ON THE MOVE People, products, and ideas that are ahead of the curve. DMLA 2017 CONFERENCE OCTOBER 22 — 24 THE NEW YORKER HOTEL NEW YORK Welcome to the 22nd Annual DMLA Conference at the iconic New Yorker Hotel The Forum for Connectivity, Advocacy and Education Thank you for being part of it! We are pleased to be back in Manhattan and once again, we are teaming up with Visual Connections to make this an even bigger industry event. Both are being held at the New Yorker, with Visual Connections taking place on Wednesday, October 25th immediately following our DMLA Conference. Again this year, Adobe is our Platinum sponsor. That support is so important to our organization and on behalf of all of us at DMLA, a heartfelt thank you! The Programme Committee under the leadership of OPHELIA CHONG and our Executive Director, CATHY ARON, have done an outstanding job organizing this year’s programme and assembling an impressive group of speakers to share their views and insights with you. We begin with our Keynote address by Jason Teichman, CEO of Pond5 and his take on the content paradox we live in - more content being produce and consumed than ever before yet falling budgets and tighter deadlines. Jason will share his views on how the sharing economy and technology are giving birth to a new paradigm in media. As we continue to broaden our relevance beyond photo agencies, a number of the sessions this year focus on motion from the perspective of creators, seller and buyers. We’ve been delighted to work with our sister footage associations, FOCAL and ACSIL on pulling those together. Thanks to our Silver sponsor, Capture, we will be offering DMLA LIVE DAM where you will be able to upload your photo before the conference, allowing other attendees to put a face to a name to help them find you for meetings or networking opportunities. It promises to be a busy Conference and hope that you find it both informative and beneficial to your business. As always, your feedback on things we can do better is most welcome. Geoff Cannon, DMLA President, 2016-2018 DMLA 2016-2018 OFFICERS, COMMITTEE CHAIRS AND STAFF President: Geoff Cannon , Masterfile Vice President: Andy Yang, 500px Secretary: Candice Murray, Shutterstock Treasurer: Chris Carey, Minden Pictures Member At Large: Rick Gell Member At Large: Leslie Hughes, VisualSteam Member At Large: Nuno Silva, Stocksy Member At Large: Julie Sloane, Science Source Images Immediate Past President: Sarah Fix, Blend Image COMMITTEE CHAIRS Ethics and Grievances: John Rutter, National Geographic Stock Finance: Ron Harvey, Everett Collection Legal: James Oh, Adobe Membership: Daniel Russelman, Universal Images Group Nominations & Elections: Sonia Wasco, Grant Heilman Photography Program: Ophelia Chong, Stock Pot Images STAFF Executive Director: Cathy Aron DMLA Counsel: Nancy Wolff, Esq., Cowan, DeBaets, Abrahams & Sheppard LLC Technology Advisor: Doug Dawirs This Conference could not be possible with out the outstanding work from the Conference Committee. A Special Thanks to each and every one of them: Ophelia Chong, Chairperson, Stock Pot Images Rick Gell, DMLA Board Paul Melcher, Melcher Systems James Oh, Adobe Andrew Rowat, Haystack Julie Sloane, Science Source Sonia Wasco, Grant Heilman Photography STAFF: Cathy Aron, DMLA Executive Director Doug Dawirs, DMLA Technical Advisor DMLA RECOGNIZES OUR SPONSORS FOR THEIR CONTINUING SUPPORT OF OUR ASSOCIATION: 20/20 Software A leading provider of websites and DAM enterprise software to picture libraries, museums, publishers and photographers worldwide. www.twensoft.com Agency Access A full service marketing company for stock agencies, professional photographers, illustrators and artist reps www.agencyaccess.com Booking.com Part of the Priceline Group (Nasdaq: PCLN), owns and operates Booking.com™, the world leader in booking accommodations online. Capture Ltd The leading developer of fully integrated image management systems in the UK. They provide a total business solution to meet the needs of traditional picture libraries as well as the diverse, rapidly changing needs of today’s media. www.capture.co.uk Haystack Haystack is kayak.com for licensing imagery. We bring high quality stock sites under a unified visual search umbrella. https://haystack.im ImageProtect ImageProtect protects and monetizes creative works. Our web application monitors the global Internet to seek and collect evidence for illegally used visual content. www.cleararts.com ImageRights International ImageRights International is spearheading the global fight against the infringement of copyrighted visual works by visual artists. imagerights.com Microstocksolutions Microstocksolutions LLC is the leading provider of DAM agnostic still & motion review/ curation, large content ingestion (LCI), keywording, and