The motion picture and sound industry has rapidly changed before our eyes in 2020. It's become clear to us all that it's more important than ever to stay at the forefront of changes in creative technology. At SMPTE 2020, you can expect keynotes, white paper presentations, and Q&A sessions on traditional and next generation live broadcast, color science, cloud and infrastructure concepts, and imaging topics with take-aways you can dive into and utilize right away. You'll listen to experts from companies like NHK, Codex, Avid, Dolby, Disney, Canon, and more as they present work they've explored, developed, and implemented. And with SMPTE Storytellers, you'll connect with the human side of entertainment technology too. The presenters and attendees of this conference will be ready to mold the future of media. 
 
Below is a sample of the topics you will discover at SMPTE 2020:
 

Disruptive Technologies

Hoc can AI learn from content review sites and provide a foundation to build a deep learning model for predicting the success of content? How to identify facial recognition algorithms while reducing bias and deliberately designing for fairness and socially responsible outcomes? This session will explore the aspects of deep learning, facial recognition, metadata language, and the ethical uses of these new technologies as they are being incorporated into our workflows, content, and media experiences. 

 

What’s going on at the forefront of broadcast technology?

What is going on at the forefront of broadcast technology worldwide? IP infrastructures and being built, and lessons are being learned about how to achieve interoperability among disparate devices.  4K HDR (High-Dynamic-Range) and even 8K resolution video must be efficiently produced, while delivering “old-fashioned” HD in parallel.  AI and ML technologies are being investigated to help journalists expand their roles, work more efficiently, and improve their storytelling in a rapidly changing landscape.  This track will give you an edge up on your knowledge of the continually evolving broadcast technology ecosystem. 

 

Perception Driven Advancements in Color Science and HDR

Developments in color science and high dynamic range imaging continue to advance rapidly. This session will explore new innovations in perceptual color management, emphasizing the trend towards physiologically optimized image processing.  New contributions from vision and color science are enabling better evaluation tools and more accurate reproduction systems, utilizing our evolving understanding of human perception in a high dynamic range and wide color gamut world. 

Evolution of Imaging

Evolutions in the opto-electro-digital imaging pipeline are consistently revolutionary - from camera sensor photosites to display pixel elements to creative workflows with color management throughout. Support from AIs constructing images, anticipation of a future that delivers point clouds, light fields, and superior compression - all mark the progress in the industry. This session focuses on imaging technologies that fundamentally impact our immediate and future workflows across the different domains, from capture to mastering to presentation of images. 

 Infrastructure and Media Orchestration

Traditional infrastructure has evolved into hyperconverged cloud-centric environments with media management and orchestration being at the center. Join us to look into architecture designs, scalability, standardization directions, case studies and other aspects of infrastructure optimization.