© 2020, Amazon Web Services, Inc. its affiliates. All rights reserved. or Welcome! Hello, On behalf of the entire AWS M&E Team, welcome to re:Invent 2020! This year’s virtual conference is going to be the industry event of the year. It will offer 5 Keynotes, 18 Leadership Sessions, and unlimited access to hundreds of sessions. We are happy to have you along for the journey! To be sure you are prepared and ready to take on our 4-week event across December 2020 and January 2021, we’ve created this guide full of tips and tricks provided directly from re:Invent alumni, teams, and staff on how to maneuver our free virtual event successfully. The session catalog will be live soon; to find the M&E sessions, just register and select ”Media & Entertainment” in the Track filter. In this guide, we have curated a list of over 25 M&E-focused sessions (starting on page 7) that cover a broad range of topics including: • State of the Industry sessions focused on content production, content distribution and content security • Deep dives into live remote production, B2B delivery, OTT, and AI/ML implementations • Customer and AWS SMEs working across media workflows with services from AWS Media Services, Machine Learning, Storage, Analytics and many more Be sure to take advantage of the resources outlined in this document. We’ve curated them to offer you advice on how to plan a successful 4-week agenda. Check out the AWS Media Blog for the most up-to-date information on Media & Entertainment related re:Invent details - new information will be added regularly. We look forward to seeing you! Register Now Ben Masek Marc Aldrich Global Business Development Lead, Worldwide M&E Director, Global Media & Industrial Verticals Leadership Partners & Overview Keynotes Learn Make a Plan Communities Play Checklist Contact Sessions Sponsors Continuous Content Every Week Access hours of sessions led by AWS experts, hear from cloud leaders, and be the first to learn what's next and new from AWS. AWS re:Invent attendees should expect to: • Learn firsthand about AWS services from recognized world experts. • Focus on key services that matter most to their businesses and interests. • Get technical questions answered on the spot. • Receive immediate access to what’s new on the platform. • Most of all, enjoy themselves while learning! © 2020, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Leadership Partners & Overview Keynotes Learn Make a Plan Communities Play Checklist Contact Sessions Sponsors Online Resources re:Invent Home Page Chat with an M&E Expert Registration Content Overview Frequently Asked Questions Agenda © 2020, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Learn 500+ sessions covering core services and emerging technologies will be available at your fingertips over 3 weeks. With hours of content to cover, we are strategically spreading out sessions to be sure that you can plan your schedule accordingly without missing out. © 2020, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Leadership Partners & Overview Keynotes Learn Make a Plan Communities Play Checklist Contact Sessions Sponsors Learn SESSIONS TRAINING AND CERTIFICATION AWS DEEPRACER JAMS AND GAMEDAYS With hundreds of live sessions across Organizations across the globe are AWS DeepRacer is the fastest way to get Jams and GameDays are gamified three weeks, you have the opportunity seeking individuals skilled in the rolling with machine learning. sessions that allow participants to gain to interact with a variety of technical transformative technologies of the Developers of all skill levels welcome hands-on experience working through content geared toward inspiring your cloud. To meet this growing demand, (including those with no prior machine real-world scenarios that encourage the journey with AWS. You’ll get a chance to AWS Training and Certification equips learning experience). You can get hands- use of a variety of AWS and Partner hear from AWS experts and customers the builders of today and tomorrow— on with AWS DeepRacer, learning how services. Participants of all skill levels are around the globe on best practices at all experts and novices, practitioners and to train reinforcement learning models encouraged to participate to validate skill levels. What’s more, you will be able partners—with the knowledge they in a cloud-based 3D racing simulator. their existing skills while also learning to ask our technical community any of need to realize their cloud goals. Attend a session to get started, then new ones. There are both time-based your burning questions about AWS Designed by the innovators at AWS, test your skills by competing for prizes events and on-demand content, so products and services. With this unique our training supports