SMPTE 2019 showcases peer-reviewed presentations to bring you updates on the technologies that are powering the future of storytelling.
What draws the industry to SMPTE 2019 year after year?
- World-Class, Relevant Educational Experiences: Expand your know-how on what’s new in motion imaging. You’ll leave SMPTE 2019 with the ability to incorporate what you learn into your own projects. Maintain a competitive advantage by choosing sessions that cover the theories and technologies in motion-imaging that you can apply to what you do.
- Insight into the Future of Our Industry: See what motion imaging looks like in the coming year and onward. You'll stay ahead of the tech curve, especially since MovieLabs’ CTO Jim Helman will deliver a keynote about the research lab’s white paper — “The Evolution of Media Creation: A 10-Year Vision for the Future of Media Production, Post and Creative Technologies.”
- Opportunity to Network with Experts and Emerging Talent: Build relationships with people who take on the type of work that you do, and with those who have a skillset that complements your own. Face time with experts and thought leaders at SMPTE 2019 will sustain your need for a network of diverse expertise.
- Exhibit Hall: Expose yourself to innovative solutions from leading companies in the industry. Return from the conference with ideas to help you and your team work more quickly and affordably. You’ll be able to select and recommend cutting-edge tools in a price-conscious way.
Speakers and session chairs
Ronan Boitard
MTT Innovation / Barco
HDR Imaging Scientist
Brightness in Cinema: When is it Too Bright?
MTT Innovation / Barco
HDR Imaging Scientist
Brightness in Cinema: When is it Too Bright?
Annie Chang
Universal Pictures
VP, Creative Technologies
Finding Your Most Significant Bit:A Story by Annie Chang
Universal Pictures
VP, Creative Technologies
Finding Your Most Significant Bit:A Story by Annie Chang
Anustup Choudhury
Dolby Laboratories Inc.
Senior Research Scientist
HDR and WCG Image Quality Assessment Using Color Difference Metrics
Dolby Laboratories Inc.
Senior Research Scientist
HDR and WCG Image Quality Assessment Using Color Difference Metrics
Magnus Danielson
Net Insight AB
Senior System Architect
IP Network Based Delivery of Coordinated Universal Time for ATSC 3.0 Single Frequency Networks
Net Insight AB
Senior System Architect
IP Network Based Delivery of Coordinated Universal Time for ATSC 3.0 Single Frequency Networks
Jean-Louis Diascorn
Harmonic inc.
Senior Product Manager
How AI Technology is Dramatically Improving Video Compression for Broadcast and OTT Content Delivery
Harmonic inc.
Senior Product Manager
How AI Technology is Dramatically Improving Video Compression for Broadcast and OTT Content Delivery
Ron Eng
Eng Sound Services
Sound Designer/Mixer/Supervising Sound Editor
Maximizing Your Career and Its Potential
Eng Sound Services
Sound Designer/Mixer/Supervising Sound Editor
Maximizing Your Career and Its Potential
Oscar Estrada
Hutchings Museum Institute
Student
Rotoscope Automation with Deep Learning (Recipient of the 2019 Student Paper Award)
Hutchings Museum Institute
Student
Rotoscope Automation with Deep Learning (Recipient of the 2019 Student Paper Award)
Paula Fairfield
paulafairfield.com
Sound Designer
The Creative Process of Designing Today’s Movie Soundtracks - Produced by AES
paulafairfield.com
Sound Designer
The Creative Process of Designing Today’s Movie Soundtracks - Produced by AES
Kevin Fornito
NBCUniversal
Manager, Production Infrastructure
“Using Infrastructure-As-Code and the Public Cloud to Power On-air Media Creation Platforms”
NBCUniversal
Manager, Production Infrastructure
“Using Infrastructure-As-Code and the Public Cloud to Power On-air Media Creation Platforms”
Ryohei Funatsu
Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK)
Research Engineer
1.25-inch 3-CMOS multi-functional high-speed 8K camera system
Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK)
Research Engineer
1.25-inch 3-CMOS multi-functional high-speed 8K camera system
Rodney Grubbs
NASA
NASA Imagery Experts Program Manager
Mission Critical: Project Artemis, Imaging from the Moon and Deep Space
NASA
NASA Imagery Experts Program Manager
Mission Critical: Project Artemis, Imaging from the Moon and Deep Space
Katsuya Hayashi
Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK)
Engineer
Development of New 4K/8K UHDTV Satellite Broadcasting System in Japan
Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK)
Engineer
Development of New 4K/8K UHDTV Satellite Broadcasting System in Japan
Ian Hunter
New Deal Studios, Inc.
