Tuesday Agenda

Tuesday, December 17, 2019
Location: Murray Hill, Second Floor
9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Time	Session
9:00 - 9:45 a.m. *Sponsored by:*	New Frontiers in News Storytelling Click here for video Broadcast innovators share their latest experiments in pushing the boundaries of TV news storytelling and discuss how emerging technologies and evolving audience expectations are fueling their work. Panelists: Matt Goldberg, NBC LX, VP, Content Stephane Guez, Dalet, Co Founder and CTO Christina Hartman, Newsy, VP, News and Programming Michael Koenigs, Disney ABC Television Group, Executive Producer David Schechter, WFAA, Senior Reporter
9:45 - 10:00 a.m. *Sponsored by:*	IBM Case Study: Deliver Automated, Highly Accurate Closed Captioning With the Help of Watson AI Presenter: David Kulczar, IBM Watson Media, Senior Product Manager, Watson Video Analytics
10:00 - 10:30 a.m.	One-on-One Conversation Click here for video Featuring: Patrick Paolini, WTTG, VP and GM Interviewed by: Harry A. Jessell, TVNewsCheck, Co-Founder and Editor at Large
10:30 - 10:45 a.m.	Networking Break
10:45 - 11:30 a.m. *Sponsored by:*	OTT News: Content, Technology and Monetization Strategies Click here for video What are the best technology strategies for producing, distributing and monetizing the news on OTT? Panelists: Susan Bell, TownNews, Senior Product Manager, BLOX OTT Steve Chung, Fox Television Stations, Chief Digital Officer Scott Ehrlich, Sinclair, VP, Emerging Platform Content Saleem Malkana, NBC News Digital, Head of Product Adam Wiener, CBS Local Digital Media, EVP and GM
11:30 - 11:45 a.m. *Sponsored by:*	Avid Fireside Chat: Content Everywhere: Streamlining Production for Linear, Digital and OTT What are the tools and workflows Sinclair Broadcast Group has developed to implement its Content Everywhere strategy? Featuring: Del Parks, Sinclair Broadcast Group, SVP and CTO Interviewed by: Ray Thompson, Avid, Director Broadcast and Media Solutions Marketing
11:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. *Sponsored by:*	Top Technologists on Tomorrow’s Challenges Click here for video Broadcast technology leaders share how they’re tackling the IP transition, the cloud’s growing role in their workflows and artificial intelligence’s widening impact on the industry, among other emerging trends. Moderator: Glen Dickson, TVNewsCheck, Contributing Editor Panelists: Jeff Birch, CBS Stations, VP, Engineering Tom Casey, Meredith Local Media Group, VP, Engineering and Technology Marcy Lefkovitz, Disney \| ABC TV, VP, Technology and Workflow Strategy Mike Palmer, Masstech Innovations, CTO
2:00 - 5:00 p.m.	CNN Hudson Yards VIP Technology Tour Tour groups of 15 to be led by CNN engineering managers. Tour culminates in Q&A with CNN engineering managers about Hudson Yards IP greenfield. RSVP to [email protected]; Limited to 60 participants.