Mindshare: Full Schedule

To set the stage for this year's Mindshare, we'll check three vital signs of our industry's health: box office, advertising and employment deals. We'll also take a look at the state of play of the major Hollywood studio in 2025.

Speakers

Angela Tietze

President and Chief Executive Officer, ECN

Angela Tietze is President and CEO of ECN. ECN delivers and schedules an average of 800,000 commercials each month on behalf of the largest global ad agencies and brands. The company connects ad agency clients to media partners through its proprietary technology and processes... Read More →

Paul Dergarabedian

Senior Media Analyst, Comscore

With over 30 years of experience in the field and 10 plus years at Comscore, Paul Dergarabedian is the movie industry’s most recognized and widely quoted authority for media-based information and analysis. In his role as Senior Media Analyst for Comscore, Paul provides expert... Read More →

J.D. Connor

Associate Professor, Alma & Alfred Hitchcock Chair, Division of Cinema and Media Studies at USC’s School of Cinematic Arts

J.D. Connor is an Associate Professor and holds The Alma and Alfred Hitchcock Family Chair in the Division of Cinema and Media Studies at USC’s School of Cinematic Arts. He is the author of Hollywood Math and Aftermath: The Economic Image and the Digital Recession and The Studios... Read More →

William Simon

Partner, SMS Media, LLC

William D. Simon is a Partner in SMS Media, LLC and is based in Los Angeles, CA. He advises media companies and others on management structure, people management/development and strategy.Previously, he was a Senior Client Partner and the Global Sector Leader in the Media and Entertainment... Read More →

Tuesday November 19, 2024 1:25pm - 2:05pm PST
Martin Luther King Jr Conference Room

Session

2:05pm PST

The State of Cinema

Tuesday November 19, 2024 2:05pm - 2:30pm PST

Martin Luther King Jr Conference Room

To get an inside view of the state of the cinema business, we are thrilled to welcome B&B Theatres' Brock Bagby. We'll explore the state of cinmea today and the technologies and consumer ideas he's implementing in his theaters.

Speakers

Brock Bagby

President and Chief Content, Programming & Development Officer, B&B Theatres

Brock Bagby serves as the President-Chief Content, Programming & Development Officer for B&B Theatres and is a 4th-generation member of his family-owned 100-year old company.Brock began his career at B&B Theatres at age 14, working through roles including cleaner, shift leader, assistant... Read More →

Gerwin Damberg

Executive Vice President of Cinema, Barco

Gerwin Damberg is the Executive Vice President of Cinema at Barco and an Academy Award-winning innovator. As a serial entrepreneur, he’s co-founded ventures like MTT Innovation, balancing technical challenges and business growth. With over 20 patents, Gerwin’s focus is helping... Read More →

Tuesday November 19, 2024 2:05pm - 2:30pm PST
Martin Luther King Jr Conference Room

Session

2:35pm PST

The Digital Blueprint: Understanding Movies as Data in the Age of AI

Tuesday November 19, 2024 2:35pm - 3:15pm PST

Martin Luther King Jr Conference Room

In the era of AI, film is more than just a collection of frames—it's a complex dataset that encapsulates much of human creativity. From pixels and performances, to music, visual effects, and cinematography, the entire filmmaking process is captured. This panel explores how AI will revolutionize the way films are created, distributed, and consumed. Our panel of experts will dive into the real-world technologies that are being used to create the next wave of content that connects with audiences like never before. Discover how looking at movies through a data lens will reshape the art of storytelling and transform the media and entertainment landscape.

Speakers

Danielle Costa

Vice President of Visual Effects, Marvel Studios

Danielle Costa is the VP of Visual Effects at Marvel Studios, and has been with Marvel Studios since 2009 working on 29 of their films. She has 19 years experience in visual effects and animation, production and post-production. Besides spending long hours on set and in creative reviews... Read More →

Ed Ulbrich

Chief Content Officer and President of Production, Metaphysic.ai

Ed Ulbrich is the Chief Content Officer & President of Production at Metaphysic, Inc., the industry leader in developing AI technologies and machine learning research to create immersive photorealistic content across film, tv, music, advertising, live entertainment and more.Ed is... Read More →

Rick Champagne

Global Media & Entertainment Industry Management, NVIDIA

Rick Champagne leads Global Media & Entertainment Industry Management for NVIDIA. In this role, Rick works closely with customers and industry partners in the Film, TV, and Broadcast industries to promote the advancement and adoption of new technologies. With a long history of managing... Read More →

Tuesday November 19, 2024 2:35pm - 3:15pm PST
Martin Luther King Jr Conference Room

Session

3:20pm PST

Games People Play: Disruptors Reshaping M&E

Tuesday November 19, 2024 3:20pm - 3:50pm PST

Martin Luther King Jr Conference Room

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings has said, “We compete and lose more to Fortnite than we do to HBO". To get a perspective about how games and technology driven companies are growing their pience of the media and entertianment pie, we'll welcome A16Z Games General Partner Andrew Chen.

Speakers

Andrew Chen

General Partner, A16Z GAMES

Andrew Chen is a General Partner for A16Z GAMES, focused on the intersection of tech and gaming — this includes AI, studios, infra, and consumer apps.Andrew is a prolific writer and for the past decade, he’s written hundreds of essays at andrewchen.com on the topics of startups and user growth. He is the author of the best-selling business book THE COLD START PROBLEM, published by Harper Business, which explores how new startups launch and scale by leveraging network effects. Prior to joining a16z, Andrew led the Rider Growth teams a... Read More →

Tuesday November 19, 2024 3:20pm - 3:50pm PST
Martin Luther King Jr Conference Room

Session

4:00pm PST

Personal Technology Takes Flight

Tuesday November 19, 2024 4:00pm - 4:20pm PST

Lakeside Walkway

Tucked away in Silicon Valley is a team developing the next generation of personal aerial vehicles. Mindshare welcomes Pivotal CEO Ken Karklin who will bring the company’s newest aircraft to the Ranch.

Speakers

Ken Karklin

Chief Executive Officer, Pivotal

Ken Karklin joined decade-old startup Opener, now known as Pivotal, as its CEO in May of 2022, succeeding its founder, Marcus Leng. Over the prior 13 years, Ken served in several executive roles at AeroVironment, a 55-year-old technology company and leader in unmanned systems for... Read More →

Tuesday November 19, 2024 4:00pm - 4:20pm PST
Lakeside Walkway

Session