Hot on the heels of the sold-out Tech Retreat, HPA is serving up the sharpest thinkers over our March NET (Networking-Education-Technology) Lunch at Sheraton Universal!

Focusing on the cloud, the format will return to hosted topic tables, allowing participants to explore three separate areas of interest over the course of lunch.

Table topics and speakers include:

• Cloud Integrations That Get The Job Done
  Erik Salazar, CEO, Founder, Unitas
  Craig Hadix, Principal Cloud Architect, Unitas
• Industry Logistics to Globalize Cloud Workflow
  Amir Bemanian, Director, Engineering, Technicolor
  David McElhatten, SVP Media Software Solutions, 20th Century Fox
• Post in the Cloud
  Lance Maurer, CEO, Founder, Cinnafilm
• Storage – Where to Archive Media?
  Erik Weaver, Thought Leader & Speaker, Western Digital
• Quality Control (Not QC)
  Gregory Cox, VP Technical Product Solutions, GrayMeta
  Greg Almond, Manager, Asset Management, Netflix
• Cloud Based Acquisition
  Dave Belding, Sales Director, Sports, LiveU
  Michael Stanton, Director of Sales, Dejero
• Studio Content Protection: On-Prem vs in the Cloud
  Min Kang, Manager, Content & Information Security, Walt Disney Studios
  Cody Lassiter, Content Protection Manager, Legendary
• Secure Content Distribution
  Christian Kennel, VP of Media Operations and Digital Product, Warner Bros.
• Cloud 101
  Danny Peters, Strategic Enterprise Director, Frame.io
  Patrick Yew, VP Post Production, PopTV
• 5G Networks for Production and Post
  Thomas Box, Director Solutions Engineering, Verizon Digital Media Services
  Jim DeFilippis, Principal, Technology Made Simple
• AR Cloud – Now What?
  Matthew Lewis, CEO & Founder, Practical Magic
• Immersive Content in AVs
  Ha Nguyen, Director, Emerging Technology, Warner Bros.
  Rick Hack, Head of Media & Entertainment Partnerships, Intel

Speakers subject to change.