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REGISTRATION OPENS
WELCOMING REMARKS PRESENTED BY
Steve Botha, Oracle, GVP, Media, Gaming, Sports and Hi Tech
PANELISTS:
Brent Angle, CineSys, CTO
Roy Burns, IMT, Field CTO – Media Supply Chain
Stacy Kelleher, Philadelphia Eagles, Director of Production
9:45 – 10:30 a.m. THE GREAT INTEGRATION: Making Your MAM, Storage, and Cloud Systems Work Together
How can sports-media organizations integrate the myriad technologies in their ecosystem to make everything feel like one cohesive workflow? Media-management leaders from leagues and broadcasters take the stage to talk best practices for navigating today’s ever-changing technological topography and how to achieve seamless interoperability between various platforms.
MODERATOR: Jason Dachman, SVG, Editorial Director, U.S.; SVG Content Management Forum Program Director
PANELISTS:
Travis Boyer, NFL Films, Senior Director, Media Administration
Byron Chapman, PGA TOUR, Senior Director, Media Asset Management & Post Production
Anne Graham, Warner Brothers Discovery, Manager, Media Strategy & Project Planning; SVG Content Management Committee Chair
Dana Stone, NBA, VP, Digital Media Technologies
12:55 – 1:45 p.m. NETWORKING LUNCH
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1:45 – 2:30 p.m. CLOUD, ON-PREM, AND HYBRID: Finding the Right Balance for Your Media Supply Chain
After rushing to embrace the public cloud during the early part of the decade, many sports-media organizations are now reevaluating their workflow and infrastructure and exploring more-private on-premises or hybrid ecosystems. With rising demands for real-time collaboration and remote production, how are sports broadcasters balancing on-premises performance with cloud scalability? Hear the latest strategies for hybrid workflows that maximize efficiency, optimize performance, and keep costs in check.
MODERATOR: Jason Dachman, SVG, Editorial Director, U.S.; SVG Content Management Forum Program Director
PANELISTS:
Dustin Myers, Fox Sports, EVP, Production Operations & Technology
Grant Nodine, NHL, SVP, Technology
Chris Cruz, CBS Sports, Senior Director of Media Services
Isabel Freedman, Wasabi Technologies, Product Marketing Manager, Emerging Technologies
10:30 – 11:00 a.m. KEYNOTE PRESENTATION:
From Paris to Milan, How NBC Olympics Continues to Lead the Way in Media Management
Brad Hughes, National Geographic, Director, Content Technology & Workflow Strategies
When it comes to managing media, few events on earth present the scale and complexity of an Olympic Games. Take a look back at the NBC Olympics media management team’s groundbreaking Paris 2024 production ecosystem — from ingest and metadata tagging to editing, archiving, distribution, and beyond — and how these systems supported massive teams across multiple locations. And, with the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Games just months away, hear how NBC Olympics continues to innovate its media-management, storage, and cloud-based workflows to meet the ever-growing demands of Olympic-scale production.
PRESENTER: Robert McKnight, NBC Sports, Director, Media Management and Operations
11:00 – 11:30 a.m. NETWORKING BREAK
11:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. AI IN ACTION: How Automation Is Reshaping the Media Supply Chain
Hossein ZiaShakeri, Spectra Logic, SVP of Business Development and Strategic Alliances
2:30 – 2:45 p.m. FROM DAYS TO MINUTES: How MLSE Changed the Game with Twelve Labs PRESENTED BY
MLSE partnered with TwelveLabs to implement cutting-edge video understanding models that would ultimately transform their creative workflow and free up team bandwidth to focus on other creative assets and solutions. By leveraging TwelveLabs, MLSE was able to turn 16 hours video search and retrieval efforts into 9 minutes, effectively cutting days out of their highlight creation process and allowing their creatives to focus on more personalized, fan-driven content and promotional assets.
PRESENTER: Ryan Khurana, Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (MLSE), AI/ML Lead
2:45 – 3:15 p.m. NETWORKING BREAK
AI-driven automation is transforming sports-media workflows, from live clipping and metadata tagging to media discovery and content distribution. How can organizations leverage AI without introducing bottlenecks or losing creative control? What infrastructure is needed to support these innovations at scale? Industry leaders explore real-world AI applications for metadata assignment, search and discovery, and clipping and distribution.
MODERATOR: Dave Klee, A+E Networks, VP, Media Engineering and Broadcast Operations
PANELISTS:
3:15 – 3:45 p.m. INDUSTRY WORKFORCE UPDATE: Getting Your Entry-Level Media Managers to the Next Level
As the industry continues to evolve with new technologies, workflows, and demands, the need for skilled media-management professionals has never been greater. But where is the next generation coming from? And, once you you’ve recruited them, how do you cultivate their talents and accelerate their development? This session explores training programs, continuing education, certification opportunities, mentoring (both formal or informal), and more.
