On-demand - Building a sustainable broadcast industry

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Host:

Keran Boyd, Content Producer, IBC365 & IBC Show

Keran (she/her) is an experienced content producer and manager in digital media, broadcast, and global affairs. She produces content for IBC365 and the IBC conference. She also produces and co-hosts the Be Loud: Climate podcast which is a climate literacy podcast making the climate conversation accessible to everyone.

Speakers:

William Bourns, Sustainability Analyst, Albert

Will is the sustainability analyst at Albert, working on the production emissions calculation tool, suppliers list and company emissions reporting. He has a zoological background and works with asylum seekers in his spare time. He is passionate about halting negative environmental impacts from a number of aspects.

Duke Duong, Global Solutions Architect, Equinix

Duke Duong is an accomplished technologist with a history of implementing strategic and tactical enterprise technology solutions to meet business requirements. He has led teams and operations at top firms such as NASA, Ascent Media (Deluxe), Hulu, Disney, HPE, Hitachi, SIMMWAVE, Comcast, and Equinix. With over 20 plus years in implementing strategic and tactical enterprise technology solutions in various industries, he spent 15 of those years building out and supported Broadcasters, Content Creation, and OTT Platform. He is currently leading and developing state-of-art solutions to help Equinix M&E customers to transform their Digital Infrastructures to support today’s digital needs.

Jo Finon, Head of Responsible Production, Sky

Jo Finon is Manager of Responsible Production at Sky Sports. In 2020, Jo assumed the role of Manager of Responsible Production, showing Sky Sports’ commitment to change and the Sky 0 target to be net zero carbon by 2030. As part of her role, Jo is responsible for Sky Sports award-winning sustainability strategy and driving improvements for the whole outside broadcast industry. Jo is also an albert Ambassador and a Trustee for the MAMA Youth Project charity, which supports individuals from under represented communities entering the TV industry.

With over 10 years’ experience working in live TV in areas such as Contracts Management and Operations Supervision, Jo has always been passionate about implementing changes to improve working practices both for the crew and the environment.

Sponsored by:

”Equinix is the world’s digital infrastructure company. We interconnect industry-leading organisations in finance, manufacturing, mobility, transportation, government, healthcare and education across a cloud-first world.”