AWS Publishing Symposium

Leading publishers, AWS Partners and thought leaders will discuss and take your questions about three key issues in the publishing industry: monetizing content, getting value from First Party Data, and the impact of Generative AI and other trends in content production.

Join us to learn more about:

• Increasing subscriptions and reducing churn
• Generating ad revenue without third party cookies
• Strategies for activating first party data
• Harnessing Generative AI
• Producing content for visual story telling

Date and time: 

February 6, 2024
12:00 - 5:00 p.m. ET

Location: 

L13 Event Space
Lord & Taylor Building at 12 West 39th Street
New York, NY 10018

Current Agenda: 

Speakers:

Melanie Colton  Chief Technology Officer, Axios Media

Melanie has spent over 20 years in the media industry leading product and engineering organizations within companies such as Conde Nast, Hearst, and HBO. As CTO of Axios, she focuses on enabling the growth and efficiency of the business and its journalism. She also partners across editorial and revenue to use technology, data, and AI to drive new opportunities.

Jon Dahl  Co-founder and CEO, Mux

Jon is the co-founder and CEO of Mux, an API-driven video platform that powers video streaming and analytics for companies like Strava, HubSpot, Fox, Paramount, PBS, Equinox, Vimeo, and hundreds more. Previously, Jon was co-founder and CEO of Zencoder, a pioneer in cloud video encoding, and VP of Technology at Brightcove, which acquired Zencoder in 2012. Jon is a former engineer who wrote code early in the life of Mux until he dropped the production database and was made CEO.

James Henderson   VP, GTM, Subscriber Experience, Zuora; Former CEO of Zephr

A futurist, James started his career in the early 2000s in early-stage VR before starting a digital transformation consultancy in 2014. After exiting this business in 2018 and in 2019, James closed his first of many venture funding rounds and launched Zephr to the market. James is the founder and CEO of Zephr, a leading Subscription Experience Platform. Zephr rapidly rose to a market leading position and in 2022 was acquired by Zuora to bring this revolutionary capability to a larger audience.

John A. Jenkins  Author, journalist, former President of CQ Press

A journalist and publishing entrepreneur, John is the Co-founder and Principal of PoliScio Analytics. Previously, he was the CEO of Law Street Media, president and publisher of CQ Press (now Sage Publications), and on the board of directors for BNA (now Bloomberg Industry Group). Author of three books, including NYTBR Editor’s Choice The Partisan: The Life of William Rehnquist, he is currently at work on a new book entitled Summer of ’71, about events that defined the American experience during a fateful five-month period of that year.

David Lipsey  Digital Asset and Media Management Strategist

David is a principal consultant and advisor working internationally on creating value from organizations' digital assets. He has been involved with Digital Asset Management (DAM) since 1998 and has worked with HBO, Disney, Sony Music, Penguin Random House, and The New York Times. David co-founded the Rutgers University Professional Certificate in Digital Asset Management and is the Academic co-Director and an instructor.

Matthew Monahan  Chief Technology Officer, Arc XP

Matt leads product development and strategy for Arc XP, a cloud-native digital experience platform. He meets frequently with industry leaders to understand the difficulties that their businesses and users face in creating and managing digital content and drives the mission of Arc XP to solve their most pressing challenges. 

Arya Sundar  Global Sales Director - Media, Entertainment and Technology, Slalom Consulting

Arya is a visionary leader and accomplished professional with 20+ years of experience across the agency, digital publishing, content production and consulting space. Arya has worked many digital publishing customers including Meredith, Comcast, and WMG. A proud graduate of both NYU and American University, he enjoys spending time with his family (wife, 5 year-old daughter and cat), playing guitar and men’s league hockey.

Michael Trapani  Head of Product Marketing, ActionIQ

Michael Trapani is an accomplished marketing executive who has stewarded admired brands such as Apple and IBM. He has decades of experience leading global marketing, sales, and strategy organizations, leading to successful exits through venture capital, private equity, and public acquisitions. Today, Michael leads Product Marketing at ActionIQ. In his spare time, he enjoys hiking, spending time with his family, and reading boring history books.

Who should attend: 

Decision makers, particularly those in editorial leadership, revenue generation, and publishing technologies.