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Core Knowledge for Navigating the New Reality
A mandatory attendance event for a career in our industry in normal times, the 2021 HPA Tech Retreat is destined to be a watershed event.
The world changed in the month after the 2020 HPA Tech Retreat. One year later, the most innovative technologists and shrewdest business minds working in our industry are gathering again to chart the course forward in the context of what we have learned.
In times of change, turmoil, and incredible technological advancements, the candid and unvarnished conversations between experts that take place outside of the Tech Retreat sessions are more important than ever.
Register for the Tech Retreat today!
HPA is currently accepting proposals for Roundtables and Innovation Zone applications.
Main program proposals closed on November 20.
Look Who’s Talking…
Keep an eye on this space. We will have many experts from around the world, sharing their insights and knowledge at this year’s Tech Retreat.

Erik Åhlin
Vidispine
Raul Aldana
ZOO Digital
Randi Altman
postPerspective
Gary Ballabio
Cloudinary
Yves Bergquist
ETC@USC
Marina Bosi
Stanford University
Philippe Brodeur
Overcast HQ
Taylor Bynum
Brat TV
Steven Calcote
Television Academy’s Interactive Media Peer Group
Annie Chang
Universal Pictures
Paul Chapman
Sim
Wileen Charles
Home & Family Show on Hallmark
Mark Chiolis
Mobile TV Group
Michael Cioni
Frame.io
Margaret Craig
Signiant
Poppy Crum
Dolby
Bruce Devlin
SMPTE
Nigel Edwards
Streamland Media - The Farm Group
Eric Einhorn
On Site Opera
Julián Fernández-Campón
Tedial
John Footen
Deloitte
Nick Garvin
Mobile TV Group
Josh Gold
Ryot
Matthew Goldman
Industry Pundit
Lakshmanan Gopishankar
Telestream
Rory Gordon
Arsenal
Thomas Graham
Dolby
Darin Grant
Animal Logic
Kari Grubin
HPA
Seth Hallen
HPA
Ian Hamilton
Signiant
Mark Harrison
Digital Production Partnership
Daryl Heinis
Scale Logic
Matthew Herson
AWS
Robert Herzan
Scale Logic
Hiren Hindocha
Digital Nirvana, Inc.
Katie Hinsen
Nice Shoes
J David Hoffman
Blackmagic Design
Renard T. Jenkins
WarnerMedia
Logan Ketchum
Veritone
Sharif Khan
Dalet Digital Media Systems
Fereidoon Khosravi
Venera Technologies
Olga Kornienko
EZDRM
Jaisica Lapsiwala
Soho Media Club
Bleuenn Le Goffic
Accedo
Cédric Lejeune
Workflowers/Perfect Memory
Phil Lelyveld
Entertainment Technology Center at the University of Southern California
Chris Lennon
MediAnswers
Cerise Lim Jacobs
White Snake Projects
Joaquin Lippencott
Metal Toad
Payton List
Sim
Chase Logan
Brat TV
Thomas Lund
Genelec
Jody Madden
Foundry
James Mathers
Digital Cinema Society
George Meek
InPlayer
Jonathan Mills
Metal Toad
Jonathan Morgan
Object Matrix
Michelle Munson
Eluv.io
Sam Nicholson, ASC
Stargate Studios
Zach Oscar
Wasserman
Carol Payne
Netflix
Janice Pearson
Convergent Risks Inc
Tim Pipher
LA Castle Studios - Burbank
Rowan de Pomerai
DPP
Charles Poynton

Sarah Priestnall
Pixelworks
Peter Putman
ROAM Consulting LLC
Josh Rizzo
Sony Pictures Television
Andy Quested
Freelance
Yuriy Reznik
Brightcove, Inc.
David Rosen
Sony
Tony Rost
Metal Toad
Pierre Routhier
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Marty Sacks
Telos Alliance
James Safechuck
Avatar Labs
Tom Sahara
Tom Sahara LLC
Lina Sanchez
Kree8 Productions
Kamala Sankaram
Experiments in Opera
Mark Schubin
HPA Tech Retreat
Stephen Shapiro
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Aline Shaw
Technicolor
Leon Silverman
Strategic Perspective Consulting
Aaron Sloman
OWNZONES Media Network
Isaac Spedding
The Rebel Fleet
Muralidhar Sridhar
Prime Focus Technologies
Jeremy Stapleton
Technicolor
Sebastian Sylwan
Technicolor
Craig Todd
Dolby
Mike Tsinberg
President & CEO
Chris VIenneau
MovieLabs
Andrew Wallenstein
Variety Intelligence Platform (VIP)
Dave Ward
PacketFabric
Rohan Warey
Prime Focus Technologies
Erik Weaver
ETC
Richard Welsh
Deluxe
Jack Wenzinger
AWS
Peter Wharton
TAG Video Systems
Tomasz Witowski
Soho Media Club