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AI in Media and Entertainment at the 2017 Creative Storage Conference

 

--Conference Registration Deadline is May 22, 2017--

 

San Jose, CA, May 5, 2017—A special session on machine learning, Asset Management, Metadata and Security will be another highlights of the 2017 Creative Storage Conference (SM) (CS 2017). The conference will be May 24, 2017 in Culver City, CA.  Some sponsorship and exhibit opportunities are still available.

 

You can register for this premier event at http://www.creativestorage.org/2017Register.htm.    The registration deadline is May 22, 2017.

 

The session title, abstract and participants are presented below:

 

Rise of the Machines:  Machine Learning, Asset Management, Metadata and Security in Media and Entertainment

 

Media entertainment professionals have new tools for protecting, organizing, finding and accessing content.  These include artificial intelligence to recognize and organize content and create new types of metadata.  Media asset management has developed new ways to organize and find content.  At the same time providing security for value able media asserts on digital storage devices is an important industry issue and making the best use of digital storage resources drives many content retention discussions..  This session explores the latest developments in metadata creation, content organization and search, storage virtualization and data security.

Speakers:

      *  Douglas Fallstrom, Primary Data

      *  Bob Thibadeau, Bright Plaza, Inc.

      *  Dom Miuccio, Sony Electronics, Inc.

      *  Aaron Edell, GrayMeta

 

Panelists:

      *  Chris Barkoozis, Allied Vaughn

      *  Sam Bogoch, Axle Video LLC

 

The Eleventh Annual Creative Storage Conference (SM) (CS 2017) will be held Wednesday May 24, 2017 at the DoubleTree Hotel West Los Angeles in Culver City, CA (www.creativestorage.org).   This event brings together digital storage providers, equipment and software manufacturers and professional media and entertainment end users to explore the conference theme of “The Next Act of Storage:  Digital Storage Makes Art Happen.”  At CS 2017 you can find out the latest developments in digital storage for media and entertainment, find out how other media professionals meet their digital storage needs and network with industry professionals.

 

This one-day conference and exhibits brings together the vendors, end users, researchers and visionaries that will meet growing demand for digital storage for content capture, editing, archiving and content distribution. 

 

In addition to the sessions there will also be four keynote talks during the conference and a sponsored reception in the evening.  The preliminary agenda for the Creative Storage ConferenceSM is at:  http://www.creativestorage.org/2017Agenda.htm. 

 

Google is a Diamond Sponsor.  Aspera and Quantum are Platinum Sponsors.  Komprise, Microsoft and NetApp are Bronze Sponsors.  Exhibitors include Active Storage, Axle Video, Backblaze, Caringo, CineSys Oceana (DDP Americas), Cloudian, Kingston Technology, mLogic, Scale Logic, SGL, StorageDNA and Xendata.  Media and Organization Sponsors include the AMIA, Bright Blue Innovations Intl., Broadcast Beat, Colonial Purchasing, Coughlin Associates, DCIA, Digital Cinema Society, Digital Production Buzz, Drive Trust Alliance, Entertainment Technology Center (USC), Entertainment Storage Alliance, Flash Memory Summit, HDDFA, Home Toys/AVSystems, LACPUG, Los Angeles Post Production Group, M&E Tech, MESS, Parks Associates, Popnetmedia, Post Magazine, PostPerspective, Postproduction.com, ProductionHub.com, RDC, Sound and Picture Magazine, SMPTE, SNIA, The Broadcast Bridge, Trusted Computing Group and The Shindler Perspective.

 

A limited number of sponsorships and exhibits opportunities are still available for the 2017 Creative Storage Conference (SM).  Several levels of conference, web site and event sponsorship are available as well as a table-top exhibits.  Information on the sponsorship and exhibit opportunities are available at http://www.creativestorage.org/2017Exhibitors.htm.

 

For additional information on the conference call 408-202-5098 or email [email protected].

 

The Creative Storage Conference (SM) is put on by the Entertainment Storage Alliance (www.entertainmentstorage.org) and Coughlin Associates (www.tomcoughlin.com).