Matt Flores, BSE Global, Director of Content Production
Josh Krakowsky, ScorePlay, Head of Customer Success, North America
PRESENTER: Anne Graham, Warner Brothers Discovery, Manager, Media Strategy & Project Planning; SVG Content Management Committee Chair
Melissa Lawton, SailGP, Chief Content Officer, U.S. / AUS
Chad Rounsavall, Twelve Labs, Head of Media & Entertainment
Geoff Tognetti, Oracle, Senior Director, Studio in the Cloud
12:15 – 12:55 p.m. A HEALTHY VENDOR/USER MARRIAGE: Getting the Best Support and Integration From Your Tech Partners
3:45 – 4:30 p.m. FUTURE-PROOFING YOUR MEDIA LIBRARY: Storage Considerations for 4K, 8K, HDR, and Beyond
How are media companies preparing their organization for the next generation of sports content? Many are looking at new house standards to accommodate larger file formats, doubling or tripling storage, and trying to standardize or at least limit the formats they must support. And, by the way, what do you do with all that old SD content in your archive? This session offers an update on the current storagetechnology landscape to prepare you for the year ahead and beyond.
MODERATOR: Ken Kerschbaumer, SVG, Co-Executive Director, Editorial Services
The vendor/user relationship is like a marriage, requiring trust, communication, and appreciation on both ends. However, ask any married couple: maintaining the relationship is hard work So how can users get the best out of their vendors, and how can vendors lower the stress level for their customers? In this mutually constructive conversation, users and providers discuss how they can improve communication, obtain the information they each need, and keep expectations realistic on both sides.
MODERATOR: Anne Graham, Warner Brothers Discovery, Manager, Media Strategy & Project Planning; SVG Content Management Committee Chair
PANELISTS:
Scott Charter, Oracle, Director of AI Strategy, North America Cloud Applications
Robert McKnight, NBC Sports, Director, Media Management and Operations
Ryan Servant, Suite Studios, Senior Director, Channel and Alliances 4:30 –5:30 p.m. NETWORKING RECEPTION
SVG CONTENT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE CHAIR
* ANNE GRAHAM, Warner Brothers Discovery, Manager, Media Strategy & Project Planning
Graham is the manager of media strategy and project planning for media operations at Warner Brothers Discovery’s Techwood Studios in Atlanta, GA. Joining Turner Sports in January 2017, she focuses on metadata governance, media workflow analysis and documentation, and project planning.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
* ROBERT MCKNIGHT, NBC Sports, Director, Media Management and Operations
A veteran of seven Olympic Games with NBC Olympics, McKnight currently oversees the Media Operations team at NBC Sports & Olympics (Stamford, CT), which includes file-based workflow support/archive for NBC’s premier events, including the Olympics, Sunday Night Football, and Big10.
SPEAKER BIOS
BRENT ANGLE, CineSys, CTO
Angle helped form CineSys with the goal of focusing on strong engineering services and consulting to support broadcast, post-production, VFX, animation, and film customers. He currently manages a team that includes engineering support staff and data system integrators, as well as custom engineering design and software development.
TRAVIS BOYER, NFL Films, Senior Director, Media Administration
Boyer is responsible for the complete media management of all NFL Films content. When he joined NFL Films in 2014, Boyer led the migration from traditional film workflow to digital media acquisition. This transition has further strengthened Film’s impressive archive.
ROY BURNS, IMT, Field CTO – Media Supply Chain
Burns has over 20 years of experience advising clients in the media and entertainment sector. At IMT, he leads the Advanced Consulting Team with a primary focus on MAM and workflow orchestration. Burns partners with clients to map their current and future media workflows.
* BYRON CHAPMAN, PGA TOUR, Senior Director, Media Asset Management & Post Production
Chapman brings over 25 years of experience in production and post-production to his role at PGA TOUR Studios. He oversees the Media Asset Management department and supports a team of 80+ content creators across a wide range of software applications and post-production workflows.
SCOTT CHARTER, Oracle, Director of AI Strategy, North America Cloud Applications
Charter has spent over 30 years in the IT industry, including business development roles with data service providers, as well as co-founding several IT start-ups that were acquired by larger firms. His current focus includes leading AI enablement sessions with Oracle sales teams & partners.
CHRIS CRUZ, CBS Sports, Senior Director of Media Services
Cruz is responsible for the proper management of all digital asset management systems developed for CBS Sports studio and remote productions. He also oversees the personnel utilized for the acquisition, distribution, and archiving of all digital content.
MATT FLORES, Director of Content Production, BSE Global
Matt Flores serves as director of content production at BSE Global, the parent company of the Brooklyn Nets and New York Liberty, where he leads innovative content strategies and production initiatives. With over a decade of experience, Flores brings a comprehensive background in creating compelling narratives across multiple platforms.
ISABEL FREEDMAN, Wasabi Technologies, Product Marketing Manager, Emerging Technologies
Freedman has grown from supporting Wasabi’s IT partners to leading Wasabi’s GTM strategy for its latest innovations in AI, sports technology, and beyond. In her role, Freedman collaborates with partners and industry groups to drive impactful messaging, events, and content.
BRAD HUGHES, Content Technology & Workflow Strategies, Media Professional
As a seasoned & award-winning technology and operations leader, Hughes has directed technology and workflow strategies to ensure alignment between technological vision and business needs. B
STACY KELLEHER, Philadelphia Eagles, Director of Production
Kelleher serves as the director of production for the Philadelphia Eagles, where she leads the Production Operations Department. In her role, she manages production workflows and logistics for content creation and oversees live production, studio production, broadcast, and the media asset management team.
RYAN KHURANA, Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (MLSE), AI/ML Lead
Ryan Khurana is the AI/ML lead at Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (MLSE), where he spearheads enterprise-wide AI transformation across sales, marketing, retail, and partnerships. He led the development of an AI-powered video search product using TwelveLabs’ multimodal technology, slashing production time by over 90% and earning widespread adoption among content teams.