learners of all and glory in an exciting autonomous car come join us and have some fun learning platform, you’ll be able to tailor your skill levels and our certifications racing experience throughout re:Invent! while also trying to get to the top of the agenda to fit your schedule without validate expertise. We’re also upskilling leader boards! missing any essential sessions! and reskilling workforces through education programs that help businesses tap into a pool of diverse talent. © 2020, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Leadership Partners & Overview Keynotes Learn Make a Plan Communities Play Checklist Contact Sessions Sponsors On-demand M&E session recommendations State of media State of media State of media content production content distribution content security MDS201 MDS202 MDS203 FEATURING CUSTOMER SPEAKER FROM FOCUS ON FIRESIDE CHAT WITH SECURITY LEADERS FROM METHOD STUDIOS BROADCAST, OTT, VIDEO TRANSPORT FOX, HBO & MGM Content creators are rapidly enabling production workflows using the Digital transformation is accelerating across the media industry. Over the last year, there has been a shift to a remote, dispersed cloud to take advantage of lower cost, faster time to market, and the Worldwide, content providers of all sizes are turning to AWS as they workforce, all while viewers are consuming more media in more ways, ability for staff to access and create content anywhere in the world. Hear reshape their digital strategies. In this session, learn how industry which has changed how content is created, delivered, and consumed. In how Method Studios, a VFX company, uses AWS to advance and scale its leaders in broadcast and over-the-top media are building the future of this session, Chief Information Security Officers from HBO Max, Fox, and content production pipeline to create some of the biggest blockbuster content distribution with AWS to optimize costs, accelerate innovation, MGM join an AWS security expert to discuss how the AWS Cloud helps films. Learn about state-of-the-art best practices for rapidly and and unlock new business models. See how new technologies are being media organizations scale and secure content through the entire supply securely deploying AWS Cloud-based content creation workflows, deployed, including Amazon Interactive Video Service and AWS chain—from the camera to the cloud and then to the customer. Hear including remote editing on virtual workstations, scale-out rendering Elemental Link, for live broadcast and over-the-top distribution, and these studio and streaming services leaders discuss their experiences and production distribution, and newly released AWS service offerings explore new solutions for reliable, high-quality video transport. with the recent evolution of media security standards and share their designed to augment and simplify creative workflows. thoughts on the future of digital content security. WATCH ON-DEMAND HERE WATCH ON-DEMAND HERE WATCH ON-DEMAND HERE FEATURED SPEAKERS: FEATURED SPEAKER: FEATURED SPEAKERS: Konstantin Wilms, WW Tech Leader, M&E – AWS Peter Riordan, Head WW Broadcast Go To Market Strategy, Eric Iverson, CTO, Global M&E Vertical – AWS Jon Stanley, Head of Systems, Sr Director – Method Studios M&E – AWS Melody Hildebrandt, EVP Engineering and CISO – FOX Brian Lozada, CISO – HBO Steve Tran, CISO – MGM © 2020, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Leadership Partners & Overview Keynotes Learn Make a Plan Communities Play Checklist Contact Sessions Sponsors On-demand M&E session recommendations How Disney+ scales globally Financial Times M&E Year in Review on Amazon DynamoDB Voice of the Customer Industry Live DAT304 FEATURING CUSTOMERS SPEAKER FROM FOCUS ON FOCUS ON DISNEY STREAMING SERVICES AI/ML, PUBLISHING INDUSTRY TRENDS, AWS SOLUTIONS Disney+, one of the largest global online video streaming The Financial Times has always relied on facts and data to This session covers 2020 M&E industry trends in content platforms, was launched in November 2019 as the home of deliver the highest-quality journalism to the readers. The production, broadcast, direct-to-consumer and data science. Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, and National Geographic. data-driven culture has always been part of the company Learn how the latest AWS services, including media Disney+ delivers its extensive library of digital content values. In this session, hear the story of the FT's journey from solutions, will help you create content in the cloud, directly to the homes of over 60.5 million subscribers, and data to insights on AWS. modernize your broadcast and over-the-top distribution, Amazon DynamoDB is one of the technologies that supports and better engage with your customers. this global