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Real-World Graphics-Package Redesigns MODERATOR: Julianna Barbieri, Manuka Sports Event Management, Sports broadcasting. Revamping an entire graphics package is no small task. Top graphics producers Co-Founder/Managing Partner present their recent graphics makeovers and discuss the challenges of creating a SPEAKERS: brand-new package. Brian Bell, ESPN Creative Services, Coordinating Designer, Motion Graphics MODERATOR: Jocelyne Meinert, Big Studios, Owner/Director Premier Maldonado, MLB Network/NHL Network, SPEAKERS: Creative Services, Creative Director Redened. Maria Rapetskaya, Undefined Creative, Creative Director Gil Haslam, Troika Design Group, Creative Director, Sports JP LoMonaco, CBS Sports, Senior Art Director 3:00 – 3:30 p.m. sponsored by Camille Maratchi, HBO Sports, Associate Creative Director VIRTUAL GRAPHICS, Michael “Spike” Szykowny, ESPN Creative Services, Senior Director, Motion Graphics PLAYER TRACKING, AND THE POWER OF BIG DATA 11:45 a.m. – Noon CASE STUDY: Inside CBS Sports’ Player-tracking graphics and virtual on-field elements have become commonplace in Super Bowl 50 Graphics Redesign major sports telecasts and are seeing increased use on smaller college and regional shows. Prior to Super Bowl 50, CBS Sports undertook a redesign of its entire graphics Get an inside look at how these technologies are changing the way fans view the game. package in an effort to create a bigger, bolder look. Get a behind-the-scenes look at MODERATOR: Jason Dachman, SVG, Chief Editor how the network and its graphics partner Troika Design Group made it happen. SPEAKERS: SPEAKERS: Rami Genauer, FMProduction, Director/Founder of FightMetric Gil Haslam, Troika Design Group, Creative Director, Sports José Luis Kruyff, deltatre, Head of Sales Americas Marla Keethler, CBS Sports, Director, Graphics Jan Umansky, Avid, Senior Market Specialist, Graphics Dirk Van Dall, MLBAM, VP, Multimedia Strategy Noon – 12:45 p.m. NETWORKING LUNCH and sponsored by TECHNOLOGY EXHIBITS 3:30 – 3:45 p.m.NETWORKING BREAK and TECHNOLOGY EXHIBITS 12:45 – 1:00 p.m. CASE STUDY: sponsored by 3:45 – 4:00 p.m. CASE STUDY: MLB Network’s Studio 21 Vizrt’s Approach to Virtual Graphics and Data Integration A brief technology overview for those interested in implementing virtual or augmented graphics that delves into the design and development processes for MLB SPEAKER: Network Studio 21’s virtual and augmented graphics. Richard Einstein, Vizrt Americas, Head of Sports SPEAKERS: Anton Maximovsky, Motion Path, President/CEO sponsored by 1:00 – 1:45 p.m. BEST PRACTICES IN Jocelyne Meinert, Big Studios, Owner/Director LIVE EVENT GRAPHICS 2016 As networks increasingly look to incorporate new technologies, such as player 4:00 – 4:30 p.m. STUDIO SETS AND AUGMENTED REALITY: tracking and virtual insertion, how can producers identify which technologies BLENDING THE LINE BETWEEN REAL AND VIRTUAL warrant investment? Top network and tech-vendor execs discuss. Virtual-studio technologies can help stretch budgets and also give a single studio MODERATOR: Ken Kerschbaumer, SVG, Executive Director, Editorial Services plenty of versatile and first-rate design options. Learn how to get the most out of SPEAKERS: virtual-studio operations while ensuring a first-class look and feel for viewers. Matt Celli, NBC Sports Group, Director, Production Technology, Innovation, and Data MODERATOR: Brandon Costa, SVG, Senior Editor Vizrt’s passion for sports gives broadcasters the ultimate tools for their production. David Jorba, Vizrt Americas, President SPEAKERS: Brian Perkins, MLB Network, Director, IT Production Systems J. David Hoffman, Brainstorm Multimedia, Sales Engineering Manager Create virtual replays and game insights with Viz Libero, the industry-leading tool for sports Mário Sousa, wTVision, Co-Founder/Partner/CEO Ryan Lester, RT Soware, International Sales Manager analysis. Produce live data-driven graphics, vital stats and scores in real-time with Viz Trio, Vizrt’s Jason Toliopoulos, ChyronHego, Creative Services Manager Anton Maximovsky, Motion Path, President/CEO Mack McLaughlin, FX Design Group, CEO/Creative Director powerful character generator. 