Program
| Time | Session |
|---|---|
| 9:05 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. |
AI in Action: Workflows Evolving Today News organizations are approaching AI carefully, as they design ways to use it without harming credibility. How are operations and news leaders incorporating AI in storytelling and multiplatform production and distribution? Speakers: Dana Neves, Senior Managing VP, Gray Media Kerry Oslund, VP, AI Strategy & Business Development, The E.W. Scripps Company Jonathan Leff, Global Editor, Newsroom AI and Financial News Strategy, Reuters Lindsay Stewart, Founder and CEO, Stringr Jon Accarrino, Founder, Ordo Digital (moderator) |
| 9:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. |
Fireside Chat: Self-Funding AI: How Your Archive Can Pay for Your Al Initiatives Veritone’s Paul Cramer reveals how to turn decades of archival content into recurring revenue while simultaneously providing news and television organizations with newly generated metadata, tools for content intelligence, search and discovery… all with no upfront investment. Speakers: Jon Accarrino, Founder, Ordo Digital (moderator) |
| 10:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. |
Technology Leaders on Optimizing News Workflows News producers have to log into many different platforms to produce, edit and distribute their stories and in too many newsrooms, storycentric workflows are still not a working reality. What do technology vendors and media organizations need to do to transform workflows and unleash producers to create content more easily? Speakers: Erik Hauters, Founder, Cuez David Gwinn, Director of Software Solutions & System Sustainment, Disney/ABC News Dana Ucifferri, Head of Video and Design, Bloomberg Television Brian Hopman, VP and GM, Workflow Solutions, Associated Press Glen Dickson, Contributing Editor, TVNewsCheck (moderator) |
| 10:45 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. |
Networking Break |
| 11:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. |
Remote Production & the Non-Stop News Cycle Reporters and producers often spend most of their time in the field, gathering, editing, versioning and even distributing news and nearly always working remotely. How have newsrooms adapted to this significant change and how well is technology keeping up and providing new ways to produce, version and distribute content from anywhere? What are the newest innovations in content sharing? How is remote production advancing storytelling? Speakers: Erik Smith, VP of News Operations and Technology, Fox Television Stations Sam Singal, Group Vice President of Editorial and Content, Spectrum Networks Marcy Lefkovitz, SVP of Product Innovation, Dalet Joe Addalia, VP Broadcast Technology, Hearst Television Glen Dickson, Contributing Editor, TVNewsCheck (moderator) |
| 11:45 a.m. - 1:00 |
Lunch |
| 1:00 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. |
News Everywhere: Maximizing Audience in a Multiplatform World News organizations need to break news instantly and engage audiences on all platforms. How are the best news operations, editorial and technology providers making multiplatform production and distribution seamless and fast? What tools are emerging to turn legacy news production into tomorrow’s content engine? Speakers: Angie Grande, Senior Director of Streaming News Channels, NBCUniversal Local Andrew Fitzgerald, SVP of Streaming Video Services, Hearst Television Jeff Zellmer, SVP of Digital Operations, Fox Television Stations Socrates Lozano, VP of Solutions, Americas, TVU Networks Michael Gruzuk, Head of CBC News Studios, National Director, Development and Production, CBC Glen Dickson, Contributing Editor, TVNewsCheck (moderator) |
| 1:45 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. |
Lightning Round Speaker: Scott Fitzgerald, National Sales Director for North America, Octopus Newsroom David Schmeltzle, Founder, Bizbudding George Dratelis, Director of Partnerships, Jobiqo Matt Quering, Head of Sales, Snapstream Michael Depp, Chief Content Officer, NewsCheckMedia, Editor, TVNewsCheck |
| 2:00 p.m. - 2:45 |
News Storytellers on the Cutting Edge What can traditional newsrooms learn from independent journalists / creators about engaging and building audiences with storytelling? What tech stack are they using and how is that evolving in a multiplatform world? How are they repurposing their content for traditional media? Speakers: Andrew Rowan, MMJ, NBC Hartford Dan Krauth, Reporter, WABC Ariel Viera, Video Content Creator Madison Mills, Senior Markets Reporter, Axios Michael Depp, Editor, TVNewsCheck (moderator) |
| 2:45 - 3:00 p.m. |
Networking Break |
| 3:00 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. |
Breaking Out With Best-in-Class Digital Digital platforms — web, apps, social and podcasts — have too often been an afterthought behind streaming and linear for TV news. How can organizations approach these platforms more imaginatively, using AI and other technologies to create more robust, engaging and dynamic news products? What are breakout leaders doing in this space? Speakers: Michael Donoghue, CEO, Subtext Veronica de Souza, Executive Director of Audience and Content Strategy, Wired Andreas Pongratz, CEO, x.news Sari Zeidler, VP of Audience Development, NBCUniversal Local Sam Guzik, Senior Director of Product, New York Public Radio (moderator) |
| 3:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. |
Fireside Chat |
| 4:00 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. |
How Will AI Revolutionize the News Product? Technology and news futurists imagine how AI in many different forms will change, perhaps dramatically, the way news is gathered, produced and delivered to consumers. Speakers: Burt Herman, Co-Founder/Principal, Hacks/Hackers Ryan Struyk, Director, A.I. Innovation, CNN Arlyn Gajilan, Global Editor, AI Development and Integration, Reuters Rubina Madan Fillion, Associate Editorial Director of A.I. Initiatives, The New York Times Nikita Roy, founder, Newsroom Robots Lab, (moderator) |