asset management. www.microstocksolutions.com Schneider Rothman IP Law Group SRIPLAW represents creators in litigation nationwide. We help artists and authors monetize their intellectual property and accept alternative fee arrangements. sriplaw.com SmartFrame A patent-pending, secure, embeddable, trackable and interactive digital image format that seeks to redefine the digital image standard. smartframe.io Visual Connections LLC Offers a portfolio of successful and affordable marketing services, uniquely focused on the business of licensing visual media. www.visualconnections.com SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22 — THE NEW YORKER HOTEL, 481 8TH AVE, NEW YORK, NY 10001 7:00 PM DMLA OPENING NETWORKING RECEPTION Sponsored by: ADOBE Crystal Ballroom & Mezzanine MONDAY, OCTOBER 23 — THE NEW YORKER HOTEL, 481 8TH AVE, NEW YORK, NY 10001 NETWORKING BREAKFAST AND REGISTRATION 8:00 AM - 8:30 AM Grand Ballroom 8:30 AM to EXHIBITS AND MEETING AREA 5:30 PM Mezzanine 9:00 AM WELCOMING MESSAGE » Presenter Crystal Geoff Cannon, DMLA President Ballroom » Presenter 9:30 AM THE AGE OF THE CONTENT PARADOX: HOW TECHNOLOGY IS RESHAPING Jason Teichman, CEO of Pond5 Crystal MEDIA CREATION Ballroom We live in the age of a content paradox. Content has never been produced and consumed at such a rapid rate in history, and yet, despite the massive increase in demand, budgets are falling rapidly, deadlines are being crunched, and people are being forced to find new and more efficient ways of working. Join Pond5 CEO Jason Teichman as he delves into how the sharing economy is helping to solve this problem, while exploring how new advances in technology — both software and hardware-based — are democratizing content creation, providing new solutions for artists and businesses alike, and giving birth to a new paradigm in media. » Presenter 10:45 AM DMLA TALK: INTRODUCING POINT OF MEDIA Markus Bauer, Point of Media Crystal Markus Bauer, Managing Director of point-of-media.com GmbH, introduces Ballroom an all-new platform for professional creators. point-of-media.com simplifies and shortens the path between professional media producers and users in a world where the importance of communicating visual content has grown enormously for the global economy. Markus talks about this new markets for media licensing, which will be highly attractive, but also competitive and innovative pressure will increase extremely. 11:00 AM PRICES: CAN WE RAISE THEM? » Moderator Crystal Stock photo prices have been declining for years, partially due to oversupply. Jim Pickerell, Selling Stock Ballroom Must prices continue to fall? Is there a strategy for charging more to enough » Panelists customers that production of new images will become a viable business Scott Mc Kiernan, ZUMA Press/ option for more producers? If so, how? What’s the strategy? If not, will that DOUBLEtruck impact contributor supply? What alternatives are there for agencies to grow Tomas Speight, Panther Media their business? T.J. Leonard, VideoBlocks José Azel, Aurora Photos Sponsored by: NETWORKING LUNCH 12:15 AM - 2:00 PM Grand Ballroom 2:00 PM NEWS FROM THE EDITORIAL MARKET » Moderator Crystal While the big stock photo agencies are battling for the bigger piece of the pie, Paul Melcher, Melcher System Ballroom a flurry of smaller startups have recently entered the editorial market. Does » Panelists this mean there is a revival or are they battling for sparse leftovers? And, what Jonathan Wells, SIPA USA does it mean for the stock photo industry in general? Is editorial the next big Tom Tramborg, The Mega Agency market? Ben Pfeifer, Shutterstock Gary Hershorn, Fox News 3:15 PM POST-USAGE LICENSING / FOUND MONEY » Moderator Crystal Copyright infringement costs you and your contributors money. Education Doug Dawirs, DMLA Ballroom alone doesn’t work and copyright law isn’t a law if it’s not enforced. Come » Panelists learn more about the discovery, assessment, recovery and copyright Jonathan Thomas, ImageProtect registration process and what’s to be gained (and lost) in the world of post- Marcus Schmitt, COPYTRACK usage licensing. Hear from industry experts from the USA and Europe along Joe Naylor, ImageRights with legal counsel who specializes in the field. Mathew Higbee, Higbee & Associates 4:30 PM DMLA TALK: THE ART OF THE CINEMAGRAPH » Presenter Crystal Capturing and holding the limited attention spans of audiences is Mark Homza, Flixel Ballroom difficult today. It takes truly unique, vivid, and mesmerizing content to extend a brand’s reach and storytelling to online audiences. Learn how to conceptualize, produce and distribute cinemagraphs in today’s digital-centric world with best in class examples and insights into performance driven creative. 4:45 PM MOTION CREATORS AND SELLERS – YOU HAVE