The twice-a-year TV of Tomorrow Show (TVOT) will take place June 23-24 at the Golden Gate Club in the Presidio of San Francisco, and members of the Media & Entertainment Services Alliance (MESA) will not only be well represented, but are also in line for a special discount.
MESA is an official media sponsor of the event, which bills itself as the No. 1 gathering of executives, technologists and creatives who work in the interactive and multiplatform TV industry. The conference also sees the presentation of the Awards for Leadership in Interactive and Multiplatform Television.
Hardie Tankersley, SVP of Innovation for Fox Broadcasting, Linda Ong, SVP and CTO of NBC Universal Media Labs, Albie Hecht, Chief Revenue Officer of Verizon Digital Media Services, Olivier Delfosse, GM of Corporate Strategy of Microsoft, Adam Ware, SVP of Digital Video Distribution for Disney-ESPN Media Networks, Rich Cusick, Director of Product Management for Adobe Primetime, Mano Kulasingam, VP of Product, Advanced Search and Recommendations Rovi Corp. and Alan Wolk of the 2nd Screen Society are among the noteworthy speakers on tap for the event.
The event sees nearly 60% of its attendees being top-level executives (CEO, CTO, president, chairman, managing director), with more than 70% of all attendees coming from North America. Along with the keynotes, workshops and panels, attendees will have access to a special insights track, curated by Frank. N. Magid Associates, as well as the “TVOT Story Lab,” a three-hour workshop on multiplatform storytelling, created by Evette Vargas, CEO of Digital-Reign Productions, and Maya Zuckerman, Founder of Transmedia SF.
MESA members can receive a $200 discount on registration through May 31, by visiting tvotsf2015.eventbrite.com and entering the discount code “TVOTsf15MESAx56p.”
Among the other notable 150-plus speakers on tap for the event: Chad Gutstein, VP of Programming and Development for Awesomeness TV, Machinima CEO Keith Richman, David Williams, SVP of Distribution, Business Development, Analytics and Marketing for A+E Networks, Amanda Oleander, CEO and EVP of Advanced Technologies for Sling TV, Mike Bologna, Chief Digital Officer of
EPiX, Wendell Wenjen, SVP of Digital for Nickelodeon, Joan FitzGerald, VP of Content Acquisition for Roku, Mike Earle, GM of Interactive and Advanced TV for DISH Network, Chris Falkner, Corporate President for Rentrak, Maya Zuckerman, SVP of Engineering and Strategic Relations for Nielsen and Danielle Mullin, VP of Advanced Advertising for DirecTV.