Conference Schedule

Cloud Computing is revolutionising the media industry but is a hybrid architecture preferable to cope with fluctuating workloads and unpredictable budgets? Is efficiency and decentralisation of content production opening up new opportunities and challenges?

Media companies are increasingly transferring video and visual effects workflows to the cloud. But how is it working and what are their experiences? How do you build high-quality media workflows that reduce operational complexity, increase productivity and reduce costs?

What is the impact of cloud-enabled workflows on media content and the people producing it? Is it really cheaper and faster to deliver deeper, better news? Is it enabling innovation and experimentation and empowering staff to be more creative?

With petabytes of content being exchanged among media partners globally daily, the threat of cybercrime is very real for media companies. How do we manage media operations in a complex and insecure environment?

The media is experiencing a crisis of trust as content manipulation and disinformation is increasing. From Russian trolls and Macedonian teenagers seeking to influence the United States election to authoritarian leaders seeking to target legitimate news outlets that are critical of their rule, how pervasive is so-called ‘fake news’? How is it hijacking news and discussion? And how can we identify between the false and the factual?

Data privacy, sovereignty, and compliance to GDPR and cross-border data-transfers and storage regulations are critical challenges for any strategic Cloud adoption program.  Additionally, Cloud is driving complex interdependent relationships between partners, from Media organizations, Cloud platform vendors and Cloud-native applications that has implications for information security.  How can industry partners work together to ensure the media supply chain is secure and data privacy respected?