Tech Leaders' Briefing 2019
The DPP Tech Leaders’ Briefing is the pre-eminent business intelligence event for the media industry.
13 & 14 November 2019
The 4th annual Tech Leaders' Briefing is a two-day conference and networking event bringing together the supplier and content provider community.
30 senior executives from major media organisations will share exclusive intelligence about their priorities. No other industry event provides so much focused insight in one place, all tailored to suppliers and content providers.
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Speakers
Robert Amlung
ZDF
Head of Digital Strategy
Andy Beale
BT Sport
Chief Engineer
Tim Bertioli
BBC Studios/UKTV
Director of Media Services, UKTV & SVP of Channel Technology
Jamie Bolding
Jungle Creations
Founder & CEO
Juliet Bramwell
Google Cloud
Director, Telco, Media & Entertainment, UKI
Kate Burns
Brave Bison
CEO
Gordon Castle
Eurosport
SVP Technology & Operations
Mario Cavestany
IBM
Vice President - Telecommunications, Media & Entertainment Industries
James Crossland
Warner Bros. Discovery
EVP, Head of Global Content Operations
Jessica Dahan
Imagen
Head of Growth
Florian Diederichsen
DAZN
CTO
Craig Dwyer
Avid
VP Global Cloud & SaaS Practice
Simon Farnsworth
ITV
CTO
Emily Farnworth
World Economic Forum
Head of Climate Change
Eliza Filby
Speaker, Writer, Consultant - Generations Expert and Historian of Contemporary Values
Barry Flanigan
COPA90
Chief Product Officer
Grant Franklin Totten
Al Jazeera
Head of Media & Emerging Platforms
Richard Friedel
Fox Television Stations
EVP Engineering
Bevan Gibson
ITN
CTO
Adde Granberg
SVT
CTO
Sinead Greenaway
BBC
Director, Broadcast & End User Technology
Tom Griffiths
ITV
Director of Technology - Operations & Distribution Platforms
Carys Hughes
Sky
Design Engineer (Emerging Technologies)
Renard Jenkins
Warner Media
VP Content Transmission
Megan Johnston
Splice
Commercial Manager
Anshul Kapoor
Google Cloud
Head of Media Broadcasting Solutions
Rainer Kellerhals
Microsoft
Managing Director - Media and Communications EME
Darren Long
Sky
Group Content Processing Director
Ian McLaren
Thomson Reuters
Technical Director
Del Parks
Sinclair
President of Technology
Noel Penzer
Fastly
VP - EMEA
Matthew Postgate
BBC
Chief Technology & Product Officer
Tamar Riley
Refinery29
Vice President - Audience
Mark Rogers
BuzzFeed
General Manager - Europe
Usman Shakeel
Amazon Web Services
Head of Global Media and Entertainment Solution Architecture
Glyn Smith
Alibaba Cloud
Head of International Product for Media and Entertainment
Helen Stevens
ITV
Operations Officer, Content Supply & Distribution
Peter Sykes
Sony
Strategic Technology Development Manager
Francois Vaillant
CBC / Radio-Canada
Engineering & Architecture Executive Director
Martijn Van Dam
NPO
Member of the Executive Board
Orpheus Warr
Channel 4
Chief Technology Officer
Matt Westrup
Hearst Networks EMEA
CTO
Stephanie Wheeler
Deluxe
Key Account Manager
Carrie Wootten
Rise Up
Managing Director
Day One
What we learnt at the Tech Leaders' Briefing 2018
Mark Harrison
Founder & Chief Content Officer
DPP
Tomorrow's News
What it means to be a news provider is changing. The ability to work at speed is generating new audience engagements. These are companies living right in the fast lane of content creation.
Bevan Gibson
CTO
ITN
Tim Bertioli
Director of Media Services, UKTV & SVP of Channel Technology
BBC Studios/UKTV
Ian McLaren
Technical Director
Thomson Reuters
Mark Rogers
General Manager - Europe
BuzzFeed
Lunch
What EMEA Broadcasters Want (Part 1)
The EMEA market may be the most complex in the world – with some of the greatest opportunities. You can’t afford to miss what these companies have to share.
