He acquired knowledge about professional film productions as an IT professional in a large post production facility, and helped to build and run one of the first DI facilities in Europe. Patrick Renner is committee member of the ASC MITC for data management, and is participating in the ACES Implementation Technical Advisory Council.

• Doug Walker, Autodesk
  

  Doug Walker

  Autodesk

  Doug is the Technology Lead for Color Science at Autodesk, working on products such as Flame, Maya, Arnold, and ShotGrid. He is also very active in open source projects, serving as the Chief Architect on the OpenColorIO Technical Steering Committee and as part of the Architectural Technical Advisory Council for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Science’s ACES project. He led the team of Autodesk engineers that developed OpenColorIO v2. Doug has been honored with the Natalie M. and Herbert T. Kalmus Medal and the Workflow Systems Medal from SMPTE and with an HPA Engineering Excellence award.

• Carol Payne, Netflix

• David Morin, Academy Software Foundation
  

  David Morin

  Academy Software Foundation

  David is Director, Industry Relations at Epic Games, where he works with the industry and the Unreal Engine team to develop open standards and the use of open source software, in virtual production and everywhere Unreal Engine is used. He also serves as the Executive Director of the Academy Software Foundation, a non-profit created by the motion picture industry to develop the use of open source software in all media. David is also chairman of the Joint Technology Committee on Virtual Production, and a past co-chair of the Joint Technology Subcommittee on Previsualization. He has a degree in computer science from Laval University, and has participated in the development of motion capture and 3D software since “Jurassic Park” at companies such as Softimage, Microsoft, Avid Technology, Autodesk, and Epic Games.

• Annie Chang, ACES Project Chair
  

  Annie Chang, ACES Project Chair

  Annie Chang is the Vice President, Creative Technologies for Universal Pictures, responsible for developing strategies and designing innovative next-generation workflows across film and emerging immersive media experiences. Prior to joining Universal Pictures, Chang was the VP, Technology for Marvel Studios and held various roles during more than a decade tenure at The Walt Disney Studios. Chang is the AMPAS ACES Project Chair and Co-Chair of the AMPAS SciTech Council. She has been a Co-Chair of the 10E Essence Technology and Chair of the Interoperable Master Format (IMF) Working Group at SMPTE. She is an SMPTE Fellow and is a recipient of the SMPTE Workflow Systems Medal Award, Advanced Imaging Society’s Distinguished Leadership award and StudioDaily’s 2018 Exceptional Women in Production and Post. In 2020, The Hollywood Reporter named Chang on their list of top “Hollywood Innovators.” In 2021, Hollywood Professional Association honored Chang with the HPA League Honor of “The Catalyst” which recognizes a leader who has successfully inspired and sparked positive change and innovation in entertainment as a “mover and shaker,” and TVNewsCheck recognized Chang with their Women in Technology Futurist Award.

• Mathieu Mazerolle, Foundry
• Erik Strauss, Netflix

• John Quartel, Company 3
  

  John Quartel

  Company 3

  John Quartel is Vice President of Imaging Science for Company 3. Within Company 3 and Deluxe he has, since 2016, been helping film and television creatives realise their visions with novel technologies and worklflows. Formerly he developed color management and film scanning technology at FilmLight, for which he received, in 2010, a scientific and engineering award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. As a member of SMPTE, John contributed to standards for image file formats and to the ACES project. John has a PhD in Optical Physics from Imperial College London and a BSc from the University of Sydney. 

Ice Cream Break Sponsored by Microsoft

Online video has transformed the media industry, opening up new distribution opportunities and new customer experiences. This new way of working has also created the opportunity to build efficiency and elegance into new processes from the get-go, or to replicate all the complexity and expense of the past. Which is it to be? The DPP has undertaken exclusive research with major companies such as Amazon, Facebook, BBC Studios, Discovery, Sky, and ViacomCBS, to establish the realities of online video delivery. The work identifies the range of workflows and practices in use today, to learn whether the different formats and workflows in use are useful differentiators, or an unnecessary cause of cost. The findings of this research will be revealed to provide the answers.

• Rowan de Pomerai, DPP
  

  Rowan de Pomerai

  DPP

  Rowan de Pomerai leads the technology strategy and delivery for the DPP, the media industry’s business network. The DPP is the place where customers and suppliers come together to solve problems and create opportunities. Rowan has an MEng in Electronic Engineering with Media Technology from the University of York, and a strong background in media innovation, having started his career in BBC Research & Development. Since then he has delivered transformative change for some of the UK’s biggest broadcasters and producers. This included architecting and deploying the BBC’s Automated QC solutions, and leading the Production Modernisation project at ITV Studios, streamlining the production and delivery process. Most recently, Rowan was Director of Professional Services, EMEA at Ooyala. He and his team delivered media workflow, asset management, and online video solutions to leading broadcasters, sports clubs and enterprises. He joined the DPP in 2018.

This panel will discuss the commonly overlooked production/post-production/distribution “physical” environments which are the backbone to the productivity and the reliability of any media and entertainment business. In mission-critical environments, such as remote production, mastering and broadcast, strict standards must be met to deliver content to and from the production facilities and/or the local/global data centers. Whether you are an all public-cloud-based facility, an internal on-premises data center, or a hybrid of the two, this panel will visit the responsibilities the facility or studio campus must provide with regard to digital distribution infrastructure. Noticing a limited number of facilities meeting telecommunications data infrastructure standards compliance, the panel will visit the need for long term evolution planning in an agile environment within the production and post-production creative spaces. The panel will also explore the current industry trends and predictions of 25G/40G/50G/100G/200G/400G infrastructure adoption needed to fulfill the current and emerging technologies within production facilities/studio campuses/private or public data center environments, and even remote production.

