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.
Speakers
Robert Amlung
Head of Digital Strategy, ZDF
Andy Beale
Chief Engineer, BT Sport
Tim Bertioli
SVP - Global Media Operations, VICE Media Group
Jamie Bolding
Founder & CEO, Jungle Creations
Juliet Bramwell
Head of Telco & Media, Google
Kate Burns
CEO, Brave Bison
Gordon Castle
SVP Technology & Operations, Eurosport
Mario Cavestany
Vice President - Telecommunications, Media & Entertainment Industries, IBM
James Crossland
SVP International Operations, Warner Media
Jessica Dahan
Head of Growth, Imagen
Florian Diederichsen
CTO, DAZN
Craig Dwyer
VP Global Cloud & SaaS Practice, Avid
Simon Farnsworth
CTO of Broadcast Technology & Operations, Discovery Communications
Emily Farnworth
Head of Climate Change, World Economic Forum
Eliza Filby
Speaker, Writer, Consultant - Generations Expert and Historian of Contemporary Values,
Barry Flanigan
Chief Product Officer, COPA90
Grant Franklin Totten
Head of Media & Emerging Platforms, Al Jazeera
Richard Friedel
EVP - Engineering, Operations and Technology, Fox
Bevan Gibson
CTO, ITN
Adde Granberg
CTO, SVT
Sinead Greenaway
Chief Technology and Operations Officer, UKTV
Tom Griffiths
Director of Technology - Operations & Distribution Platforms, ITV
Carys Hughes
Design Engineer (Emerging Technologies), Sky
Renard Jenkins
VP Content Transmission, Warner Media
Megan Johnston
Commercial Manager, Splice
Anshul Kapoor
EMEA Business Development Lead, Media, Google Cloud
Rainer Kellerhals
Managing Director - Media and Communications EME, Microsoft
Darren Long
Group Content Processing Director, Sky
Ian McLaren
Director Software Engineering - Video, Reuters
Del Parks
EVP & CTO, Sinclair Broadcast Group
Noel Penzer
VP - EMEA, Fastly
Matthew Postgate
Chief Technology & Product Officer, BBC
Tamar Riley
Vice President - Audience, Refinery29
Mark Rogers
General Manager - Europe, BuzzFeed
Usman Shakeel
Head of Global Media and Entertainment Solution Architecture, Amazon Web Services
Glyn Smith
Head of International Product for Media and Entertainment, Alibaba Cloud
Helen Stevens
Operations Officer, Content Supply & Distribution, ITV, ITV
Peter Sykes
Strategic Technology Development Manager, Sony
Francois Vaillant
Engineering & Architecture Executive Director, CBC / Radio-Canada
Martijn Van Dam
Member of the Executive Board, NPO
Orpheus Warr
Chief Technology Officer, Channel 4
Matt Westrup
VP Operations, A+E Networks EMEA
Stephanie Wheeler
Key Account Manager, Deluxe
Carrie Wootten
Director, Rise
Day One
What we learnt at the Tech Leaders' Briefing 2018
Mark Harrison
CEO
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
SVP - Global Media Operations
VICE Media Group
Ian McLaren
Director Software Engineering - Video
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
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
Director
Rise
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
CEO
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
EMEA Business Development Lead, Media
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
VP Operations
A+E 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 of Broadcast Technology & Operations
Discovery Communications
Renard Jenkins
VP Content Transmission
Warner Media
Richard Friedel
EVP - Engineering, Operations and Technology
Fox
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
Chief Technology and Operations Officer
UKTV
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
Head of Telco & Media
Peter Sykes
Strategic Technology Development Manager
Sony
Noel Penzer
VP - EMEA
Fastly
Sponsors
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