Mark Your Calendar: ATSC Next Generation Broadcast Conference Returns in August with In-Person Event in Nation’s Capital

Posted on June 8, 2021 in ATSC News

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Wednesday, August 25

2021: Annual Members-Only Meeting

2:00PM

Registration and Exhibit Hall Opens 

2:30PM 

Welcome Remarks

• Lynn Claudy, Senior Vice President of Technology, National Association of Broadcasters, ATSC Board Chair
• Madeleine Noland, ATSC President

2:45PM – 3:15PM

ATSC 3.0 as a Platform – New Developments and the Work Ahead

Host: Skip Pizzi, TG3 Vice Chair

How a Tower Network can Facilitate SFNs and More

• Tiffany Yu, Broadcast Business Development Manager, American Tower Corporation
• Louis Libin, Vice President, Spectrum Policy and Strategy, Sinclair Broadcast Group

How a Core Network can Support Automotive/Vehicular Use Cases

• Joe Chinnici, CEO, Signal Infrastructure Group
• Kerry Oslund, Vice President of Strategy and Business Development, Scripps

3:15PM – 3:45PM

NextGen TV Logo Program

Moderator:  Brian Markwalter, Senior Vice President, Research & Standards, Consumer Technology Association

• Bob Campbell, Director of Engineering, Eurofins Digital Testing
• Lynn Claudy, Senior Vice President of Technology, National Association of Broadcasters

3:45PM – 4:15PM

Our Future, Our ATSC

Moderator: Glenn Reitmeier, President, GlennReitmeier TV

• Jon Fairhurst, Principal Standards Engineer, Samsung Research America, Inc.
• Peter Riordan, Head of Worldwide Broadcast Go To Market Strategy, Media & Entertainment, Amazon Web Services
• Peter Sockett, Director of Engineering and Operations, Capitol Broadcasting Company

4:15PM

Member Reception

Entertainment by the Howard University Jazz Ensemble

Thursday, August 26

2021: NextGen Broadcast Conference

8:00AM  

Registration and Exhibit Hall opens

Continental breakfast

9:15AM

Welcome Remarks

• Lynn Claudy, Senior Vice President of Technology, National Association of Broadcasters, ATSC Board Chair
• Madeleine Noland, ATSC President

9:30AM – 10:00AM

ATSC 3.0 in Action

Susi Elkins, General Manager WKAR Public Media and Director of Broadcasting at Michigan State University

10:00AM

Receiving the Future – New Features, New Receivers

Moderator:  Myra Moore, President, Digital Tech Consulting

• Alfred Chan, Vice President of TV BU, Smart Home Business Group, MediaTek
• Nick Cosley, Business Development, Sony TV, Sony Electronics
• Ellis Reid, Senior Brand Marketing Manager, Content Creation and Delivery, Dolby
• John Taylor, Senior Vice President, Public Affairs and Communications, LG Electronics

 10:30AM

Networking Break
Sponsored by LPTV Broadcasters Association

11:00AM

Discussion with FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr
Facilitator: Madeleine Noland, ATSC President

11:30AM

You Can Take It With You: Mobility and Vehicular Developments

Moderator: Lindsay Shelton-Gross, Vice President, Membership and Marketing, (ITS) Intelligent Transportation Society of America

• Luke Fay, Senior Manager, Technical Standards, Home Entertainment and Sound Products, Sony
• Bob Foster, President and CEO, Auton
• Atheer Sabti, Global Video Solution Architect, Hewlett-Packard Enterprise
• Anne Schelle, Managing Director, Pearl TV

12:00PM

Lunch and networking
Sponsored by Synamedia

1:30 PM

Remarks from FCC Commissioner Nathan Simington

1:45PM – 2:150PM

Distance Learning: ATSC 1.0 > ATSC 3.0

Moderator:  Mark O’Brien, President and CEO, SpectraRep

• Mark Aiken, Senior Vice President, Sinclair Broadcast Group
• Sang Jin Yoon, Senior Vice President, Business Development, DigiCAP

2:15-2:45PM

ATSC 3.0 Advanced Emergency Messaging

Discussion with Lisa Fowlkes, Chief, FCC Public Safety & Homeland Security Bureau, and John Lawson, Executive Director AWARN Alliance

 2:45 – 3:15PM

Networking Break
Sponsored by Signal Infrastructure Group

3:15PM – 3:45PM

We’re On the Air! – Now What? 

Moderator: Anne Schelle, Managing Director, Pearl TV

• Dave Brass, Vice President NA Strategy & Market Development, ATEME
• Rob Folliard, Senior Vice President – Government Relations & Distribution, Gray Television
• Mark Myslinski, Broadcast Solutions Manager, Synamedia
• Sean D. Plater, General Manager, WHUT-TV

4:00 PM

Annual Recognition and Conclusions

• ATSC Board Chair Lynn Claudy
• ATSC President Madeleine Noland
• ATSC President Emeritus Mark Richer

2020 Bernard J. Lechner Outstanding Contributor Award

2020 Mark Richer Industry Leadership Medal

2021 Bernard J. Lechner Outstanding Contributor Award

2021 Mark Richer Industry Leadership Medal

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