IBC2022: Meet the most innovative thinkers in broadcast, media and entertainment

IBC brings together game changers and thought leaders from across the content and technology world. At IBC2022, you’ll find many ways to meet them and to grow your network. Opportunities include:

• The IBC Conference (Conference Pass holders only)
• IBC2022 Changemakers
• Showcase Theatre, Innovation Stage and Content Everywhere Stage sessions
• Exploring the show floor (almost 1,000 exhibitors are confirmed for this year’s show)

The IBC Conference (9-10 September) for Conference Pass holders leads the way with over 20 hours of research, strategic interviews, presentations, panel discussions and technical papers across two days and two stages. Sessions take place in The Forum Theatre and Room E102. 

IBC2022 Conference speakers

Peter White, CEO, IABM, who will be presenting findings from the 2022 IABM State of the Industry Report.

Dave Duvall, Chief Information Officer, Warner Bros. Discovery, who will be interviewed by Caretta Research Co-founder Rob Ambrose on how two media giants come together from a technical point of view.

Deep Bagchee, Chief Product Officer, ITV, who will discuss how Britain’s largest commercial broadcaster plans to supercharge streaming through significant content investment, a redesigned product and live and FAST channels.

Eddie Drake, Head of Technology, Marvel Studios, who will be on a panel to talk about the MovieLabs “2030 Vision” and the content security, software defined workflows, cloud interoperability and other gaps that need to be addressed in order to realise it.

Robert Gelick, Chief Product Officer, Paramount, who will weigh in on the growth and success of FAST channels.

Bill Baggelaar, Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, Sony Pictures Entertainment and Michael Wise, Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer Universal Pictures, who join a panel giving the studio perspective on content creation and MovieLabs “2030 Vision.”

Andrew Gower, Head of Immersive Content Research, BT, who will be discussing research into synthesising facial movements for the metaverse, which can be superimposed on either a realistic or chosen “face.”

Kiyoshi Kurihara, Research Engineer, NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation), who will be talking about a new approach to text-to-speech conversion, which is able to relate textual symbols directly to phonemes. The result is genuinely human-like speech which is being used to replace a human news presenter.

For a full list of speakers and conference sessions, visit the IBC2022 Content Agenda.

IBC2022 Changemakers and other speakers

The Conference isn’t the only place to hear from the most innovative thinkers in broadcast, media and entertainment. Free to attend sessions take place throughout IBC2022 at the Showcase Theatre (Hall 12), Innovation Stage (Hall 2) and the Content Everywhere Stage (Hall 5). 

New for 2022 is Changemakers, a series of free to attend sessions that take place in The Forum Theatre and Room E102 from September 11-12. 

Key speakers include:

Amy Hubbard, Strive to Rise Manager, RISE, who will chair a panel looking at how four companies have implemented the Strive to Rise framework in pursuit of gender equality in the media technology industry.

Paul Machliss, ACE, Editor, talks to Hollywood Reporter Tech Editor Carolyn Giardina about pushing the boundaries of creativity.

Katy Tallon, Industry Sustainability Manager, albert, BATFA, talks about how albert is driving sustainability in the global film and TV industry.

Andy Isaacs, Head of Data & Analytics, UKTV, features in a discussion about how a strong data-informed culture drives decision-making across UKTV’s entire ecosystem, delivering better user experiences and increased revenue.

Eirik Nakken, Director Technology, NEP Norway, who will be discussing the benefits of IP technology for remote live production.

Rick Young, SVP, Global Products, LTN, who will be revealing how to manage and connect public cloud and on premise network connections together seamlessly.

Katrina King, Content Production Media & Entertainment, AWS, will be presenting the award-winning AWS Color in the Cloud workflow and demonstrating its integration with FilmLight’s Baselight grading system.

John Canning, AMD, will talk about the ‘5G and the Arena of the Future for XR Events’ Accelerator project, including multi-location, multiplayer AR techno-sports and fan hyper-personalisation with 3D advertising using immersive, real-time technologies, and OTT platforms. 

Maria Virtudes Briz, Head of Product Development, Telefonica, who will be explaining how Telefonica used ContentWise Data Insights to assist in creating a data-driven approach to content discovery and recommendation.

Ian Cockett, GVP Engineering & Technology, Warner Bros. Discovery, will talk about how Warner Bros. Discovery uses GV AMPP to produce remote live events for multiple audiences in multiple languages.

Karen Clark, Head of APAC, Telstra Broadcast Services, will be at IBC2022 to speculate about where OTT goes next? OTT 2.0?

For a full list of speakers and conference sessions, visit the IBC2022 Content Agenda.

IBC2022 - the show floor

Finally, and arguably the best place to meet most innovative thinkers in broadcast, media and entertainment is on the show floor. From Actus Digital to Xytech Systems and everyone in between, the IBC Exhibition is an Aladdin’s Cave of new products and services. Here are just a few of the innovative solutions already announced.

Octopus 11 lands at IBC | Deployed on-premises or in the cloud, Octopus 11 enables news production from anywhere, streamlining the entire production workflow from news gathering to planning, editing, and delivering multi-platform content. (Hall 6.C16)

Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K G2 | A new handheld 6K digital film camera with 6144 x 3456 Super 35 high resolution HDR sensor. (Hall 6.MS1, Hall 7.C49)

Adobe Camera to Cloud makes IBC debut | Check out the latest C2C integrations with Teradek, Atomos and Filmic Pro as well as Frame.io’s full end-to-end workflow. (Hall 13.D501, Hall 7.B35)

Grabyo debuts cloud-based instant replay | Create synchronised replay clips from live productions for playout, with speed controls for each VOD asset (Hall 5.F45)

Experience metaverse-ready broadcasts with disguise | A full LED volume showcasing virtual content and built-in collaboration with partners including Roe, Ncam, and Canon, will be the centrepiece of the disguise stand in Hall 2 (A35).

Bitmovin launches new live event encoder for high-quality live streams | The encoder also supports any cloud environment, removing the need for users to be tied into one vendor’s infrastructure to maintain video encoding workflows. (Hall 5.C68)

LiveU showcases end-to-end cloud production workflow with easylive.io | A full solution for live contribution, cloud production, orchestration, ingest and distribution. (Hall 7.C30)

Canon focuses on remote and virtual production | Check out Canon’s latest CR-N500 PTZ camera, with 15x optical zoom and UHD capabilities. (Hall 11.C45, Hall 13.D402, Hall 13.HR)

Avid is making its tools available in the cloud | Media Production in the Cloud offers subscription-based access to a range of Avid products. (Hall 7.B49, Hall 7.R101)

Ultra HD Forum demonstrating UHD at IBC2022 | Feast your eyes on UHD HDR Versatile Video Coding (VVC) live and low latency encoding/decoding. (Hall 10.D46)

Zeiss unveils CinCraft Mapper for frame-accurate lens distortion | Enabling digital compositing and matchmoving systems to achieve cinematic results that are as realistic and precise as possible. (Hall 12.G36)

For more show news, including product launches and interviews with key exhibitors, check out our IBC2022 Highlights page.