MIPTV announced the speaker line-up for its Tech & AI Innovation Summit, a dedicated programme track aiming to both demystify and demonstrate the advancements in AI through leading practitioners in the space. The forthcoming MIPTV Spring International Television Market in Cannes will be held from 8-10 April 2024.
The summit will open with a scene-setting presentation by Ampere Analysis executive director & co-founder Guy Bisson, drawing on research which highlights where AI can be best leveraged across the industry’s value chain. Chaired Peter Robinson who is a new technology specialist and the founder of a consultancy Gone With, the programme will feature both agencies at the forefront of change (Hypothesis Media and Vionlabs) and established media companies introducing new techniques and models around the rapidly developing and transformative technology.
Running from 10:30 am on Wednesday, 10 April for two hours in the Palais des Festivals, the summit will span where cognitive media and generative AI is already being deployed and look at further advancements across creative and production, distribution and discovery, and copyright and licensing areas.
- Broadcast innovation consultancy Hypothesis Media founder Tom Bowers will be covering new tools in the creative and production process – to help with new original format ideas, including areas such as CGI, virtual production, editing and interactive enhancement.
- Vionlabs founder and creative director Arash Pendari whose use of AI and Machine Learning technologies helps businesses unlock potential in content libraries globally will be illustrating advances around distribution and discovery, including personalisation, recommendation and advertising.
- Getty Images CEO Craig Peters will address the development of commercially safe and responsible AI tools to the benefit of creators, outlining the strategy, rights management and guardrails behind the Generative AI by Getty Images tool, launched last year in partnership with NVIDIA.
Over 130 exhibitors, including major studios and distributors, are set to host stands on the exhibition show floor at the forthcoming 61st MIPTV Spring International Television Market, joining producers and buyers from an expected 80 countries in Cannes for the global content and co-production market. The 2024 conference programme will additionally feature keynotes, exclusive analysis and future facing MIPLAB tracks focusing on key areas including Financing and FAST, with the MIP Global Fast & AVOD Summit becoming the latest in the popular and definitive series exploring international opportunities within this sector’s growth.
International Series Festival CANNESERIES will again run alongside MIPTV from 5-10 April 2024.