Adde Granberg
CTO
SVT
Grant Franklin Totten
Head of Media & Emerging Platforms
Al Jazeera
Darren Long
Group Content Processing Director
Sky
The Story So Far
Industry professionals from the Rise membership debate the key themes emerging on Day 1
Helen Stevens
Operations Officer, Content Supply & Distribution
ITV
Stephanie Wheeler
Key Account Manager
Deluxe
Megan Johnston
Commercial Manager
Splice
Jessica Dahan
Head of Growth
Imagen
Carys Hughes
Design Engineer (Emerging Technologies)
Sky
Special Announcement
The DPP is proud to share an exciting new talent initiative from Rise
Carrie Wootten
Managing Director
Rise Up
Afternoon Break
Keynote
'Demographic Disruption: Changing beliefs and behaviours in the new generational landscape'
Eliza Filby
Speaker, Writer, Consultant - Generations Expert and Historian of Contemporary Values
Transforming Sport
Sports content is where innovation tends to happen first. These may be the most important trendsetters of all.
Florian Diederichsen
CTO
DAZN
Barry Flanigan
Chief Product Officer
COPA90
Andy Beale
Chief Engineer
BT Sport
Live Tech Trends Review
See the trends emerging on Day 1 build before your very eyes!
Networking Reception
Join our speakers and attendees for drinks and quite possibly the best industry networking of the year. Enabled by:
Day Two
Welcome to Day Two
Mark Harrison
Founder & Chief Content Officer
DPP
On the Shoulders of Tech Giants
The world’s biggest companies are tech companies. And they now also sit at the heart of the whole media ecosystem. Hear their unique perspectives.
Usman Shakeel
Head of Global Media and Entertainment Solution Architecture
Amazon Web Services
Rainer Kellerhals
Managing Director - Media and Communications EME
Microsoft
Glyn Smith
Head of International Product for Media and Entertainment
Alibaba Cloud
Mario Cavestany
Vice President - Telecommunications, Media & Entertainment Industries
IBM
Anshul Kapoor
Head of Media Broadcasting Solutions
Google Cloud
What EMEA Broadcasters Want (Part 2)
This second session will brilliantly demonstrate the complexity and opportunities of the EMEA market.
Martijn Van Dam
Member of the Executive Board
NPO
Matt Westrup
CTO
Hearst Networks EMEA
Robert Amlung
Head of Digital Strategy
ZDF
Lunch
What the Networks Want (Part 2)
The second of our North American sessions brings together some of the most famous broadcasters in the world.
Simon Farnsworth
CTO
ITV
Renard Jenkins
VP Content Transmission
Warner Media
Richard Friedel
EVP Engineering
Fox Television Stations
Keynote
'Can we avoid extinction?'
Emily Farnworth
Head of Climate Change
World Economic Forum
Special Announcement
Be the first to hear of an important new industry initiative from the DPP
Social Revolutionaries
These are companies that get billions of video views a month - redefining what it means to be a content provider.
Kate Burns
CEO
Brave Bison
Tamar Riley
Vice President - Audience
Refinery29
Jamie Bolding
Founder & CEO
Jungle Creations
What the UK Broadcasters Wnat
The UK tech leaders always give it to us straight. Hold tight for a lively session.
Matthew Postgate
Chief Technology & Product Officer
BBC
Tom Griffiths
Director of Technology - Operations & Distribution Platforms
ITV
Sinead Greenaway
Director, Broadcast & End User Technology
BBC
Orpheus Warr
Chief Technology Officer
Channel 4
Live Tech Trends Review
The final trends are in! Join four senior industry leaders as they analyse what the last two days tell us.
Craig Dwyer
VP Global Cloud & SaaS Practice
Avid
Juliet Bramwell
Director, Telco, Media & Entertainment, UKI
Google Cloud
Peter Sykes
Strategic Technology Development Manager
Sony
Noel Penzer
VP - EMEA
Fastly
Sponsors
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