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Multichannel & Multilanguage. And control it all automatically with one operator. JP LOMONACO, CBS Sports, Senior Art Director SPORTSGRAPHICS WHO’S WHO A creative leader, LoMonaco has assembled and directed teams of artists, #SVGSportsGFX 2D/3D animators, and technicians to deliver branding and design packages, promotional campaigns, and content in digital space, as well as set design and live-action directing. CHAIR: JOCELYNE MEINERT, Big Studios, Owner/Director* Meinert has been pioneering CG animation and design since the industry’s CAMILLE MARATCHI, HBO Sports, Associate Creative Director* inception in 1982. She started Big Studios in 1991, completing large-scale Maratchi oversees the on-air graphic look for live telecasts, studio shows, and design and animation projects for such clients as ABC News and Sports, documentaries. In this role, she has helped create the on-air look for HBO HBO, MTV, Oprah, CTV, CBC, ESPN, CBS, and NBC. Sports’ ﬂagship telecasts: World Championship Boxing, Boxing Aer Dark, and HBO Pay-Per-View.

ANTON MAXIMOVSKY, Motion Path, President/CEO JULIANNA BARBIERI, Manuka Sports Event Management, Maximovsky has 20 years of expertise in leading and managing creative teams for Co-Founder/Managing Partner TV, advertising, corporate branding, and multimedia. Among recent projects are Barbieri began her career with ABC Sports. In 2006, she was hired by CBS Sports graphics packages for the Sochi Olympics and MLB Network as well as the re- to run the on-air–graphics department and rebrand the show packaging for all branding of TV networks and projects for corporate customers like Cisco. sports events, including Super Bowl XLI. In 2010, she started her own business to create, brand, and manage sports events. MACK MCLAUGHLIN, FX Design Group, CEO/Design Director McLaughlin is responsible for overall direction and development of the compa- BRIAN BELL, ESPN Creative Services, Coordinating Designer, ny’s services. He has a wide range of scenic- and lighting-design experience in Motion Graphics more than a thousand shows and projects and has also served clients as producer, In his current position since 2000, Bell has worked on productions ranging from technical director, and stage manager, with numerous awards for his designs. SportsCenter to X Games. He is also the lead Vizrt developer for ESPN’s college-football and MLB productions. More recently, he built the insert graphics for the SEC Network/ESPN3 collegiate productions on the Ross XPression graphics platform. BRIAN PERKINS, MLB Network, Director, IT Production Systems* Perkins oversees graphics technology, production-system integration, and the Fan Engagement Courtesy of MATT CELLI, NBC Sports Group, Director, Production Technology, continual evolution of statistical systems used to enhance storytelling. In addi- Ross Live Production Technology Innovation, and Data* tion to MLB Network, he oversees IT production systems for NHL Network. Celli is responsible for all production technology, innovation, and broadcast data for NBC Sports, NBC Sports Network, and NBC Olympics. In addition, he JEFF PORPER, DirecTV Original Content, Coordinating Producer is coordinating director for NBC Boxing. Porper oversees productions of RedZone Channel and Fantasy Zone Channel on NFL Sunday Ticket, as well as e Dan Patrick Show, e Rich Eisen Show, and a number of other shows airing on Audience and other DirecTV platforms. Previ- RAMI GENAUER, FMProduction, Director ously, he worked with both Reality Check Systems and DirecTV as a freelancer. Genauer founded FMProduction parent FightMetric, a pioneer in bringing ad- vanced statistics to mixed martial arts and the official statistics provider of the Ulti- MARIA RAPETSKAYA, Undefined Creative, Creative Director* mate Fighting Championship. Prior to starting FightMetric in 2007, he was a corpo- A design professional since 1997, Rapetskaya built UC to reflect her vision of a rate-strategy