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SMPTE 2017 to Focus
on Next-Gen Media

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special events including an Oktoberfest
reception and the SMPTE Annual
Awards Gala, Thursday evening at the
Loews Hollywood Hotel's Hollywood
Ballroom. Andrew Shulkind will
present the keynote. A Co-Founder of
HeadcaseVR and sought-after expert
on Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality,
and Mixed Reality (VR, AR, and MR)
SMPTE's Annual Technical Conference & Exhibition is the world's premier
content capture and creation, Shulkind
forum for the exploration of media and entertainment technology...
will share his experiences in developing
his year the event will fill two the future of the media and
and using the latest immersive
exhibit halls and multiple session entertainment industry.
media
technologies
and
rooms at the Hollywood & Highland
Also
taking
place
on
techniques in his keynote, titled
Center in Los Angeles.
Monday, October 23, is the
The Immersive Future: Broaden
The event begins with the daylong annual Women in Technology
Your Horizons.
SMPTE 2017 Symposium - Artificial Luncheon, presented by SMPTE
The keynote is among 70 unique
Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning and Hollywood Professional
presentations offered over the
in Digital Media Creation: The Promise, Association
(HPA)
Women
course of SMPTE 2017. The
The Reality, and The (Scary?) Future - in Post, and the SMPTE-HPA
SMPTE 2017 Technical Conference
on Monday, October 23.
Student Film Festival, which
program committee is co-chaired
Co-chaired by SMPTE Fellow Michelle will highlight the creative use
by three SMPTE Fellows: Paul
Munson, Co-Founder of Aspera, and of technology to support the art
Popular: SMPTE Exhibition Chapman, Senior Vice President
Yvonne Thomas, Product Manager and craft of storytelling. This
of Technology at Fotokem;
at Arvato Systems, the SMPTE 2017 year's Women in Technology
Thomas Edwards, Vice President
Symposium will examine how AI and Luncheon is titled Changing the
Engineering and Development
Machine Learning (ML) technologies Status Quo: Gender Bias in Media
at Fox; and SMPTE Education
have gained significant traction in the and Entertainment and features
Director Sara J. Kudrle, Product
creation of digital media. Jeff Kember, keynote
speaker
Madeline
Marketing Manager for Playout at
Technical Director for Media in the Di Nonno of the Geena Davis
Imagine Communications.
office of the CTO at Google, will deliver Institute on Gender in Media.
Further
information
about
the keynote address. He will discuss
Running from Tuesday, October
SMPTE 2017 and the SMPTE 2017
the latest opportunities and advances 24, through Thursday, October
Symposium is available online.
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