Kings Place, 90 York Way, London, N1 9AG

8th February 2023 | 09:30 - 19:00 GMT

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Live Again: Sharing Experiences of Cloud-native Television

About the event

Media and Entertainment companies are adopting the cloud to reinvent the way they create content, connect supply chains, and compete for audience attention across streaming and broadcast distribution. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is proud to support customers and partners to continually build and improve their capability to innovate.

The 2023 AWS EMEA Media & Entertainment Symposium returns live in-person, featuring inspiring industry keynotes and unique shared insights across Content Production, Media Supply Chain & Archive, Broadcast, Direct-to-Consumer & Streaming, and Data Science & Analytics.

Attend live to share your own insights, get answers to the latest workload trends, and network as we used to.

Who should attend?

Commercial, Production and Technology roles from executive to engineer

Event Details

Kings Place, 90 York Way, London, N1 9AG
8th February 2023 | 09:30 - 19:00 GMT

Speakers

Agenda

Registration: Arrival, Badge Collection & Coffee

9:30 - 10:00

Welcome and overview of the day

10:00 - 10:05

Speaker: Simon Frost, Head of EMEA Industry Marketing, AWS

AWS Keynote: AWS for Media & Entertainment - latest updates from AWS and how customers and partners are being successful.

10:05 - 10:25

Speaker: Ian Munford, M&E Business Development EMEA, AWS

Leaders Keynote: Sky's transformation into the Cloud. Hear how Sky's bold leap to reinvent existing media workflows in AWS has pushed boundaries, delivered sustainably, and set a roadmap of requirements for the overall industry to realise cloud-native Television.

10:25 - 10:55

Speaker: Dave Travis, Group Director of Content, Broadcast & Platforms, Sky

The Sports outlook: Hear shared learnings and unique insights from F1 about innovating the fan experience and delivering upon that promise.

10:55 - 11:20

Speakers:
James Bradshaw, Head of Digital Technology, Formula 1
Neil Ralph, Principal Sports Partnership Manager, AWS

2 x 5: Hear two pitches from start-up and innovating providers of technology/services for Media.

11:20 - 11:30

Coffee and Networking

11:30 - 12:00

Leaders Debate: Free Ad-Supported TV (FAST) Channels. The cloud and streaming delivery have allowed for very flexible launch of linear and live TV channels. This session explores recent examples, the business case behind them and how technology is underpinning them.

12:00 - 12:35

Speakers:
Sri Hari Thirunavukkarasu, SVP Sales, and Business Head EMEA, Amagi Corporation
Thomas Thomas, Director of Engineering - Growth, E-commerce and New Value at ITVX
Dominic Foulkes, Online Engineering Manager, Channel 4
Shaun Keeble, VP Digital, Banijay Rights
Moderator: Michael Armstrong, Principal Industry Specialist BD, AWS

Advertising & Marketing Technology for M&E: Hear the latest on privacy safe data collaboration, unique audience insights, AWS's partnership with Amazon Advertising, and newly launched ad-tech solutions.

12:35 - 12:55

Speaker: Matt Carter, Head of Industry Strategy for Advertising, UK, AWS

Session Recap's with Questions

12:55 - 13:00

Speakers: Simon Frost, Head of EMEA Industry Marketing, AWS

Lunch and Networking

13:00 - 14:00

Welcome and overview of the afternoon

14:00

Speakers: Simon Frost, Head of EMEA Industry Marketing, AWS

Content Production in the Cloud: Hear from BBC Studios, a technology integrator and AWS on the latest capabilities for Production and Grading in AWS

14:00 - 14:35

Speakers:
Adam Jakubowski, Interim VP Media Technology, BBC Studios
Tim Burton, Managing Director, 7fivefive
Chris Swan, Industry Specialist Solutions Architect, Content Production, AWS
Moderator: Steven Samwell, Media & Entertainment Solutions Architect Leader, AWS

Cloud-native Supply Chains: This session returns to the M&E Symposium to bring the latest insights on cloud-native media supply chains for efficiency, scale and security

14:35 - 15:05

Speakers:
Simon Eldridge, Chief Product Officer, SDVI
Rob Delf, CEO, Fabric
Jan-Hendrik Hein, VP Media Operations, A+E Networks EMEA
Moderator: Ian McPherson, Global Strategy-Media Supply Chain & Data Science, AWS

2 x 5: Hear two pitches from start-up and innovating providers of technology/services for Media

15:05 - 15:15

Coffee and Networking

15:15 - 15:45

Live Remote Production at Scale: With the increasing need to both reduce cost as well as carbon impact from live events, get the latest shared updates on projects and what is possible.

15:45 - 16:20

Speakers:
Kevin McCue, Director of Group Production Platforms, Sky
David Sabine, Senior Broadcast Consultant, AWS
Shane Warden, Principal Consultant, Sports, AWS
Moderator: Jamie Duemo, Global Strategy-Broadcast & Direct to Consumer Streaming, AWS

Panel Discussion: OTT Innovation - hear from an expert panel asked to review the state of OTT, the technology outlook and what remains to realise an OTT only reality.

16:20 - 16:55

Speakers:
Jonas Engwall, CEO, Bedrock
Bleuenn Le Goffic, VP Strategy & Business Development, Accedo
Callum Baxter, Senior Sales Director, Endeavor Streaming
Moderating: Andreas Kastner, Principal Industry Specialist BD, AWS

Wrap-up and Close

16:55 - 17:00

Speakers: Simon Frost, Head of EMEA Industry Marketing, AWS

Networking Drinks

17:00 - 19:00

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