Co-Founder / Creative Director
The Magic of the Award Winning “First Man”: How a Realistic 1960’s Apollo 11 Space Experience Was Created on Earth 50 Years Later
New Deal Studios, Inc.
Co-Founder / Creative Director
The Magic of the Award Winning “First Man”: How a Realistic 1960’s Apollo 11 Space Experience Was Created on Earth 50 Years Later
Renard Jenkins
PBS
Vice President, PBS Operations, Engineering & Distribution
Despite Our Best Efforts: An Unintentional Journey through Mistakes, Pivots and Progress: A Story by Renard Jenkins
PBS
Vice President, PBS Operations, Engineering & Distribution
Despite Our Best Efforts: An Unintentional Journey through Mistakes, Pivots and Progress: A Story by Renard Jenkins
David Keighley
Imax Corporation
Chief Quality Guru
Been There and Made That: An Intimate Conversation with Todd Douglas Miller and Col. Terry Virts
Imax Corporation
Chief Quality Guru
Been There and Made That: An Intimate Conversation with Todd Douglas Miller and Col. Terry Virts
Thomas Kernen
Mellanox Technologies
Senior Staff Architect
Strategies for Securing SMPTE ST 2059-2 PTP Networks
Mellanox Technologies
Senior Staff Architect
Strategies for Securing SMPTE ST 2059-2 PTP Networks
Nikolaus Kerö
Oregano Systems
Senior Systems Engineer
Strategies for Securing SMPTE ST 2059-2 PTP Networks
Oregano Systems
Senior Systems Engineer
Strategies for Securing SMPTE ST 2059-2 PTP Networks
Hans-Nikolas Locher
CST (Commission Supérieure Technique de l'Image et du Son)
Head of research and Development Sector
Uniformity Measurement for French Cinema
CST (Commission Supérieure Technique de l'Image et du Son)
Head of research and Development Sector
Uniformity Measurement for French Cinema
Jean-Baptiste Lorent
intoPIX
Director, Marketing & Sales
Creating Bandwidth-Efficient Workflows with JPEG XS and SMPTE ST 2110
intoPIX
Director, Marketing & Sales
Creating Bandwidth-Efficient Workflows with JPEG XS and SMPTE ST 2110
Shany Mahalu
Pepperdine University, Graziadio Business School
Director of Recruitment and Advising, Part Time Programs
Maximizing Your Career and Its Potential
Pepperdine University, Graziadio Business School
Director of Recruitment and Advising, Part Time Programs
Maximizing Your Career and Its Potential
Dylan Mathis
NASA, Johnson Space Center
Integration Manager for Operational Programs
Mission Critical: Project Artemis, Imaging from the Moon and Deep Space
NASA, Johnson Space Center
Integration Manager for Operational Programs
Mission Critical: Project Artemis, Imaging from the Moon and Deep Space
Catherine M Meininger
Portrait Displays
Director of Color Science
ΔEITP is Now ITU-R BT.2124--Is the Industry Ready to Move on From ΔE2000?
Portrait Displays
Director of Color Science
ΔEITP is Now ITU-R BT.2124--Is the Industry Ready to Move on From ΔE2000?
Nicolas Moënne-Loccoz
AUTODESK
Principal Developer
Applying Machine Learning-Based Algorithms to Post Production Workflows
AUTODESK
Principal Developer
Applying Machine Learning-Based Algorithms to Post Production Workflows
Steve Morris
Skywalker Sound
Director of Engineering
Ambidio: An Introduction to Immersive Stereo, Workflow, and Evaluation
Skywalker Sound
Director of Engineering
Ambidio: An Introduction to Immersive Stereo, Workflow, and Evaluation
Jeri Palumbo
Sports and Entertainment
Broadcast Sports and Entertainment Mixer, Audio and RF Tech
Maximizing Your Career and Its Potential
Sports and Entertainment
Broadcast Sports and Entertainment Mixer, Audio and RF Tech
Maximizing Your Career and Its Potential
Jasper Peeters
Riedel Communications GmbH & Co. KG
Software Development Engineer
Security for Discovery and Connection Management of SMPTE ST 2110 Media Devices
Riedel Communications GmbH & Co. KG
Software Development Engineer
Security for Discovery and Connection Management of SMPTE ST 2110 Media Devices
Eric PINSON
ENENSYS
Director of Terrestrial Market
Broadcast Gateway, Heart of ATSC 3.0 Delivery Network
ENENSYS
Director of Terrestrial Market
Broadcast Gateway, Heart of ATSC 3.0 Delivery Network
Stelios Ploumis
The University of British Columbia
Student
Brightness in Cinema: When is it Too Bright?