• Coordinator: Sean Tajkowski
  

  Sean Tajkowski

  Sean Tajkowski has been involved with the Media and Entertainment industry for over 33 years. In this time he has seen the production environment change exponentially. He currently provides Audit/Design/Client Representation services for mission critical environments in motion picture, broadcast, data centers, network operations centers, and federal/military/civil public safety. He has provided services to many worldwide studio organizations, production/post production facilities, and visual effects houses globally. His long history within the business gives him unique insight as a consultant/client representative on many aspects of facility design and production techniques, in both local and remote applications. Sean works with many professional organizations and manufactures to provide standards/best practices education to many mission critical environments. Sean continues to research and analyze telecommunications/big tech emerging technologies, while providing long term technical forecasting.

• Kam Patel, Commscope
• Robert Schimke, AFL Networks
• Matt Allen, IES Communications
  

  Matt Allen

  IES Communications

  Matt Allen has been in the cabling/communications industry for over 20 years, joining IES in 2011. While at IES, Allen has worked as an estimator/design engineer for all types of cabling projects including data centers, production facilities, class A office space and manufacturing/industrial environments before rising through the ranks to Vice President of Engineering. Allen achieved his BICSI RCDD certification in 2009 and his OSP specialization in 2016.

• Thomas Bause Mason, SMPTE
  

  Thomas Bause Mason

  SMPTE

  Thomas Bause Mason is the Director of Standards Development at the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) where he leads SMPTE’s standards development efforts and industry engagement. He began his career in Cologne, Germany, as a computer programmer for automation software in the nuclear and automobile industries. Before his move to Los Angeles, Bause Mason worked at the West German Television (WDR) and Cologne Broadcasting Center (CBC), where he led the quality control department. In addition, he worked as an independent database developer. In Los Angeles, he became a postproduction consultant, building and running the encoding operations for Ascent Media. Joining NBC Universal in 2005, he focused on emerging digital media technology, spending two years in London to support the company’s international business. Moving to New York in 2008, Bause Mason provided proof of concept, product evaluation, and best practice implementation advice to NBC Universal’s various business units. He assisted industry organizations in the development of standards, technical recommendations, and study group reports. He holds several patents relating to watermarking, 3D, authentication, metadata tagging and VR.

• Yves Bergquist, Entertainment Technology Center at USC

• Jerry Pierce, Inter-Society Digital Cinema Forum, National Association of Theatre Owners
  

  Jerry Pierce

  Inter-Society Digital Cinema Forum, National Association of Theatre Owners

  Jerry Pierce, Chairman ISDCF and NATO Technology Advisor Jerry Pierce serves as the Technology Advisor for NATO (National Association of Theater Owners). He provides technology guidance in conjunction with the NATO Technology Committee. Jerry serves as the Chairman of ISDCF (Inter-Society Digital Cinema Forum) a multi-industry open group that addresses digital cinema issues. His passions in the semi-retired state of mind include backpack hiking, photography and sculling (rowing). He was previously Senior Vice President, Technology, Universal Pictures. He joined Universal in 1995 and established the New Technology Department for Universal Pictures in 2000. He was responsible for the technical launch of DVD for Universal and was responsible for Digital Cinema activities for Universal. He was chairman of the SMPTE Digital Cinema Mastering group, a member of the Studio’s Digital Cinema Consortium (DCI), was an associate member of the American Society of Cinematographers, was Vice President of the Hollywood Post Alliance, and was on the Board of USC’s Entertainment Technology Center. He established the joint project with Universal and Panasonic for DVD disc authoring and High Definition Telecine Transfers. He was part of SRI International (Stanford Research Institute) for over 13 years. Jerry holds a MSEE degree from Stanford University and an BSEE from UC Berkeley.

• Annie Chang, Universal Pictures
  

  Annie Chang

  Universal Pictures

  Annie Chang is the Vice President, Creative Technologies for Universal Pictures, responsible for developing strategies and designing innovative next-generation workflows across film and emerging immersive media experiences. Prior to joining Universal Pictures, Chang was the VP, Technology for Marvel Studios and held various roles during more than a decade tenure at The Walt Disney Studios. Chang is the AMPAS ACES Project Co-Chair and served as the Co-Chair of the AMPAS SciTech Council until 2022. She was the Chair of the Interoperable Master Format (IMF) Working Group at SMPTE. She is an SMPTE Fellow and is a recipient of the SMPTE Workflow Systems Medal Award, Advanced Imaging Society’s Distinguished Leadership award and StudioDaily’s 2018 Exceptional Women in Production and Post. In 2020, The Hollywood Reporter named Chang on their list of top “Hollywood Innovators.” In 2021, Hollywood Professional Association honored Chang with the HPA League Honor of “The Catalyst” which recognizes a leader who has successfully inspired and sparked positive change and innovation in entertainment as a “mover and shaker,” and TVNewsCheck recognized Chang with their Women in Technology Futurist Award. In 2022, Women in Technology Hollywood honored Chang with their WiTH Leadership Award.

• Ed Grogan