consultant and a journalist, covering sports, media, and politics. successful 21st-century creative agency: flexibility, low overhead, and a genu- ine emphasis on good, old-fashioned customer service. Her work has been GIL HASLAM, Troika Design Group, Creative Director, Sports* internationally honored, screened, and published. Haslam oversees sports-branding efforts. Since joining Troika in 2004, he has been a key figure in establishing and building its sports-branding and -mar- MÁRIO SOUSA, wTVision, Co-Founder/Partner/CEO keting portfolio and has led Troika to win numerous awards, including an In addition to his current role, Sousa is also director and partner/managing direc- Emmy for ESPN’s 25th anniversary. tor of Infordesporto, which was acquired by Portugal Telecom in 1999. Sousa led wTVision’s international expansion, founding wTVision subsidiaries in Belgium ANDREW HEIMBOLD, Reality Check Studios, President (2005), Spain (2008), Brazil (2010), and the U.S. (2012). Heimbold hails from a diverse background in graphic design, live production, and real-time data integration. Since RCS’s founding in 1997, he has collaborated with MICHAEL “SPIKE” SZYKOWNY, ESPN Creative Services, Senior Director, broadcast giants ESPN, DirecTV, CBS Sports, and NFL Network, helping revolu- Motion Graphics tionize the way their content reaches fans. Szykowny currently leads the Motion Graphics Group, which designs, animates, and plays out almost all the graphics seen on the ESPN family of networks. In his J. DAVID HOFFMAN, Brainstorm Multimedia, Sales Engineering Manager 20 years at ESPN, he has also held the titles of director (live television events), Hoffman brings more than 20 years of production/postproduction and technical creative director, and director of post production edit. experience in the entertainment field to his current role. He has always focused on the latest soware and hardware developments and capabilities in real-time graphics and virtual studios for broadcast and motion pictures. JASON TOLIOPOULOS, ChyronHego, Creative Services Manager Toliopoulos has designed and built broadcast- and stadium-graphics packages, DAVID JORBA, Vizrt Americas, President live data visualizations for player-tracking solutions, and data workflows for major media and entertainment clients around the world. Before joining ChyronHe- Jorba joined Vizrt in June 2001 as a creative director. Before taking on his current go, he worked as a creative director and senior designer for CTV and CBC. role, he served as SVP, Americas operations, and managing director, Vizrt South West Europe. JAN UMANSKY, Avid, Senior Market Specialist for Graphics MARLA KEETHLER, CBS Sports, Director, Graphics* Umansky started working for Orad in 2006 as a graphics designer before becom- Keethler oversees the On-Air Graphics Department for both CBS Sports and ing a product specialist for its graphics tools. In 2015, Orad was acquired by Avid, CBS Sports Network. Her team launched the inaugural CBS/NFLN ursday and Umansky currently oversees all the company’s graphics-related presales ac- Night Football package and also executed the merging of the on-air look of all tivities and projects worldwide, including data integration. CBS Sports programming across broadcast and cable. DIRK VAN DALL, MLBAM, VP, Multimedia Strategy JOSÉ LUIS KRUYFF, deltatre, Head of Sales Americas Van Dall oversees multimedia-technology development for baseball as well as for var- Part of the team responsible for the company’s business in the Americas, ious sports and entertainment partners. He has championed technologies in OTT Kruyff has been involved in multiple recent projects, including the 2014 video, security, digital archiving, artificial intelligence, and machine vision. His most World Cup in Brazil, the 2014 and 2016 Olympic Games, and this year’s Copa recent project is the StatCast Player Tracking Initiative for Major League Baseball. America Centenario. *SVG Graphics Committee member Viz Trio The Ultimate Sports Graphics and Video Production Solution

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