The University of British Columbia
Student
Brightness in Cinema: When is it Too Bright?
Tyler Pruitt
Portrait Displays
Technical Evangelist
ΔEITP is Now ITU-R BT.2124--Is the Industry Ready to Move on From ΔE2000?
Portrait Displays
Technical Evangelist
ΔEITP is Now ITU-R BT.2124--Is the Industry Ready to Move on From ΔE2000?
Jaclyn Pytlarz
Dolby Laboratories
Staff Researcher
Wednesday Technical Session Primers
HDR and WCG Image Quality Assessment Using Color Difference Metrics
Dolby Laboratories
Staff Researcher
Wednesday Technical Session Primers
HDR and WCG Image Quality Assessment Using Color Difference Metrics
Pradeep Ramachandran
Multicoreware Inc
Principal Engineer
Speed-Distortion Optimization: Tradeoffs in Open Source HEVC Encoding
Multicoreware Inc
Principal Engineer
Speed-Distortion Optimization: Tradeoffs in Open Source HEVC Encoding
Pierre Hugues Routhier
Digital Troublemaker
Advanced Imaging Technologies Specialist
How Will We Archive and Preserve the Movies of Tomorrow ?
Wednesday Technical Session Primers
Digital Troublemaker
Advanced Imaging Technologies Specialist
How Will We Archive and Preserve the Movies of Tomorrow ?
Wednesday Technical Session Primers
Roger Wyckoff Schwenke
Meyer Sound Laboratories, Inc.
Senior Scientist
A New Signal for Measuring Loudspeaker Maximum Linear SPL
Meyer Sound Laboratories, Inc.
Senior Scientist
A New Signal for Measuring Loudspeaker Maximum Linear SPL
Jeffrey Shapiro
Exceptional Minds
Executive Director
Moving Expectations Forward: A Story by Jeffrey Shapiro
Exceptional Minds
Executive Director
Moving Expectations Forward: A Story by Jeffrey Shapiro
Doug Shelton
Net Insight
Manager, PreSales Engineering, Americas
Live Cloud Ingest Using an Open Approach to RIST, SRT and Retransmission Protocols
Net Insight
Manager, PreSales Engineering, Americas
Live Cloud Ingest Using an Open Approach to RIST, SRT and Retransmission Protocols
John Shike
ASG LLC
Key Accounts Manager
Engagement with the Next-Gen: SMPTE’s Role in K-12, Higher Education, and Other Institutions
ASG LLC
Key Accounts Manager
Engagement with the Next-Gen: SMPTE’s Role in K-12, Higher Education, and Other Institutions
Steve Sneddon
NBCUniversal
VP, Production Engineering
Large Scale Deployment of SMPTE ST 2110: The IP Live Production Facility
NBCUniversal
VP, Production Engineering
Large Scale Deployment of SMPTE ST 2110: The IP Live Production Facility
Randy Thom
Skywalker Sound
Director of Sound Design
The Creative Process of Designing Today’s Movie Soundtracks - Produced by AES
Skywalker Sound
Director of Sound Design
The Creative Process of Designing Today’s Movie Soundtracks - Produced by AES
Yvonne Thomas
DTG (Digital TV Group)
Strategic technologist
How millennials grow in the Media Industry: A Story by Yvonne Thomas
Tuesday Technical Session Primers
DTG (Digital TV Group)
Strategic technologist
How millennials grow in the Media Industry: A Story by Yvonne Thomas
Tuesday Technical Session Primers
Simon Thompson
Brtish Broadcasting Corporation
Senior R&D Engineer
A novel method for the simultaneous creation of live, HDR and SDR video.
Brtish Broadcasting Corporation
Senior R&D Engineer
A novel method for the simultaneous creation of live, HDR and SDR video.
Mark Turner
Entertainment Technologists Inc.
President
Charting the Course to the Future: MovieLabs’ Vision for Navigating the Next 10 Years of Content Creation
Entertainment Technologists Inc.
