The Event: Digital Hollywood Spring 2020
Date: May 12-21, 2020
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Digital Hollywood Spring Agenda
Tuesday, May 12th, 2020
11:00 AM - 12 Noon, Pacific
Hollywood Streaming Strategies: Content, Advertising and the Consumer - The Transformation
Grant Michaelson, Vice President, Business Affairs, Disney Channels Worldwide
Beth Clearfield, SVP, Digital Strategy and Franchise Business Management, BBC Studios - Americas
Himesh Bhise, CEO, Synacor
Jonathan Hurd, Director, Altman Vilandrie & Company, Moderator
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1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Pacific
Podcasting - The Voice of Women: Politics, The Arts, Feminism, Technology, Family and Work, A Day in the Life
Jenny Kaplan, co-founder and CEO, Wonder Media Network (WMN), Moderator
A'shanti F. Gholar, Host, "The Brown Girls Guide To Politics" and President, Emerge
Jeanine Percival Wright, COO & CLO, Simplecast
Hebah Fisher, Cofounder / CEO, Kerning Cultures Network
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Wednesday, May 13th, 2020
11:00 AM - 12 Noon, Pacific
The Hollywood MasterClass: TV, Film and Video - Writing - Developing - Producing
Moderator, Catherine Clinch, TV Writer, TV veteran, Hunter, Jake & The Fat Man, Knight Rider, Love Boat, Hart to Hart
Jonathan Groff, Executive Producer/Co-Showrunner. BLACK- ISH and Consulting Producer, ABC’s MIXED-ISH
Marc Guggenheim, EP/Producer/Writer, Green Lantern, The Flash, Carnival Row, Tales of Arcadia, Brothers & Sisters, CSI
Adam Kolbrenner, Manager, Producer and Founder, Lit Entertainment Group (“Prisoners”, “Deadfall”, “Atlantic Wall”, “Free Guy”, “The Christmas Chronicles”, “Ghost Draft”
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Thursday, May 14th, 2020
11:00 AM - 12 Noon, Pacific
XR and Immersive Retail, Advertising and Branding Strategies
Olivier Koelemij, Managing Director, MediaMonks L.A
Silke Meixner, Partner, Global Business Strategy, IBM Global Business
Tony Parisi, Head of AR/VR Ad Innovation, Unity3D
Moderator - Bill Newell, CEO, SparX Works Inc.
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1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Pacific
Virtual Hollywood Production and Immersive Entertainment - Making Movies - VFX - XR
John Canning, Executive Producer, New Media & Experiential, Digital Domain, Moderator
Sol Rogers, Founder and CEO, REWIND & Chair BAFTA Immersive Entertainment Advisory Group
Boo Wong, Global Director of Emerging Technology, The Mill
Brett Leonard, Producer, Director, Writer
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Tuesday, May 19th, 2020
11:00 AM - 12 Noon, Pacific
Advertising, Branding Strategies and Creativity - 2020 - The New Universe
Tina Pukonen, Head of Entertainment Strategy, Pinterest
Andrew Solmssen, President, California, Wunderman Thompson
Autumn Nazarian, Senior Vice President Content+ // Sponsorship & Partnerships, Mindshare
Ian Greenblatt, Managing Director & Technology/Media/Telecom Practice Leader, J.D. Power, Moderator
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1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Pacific
The Immersive Media Leadership Think Tank: AR/VR/XR
Raffaella Camera, Head of Market & Innovation Strategy, Global, Accenture
Michael Ludden, Principal AR Evangelist, Bose
Leslie Shannon, Head of Ecosystem and Trend Scouting, Nokia
Mark Kapczynski, President, Storymill, Moderator
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Wednesday, May 20th, 2020
12:10 PM - 12:40 PM Pacific
Visual Experiences: Transforming Media, Connecting the World
Lynn Comp, Vice President, Data Platforms Group General Manager, Visual Infrastructure Division, Intel Corporation
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1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Pacific
Virtual Hollywood Production and Immersive Entertainment - Making Movies - VFX - XR
Ted Schilowitz, Futurist in Residence, Paramount Pictures
Kris Kostiuk, Global Director, Business Development – Media & Entertainment CDW StudioCloud
Kevin Ottomeyer, Principal Solutions Architect - Media and Entertainment/HPC, Teradici
Dan Monahan, Strategic Business Development Manager, Visual Cloud, Intel Corporation, Moderator
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Thursday, May 21st, 2020
11:00 AM - 12 Noon, Pacific
Augmented/Mixed Reality Strategists: The Cutting Edge of Creativity
Joanna Popper, Global Head of VR, Location Based Entertainment, HP
Sarah Vick, Head of Business Development, Intel Studios
Nigel Tierney, Head of Content, Verizon/RYOT
Angelo Del Priore, Partner, HP Tech Ventures, Moderator
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1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Pacific
Leadership in Podcasting: Content - Distribution - Advertising
Kathy Doyle, Vice President, Podcasting - Macmillan Publishers, Moderator
Norm Pattiz, Founder and Executive Chairman, PodcastOne
Hernan Lopez, Founder & CEO, Wondery
Leslie Merklinger, Senior Director, CBC Podcasts
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Speaker Submission:
If you wish to submit a speaker to any of these sessions, please look the agenda over - email me - vharwood@digitalhollywood.com - and make sure to specify which session(s) you would like to be considered - indicating day, time, and session name. We request that you include a bio of the speaker and a backgrounder on the company (if not already on file).
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