President
Charting the Course to the Future: MovieLabs’ Vision for Navigating the Next 10 Years of Content Creation
Willem Vermost
EBU
Senior IP Media Technology Architect
How we Tested the Media over IP Devices to Build our New Facility
EBU
Senior IP Media Technology Architect
How we Tested the Media over IP Devices to Build our New Facility
Brian A. Vessa
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Executive Director, Audio Mastering
The Creative Process of Designing Today’s Movie Soundtracks - Produced by AES
The Nuts and Bolts of Designing and Installing a Cinema/Dubbing Stage Sound System for Today’s Soundtracks - Produced by AES
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Executive Director, Audio Mastering
The Creative Process of Designing Today’s Movie Soundtracks - Produced by AES
The Nuts and Bolts of Designing and Installing a Cinema/Dubbing Stage Sound System for Today’s Soundtracks - Produced by AES
Terry Virts
One More Orbit
Astronaut, Col.
Been There and Made That: An Intimate Conversation with Todd Douglas Miller and Col. Terry Virts
One More Orbit
Astronaut, Col.
Been There and Made That: An Intimate Conversation with Todd Douglas Miller and Col. Terry Virts
Jack Watts
Trench Digital Ltd.
Consultant
Automated VFX Pipeline for the Purpose of Servicing the Creation of Downstream Masters
Trench Digital Ltd.
Consultant
Automated VFX Pipeline for the Purpose of Servicing the Creation of Downstream Masters
Bernard Weiser
Entertainment Industry Professionals Mentoring Alliance
President
Maximizing Your Career and Its Potential
Entertainment Industry Professionals Mentoring Alliance
President
Maximizing Your Career and Its Potential
Kelly White
Disney Parks
Sr. Director, Operational Intelligence
CODE: Rosie: Using Disney Magic to Increase Gender Diversity in Tech: A Story by Kelly White
Disney Parks
Sr. Director, Operational Intelligence
CODE: Rosie: Using Disney Magic to Increase Gender Diversity in Tech: A Story by Kelly White
Josh Winstead
Amazon Web Services
Technical Marketing Engineer
Beam Me Down Scotty: Using the Cloud for Live Streaming from Space
Amazon Web Services
Technical Marketing Engineer
Beam Me Down Scotty: Using the Cloud for Live Streaming from Space
Tomasz Witkowski
Sundog Media Toolkit Ltd
Senior Workflow Engineer
Automated VFX Pipeline for the Purpose of Servicing the Creation of Downstream Masters
Sundog Media Toolkit Ltd
Senior Workflow Engineer
Automated VFX Pipeline for the Purpose of Servicing the Creation of Downstream Masters
Christopher Witmayer
NASCAR
Director of Broadcast, Production and New Media Technology
Influence: A Story by Chris Witmayer
Wednesday Technical Session Primers
NASCAR
Director of Broadcast, Production and New Media Technology
Influence: A Story by Chris Witmayer
Wednesday Technical Session Primers
Chris Zembower
NBCUniversal
Systems Architect
“Using Infrastructure-As-Code and the Public Cloud to Power On-air Media Creation Platforms”
NBCUniversal
Systems Architect
“Using Infrastructure-As-Code and the Public Cloud to Power On-air Media Creation Platforms”
Michael Zink
Warner Bros.
VP Emerging & Creative Technologies
Film Grain and Film Scanner Noise in HDR Video
Warner Bros.
VP Emerging & Creative Technologies
Film Grain and Film Scanner Noise in HDR Video
Marc Zorn
eZorn Consulting Group
Independent Consultant
Why does traditional corporate infosec not fit M&E? Let's examine a more effective approach.
eZorn Consulting Group
Independent Consultant
Why does traditional corporate infosec not fit M&E? Let's examine a more effective approach.
Jake Zuena
Dolby Laboratories, Inc.
Associate Engineer, Applied Vision Science
An Investigation of Creative Power and the Value Wide Color Gamut Brings to Motion Picture Mastering
Dolby Laboratories, Inc.
Associate Engineer, Applied Vision Science
An Investigation of Creative Power and the Value Wide Color Gamut Brings to Motion Picture Mastering
Conference Session Hours:
Note our NEW Schedule!
Monday, 21 Oct. through Wednesday, 23 Oct.
Concurrent Sessions | 9:00 AM – 5:30 PM
Thurs., 24 Oct. Single Track: | 9:00 AM–4:00 PM
Exhibit Hours:
Tuesday, 22 Oct .12:00 PM – 6:30 PM
Wednesday, 23 Oct. 10:00 AM – 6:30 PM
Thursday, 24 Oct. 10:00 AM – 1:30 PM
On-Site Registration Hours:
Sunday, 20 Oct. 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Monday, 21 Oct. 7:30 AM – 5:30 PM
Tuesday, 22 Oct. 7:30 AM – 5:30 PM
Wednesday, 23 Oct. 7:30 AM – 5:30 PM
Thursday, 24 Oct. 7:30 AM – 1:30 PM